Manx Radio - Jumpin in Jazz

The cats enjoy more from the seeming never endling list of new big bands, celebrate Keith Jarrett's 80th birthday, and head to space with Jane Ira Bloom

The cats in the hats bring you their selection of the best in modern jazz from around the globe . . and a celebrate a couple of jazz birthdays . .!

The cats are back! With music from the likes of Terry Gibbs, Brad Mehldau, John Surman, Noah Preminger and Aaron Parkes . .

The cats in the hats with the best in contemporary from the likes of Emma Rawicz, The Yellowjackets, Tom Smith and Gary Peacock

The cats celebrate the birthdays of jazz greats Jan Garbarek and Ornette Coleman among other gems at the modern end of the spectrum!

The jazz cats are back with more sounds from the modern end of the jazz spectrum and a chat with the wonderful Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Kjetil Mulelid

It's all about the lurrrrrve on Jumpin' In this Valentine's Evening with loving sounds from Eddie Henderson, Tubby Hayes and Bill Evans among others but a warning; some love is unrequited!

The cats in the hats are back with the second part of a look back at some of their favourite albums of 2024 from Keith Jarrett to Anthony Branker

The Jazz Hamsters bring you Part 1 of their look back at some favourite albums from 2024!

The cats in the hats jump into 2025 with a special dedicated to some of the modern jazz greats we've lost in the last year. A best of 24 to follow!

Sherry, upmarket crisps, mince pies satumas and a festive selection of Xmas jazz old and new with the jazz hamsters . . .!

The Jazz hamsters look back at LJF 2024 with music from artists featured in this years festival and chat with David Gordon and Pablo Held.

The boys recover from London Jazz Fest 2024 with some cool piano from the likes of Colin Vallon, Michel Petrucciani and Keith Jarrett

The cats look forward their annual pilgrimage to the London Jazz Festival with special guests and two LJF 2024 headliners, bassist Jaspar Hoiby and South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini.

The Jazz hamsters with their selection of the best in modern jazz from the likes of Joachim Kuhn, John Beasley and Alexi Tuomarila

The cats in the hats with the best in modern and contemporary jazz from around the globe. Nice . . .

Jumpin' In Splash podcasts - curated lists of jazz classics from the cats in the hats in various genres, with less chat and more music. Nice . . .

The jazz hamsters are back with their selection of some of the best sounds in modern jazz, from the likes of Caleb Wheeler-Curtis, Aaron Parkes, Eberhard Weber and Etienne Charles

The cats in the hats chat to the uber-talented musician, composer and scorer of multiple films and TV shows - Jeff Beal, plus some great sounds from Miguel Zenon and Sidsel Endresen

A round-up of some of the latest sounds in modern and contemporary jazz from the cats in the hats with sounds from the likes of Ben Wendel, Dylan Howe and a happy birthday and live gig retirement for John Surman

The cats in the hats spin some of the greatest sounds in modern jazz from the likes of Jean-Michel Pilc, Giovanni Guidi and Tracy Yang

The jazz hamsters with some great sounds from the likes of Alan Ferber, Dennis Chambers, Empirical, The Jazz Defenders and a tribute to the great Danish drummer Alex Riel.

The jazz hamsters with another great round-up of modern jazz from the likes of Norma Winstone, Chet Baker, Tim Garland and Slowly Rolling Camera

The jazz hamsters are back with a look at some of the best modern jazz around with tracks from the likes of Scott Gilman, Kenny Barron, Jeremy Dutton, Nasheet Waits - and the low whistle of Fraser Fifield!

H and Chris are here with the latest edition of Jumpin' In.

H and Chris are here with the latest edition of Jumpin' In.

The cats in the hats with all the best in modern and contemporary sounds in jazz from J to Z . .

It's a Brussels Jazz Weekend Special with music from the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, the Don Marsh Five, Trio Macondo and more. Mon Dieu!

The boys rev up for a speed-based jazzy TT special!

As the cats prepare to head to Brussels Jazz, they spin sounds from the likes of Jiya Lee, GoGo Penguin, Julian Knowles and the late, great, Palle Daniellson . .

New sounds from around the globe from the likes of Bruno Raberg and Beth McKenna, and a tribute to David Sanborn

Springing into May with sounds as hot as the weather . . probably hotter .. .with Chris and H

Some more new takes on Standards with Noah Haidu, smoke in the sky with Dave Schumacher, and an Indian's Life from Henri Texier

New music from the likes of Vijay Iyer and Ernesto Cervini plus a classic from Bruford and a sax/tabla duo . .

The jazz hamsters celebrate Record Store Day with music from the likes of Bill Evans, Sun Ra, Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy

The cats in the hats with a Herbie Hancock Special to say Happy 84th birthday to the great Mwandishi - Herbie Hancock!

Some technically new music from Ethan Iverson, Simon Lasky, 30 years of EST and some elegant people from the Doncaster Jazz Alumni.

It's an Easter spectacular with all things spring-like, egg-shaped and jazzy of course . . .

The jazz hamsters spin virtual and real discs from the likes of Charles Lloyd, the Brecker Brothers, Alice Coltrane and Andy Milne

Trish, Mary, George, Donald and more!

A picture from Jan some third stream from Bill and a new one from John!

The cats purr into March with great sounds from the likes of Ambrose Akinmurise. Ulysses Owen Jr, the Ancient Infinity Orchestra and Mr Gone himself, Wayne Shorter