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The Hot Box covers the best in Irish recorded jazz, set it in the wider context of the international language that is jazz.

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The Hot Box #027 – A to Z of Jazz Piano Part 10 – The Letter J

Posted March 26, 201801:25:38

The Hot Box Episode 27 in which we delve into the piano files labelled “J”

It so happens that J is a significant file for the fact...

The Hot Box #026 – Exploring the Baritone Saxophone - Jazz Podcast with Donald Helme - Jazz Ireland

Posted February 26, 201801:12:24

The “bari” is by no means the largest of Adolph Sax’s family of instruments but the even larger ones look as though they would fit nicely into...

The Hot Box #025 – An All Vocal Jazz Show

Posted January 31, 201801:10:39

To welcome 2018, The Hot Box presents an all-singing show hosted as usual by former RTE presenter Donald Helme. This is a mix of Irish and American...

The Hot Box #024 – The Big Band Hot Box

Posted January 15, 201801:29:39

In this episode of The Hot Box we have 80 minutes of the best of Big Band music culled from the post-bebop era, from...

The Hot Box #023 – A to Z of Jazz Piano Part 9 – The Letters H & I

Posted December 18, 201701:18:19

In the epic series of alphabetical pianists started early in 2017 we reached the letter H, in Hot Box 21, only to find such a plethora of riches that...