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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 #104

Posted August 15, 202301:08:10

In which we devote over an hour to the Hammond organ! In vogue during the 1960s and having star exponents like Jimmy Smith, and latterly Joey DeFrancesco,...

The Hot Box #103 – Tony Bennett

Posted August 1, 202300:58:45

Tony Bennett died on July 21st, aged 96, representing in a very real sense “the end of an era”. Across much of the history of crooning and singing...

The Hot Box #102 – “In Memoriam”

Posted July 18, 202301:01:48

Some jazz journalists have been using phrases like “the end of an era” since the death of Wayne Shorter and Ahmad Jamal. In this Hot Box we pay...

The Hot Box #101 – A New Frontier

Posted July 4, 202301:04:07

As the title suggests, this is a new record for the hot box. Five fantastic tracks, one hour show! Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) kicking things off...

The Hot Box #100 – 100th Episode!

Posted June 13, 202300:59:12

We made it! 100 episodes of The Hot Box. Thank you to all our listeners and subscribers for sticking with me. In this episode we feature two tracks...