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Tony Davenport's Jazz Session

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    Episode 418: The Jazz Session No.473; a tribute to pianist Abdullah Ibrahim

    The Jazz Session No.473 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in June 2026, featuring a tribute to the amazing, and recently passed, jazz pianist and bandleader, Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly Dollar Brand). TRACK LISTING: People Saved - Ezra Collective; Galaxy - Alfa Mist; Dollar's Dance - Dollar Brand; The Stride - Dollar Brand; Entering - Jan Garbarek; Sih-Sah - Coleman Hawkins & His Rhythm; Bra Timing from Phomolong - Abdullah Ibrahim ; Ekaya - Abdullah Ibrahim ; For Minors Only - Chet Baker; Well Did You Evah? - Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra; Quadrant 4 - Billy Cobham; The Abingdon Chasp - Bill Bruford; Manenberg Revisited - Abdullah Ibrahim; You Can't Stop Me Now - Abdullah Ibrahim ; No Moe - Sonny Rollins; Brilliant Corners - Thelonius Monk; Eleventh Hour - Abdullah Ibrahim ; Kramat - Abdullah Ibrahim ; Cockle Row - The Stan Tracey Quartet; This is the Life - Ahmad Jamal.      

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    Episode 417: The Jazz Session No.472, ft. new album "The Summit" from Tom Kennedy and Dave Weckl

    The Jazz Session No.472 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in June 2026, featuring another great new album from this year “The Summit”, from Tom Kennedy, and with Dave Weckl on drums. TRACK LISTING:Whatever I Am (You Made Me) - Nina Simone; A Kiss Goodnight  - Ella Fitzgerald   ; Dreams Come and Go Away - Lenny White; Shingebis and the North Wind - John Surman ; Squares - Tom Kennedy, w. Dave Weckl; NYC Shuffle - Tom Kennedy, w. Dave Weckl; One for Daddy-O - Cannonball Adderley; Enlightenment - Sun Ra; Arthur's Moustache [in tribute to Dave Greenslade] - Colosseum ; California Dreaming - George Benson; A Kinder Eye, ft. Allan Holdsworth - Level 42; Aja - Steve Gadd, w. Steely Dan; Breakin' the Ice - Fats Waller; The Munson Street Breakdown - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra; The Run - Tom Kennedy, w. Dave Weckl; The Summit - Tom Kennedy, w. Dave Weckl; Hallelujah - Chick Webb & His Orchestra; Careless Love - Chris Barber; All Blues, w. Christian McBride, Brian Blade - Chick Corea Trio; Reactor - GoGo Penguin.

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    Episode 416: The Jazz Session No.471, ft. vibraphonist Dave Pike from 1961

    The Jazz Session No.471 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in June 2026, featuring a seminal 1961 album “It’s Time for Dave Pike”, from New York vibraphonist Dave Pike. TRACK LISTING: Did'n You - Count Basie & His Orchestra; Too Close for Comfort - Stan Getz; If - Herbie Mann; When The Fire Burns Low - Oregon; Cheryl - Dave Pike; On Green Dolphin Stret - Dave Pike; Photo Box - Neil Cowley Trio; Wrap Me Up - Mark Lockheart; Flamenco Sketches - Miles Davis; Mood Indigo - Charles Mingus; Organ Grinder Blues - George Melly; Harmony Blues - Jelly Roll Morton Trio & His Red Hot Peppers; Water from an Ancient Well - Abdullah Ibrahim; Gracey - Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia; Forward - Dave Pike; Tendin' To Business - Dave Pike; Poor Boy - Howlin' Wolf; Georgia Pines - Link Wray; I Got A Girl Named Netty - Cab Calloway; Yours Is My Heart Alone - Oscar Peterson.

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    Episode 415: The Crossing No.88, ft. Kris Drever's brilliant new album

    The Crossing No.88 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in June 2026, featuring Kris Drever, and his brilliant new album “Doing This For Love”. TRACK LISTING: Gil Brenton - The Magpie Arc; Sahara Rock - Augustus Pablo; The Tide Is High - The Paragons; Bring Back Hanging Around - Kris Drever; Magic Friend - Kris Drever; Book Song - Fairport Convention; Just Now - John Martyn; Playing of Ball - Kate Rusby; Kilfenora/My Laddie Site Ower Late Up - Kathryn Tickell; Change - Kris Drever; Catterline - Kris Drever; Highland Soldier - Sam Sweeney; When Jones's Ale Was New - Jack Rutter.

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    Episode 414: The Jazz Session No.470, ft. London Vocal Project with "Vital Spark (music of Kenny Wheeler)"

    The Jazz Session No.470 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in June 2026, featuring a tremendous new album from this year “Vital Spark (music of Kenny Wheeler)”, from the London Vocal Project, with Nikki Iles and Norma Winstone – stunning! TRACK LISTING: 1919 March - Kenny Ball; Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttelton; The Red Door - Gerry Mulligan; Body and Soul - Duke Ellington's Spacemen; Not Waving But Drowning - London Vocal Project; Inner Traces - London Vocal Project; Quintessence - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra; Concorde - Gil Evans; A Remark You Made - Weather Report; Islands - Steps Ahead; Astral Flying - The Comet Is Coming; A New Morning Will Come - Polar Bear; Weeping Willow - a ragtime two-step - Joshua Rifkin; Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Brad Mehldau; Heavenly City - London Vocal Project; Vital Spark - London Vocal Project; Miles' Mode - John Coltrane; Three to Get Ready - The Dave Brubeck Quartet; 10:30 Returns to the Bedroom - Soft Machine; Devil Take the Hindmost - Allan Holdsworth.

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    Episode 413: The Jazz Session No.469, ft. a tribute to the legendary Sonny Rollins

    The Jazz Session No.469 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in May 2026, featuring a tribute to the legendary, and recently passed, jazz saxophonist and band-leader, Sonny Rollins. TRACK LISTING: Don the Dreamer - Ken Wheeler, w. John Dankworth; Long Tall Dexter - Dexter Gordon w. his Quintet; More Than You Know - Sonny Rollins; Newk's Fadeaway - Sonny Rollins; Donkey - Jaco Pastorius, w. Metheny, Ditmas, Bley; Gears - Miroslav Vitous Group; Moritat - Sonny Rollins; St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins; Dippermouth Blues - Louis Armstrong; Kansas City Kitty - Dave Carey Jazz Band; Noise Reduction - Federica Michisanti Trioness; Dead Letter - Tohru Aizawa Quartet; When Your Lover Has Gone - Sonny Rollins Quartet; Paul's Pal - Sonny Rollins Quartet; Portal - Snarky Puppy; Footprints - Ezra Collective; Raincheck - Sonny Rollins Quartet; Paradox - Sonny Rollins Quartet; I'll Walk Alone - Charlie Parker; Crepuscule With Nellie - Thelonius Monk.

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    Episode 412: The Jazz Session No.468, ft. women in jazz from the 1940s to the present day

    The Jazz Session No.468 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in May 2026, featuring numerous brilliant and inspiring women in jazz, from legendary vocalists, to innovative band-leaders, from the 1940s to the present day. TRACK LISTING: What's New? - Billie Holiday; Don't Worry About Me - Sarah Vaughan; Give Me the Simple Life - Annie Ross, w. Gerry Mulligan; Just Another Rhumba - Ella Fitzgerald & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra; Blues for Mama - Nina Simone; Brazilian Tapestry - Astrid Gilberto, w. Stanley Turrentine; Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane; 500 Miles High - Flora Purim, w. Chick Corea & Return to Forever; Back to the Beginning - Annette Peacock, w. Bill Bruford; Cacion Sin Nombre - Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia; Street Life - Randy Crawford, w. The Crusaders; Lawns - Carla Bley; Canto De Ossanha - Paula Morelenbaum; Curiousity - Lalo; Judas - Esperanza Spalding; La Saboteuse - Yazz Ahmed; No Game - Julia Hulsmann; Omen - Emma Rawicz; Anesthesia - Mary Halvorson; The Labyrinth - Abbie Finn Trio.

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    Episode 411: The Jazz Session No.467, ft. Art Farmer & Benny Golson, hard-bop from 1960

    The Jazz Session No.467 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in May 2026, featuring the classic hard-bop album “Meet the Jazztet”, from 1960, by Art Farmer & Benny Golson. TRACK LISTING: Sweetie Cakes - Count Basie & His Orchestra; Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel; Royal Garden Blues - Cy Laurie Jazz Band; Sweet Georgia Brown - Bobby Hackett; Mox Nix - Art Farmer & Benny Golson; It Ain't Necessarily So - Art Farmer & Benny Golson; Straight, No Chaser - Miles Davis & John Coltrane; Perdido - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra; Constant Pud [live at Ronnie Scott's] - The Stan Tracey Quartet; Vox Humana - Gary Burton; Madrugada Azul - Edmar Castaneda; Moment Us - Mike Walker & Stuart McCallum; Smells Like Teen Spirit - The Bad Plus; Sabbra Cadabra - Jazz Sabbath; It's All Right With Me - Art Farmer & Benny Golson; Blues March - Art Farmer & Benny Golson; Deeper Still - Paul Towndrow; Lila's Dance - Mahavishnu Orchestra; if I Had You - Lee Konitz; Blue Lace - Art Blakey.

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    Episode 410: The Jazz Session No.466, ft. a 'progress' with Herbie Hancock

    The Jazz Session No.466 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in May 2026, featuring a ‘progress’ through 30+ years of the music of Herbie Hancock. TRACK LISTING: The Kicker - The Horace Silver Quintet; Jackie-Ing - Thelonius Monk; The Maze - Herbie Hancock; Oliloqui Valley - Herbie Hancock; Milenberg Joys - Kenny Ball; I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - Chris Barber; The Eye of the Hurricane - Herbie Hancock; Tell Me a Bedtime Story - Herbie Hancock; Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan; Long As You Know Yo're Living Yours - Keith Jarrett ft. Garbarek, Danielsson, Christenson; Tidal Wave - Fletcher Henderson; This Year's Kisses - Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, w. Billie Holiday voc.; Ostinato (Suite for Angela) - Herbie Hancock; Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock; Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole; Early Autumn - Cleo Laine; Jessica - Herbie Hancock; Norwegian Wood - Herbie Hancock; When, Where, How and Why - Courtney Pine; Perverted Pavane – Crossfire.

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    Episode 409: The Jazz Session No.465, ft. the Gary Bartz NTU Troop from 1971

    The Jazz Session No.465 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in May 2026, featuring another mystically funky 1971 album, “Harlem Bush Music - Uhuru”, from the Gary Bartz NTU Troop TRACK LISTING: Rose Rouge - Jorja Smith; Fly Me to the Moon - Diana Krall ; Late Date - Ben Webster; Too Close For Comfort - Stan Getz; Uhuru Sasa - Gary Bartz NTU Troop; Vietcong - Gary Bartz NTU Troop; Jooms Jones - Billy May; Dues Blues - The Trombones, Inc.; Oedipus - Troyka; Gareth - Flightless Birds; Cousin Mary - John Coltrane; Gibraltar - Weather Report; Forty and Tight - Cy Laurie Jazz Band; Hey Ba-Ba-Rebop - The Squadronaires; Celestial Blues - Gary Bartz NTU Troop; The Planets - Gary Bartz NTU Troop; Johnny Come Lately - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra; Better Git It In Your Soul - Charles Mingus; Who Will Buy - Liam Noble; Kattorna - Komeda Quintet.

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    Episode 408: The Crossing No.87, ft. "The Longshot" from Megson

    The Crossing No.87 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in May 2026, featuring Megson , and their atmospheric 2010 album “The Longshot”. TRACK LISTING: Cunla - Planxty; The Burrian - LAU; Back to Culture - Yothu Yindi; No Rain - Blind Melon; The Cabman - Megson; The Longshot - Megson; The Snow Hare - Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart; Sally Go Round the Roses - Pentangle; Train to Skaville - The Ethiopeans; Blackman's Heart - Junior Delgado, w. Augustus Pablo; Time to Get Up - Megson; William Brown - Megson; Hungover - Robbie Cavanagh; Boots of Spanish Leather - Bob Dylan.

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    Episode 407: The Jazz Session No.464; a tribute to Mike Westbrook

    The Jazz Session No.464 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in April 2026, featuring a tribute to the superb bandleader and innovator, Mike Westbrook, who passed away recently. TRACK LISTING: The Stopper - Sonny Rollins; Serenata - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra; 9:20 Special - Jim Hall; Will You Still Be Mine? - Tal Farlow; Part VII Collective Improvisation - Mike Westbrook; View from the Drawbridge - Mike Westbrook; On the Verge of Becoming - Cognitive Dissonance; Downside Up - Allan Holdsworth; Semente - Snarky Puppy; My Queen is Yaa Asantewaa - Sons of Kemet; Hibou, Anemone and Bear - Soft Machine; Horse - Matching Mole; East Coast Trot - Humphrey Lyttelton; Take Me to the Land of Jazz - Pee Wee Russell; Part I Collective Improvisation - Mike Westbrook; Lush Life - Mike Westbrook; I Wish I Was in New Orleans - Tom Waits; Zu Zu Man - Dr. John; The Stolen Moment - Eddie Lockjaw Davis Big Band; Blues in Orbit [bebop] - George Russell Septet.

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    Episode 406: The Jazz Session No.463, ft. the Gary Bartz NTU Troop, from 1970

    The Jazz Session No.463 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in April 2026, featuring the mystically funky 1970 album “Harlem Bush Music - Taifa”, from the Gary Bartz NTU Troop TRACK LISTING: Now You Has Jazz - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong; House of the Rising Sun - Nina Simone; Monterey Apple Tree - Woody Herman's Big New Herd; Dance of the Gremlins - Count Basie; Rise - Gary Bartz NTU Troop; Drinking Song - Gary Bartz NTU Troop; Swingset - Bob James; Mississippi Gambler - Herbie Mann; When You Wish Upon A Star - Dave Brubeck Quartet; Bweebida Bwobbida - Gerry Mulligan; Rocky Mount - Stan Tracey Octet; Gibraltar - Stanley Turrentine; Stockyard Strut - Ken Colyer's Jazzmen; Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet - Paul Barbarin and his Band; People Dance - Gary Bartz NTU Troop; Taifa - Gary Bartz NTU Troop; Sunday [Nick Drake] - Brad Mehldau; Adam Alphabet - Neil Cowley Trio; Houses & People - Carla Bley; Up North - Bill Bruford.

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    Episode 405: The Jazz Session No.462, ft. the voice of Michael McDonald

    The Jazz Session No.462 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in April 2026, featuring the wonderful voice of Michael McDonald, with the Doobie Brothers, and solo. TRACK LISTING: Limehouse Blues - Oscar Peterson; Bemsha Swing - Thelonius Monk; Wabash Blues - Monty Sunshine's Jazzband; Potato Head Blues - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen; It Keeps You Runnin' [w. Doobie Brothers] - Michael McDonald; I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) - Michael McDonald;Per Ulv - Terje Rypdal ; The Time Is Near - Keef Hartley; I've Seen the Light - Mark Lockheart; The Layers - Julian Lage; Don't Blame Me - Charlie Parker; There's No You - Miles Davis; Nite Sprite - Chick Corea; Silly Putty - Stanley Clarke; Minute by Minute - Michael McDonald; What a Fool Believes [w. Doobie Brothers] - Michael McDonald; New York Minute [Don Henley] - Herbie Hancock; Bloom [Radiohead] - Yazz Ahmed; Wonder is the Feeling - Empirical ft. Jason Rebello; Jazz the Cat - Abbie Finn Trio.

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    Episode 403: The Jazz Session No.461, ft. "Sextet" from Carla Bley

    The Jazz Session No.461 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in April 2026, featuring the superb 1987 album “Sextet”, from Carla Bley. TRACK LISTING: Misty - Erroll Garner; I Hadn't Anyone Till You - Judy Garland; Nails - Jimmy Heath Orchestra; Las Vegas Tango - Michael Gibbs; More Brahms - Carla Bley; Brooklyn Bridge - Carla Bley; Lazy River - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra ; Tangerine - Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster; Herandnu - Weather Report; April Joy - Pat Metheny Group; Led Boots - Jeff Beck; Full Compass - George Benson; How Come You Do Me Like You Do? - George Wetting; Tuxedo Junction - Cy Laurie Jazz Band; Healing Power - Carla Bley; Lawns - Carla Bley; Moment's Notice - John Coltrane; Fine - Modern Jazz Quartet; Optimum Friction - Emma Rawicz & Gwylim Simcock; Lemon Meringue - Neil Cowley Trio.

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    Episode 404: The Crossing No.86, ft. "Pour Down Like Silver" by Richard & Linda Thompson

    The Crossing No.86 from RaidersBroadcast.com, as aired in April 2026, featuring the classic 1975 album “Pour Down Like Silver”, from Richard & Linda Thompson. TRACK LISTING: Couldn't Love You More - John Martyn; Things Behind the Sun - Nick Drake; Te Apartas De Mi - Compay Segundo; De Una Manera Espantosa - Chucho Valdes & Irakere; Streets of Paradise - Richard & Linda Thompson; Hard Luck Stories - Richard & Linda Thompson; I Think of You - Renaissance; This Woman's Work - Kate Bush  ; I'll Always Leave the Light On - Kris Drever; Proud to Play a Pipe - Breabach; Dimming of the Day / Dargai - Richard & Linda Thompson; Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair - Richard & Linda Thompson; Road to the North / Hanging Bridge / All at Sea - Kathryn Tickell.

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    Episode 402: The Jazz Session No.460, ft. "Catania" by the Mike Westbrook Orchestra

    The Jazz Session No.460 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in March 2026, featuring the intriguing 1992 live album “Catania”, from the Mike Westbrook Orchestra. TRACK LISTING: Singin' the Blues - Bix Beiderbecke; Someday Sweetheart - The Charleston Chasers; I Never Talk to Strangers, w. Bette Midler - Tom Waits; A Case of You - Diana Krall ; View from the Drawbridge - Mike Westbrook Orchestra; Tender Love - Mike Westbrook Orchestra; Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttelton; Smoke House Blues - Jelly Roll Morton; More Than You Know - Sonny Rollins; Better Git It In Your Soul - Charles Mingus; Sweet Adeline - Brad Mehldau; Hush - Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band; Serenade to Sweden - Dizzy Gillespie; Que Pasa - The Horace Silver Quintet; Lush Life - Mike Westbrook Orchestra; I.D.M.A.T. - Mike Westbrook Orchestra; One Flight Down - Norah Jones; You Go To My Head  - Billie Holiday; Ethereal Mood - Jean-Luc Ponty; Cheeky - Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia.

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    Episode 401: The Jazz Session No.459, ft. "Westerly" from The Printmakers.

    The Jazz Session No.459 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in March 2026, featuring a superb 2015 modern jazz album “Westerly”, from The Printmakers. TRACK LISTING: Through Space Our Minds Can Still Touch - Playtime ; Stranger than Fiction - Moses Boyd; Play a Simple Melody - Bing & Gary Crosby; Blues for Mama - Nina Simone; A Breath Away - The Printmakers; Two Grey Rooms [Joni Mitchell, voc. Norma Winstone] - The Printmakers; Can't Line' Em - Chris Barber; Are You From Dixie? - Wilbur de Paris; Sugar - Stanley Turrentine; First Light - Freddie Hubbard; Peace - Courtney Pine; Jayne - Ornette Coleman; The Dandelion - John Surman ; Song Sung Long - Carla Bley; High Lands - The Printmakers; Tideway - The Printmakers; (Satis) Faction - Charlie Watts; For Lena and Lennie - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra ; Easy Swing - Wardell Gray Quartet; September in the Rain - The George Shearing Quintet.

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    Episode 400: The Jazz Session No.458, ft. the Julia Hülsmann Quartet from 2019

    The Jazz Session No.458 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in March 2026, featuring the Julia Hülsmann Quartet, and her 2019 atmospheric modern jazz album “Not Far From Here”. TRACK LISTING: Wiggle-Waggle - Herbie Hancock; Directions - Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave H, Jack DeJ; Soul Station (Hank Mobley) - Roger Beaujolais Quintet; No Room for Squares - Hank Mobley; Le Mistral - Julia Hülsmann Quartet; Colibri 65 - Julia Hülsmann Quartet; Hamp's Blues - Oscar Peterson; Bobbi's Song - Kit Downes, Petter Eidh & James Maddren; Visions - Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock; Jade Visions - Take 1 - Bill Evans; Mona's Mood - Jimmy Heath Orchestra; You Can't Take It With You - Keef Hartley; Snowflake - The Crusaders; The Black Five - Roy Ayers Ubiquity; No Game - Julia Hülsmann Quartet; Wrong Song - Julia Hülsmann Quartet; Why Are We Sleeping? - Soft Machine; A.R.C. - Chick Corea, David Holland, Barry Altschul; The Blues Walk - Clifford Brown; Cheryl - Charlie Parker.

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    Episode 399: The Jazz Session No.457, ft. Brad Mehldau, w. the album "Ride Into the Sun"

    The Jazz Session No.457 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in March 2026, featuring the new 2025 album from Brad Mehldau, “Ride Into the Sun”, featuring the songs of Elliott Smith. TRACK LISTING: They're Red Hot - Robert Johnson; Checkin' Up on My Baby - Taj Mahal; Desafinado - Sachal Studios Orchestra; Ebhofolo (This Madness) - Zim Ngqawana; Between the Bars - Brad Mehldau; Colorbars - Brad Mehldau; El Mar - George Benson; Flight - Terje Rypdal/Miroslav Vitous/Jack DeJohnette; Turnaround - Pat Metheny; Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck; Old Devil Moon - Judy Garland; I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra; Be-Bop - Milt Jackson & John Coltrane; Crystal Silence - Gary Burton & Chick Corea; Everything Means Nothing To Me - Brad Mehldau; Better Be Quiet Now - Brad Mehldau; The Green Leaves of Summer - Kenny Ball; Mahogany Hall Stomp - Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven; Hush - Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band; Rangwali - Emma Rawicz.

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    Episode 398: The Crossing No.85, ft. The Magpie Arc, w. the album "Gil Brenton"

    The Crossing No.85 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in March 2026, featuring The Magpie Arc, and their excellent 2025 folk-rock album “Gil Brenton”. TRACK LISTING: Where Do the Children Play? - Cat Stevens; Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan; Selkie-Boy - Julie Fowlis; Magpie - The Unthanks; The Ballad of Rebecca Young - The Magpie Arc; Queen of the Fairies - The Magpie Arc; Steal Away - Ben Ottewell; Toy Tigers - LAU; O Silencio Da Guitarra - Mariza; Eso No Es Na - Maria Teresa Vera; Pretty Peggy - The Magpie Arc; The Mantle - The Magpie Arc; Who By Fire - Leonard Cohen.

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    Episode 397: The Jazz Session No.456, ft. modern jazz from the Esbjorn Svensson Trio

    The Jazz Session No.456 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in February 2026, featuring the 1999 classic modern jazz album “From Gagarin’s Point of View”, by the Esbjorn Svensson Trio. TRACK LISTING: New York State of Mind - Billy Joel; Man's Hope - Herbie Mann; Stygian Night - Crossfire; Noble Nobles - Esperanza Spalding; Definition of a Dog - Esbjorn Svensson Trio; Dating - Esbjorn Svensson Trio; Jitter Bug - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra; Dance of the Gremlins - Count Basie; Spectrum - Tony Williams Lifetime; Not Good Enough - See Me! - Brand X; Strode Rode - Sonny Rollins; Syeeda's Song Flute - John Coltrane; Jazz Me Blues - Bix Beiderbecke; Beale Street Blues - Humphrey Lyttelton; In the Face of Day - Esbjorn Svensson Trio; Dodge the Dodo - Esbjorn Svensson Trio; Stop Over - Hideto Sasaki, Toshiyuki Sekine Quartet; Long Before I Knew You - The Trombones; Everybody's Everything - Santana; Just to Cry - Keef Hartley.

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    Episode 396: The Jazz Session No.455, ft. the amazing Bembeya Jazz

    The Jazz Session No.455 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in February 2026, featuring the amazing Bembeya Jazz album. TRACK LISTING: The Continental [jazz on the Titanic] - Pasadena Roof Orchestra; Someday Sweetheart [jazz on the Titanic] - The Charleston Chasers; Samba De Uma Nota So - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd; Blues in Orbit [bebop] - George Russell Septet; Sanfaran - Bembeya Jazz; Lefa - Bembeya Jazz; Stillness - Phronesis, Julian Arguelles & Frankfurt Radio Big Band; 2857 - Yazz Ahmed; Midnight Sun - Duke Ellington's Spacemen; Robot Portrait - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra; A World Without - Michael Gibbs Band; Atchafalaya - Snarky Puppy; Yama Mama Man - Chris Barber; Blowin' Up a Storm - Wood Herman; A Koukou We - Bembeya Jazz; Bembeya - Bembeya Jazz; Lost and Found - Collocutor; Fiveways - Arun Ghosh; Pa Pe - Claudel Atride; Pont des Arts - Saint Germain.

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    Episode 395: The Jazz Session No.454, ft. Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia, w. "Breathless"

    The Jazz Session No.454 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in February 2026, featuring the 1991 album “Breathless” from Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia. TRACK LISTING: Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor [live] - Chuck Mangione; Third Plane [live] - V.S.O.P.; Caravan - Oscar Peterson; Long As You Know You're Living Yours - Keith Jarrett, w. Garbarek. Danielsson, Christensen; Squiffy - Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia; Gracey - Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia; This Masquerade - George Benson; Honky Tonk Struttin' - The Crusaders; Don't Blame Me - Charlie Parker; Daahoud - Clifford Brown; Nathalie - Alain Jean-Marie; Kattorna - Komeda Quintet; Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton; Sugar Foor Stomp - Fletcher Henderson; Jaunty - Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia; Breathless - Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia; House of the Rising Sun - Nina Simone; Burma Shave - Tom Waits; Waka/Jawaka - Frank Zappa; Lullabye Letter - Soft Machine.

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    Episode 394: The Jazz Session No.453, a treasury of 'Daves'

    The Jazz Session No.453 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in February 2026, featuring a treasury of ‘Daves’. TRACK LISTING: Straight Up and Down - Chick Corea; Elegy - Colosseum; Three to Get Ready - Dave Brubeck Quartet; Keepin' Out of Mischief Now - Dave Brubeck; Eighteen - Pat Metheny Group; Two Rivers - Jeff Beck; Moon Dreams - Miles Davis; Nature Boy - Miles Davis; Funk Underneath - Rahsaan Roland Kirk; Buster Rides Again - Bud Powell; Dr Jazz - Sandy Brown's Jazz Band; Wolverine Blues - Freddy Randall and his Band; Lucky Seven - Dave Holland Quintet; Make Believe - Dave Holland Quintet; Gone Fishin' - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong; Somewhere Along the Way - Nat King Cole; Baby Rae - David "Fathead"Newman; Foxy Brown - David "Fathead"Newman; Optimum Friction - Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock; Salute to the Sun - Matthew Halsall.

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    Episode 393: The Crossing No.84, ft. Kris Drever from 2006, w. "Black Water'"

    The Crossing No.84 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in February 2026, featuring Kris Drever with his 2006 album “Black Water”. TRACK LISTING: Polly On the Shore - Bella and Polly; Black Eyed Dog - Nick Drake; Coming Home to Me - The Albion Band; Forvie Sands - Breabach; Braw Sailin' on the Sea - Kris Drever; Poor Man's Son - Kris Drever; Lucy's Door - Harry Belafonte; I'm Alright - Gregory Isaacs, w. Augustus Pablo; Kansas City Blues - Alexis Korner with Beryl Bryden's Back-Room; Simple Twist of Fate [Bob Dylan tune] - Joan Baez; Faust Faust - Kris Drever; Green Grows the Laurel - Kris Drever; How Do You Stop - Joni Mitchell; Hard Times Heart  - Norma Waterson.

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    Episode 392: The Jazz Session No.452, ft. the jazz guitar work of the late Ralph Towner

    The Jazz Session No.452 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in Jan-Feb 2026, featuring the sadly departed, and awesomely talented modern jazz guitarist Ralph Towner, and his work from 1972-91. TRACK LISTING: Lu Lu's Back In Town - The Cable Street Rag Band; Riverside Blues - Kenny Ball; 3/4 in the Afternoon - Kenny Wheeler; The Moors - Weather Report; Bop City Flamenco - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra; Evidence - Joel Ross; Alpenbridge - Oregon; Amaryllis - Oregon; What's New? - John Coltrane; Solid - Sonny Rollins; Ecclusiastics - Charles Mingus; Ping Pong - Billy May; Icarus - Paul Winter Consort; Ode to a Fillmore Dressing Room - Paul Winter Consort; Nutty - Thelonius Monk; You're Driving Me Crazy - Lee Konitz; Balance Beam - Ralph Towner; Alar - Ralph Towner; Big City - Lenny White; Belielle - Yazz Ahmed.

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    Episode 391: The Jazz Session No.451, ft. Esperanza Spalding with "Emily's D+Evolution"

    The Jazz Session No.451 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in January 2026, featuring the excellent modern jazz album “Emily’s D+Evolution”, from Esparanza Spalding. TRACK LISTING: And I Love Her - Brad Mehldau Trio; Iron Man - Jazz Sabbath; Mandrake - Eric Dolphy; Waltz from Outer Space - George Russell; Rest in Pleasure - Esperanza Spalding; Judas - Esperanza Spalding; New St. Louis Blues - Ottillie Patterson w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band; Honeysuckle Rose - Sidney Bechet; Dusk Fire - The New Jazz Orchestra; Just to Cry - Keef Hartley Band; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Stanley Clarke & Friends; You Can't Always Get What You Want - Danish Radio Big Band & Charlie Watts; Guajira - Santana; Chico Cuadradino - Duke Ellington; Ebony and Ivy - Esperanza Spalding; Elevate or Operate - Esperanza Spalding; Maurizius - Eberhard Weber; Before I Go - Federica Michisanti Trioness; Riddoem - Yaatri; Ursa, The Minor Major Bear – Empirical.

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    Episode 390: The Jazz Session No.450, ft. "Nina Simone Sings the Blues", from 1967

    The Jazz Session No.450 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in January 2026, featuring the classic 1967 album “Nina Simone Sings the Blues”. TRACK LISTING: Hibou, Anemone and Bear - Soft Machine; Quadrant 4 - Billy Cobham; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Oscar Peterson; Walkin' Home - Oscar Moore Quartet; Blues for Mama - Nina Simone; Day and Night - Nina Simone; In the Dark - Nina Simone; Wonder is the Feeling - Empirical ; Falu - Emma Rawicz; Weeping Willow - a Ragtime Two-Step - Joshua Rifkin; Somewhere Before - Keith Jarrett; Cherry Pies Ought To Be You - Frank Sinatra & Rosemary Clooney; Jeep's Blues - Duke Eillington; Freddy Funkbump - Crossfire; Serbian Blue - George Benson; Whatever I Am (You Made Me) - Nina Simone; Real Real - Nina Simone; My Man's Gone Now - Nina Simone; Lila's Dance - Mahavishnu Orchestra; Sorceress - Return to Forever; One Finger Snap - Herbie Hancock; Marble - Neil Cowley Trio.

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    Episode 389: The Jazz Session No.449, ft. Nikki Iles & NDR Bigband, w. the 2023 album "Face to Face"

    The Jazz Session No.449 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in January 2026, featuring Nikki Iles & NDR Bigband with her tremendous 2023 album “Face to Face”. TRACK LISTING: Riddle - Mammal Hands; Solar - Bill Evans Trio; The Fool in the Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66; Brazil - Antonio Carlos Jobim; Wild Oak - Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band; Red Ellen - Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band; The Red Rooster (Little Red Rooster) - Howlin' Wolf; Little Rain - The Rolling Stones; Ornithology - Charlie Parker; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye  - Charlie Haden Quartet West; Little Island - Fumio Karashima; Japan - Pharoah Sanders; Cause We've Ended as Lovers - Jeff Beck; Constant Pud - The Stan Tracey Quartet; Face to Face - Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band; Awakening - Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band; Over Is The Gloryland - Eric Silk's Southern Jazz Band; Tiger Rag - Firehouse Five plus Two; La Fiesta - Chick Corea; You Know You Know - Mahavishnu Orchestra.

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    Episode 388: The Jazz Session No.448, ft. Snarky Puppy "Live at the Royal Albert Hall"

    The Jazz Session No.448 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in January 2026, featuring Snarky Puppy with their superbly accomplished 2020 album “Live at the Royal Albert Hall”. TRACK LISTING: The Stopper - Sonny Rollins; In a Mellow Tone - Courtney Pine; Just Another Rhumba - Ella Fitzgerald & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra; Dance Yourself Free - Rebecca Vasmant; Tarova - Snarky Puppy; Sleeper - Snarky Puppy; Snake Rag - Chris Barber's New Orleans Jazz Band; Jungle Blues - Jelly Roll Morton; I'm A Stranger - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers; You Can't Take It With You - Keef Hartley; Great Bird - Keith Jarrett; Evidence - Thelonius Monk; Jagdish - Mark Lockheart; Xanadu I - Emma Rawicz; Xavi - Snarky Puppy; Chonks - Snarky Puppy; Soul Eyes - John Coltrane; One for Daddy-O - Cannonball Adderley, w. Miles Davis; Desafinado - Quincy Jones & his Orchestra; Nothing Like You - Gil Evans.

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    Episode 387: The Crossing No.83, ft. Megson with "In A Box" from 2014

    The Crossing No.83 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in January 2026, featuring Megson with their 2016 album “In A Box”. TRACK LISTING: Mayibuye - Hugh Masakela with Kalahari; La Chica Del Granizado - Ibrahim Ferrer; I'll Keep It With Mine - Fairport Convention; One Too Many Mornings - Bob Dylan; Bet Beesley & Her Wooden Man - Megson; Songs to Soothe a Tired Heart - Megson; Lucky That Way - Joe Walsh; Dixie Chicken - Little Feat; St Patrick's Day - Young May Moon - Sam Sweeney; Swifts - Spell Songs [project]; The River Never Dies - Megson; Moses Carpenter - Megson; Winter Winds - Mumford & Sons.

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    Episode 386: The Jazz Session No.447, ft. jazz on a theme of winter

    The Jazz Session No.447 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in December 2025, featuring a selection of solstice and winter-related tunes from the last 85 years of classic jazz and jazz-rock. TRACK LISTING: Snowball - Harry Roy & His Orchestra; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Woody Herman; A Cold Wind is Blowing - Modern Jazz Quartet; When My Head is Cold - Joel Ross; The Sahara of Snow - Parts One & Two - Bill Bruford; Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (trilogy) - Frank Zappa; Tease 'N' Freeze - The Stan Tracey Quartet; Sometimes in Winter - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66; Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams - George Benson; Winter in America - Gil Scott-Heron; Swimming in Winter - Joshua Jaswon Octet; Dancing in the Dark - Bill Evans Trio; Darktown Strutters' Ball - Harry Roy & His Orchestra; Ice Dance - Cognitive Dissonance; The Ice Melts Into Water - It Bites; Blue Chill - Real Book North West; Strange Place for Snow - Esbjorn Svensson Trio; Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland.

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    Episode 385: The Jazz Session No.446, ft. Metropolis from Mike Westbrook

    The Jazz Session No.446 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in December 2025, featuring the very edgy, and improvisational, 1971 jazz-ensemble album “Metropolis” from Mike Westbrook. TRACK LISTING: Now You Has Jazz - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong; I Get a Kick Out of You - Billie Holiday ; Cantaloupe Island - Jean-Luc Ponty with the George Duke Trio; Kaze - Takeo Moriyama; Part I collective improvisation - Mike Westbrook; Part VI solos - Mike Westbrook; Dreamsville - Oscar Peterson; I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Cleo Laine & Dudley Moore; Eleanor Rigby (from Lighthouse '68) - The Crusaders; Acupuncture Openings - Steve Coleman and the Council of Balance; Spanish Angel - Paul Winter Consort; Dada Was Here - Soft Machine; Isle of Capri - Ken Colyer; Eccentric - Savoy Orpheans; Part VII solos - Mike Westbrook; Part VIII collective improvisation - Mike Westbrook; Day Trip - Pat Metheny, w. Antonio Sanchez, Christian McBride; Wind Parade - Jordan Rakei; Western Union - Gerry Mulligan; Blues for Mary Jane - Stan Getz.

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    Episode 384: The Jazz Session No.445, ft. jazz-fusion from Australian band Crossfire

    The Jazz Session No.445 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in December 2025, featuring some rare and unique jazz-fusion from 1975, with the Australian band Crossfire. TRACK LISTING: Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck; Full Compass - George Benson; Lemon Meringue - Neil Cowley Trio; Blue Pearl - Bud Powell; Remember the Trees - Crossfire; Inside Out - Crossfire; Kathy's Waltz - The Dave Brubeck Quartet; I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You - Stan Getz; Soul of Things, Var.9 - Tomasz Stanko Quartet; Delphia - Freddie Hubbard; Nite Sprite - Chick Corea; Sly - Herbie Hancock; Caravan - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra; Carnival in Caroline - Duke Ellington ; Perverted Pavanne - Crossfire; Nobody Nose - Crossfire; Kippi - Abdullah Ibrahim; Seven Days Ago - Allen Kwela; The King of Aberdeen - Polar Bear; Cockle Row - The Stan Tracey Quartet.

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    Episode 383: The Jazz Session No.444, ft. Stanley Turrentine's album "Sugar"

    The Jazz Session No.444 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in December 2025, featuring the whole of the 1971 album “Sugar” from jazz legend Stanley Turrentine. TRACK LISTING: Too Young to Go Steady - John Coltrane; Contemplation - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers; Petootie Pie - Ella Fitzgerald; To Be Young, Gifted and Black - Nina Simone; Sugar - Stanley Turrentine; Sunshine Alley - Stanley Turrentine; Deeper Still - Paul Towndrow; What Am I Waiting For? - Joel Ross; Lost Angeles - Colosseum; Symbiosis - Billy Cobham; In A Sentimental Mood - Sonny Rollins; Profile of Jackie - Charles Mingus; Harlem Bound - The Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band; Livery Stable Blues - Kenny Ball; Impressions - Stanley Turrentine; Gibraltar - Stanley Turrentine; Caracas - Jean-Luc Ponty; Maurizius - Eberhard Weber, w. SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hard Sock Dance - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra; Brilliant Corners  - Thelonius Monk.

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    Episode 292: The Jazz Session No.370; a tribute to the late Bryan Glutting; a celebration of the vibraphone

    The Jazz Session No.370 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in Jul 2024; a tribute to the late vibraphonist Bryan Glutting, his work with Cognitive Dissonance, and the music that inspired him. TRACK LISTING: Acting Up - John Serry, w. Gordon Gottlieb [vb]; Night Dreamer - Roger Beaujolais Quintet; Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers Ubiquity; Katonah - Frank Kimbrough/Joe Locke; Eric the Cat - Cognitive Dissonance, ft. Bryan Glutting [vb]; The Angels' Share - Cognitive Dissonance, ft. Bryan Glutting [vb]; Sweet and Lovely - Chick Corea & Gary Burton; Moonlight - Masayoshi Fujita; Inca Roads - Frank Zappa, w. Ruth Underwood [vb/marimba]; Little Friendly Giant - Lalo; Beelzebub - Bill Bruford [dms/vb]; Flying Colours - Mike Manieri; Bop City Flamenco - Lionel Hampton; Leyte - Cal Tjader; New Life - Cognitive Dissonance, ft. Bryan Glutting [vb]; Walnut Ridge - Cognitive Dissonance, ft. Bryan Glutting [vb]; Patato - Herbie Mann & Chick Corea, w. Patato Valdes [vb]; I'll Remember You - Modern Jazz Quartet, Milt Jackson [vb]; Fire & Flow - Lewis Wright, w. Kit Downes [p]; Prayer - Joel Ross.

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    50 years of Progressive Rock

    AM-Rock deep tracks special for July 2020, featuring a wander through the darker corners of 50 years of Progressive Rock. TRACK LISTING: The Nile Song - Pink Floyd - More - 1969, Rope Ladder to the Moon - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite [Disc 2] - 1969, Kobaia - Magma - Kobaia - 1970, In The Land of Grey & Pink - Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink - 1971, Upon Tomorrow - Tempest - Tempest - 1973, Is My Face On Straight? - PFM - The World Became the World - 1974, Playing the Game - Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory - 1974, Prelude - Egg - The Civil Surface - 1974, The Undercover Man - Van def Graaf Generator - Godbluff - 1975, Time Waits for No One - Ambrosia - Ambrosia - 1975, The Big Sleep in Search of Hades - Tangerine Dream - Stratosphere - 1976, Can't Believe My Eyes - Focus - Ship of Memories - 1977, Farm on the Freeway - Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave - 1987, Underneath Your Pillow - It Bites - Eat Me In St.Louis - 1989, Super Joker - Mr. Sirius - D I R G E - 1990, Wish - Teru's Symphonia - The Gate - 1999, Eriatarka - The Mars Volta - De - Loused in the Comatorium - 2003, Hostsejd - Anglagard - Prog Pa Svenska - Live in Japan - 2014, Daydreaming - Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool - 2016, Speedway - Black Midi - Schlagenheim - 2019. Sadly AM-Rock is no longer streaming, but this show is still here for you to enjoy!  :-)

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    Canterbury Tales

    AM-Rock deep tracks special for August 2020, featuring travels through the music inspired by the Canterbury scene from 1969-80. TRACK LISTING: Hibou, Anemone and Bear - Soft Machine - Volume One - 1969; A Visit to Newport Hospital - Egg - The Polite Force - 1970; Riah Sahiltaahk - Magma - 1001 Degres Centrigrades - 1971; Part of the Dance - Matching Mole - Matching Mole - 1972; Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss - Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night - 1973; Amygdala - Henry Cow - Leg End - 1973; Fitter Stoke has a Bath - Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North - 1974; One End More / Phil's Little Dance / Worlds of Zin - Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh - 1975; Esnuria - Gong - Gazeuse! - 1976; Borogroves - National Health - National Health - 1977; Wrong Key Donkey - Carla Bley - European Tour 1977 - 1978; Chord Changes - Camel - A Live Record - 1978; Q.E.D. - Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado – 1980. Sadly AM-Rock is no longer streaming, but this show is still here for you to enjoy!  :-)

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