New Summertime programmes land at Jazz FM

Jazz, soul and blues is ever changing and Jazz FM has always maintained the role of, like the music, constantly evolving in its programmes and how it presents the latest sounds. This means that alongside a new schedule that offers more prominence to under-served genres, it also announces some new documentaries on subjects including music therapy and careers in music.

The weekly late evening schedule will see a new Friday night soundtrack of upbeat Latin and Cuban music with programmes with Helen Mayhew and Afro Jazz with Reuben Green. There’s also new programmes for singer Rouhangeze Baichoo, who takes over the global music show Jazz Travels; and Wah Wah 45’s label boss, DJ and record producer Dom Servini has an hour of electronic jazz on Wednesday night.

Ruth Fisher hosts a programme that focuses entirely on Future Jazz, highlighting the exciting new music cutting through the jazz scene, whilst Dinner Jazz with Mark Walker can also be heard on Sunday with a special Dinner Jazz Classics edition that focuses on the legends of jazz.

Documentaries and short series coming to Jazz FM over the late summer months include a series looking at how musicals have influenced jazz with many show tunes becoming jazz standards in a 4-part series called Jazz at the Musicals hosted by musician Stacey Kent. Theres a second series of Music Therapy with Binker Golding in which he discusses life’s challenges with fellow artists and what’s on their therapeutic playlists. And Access To Music with Alex Carr takes an in-depth look at the music industry and the careers within.

These changes will mean that the station will be saying goodbye to DJ ‘Lil Koko (Kate Peroudis) who has been with the station since 2019 and Clare Teal who joined from Radio 2 in 2021.

Of Clare and Kate, Jazz FM’s Content Director said “It’s been great to have these experts and superb broadcasters as part of our Jazz FM family and we thank them for all of their wonderful shows they have painstakingly put together for us through the years. They have been intrinsic in the sound of the station with their programmes proving that they are experts in their chosen fields, and I hope there will be a chance to work with them again in the future. In the meantime we wish them the very best.”

New programmes / schedule changes from Monday 22nd July

Monday

6.30am - Jazz FM Breakfast with Nigel Williams

10\am – Danielle Perry

2\pm – Simon Phillips

6\pm – Jazz FM’s Greatest

7\pm – Jazz FM’s Dinner Jazz with Mark Walker

9\pm – Future Jazz with Ruth Fisher (new)

10\pm – Late Night China Moses

Tuesday (as above except)

9\pm – Jazz Travels with Rouhangeze Baichoo (new)

Wednesday (as above except)

9\pm – Jazztronic with Dom Servini (new)

Thursday (as above except)

9\pm – The British Jazz Show with Helen Mayhew (new)

Friday (as above except)

7\pm – Latin Jazz Jam with Helen Mayhew (new)

9\pm – The Rhythm of Afro Jazz with Reuben Green (new)

11\pm – The Ronnie Scott’s Radio Show with Ian Shaw

Saturday

6\am – Breakfast at the Weekend with Nia Visser

9\am – Jazz FM Book Club with Tim Smith / Jazz Shapers with Elliot Moss

10\am – Nigel Williams

2\pm – YolanDa Brown

6\pm – The Sarah Ward Collection

9\pm – Jazz FM Guest Curators

10\pm – The Blueprint with Chris Philips

Sunday

6\am – Breakfast at the Weekend with Nia Visser

10\am – Tony Minvielle

1\pm – Robbie Vincent

3\pm – John Osborne

5\pm – Blues ‘n’ Boogie with David Freeman

7\pm – Dinner Jazz Classics with Mark Walker (new)

9\pm – Jazz FM Documentaries

10\pm – Jez Nelson