Jazz FM announces summer schedule.

Monday, July 15, 2024

Jazz FM, have today announced a new schedule offering more prominence to under-served genres and new documentaries on subjects including music therapy and careers in music. Press release attached.

We have received the following press release;

The new schedule puts Latin, Cuban, AfroJazz, Electronic and New Jazz front and centre

New programmes for Helen Mayhew, Reuben Green, Rouhangeze Baichoo, Ruth Fisher and Dom Servini

New short series on Musicals, Music Therapy and Careers in Music also announced.

The UK’s only jazz, soul and blues radio station, Jazz FM, have today announced a new schedule offering more prominence to under-served genres and 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 soundtracks.  And Access To Music with Alex Carr takes an in-depth look at the music industry and the careers within.

Jazz FM and Scala Radio Content Director Nick Pitts said “We’re always looking at how we can enhance our music and programming and, as late summer starts to arrive, to be able to provide a Friday night soundtrack giving more time to two under-represented genres is a superb addition.  It’s also a joy to give new broadcasters like Rouhangeze, Reuben Green and Dom Servini a place on our schedule continuing our tradition of highlighting new talent.”

He added, “And excitingly our new Rayo app, allows any listener to find this rich, new content and explore their way around our jazz, soul and blues world.  Alongside our rich archive of programmes on the platform, jazz has never been so well represented.”

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, Nick 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
10am – Danielle Perry
2pm – Simon Phillips
6pm – Jazz FM’s Greatest
7pm – Jazz FM’s Dinner Jazz with Mark Walker
9pm – Future Jazz with Ruth Fisher (new)
10pm – Late Night China Moses

Tuesday (as above except)
9pm – Jazz Travels with Rouhangeze Baichoo (new)

Wednesday (as above except)
9pm – Jazztronic with Dom Servini (new)

Thursday (as above except)
9pm – The British Jazz Show with Helen Mayhew (new)

Friday (as above except)
7pm – Latin Jazz Jam with Helen Mayhew (new)
9pm – The Rhythm of Afro Jazz with Reuben Green (new)
11pm – The Ronnie Scott’s Radio Show with Ian Shaw

Saturday
6am – Breakfast at the Weekend with Nia Visser
9am – Summer Book Club with Time Smith / Jazz Shapers with Elliot Moss from 21st September
10am – Nigel Williams
2pm – YolanDa Brown
6pm – The Sarah Ward Collection
9pm – Jazz FM Guest Curators
10pm – The Blueprint with Chris Philips

Sunday
6am – Breakfast at the Weekend with Nia Visser
10am – Tony Minvielle
1pm – Robbie Vincent
3pm – John Osborne
5pm – Blues ‘n’ Boogie with David Freeman
7pm – Dinner Jazz Classics with Mark Walker (new)
9pm – Jazz FM Documentaries
10pm – Jez Nelson

About Jazz FM:
Jazz FM is the largest commercial jazz station in the world, celebrating the complete spectrum of Jazz in all its colourful forms since 1990. Jazz FM broadcasters, producers and team are true devotees, with a deep love and understanding of their particular jazz shade, their passion is vivid, their enthusiasm infectious, sharing the finest jazz with everyone.
As the UK’s only dedicated Jazz broadcaster, Jazz FM is on a mission to entertain, promote and celebrate all that’s great about Jazz. Involvement with national festivals and awards is part of this - setting the bar high for live performance, recognising outstanding talent and strengthening the Jazz community.
No matter how people tune-in they always listen in colour.