I sit here with my tender young hands wrapped around a mug of joe so big that ‘Venti’ cups look away in shame and I pronounce the legendary GetJazzical interview with Bad Ass Brass is, finally, complete!  It may have taken weeks to do but by gosh…it’s beautiful. Well actually Olly sounds like a posh snake with a lisp and Alasdair sounds a little frightened child when you can hear him at all.  It was, in our defense, recorded on an iPhone which kept going flat.  Thanks Steve Jobs.

This interview was recorded at the Blagclub in Ladbrokes Grove during a bold, brash and brassy performance by the band and the interview features Gemma Moore who plays the Baritone saxaphone and Jon Stokes who supplies Trombone and sultry vocals.

It was our first live recording and we’d like to thank the band for having us.  Please don’t forget to check out the rest of Bad Ass Brass on their MySpace.

You know a band’s good when they get played on GetJazzical. You know we’re fans when we play them twice. Now, on top of all that, your favourite hosts are about to step out into the public eye to experience the live sounds of Bad Ass Brass. And we’d love you to come too!

Blagclub is the place to be on Saturday 23rd May, with some Bad Ass Brass and smooth cocktails to compliment these hot summer nights … that we’re expecting soon. More information can be found here, and at £5 a ticket, doors open at 20:00.  Saturday night is going to kick off GetJazzical’s Summer of Jazz with a night not to be missed!

Oh, and you can also e-mail them (badassbrass@live.co.uk) to get on the guest list. Stick with us kids – we’ve got all the hook ups.

“Hi! I’m Oliver Mills, when I’m not jetting off to New York to drink Espresso in trendy cafe’s, and hanging out with beautiful people in Greenwich, I like to record podcasts, showcasing contemporary Jazz and Classi…oh what’s that? Time for drinks in an underground Jazz club? Oh well, off I toodle. Alasdair, can you finish this for me…?”

It’s that time of the fornight again folks, and what an episode we have for you. Paying homage to Olly’s “fact finding mission” in Manhattan, we’ve got some very New York, New York-centric tunes for your ears, with some atmospheric pieces by Giulio Carmassi and Bob Thompson. We also visit some old friends, Bad Ass Brass, Fourplay String Quartet, and we soak up the delicious vocals of Gonville and Caius College Choir.  And finally to end this chapter of GetJazzical, we sell out, give in, and jump the shark and play some Jamie Cullum! Well…Geoff Gascoyne featuring Jamie Cullum.

So enjoy, and stay tuned, as GetJazzical is about to get bigger and better than ever before! If Olly decides to return to the UK…

P.s. Despite auditory evidence to the contrary, Olly had not just snorted his body weight in coke before recording this episode.  He was just very, very excited to be leaving.

You know those guys who want to be Olympic cyclists but just can’t be bothered with the early mornings, incessant Weetbix eating and chafed nether regions?  You know how they placate their unfulfilled ambitions by buying the latest, greatest and shiniest gear they can find?  They get the bike hand-tuned by a little old man who lives in Belgium,  lights so bright they could dazzle the sun and the kind of figure-hugging attire generally only seen in the kind of films favoured by the Home Secretary’s husband?

Well we’re not exactly that guy, but we did drop a few pennies on some very Gucci kit since Episode Two.  GetJazzical now has the knobs, wires and pop-guards needed to bring you, our discerning listener, the aural experience you deserve.  So… yeah it should sound better now, ok?

This week we’ve got the body-rocking Bad Ass Brass, the ensemble Present Music, the cool Lisa Cay Miller, some dude called ‘Count Basie‘ or something and the electro-fusion Telegraph Melts.  Get some.

Links that we are in no way legally obligated to include:

Telegraph Melts
“Septembrist” (mp3)
from “Ilium”
(Absolutely Kosher)

Buy at iTunes Music Store

Present Music, Armando Luna
“Graffiti: X. George Gershwin” (mp3)
from “Graffiti”
(Innova Recordings)

More On This Album

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