The Quartet Jazz Standards Podcast
Geoff Gascoyne chats to big-name (and upcoming) jazz soloists as they pick and play their favourite jazz standards and talk about their jazz lives.
A mix of candid discussion, technical insights and spontaneous improvisation, this weekly podcast is a must-listen for everyone that loves jazz.
Geoff is a renowned jazz bass player and prolific composer and producer with credits on over 100 albums and a book of contacts to die for! He is also executive producer of the best-selling Quartet jazz standards play-along app series for iOS.
The Quartet Jazz Standards Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 53. Pete Long (Clarinet) - 'Just Friends'
Geoff is in Croydon, South London to meet the accomplished British bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and musical director of the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra, Pete Long.One record can reroute a whole life, and for Pete it was Glenn Mill...
Episode 52. Denny Ilett (Guitar) - 'Tangerine'
Geoff is backstage at Hadleigh Jazz Club in Suffolk, England with the celebrated jazz singer, guitarist and bandleader Denny Ilett.Denny begins the conversation talking about growing up on a council estate with his trumpet-playing dad, a...
Episode 51. Ben Sidran (Piano) - 'Blues in F'
Geoff is in Camden, North London to meet with the legendary jazz pianist, singer/songwriter, producer, author and renowned interviewer Ben Sidran.A $3 school-dance gig. A teenage obsession with Horace Silver. A lifetime of paging through...
Episode 50. Tim Lapthorn (Piano) - 'Yesterdays'
Geoff sits down with the wonderful jazz pianist, composer and arranger Tim Lapthorn to trace how his ear led him from pop songs and a battered copy of the Real Book to a deep, personal approach to jazz harmony and improvisation. We talk about e...
Episode 49. Pete Whittaker (Organ) - 'Secret Love'
A Hammond organ isn’t just an instrument, it’s a moving machine, and you can hear it breathe the moment you sit next to it.Geoff heads to North London to meet the wonderful jazz organist Pete Whittaker in his “organ room” and get properl...
