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 54. Alex Clarke (Saxophone) - 'Alone Together'
Perfect pitch, bebop, and the hard reality of a badly formatted big band chart all collide in this week’s episode. Geoff chats with the brilliant Alex Clarke, a young UK alto saxophonist (and multi-instrumentalist) who already sounds like she h...
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...
