Video Juke Box 2026
Videos Featured on the Sandy Brown Jazz What's New page during 2026
Click on the pictures below to watch the videos .....
or take pot luck and click on the picture of the Juke Box and see what comes up.
August
Dylan Jones previews his new album Statue. The album is the trumpeter's first as leader although he is known from his work with Tomorrow's Warriors and Ezra Collective. [See Recent Releases]
Young pianist Joey Alexander plays Windows from a gig in 2025. Joey has a captivating new album out Celestial Keeper with many jazz Standards. It is well worth hearing. Tracks are on YouTube or here in our Recent Releases page.
In this video, John Dankworth and Humphrey Lyttelton meet and interview Duke Ellington for a 1958 BBC Monitor programme. The video is interrupted twice for adverts but is still historically interesting.
We have featured Dutch vocalist Trijntje Oosterhuis before, but although this video carries her name, we share it for the guitar playing of Leonardo Amuedo. You might like to compare it with the song played by Pat Metheny here.
This video of the Avon Cities Jazz Band playing Tishomingo Blues was filmed back in the 1970s between the Old Duke and the Llandoger Trow in King Street, Bristol. Geoff Nichols (trumpet); Chris Pope (drums); and ? Mike Hitchins (trombone); Ray Bush (clarinet); Dave Collett (piano); Clive Morton (bass guitar); Frank Feeney (guitar)
Pianist Nduduzo Makhathini plays Unembeza from his new Blue Note album The Myth We Choose [See Recent Releases}
July
The New York vocal trio Duchess has a new album out - A Marvelous Party [see the Insight article below]. It is appropriately called 'Sure-footed swing, sweet-toned harmony,'. This is a video of Duchess from some years back singing On The Sunny Side Of The Street.
Deirdre Cartwright's ORGANIK play Mango Bango from their new album released in July. See this month's Tea Break with Deirdre here.
This very brief video of the Washboard Serenaders from 1933 has no given title unless you can decipher the scat.
The American vibes player Simon Moullier and his Quartet play Mr Hutcherson (? Bobby). The tune is on the band's new album Ceiba [see Recent Releases]
Saxophonist Trish Clowes plays Walking from her new album Try Me with her band My Iris. The album was inspired by a collection of field recordings from a walk along London’s Thames pathway from Rotherhithe to Blackfriars Bridge. [See Recent Releases}
Filmed in 1968, this video features Yugoslavian pianist Larry Vuckovich. Of the band here, only Larry remains with us, but the film gives us the chance to appreciate the others; Jon Hendricks, Phil Woods, NHOP and Al Heath. The Sweetest Sounds.
Michael Jackson recorded it, Miles Davis, Jacob Collier, Stevie Wonder and others all put their mark on it, but here is South Korean pianist Yohan Kim with his inspiring improvisation on Human Nature.
June
Saxophonist Sam Braysher and guitarist Linus Eppinger have a joyful new album out A Sinner Kissed An Angel. This live video from Amsterdam has a different rhythm section to the album but gives us a taste of Sam and Linus with Put On A Happy Face, a tune featured on the album [See Recent Releases]
Saxophonist Jasmine Myra plays Likeness and Shadow from her new album Where The Light Settles [see Recent Releases]
This film (20 mins) about the Cambridge Riverside Jazz Band was made by the U3A Cambridge Moviemakers Group. The band was founded in 1957 and has been going ever since, with obvious changes in personnel. See the Forum section below for details.
God Gave Me Feet For Dancing - This video of award winning Ezra Collective at Glastonbury last year captures the charisma that draws in so many young people - the song is on their album Dance, No One's Watching. where Yazmin Lacey sings the song - Yazmin received the Vocalist Of The Year award at the 2026 Jazz FM awards on the 16th April. [See Howard Lawes' article here]
Pianists Chick Corea and Hiromi duet on this performance of Lennon and McCartney's Fool On The Hill.
In September last year baritone saxophonist Hannah Horton and her quartet played I Wish I Knew How It Would Be Free. Hannah has a new album out Stories On The Wind (here) [and see Recent Releases] this tune is not on it, but try the ones that are - particularly Whisper.)
Here we reel back the years to 1928 and Gus Arnheim's West Coast Orchestra playing Tiger Rag. Gus Arnheim was a significant dance band leader in America in the early nineteen hundreds. You can read about him here and of his links with Sophie Tucker, Bing Crosby, Stan Kenton and others.
May
The Joe Lovano Quartet plays Lady Day from the forthcoming album Paramount Quartet on the ECM label. The album is due to be released on May 29th [Details next month]
NHOP (Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen), the Danish bass player was a little younger than Miles Davis and John Coltrane, he was born in May 1946, but here is a chance to celebrate his 80th birth anniversary with this video of him with Oscar Peterson playing Reunion Blues. (NHOP passed away in April 2005).
The Cy Laurie Club in Soho in 1959. This BBC archive footage features the Sonny Morris band playing at the club. I'm sure you will make your own mind up about Francis Williams' commentary.
The cellist Shirley Smart has contributed much in recent years to introducing the cello to UK jazz audiences. Here she is playing Halfouine with her Trio - John Crawford (keyboards) and Demi Garcia Sabars (percussion) in Teignmouth in 2024
Here is the Spanish pianist Marco Mezquida's Trio playing the title track from their album, Táctil - 'a declaration of love for life, for the skin, for sound and for all human beings'. [See Recent Releases]
Danish vocalist Malene Mortensen and American pianist Christian Sands, introduce their fine new album, Malene & Christian. There are details and samples in this month's Recent Releases page.
Rewinding the years to 1947, Welsh bandleader Harry Parry and his Sextet play Honeysuckle Rose. Harry Parry plays clarinet but the rest of the band are not named.
April
The Neil Cowley Trio has a new album out Built On Bach which is exactly that. The pianist describes it as "a collection of new compositions, all based loosely on the works of JS Bach, but styled and moulded to sound like the Neil Cowley Trio." Here is a video of Scurry from the album. [See Recent Releases]
Guitarist and bandleader Billy Marrows plays Shenandoah. His solo guitar version is on the album Penelope and a band version on the album Mount Tibidabo. Both are beautiful. Billy drops by for a Tea Break this month (here) and talks about his music and his new album Dancing On Bentwood Chairs.
Clarinettist Alvin Roy has suggested we include this version of Caravan by Dutch pianist Peter Beets and his Trio. You can read more about Peter here. His recording Blues Goes To Spain was released in February (it does not include Caravan played in the video) [See Recent Releases]
The Bristol-based trio Yetii (Alex Veitch, piano, composition; Ashley John Long, bass and Alex Goodyear, drums play the beautiful Afar from their recent album Inner Worlds [See Recent Releases]
Here is Woody Herman and his Swingin' Herd back in 1964 with Woodchoppers Ball. Woody Herman was responsible for bringing so many key jazz musicians to notice - here, the first solo is taken by Sal Nistico and the trombone solo by Phil Wilson about whom one commentator says "He taught me how to doodle tongue using (the) Arbans (method). I am eternally grateful, as this was most important jazz technique I ever learned and to this day, I can immediately tell the difference between those who can doodle and those who don't."
Founded in 1945 in the Netherlands by reeds player Peter Schilperoort, the Dutch Swing College Band was prominent during the Trad Jazz 'boom' of the 1950s. Europe's longest established band is still going although Peter Schilperoort died in 1990. Here they are in 1970 with Bourbon Street Parade.
The impressive Louise Balkwell sings I Can't Give You Anything But Love from her uplifting new album Chatterbox [See Recent Releases]
March
The Hot Club Of Jupiter play Hot Heat from their recent album Copacallisto [See Recent Releases]
The Sant Andreu Jazz Band is always outstanding - here is a recent video (November 2025) with their Dixieland ensemble playing the Royal Garden Blues - Dixieland is alive and well in Spain!
A 'secret session' by vibes player Red Norvo has recently been released. [See Recent Releases]. This video, however, comes from 1958 when Red appeared in a film Kings Go Forth with Tony Curtis, Frank Sinatra and Natalie Wood. Tony Curtis 'plays' trumpet with the band - in reality it is Conte Condoli playing, but check out the other band members.
American vibes player Joel Ross plays Hostile from his new album Gospel Music [see Recent Releases]
Yosef Gutman plays the lovely Kumi Lach from his new album Resisei Lyla with Omri Mor, Itamar Doari, Tal Yahalom and Yoed Nir [see Recent Releases]
In this video the Whatever Jazz Band from Madrid play I'll Be A Friend With Pleasure. The tune is mostly associated with Bix Beiderbecke and his Orchestra from 1930 ; it is not so well known that there were 3 takes for Bix's recording - here is version 1 - and here are takes 2 & 3 (see video for musicians).
Kurt Elling sings My Very Own Ride from his new album with the WDR Big Band In The Brass Palace [see Recent Releases]
February
Pianist Brad Mehldau plays Your Mother Should Know by The Beatles. It is the title song from his album Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles.
Sara Dowling sings Here I'll Stay. This video was recorded for saxophonist Sam Braysher's recent album That's Him featuring the music of Kurt Weill. An instrumental recording of the song was eventually included in the album and Sara's vocals included on other tracks.. You can hear the instrumental version here.
In 1962, Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band appeared in the film Band Of Thieves. Acker and his band are in prison. On their release they are persuaded by their promoter to burgle local stately homes while on tour. His girlfriend, a policewoman, finds out, and Acker and his band go back to prison, as does the promoter. There are a few clips on YouTube but here is the band playing Lonely. The cast (including the band members) is here.
Saxophonist Asaf Harris plays I Don't Know What's Inside (but It's got to be good ...) from his new album I Thought I Was Ready. [see article by Howard Lawes here]
Vocalist Rebecca Kilgore passed through the Departure Lounge in January. It is sad to only come across her voice after she has gone. This video is from 2008 with Rebecca singing Sugar; and here she is from her album with Hal Smith's Rhythmakers and How Long Has This Been Going On?
The Gareth Lockrane Big Band plays Captain Kirkland from their new album Box Of Tricks [See Recent Releases]
We are used to seeing Shaye Cohn playing as part of the Tuba Skinny band, but here she is in New Orleans in December with Craig Flory and David Boeddinghaus and Dreaming The Hours Away.
January
The amazing UK youth music organisation Kinetika Bloco celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2025. Here is a video illustrating what they do and there is an article by Howard Lawes here.
Saxophonist Iain Ballamy plays Green in Blue from his new album Riversphere. The album includes a number of guest musicians - featured here are guitarist Rob Luft and bass player Conor Chaplin. [See Recent Releases]
Here is a video from 1928 that seems to be remarkably preserved. It is a humerous film by Walter Roesner and his Capitolians but features solos by Jimmy Dorsey, Miff Mole and a brief snatch from Leo McConville. Note the paper-tearing percussion from the drummer!
Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie and his trio have a fine new album out, The Shieling, here he talks about the background to the album "Some thoughts and feelings about how my relationship with the Scottish Munros has shaped how I play and write music, especially in relation to 'The Shieling' ...." [See Recent Releases]
The Jim Cullum Band play Jelly Roll Morton's Frog-I-More Rag. Apparently it was written in 1908 to accompany a vaudevillian known as Frog-i-More, a contortionist who performed in a frog costume, but Jelly Roll did not deposit the music for copyright until 1918 for fear that any form of public record was an invitation to purloin his ideas. More information here.
Award-winning Scottish saxophonist Matt Carmichael is featured in this video playing his composition There Will Be Better Days with Bob Mintzer and the WDR Big Band. [See article by Howard Lawes here]
Sadly there seems to be very little footage available of the late reeds player Tony Coe, so we are lucky to have this video of him with the Frances Knight Trio in 2014 playing The Days Of Wine And Roses (not A Foggy Day as the video is labeled).