We are lovin’ the jazz journey Courtney Pine’s lined up for you this episode. First off is South Korean wunderkind Jihye Lee and her on-fire Orchestra, before some eternal truths from pianist Ethan Iverson. Kick off your shoes for a sensual groove with Omar, and a retro-luscious dreamscape from Brazil’s Marcos Resende. Is that Sarah Vaughan? No and yes! It’s Melanie Charles revisioning her in a totally surreal and cool duet. Portugal’s best kept jazz secret Mário Laginha gives us a triotastic palette cleanser, before the energy ball that is Kinetika Bloco whops Duke Ellington’s Caravan carnival style down the road to our final prayer: Javon Jackson’s Sweet Chariot, Swingin’ Low with some gospel-tinged calypso grooves. Now that’s an episode we’re ALL gonna be talkin’ about…
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