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OK Jazz Episode #188 w/special guest Philip Arneill Part 2 Oct 29, 2025

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Part 2 of this special episode with my Tokyo Jazz Joints Photo Project brother Philip Arneill! We get into his arrival in Japan, record store exploring, how we met, some classic hip-hop, soul, jazz and lots more!

OK Jazz Episode #187 w/special guest Philip Arneill Part I Oct 24, 2025

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After ten years wandering Japan taking photos of jazz joints with this boss, I finally got him on the podcast! Photographer, writer, actor, fashionista and my brother in jazz, this is Part 1 of a very special episode where Philip Arneill takes us back through his life in music. Lots of laughs, jangly, bluesy tunes, life in Northern Ireland & college in Scotland, right up to when he first came to Japan (to be covered in Part 2). This is a fun one!

OK Jazz Episode #186 Oct 11, 2025

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Packed new episode with new music from SarathyKorwar, RobertoMontero, contemporary Polish jazz, deep cuts from the heart of Louisiana Creole culture, dreamy electro-pop & more!

OK Jazz Episode #185 - Salif Keita Mini-Interview! Sep 23, 2025

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Salif Keita Mini-Interview! The legend from Mali is in Japan for some live shows celebrating his new album So Kono. I got to speak briefly with him before his first Tokyo gig at a small live house, beyond a thrill to get even a short time with one of my favorite ever musicians!

OK Jazz Episode #184 Sep 20, 2025

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Short but sweet new episode, with new music from Poland, Cape Verde, Mali, Australia and Sweden, some huge jazz reissue news, and a soul classic comes off the CD shelf!

OK Jazz Episode #183 - Cheikh Lô Special! Aug 30, 2025

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To celebrate the upcoming release of Cheikh Lô s new album, here's a very special episode looking back at his career! He doesn't record often as this is only his sixth album to date, so it's a good time to show love to one of the OK Jazz Podcast first ballot Hall of Fame members, the remarkable Ceikh Lô from Senegal!

OK Jazz Episode #182 - 2025 Hot Summer Special! Aug 09, 2025

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Record hot summer in Japan means it's time for the third annual HOT Summer OK Jazz Special! Smokin' tunes from the US, Trinidad, Brazil, Peru, Nigeria, Thailand & more, turn it UP!

OK Jazz Episode #181 Jul 12, 2025

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Packed episode with a bunch of new jazz releases, the return of the MinyoCrusaders, more new music from Brazil, more guitar mastery from Madagascar, and tribute to some rock legends!

OK Jazz Episode #180 Rainy Season Special! Jun 28, 2025

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Another (loose!) theme episode, celebrating the Japanese Rainy Season! Tunes from around the world about the rain, that mention the rain, or that I just loved listening to while walking in the twinkling, atmospheric, beautiful rainy streets of Tokyo & Yokohama. 梅雨特集エピソード！

OK Jazz Episode #179 Jun 07, 2025

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A ramshackle episode of OK Jazz but with the usual great musical selections! BlackSabbath sung in Amharic, new music from BrandeeYounger, more classic Strata-East jazz, respect to Sade, a visit to the Soviet Union and lots more!

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