Richard likes jazz - his day job is running Jazz FM. When he closes the door to the Clifford Street offices in London, he likes nothing more than settling down to listen to some cool jazz at some of the UK’s best and sometimes least known music venues. On his show he’ll play some of his favourite late night jazz tracks and give away some of the secrets of the jazz hideaways that he’s recently found.
Interview With Richard Wheatly
1. What’s your favourite Jazz FM show and why?
Dinner Jazz – it’s so mellow and relaxing.
2. What’s the first record you bought and where did you buy it?
Chet Baker - ‘My Funny Valentine’ - I thought it was so cool.
3. What’s the most embarrassing song on your iPod/in your collection?
No songs are embarrassing!
4. In your opinion, what’s the greatest album of all time and why?
Miles Davis - ‘Bitches Brew’
5. What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
Rolling Stones at Hyde Park a long, long time ago...
6. What’s your favourite live music venue?
Pizza Express in Dean Street, Soho.
7. Jazz Is...
My job!
8. In your opinion, who’s the most inspirational radio presenter of all time?
Kenny Everett.
9. What’s been your most embarrassing moment in broadcasting?
They happen all the time.
10. What’s your favourite film and why?
‘Un Homme et Une Femme’ - do you need to ask?
11. Who would you invite to your fantasy dinner party?
John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker.
Heard some superb tracks early this morning.Is a playlist available for jazz notes?
Richard:
Joy and I missed your show last Sunday. We were still in Milan and by midnight, we had fallen asleep as our young daughter wore us out with her equivalent “tapas” crawl in Milan’s Duomo area. We will tune on this coming Monday…that’s your Sunday midnight.
Best regards
Guido
This is a message for Richard Wheatly.
Hi Richard, we haven’t met for, it must be 20 years! I saw you on the Perrier programme the other night and was inspired to contact you. Those were interesting days!
Would love to catch up. Contact me if you can find the time!
Best
Roy (Langmaid)
Hi Richard
The station is sounding better than ever. Think there is just enough smooth jazz now to be honest. All the best for 2011!
Nigel
Hi Richard, I always enjoy your programme on Sunday nights. You usually play my kind of Jazz. I like Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Billie Holliday, Duke Ellington, Clarke Terry who I met at Ronnie Scotts club in Birmingham, sadly now closed. How I miss it! Clarke is a lovely man and invited me and my husband in to meet him in the interval, and posed with me for a photograph. When he realised my husband was from Sweden Clarke spoke a little Swedish to him ! I’ll be listening in to see if you play any of my favourites. I am hoping to go to see Ray Gelato on the Jazz FM tour as he is at Solihull. We have seen him a few times and also at the Javea Jazz festival in Spain. He always gives a great performance so I hope we can get tickets. Bye ….. RITA
Hi…love Jazz FM. Some fine fine jazz presented by you chaps and ladies. Thanks
extrapolations cd anything on it must be aired and what about one of the greatest unappreciated blues singers duffy power it is tragic he is not heard of much
anyway best wishes davide dmondson
It is excellent to nite .
Am I a real jazzer if Take 5 is one of my fave tracks I wonder ?
JGC
Hi Richard,
What was the name of the song you played on JazzNotes this morning after Les McCann – Falling in Love with Love?
Thanks
MilesU