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Roy Woodcock
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Journalist running Yorkshire media & PR company. Presenter Humber Wave Radio. Food, wine, football (lifetime Gooner), cars and music: Pure Blues (10pm) on Humber Wave Mondays and JazzTastic (10pm) on Humber Waves and also Vixen 101 every Tuesday
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JazzTastic 02-12-25: The latest new releases and classic tracks
1 McCoy Tyner, Four By Five
2 McCoy Tyner, What Is This Thing Called Love? - new release
3 Horace Silver, Song For My Father - new release
4 Rin Seo, Blues a la Carte - new release 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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On JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), new albums/reissues from McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Rin Seo, Emma Smith, Out Of/Into, Something Blue & Miles Davis. We also have more from McCoy Tyner and a track from the vaults featuring Howard McGhee
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Pure Blues 01/12/25: You're invited to a blues party!
Just the ticket:60 minutes of great blues:
1 Lester Davenport, Let's Go Party
2 Sandra Hall, Party at My House
3 T-Bone Walker, Party Girl
4 Albert Collins, Blue Monday Hangover
5 Chicago Bob Nelson, Came Home this Morning 1/3
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Pure Blues tonight on Humber Wave Radio with
@woodyroy
(10pm) has the very best in blues. Here Albert Collins, T-Bone Walker, Lester Davenport, Sandra Hall, Chicago Bob Nelson, The Cadillac Kings, R L Burnside, Duwayne Burnside, Big John Wrencher, Robert Nighthawk, 1/2
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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New music & classic tracks on the menu from JazzTastic. Listen here to:
1 Lee Morgan, Growing Pains
2 Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Pec a Sec - new release
3 Freedom Art Quartet, Stop Watch - new release
4 Rin Seo, City Suite: 1, The Big Apple - new release 1/2
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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On JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101), new albums from John Donegan, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, The Freedom Art Quartet, Rin Seo, Jay Phelps and Pharaoh Sanders. Plus some vintage Lee Morgan and Dexter Gordon
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Hooked on blues in the 1960s - a Pure Blues special
1 BB King, Paying the Cost to be the Boss
2 Buddy Guy, Leave My Girl Alone
3 JB Hutto, Come On Back Home
4 Johnny Lewis, Hobo Blues
5 James DeShay, Hold That Train, Conductor
6 The Aces, Blue Shadows
7 Big Joe Williams, Watergate Blues 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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PURE BLUES SPECIAL: BLUES AND THE BBC

On Pure Blues tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio), @woodyroy looks back to those pre-streaming days when blues albums and radio & TV coverage was at a premium. But there were gems to be found for a young blues fan . . .
Tune in tonight to 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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JazzTastic 18-11-25: Another hour of great jazz
1 Joe Henderson, Swing Spring
2 Joe Henderson, Milestones
3 Eric Scott Reed, They
4 Eric Scott Reed, Glow
5 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, PSFJ
6 John Rae & Ben Wilcock, Song For Eddie
7 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Lisbon Stomp 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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On JazzTastic tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101) we squeeze in 11 great tracks, including double helpings of Joe Henderson, Eric Scott Read and John Rae and Ben Wilcock.
Also Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ike Quebec, Gregory Porter, Art Hirahara and Blue Mitchell.
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Pure Blues 17th November 2025
16 great tracks on. this week's show:
1 Kim Wilson, Keep Our Business To Yourself
2 Freddie King, Today I Sing The Blues
3 Freddie King, Have You Ever Loved A Woman 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Tune in at 10pm tonight for some great blues - only on Humber Wave Radio on 106.9FM and DAB+ and humberwave.com
The area's fastest growing radio station!
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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JazzTastic 11/11/25: More new jazz albums plus classic tracks:
1 Joe Farnsworth, Prime Time - new release
2 Joe Farnsworth, Radical - new release
3 Al Foster, E.S.P. - new release
4 Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Alone Together - new release
5 Jim Mullen, Kiko - new release 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101) has new music from, Joe Farnsworth, Al Foster, Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning, Jim Mullen, Alma Micic and John Scofield & Dave Holland, plus Fats Navarro and Oscar Peterson
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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New music plus a Hound Dog Taylor feature:
1 Slim Harpo, Tip On In
2 Robbin Kapsalis, Shake Your Hips
3 Kim Wilson, Lowdown Woman
4 Kim Wilson, I'm Trying
5 Harrell 'Young Rell' Davenport, Fatherless Child
6 Blind Boys of Mississippi, Time Is Winding Up 1/3
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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On Pure Blues tonight with @woodyroy (10pm) a feature on Hound Dog Taylor and new music from Kim Wilson, Robbin Kapsalis, Harrell 'Young Rell' Davenport, Yank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes and Memphis Minnie. Plus Slim Harpo, the Blind Boys of Mississippi and a new Zydeco album
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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JazzTastic: Celebrating Jack DeJohnette
The show has music featuring Jack, plus new albums and classic tracks:
1 Bill Evans Trio (w Jack DeJohnette), Round Midnight
2 Jack DeJohnette New Directions, Multo Spiliago
3 Keith Jarrett (w Jack DeJohnette), The Masquerade Is Over 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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We remember drummer Jack DeJonette on JazzTastic tonight (10pm) following his death just over a week ago. Hear him in action with Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and his own band New Directions. Also music from Horace Silver, David Kikoski, Kenny Dorham and Sarah Vaughan.
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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On Pure Blues with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio) we feature the work of record producer extraordinaire Ralph Bass and some of the artists he worked with: T-Bone Walker, Carey Bell, Sonny Boy Williamson, Joe Carter, Little Willie Littlefield and Sunnyland Slim 1/2
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Our hero takes a train to Hull and books into the Station Hotel, although he doesn’t think it looks very royal. Next stop Hull Docks …

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November 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Great jazz just a click away . . . the latest JazzTastic presented by @woodyroy:
1 Pharaoh Sanders, Moment's Notice -new release
2 Pharaoh Sanders, I Want To Talk About You -new release
3 Zoot Sims, Willow Weep For Me -new release
4 Miles Davis, How Am I To Know? -new release 1/2
JazzTastic: The great jazz just keeps on coming!
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October 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Lots of new stuff on JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio & Vixen 101). There's a track from the first duo album by John Scofield and Dave Holland (Memories of Home, due out on Nov 21). Also Pharaoh Sanders, Zoot Sims, Miles Davis and Fergus McCreadie. 1/2
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Pure Blues: Ghosts, Mojos and Blind Pigs
Some suitable blues for Hallowe'en plus new and back catalogue music from the relaunched Blind Pig blues label:
1 Robbin Kapsalis, The Blues Is In the House
2 Jovin Webb, Born Under A Bad Sign
3 Altered Five Blues Band, Holding On With One Hand 1/3
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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NO PORKIES - BLIND PIG RECORDS RELAUNCHED
Pure Blues with @woodyroy (tonight, Humber Wave Radio, 10pm) has news of the relaunched Blind Pig record label with current releases from Jovin Webb and the Altered Five Blues Band plus music from their archives (Otis Rush and 1/2
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Episode One of Matthew’s new spy drama (episode 2 also available, then weekly)

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1. ‘I’m Done With That Life’
Podcast Episode · The Divide · S1 E1 · 18m
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October 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM