Mike Gavin presents: Jazz Progression (23 December 2025)

Mike Gavin, label manager at Cadillac and Ogun Records, looks at the growth of community music in the 1970s – the DIY ethic forced on musicians by the social, economic and cultural changes at the beginning of the decade (sound familiar?), and plays music gems which maybe aren’t getting played so much elsewhere.

In this edition Mike looks at folk infused jazz.

Playlist:
John Surman - Hornpipe (Westering Home, 1972)
Ian Carr - Remadione (Belladonna, 1972)
Mike Heron - Call Me Diamond (Smiling Men with Bad Reputations, 1971)
Davy Graham - The Preacher (Godington Boundry, 1970)
Pentangle - Sally Free & Easy (Solomon’s Seal, 1972)
Nick Drake - Poor Boy (Bryter Later, 1971)
Bert Jansch - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Moonshine 1973)
Pentangle - Light Flight (Basket of Light, 1969)
The Trees - Sally Free & Easy (On The Shore, 1970)
Mike Westbrook - Pastorale (Citadel/Room 315, 1975)