Mike Gavin presents: Jazz Progression (23 June 2026)

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.

Playlist:
Mike Osborne Trio - Alfie {Live at the Bulls Head 1981 unissued}
Mike Osborne Trio - Don’t Stop the Carnival {Birmingham Jazz Concert 1976}
Norma Winstone - Erebus (Son of Chaos) {Edge of Time, 1972}
Neil Ardley feat Ian Carr & Don Rendell - Wine Dark Lullaby {Greek Variations 1970}
Don Rendell feat. Barbara Thompson - Penta-Gone {Just Music 1974}
Harry Miller Quintet - Orange Grove {BBC Jazz in Britain 1977}
Malcolm Griffiths Qnt - Haute Couture {BBC Jazz Club 1976}