Jazz On The Pulse

The Pulse is a community radio station in Geelong that was established in 1988. It has a broad range of programming from music to current affairs to community language programs. It has carried jazz programs since the beginning but this show began in 2015. Hot, Sweet and Jazzy is a program that brings the fun back into music. A team of presenters brings you interesting and enjoyable music, much of it not available on Australian radio, along with associated stories, humour, background chat and musings to promote your enjoyment and appreciation. Above all, it’s an entertaining hour.

The music is jazz and jazz-aligned, but covering many possible definitions of ‘jazz’! For example, in recent programs, you could hear “St Louis Blues,” by Fats Waller, “Hard Hearted Hannah,” by contemporary Australian singer Hetty Kate, “Petootie Pie”, by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan, and “Big Chief Battle Axe,” by Australia’s Sugarfoot Ramblers. There are no limits to the program’s musical sources, but Australian musicians provide an important part of the material.

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The Pulse is a community radio station in Geelong that was established in 1988. It has a broad range of programming from music to current affairs to community language programs. It has carried jazz programs since the beginning but this show began in 2015. Hot, Sweet and Jazzy is a program that brings the fun back into music. A team of presenters brings you interesting and enjoyable music, much of it not available on Australian radio, along with associated stories, humour, background chat and musings to promote your enjoyment and appreciation. Above all, it’s an entertaining hour.

The music is jazz and jazz-aligned, but covering many possible definitions of ‘jazz’! For example, in recent programs, you could hear “St Louis Blues,” by Fats Waller, “Hard Hearted Hannah,” by contemporary Australian singer Hetty Kate, “Petootie Pie”, by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan, and “Big Chief Battle Axe,” by Australia’s Sugarfoot Ramblers. There are no limits to the program’s musical sources, but Australian musicians provide an important part of the material.

Hot, Sweet and Jazzy’s presenters are all music enthusiasts and many are practising musicians: • Peter Milley: trumpeter and leader of the Cairo Club Orchestra; record collector; supplied period recordings for the soundtrack to the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries series. • Peter Fogarty: music lover; arranger; singer in jazz bands. • George Krupinski: jazz enthusiast and lover of live performance • Ross Williamson: music lover; program co-ordinator. • John Thompson: student of jazz and of its roots; country blues aficionado; record collector.

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