JAZZ RADIO INTERNATIONAL

JAZZ RADIO INTERNATIONAL proves that great programming outweighs pristine audio. The 64kbps stream is lo-fi, but the selection demands attention. This is a UK-based jazz radio station that doesn't pander. Daytime brings hard bop and modal classics: Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock. Night shifts into free jazz and spiritual sounds: Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane. They even dust off rare vinyl you won't hear elsewhere. There's no talk between tracks. Just jazz. It works. The station doesn't feel the need to explain each track; it just plays them. That's a confidence you don't find often. For listener…