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The cats in the hats with a tribute programme to composer and guitar maestro Ralph Towner who died recently at the age of 85 - and who also gave them the nickname of "the jazz hamsters".

The cats in the hats with the first of two programmes looking back at some of their favourite albums of 2025. . . 'twas a very good year!

New music from the Rin Seo collective and Sixty years to the day (almost!) since Ornette Coleman recorded his classic "At the Golden Circle" album. The cats are at it . .

The jazz hamsters play music from artists at this year's London Jazz Festival - which is where they will be by the time of broadcast!

The cats in the hats rue the passing but celebrate the music of the drummers' drummer and pianist, Jack DeJohnette, who died last week.

The jazz hamsters have sounds from the likes of Charles Lloyd and Tom Johnson and pay tribute to the music of some great names who have recently moved on to bandstands new . . . Danny Thompson, Anthony Jackson and Klaus Doldinger

The jazz hamsters curate a personal selection of great jazz from just one year - the question is which year is it? No Googling now . . . .

The cats in the hats with their usual tasty selection of the best in modern jazz from Snarky Puppy to Mary Halvorson. It's jazz Jim - but not always as we know it . .

The jazz hamsters bring you the best sounds in modern jazz from around the globe and chat with the Portico Quartet ahead of their first ever IOM gig!

As the summer draws to a close, the cats in the hats curate a jazz garden party . . .nice . .

The Joe Clark big band, the first live album from Miguel Zenon and celebrating 100 years of Oscar Peterson . .

The cats in the hats with great new music from the likes of Jonathan Blake and Joshua Redman plus great sounds from Tomasz Stanko and Norma Winstone with the Altantic Jazz collective

The cats in the hats with the best in modern jazz - and a tribute to the great bassist Dill Katz who passed away recently

From Miles to Rez, new names to old - the best in modern and contemporary jazz from the cats in the hats!

The cats in the hats have great music from the likes of Eric Dolphy and Vincent Meissner plus pay tribute to jazz greats Al Foster, Louis Moholo Moholo and Brian Kellock