Sean Brophy's long running show Jazz Mine on Dublin City FM appeals to the inner jazzhead in us all while his factoids dotted around have a quirkiness to reach out to non-specialists along for the ride. Sean, with an unpretentious salt of the earth style, on this episode hits the ground running with opener 'Born To Play' by pianist Jon Batiste from the Soul soundtrack. Selections divert hither and thither perhaps a bit too waywardly to really get to the heart of the matter after this solid start yet the show retains a certain perkiness to it and is more up to date than quite a few Irish jazz shows on whatever side of the border you zoom in on. Above all else his taste is solid, knows how to return to the tonic key and plays mine host pretty fetchingly. Chances are down the mine he is locating the jazz gold we all seek more than just some of the time because the strike rate of tracks you'll be glad to discover is impressive.
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