It happens to be Ella’s anniversary of her first concert in Ireland and also her birthday. Join Donald for 100% Ella ..read more

As the title suggests, here are some big bands you’ve never heard of! The Lloyd Ryan Big Band? The Jazz Pacific Orchestra? Ring a bell? All on the 119th Hot Box ..read more

The Hot Box #118 ..read more

Your latest edition of The Hot Box with Donald Helme. Put the kettle on, sit back and relax with #117 ..read more

Keeping you all in suspense as to what happened Hot Box #115, heres episode #116 ..read more

John Pizzarelli, Bobby Short and Mose Allison. All will be revealed on The Hot Box #114 ..read more

Our delve into new releases for our first edition of 2024. Happy New Year ..read more

Donald Helme brings you a festive Hot Box. Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year ..read more

The latest edition of the ever popular “Hot Box ..read more

The clarinet has been an endangered species for most of the last 50 years, and despite much admiration for modern-day exponents such as Anat Cohen, it remains on the outer fringes of jazz. Hot Box takes a look at clarinet from the heyday of Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet and Jimmie Noone through to today’s most admired exponent, Anat Cohen. Some critics have suggested its decline is due to the difficulty of playing it: “It was invented by three people who never met each other” was the comment of Basie band sax player Frank Wess ..read more