Radio Richard | Richard Niles Podcast

With more than forty gold and platinum albums, over 15 Grammy nominations and seven Grammy Awards. Arif Mardin consistently arranged and produced hits for over forty years hits for Aretha Franklin, Du...

12 Apr 202121min

Educator, composer, arranger, Professor of Music at University of New Orleans Harold Battiste (1931-2015) co-produced and arranged many hits including You Send Me for Sam Cooke, I Got You Babe for Son...

8 Apr 202141min

The FABULOUS 50s, and the birth of Rock and Roll as a commercial force was directed by the arrangers, using a fusion of swing, jazz, blues and Latin styles. Dave Bartholomew in New Orleans, Jesse Ston...

6 Apr 202129min

Jazz Improv Magazine called Jay Azzolina “one of the finest and most talented guitarists on the planet”, and I would be the last to argue with them. As my fellow student at The Berklee College of Musi...

1 Apr 202119min

ALL MUSIC LICENCES AND COPYRIGHTS CLEARED BY BBC RADIO 2 IN 2003. I wrote and hosted this 7-part documentary series for BBC R2 in 2003. In Episode 1, I explain what an arranger is and interview arrang...

29 Mar 202129min

GREG PHILLINGANES is a singer, songwriter and studio ace keyboard player known for his work with Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson and Toto. I interviewed him for my “What Is Melody?” BBC r...

17 Mar 202120min

I interviewed the great composer & pianist Bob James in my London studio in 2003 for my BBC series “The New Jazz Standards” Here is the 2003 interview with two live tracks I produced in my studio. Whi...

12 Mar 202132min

I interviewed the great composer & pianist Bob James in my London studio in 2003 for my BBC series “The New Jazz Standards” and again in 2007 for my series “What Is Melody”. Here is the 2007 interview...

7 Mar 202126min