Frank Presley has broadcast jazz on numerous Australian public radio stations since 1991. One of the longest continuously running jazz programs in Australia, Now’s the Time started broadcasting from Northside Radio in 2001.
Now’s the Time has a strong focus on jazz in Sydney and new international releases.
Frank has interviewed hundreds of artists over the years and you can hear all of Frank’s interviews exclusively on the Interview page of the website www.jazzandbeyond.com.au.
Frank was the presenter of the Community Radio Network’s Australian jazz program “Tempo” in the 1990’s. Frank is currently the editor of the Sydney based jazz e-zine Jazz and Beyond.
He was a jazz reviewer for ABC Limelight Magazine from 2007-12, a contributor for Extempore Journal and The Bulletin and in 2006, he was awarded the winner of the National Jazz Writing Competition at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz for his album and live performance reviews.
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| Time | Title | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | A Journalist's Dream | Out To The World | |
| 19:04 | Now's The Time | Charlie Parker | |
| 19:08 | OUR MAN IN JAMAICA | Steve Hunter | |
| 19:21 | Viva! Vegas: The Gambler | Hiromi | |
| 19:28 | Cry Me A River | Hetty Kate | |
| 19:34 | Black and Blue | Louis Armstrong | |
| 19:40 | Well You Needn’t | Miles Davis | |
| 19:46 | Long-lost Frenemy | Divergence Jazz Orchestra, Jenna Cave, Paul Cutlan, Yutaro Okuda | |
| 19:59 | Bemsha Swing (Live at The Village Gate) | Thelonious Monk | |
| 20:02 | Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) | Frank Sinatra | |
| 20:07 | Dizzy Atmosphere | Dizzy Gillespie | |
| 20:16 | Crazy | Bill Frisell | |
| 20:22 | Night in Tunisia | Don Byas | |
| 20:47 | Dancing In The Dark | Jerry Bergonzi | |
| 20:55 | Sirens Of Titan | Marc Johnson, Eliane Elias | |
| 20:59 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
| Time | Title | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | A Journalist's Dream | Out To The World | |
| 19:04 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker | |
| 19:08 | You Think You Know | Rebekka Neville | |
| 19:14 | WALKING IN THE SUN | VIRNA SANZONE | |
| 19:42 | OUR MAN IN JAMAICA | Steve Hunter | |
| 19:52 | Panafrica | Danilo Perez | |
| 19:58 | Tabu (Taboo) | Margarita Lecuona, Kronos Quartet | |
| 20:05 | Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) [Remastered] | Frank Sinatra | |
| 20:09 | Luki | Shankar Mahadevan, John McLaughlin | |
| 20:16 | Don’t Lose Your Steam | Gregory Porter | |
| 20:22 | Mean to Me | Sarah Vaughan | |
| 20:26 | T-Jam | Motivation, Brad Turner, Michael Kalanj, Bruno Hubert | |
| 20:37 | Mack the Knife | Kate Wyatt | |
| 20:46 | Goin' To Chicago Blues | Lou Rawls | |
| 20:50 | Tuff | James Bowers | |
| 20:52 | In Full Swing | Ronny Jordan | |
| 20:58 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
| Time | Title | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | A Journalist's Dream | Out To The World | |
| 19:04 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker | |
| 19:08 | Chicken Shack / How Blue Can You Get | Clayton Doley | |
| 19:20 | Riffi | James Bowers | |
| 19:32 | Hoedown! | Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin | |
| 19:39 | Let Me Be | Dan Barnett | |
| 19:47 | Happy People | David Bode, Daniel Meinecke | |
| 19:55 | Whatever Lola Wants | Janet Seidel | |
| 20:02 | The Hucklebuck | Frank Sinatra | |
| 20:07 | The Messiah's Shoe | Tessie Overmyer | |
| 20:31 | Talkin' About J.C. | Grant Green | |
| 20:44 | Leave | Reuben Lewis, I Hold the Lion's Paw | |
| 20:48 | Redemption Song | Richard Bona, Michael Brecker | |
| 20:54 | The Message | Esbjörn Svensson Trio | |
| 20:59 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
| Time | Title | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:04 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker | |
| 19:08 | Dindi | Gregg Arthur | |
| 19:15 | Mandolin | Gary Daley | |
| 19:30 | Down Under | Major Zulu | |
| 19:58 | Narcotic | Major Zulu | |
| 20:06 | Nature Boy | Frank Sinatra | |
| 20:11 | Wildlife | Cindy Blackman | |
| 20:18 | Nigerian Marketplace | The Oscar Peterson Big 4 | |
| 20:32 | Slam | David Sanborn | |
| 20:38 | I Cover the Waterfront | Don Macdonald | |
| 20:44 | Lost in a Summer Night | Peter Campbell | |
| 20:49 | Season For Change | Ronny Jordan, Guru | |
| 20:54 | My Man's Gone Now | Nina Simone | |
| 20:58 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |

