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 | |
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19:04 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
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19:08 | Come Dance With Me | Helen Fenton |
19:13 | Walkin' | Simon Tedeschi & Ian Cooper | |
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19:19 | Paris Skies | Edward Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco |
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19:27 | Aldovio | Chuck Mangione |
19:36 | But Not for Me | Cleo Laine | |
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19:41 | Stardust | Samara Joy |
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19:45 | Raise The Roof | Bob James |
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19:51 | Big Shoe | Bill Frisell |
19:55 | Satisfaction Guaranteed | Horace Silver Quintet | |
20:02 | Soliloquy (Parts 1 & 2) (Album Version) | Frank Sinatra | |
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20:11 | My Foolish Heart | Scott Hamilton |
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20:21 | Ashley Blue | Joey DeFrancesco |
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20:32 | Without Me Baby | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown |
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20:36 | Cook's Bay | Kenny Barron |
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20:43 | Death Letter | Cassandra Wilson |
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20:48 | Wake Up | James Morrison & Deni Hines |
20:52 | Tokyo (Album Version) | Leon Parker | |
20:56 | Laughin' Blues | Leon Redbone | |
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20:59 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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19:04 | Now's The Time | Charlie Parker |
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19:09 | Ornithology | Carl Dewhurst |
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19:14 | A Junkie For The Groove | Dorian Mode |
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19:20 | Mattaraja | Mister Ott, Matthew Ottignon, Nick Garbett, Mick Stuart, Daniel Pliner, Eden Ottignon, Carlos Adura, Ben Walsh |
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19:26 | Paris Skies | Edward Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco |
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19:29 | I Remember You | Charlie Parker Quartet |
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19:35 | Cantaloupe Island | MB3 |
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19:39 | Purple Rain | Mark Maxwell |
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19:49 | The More I See You | Rebekka Neville, Michael Finnigan-Young |
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20:10 | Emisor | Helio y Los Elementos |
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20:23 | Get Busy | Courtney Pine |
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20:34 | Evidence | Andy Summers |
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20:46 | It Takes a Long Train With a Red Caboose | Janet Seidel |
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20:50 | Thou Swell | Count Basie , Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams |
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20:58 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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19:04 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
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19:07 | Full Circle | The Jo Fabro Quintet |
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19:13 | Big Ben (for Bennie Wallace) | Andrew Robson |
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19:20 | Indigo Hues | Sandy Evans, Andrea Keller |
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19:26 | Paris Skies | Edward Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco |
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19:27 | Tina the Healer (Tina) | Guy Strazz Quartet |
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19:33 | Passage | Glenn Doig |
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19:36 | Shall We Dance in the Rain | The Last Haven |
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19:37 | Roxanne | Dianne Cripps |
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19:42 | Tobes Malone | Jeremy Sawkins' Organ Quartet |
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19:50 | Bye Bye Blackbird | Miles Davis |
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20:03 | The House I Live In (That's America To Me) (78 rpm) | Frank Sinatra |
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20:07 | Fragile | The Idea Of North |
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20:12 | Une petite laitue | Roy Eldridge |
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20:23 | Ebb and Flow | Danny Widdicombe, Trichotomy |
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20:27 | Afrocubanos | Joaquin Nunez & Habana Safari |
20:32 | Paris Skies a | Edward Anthony Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco | |
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20:33 | I Fall In Love To Easily | Curtis Stigers |
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20:41 | Mercy, Mercy, Mercy | Eric Marienthal |
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20:46 | Separate Ways | Sarah Vaughan |
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20:48 | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Steve Tyrell |
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20:53 | What's He Gonna Say Today | Eric Bibb |
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20:56 | Congalegra | Horace Parlan |
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20:58 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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19:04 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |
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19:15 | Jeannine | Susan Gai Dowling |
19:24 | French Piano | Relaxing Instrumental Music, Smooth Jazz Music Ensemble, Smooth Jazz Park | |
19:25 | G. Fauré: Nocturne op.36 n.4 | Luigi Cordova | |
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19:29 | Love Me | Billy Eckstine, Lou Bring Orchestra |
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19:32 | I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton |
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19:35 | For Someone Special | Herb Harris |
19:48 | The Jody Grind | Dee Dee Bridgewater | |
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19:54 | I Feel Fine | Curtis Stigers |
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20:01 | Full Moon And Empty Arms (78 rpm Version) | Frank Sinatra |
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20:06 | Beauty Free | Rachel Therrien, Mireya, Andy Rubal |
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20:11 | I Can't Get Started with You | Steve Tyrell |
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20:23 | Suite Columbia | Joaquin Nunez & Habana Safari |
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20:36 | Got to Be | MooveKa |
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20:37 | Baião da Dora | Anna Setton |
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20:40 | Man In The Mirror | The Idea of North |
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20:44 | Blue Rondo à la Turk | The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
20:53 | Confessin' The Blues | Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann | |
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20:58 | Now's the Time | Charlie Parker |