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The Jazz Podcast

The Jazz Podcast

Steve Banks, Jonathan Silk & Josephine Davies

Jun 30, 2026 · 43 min · 8 segments

Steve joins Rob Cope from Birmingham Conservatoire to discuss his career to date as well as his new album, Emboldened, for jazz orchestra and choir. The new album was being recorded at the time of…

Steve joins Rob Cope from Birmingham Conservatoire to discuss his career to date as well as his new album, Emboldened, for jazz orchestra and choir. The new album was being recorded at the time of the interview and so we're blessed to be joined by Jonathan Silk and then Josephine Davies during the episode. Click the link to find out more about the project as well as for information on how to support the project. https://www.steve-banks.co.uk/jazz-orchestra-choir Support the show

Steve joins Rob Cope from Birmingham Conservatoire to discuss his career to date as well as his new album, Emboldened, for jazz orchestra and choir. The new album was being recorded at the time of…

Speakers: Steve BanksGuestRob CopeHostJonathan SilkGuestJosephine DaviesGuest

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Top entities: Jonathan Silk×20 Josephine Davies×11 Leeds Conservatoire×3 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire×6 London×10

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈2k followers

Expanding ‘Emboldened’ to Jazz Orchestra0:50 – 4:45

Steve BanksGuest

0:50

Well, I released my quintet album, Emboldened, in 2023.

N

NarratorNarrator

0:55

And since then, the very short version of a much longer story

Steve BanksGuest

0:59

is that I've collaborated with Jonathan Silk, wonderful drummer and arranger and human being, to extend the music for the quintet.

Steve BanksGuest

1:09

upwards and downwards and sideways and we've made it in now into a jazz orchestra and choir so there's now five musicians have become 25.

Steve BanksGuest

1:23

That

1:24

doesn't include the choir,

Steve BanksGuest

1:25

or

1:25

that

Steve BanksGuest

1:25

does? Well, there was 15 when we did it with the wonderful Girl Tool Jazz Orchestra and performed it, which was a glorious sound.

Steve BanksGuest

1:37

I think officially we're starting with five vocalists for the recording, but through the magic of various recording techniques, I think it's going to sound like more than five.

Steve BanksGuest

1:48

Wow! Like the clarinets in the woodwind.

Steve BanksGuest

1:52

Like the magic Rocco clarinet.

Steve BanksGuest

1:56

Expanding clarinetist.

1:58

So tell us about how you discovered the idea of Silky doing it.

2:04

Had you heard his first big band album? I'd

Steve BanksGuest

2:07

heard Frankman, yeah.

Steve BanksGuest

2:09

And I'd worked also with Jonathan Silk in Sarah Coleman's band.

2:15

Let's take the stairs, shall we? Let's take

Steve BanksGuest

2:17

the stairs.

Steve BanksGuest

2:18

Yeah, let's take the stairs, then we can possibly...

Steve BanksGuest

2:20

Sorry,

2:21

those dings are like the sound of a lift.

2:24

But we're going to walk and talk.

Steve BanksGuest

2:25

Let's go this way.

2:26

Right, let's go this way.

Jonathan SilkPersonMusician
98%20 mentions
Josephine DaviesPersonJazz musician
95%11 mentions
Leeds ConservatoireCollege or UniversityMusic school in Leeds, England
91%3 mentions
Royal Birmingham ConservatoireCollege or UniversityMusic school in Birmingham, England
88%6 mentions
LondonCityCapital of England
84%10 mentions
University of BirminghamCollege or UniversityPublic university in Birmingham, England
81%1 mention
New YorkCityCity in New York State
78%4 mentions
Rebecca NashPersonBritish pianist and composer
74%2 mentions
Greenwich MeanMusic AlbumAlbum by Wayne Krantz
71%2 mentions
SwindonCityTown in England
67%6 mentions
Henrik JensenPersonMusician
64%1 mention
Roger FedererPersonSwiss former tennis player
60%3 mentions
Julian ArgüellePersonSaxophonist and jazz musician
57%1 mention
LeedsCityCity in England
53%1 mention
United KingdomCountryCountry in Europe
50%4 mentions
Stevie Ray VaughanPersonAmerican musician
47%2 mentions
Nikki IlesPersonBritish composer and pianist
43%1 mention
Joni MitchellPersonCanadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
40%2 mentions
Guildhall School of Music and DramaCollege or UniversityMusic school in London, England
36%1 mention
ActonCity
33%2 mentions
CirencesterCityTown in England
29%1 mention
Wayne KrantzPersonAmerican guitarist and composer
26%3 mentions
Scott StromanPersonConductor
22%1 mention
North DevonEntityNon-metropolitan district
19%1 mention
Robben FordPersonAmerican guitarist
14%1 mention
Scott HendersonPersonAmerican jazz guitarist
14%1 mention
Grammy AwardsEntityAward
9%1 mention
John ColtranePersonAmerican saxophonist and bandleader
5%1 mention
Stevie WonderPersonAmerican singer-songwriter and musician
2%1 mention

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Jonathan SilkMusic > Musicians > Steve Banks
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Expanding ‘Emboldened’ to Jazz Orchestra0:50 – 4:45

Steve BanksGuest

0:50

Well, I released my quintet album, Emboldened, in 2023.

N

NarratorNarrator

0:55

And since then, the very short version of a much longer story

Steve BanksGuest

0:59

is that I've collaborated with Jonathan Silk, wonderful drummer and arranger and human being, to extend the music for the quintet.

Steve BanksGuest

1:09

upwards and downwards and sideways and we've made it in now into a jazz orchestra and choir so there's now five musicians have become 25.

Steve BanksGuest

1:23

That

1:24

doesn't include the choir,

Steve BanksGuest

1:25

or

1:25

that

Steve BanksGuest

1:25

does? Well, there was 15 when we did it with the wonderful Girl Tool Jazz Orchestra and performed it, which was a glorious sound.

Steve BanksGuest

1:37

I think officially we're starting with five vocalists for the recording, but through the magic of various recording techniques, I think it's going to sound like more than five.

Steve BanksGuest

1:48

Wow! Like the clarinets in the woodwind.

Steve BanksGuest

1:52

Like the magic Rocco clarinet.

Steve BanksGuest

1:56

Expanding clarinetist.

1:58

So tell us about how you discovered the idea of Silky doing it.

2:04

Had you heard his first big band album? I'd

Steve BanksGuest

2:07

heard Frankman, yeah.

Steve BanksGuest

2:09

And I'd worked also with Jonathan Silk in Sarah Coleman's band.

2:15

Let's take the stairs, shall we? Let's take

Steve BanksGuest

2:17

the stairs.

Steve BanksGuest

2:18

Yeah, let's take the stairs, then we can possibly...

Steve BanksGuest

2:20

Sorry,

2:21

those dings are like the sound of a lift.

2:24

But we're going to walk and talk.

Steve BanksGuest

2:25

Let's go this way.

2:26

Right, let's go this way.

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