Sat 21 Nov
4.00 Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton highlights performances by singer Juliet Kelly and pianist Kate Williams, recorded last weekend at the Barbican Free Stage at the London Jazz festival. And listeners are given a chance to introduce their own requests.
5.00 Jazz Line-Up
Julian Joseph introduces a special live gig by Gareth Williams and his European Trio, recorded on 13 November on the Jazz Line-Up stage at the London Jazz Festival. The line-up features drummer Daniel Fredriksson and his bassist Martin Sjostedt, both considered among Sweden's finest jazz musicians.
Gareth is someone Tim Richards of Spirit Level fame would describe as one of those Mister Fastfingers, and I was there for most of this set, which charged away at a bullish pace - not quite my thing when it comes to piano trios, but pretty advanced stuff nonetheless, in a sort of turbocharged post-Bill Evansish kind of way.
12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith plays tribute to Phil Woods, who died in September, aged 83. The Massachusetts-born bebop alto saxophonist, clarinettist, bandleader and composer worked alongside greats such as Thelonious Monk.
Before JLU Hear and Now kicks off at 10 pm with what are described as Lol's Tunes - stuff by the late sop saxophone soliloquist and all-rounder Lol Coxhill (once nicknamed the Thelonious Rollins of Aylesbury or some such) arrranged by Christopher Hobbs, who used to be associated with the Cornelius Cardew school of leftish politics-linked British improv, and two pieces by two other much missed characters from our homegrown jazz/improv avant-garde, guitarist Derek Bailey and trombonist Paul Rutherford.
Mon 23 Nov
11.00 Jazz on 3
Jez Nelson with highlights from Adventures in Sound, an afternoon of improvisation recorded last week at the London Jazz Festival, curated by Jazz on 3. This year's event features short sets and one-off collaborations by Polish piano trio RGG, Danish saxophonist Julie Kjaer and her trio with British improv veterans John Edwards and Steve Noble, virtuoso harmonica-player Philip Achille, and Dinosaur, a young London-based quartet led by trumpeter and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Laura Jurd.
For those who may not be sure, I'll just say this will be mostly at the free jazz as opposed to the plinky-plonk end of free improvisation; people should be aware of John Edwards as the astonishing bass playing regular with Evan Parker who can go from vocalised histrionics to pinpoint accurate walking line to harmonics before you've time to shake your fist at Jeremy Hunt so you get to hear it all as one, Steve Noble as the drummer who does likewise with the entire tradition of traps drumming from Baby Dodds to today, Laura Jurd as the lady with the fringe on top who just plays amazing trumpet, and if you ain't yet heard Julie Kjaer you'll want to marry her.
4.00 Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton highlights performances by singer Juliet Kelly and pianist Kate Williams, recorded last weekend at the Barbican Free Stage at the London Jazz festival. And listeners are given a chance to introduce their own requests.
5.00 Jazz Line-Up
Julian Joseph introduces a special live gig by Gareth Williams and his European Trio, recorded on 13 November on the Jazz Line-Up stage at the London Jazz Festival. The line-up features drummer Daniel Fredriksson and his bassist Martin Sjostedt, both considered among Sweden's finest jazz musicians.
Gareth is someone Tim Richards of Spirit Level fame would describe as one of those Mister Fastfingers, and I was there for most of this set, which charged away at a bullish pace - not quite my thing when it comes to piano trios, but pretty advanced stuff nonetheless, in a sort of turbocharged post-Bill Evansish kind of way.
12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith plays tribute to Phil Woods, who died in September, aged 83. The Massachusetts-born bebop alto saxophonist, clarinettist, bandleader and composer worked alongside greats such as Thelonious Monk.
Before JLU Hear and Now kicks off at 10 pm with what are described as Lol's Tunes - stuff by the late sop saxophone soliloquist and all-rounder Lol Coxhill (once nicknamed the Thelonious Rollins of Aylesbury or some such) arrranged by Christopher Hobbs, who used to be associated with the Cornelius Cardew school of leftish politics-linked British improv, and two pieces by two other much missed characters from our homegrown jazz/improv avant-garde, guitarist Derek Bailey and trombonist Paul Rutherford.
Mon 23 Nov
11.00 Jazz on 3
Jez Nelson with highlights from Adventures in Sound, an afternoon of improvisation recorded last week at the London Jazz Festival, curated by Jazz on 3. This year's event features short sets and one-off collaborations by Polish piano trio RGG, Danish saxophonist Julie Kjaer and her trio with British improv veterans John Edwards and Steve Noble, virtuoso harmonica-player Philip Achille, and Dinosaur, a young London-based quartet led by trumpeter and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Laura Jurd.
For those who may not be sure, I'll just say this will be mostly at the free jazz as opposed to the plinky-plonk end of free improvisation; people should be aware of John Edwards as the astonishing bass playing regular with Evan Parker who can go from vocalised histrionics to pinpoint accurate walking line to harmonics before you've time to shake your fist at Jeremy Hunt so you get to hear it all as one, Steve Noble as the drummer who does likewise with the entire tradition of traps drumming from Baby Dodds to today, Laura Jurd as the lady with the fringe on top who just plays amazing trumpet, and if you ain't yet heard Julie Kjaer you'll want to marry her.
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