May Bees

[Serial_Apologist]

Sat 7 May
4.00 Jazz Record Requests
An eclectic pick of jazz requests, with Alyn Shipton revisiting the collaboration between pianist Teddy Wilson and the Dutch Swing College Band

http://www.alynshipton.co.uk/blog

5.00 Jazz Line-Up
Claire Martin presents a duo performance by saxophonist Courtney Pine and pianist Zoe Rahman, recorded last month on the Jazz Line-Up stage as part of the Gateshead Jazz Festival and featuring their interpretations of jazz standards including A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square and Girl Talk*.

*Nice tune, of its time, as are the not-so-nice lyrics (which we won't be hearing, mercifully. )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079lt47

12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith salutes the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, assembled in the mid-1960s by the trumpeter-composer and drummer respectively

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079lttw

Mon 9 May
11.00 Jazz Now
Emma Smith presents Soweto Kinch and his trio, both in concert and remixed by Oxford Contemporary Music Group, recorded last week at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. And Snarky Puppy pianist Bill Laurance discusses his solo projects

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079m23b

[Jazzrook]

Just noticed that John L Walters discusses Moondog(1916-99) on 'Hear and Now' on Radio 3 tonight(10pm).

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

Just noticed that John L Walters discusses Moondog(1916-99) on 'Hear and Now' on Radio 3 tonight(10pm).

JR

Ooh - would've missed that! Thanks, JR!

[ahinton]

Claire Martin presents a duo performance by saxophonist Courtney Pine and pianist Zoe Rahman, recorded last month on the Jazz Line-Up stage as part of the Gateshead Jazz Festival and featuring their interpretations of jazz standards including A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square and Girl Talk*.

*Nice tune, of its time, as are the not-so-nice lyrics (which we won't be hearing, mercifully)

Indeed, classic - indeed Hefti - example of political incorrectitude that it is. As to the lyrics of the other song, that square once prompted me to make a most awful little verse about Tony Payne's splendid Time's Arrow as follows:

I shot Time's Arrow into the air.
It fell to the ground.
Hit Berkeley.
Square.

Coat's already on.

Now back to jazz, following that unforgivable intrusion...

[Quarky]

Mon 9 May
11.00 Jazz Now
Emma Smith presents Soweto Kinch and his trio, both in concert and remixed by Oxford Contemporary Music Group, recorded last week at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. And Snarky Puppy pianist Bill Laurance discusses his solo projects


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079m23b

I have nothing against Emma as presenter, an attractive youthful presence, she's probably used to dealing with groups of old men!
But I'm forming the opinion that Soweto may be better off playing his sax rather than presenting, judging from his interview of Branford Marsalis last week. I felt I was overhearing a chat in a pub, where Soweto had perhaps one too many. Rapping good however.