The other Rollins Tones

[Serial_Apologist]

Something to start things off this weekend from our New Generation Jazzer, Ms. Jurd:

Sat 20 Aug
12.15 pm

Laura Jurd Finding the Way
Laura Jurd (trumpet), John Edwards (double bass), Seb Rochford (drums).

5.00 Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton presents jazz requests across the full spectrum, today with recordings by Northern Irish singer Ottilie Patterson with Chris Barber's Jazz Band.

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

6.00 Jazz Line-Up
A special edition from the grounds of George Heriot's school - founded in 1628 in Edinburgh's Old Town - as part of the Edinburgh Festivals, including performances by trombonist Dennis Rollins and his trio, vocalist Cleveland Watkiss and pianist Julian Joseph.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pdxhq

12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Looking ahead to the Quincy Jones Prom on Monday, Geoffrey Smith celebrates the Chicago-born producer, arranger and musician's roots as a jazz prodigy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pdyr37

Mon 22 Aug
7.30 BBC Proms 2016
Sarah Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert from the Royal Albert Hall celebrating the career of Chicago-born composer, arranger, conductor, producer and jazz artist Quincy Jones. Richard Bona (voice/bass guitar), Jacob Collier (voice/piano/synth), Alfredo Rodriguez (piano), Metropole Orkest, conductor Jules Buckley. At

8.20, Proms Extra
with Jules Buckley presenting an introduction to the music of Quincy Jones, recorded earlier in the Concert Hall of Imperial College Students' Union

11.00 Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch introduces a concert from Bavaria by Stefano Bollani and his trio with bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Morton Lund

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pfc4r

That's about it for this week, really...

[Jazzrook]

The Quincy Jones Prom is also on BBC4 TV(Monday, 22 August, 10-12pm).
JR

[Old Grumpy]

The Quincy Jones Prom is also on BBC4 TV(Monday, 22 August, 10-12pm).
JR

[Serial_Apologist]

Most unusual selection of requests on JRR this week, apart from Bill Evans's "Waltz for Debbie Take 2".

"Mr Brubeck, take 100 lines: 'I must not write jazz tunes in unperformable time signatures'.

[Old Grumpy]

Dennis Rollins - Velocity Trio

Not sure I can stand much more of Cleveland Watkiss

[Serial_Apologist]

Dennis Rollins - Velocity Trio

Ross Stanley (on Hammond organ) puts himself about a bit - in the very best sense! I last heard him with Stan Sulzmann's quartet on piano, where he's equally good, and I'm sure he would have got to play with Kenny Wheeler.

Not sure I can stand much more of Cleveland Watkiss

The vocal treatments worked in places, I thought. At least he's not just another copyist, like so many of today's so-called jazz vocalists.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

All very amiable but I am at a loss to know who that show is aimed at. It seems to be made for its own comfort zone & presenters, often too bland for the "enthusiast", and with not much to hook the casual. Its all a bit end of the pier. Jazz as a seaside resort in winter. And having lived in a windswept Torquay for two years in the 60s I know of which I speak.

BN.

[elmo]

All very amiable but I am at a loss to know who that show is aimed at. It seems to be made for its own comfort zone & presenters, often too bland for the "enthusiast", and with not much to hook the casual. Its all a bit end of the pier. Jazz as a seaside resort in winter. And having lived in a windswept Torquay for two years in the 60s I know of which I speak.

BN.

BN
I completely agree it seems that all BBC radio arts programmes have been infected by the god awful "presenter style" of the moronic One show tv prog ...... I feel better now I have got that off my chest.

Rollins band was good though

elmo

[Old Grumpy]

JLU variable, but on he whole quite good, I find.

Rollins band was good though

Good live too...

... I caught them at the end of the pier at the Scarboro' jazz festival a year or two back - excellent.

OG

[Jazzrook]

Claire Martin once said that the content of JLU is determined largely by the producer who 'picks the discs'. Perhaps this partly explains the frequency of singers and non-jazz/semi-jazz choices heard on the programme?

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

Claire Martin once said that the content of JLU is determined largely by the producer who 'picks the discs'. Perhaps this partly explains the frequency of singers and non-jazz/semi-jazz choices heard on the programme?

JR

If that is so, I can hardly imagine a worse job than being expected to introduce bands or recordings one dislikes, while maintaining an air of enthusiasm - never mind the pay. Claire's somewhat deadpan manner of presentation is probably one way of coping - treating all the reviews equinanimously but interviewees courteously - but I am sometimes left wondering, where's the enthusiasm?

I did fancy I sensed a bit of friction between Julian Joseph and Qunicy Jones...