Sat 27 Aug
4.00 Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with listeners' requests, including a track from jazz pioneer Colin Wallcott (1945-84)
5.00 Jazz Line-Up
Julian Joseph presents a performance by pianist Kit Downes and drummer James Maddren, recorded in June at the Glasgow Jazz Festival. The duo's set climaxes with a world exclusive collaboration including Scottish fiddler Aidan O'Rourke, recorded at St Luke's, a converted church, next to Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom.
I'm sure the full significance of the latter will be "releaved".
12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith celebrates Sonny Rollins's forthcomibng 65th birthday [shurely shome mishtake???] by revisiting some of the celebrated tenor saxophone player's masterpieces from the late 1950s.
Mon 29 Aug
11.00 Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a set by Ernest Ranglin, Reuben James and Eska, recorded on 20 August at the sixth urban arts Flyover Show in Birmingham
Apart from having composed Millie's "My Boy Lollipop", the first Ska hit in the UK mainstream charts, he used to play at Ronnie's at its original Gerrard Street address. Incidentally I see there's some sort of tribute being made to pianist and steel pans man Russ Henderson and drummer Stirling Betancourt, founders of the Notting Hill Carnival (which takes place this weekend) back in the late 1950s, both of whom appeared on Side 1 of John Surman's debut recording, a set of calypso tunes. Might even get mentioned!
An hour prior to this programme is part 1 of a two-parter on The Story of Stax, on Radio 2.
4.00 Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with listeners' requests, including a track from jazz pioneer Colin Wallcott (1945-84)
5.00 Jazz Line-Up
Julian Joseph presents a performance by pianist Kit Downes and drummer James Maddren, recorded in June at the Glasgow Jazz Festival. The duo's set climaxes with a world exclusive collaboration including Scottish fiddler Aidan O'Rourke, recorded at St Luke's, a converted church, next to Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom.
I'm sure the full significance of the latter will be "releaved".
12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith celebrates Sonny Rollins's forthcomibng 65th birthday [shurely shome mishtake???] by revisiting some of the celebrated tenor saxophone player's masterpieces from the late 1950s.
Mon 29 Aug
11.00 Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a set by Ernest Ranglin, Reuben James and Eska, recorded on 20 August at the sixth urban arts Flyover Show in Birmingham
Apart from having composed Millie's "My Boy Lollipop", the first Ska hit in the UK mainstream charts, he used to play at Ronnie's at its original Gerrard Street address. Incidentally I see there's some sort of tribute being made to pianist and steel pans man Russ Henderson and drummer Stirling Betancourt, founders of the Notting Hill Carnival (which takes place this weekend) back in the late 1950s, both of whom appeared on Side 1 of John Surman's debut recording, a set of calypso tunes. Might even get mentioned!
An hour prior to this programme is part 1 of a two-parter on The Story of Stax, on Radio 2.
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