Christmas Eve
4.00 Jazz Record Requests
Requests this week include music from the Modern Jazz Quartet and a classic track by the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
5.00 Jazz Line-Up
Repeat of the Quincy Jones programme from August.
12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
For all you a-heavin' and a-jivin' heathens out there not tuning in to Midnight Mass
With a spotlight on Gene Krupa (199-73), the swing-era band leader and drummer whose percussive beats helped drive the jitterbug craze, Geoffrey Smith explores how Krupa first came to prominence alongside Benny Goodman before going on to lead his own band.
Boxing Day
11.00 Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch with a Jazz Now highlight of the year - Julian Arguelles and the Frankfurt Radio Band perform Let It Be Told at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
Also, not forgetting trumpet player Laura Jurd's piece Awakening, with her own band, last item on the New Generation Artists' concert on Radio 3 from 5.45 to 7 pm that same day.
God rest ye gerry mental men - and a happy Xmas to all!
4.00 Jazz Record Requests
Requests this week include music from the Modern Jazz Quartet and a classic track by the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
5.00 Jazz Line-Up
Repeat of the Quincy Jones programme from August.
12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
For all you a-heavin' and a-jivin' heathens out there not tuning in to Midnight Mass
With a spotlight on Gene Krupa (199-73), the swing-era band leader and drummer whose percussive beats helped drive the jitterbug craze, Geoffrey Smith explores how Krupa first came to prominence alongside Benny Goodman before going on to lead his own band.
Boxing Day
11.00 Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch with a Jazz Now highlight of the year - Julian Arguelles and the Frankfurt Radio Band perform Let It Be Told at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
Also, not forgetting trumpet player Laura Jurd's piece Awakening, with her own band, last item on the New Generation Artists' concert on Radio 3 from 5.45 to 7 pm that same day.
God rest ye gerry mental men - and a happy Xmas to all!
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