Sat 26 Aug
5.30 Jazz Record Requests
NB: Note the changed times for the first two of these programmes
Alyn Shipton introduces requests for recordings from multi-Oscar-winning Hollywood composer John Williams's early career as a jazz pianist.
6.30 Jazz Line-Up
Kevin Le Gendre presents a special edition celebrating the music of harpist, pianiast and composer Alice Coltrane (1937-2007), reassessing her music in what would have been her 80th year. The programme also features music by other artists associated with the spiritual jazz movement, including Pharaoh Sanders, Sun Ra, Don Cherry, Nat Birchall and Matthew Halsall.
12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith with highlights from the solo careers of saxophonists Booker Ervin and John Handy and pianist Jaki Byard, all of whom served as sidemen in classic sessions with Charles Mingus.
Mon 28 Aug
11.00 Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a concert from Munich by American saxophonist Mark Turner's quartet, featuring bassist Joe Martin, trumpeter Jason palmer and drummer Jonathan Blake.
5.30 Jazz Record Requests
NB: Note the changed times for the first two of these programmes
Alyn Shipton introduces requests for recordings from multi-Oscar-winning Hollywood composer John Williams's early career as a jazz pianist.
6.30 Jazz Line-Up
Kevin Le Gendre presents a special edition celebrating the music of harpist, pianiast and composer Alice Coltrane (1937-2007), reassessing her music in what would have been her 80th year. The programme also features music by other artists associated with the spiritual jazz movement, including Pharaoh Sanders, Sun Ra, Don Cherry, Nat Birchall and Matthew Halsall.
12.00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith with highlights from the solo careers of saxophonists Booker Ervin and John Handy and pianist Jaki Byard, all of whom served as sidemen in classic sessions with Charles Mingus.
Mon 28 Aug
11.00 Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a concert from Munich by American saxophonist Mark Turner's quartet, featuring bassist Joe Martin, trumpeter Jason palmer and drummer Jonathan Blake.
