Sat 2 Dec
4 pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with a pick of requests, including a track featuring British trumpeter Bert Courtley (1929-69).
5 pm - Jazz Line-Up
Kevin Le Gendre presents harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and her quartet in a concert tribute to Alice Coltrane, recorded last month at the Barbican at the London Jazz Festival.
Kofi is served with this dish.
Midnight - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith salutes Ohio-born virtuoso saxophonist Joe Lovano as he approaches his 65th birthday. As a master of tenor, soprano and alto, Lovano has developed a reputation for his inventive approach to tackling a whole spectrum of styles, from funk to free, combos to chamber groups.
An affable man of truly firm handshake as well as one of the best tenorists around. I first heard [of] Lovano through the Paul Motian trio of the 1980s with the two of them plus Bill Frisell - pretty impressive, and admired by many on this bored, too; later I managed to meet him, briefly, and had my hand "squeezed".
Mon 4 Dec
11 pm - Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents Jay Phelps's Quartet in concert at Pizza Express, Soho. Emma Smith meets piano star Hiromi, and Al Ryan has the latest jazz tracks uploaded to BBC introducing.
4 pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with a pick of requests, including a track featuring British trumpeter Bert Courtley (1929-69).
5 pm - Jazz Line-Up
Kevin Le Gendre presents harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and her quartet in a concert tribute to Alice Coltrane, recorded last month at the Barbican at the London Jazz Festival.
Kofi is served with this dish.
Midnight - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith salutes Ohio-born virtuoso saxophonist Joe Lovano as he approaches his 65th birthday. As a master of tenor, soprano and alto, Lovano has developed a reputation for his inventive approach to tackling a whole spectrum of styles, from funk to free, combos to chamber groups.
An affable man of truly firm handshake as well as one of the best tenorists around. I first heard [of] Lovano through the Paul Motian trio of the 1980s with the two of them plus Bill Frisell - pretty impressive, and admired by many on this bored, too; later I managed to meet him, briefly, and had my hand "squeezed".
Mon 4 Dec
11 pm - Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents Jay Phelps's Quartet in concert at Pizza Express, Soho. Emma Smith meets piano star Hiromi, and Al Ryan has the latest jazz tracks uploaded to BBC introducing.
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