Barnes storm ahead - no Bull

[Serial_Apologist]

Sat Jan 20
4pm Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton introduces another selection of listener jazz requests of various styles, including a track from the newly released album by saxophonist Alan Barnes and pianist Dave Newton.

All things jazz for all demographics.

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

5pm Jazz Line-Up
Kevin Le Gendre presents a performance by vocalist Anthony Joseph and his band, fusing Caribbean sounds with poetry and jazz. Recorded on the Jazz Line-Up stage at the Southbank Centre as part of the 2017 London Jazz Festival.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09nnpy5

12 midnite Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith surveys the career of pianist Keith Jarrett, whose solo concerts, crossover projects and best-seling Standards Trio have earned him widespread acclaim.

I hope I won't get sued for reproducing that "crossover" tag.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09nnqjm

Mon Jan 22
11pm Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a concert by Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and his quartet recorded at the Royal Festival Hall during the 2017 London Jazz Festival.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09nnrby

(For any fans of Finnish music mythologies who just happen to be reading this, Pohjola's Daughter was not composed on Sibelius. )

[Rcartes]

Barnes storm ahead - no Bull

Well, Serial, that headline really had me worried: was the Bull's Head about to close? Noooo, I thought - until I looked at the actual post. You rotter!

[Serial_Apologist]

Well, Serial, that headline really had me worried: was the Bull's Head about to close? Noooo, I thought - until I looked at the actual post. You rotter!

Maybe we get to meet up there some day!

[gradus]

Maybe we get to meet up there some day!

Nice to see the wonderful Mr Barnes get a mention.

[Ian Thumwood]

Nice to see the wonderful Mr Barnes get a mention.

I was going to type that that was a name I haven't heard for ages but I was confusing him with Johnny Barnes. ( As opposed to John Barnes - the football playing Rapper.) Johnny Barnes was really prominent when I first got in to jazz and seemed to bridge the Traditional / Mainstream idioms. I was first aware of him when he worked with the Midnite Follies Orchestra in the early 1980's but I haven't heard of him for years. Wondered if he was still going?

Not heard Alan Barnes for ages although I have enjoyed some of his releases, the meeting with Tony Kofi being an unexpected delight. I always think of Trevor Cooper whenever I see AB's name mentioned and Cooper always seemed to heap opprobrium upon him for some reason whilst lauding some obscure musician who ceased recording in 1957. Totally unwarranted.

[Alyn_Shipton]

John Barnes is still with us but not at all well, having never quite recovered from a stroke in 2011.

[Alyn_Shipton]

Oh and Ian you can hear Alan B when my Buck Clayton Legacy Band plays Turner Sims in October....

[Old Grumpy]

Nice to see the wonderful Mr Barnes get a mention.

True gent, is AB.

[antongould]

12 midnite Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith surveys the career of pianist Keith Jarrett, whose solo concerts, crossover projects and best-seling Standards Trio have earned him widespread acclaim.

Really enjoyed this .......

[Old Grumpy]

12 midnite Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith surveys the career of pianist Keith Jarrett, whose solo concerts, crossover projects and best-seling Standards Trio have earned him widespread acclaim.

Really enjoyed this .......

Still on my "to do" list...

OG

[Serial_Apologist]

Still on my "to do" list...

OG

What? To take a flash photograph of him at his next concert??

[antongould]

What? To take a flash photograph of him at his next concert??

Good one S_A ......

[Serial_Apologist]

Good one S_A ......

You know about Jarrett's reputation then, anton...

[Old Grumpy]

What? To take a flash photograph of him at his next concert??

No, to listen...

OG

[antongould]

You know about Jarrett's reputation then, anton...

Indeed ......