Sat 31 March
4.00pm Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton responds to listeners' requests, today featuring a track by Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band, evoking memories of the 1950s and of a much-loved trumpeter and broadcaster who was the original presenter of this programme.
5pm Jazz Line-Up
A repeat of the Donny McCaslin/Jumoke Fashola programme
12midnight Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith with recordings showcasing the monumental pairing of Billie Holiday and saxophonist soulmate Lester Young, co-creators of some of the greatest recordings of the swing era.
Easter Monday
Radio 2
10.00pm The Raw Pearl Bailey
Morgan Freeman celebrates singer and actress Pearl Bailey (1918-90), who in 1968 won a special Tony Award for her rold in an all-black production of Hello Dolly! which also featured Freeman. Contributers include critic John Lahr, singer Imelda May* and black-music historian Stephen Bourne.
*No relation.
11pm Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a concert set by Django Bates's Belovèd, recorded in late January at Ronnie Scott's in London's Soho, with Bates on keyboards, Peter Eldh on bass, and Peter Bruun Hartz on drums.
4.00pm Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton responds to listeners' requests, today featuring a track by Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band, evoking memories of the 1950s and of a much-loved trumpeter and broadcaster who was the original presenter of this programme.
5pm Jazz Line-Up
A repeat of the Donny McCaslin/Jumoke Fashola programme
12midnight Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith with recordings showcasing the monumental pairing of Billie Holiday and saxophonist soulmate Lester Young, co-creators of some of the greatest recordings of the swing era.
Easter Monday
Radio 2
10.00pm The Raw Pearl Bailey
Morgan Freeman celebrates singer and actress Pearl Bailey (1918-90), who in 1968 won a special Tony Award for her rold in an all-black production of Hello Dolly! which also featured Freeman. Contributers include critic John Lahr, singer Imelda May* and black-music historian Stephen Bourne.
*No relation.
11pm Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a concert set by Django Bates's Belovèd, recorded in late January at Ronnie Scott's in London's Soho, with Bates on keyboards, Peter Eldh on bass, and Peter Bruun Hartz on drums.
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