Sat 7 Apr
4pm Jazz Record Requests
Among this week's selection of music from all styles and periods of jazz requested by listeners, Alyn Shipton includes music by the French pianist Michel Petrucciani.
5pm J to Z - New series
A programme featuring the best in jazz - past, present and future. Jumoké Fashola presents UK band of the moment Sons of Kemet in session. Led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, the band features two drummers and a tubist to create a sound influenced by London's dancefloors.
Be advised, there are no Loose Tubes or Muppets to be found in this band.
12midnight Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
A repeat of your favourite removals firm's singing chorus, featuring We Plough the Streets and Scatter your Belongings.
Mon 9 Apr
Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a concert at London's Vortex club by saxophonist Julian Siegel's Quartet.
If I'd known Soweto and chums would be there, I'd have gone along.
Fri 13 Apr - BBC2 TV
9pm Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
A look into the private journals of the music icon, who overcame a period of racial segregation and prejudice in America to become one of the greatest jazz stars of all time. He was the only major black television star in Hollywood during his heyday - but, behind closed doors, those around him were thinking of a way to package him as a quasi white. A candid account of what really happened in and around his "fairy-tale" life is taken from his own written thoughts, interviews with his widow Maria, and contributions by other family members and fellow musicians.
I for one knew nothing of any of this must-see documentary. Of all the American black musicians of that period, it's hard to think of anyone else who went more out of his way to offer a self-image more packageable for the white market.
4pm Jazz Record Requests
Among this week's selection of music from all styles and periods of jazz requested by listeners, Alyn Shipton includes music by the French pianist Michel Petrucciani.
5pm J to Z - New series
A programme featuring the best in jazz - past, present and future. Jumoké Fashola presents UK band of the moment Sons of Kemet in session. Led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, the band features two drummers and a tubist to create a sound influenced by London's dancefloors.
Be advised, there are no Loose Tubes or Muppets to be found in this band.
12midnight Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
A repeat of your favourite removals firm's singing chorus, featuring We Plough the Streets and Scatter your Belongings.
Mon 9 Apr
Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents a concert at London's Vortex club by saxophonist Julian Siegel's Quartet.
If I'd known Soweto and chums would be there, I'd have gone along.
Fri 13 Apr - BBC2 TV
9pm Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
A look into the private journals of the music icon, who overcame a period of racial segregation and prejudice in America to become one of the greatest jazz stars of all time. He was the only major black television star in Hollywood during his heyday - but, behind closed doors, those around him were thinking of a way to package him as a quasi white. A candid account of what really happened in and around his "fairy-tale" life is taken from his own written thoughts, interviews with his widow Maria, and contributions by other family members and fellow musicians.
I for one knew nothing of any of this must-see documentary. Of all the American black musicians of that period, it's hard to think of anyone else who went more out of his way to offer a self-image more packageable for the white market.
Comment