Sat Oct 13
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
5pm - J to Z
Jumoké Fashiola presents a J to Z special from the stage of Manchester club Band on the Wall, with music from US musician Charlie Hunter - a master of seven-and eight-string guitars, known for his prodigious technique, which allows him to play basslines, rhythm parts and melodies simultaneously. With more than 20 albums to his name, Hunter has also lent his skills to mainstream stars, including rapper Mos Def and neo-soul great D'Angelo. He performs alongside drummer Carter McLean.
12midnight - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Chicago was a great town for blues piano, and two of its finest exponents were Cripple Clarence Lofton (c 1897-1957) and Jimmy Yancey (1894-1951). Geoffrey Smith presents a feast of stomping blues.
Someone once pointed out to me the way Jimmy Yancey would always end whatever number he was playing on the same key, so you'd get this unexpected modulation if the rest of the number was in a different key. Maybe we'll find out why. I think of him as being one of Monk's main precursors in the way everything is stripped down to the bare bones in his work.
Mon Oct 15
11pm - Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents US pianist Ethan Iverson in concert with the Martin Speake Quartet.
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
5pm - J to Z
Jumoké Fashiola presents a J to Z special from the stage of Manchester club Band on the Wall, with music from US musician Charlie Hunter - a master of seven-and eight-string guitars, known for his prodigious technique, which allows him to play basslines, rhythm parts and melodies simultaneously. With more than 20 albums to his name, Hunter has also lent his skills to mainstream stars, including rapper Mos Def and neo-soul great D'Angelo. He performs alongside drummer Carter McLean.
12midnight - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Chicago was a great town for blues piano, and two of its finest exponents were Cripple Clarence Lofton (c 1897-1957) and Jimmy Yancey (1894-1951). Geoffrey Smith presents a feast of stomping blues.
Someone once pointed out to me the way Jimmy Yancey would always end whatever number he was playing on the same key, so you'd get this unexpected modulation if the rest of the number was in a different key. Maybe we'll find out why. I think of him as being one of Monk's main precursors in the way everything is stripped down to the bare bones in his work.
Mon Oct 15
11pm - Jazz Now
Soweto Kinch presents US pianist Ethan Iverson in concert with the Martin Speake Quartet.
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