New jazz programme on Radio 3

[Serial_Apologist]

Lorne Lofsky and Lauren Bush

https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/wha...he-chet-stream

Kurt Rosenwinkel. Well... he's not really curt.

[Quarky]

here's hoping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPpQX_auV4E

[burning dog]

here's hoping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPpQX_auV4E

Jimmy Forrest

reckon he'd need a Ranger rather than a Gardener....

[Serial_Apologist]

Jimmy Forrest

reckon he'd need a Ranger rather than a Gardener....

Phil Woods alongside one of our's, once upon a time, in fruitful musical partnership:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW2HV6g1aYk

[burning dog]

Phil Woods alongside one of our's, once upon a time, in fruitful musical partnership:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW2HV6g1aYk

That's a superb album SA

[CGR]

That'll be cutting edge DJ re-mixes and rap type jazz then....?

Yep. That was my initial thoughts too.

Not for me.

[kindofblue]

Agreed.

I think Corey would make an excellent presenter.

I have seen Corey perform twice in different ensembles. He is an excellent musician and as good a person as any to do this kind of show. Assumptions as to the kind of music he would be interested in based on his ethnicity are, shall we say, a bit naff.

[Jazzrook]

Alto saxophonist Jimmy Woods' 1963 album 'Conflict' with Harold Land, Carmell Jones, Andrew Hill, George Tucker & Elvin Jones:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=B2SJ-97kVDQ

JR

[Quarky]

Somebody on this board, a long time ago, mentioned Dialogue - Bobby Hutcherson....

[Richard Barrett]

Assumptions as to the kind of music he would be interested in based on his ethnicity are, shall we say, a bit naff.

The word you're looking for is "racist".

[Serial_Apologist]

Do people have any views on Freeness yet? My own thoughts are that while the programme is welcome as an invaluable entree to often neglected areas of experimental musical practices not covered by the New (concert) Music category catered for in The New Music Show, more context needs to be provided. For example, tracks are frequently announced with little or any information about practices, approaches, groups, background and biographical details, past and present collaborations, and dates of recordings selected. Guidance - of the kind presented in The New Music Show where performers and composers are interviewed - is much needed, especially for ill-equipped newcomers likely to be put off by the gap many experience when making the leap beyond mainstream musical genres, jazz included - the present assumption seems to be of a select and already knowledgeable audience.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Boris Johnson is to present a new series called "Fridgeness". It's entirely based around the "hum" of various makes of refrigerators he's hidden inside, overlaid with the outraged cries and law suits of the various women he has known, married and divorced, a entirely random number. It's all highly experimental, a mixture of Stockhausen and Fridgadaire. Getting breakfast done.

[Quarky]

Do people have any views on Freeness yet? My own thoughts are that while the programme is welcome as an invaluable entree to often neglected areas of experimental musical practices not covered by the New (concert) Music category catered for in The New Music Show, more context needs to be provided. For example, tracks are frequently announced with little or any information about practices, approaches, groups, background and biographical details, past and present collaborations, and dates of recordings selected. Guidance - of the kind presented in The New Music Show where performers and composers are interviewed - is much needed, especially for ill-equipped newcomers likely to be put off by the gap many experience when making the leap beyond mainstream musical genres, jazz included - the present assumption seems to be of a select and already knowledgeable audience.

Yes that all seems very sensible. I have enjoyed his minimalist approach, a refreshing change from the extreme loquaciousness of other presenters, e.g. Tom Service. But I agree, items are left hanging in the air without guidance.

My main problem is that inevitably some tracks are not my cup of tea and never will be, e.g. Trevor Watts last week. But that's always the case, whichever presenter.

[Serial_Apologist]

Boris Johnson is to present a new series called "Fridgeness". It's entirely based around the "hum" of various makes of refrigerators he's hidden inside, overlaid with the outraged cries and law suits of the various women he has known, married and divorced, a entirely random number. It's all highly experimental, a mixture of Stockhausen and Fridgadaire. Getting breakfast done.

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes that all seems very sensible. I have enjoyed his minimalist approach, a refreshing change from the extreme loquaciousness of other presenters, e.g. Tom Service. But I agree, items are left hanging in the air without guidance.

My main problem is that inevitably some tracks are not my cup of tea and never will be, e.g. Trevor Watts last week. But that's always the case, whichever presenter.

I thought the Trevor Watts session was OK. However there are bound to be risky areas in genres all too easily prone to charlatans or people who don't appear to know what they're doing. I have to say that, so far, the programme has mercifully been well moderated for quality, though I would expect disagreement from different quarters re particular recordings and performances.