Auntie has confiscated J to Z and Freeness this Saturday. In their place Radio 3 offers 20 minutes of Tom Arthurs, Misha Mullov-Abbado and Trish Clowes at 4pm. There's no link supplied to give us an idea as to what's in store, but this is the only item not to offer titles or personnel, in a sequence of stuff under the heading of New Generation Artists Day, commencing at at 9am and terminating at 1am.
Speaks for itself, doesn't it, really, in terms of the importance the BBC invests in its young New Generation jazz sponsorees - not all of whom are included or even mentioned by name here. Where for instance are Oren Marshall and Shabaka Hutchings? Utterly disgraceful - I hope somebody in their high-paid position is taking note but I very much doubt it.
Anyway, we still have:
Sunday 2 Feb
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with recordings by Charlie Parker, Woody Shaw, Jessica Williams and many others.
Perhaps it's no accident that on Thursday 6 Feb BBC2 commences a series of six hour-long programmes at 8pm titled Secrets of the Museum, showing us art from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection we don't otherwise get to see.
And on Fri 7 Feb, 8pm, BBC4 presents a previously shown documentary titled Doris Day: Virgin Territory, of which the RT blurb reads:
Clips from her many films, including Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk, illustrate the biography of the actress and singer, who died in May last year at the age of 97. After starting her career as a band singer, Day became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, but away from the cameras her life was often troubled. Furthermore, her work has not always received the critical acclaim it deserves. With contributions from James Garner, Richard Carpenter, Terence Davies and Don Pippin.
Speaks for itself, doesn't it, really, in terms of the importance the BBC invests in its young New Generation jazz sponsorees - not all of whom are included or even mentioned by name here. Where for instance are Oren Marshall and Shabaka Hutchings? Utterly disgraceful - I hope somebody in their high-paid position is taking note but I very much doubt it.
Anyway, we still have:
Sunday 2 Feb
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with recordings by Charlie Parker, Woody Shaw, Jessica Williams and many others.
Perhaps it's no accident that on Thursday 6 Feb BBC2 commences a series of six hour-long programmes at 8pm titled Secrets of the Museum, showing us art from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection we don't otherwise get to see.
And on Fri 7 Feb, 8pm, BBC4 presents a previously shown documentary titled Doris Day: Virgin Territory, of which the RT blurb reads:
Clips from her many films, including Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk, illustrate the biography of the actress and singer, who died in May last year at the age of 97. After starting her career as a band singer, Day became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, but away from the cameras her life was often troubled. Furthermore, her work has not always received the critical acclaim it deserves. With contributions from James Garner, Richard Carpenter, Terence Davies and Don Pippin.
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