The Motley crew

[Serial_Apologist]

Sat 8 Feb
5pm - J to Z
Kevin Le Gendre with further highlights from the J to Z stage at the London Jazz Festival that took place in November, including the resident artist, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. Plus German pianist Julia Hulsman and a collaboration between guitarist Rob Luft and saxophonist Dave O'Higgins, with music by John Coltrane. And Canadian trumpeter Ingrid Jensen shares some of the music that has inspired her, including a piece by Kenny Wheeler.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f6l2

12midnight - Freeness
Corey Mwamba hears from artist Allis Hamilton who lives in a hand-built shack in the Australian outback. She makes improvised music as part of the trio Alias Nun. There's also a collaboration between saxophonist Mette Rasmussen and guitarist Julien Desprez, plus a meditative piece that improvises with volume for turntables and electronics.

...Er, whatever that means...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f6l8

Sun 9 Feb
With Alyn Shipton, today featuring recordings by John Dankworth, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins.

http://www.alynshipton.co.uk/blog

6.45pm - Sunday Feature: Shades of Black - the Art and genius of Archibald Motley Jr
Lindsay Johns assesses the legacy of Chicago-raised artist Archibald Motley Jr (1891-1981), whose paintings of African-American men and women - charting the development of Chicago's Black Metropolis, the birth of gospel music and black nightlife - undermined racial stereotypes and captured the politics of skin tone in Jazz Age Chicago. Johns travels to Chicago and visits the Chicago Art Institute and the city's History Museum, and also hears from contemporary artists.

[Quarky]

Sat 8 Feb
5pm - J to Z
Kevin Le Gendre with further highlights from the J to Z stage at the London Jazz Festival that took place in November, including the resident artist, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. Plus German pianist Julia Hulsman and a collaboration between guitarist Rob Luft and saxophonist Dave O'Higgins, with music by John Coltrane. And Canadian trumpeter Ingrid Jensen shares some of the music that has inspired her, including a piece by Kenny Wheeler.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f6l2

12midnight - Freeness
Corey Mwamba hears from artist Allis Hamilton who lives in a hand-built shack in the Australian outback. She makes improvised music as part of the trio Alias Nun. There's also a collaboration between saxophonist Mette Rasmussen and guitarist Julien Desprez, plus a meditative piece that improvises with volume for turntables and electronics.

...Er, whatever that means...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f6l8

Corey Mwamba has apparently removed "Jazz" from his vocabulary, but there were a fair number of free-jazz pieces there. Wasn't too enthused with the amateurish item from the Australian Outback.

[Serial_Apologist]

We seem to have lost our connection with Alyn's blog site - I hope he hasn't been blown away!

[Quarky]

A pity - but great JRR this afternoon - everyone a winner - so far at 16.45.....

[Serial_Apologist]

A pity - but great JRR this afternoon - everyone a winner - so far at 16.45.....

Yes, a great JRR today, though writing on here with only half an ear to the radio meant I missed most of the announcements! The tracks played would be listed on the Radio 3 iplayer for the programme, but we would be missing Alyn's personnel listings, which are always so informative. It might be worth checking later to see if it's back on.

[Alyn_Shipton]

Not quite sure what is going on with my site - looks like a server problem.
It was working at 4pm but seems to have given up the ghost since then...
here's the list that was posted:

JRR 090220


DISC 1
Artist John Dankworth
Title Demdest Little Fascinator
Composer Dankworth
Album What The Dickens
Label Fontana
Number MGF 27525 Track 5
Duration 3.09
Performers: Gus Galbraith, Leon Calvert, Kenny Wheeler, Dickie Hawdon, Jimmy Deuchar, t; Tony Russell, Eddie Harvey, tb; Ron Snyder, Alf Reece, tu; John Dankworth, Roy East, Vic Ash, Art Ellefson, Tony Coe, Tubby Hayes, Peter King, Ronnie Scott, Bobby Wellins, Dick Morrissey, Ronnie Ross, reeds; Alan Branscombe, p; Kenny Napper, Spike Heatley, b; Johnny Butts, Ronnie Stephenson, d; Roy Webster, perc. 1964


DISC 2
Artist Peter King
Title My Man’s Gone Now
Composer Gershwin
Album Tamburello
Label Miles Music
Number 083 Track 6
Duration 7.36
Performers: Peter King, ss; Steve Melling, p; Alec Dankworth, b; Stephen Keogh, d. 1995

DISC 3
Artist Chris Ingham
Title When The World Was Young
Composer Philippe-Gerard / Mercer / Vannier
Album Stan
Label Downhome
Number 0005 Track 3
Duration 3.51
Performers: Mark Crooks, ts; Chris Ingham, p; Arnie Somogyi, b; George Double, d. 2019.



DISC 4
Artist Sonny Rollins
Title Solid
Composer Rollins
Album Sax Symbol
Label Proper
Number Properbox 124 CD 1 Track 17
Duration 6.27
Performers: Sonny Rollins ts; Kenny Dorham, t; Elmo Hope, p; Percy Heath, p; Art Blakey, d; Aug 1954.



DISC 5
Artist Tommaso Starace
Title Touch and Go
Composer Starace
Album Narrow Escape
Label Music Center
Number BA409 Track 1
Duration 6.04
Performers Tommaso Starace, as; Dave O’Higgins, ts; Davide Liberti, b; Ruben Bellavia, d. 2018



DISC 6
Artist Echoes of Ellington
Title Blues in Orbit
Composer Strayhorn
Album Jazz Planets
Label Right Track
Number 111 Track 1
Duration 4.25
Performers: George Hogg, James Davidson, Louis Dowdeswell, Nathan Bray, Ryan Quigley, t; Andy Flaxman, Callum Au, Chris Traves, John Stokes, tb; Pete Long. Simon Marsh, Colin Skinner, Mike Hall, Paul Nathaniel, Jay Craig reeds; Colin Good, p; Joe Pettit, b; Richard Pite, d. 2018.



DISC 7
Artist Nat Steele
Title Woody ‘n’ You
Composer Gillespie
Album Portrait of the MJQ
Label Trio
Number 598 Track 1
Duration 5.32
Performers: Nat Steele, vib; Gabriel Latchin, p; Dario Di Lecce, b; Steve Brown, d. 2017.




DISC 8
Artist Miles Davis
Title You're My Everything
Composer Dixon, Young Warren
Album Relaxin
Label Prestige
Number CDJZD 003 Track 6
Duration 4.50
Performers: Miles Davis, t; John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. Oct 1956



DISC 9
Artist Sue Rynhart and Huw Warren
Title We Are On Time
Composer Rynhart
Album n/a
Label Mrsuesue
Number 194171426179
Duration 6.00
Performers Sue Rynhart, v; Huw Warren, p. 2019



DISC 10
Artist Echoes of Swing
Title Winter Moon
Composer Carmichael / Adamson
Album Winter Days at Schloss Elmau
Label ACT
Number 9105-2 Track 1
Duration 4.47
Performers: Colin Dawson t; Chris Hopkins, as; Bernd Lhotzky, p; Henning Gailing, b; Oliver Mewes, d; Rebecca Kilgore, v. Dec 2018.


DISC 11
Artist Chris Barber
Title Bagatelle
Composer Bechet
Album 1959-60
Label Lake
Number 324 CD 2 Track 7
Duration 1.55
Performers: Pat Halcox, t; Monty Sunshine, cl; Chris Barber, tb; Eddie Smith, bj; Dick Smith b; Graham Burbidge, d. 20 June 1960.

[Quarky]

Many thanks Alyn.

re. last 15 minutes of JRR:: "conventional" female vocalists give a different perspective on Jazz music? IMV of course.

[Serial_Apologist]

Thanks from me too, Alyn - a lot of work there gone into reproducing the playlist.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Thanks from me too, Alyn - a lot of work there gone into reproducing the playlist.

Nerd note : Sonny Rollins' "Solid" (1954) with le grand Elmo Hope, Kenny Dorham, Percy Heath and Art Blakey was recorded WITHOUT Blakey's high hat as he had forgotten to pack it with the rest of his kit. "This wouldn't bloody happen with the great Gene Krupa!", shouted an angry Mr Rollins as he smashed Blakey's bass drum over his head...

[Serial_Apologist]

Nerd note : Sonny Rollins' "Solid" (1954) with le grand Elmo Hope, Kenny Dorham, Percy Heath and Art Blakey was recorded WITHOUT Blakey's high hat as he had forgotten to pack it with the rest of his kit. "This wouldn't bloody happen with the great Gene Krupa!", shouted an angry Mr Rollins as he smashed Blakey's bass drum over his head...

I don't BELIEEEEEEEVE it!