Sat 14 Mar
5pm - J to Z
Kevin le Gendre introduces Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasayan in concert with Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick. Plus the music picks of UK saxophonist Tamar Osborn.
12midnight - Freeness
British pianist, composer and organist Kit Downes's work is widely known on the UK jazz scene - from his groove-based group Troyka to the spectral soundscapes on his most recent release for the ECM label. Here Downes shares his three favourite lesser-known examples of great improvisation with recordings by American guitarist Mary Halvorson, vocalist Ingebjorg Loe Bjornstad and South African pianist Bheki Mseleku. Plus performances by Austrian bassist and composer Gina Schwarz and the Italian cellist Francesco Guerri.
Apologies for any o's bjorn free without slashes.
Not forgetting Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, BBC2's documentary starting at 9pm.
Sun 15 March
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with recordings by Art Pepper, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington.
Fellow jazzers may be interested in the programme on the South African band Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness, Thurs 19 March, Radio 4 @ 11.30am
5pm - J to Z
Kevin le Gendre introduces Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasayan in concert with Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick. Plus the music picks of UK saxophonist Tamar Osborn.
12midnight - Freeness
British pianist, composer and organist Kit Downes's work is widely known on the UK jazz scene - from his groove-based group Troyka to the spectral soundscapes on his most recent release for the ECM label. Here Downes shares his three favourite lesser-known examples of great improvisation with recordings by American guitarist Mary Halvorson, vocalist Ingebjorg Loe Bjornstad and South African pianist Bheki Mseleku. Plus performances by Austrian bassist and composer Gina Schwarz and the Italian cellist Francesco Guerri.
Apologies for any o's bjorn free without slashes.
Not forgetting Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, BBC2's documentary starting at 9pm.
Sun 15 March
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with recordings by Art Pepper, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington.
Fellow jazzers may be interested in the programme on the South African band Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness, Thurs 19 March, Radio 4 @ 11.30am