It's a Cullumny! - Grandpa Doc might have said

[Serial_Apologist]

Sat 18 April
5pm - J to Z
Kevin Le Gendre presents the finest in jazz - past, present and future - from his front room. This week's concert features US trumpeter Theo Croker, who is at home in jazz, hip-hop and rap.

And presumably on lockdown as well.

(For anyone mystified by this week's thread heading, Theo just happens to be the veteran Doc Cheatham's grandson.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h06r

12midnight - Freeness
Corey Mwamba presents a series of duos involving string players, including the new album by the Chicago cellist Tomeka Reid with British pianist Alexander Hawkins, Americana-inspired music from violin player Jen Curtis with drummer Tyshawn Sorey, and a Radio 3 session track from two musicians who've never met before: South African cellist Abel Selaocoe and Sarathy Korwar playing tabla.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hgs8

Sun 19 April
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with requested recordings by Zoot Sims, Art Blakey and Miles Davis.

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

And next Tuesday (21st) Jamie Cullum's The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum marks its tenth anniversary on Radio 2 at 11 pm - blimey!

And The final episode of the 3-part Black Music in Europe: A Hidden History, is on Radio 4 at 9am, repeated at 9.30 in the evening.

3/3 1970s. Drawing on rare recordings, Clarke Peters continues his third series revealing the unexplored history of Black music across Europe. In this final episode of the series, Clarke reaches the 1970s and uncovers Surinamese music in the Netherlands, black flamenco in Spain, and lovers' rock in London. He also delves into the story of the Cape Verdean musicians who found a home in Europe in the 1970s, and used synthesisers to express their new found sense of freedom.

So far I haven't managed to get beyond Ep 2 of the first series: something always comes up!

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Thought J to Z was a marked improvement today (the half I heard) with Kevin L'G no fuss, no gush, sooo hush. Charles Tolliver, 78 more than lucid, new album soon... excellent taste. No waste.

[Ian Thumwood]

Enjoyed JRR tonight. I liked Bluesnik's request for the McCoy Tyner track which effectively underscored my perception of an appreciation for late 19th century Romanticism in his playing. On a few occasions, it felt like he was going to break out in to stride piano. Good to hear Bley and Baker together. I think this is the best record Chet made
and one where he seems really focussed.


The most intriguing record for me was the Zoot Sims live recording. I used to consciously avoid live recordings at one time due to the fact that they were prone to issues such as out of tune pianos, poor balance and questionable provenance. As a teenager I picked up numerous records recorded "live" which were disappointing for these reasons. I think, as time as gone by, these problems have been resolved although a lot of artists seem less prone to release material recorded outside of a studio these days. More recently I have grown to like the fact that the like recordings tend to be more honest and maybe indicative of what jazz should be about. It is interesting to hear musicians create without the opportunity to edit their ideas later. The Sims track requested tonight seemed to vindicate the decision to report that gig. Normally I am a bit indifferent about Zoot Sims yet hearing him live on a gig somehow made the music more impressive. I thought that this was a really good track.

The Art Blakey record had some great trumpet by Lee Morgan and Mobley's tenor was better than Bluesnik's recollection seemed to be. I can appreciate why the disc was not released at the time as the heads were a bit untidy and the rhythm section did not seem quite together. I hope that this does not have an implication on Resonance if the man responsible for the release is now working for Blue Note. Got to say that I think the live recordings unearthed on Resonance seem more worthy that an under-rehearsed Blue Note session. Interesting to hear the Blakey record although I think it doesn't add anything we don't already know. I am sure that there are some live Blakey gigs out there which will prove to be more rewarding.

[Ian Thumwood]

Article on "All about jazz" website chronicling Charles Tolliver's Strata-East label:-

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/strata-east-seizing-the-time

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Yes, Mobley did sound better on that (tone wise) than the old YouTube tape copies I heard, maybe a bad dub. But the track still sounds "uneasy" to me, even Lee, and the material (OK, minus that tune), is vastly better served on the "Jazz Corner of the World" albums.

Glad you liked the Mccoy's "Memories", the tune does remind me of the Andre Previn tune "Why are we afraid" that he wrote for the Kerouac movie, "The Subterraneans", with Mulligan, Art Pepper, Brubeck etc., and which Art Pepper made a lovely recording of later...http://youtu.be/SV7PzBBn88U

[Quarky]

.....Filles de Kilimanjaro miles ahead of the other requests on JRR.......Freeness consistently one of the best programmes available on R3......

[Serial_Apologist]

.....Filles de Kilimanjaro miles ahead of the other requests on JRR.......Freeness consistently one of the best programmes available on R3......

While I agree, I feel we could still do with some "context" being provided - who are all these people being played? What's their provenance?

[Alyn_Shipton]

Do you mean JRR? Or that Saturday night thingy that effectively replaced Jazz Now?

[Serial_Apologist]

Do you mean JRR? Or that Saturday night thingy that effectively replaced Jazz Now?

That Saturday night thingy, Alyn!