Keeping up - or getting down - with the Jones

[Serial_Apologist]

Sat 13 June
5pm - J to Z
Jumoké Fashola presents live music from Nduduzo Makhathini, a rising star of South African piano, recorded at his home in the city of East London. And British orthopaedic surgeon-turned-saxophonist Art Themen, now 80, shares music that inspires him.

Nduzduzo's looks to be a name to be looking out for:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k1kf

12midnight - Freeness
Corey Mwamba presents, with turntablist Mariam Rezaei discussing her album Skeen-Agency.

Also an improv quartet led by US saxophonist Paul Flaherty.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k1kn

Sun 14 June
4pm - Jazz Record Requests

[Incorrect write-up in Radio Times]*

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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k26g

Tues 16 June
11pm - The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum
New and classic jazz recordings. Plus guests, tonight with songwriter Norah Jones, who joins Jamie for a lockdown interview about her latest album, Pick Me Up off the Floor. Jones has also recorded an exclusive session of three of the album's songs for Jamie.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k36c

Incidentally, Cleo Laine (now 92) takes part in Inside Music (Saturday 11.00-15.00 hrs) alongside violinist Maxim Vengerov, flautist James Galway and pianist Radu Lupu discussing recordings of Schubert, James McMillan "and others".

[Old Grumpy]

Art Themen always was a saxophonist of course, whilst also being an orthopaedic surgeon. It's just that he's now given up the saw, but kept the axe!

OG

[Serial_Apologist]

Art Themen always was a saxophonist of course, whilst also being an orthopaedic surgeon. It's just that he's now given up the saw, but kept the axe!

OG

Art might even be a secret palmist! A few years ago I nabbed him as he was leaving the platform for a midway break, and he held out my outstretched hand, examined it for a moment, and said, "You'll be OK"! Last time when I saw him play, which was was at The Oval pub in Croydon - the then-regular Sunday lunchtime freebie - he was playing great as ever, and looking good for his years: none of that tell-tale "chicken neck" men beyond a certain age tend to sport. Really looking forward to his choice of tracks.

[Alyn_Shipton]

Dunno where you got the billing for JRR S-A, because although there is a certain Groundhog Day feel about the lockdown, this is what it says on the website for this Sunday: Alyn Shipton presents jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners, with music from Erroll Garner, Ike Quebec, Buddy Rich and Thelonious Monk. I think the one you've put up is past its use-by date...29 March to be precise.

[burning dog]

"Art Themen always was a saxophonist of course, whilst also being an orthopaedic surgeon"

Being an orthopaedic surgeon he often carried out "hip" surgery

[Serial_Apologist]

Dunno where you got the billing for JRR S-A, because although there is a certain Groundhog Day feel about the lockdown, this is what it says on the website for this Sunday: Alyn Shipton presents jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners, with music from Erroll Garner, Ike Quebec, Buddy Rich and Thelonious Monk. I think the one you've put up is past its use-by date...29 March to be precise.

Thanks Alyn - I just copied what it says in Radio Times!

"You Must Believe in Radio Times" - NOT!

[Jazzrook]

Dunno where you got the billing for JRR S-A, because although there is a certain Groundhog Day feel about the lockdown, this is what it says on the website for this Sunday: Alyn Shipton presents jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners, with music from Erroll Garner, Ike Quebec, Buddy Rich and Thelonious Monk. I think the one you've put up is past its use-by date...29 March to be precise.

The 29 March billing for JRR is given in the current issue of Radio Times!
Pity they got it wrong as I was looking forward to another Willie Smith track.
Would love to hear his great 1947 quintet version of 'Sophisticated Lady' sometime.

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

The 29 March billing for JRR is given in the current issue of Radio Times!
Pity they got it wrong as I was looking forward to another Willie Smith track.
Would love to hear his great 1947 quintet version of 'Sophisticated Lady' sometime.

JR

That's it. Took me a while to figure.

[Old Grumpy]

"Art Themen always was a saxophonist of course, whilst also being an orthopaedic surgeon"

Being an orthopaedic surgeon he often carried out "hip" surgery

Right on, daddy-oh!

[Serial_Apologist]

Right on,

but...

daddy-oh!

NnnnnnnnOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[burning dog]

[Old Grumpy]

Great choices and commentary by Art Themen on J to Z - decidedly non-hip (in the with-it sense), but certainly HIPP in regard to his comments re: college education in jazz and the relevance of Louis Armstrong to aspiring young jazz musicians of today.

OG

[Serial_Apologist]

I was reminded just now, listening to the Errol Garner track on JRR, that one of the first approaches I practised without any hope of becoming an adept was the "Garner left hand" - those broken tenths on every main beat that betray Garner's adaptation of what really were pre-bop mannerisms, however unique to himself. After all, you wouldn't need to embarrass yourself begging for a bass player to... accompany.

How many have spotted the Brits among that 1974 Herman line-up playing "Chameleon"?