Sat 20 Nov
5pm - J to Z
Kevin Le Gendre presents highlights from the J to Z stage at the Barbican as part of this year's London Jazz Festival. Pianist and composer Nikki Yeoh is widely recognised as one of the UK's leading jazz musicians, an innovator and mentor to the next generation of players, in this concert recorded last Sunday, Yeoh performs a solo set, drawing on the Arabic repertoire of her Café Oran project. Also on the bill are three rising stars from the London scene. Trumpeter Mark Kavuma, leader of the rousing Banger Factory collective; New Zealand-raised drummer Myele Manzanza; and saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael, who has just released his debut album, The River Doesn't Like Strangers.
12midnight - Freeness
Corey Mwamba presents archive recordings of performances from Glasgow's Third Eye centre, which closed in the early 1990s.
Sun 21 Nov
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Tues 23 Nov
7.30pm - Radio 3 in Concert
British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and her quintet join the BBC Concert Orchestra and principle conductor Bramwell Tovey in a concert recorded on Sunday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London as part of the London Jazz Festival.
Presented by Jumoké Fashola.
Yazz Ahmed (trumpet), Dave Manington (bass guitar), Corrina Silvester (percussion), Martin France (drums), Ralph Wyld (vibraphone), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Bramwell Tovey.
Jessie Montgomery - Banner
Yazz Ahmed, arr Langley - La Saboteuse
Yazz Ahmed, arr Garland - A Paradise in the Hold
Judith Weir - Still, Glowing
Yazz Ahmed, arr Langley - The Earth's Reflection; A Shoal of Souls
Interval
Yazz Ahmed, arr Puddick - Barbara
Yazz Ahmed, arr Au - 2857
Arvo Pärt - Silouan's Song
Yazz Ahmed, arr Barker - Al Emadi
Yazz Ahmed, arr Langley - Dawn Patrol
5pm - J to Z
Kevin Le Gendre presents highlights from the J to Z stage at the Barbican as part of this year's London Jazz Festival. Pianist and composer Nikki Yeoh is widely recognised as one of the UK's leading jazz musicians, an innovator and mentor to the next generation of players, in this concert recorded last Sunday, Yeoh performs a solo set, drawing on the Arabic repertoire of her Café Oran project. Also on the bill are three rising stars from the London scene. Trumpeter Mark Kavuma, leader of the rousing Banger Factory collective; New Zealand-raised drummer Myele Manzanza; and saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael, who has just released his debut album, The River Doesn't Like Strangers.
12midnight - Freeness
Corey Mwamba presents archive recordings of performances from Glasgow's Third Eye centre, which closed in the early 1990s.
Sun 21 Nov
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Tues 23 Nov
7.30pm - Radio 3 in Concert
British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and her quintet join the BBC Concert Orchestra and principle conductor Bramwell Tovey in a concert recorded on Sunday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London as part of the London Jazz Festival.
Presented by Jumoké Fashola.
Yazz Ahmed (trumpet), Dave Manington (bass guitar), Corrina Silvester (percussion), Martin France (drums), Ralph Wyld (vibraphone), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Bramwell Tovey.
Jessie Montgomery - Banner
Yazz Ahmed, arr Langley - La Saboteuse
Yazz Ahmed, arr Garland - A Paradise in the Hold
Judith Weir - Still, Glowing
Yazz Ahmed, arr Langley - The Earth's Reflection; A Shoal of Souls
Interval
Yazz Ahmed, arr Puddick - Barbara
Yazz Ahmed, arr Au - 2857
Arvo Pärt - Silouan's Song
Yazz Ahmed, arr Barker - Al Emadi
Yazz Ahmed, arr Langley - Dawn Patrol
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