A veritable feast of goodies to rouse jaded palettes this week.
Sat 3 Sept
5.30PM - J to Z
Jumoké Fashola presents highlights of the recent UK jazz festival We Out Here, including main stage sets from Brazilian jazz-funk act Azymuth, Mancunian saxophonist and spiritual jazz guru Nat Birchall and energetic Latin big band the New Regency Orchestra. And Scottish pianist Fergus McCready - whose album Forest Floor is nominated for this year's Mercury Prize* - shares some of the music that has influenced and inspired him.
*BBC 6 Music Thurs 8 Sept 7pm for Mercury Prize Live.
10.15pm - BBC Proms
From the Royal Albert Hall, Tom Service introduces a programme featuring the world premiere of a work by Copenhagen-based Norwegian musician Marius Neset.
Marius Neset (saxophones), Ivo Neame (piano), Jim Hart (vibraphone/marimba/percussion), Conor Chapin (double bass), Anton Eger (drums), London Sinfonietta, conductor Geoffrey Paterson.
Marius Neset - Geyser (BBC commission: first performance).
12midnight - Freeness
Corey Mwamba with new jazz and improvised music, tonight featuring the trio of Ian Wilkinson, Alex Ward and Jem Doulton conjuring up an apocalyptic punk storm complete with lightning-rod guitar riffs, thunderous drums and the unrelenting hail of a blowing horn. Plus a sample of the new album by Eddie Wakili Hick and his group NOK Cultural Ensemble - who celebrate diverse percussive styles from across the African diaspora - and a tribute to US cellist Abdul Wadud, who died last month, aged 75.
Sun 4 Sept
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with a broad spectrum of requests, today including recordings by Laura Jurd, Carmen McCrae and James P Johnson.
11pm - The Voice of the Vibraphone
New Series: 1/3
Corey Mwamba examines the vibraphone - an instrument he feels is under-appreciated and whose percussive nature and vibrato have led to a perception that it can produce only a homogeneous sound. Featuring recordings by Gary Burton, Red Norvo, Terry Pollard and Walt Dickerson, juxtaposed with more recent keyboard-styled approaches by Mike Manieri and Sasha Berliner.
Sky Arts TV
6.50pm - New: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles
The jazz pianist interprets the repertoire of the Fab Four, featuring interpretations of I Saw Her Standing There and If I Needed Someone among others.
No link available.
Sat 3 Sept
5.30PM - J to Z
Jumoké Fashola presents highlights of the recent UK jazz festival We Out Here, including main stage sets from Brazilian jazz-funk act Azymuth, Mancunian saxophonist and spiritual jazz guru Nat Birchall and energetic Latin big band the New Regency Orchestra. And Scottish pianist Fergus McCready - whose album Forest Floor is nominated for this year's Mercury Prize* - shares some of the music that has influenced and inspired him.
*BBC 6 Music Thurs 8 Sept 7pm for Mercury Prize Live.
10.15pm - BBC Proms
From the Royal Albert Hall, Tom Service introduces a programme featuring the world premiere of a work by Copenhagen-based Norwegian musician Marius Neset.
Marius Neset (saxophones), Ivo Neame (piano), Jim Hart (vibraphone/marimba/percussion), Conor Chapin (double bass), Anton Eger (drums), London Sinfonietta, conductor Geoffrey Paterson.
Marius Neset - Geyser (BBC commission: first performance).
12midnight - Freeness
Corey Mwamba with new jazz and improvised music, tonight featuring the trio of Ian Wilkinson, Alex Ward and Jem Doulton conjuring up an apocalyptic punk storm complete with lightning-rod guitar riffs, thunderous drums and the unrelenting hail of a blowing horn. Plus a sample of the new album by Eddie Wakili Hick and his group NOK Cultural Ensemble - who celebrate diverse percussive styles from across the African diaspora - and a tribute to US cellist Abdul Wadud, who died last month, aged 75.
Sun 4 Sept
4pm - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton with a broad spectrum of requests, today including recordings by Laura Jurd, Carmen McCrae and James P Johnson.
11pm - The Voice of the Vibraphone
New Series: 1/3
Corey Mwamba examines the vibraphone - an instrument he feels is under-appreciated and whose percussive nature and vibrato have led to a perception that it can produce only a homogeneous sound. Featuring recordings by Gary Burton, Red Norvo, Terry Pollard and Walt Dickerson, juxtaposed with more recent keyboard-styled approaches by Mike Manieri and Sasha Berliner.
Sky Arts TV
6.50pm - New: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles
The jazz pianist interprets the repertoire of the Fab Four, featuring interpretations of I Saw Her Standing There and If I Needed Someone among others.
No link available.
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