cats and yer bag 17-19 Junee '12

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Flat Earth Society in concert at the Vortex in London. This 15-piece 'anarcho big band', led by composer/arranger and clarinetist Peter Vermeersch, have been performing their brand of eccentric, theatrical music for over a decade. Coloured by film, circus and burlesque styles, the ensemble celebrates bizarre juxtapositions, moving between riotous groove music and more tender sound explorations.

and much much more a very varied set of tracks and stuff this week in Jon3


JLU covers Gil Evans 100th Birthday in Fine style

Jazz Line-Up presented by Kevin Le Gendre celebrates the 100th birthday of Gil Evans and a performance of his work "Miles Ahead", featuring his son Miles on trumpet together with British trumpeter Henry Lowther. The performance was given on the actual day of Gil Evans 100th birthday "Sunday 13th May" and given by the London Jazz Orchestra conducted by Scott Stroman. The event was exclusively recorded at the Vortex jazz Club in London.
The word is unique in that there are no chordal instruments scored and there is only one saxophone (Alto) in the band, the rest is Woodwind, Trombones, Trumpets, French Horns, Tuba and Acoustic Bass.
On the broadcast, Miles Evans (Gil's son) describes the reasoning behind it and speaks of his relationship with his father.
Band Members:
Trumpets:- Noel Langley, Mike Lovatt, Robbie Robson, Yazz Ahmed, Adam Chatterton / Trombones: Pete Beachill, Gordon Campbell, Mattias Eskilsson / Bass Trombone: Richard Henry / Tuba: Oren Marshall / Horns: Dave Lee, Paul Cott / Alto Saxophone: Martin Speake / Woodwinds: Martin Hathaway, Pete Hurt, Josephine Davies, Mick Foster / Bass: Alec Dankworth / Drums: Paul Clarvis
Soloists - Trumpets: Miles Evans , Henry Lowther
Director - Scott Stroman.

and wor Geoffrey's letting the classical cat out of his bag

his week, he considers that although some jazz fans may resent classical music, classical traditions have influenced jazz from the beginning. Today's programme examines the effects of classical music on players and composers from Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins to Lennie Tristano and Chick Corea.

what a gratuitous little green claws that is eh ...

[Quarky]

and wor Geoffrey's[/URL] letting the classical cat out of his bag

what a gratuitous little green claws that is eh ...

Found Geoffrey's programme extremely interesting.

But I found Coleman Hawkins, Lennie Tristano, Yusef Lateef, Duke/Clarke Terry far more interesting, in that they make a serious attempt to meld together the two musical disciplines, than Bill Evans and third stream Gunther Schuller. As Geoffrey said, Miles Davis is show-cased within a classical setting, but as for Miles solo, I would not have said that made a serious attempt to get to grips with classical considerations.

I guess Jazz combined with Classical is not going to set the world of music alight, but it produces some interesting musical items that are well worth a listen.