Jazz this weekend on 3 23 - 25 June 2012

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

..there is a J R Monterose track on requests with Alyn this afternoon and Norma Winstone singing Joyspring

Geoffrey does the dynamic tenor duo of AL & Zoot [yummy]

The Current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist, Shabaka Hutchings is in session at the BBC Maida Vale Studios s with a stellar UK cast of :
Richard Spaven - drums
Otto Fischer - guitar
Oren Marshall - tuba
Shabaka Hutchings - clarinet/sax
Shabka talks about his latest band and the music written for it.
Also on this weeks programme Lynne Arrial talks to Claire Martin
Pianist /composer Lynne Arriale's 2011 recording, Convergence (featuring Bill McHenry, Omer Avital and Anthony Pinciotti), amassed a considerable amount of critical acclaim: it reached number4 on the Jazz Week Radio Chartin the US and was named one of the "Top 50 CDs of 2011" by JazzTimes Magazine . Following 15 years of working exclusively within the trio and quartet formats on her first nine CDs, Arriale decided the time was right for her to record her first solo CD. Arriale explains, "in rehearsing and recording this program I discovered so much about the solo art form

yep JLU is interesting

Jon3 is ....

Scandinavian/British trio Phronesis in concert at Kings Place in London. Led by Danish double-bassist Jasper Hoiby, and featuring Ivo Neame (piano) and Anton Eger (drums), Phronesis has in the last few years built a reputation as one of the most formidable groups on the UK jazz scene, blending complex but high-energy grooves with compelling melodies. This performance features new music from their fourth album, Walking Dark, which sees Neame and Eger writing for the trio for the first time.

[Serial_Apologist]

..there is a J R Monterose track on requests with Alyn this afternoon and Norma Winstone singing Joyspring

Geoffrey does the dynamic tenor duo of AL & Zoot [yummy]




yep JLU is interesting

Jon3 is ....

Looks interesting. A pretty heavy-looking line-up from the imposing Mr Hutchings. Ivo Neame was especially on form in New Cross on Tuesday with his new Large Ensemble (including Shabaka H on a CD due out in October); and, speaking of "imposing", how about this from Ivo, livo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsKM5UuTMyA

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

how about this from Ivo, livo?

[Byas'd Opinion]

Ivo Neame's not just an excellent pianist, but also a pretty nifty alto player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxwunfl8lVA

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Phronesis

Anglo-European trio Phronesis are on the crest of a wave at the moment, fresh from taking their music to the US and releasing their latest album to critical acclaim. And we're riding that wave with them on this week's programme, with a performance that brought the house down at the end of their recent UK tour.

Before we hear that performance, bandleader and bassist Jasper Høiby joins me in the studio as we bring back the MP3 shuffle – a random but illuminating window into his musical influences that takes in some big names as well as some music that was completely new to all of us in the Jazz on 3 team.

Then it's into the gig. Until recently, Høiby wrote all the music for the band. Not any more, but whoever each piece is by, the material is always marked by that distinctive Phronesis sound – exciting, tight, odd-meter grooves and a sense of fun. Høiby's agile, angular basslines show amazing technique but lose none of that joy in the process, while Ivo Neame really impressed me with the shape and confidence of his improvising in pieces such as Zeiding – he's a rising UK piano star that perhaps hasn't yet had as much acclaim as he deserves. And then of course there's drummer Anton Eger, whose cutlery solo from last year's Marius Neset gig is still imprinted on my brain. He's all over the taxing rhythmic patterns that the band demand of themselves, and really lets rip in his own tune, The Economist. The gig ends with an old Phronesis favourite – an encore that rewards the whooping and hollering crowd, thoroughly enjoying surfing the Phronesis wave.

Join me on Monday 25 June from 11pm, or listen online for seven days after broadcast.

Finally, a reminder that you can now apply for tickets to our BBC Introducing concert at the Manchester Jazz Festival on 16 July, via www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tickets/. The ballot (you aren't guaranteed a ticket) is open until Monday 2 July. Good luck!

Jez

If you have comments about the show, or requests for music you’d like to hear, do get in touch at jazzon3@bbc.co.uk


Coming up:

2 July – Free-jazz saxophonist John Butcher and his Apophonics trio in session

9 July – British prog-jazz trio Troyka in concert

16 July – Highlights from the Match & Fuse Festival in London, including prog-funk quintet World Service Project and Irish 'two horns no chords' quartet RedivideR

23 July – Music from the BBC Introducing stage at the Manchester Jazz Festival, with bands selected by Jez Nelson, Gilles Peterson and Kevin Le Gendre

Jon3 Newsletter

[Old Grumpy]

Coming up:

2 July – Free-jazz saxophonist John Butcher and his Apophonics trio in session

9 July – British prog-jazz trio Troyka in concert

16 July – Highlights from the Match & Fuse Festival in London, including prog-funk quintet World Service Project and Irish 'two horns no chords' quartet RedivideR

23 July – Music from the BBC Introducing stage at the Manchester Jazz Festival, with bands selected by Jez Nelson, Gilles Peterson and Kevin Le Gendre

Mmm, Troyka - Jazzwise seem to rate them (http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/feat...yka-into-orbit). I shall look out for this.

OG

[Quarky]

"Anglo-European trio Phronesis are on the crest of a wave at the moment, fresh from taking their music to the US and releasing their latest album to critical acclaim. And we're riding that wave with them on this week's programme, with a performance that brought the house down at the end of their recent UK tour.

Before we hear that performance, bandleader and bassist Jasper Høiby joins me in the studio as we bring back the MP3 shuffle – a random but illuminating window into his musical influences that takes in some big names as well as some music that was completely new to all of us in the Jazz on 3 team."

Interesting music.

However I wish musicians would keep their opinions of other musicians to themselves. Robert Glasper does not play Jazz? Then we have a Viennese waltz played as one of Holby's influences! Isn't it a fruitless discussion to state what is and what is not jazz? This did prejudice me against Jasper, but his music did eventually win me over.

Anglo-European Jazz? Have we left the Common Market already?

[handsomefortune]

However I wish musicians would keep their opinions of other musicians to themselves.

i don't oddball. (providing it's not just bitchin for bitchins sake, as do celebs elsewhere in show biz).

zoot and al were sounding mellow late night (last) saturday on dj geoffrey's show.

i found the jlu interview with shebaka hutchings disappointing, but some of the tracks played made up for this, particularly the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woKXA...eature=related. the rest of jlu music/chat did nothing for me whatsoever...the piano interpretation from a musical was dreadful, but listeners had to stay tuned in case shebaka came on, despite tedium of musical torture in between times. even the kirk tune selected was a comparatively dull selection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uRnvMwD6jM

i haven't listened to dj jez as yet, (hope to catch up this wkend).

[Serial_Apologist]

[B]
i found the jlu interview with shebaka hutchings disappointing, but some of the tracks played made up for this, particularly the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woKXA...eature=related. the rest of jlu music/chat did nothing for me whatsoever...the piano interpretation from a musical was dreadful, but listeners had to stay tuned in case shebaka came on, despite tedium of musical torture in between times. even the kirk tune selected was a comparatively dull selection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uRnvMwD6jM

Very disappointing programme altogether, I agree.

[handsomefortune]

did you nearly scream out loud when dj clare started yet another sentence with - 'so your time as a 'new generation artist' finishes in september'.....

[handsomefortune]

'so, nearly time to end your period as 'new generation' artist...how does that feel'?

[handsomefortune]

so, september's not far off now.....

(but let's get july and august done first eh..... who knows what sh has lined up for the coming months)?

[Serial_Apologist]

so, september's not far off now.....

(but let's get july and august done first eh..... who knows what sh has lined up for the coming months)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4XihJc5WmQ

[handsomefortune]

perfick!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

perfick!

yep!

i confess i did not listen and now i shall not ....to jlu ...