JRR foottappers and other marvels with Alyn
Geoffrey does 3//4
JLU looks intersting and timely
Jon3 does rare
... another one to catch ... Jex on a roll innit
and another coz i like it
Geoffrey does 3//4
JLU looks intersting and timely
This weeks Jazz Line-Up pays tribute to the talents and ultimately death of trumpeter Abram Wilson by playing a set he co-produced with Jazz Line-Up at the Bath Festival in 2009 of his Live Paintings album and we re-play the backstage interview he gave to Julian Joseph.
Also this week Kevin Le Gendre talks to Guitar Guru Pat Metheny about his new album "Pat Metheny Unity Band".
Also this week Kevin Le Gendre talks to Guitar Guru Pat Metheny about his new album "Pat Metheny Unity Band".
Jez Nelson presents rare UK performances by two veterans of the American avant-garde: composer/multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell.
Threadgill, an original member of the Chicago AACM collective, has been at the leading-edge of jazz since establishing his landmark Air trio in the 1970s. Known for his unusual combinations of instruments and musical styles, he has been credited as one of the most important and revolutionary jazz composers of recent years. His Zooid sextet, recorded here at the 2011 London Jazz Festival blends funk, gamelan and Afro-Cuban rhythms in collective improvisation, and features cellist Christopher Hoffmann and tuba player Jose Davila.
Roscoe Mitchell is another AACM graduate and also formed the Art Ensemble of Chicago, a group still active today and known for its use of 'little instruments' such as bicycle horns and found objects. His playing typically alternates fierce energy with patient, sparse development, also reflecting the influence of contemporary classical music. This concert, recorded earlier this year, features a British rhythm section of John Edwards (bass) and Tony Marsh on drums.
Threadgill, an original member of the Chicago AACM collective, has been at the leading-edge of jazz since establishing his landmark Air trio in the 1970s. Known for his unusual combinations of instruments and musical styles, he has been credited as one of the most important and revolutionary jazz composers of recent years. His Zooid sextet, recorded here at the 2011 London Jazz Festival blends funk, gamelan and Afro-Cuban rhythms in collective improvisation, and features cellist Christopher Hoffmann and tuba player Jose Davila.
Roscoe Mitchell is another AACM graduate and also formed the Art Ensemble of Chicago, a group still active today and known for its use of 'little instruments' such as bicycle horns and found objects. His playing typically alternates fierce energy with patient, sparse development, also reflecting the influence of contemporary classical music. This concert, recorded earlier this year, features a British rhythm section of John Edwards (bass) and Tony Marsh on drums.
and another coz i like it
, though one never realised it was John Cleese on the trumpet 
(Mongesi and Harry Beckett were to join in the early 70s iirc). Such a nice, genial guy, lovely to talk to, John Tchicai. Well, ime they nearly all are, mostly... 
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