Our man in London lost the playlists

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Alyn is live at Kings Place. a Marcus roberts fan got tat the mail by the look of it ....but Go! Dexter

Geoffrey gives us a master class from Sidney Bechet .... unmissable i'd a thought

JLU is following S_A? [No playlist; No Link]

Claire Martin presents concert music from the 2012 London Jazz Festival recorded at the Clore Ballroom in London's Southbank Centre. The programme features performances from Larry 'Stonephace' Stabbins new collaborative project featuring Zoe Rahman; pianist Sam Crowe and his group and saxophonist Trish Clowes, the brand new BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist.

Jon 3 has an old geezer playing a drum set ...ahem ..[Ditto]

Jez Nelson presents a legend of jazz drumming - Jack DeJohnette - recorded live with his group at the London Jazz Festival in a 70th birthday celebration concert.

Helping to carve the history of jazz for over fifty years, DeJohnette sits within the highest ranks of the establishment, having played with giants such as Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. A distinguished bandleader in his own right, DeJohnette's output remains abundant and in January he released his latest album Sound Travels, a recording that draws extensively on Afro-Latin rhythms. In this concert, the drummer is joined by reedsman Don Byron, guitarist Marvin Sewell, pianist George Colligan and bass player Jerome Harris.

we wwill all like this

[Serial_Apologist]

JLU is following S_A? [No playlist; No Link]

Annoyingly confusing!

The JLU session to be relayed tomorrow night is billed as starting at 4 pm today. I didn't want to endure Larry's band tbf, and the festival programme says nothing about Sam Crowe also being on. Don't let me put people off listening tomorrow - Mr Crowe's combo is very good, and of course includes Ms Clowes. By the wayside I think I should mentioned it is indeed CLOWES, pronounced as in "clothes", now CLUES, Mr Nelson

There is youtube footage of Stonephace for those interested. I'll edit in if I can find the links.

They definitely wouldn't have allowed this at Middle Earth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kprnsKePxs

Make sure not to buy mushrooms at the local farmers' market:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNWdKpkUq-U&feature=relmfu

Why didn't he compose for The Sweeney? -:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFkD-_pSx5I&feature=relmfu

Whereas:

http://www.samcrowe.com/listen

No utube, no Trish, but some nice listens there

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

I didnt realise until Alyn's JRR that Karin Krog was at the LJF with Bengt Hallberg...

Would like to have seen her. Any of her concert being broadcast?

BN.

[Tenor Freak]

Always good to hear Dex on the radio - that was definitely one of the classics.

<thanks> Karin

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Agree, one of THE tenor ballads and Sonny Clark is in perfect support.

Cook\Morton are somewhat snide about Dexter's B.notes, which makes me wonder more and more if they had any depth of understanding of this era. Whatever.

BN.

[Quarky]

Alyn really hit the spot - with Satchmo leading the caravan. Can't measure quality of a Jazz performance by quantity or rate of notes.

[Ian Thumwood]

Bluesnik

I agree with your comments regarding the late Richard Cook's comments about Dexter Gordon's Blue Note records. The earlier material with Wardell Gray was, in my opinion, join-the dots Be-bop and hugely uninspired. When he returned with Blue Note, there was a huge improvement in the quality of his output. I've got "Go" which is a no frills set that never fails to delight - espeically as it has the dry, ironic piano of Sonny Clark. The "Our man in Paris" session is staggeringly brilliant with both "Scrapple from the apple" and "Broadway" being some of the hardest swinging jazz put down on record since the Basie band left Kansas City. I rate this latter record very highly. It seems bizarre that Richard Cook seemed so non-plussed by these Blue Note sessions which combine swing with real character, especially when same label also put out numerous records where the performances could have been phoned in. I think the Blue Note record generally managed to maintain a high quality in most of it's output and Dexter Gordon's work always seems to be amongst the least pretentious and on the money.

[Serial_Apologist]

Trevor Watts and Veryan Weston hit the ground running with a thrilling and at times ferociously dramatic freely improvised half hour set of four "pieces" this afternoon, due for broadcast later this year according to Jez. By launching comparatively conventionally they succeeded in taking the packed audience on their trip however unobvious the musical signpostings. Remembering as one does the many past occasions when people around one ostentatiously got up in a strop to make their point by leaving, it was gratifying to say the least to observe an audience, most of whom were probably just curious Sunday afternooners, taking what was uncompromising stuff on board, and indeed clapping enthusiastically at the conclusion. Maybe people are now more ready for such stuff; maybe they identified with the turmoil.

Andy Robson stepped in for Alyn to interview Duncan Heining on his book release "Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers" (Equinox), which deals with British jazz between 1960 and 1975 from a slightly different angle from John Wickes' warts-and-all publication "Innovations in British Jazz", "Putting British jazz into the '60s and the '80s into British jazz", as Heining eloquently nutshelled it, outlining its more political standpoint in a forceful, entertaining talk that elicited pointed questions at the end. The hardback publication comes accompanied by a CD which includes never previously released tracks, including one taken from a pub date from 1961 by the Mike Taylor Quartet, one from the John Stevens Seven - which just predated the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, and others by Mike Osborne/John Surman Quartet (1966!), Joe Harriott, Amancio D'Silva, Gary Windo, Elton Dean, Lol Coxhill and Graham Collier, which I can hardly wait to get onto the player!

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Sounds good. I often wonder if any of the music from Ronnies Old Place in the late 60s was ever recorded when it was the home of the free?

A spartan set up so maybe they couldn't run to a Grundig!

I remember early breakfasts from the cafe down the road!

BN.

[Serial_Apologist]

Sounds good. I often wonder if any of the music from Ronnies Old Place in the late 60s was ever recorded when iy was the home of the free?

A spartan set up so may they couldn't run to a Grundig!

I remember early breakfasts from the cafe down the road!

BN.

I wonder that too, Bluesie...

Coincidence that you should mention Grundig - - the CD's tracks are issued on that excellent fellow Mike King's Reel Recordings.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Cant beat a oxidised old tape head!

Hey, dont get personal!

BN.

[Serial_Apologist]

Cant beat a oxidised old tape head!

Hey, dont get personal!

BN.

[handsomefortune]

Maybe people are now more ready for such stuff; maybe they identified with the turmoil.

i reckon that's about right serial apologist

ms clowes is on later tonight on 'jazz line up' ........and was also on jez's show, right at the end, after the long winded hurricane sandy impersonation on the joanna! have i missed any other important appearances this far?

(i see seb rochford did an interview with max on 'late junction' last week too).

[Serial_Apologist]

Maybe people are now more ready for such stuff; maybe they identified with the turmoil.

i reckon that's about right serial apologist

ms clowes is on later tonight on 'jazz line up' ........and was also on jez's show, right at the end, after the long winded hurricane sandy impersonation on the joanna! have i missed any other important appearances this far?

Not as many as me, handsome..... .............................

[Alyn_Shipton]

Apologies for not being there to talk to Duncan H about his book on Sunday - my band was playing at the Bridport Literary Festival. (LJF didn't actually check the date with me before printing the brochure!) And BN, as I understand it, Karin and Bengt were not recorded for the radio, and sadly Bengt did not arrive in London until after our King's Place recording, so his place was ably filled by Ross Stanley. To the best of my knowledge, Marcus's only appearance on Radio 3 during this festival will also be his cameo on JRR. Thanks to all the many listeners who turned up - it was a most convivial evening.