... yes we have no playlists [get outa bed Henry]

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Alyn has no playlist as yet

including music by saxophonists Charlie Parker, Bob Crosby and Benny Carter.

JLU has no playlist as yet

Julian Joseph and Kevin Le Gendre look ahead to some jazz highlights for 2014, plus Kevin rewinds with a classic album from the vaults in this month's 'Now's The Time' featuring pianist Mal Waldron's 'Hard Talk'.

Geoffrey has no playlist as yet

Witty, intelligent and soulful, alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley became a superstar in the 1950s and '60s, leading his funky, fun-loving quintet. Geoffrey Smith showcases such Adderley hits as the gospel waltz "This Here".

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The Claudia Quintet have been grooving somewhere in the space between jazz, minimalism and post-rock for over 15 years. This performance at a special London Jazz Festival edition of Jez Nelson's Jazz in the Round event shows that bandleader and composer John Hollenbeck's music sounds as fresh as ever. The set, with guest pianist Tom Cawley, features music from their Royal Toast album - pieces named after toilet manufacturers from around the world, although happily, this is about as far as the connection goes!

Also in the programme, Finnish trio Mopo are in session. 'Mopo' means 'moped' in Finnish, and the name matches their raw, at times punkish approach; but it also evokes a more playful element to the music, summed up by the group's more than occasional use of children's toys.

[Tenor Freak]

WHERE'S JLU GONE? Its flippin opera...

Only caught the end of JRR but thanks to whoever it was who requested Erykah Badu. I have long thought she's a jazz singer masqerading as R 'n' B and I had intended to submit a request of one of hers. So what if she doesn't do a version of My Funny Valentine.

[Quarky]

Yes, they tend to swap JLU to 4 pm whenever they have an early start opera. At least they give us two hours Jazz, and I thought both JLU and JRR were excellent. The tenor player from Guadeloupe, Schwarz -Bart, was great.

Cannonball Adderley to come later. I guess life could be worse.

Probably in a minority of one, and dare I admit it - quite partial to Die Fledermaus!

[Old Grumpy]

WHERE'S JLU GONE? Its flippin opera...

Shortchanged again!

Looking forward to 2.5 hours of Jazz whilst driving down the M1 - tuned in at ~ 1655 to hear the closing chords of JLU! I caught the whole of JRR, but then had to seek radio solace elsewhere for the rest of the journey. I thought jazz fans were going to be treated to their regular jazz slot on Saturday nights - seems not.

OG

[Ian Thumwood]

I'm still struggling to come to grips with the Robert Glasper album. I haven't heard it in it's entirety but all the kids were playing this when I went to the jazz festival in Vienne in 2012. The music was everywhere yet , to my ears, there is little real jazz on the album. It is a really slick pop record yet I'm not sure if it will seem quite so hot in 2024. I feel it's got a limited shelf life and wonder where Glasper's future lies. He seems to produce quite a few records as well as playing and I feel this might prove to be his ultimate musical destination. That said, I've heard his play with a trio and he was brilliant as well as being an excellent compare. When he played a gig in Southampton he told a great story about people turning up to hear Keith Jarrett play the Village Vanguard and the audience being in fear of one of his notorious out bursts.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Shortchanged again!

Looking forward to 2.5 hours of Jazz whilst driving down the M1 - tuned in at ~ 1655 to hear the closing chords of JLU! I caught the whole of JLU, but then had to seek radio solace elsewhere for the rest of the journey. I thought jazz fans were going to be treated to their regular jazz slot on Saturday nights - seems not.

OG

"When I was a radio critic, the
controller, Roger Wright, would
take me to lunch and tell me what
was going to be happening that
season. I’d eat all the oysters I
could cram into my gob and then
repay him by complaining about the
amount of jazz that his station
played – but compared to the way
it is today, back then the station
was a treat."

Nick Lezard - New Statesman, November 2013.

BN.

"Oystergate"

[Quarky]

OK chaps - synchronise watches - it's now 13.29.

Next Saturday, scramble for 5 pm JRR - JLU 6pm for 1.5 hours - followed by Also sprach Zarathustra.

Geoffrey Smith - a five star programme
That really gave me a deep insight into Cannonball. At least the first part of the programme before he went into Worksong. If it were a cutting contest between Cannonball and Trane on Limehouse Blues, Cannonball ahead on points, imv.

But Geoffrey seemed to be talking about two types of Soul - An inner musical spirit, which Cannonball had in great abundance, and secondly a commercial type of music, full of cliches, and generally talking down to the audience.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

OK chaps - synchronise watches - it's now 13.29.

Next Saturday, scramble for 5 pm JRR - JLU 6pm for 1.5 hours - followed by Also sprach Zarathustra.

Geoffrey Smith - a five star programme
That really gave me a deep insight into Cannonball. At least the first part of the programme before he went into Worksong. If it were a cutting contest between Cannonball and Trane on Limehouse Blues, Cannonball ahead on points, imv.

But Geoffrey seemed to be talking about two types of Soul - An inner musical spirit, which Cannonball had in great abundance, and secondly a commercial type of music, full of cliches, and generally talking down to the audience.

Radio 3 would NEVER talk down to the audience.....thats why Roger has more soul than The Impressions....

BN.

[Serial_Apologist]

At school there used to be a prayer which went something along the lines of, "Oh Lord, let us help ourselves to keep our souls". Needless to say, we turned the last two words into something else.