Cockpit Theatre, London 29-02-2016 Jazz On 3 has broadcast for the last 18 years on its Monday night 11pm slot on BBC Radio 3 and has been a leading influence in the development of the UK scene over that period…. Read More ›
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From Jez on 3 to Somethin’ Else at Jazz FM
We might not know exactly what is replacing Jazz On 3 in the new revamped BBC Radio 3 schedule, though we do know Alyn Shipton will be exec producer and that Puppini Sister Emma Smith might be one of the presenters,… Read More ›
All change at jazz radio
BBC Radio 3’s regular late Monday slot is changing. After 18 years the show which championed music at the cutting edge of the genre, presented by Jez Nelson and produced by Somethin’ Else, will have a new company behind it…. Read More ›
Let’s get more British bands to Jazz Ahead!
On BBC Radio 3’s Jazz On 3 programme of some highlights from this year’s trade fair and festival Jazz Ahead!, held as always in Bremen, Germany, host Jez Nelson observed that British jazz was under-represented. And it’s true. I know there are… Read More ›
Jazz on 3 is at Jazz Ahead this evening
Jazz’s broadcasting’s most cutting-edge programme, BBC Radio 3’s Jazz on 3, was at the Jazz Ahead festival cum industry expo in Bremen, Germany, back in April to explore who’s new and worth hearing in European jazz and beyond. You can hear some… Read More ›
Blue-Eyed Hawk metamorphose this evening
They took their name from a W.B. Yeats’ poem and literature feeds into their music in a big way via vocalist Lauren Kinsella. Lauren and the rest of Blue-Eyed Hawk – trumpeter Laura Jurd, guitarist Alex Roth and drummer Corrie Dick – are… Read More ›
‘How would Mary J Blige sing this phrase?’
Those words have passed through the mind of a jazz pianist in the middle of a performance, as he tells a fellow pianist and a jazz radio programme. The speaker is Jason Moran, the other pianist is Robert Glasper and the… Read More ›
The French presence at the London Jazz Festival
There is quite a strong French presence at this year’s London Jazz Festival. In yesterday’s review of the weekend I mentioned Papanosh playing in the Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. On Sunday I attended the performance of Shakespeare Songs at the stunning… Read More ›
Happening in 45 mins on the wireless
A quick shout out for the fab Jazz On 3. They’re live and up north! Here is their release: BBC Radio 3’s Jazz on 3 makes its first trip to the Edinburgh Festivals this month with a live broadcast in… Read More ›
A chance to hear Loose Tubes on the wireless
They reunited a quarter century after what they intended to be their final week at Ronnie Scott’s in London for a festival concert at Cheltenham (review here) and a sold-out week at Ronnie’s (a performance at the Brecon Jazz Festival is… Read More ›
Loose Tubes fans’ dream comes true with reunion in 2014
It’s a dream that we’ve had for years – those of us who witnessed the excitement, the innovation, the sheer joy that was the big band Loose Tubes back in the late 1980s: that Loose Tubes would get back together… Read More ›
Jazz on 3 is from Birmingham tonight
This evening’s Jazz On 3 focuses on the music of Paul Dunmall who turned 60 earlier this year, and was recorded recently at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham. Paul’s Life In Four Parts gets its radio premiere, following performances last… Read More ›
Paul Dunmall at 60
mac, Birmingham UK 26-10-2013 The saxophonist turned 60 earlier this year and Jazzlines had commissioned him to write a suite to be performed here and then at a couple more venues round the land. It’s called Life In Four Parts, Paul… Read More ›
Jazzlines honours an individualist
Paul Dunmall has always followed his own path, and it’s been one in which freedom has played a crucial part. He has been a consistent, reliable and inspiring presence across the British jazz scene since the 1970s, whether working with Spirit… Read More ›
Jazz on 3 makes the film-improv connection tonight
The Beeb is pretty keen on cinema at the moment, and especially the music that goes along with it. The recent Film Music Prom was a big hit a few weeks back. Jazz on 3 is doing its bit and has… Read More ›
Catching up with Wayne
As the chief cook and bottle-washer at thejazzbreakfast has been on his summer hols, we have been a little tardy on the subject of Wayne Shorter’s 80th birthday. I know we claim to be hiply behind the beat but this… Read More ›
A taste of what is to come from Django Bates on Friday
Django Bates’ Beloved, his trio with Petter Eldh and Peter Bruun, comes to the CBSO Centre in Birmingham, UK, on Friday. How about this for a lip-smacking preview? http://liveweb.arte.tv/de/video/Jazzahead_2013/7628/Django_Bates__Beloved/ And, as if that weren’t enough (can one ever get enough… Read More ›
