Program List

Jazz File
Summary : 1/3. Swing City: Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City, the centre of a unique jazz style created by such great artists such as Count Basie and Jay McShann.
Details : 1/3. Swing City: Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City, the centre of a unique jazz style created by such great artists such as Count Basie and Jay McShann.1/3. Swing City Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City, the centre of a unique jazz style for nearly 30 years. Great artists such as Count Basie and Jay McShann were instrumental in creating a driving, riffing style of music that has continued to influence musicians all over the world. Miles visits the Jazz Archive at the University of Missouri to talk to its director Chuck Haddix.

Starts 2007-01-06 18:00:00, Ends 2007-01-06 18:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : 2/3. Swing City: Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City. He meets bandleader Jay McShann and pauses by the grave of the legendary Charlie Parker.
Details : 2/3. Swing City: Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City. He meets bandleader Jay McShann and pauses by the grave of the legendary Charlie Parker.Swing City Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City, the centre of a unique jazz style for nearly thirty years. 2/3. He visits the famous 18th and Vine crossroads in the heart of the old African American jazz quarter. On the way to meet Jay McShann, the grand old man of the big bands, he stops off for a spot of barbecue and ends the day by the graveside of one of the greatest of all Kansas City jazzmen, saxophone legend Charlie Parker.

Starts 2007-01-13 18:00:00, Ends 2007-01-13 18:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : Swing City: Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City. 3/3. He visits the Mutual Musicians Foundation and talks to Lucky Wesley from the Scamps and singer Myra Taylor.
Details : Swing City: Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City. 3/3. He visits the Mutual Musicians Foundation and talks to Lucky Wesley from the Scamps and singer Myra Taylor.Swing City Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City, the centre of a unique jazz style for nearly 30 years. 3/3. He visits the Mutual Musicians Foundation and talks to Lucky Wesley from the Scamps and Myra Taylor, the former singer with the Harlan Leonard Rockets who has been performing jazz for 70 years. Miles also meets a city councillor to talk about the redevelopment of the Jazz Quarter.

Starts 2007-01-20 18:00:00, Ends 2007-01-20 18:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : The Caribbean Connection: 1/2. Soweto Kinch explores the relationship between jazz in the West Indies and today's generation of Anglo-Caribbean players.
Details : The Caribbean Connection: 1/2. Soweto Kinch explores the relationship between jazz in the West Indies and today's generation of Anglo-Caribbean players.1/2. The Caribbean Connection Soweto Kinch explores the relationship between jazz in the West Indies and today's generation of Anglo-Caribbean players. Several major figures in West Indian music had a huge effect on jazz in Britain, from Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott to guitarist Ernest Ranglin, who, like his compatriot Monty Alexander, was a major influence in shaping the sounds of ska and reggae. Contributors include Harry Beckett, Bammi Rose and Frank Holder.

Starts 2007-01-27 18:00:00, Ends 2007-01-27 18:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : The Caribbean Connection (2/2): Soweto Kinch explores the relationship between jazz in the West Indies and today's generation of Anglo-Caribbean players.
Details : The Caribbean Connection (2/2): Soweto Kinch explores the relationship between jazz in the West Indies and today's generation of Anglo-Caribbean players.2/2. The Caribbean Connection Soweto Kinch explores the relationship between jazz in the West Indies and today's generation of Anglo-Caribbean players. He traces the story of the musical heirs of Joe Harriott and Harold McNair, in particular the Jazz Warriors. He hears from Courtney Pine, Bammi Rose, Gary Crosby and Jason Yarde about the renaissance in Anglo-Caribbean jazz and looks at how Tomorrow's Warriors and Jazz Jamaica grew out of the active London jazz scene of the 1980s.

Starts 2007-02-03 18:00:00, Ends 2007-02-03 18:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : It Don't Mean a Thing (1/2). Russell Davies examines the history of gay jazz. He talks to some modern players whose honesty transcends their personal and musical lives.
Details : It Don't Mean a Thing (1/2). Russell Davies examines the history of gay jazz. He talks to some modern players whose honesty transcends their personal and musical lives.

Starts 2007-02-17 18:00:00, Ends 2007-02-17 18:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : It Don't Mean a Thing (2/2). Russell Davies examines the history of gay jazz. He talks to some modern players whose honesty transcends their personal and musical lives.
Details : It Don't Mean a Thing (2/2). Russell Davies examines the history of gay jazz. He talks to some modern players whose honesty transcends their personal and musical lives.

Starts 2007-02-24 18:00:00, Ends 2007-02-24 18:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : Grand Union Orchestra: In conversation with founder and director Tony Haynes, Alyn Shipton explores the work of this innovative and cross-cultural group, now in its 25th year.
Details : Grand Union Orchestra: In conversation with founder and director Tony Haynes, Alyn Shipton explores the work of this innovative and cross-cultural group, now in its 25th year.Grand Union Orchestra: In conversation with founder and director Tony Haynes, Alyn Shipton explores the work of this innovative and cross-cultural group of musicians, now in its 25th year. Contributors include trumpeter Claude Deppa and sitar player Baluji Shrivastav.

Starts 2007-03-03 18:00:00, Ends 2007-03-03 18:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : 1/3. The Shape of Jazz Today: Jez Nelson seeks answers to some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions. Stuart Nicholson explores jazz as a global phenomenon.
Details : 1/3. The Shape of Jazz Today: Jez Nelson seeks answers to some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions. Stuart Nicholson explores jazz as a global phenomenon.The Shape of Jazz Today The programme seeks answers to some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions, ones that animate jazz fans in clubs the world over. What is the state of jazz music today? Where are its top practitioners heading, musically and philosophically? And - perhaps most importantly - are they getting it right? Each week, Jez Nelson introduces one heavyweight jazz thinker, and invites them to put forth their expert - and often controversial - opinions on such matters, elucidating a unique perspective on the shape of jazz today. 1/3. British jazz critic and author Stuart Nicholson explores jazz as a global phenomenon. He argues that although the music was born in America, it has since been taken up by players all around the world. They have infused it with their own local musical traditions to create jazz that is arguably more exciting than the more conservative music played by traditionalists in America.

Starts 2007-03-17 17:00:00, Ends 2007-03-17 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : 2/3. The Shape of Jazz Today: Jez Nelson seeks answers to some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions. Gary Giddins discusses the impact of New York's 'loft scene' of the 1970s.
Details : 2/3. The Shape of Jazz Today: Jez Nelson seeks answers to some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions. Gary Giddins discusses the impact of New York's 'loft scene' of the 1970s.The Shape of Jazz Today 2/3. The programme seeks to answer some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions, ones that animate jazz fans in clubs the world over. What is the state of jazz music today? Where are its top practitioners heading, musically and philosophically? And, perhaps most importantly, are they getting it right? Each week Jez Nelson introduces one heavyweight jazz thinker and invites them to put forth their expert, and often controversial, opinions on such matters, elucidating a unique perspective on the shape of jazz today. Gary Giddins, a regular columnist for the New York weekly Village Voice and author of Visions of Jazz, discusses how New York's 'loft scene' of the 1970s marked the end of the 'linear' history of jazz and ushered in a new era dominated by post-modernist eclecticism, a transition which Giddins belives ensured America remained the global centre for jazz innovation.

Starts 2007-03-24 17:00:00, Ends 2007-03-24 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : 3/3. The Shape of Jazz Today: Jez Nelson seeks answers to some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions. Discussion with Stanley Crouch, Stuart Nicholson and Greg Tate.
Details : 3/3. The Shape of Jazz Today: Jez Nelson seeks answers to some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions. Discussion with Stanley Crouch, Stuart Nicholson and Greg Tate.The Shape of Jazz Today The programme seeks answers to some of modern jazz's most perplexing questions, ones that animate jazz fans in clubs the world over. What is the state of jazz music today? Where are its top practitioners heading, musically and philosophically? And - perhaps most importantly - are they getting it right? Each week, Jez Nelson introduces one heavyweight jazz thinker, and invites them to put forth their expert - and often controversial - opinions on such matters, elucidating a unique perspective on the shape of jazz today. 3/3. Expect to hear forthright views from the likes of Stanley Crouch, Stuart Nicholson and Greg Tate.

Starts 2007-03-31 17:00:00, Ends 2007-03-31 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : 1/3. Kings of Swing: Linton Chiswick presents a series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.
Details : 1/3. Kings of Swing: Linton Chiswick presents a series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.Kings of Swing Linton Chiswick presents a new three-part series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Dubbed the 'King of Swing' and the 'King of Clarinet' respectively, Goodman and Shaw played down their rivalry, suggesting they were two very different musicians seeking very different results. A close look at their recordings and careers, however, reveals musicians astonishingly similar in background and aspiration. Linton tells the story of a fascinating musical rivalry threaded through radio orchestras, powerhouse big bands, innovative small bands, the first racially integrated line-ups in American music and a jazz scene unprecedented in its popularity and commercialism. 1/3. When Artie Shaw knocked the Benny Goodman Orchestra off the number one spot in the annual Downbeat poll in 1939 by 47 votes, to Shaw's fans, it was the ushering in of a new era. Their man had finally deposed The King of Swing and validated their devotion. But by November, Shaw had left for Mexico, he'd had enough of the chaos, of the fans, of the band. Featuring rarely heard archive interviews with Goodman and Shaw as well as contributions from many of their friends and colleagues.

Starts 2007-04-07 17:00:00, Ends 2007-04-07 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : 2/3. Kings of Swing: Linton Chiswick presents a series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.
Details : 2/3. Kings of Swing: Linton Chiswick presents a series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.Kings of Swing Linton Chiswick presents a series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Dubbed the King of Swing and the King of Clarinet respectively, Goodman and Shaw played down their rivalry, suggesting they were two very different musicians seeking very different results. But a close look at their recordings and careers reveals musicians astonishingly similar in background and aspiration. Linton tells the story of a fascinating musical rivalry threaded through radio orchestras, powerhouse big bands, innovative small bands, the first racially integrated line-ups in American music and a jazz scene unprecedented in its popularity and commercialism. 2/3. Linton takes a closer look at some of Goodman and Shaw's key big band recordings. And two of the world's greatest clarinetists, Dick Johnson and Ken Peplowski, bring their instruments into the studio to help Linton discuss and deconstruct the two musicians' style and techniques.

Starts 2007-04-14 17:00:00, Ends 2007-04-14 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : 3/3. Kings of Swing: Linton Chiswick presents a series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.
Details : 3/3. Kings of Swing: Linton Chiswick presents a series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw.Kings of Swing Linton Chiswick presents a new three-part series examining the music and careers of two giants of the swing era: clarinetists and bandleaders Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Dubbed the 'King of Swing' and the 'King of Clarinet' respectively, Goodman and Shaw played down their rivalry, suggesting they were two very different musicians seeking very different results. A close look at their recordings and careers, however, reveals musicians astonishingly similar in background and aspiration. Linton tells the story of a fascinating musical rivalry threaded through radio orchestras, powerhouse big bands, innovative small bands, the first racially integrated line-ups in American music and a jazz scene unprecedented in its popularity and commercialism. 3/3. We focus on Goodman and Shaw's highly innovative small group recordings, which, enlivened by their rivalry, pushed swing to its outer limits and laid the foundations for bebop. Linton also examines how both musicians expressed their tenacity by risking their careers to employ and feature black musicians when a rigid colour barrier was still the norm.

Starts 2007-04-21 17:00:00, Ends 2007-04-21 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : Concerts That Changed Jazz: John Fordham examines jazz performances that had a significance outside jazz. 1/4. From Spiritual to Swing. John Hammond at the Carnegie Hall in 1938.
Details : Concerts That Changed Jazz: John Fordham examines jazz performances that had a significance outside jazz. 1/4. From Spiritual to Swing. John Hammond at the Carnegie Hall in 1938.Concerts that Changed Jazz John Fordham presents a guide to jazz performances that had a significance outside jazz, and signalled a change, a beginning or an end of a movement or era. 1/4. From Spiritual to Swing In 1938 at the Carnegie Hall, John Hammond presented the first jazz concert given in a prestigious concert venue and that was recorded, thus moving the music out of the speakeasy and blazing a trail for the Jazz at the Phil and Ellington Carnegie Hall concerts. It was the first to acknowledge the importance of the black history of jazz and one of the first to flaunt black and white performers on the same stage, at that time a very radical move.

Starts 2007-04-28 17:00:00, Ends 2007-04-28 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : Concerts that Changed Jazz: With John Fordham. 2/4. Jazz at the Philharmonic: In 1946, the LA Philharmonic Hall saw the jazz mantle publicly handed to the new generation.
Details : Concerts that Changed Jazz: With John Fordham. 2/4. Jazz at the Philharmonic: In 1946, the LA Philharmonic Hall saw the jazz mantle publicly handed to the new generation.Concerts That Changed Jazz John Fordham presents a guide to jazz performances that had a significance outside jazz, and signalled a change, a beginning or an end of a movement or era. 2/4. Jazz at the Philharmonic started in 1944 at the LA Philharmonic Hall and by the end of World War II had become a significant presence on the American jazz scene, reflecting founder Norman Granz's enthusiasm for jam sessions and small band swing. But a session in 1946 was the first to feature new boppers such as Charlie Parker, whose fiery performance of Lady Be Good, a song Lester Young had made his own, was so radically powerful that none of the swing generation musicians would follow him onstage. It was the point at which the jazz mantle was publicly, and embarrassingly, handed on to a new generation.

Starts 2007-05-05 17:00:00, Ends 2007-05-05 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : Concerts That Changed Jazz: John Fordham examines seminal jazz concerts. 3/4. Miles at the Isle of Wight. Miles Davis performs a set at the 1970 Isle of Wight Rock Festival.
Details : Concerts That Changed Jazz: John Fordham examines seminal jazz concerts. 3/4. Miles at the Isle of Wight. Miles Davis performs a set at the 1970 Isle of Wight Rock Festival.Concerts That Changed Jazz John Fordham presents a guide to four jazz performances that had a significance outside jazz, and signalled a change, a beginning or an end of a movement or era. 3/4. Miles at the Isle of Wight Miles Davis was already making the transition to jazz rock, but the 1970 Isle of Wight Rock Festival was the first time he appeared alongside the big names of rock, such as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Joan Baez. He delivered an electrifying set that firmly established him and his new image as a major attraction on the international rock circuit.

Starts 2007-05-12 17:00:00, Ends 2007-05-12 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

Jazz File
Summary : Concerts That Changed Jazz: John Fordham examines seminal jazz concerts. 4/4. Keith Jarrett: The Koln Concert. Jarret's performance made chamber jazz an option for improvisers.
Details : Concerts That Changed Jazz: John Fordham examines seminal jazz concerts. 4/4. Keith Jarrett: The Koln Concert. Jarret's performance made chamber jazz an option for improvisers.Concerts That Changed Jazz John Fordham presents a guide to four jazz performances that had a significance outside jazz, and signalled a change, a beginning or an end of a movement or era. 4/4. Keith Jarrett: The Koln Concert Keith Jarrett had been at the heart of the Miles Davis jazz rock revolution but his performance on a substandard piano was to transform the direction of jazz and the fortunes of the tiny record label ECM, making not only acoustic but chamber jazz an acceptable route for improvising musicians. Like Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, the record became a classic that appealed to an audience outside the jazz constituency.

Starts 2007-05-19 17:00:00, Ends 2007-05-19 17:30:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 3

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