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Best of Sessions 2008

Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded exclusively for the programme during 2008. With The Gannets, Wadada Leo Smith, Bojan Z and Phil Minton.

Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded exclusively for the programme during 2008. Featuring improvising quintet The Gannets, led by the Guillemots's Fyfe Dangerfield, solo trumpet music from AACM stalwart Wadada Leo Smith, keyboard wizardry from Bojan Z, and Phil Minton, whose innovative vocal techniques have seen him at the forefront of experimental music for over 40 years.

PLAYLIST

BOJAN Z

Bojan Zulfikarpasic – Fender Rhodes

Set list:
Wheels (Zulfikarpasic)

THE SHANK TRIO

James Allsopp – tenor & baritone saxophones, bass clarinet
Dave Kane – bass
Tim Giles – drums

Set-list:
Shut Up & Sit Down (Kane)

Jez interviews Alex Ward & Steve Noble

THE GANNETS

Fyfe Hutchins aka Fyfe Dangerfield – keyboards, piano
Alex J Ward – clarinet
Chris Cundy – bass clarinet, contra-bass clarinet, stuffed loon
Dominic Lash – bass
Steve Noble – drums

Set-list:
Jelly Roll Rumble
The Moment Of Truth

(All compositions Hutchins / Ward / Cundy / Lash / Noble)

For more from the Gannets visit http://www.myspace.com/gannets

STEVE NOBLE, JOHN EDWARDS & INGRID LAUBROCK

Steve Noble – drums
John Edwards – bass
Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone

Set-list:
The Long Firm (Noble/Edwards/Laubrock)

ELLIOTT SHARP

Elliott Sharp – guitar

Set-list:
Which Delta? (Sharp)

www.elliottsharp.com

Jez interviews Paolo Angeli

PAOLO ANGELI

Paolo Angeli – prepared Sardinian guitar

Set-list:
Desired Constellation (Bjork)

http://www.paoloangeli.it

MATANA ROBERTS

Matana Roberts – alto saxophone

Set-list:
Chicago Call (Matana Roberts)

http://www.matanaroberts.com/

ROSETTA TRIO

Stephan Crump – double bass
Liberty Ellman – acoustic guitar
Jamie Fox – electric guitar

Set-list:
Reclamation Zone (Crump)

http://www.rosettatrio.com/
http://www.stephancrump.com/

ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH & EDDIE PREVOST

Alex Von Schlippenbach – piano
Eddie Prevost – drums, percussion
Set-list:
Untitled (improvised)

John Fordham interviews Phil Minton

PHIL MINTON QUARTET

Phil Minton – voice
Roger Turner – drums
Veryan Weston – piano
John Butcher – saxophone

Set-list:
Pressed Jacket (Minton/Turner/Weston/John Butcher)

THEO BLECKMANN & JOHN HOLLENBECK

Theo Bleckmann – vocals, electronics
John Hollenbeck – drums, percussion

Set-list:
Indifference Curves (Bleckmann/Hollenbeck)

http://www.theobleckmann.com
http://www.johnhollenbeck.com

WADADA LEO SMITH

Wadada Leo Smith – harmon mute

Set-list:
Green Trumpet (Wadada Leo Smith)

1 hour, 45 minutes

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Mon 5 Jan 2009 23:15

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