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Overtone Quartet at the 2011 Cheltenham Festival

Jez Nelson presents the Overtone Quartet at 2011's Cheltenham Festival. With Chris Potter (saxophone), Jason Moran (piano), Eric Harland (drums) and Larry Grenadier (double bass).

Jez Nelson presents transatlantic group the Overtone Quartet at the Cheltenham Festival. This all-star band first came together in 2007, although some of the musical relationships involved go back 20 years. Notionally led by bass player Dave Holland, the group has a strong collective ethos, with each member stamping their authority through adventurous compositions, virtuosic sparring and subtle interplay. It features Chris Potter on saxophone, pianist Jason Moran, drummer Eric Harland and, replacing Dave Holland for this performance, Larry Grenadier on double bass.

Also on the programme Nate Chinen talks to Jason Moran about his musical influences, and Jez discusses the new Smithsonian jazz anthology with Nate and Smithsonian panel member and Radio 3 presenter Alyn Shipton.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Rebecca Aitchison and Phil Smith.

2 hours

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Mon 6 Jun 2011 23:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Midnight Band

    Winter In America

    • The First Minute Of A New Day.
    • Soul Brother.

  • The Overtone Quartet, recorded at the Cheltenham Festival on 1 May 2011

    • Untitled

      Line up: Chris Potter (tenor saxophone), Jason Moran (piano and Fender Rhodes), Larry Grenadier (double bass), Eric Harland (drums)

    • The Overtone Quartet

      Treachery

      Composer: Eric Harland

    • The Overtone Quartet

      Ask Me Why

      Composer: Chris Potter

  • Nate Chinen interviews Jason Moran

    • The Max Roach Trio/Hasaan

      Almost Like Me

      • The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan.
      • Atlantic.

    • Leontyne Price

      'When I Am Laid In Earth' from Dido And Aeneas

      • The Essential Leontyne Price.
      • RCA.

    • Anthony Braxton

      Piece One (Composition W-138)

      • Creative Orchestra Music 1976.
      • RCA.

  • The Overtone Quartet, recorded at the Cheltenham Festival on 1 May 2011

    • Untitled

      Line up: Chris Potter (tenor saxophone), Jason Moran (piano and Fender Rhodes), Larry Grenadier (double bass), Eric Harland (drums)

    • The Overtone Quartet

      Four Winds

      Composer: Dave Holland

    • The Overtone Quartet

      Togo

      Composer: Ed Blackwell

    • The Overtone Quartet

      Maiden

      Composer: Eric Harland

  • Jez Nelson discusses the new Smithsonian Anthology with Alyn Shipton and Nate Chinen

    • Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams

      Maple Leaf Rag

      • Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology.
      • Smithsonian Folkways.

    • Tomasz Stanko

      Suspended Night Variation VIII

      • Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology.
      • Smithsonian Folkways.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Jun 2011 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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