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Review of International Jazz in 2011

Jez Nelson reviews the best international jazz of 2011, featuring excerpts from Jazz on 3 performances and the best album releases of the year.

Jez Nelson reviews the best international jazz of 2011, featuring excerpts from Jazz on 3 performances and the best album releases of the year. In the past 12 months the programme has recorded iconic artists such as Wayne Shorter and Peter Brotzmann as well as rising stars, including Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset and Blue Note trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Studio guests: John Fordham & Kevin Le Gendre
Producers: Phil Smith & Russell Finch.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 Jan 2012 23:15

Music Played

  • Jez, John and Kevin's picks of 2011

    • Steve Lehman Octet

      GZA Transcription

      Recorded: at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham on 21 January 2011

    • Ambrose Akinmusire

      Marie-Christie

      Recorded: at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam on 14 May 2011

    • Henry Threadgill's Zooid

      After Some Time

      Recorded: at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 19 November 2011

    • BrΓ¶tzmann Chicago Tentet

      No Nothing

      Recorded: at CafΓ© Oto, London on 20 April 2011

    • Marius Neset's Golden Xplosion

      Angel of the North

      Recorded: at Pizza Express, London on 1 September 2011

  • Tribute to Paul Motian

    • Paul Motian Trio

      Drum Music

      Recorded: for Jazz on 3 in 1998

    • Bill Evans Trio

      Milestones

      • Waltz for Debby.
      • Original Jazz Classics.
    • Bill Evans

      Easy Living

      • New Jazz Conceptions.
      • Original Jazz Classics.
    • Paul Motian

      It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago

      • Paul Motian: Selected Recordings.
      • ECM.
  • Jez, John and Kevin's picks of 2011

    • Marcin Masecki

      Dlugi

      Recorded: at ChΕ‚odna 25, Warsaw on 1 October 2011

    • Gregory Porter

      Be Good

      Recorded: at Ronnie Scott's, London on 11 November 2011

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Jan 2012 23:15

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