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Highlights from the 2013 Saalfelden Jazz Festival

Jez Nelson with highlights from the 2013 Saalfelden Jazz Festival in Austria, one of the biggest annual get-togethers of cutting-edge jazz musicians from both sides of the Atlantic.

Jez Nelson presents new music from last summer's Saalfelden Jazz Festival in Austria. Established over 30 years ago, it has become one of the biggest annual get-togethers of cutting-edge jazz musicians from both sides of the Atlantic.

Highlights include Austrian pianist David Helbock with his playful Action Figures quartet, featuring Tony Malaby on saxophone and a rather unusual backline of tuba and drums. Martin KΓΌchen's Angles 10 delivers a brassy punch, with the help of saxophonist Tim Berne, no fewer than three trombones and two drummers. French experimental guitarist Marc Ducret plays with his 12 piece Tower Bridge ensemble. John Medeski appears solo at the piano with some leftfield takes on classics like 'His Eye Is On The Sparrow' and 'Summertime'. And continuing the Gershwin connection, Uri Caine and his ensemble re-assemble 'They Can't Take That Away From Me', with the help of vocalists Barbara Walker and Theo Bleckmann.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Miranda Hinkley.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Feb 2014 23:00

Music Played

  • Martin KΓΌchen's Angles 10 in concert at Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Salzburg on 25 August 2013

    • Line up: Martin KΓΌchen (alto saxophone); Magnus Broo (trumpet); Goran Kajfes (trumpet);

    • Eirik Hegdal (baritone saxophone, sopranino saxophone); Mats Γ„leklint (trombone); Alexander Zethson (piano);

    • Johan Berthling (bass); Mattias Stahl (vibraphone); Andreas Werliin (drums); Kjell Nordeson (drums)

    • Martin KΓΌchen's Angles 10

      Every Woman Is A Tree

      Composer: Martin KΓΌchen

  • David Helbock's Action Figures in concert at Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Salzburg on 23 August 2013

    • Line up: David Helbock (piano, electronics); Tony Malaby (saxophone); Marcus Rojas (tuba); Christian Lillinger (drums)

    • David Helbock's Action Figures

      Little Boys Play With Us

      Composer: David Helbock

    • David Helbock's Action Figures

      Anonymous Monkaholics

      Composer: David Helbock

  • Greatest guitar solos - Listener Feedback

    • Tom Waits

      Hoist That Rag

      Composer: Tom Waits

      • Real Gone.
      • Anti.
    • Miles Davis

      Jean-Pierre

      Composer: Miles Davis

      • We Want Miles!.
      • Columbia.
    • John McLaughlin

      Binky's Beam

      Composer: John McLaughlin

      • Extrapolation.
      • Verve.
    • Miles Davis

      Willie Nelson

      Composer: Miles Davis

      • The Jack Johnson Sessions.
      • Columbia.
    • Power Tools

      Strange Meeting

      Composer: Bill Frisell

      • Strange Meeting.
      • Antilles.
    • Marc Ribot y Los cubanos postizos

      Postizo

      Composer: Marc Ribot

      • The Prosthetic Cubans.
      • Atlantic.
  • Marc Ducret's Tower Bridge in concert at Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Salzburg on 23 August 2013

    • Line Up: Marc Ducret (electric guitar); Kasper Tranberg (trumpet); Dominique Pifarely (violin); Tim Berne (alto saxophone);

    • Matthias Mahler (trombone); Fidel Fourneyron (trombone); Alexis Persigan (trombone); FrΓ©dΓ©ric Gastard (bass saxophone);

    • Antonin Rayon (piano); Sylvain LemΓͺtre (percussion, vibraphone, xylophone); Tom Rainey (drums); Peter Bruun (drums)

    • Marc Ducret's Tower Bridge

      Real Thing No. 2

      Composer: Marc Ducret

  • John Medeski in concert at Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Salzburg on 24 August 2013

    • Line up: John Medeski (piano)

    • John Medeski

      Summertime

      Composer: George Gershwin

    • John Medeski

      Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

      Composer: Trad.

    • John Medeski

      His Eye Is On The Sparrow

      Composer: Trad.

  • Uri Caine Ensemble in concert at Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Salzburg on 25 August 2013

    • Line up: Uri Caine (piano); Barbara Walker (vocals); Theo Bleckmann (vocals); Ralph Alessi (trumpet);

    • Joyce Hammann (violin); Chris Speed (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Mark Helias (double bass); Jim Black (drums)

    • Uri Caine Ensemble

      They Can't Take That Away From Me

      Music Arranger: Uri Caine.

      Composer: George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin

    • Uri Caine Ensemble

      But Not For Me

      Music Arranger: Uri Caine.

      Composer: George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Feb 2014 23:00

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