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Carla Bley in concert

Live music from piano great Carla Bley and her trio with Steve Swallow on bass and Andy Sheppard on saxophones. Plus Maxine Gordon shares music that inspires her.

Julian Joseph presents live music from American piano great Carla Bley and her trio with Steve Swallow on bass and Andy Sheppard on saxophones recorded at the 2019 Stockholm Jazz Festival. Bley has been a pivotal figure in free jazz since the 1960s when she worked with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and many more and recorded her celebrated jazz opera, Escalator Over The Hill. Now in her 80s she’s still a prolific performer. Her latest trio album, Life Goes On, is playful, lyrical and steeped in the blues.

Also in the programme, manager, promoter, record producer and historian Maxine Gordon shares music and memories from her life in jazz, including a track by her late husband, saxophone great Dexter Gordon.

Produced by Thomas Rees for Somethin’ Else.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Jul 2020 17:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gerald Clayton

    Rejuvenation Agenda

  • Nat Birchall

    Celestial Spheres

  • Carla Bley Trio

    Vashkar

  • Thelonious Monk

    Epistrophy

  • Terri Lynne Carrington

    Trapped in the American Dream

  • Lucian Ban

    The Mighty Sun

  • Carla Bley

    Mister Misterioso

  • Woody Shaw

    Theme for Maxine

  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

    A Night in Tunisia

  • Shirley Scott

    Big George

  • Sam Cooke

    A Change Is Gonna Come

  • Dexter Gordon

    I'm a Fool to Want You

  • Carla Bley Trio

    Ups and Downs

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Jul 2020 17:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3