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Alina Bzhezhinska Take 5

The Ukrainian harp player and composer Alina Bzhezhinska is Jamie’s guest. Plus, a look ahead to the Love Supreme festival.

The Ukrainian harp player and composer Alina Bzhezhinska joins Jamie for a Take 5 interview.

Surrounded by music growing up in Lviv, Alina was entranced by the harp at first sight. Initially working in classical music, she studied in Poland and the US before moving to the UK where she has long been part of the jazz scene – leading her own Hip Harp Collective and collaborating with the likes of Shabaka Hutchings.

Alina is releasing a brand new album this September titled Reflections, which blends original tunes with innovative covers of classics by Dorothy Ashby, Mongo SantamarΓ­a and others. She speaks about being inspired by Alice Coltrane, sharing the stage with spiritual jazz heavyweight Pharoah Sanders and the ideas behind Reflections.

Jamie also looks ahead to the upcoming jazz festival Love Supreme, which Alina is playing, with tracks from a few artists on the lineup.

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 28 Jun 2022 21:00

Music Played

  • Betty Carter

    Two Cigarettes In The Dark

    • 'Round Midnight.
    • ATCO.
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio

    Samba De Orpheus

    • Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus.
    • Fantasy.
  • Jean Carne

    The Summertime

    • Jazz Is Dead 012.
    • Jazz Is Dead.
  • Buddy Collette

    Pigalle

    • Pigna.
    • EMK.
  • Horace Silver

    The Jody Grind

    • The Jody Grind.
    • Blue Note.
  • Sunny Reyne

    Carefully

  • Alice Coltrane

    Journey in Satchidananda

    • Journey In Satchidananda.
    • Impulse!.
  • Pharoah Sanders

    Astral Travelling

    • Thembi.
    • Impulse!.
  • Shabaka Hutchings

    Call It A European Paradox

    • Afrikan Culture.
    • Verve Records.
  • Alina Bzhezhinska

    Afro Blue

    • Reflections.
  • Tom Sochas

    The Spell

    • The Sorcerer.
    • Khumbu Records.
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith

    It's Changed

    • Funk Reaction.
    • Lester Radio Corporation.
  • Jackson Mathod

    Come On Now

  • Erykah Badu

    Didn't Cha Know

    • Mama's Gun.
    • Motown.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Jun 2022 21:00