The best of 2023
Drum great Mark Guiliana and his quartet in concert and more J to Z highlights.
Your gateway to the best in jazz – past, present and future. Jumoké Fashola, Julian Joseph and Kevin Le Gendre share some of their favourite albums and live moments of 2023, including music from modern drum great Mark Guiliana and his quartet, recorded on the J to Z Presents stage at the London Jazz Festival.
Looking further back, they also share some highlights from the J to Z archive – including an intimate studio session with piano legend Kenny Barron and a storming live set from the father of Ethio Jazz, Mulatu Astatke, with the Hackney Colliery Band. We also hear a moving interview with trumpet great Roy Hargrove, recorded shortly before his death in 2018. In it, Roy offers deep insights into tracks that meant something to him, along with advice for the next generation of musicians.
Produced by Thomas Rees for Somethin' Else
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Music Played
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Lakecia Benjamin
New Mornings
- Phoenix.
- Whirlwind Recordings.
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Mulatu Astatke & Hackney Colliery Band
Nètsanèt (Live at the Moth Club)
- Live at the Moth Club.
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Desert Song
- ³§Γ¤Βα±π.
- sajevoices.
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Wynton Marsalis
Dead Man Blues
- Mr. Jelly Lord - Standard Time Vol.6.
- Columbia.
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Kenny Barron
Nightfall (Live in session J to Z)
- Live in session J to Z.
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Genevieve Artardi
Plate
- Forever Forever.
- Brainfeeder.
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Steve Lehman
Le Seuil (part 2)
- Ex Machina.
- ONJ Records.
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Mark Guiliana Quartet
Untitled New Composition/ Alive At the Same Time (Live at London Jazz Festival)
- Live at the London Jazz Festival 2023.
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The RH Factory
Crazy Race
- Distractions.
- Verve.
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John Coltrane Quartet
I Wish I Knew
- Ballads.
- Impulse!.
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Hank Mobley
The Morning After
- A Caddy For Daddy.
- Blue Note.
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Donald Byrd
Low Life
- Fuego.
- Blue Note.
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Freddie Hubbard
The Things We Did Last Summer
- The hub of Hubbard.
- MPS.
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Joni Mitchell
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Live at the Bread & Roses Festival 1978) (feat. Herbie Hancock)
- Live at the Bread & Roses Festival 1978.
- Equinox.
Broadcast
- Sat 16 Dec 2023 17:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3