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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

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Dec 2023 17:00

Music Played

  • Lakecia Benjamin

    New Mornings

    • Phoenix.
    • Whirlwind Recordings.
  • Mulatu Astatke & Hackney Colliery Band

    Nètsanèt (Live at the Moth Club)

    • Live at the Moth Club.
  • ²υΓ¤Βα±π

    Desert Song

    • ³§Γ¤Βα±π.
    • sajevoices.
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Dead Man Blues

    • Mr. Jelly Lord - Standard Time Vol.6.
    • Columbia.
  • Kenny Barron

    Nightfall (Live in session J to Z)

    • Live in session J to Z.
  • Genevieve Artardi

    Plate

    • Forever Forever.
    • Brainfeeder.
  • Steve Lehman

    Le Seuil (part 2)

    • Ex Machina.
    • ONJ Records.
  • Mark Guiliana Quartet

    Untitled New Composition/ Alive At the Same Time (Live at London Jazz Festival)

    • Live at the London Jazz Festival 2023.
  • The RH Factory

    Crazy Race

    • Distractions.
    • Verve.
  • John Coltrane Quartet

    I Wish I Knew

    • Ballads.
    • Impulse!.
  • Hank Mobley

    The Morning After

    • A Caddy For Daddy.
    • Blue Note.
  • Donald Byrd

    Low Life

    • Fuego.
    • Blue Note.
  • Freddie Hubbard

    The Things We Did Last Summer

    • The hub of Hubbard.
    • MPS.
  • 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 17:00