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Jeff Goldblum’s Power Of Jazz - Episode 1

Jeff Goldblum explores the connections between jazz & rock music, and how jazz has shaped the musical journeys of Bowie, Patti Smith, Sting, Elton John, Paul McCartney & others.

On this first episode Jeff Goldblum explores the connections between jazz and rock music. Looking at the links between jazz to rock via the blues and how the introduction of amplification to performance created brand new sounds in the 1960’s with jazz at its heart. Some of the biggest names in rock including Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and Elton John talk of their passion for jazz and how it influenced their music and we hear how jazz shaped the musical journeys of David Bowie, Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde, Sting, Robert Plant, Bryan Ferry and Flea from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Jazz musicians Shabaka Hutchings & Martin Taylor highlight the groundbreaking work of Jimi Hendrix whose talent defies any genre but is recognised and highly rated by the jazz world. Plus contributions and insights from broadcasters Tina Edwards and Kevin Le Gendre.

A Â鶹ԼÅÄ Audio Scotland Production produced by Sushil K Dade for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2.

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 30 Jul 2024 03:00

Music Played

  • The Rolling Stones

    Start Me Up

  • Frank Zappa

    Peaches En Regalia

  • Charlie Christian

    Swing to Bop

  • Muddy Waters

    Rollin' Stone

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Strange Things Happening Everyday

    • The Gospel Of The Blues.
    • MCA Records.
  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Didn't It Rain

  • Pretenders

    Talk Of The Town

  • Chrissie Hynde

    I'm A Fool To Want You

  • Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis and His Orchestra

    I'm A Fool To Want You

  • Roxy Music

    Do The Strand

  • Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

    Do the Strand

  • Humphrey Lyttelton

    Bad Penny Blues

  • The Beatles

    Lady Madonna

  • Nat King Cole

    When I Fall In Love

  • The Beatles

    From Me To You

  • Thom Yorke, Adrian MacIntosh, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Humphrey Lyttelton, Jimmy Hastings, Jonny Greenwood, Pete Strange, Philip Selway & Radiohead

    Life In a Glasshouse

  • John Coltrane

    Alabama

  • Patti Smith

    Birdland

  • David Bowie

    'Heroes'

  • David Bowie

    Blackstar

  • Elton John

    Crocodile Rock

  • Nina Simone

    Little Girl Blue

  • Elton John

    Come Down In Time

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Crosstown Traffic

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Machine Gun

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Voodoo Chile

  • The Gil Evans Orchestra

    Crosstown Traffic (2001 Remastered)

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Give It Away

  • Jaco Pastorius

    Portrait of Tracy

  • Joni Mitchell

    The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

  • The Police

    Every Breath You Take

  • Sting

    The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

  • Sting

    Moon Over Bourbon Street

  • The Rolling Stones

    Slave

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Jul 2024 00:00
  • Tue 30 Jul 2024 03:00