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Michael Mwenso's 4/4

The vocalist and bandleader selects favourites from his record collection.

β€˜Round Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. This weekday late-night show celebrates the thriving UK jazz scene and spotlights the best new music alongside incredible acts from past decades.

Vocalist and bandleader Michael Mwenso began his career in London, and has long been based in New York, where he leads his group Mwenso & The Shakes - who are in the UK to perform a Christmas concert at Kings Place in London on December 19th. Michael is this week’s guest on the 4/4 series, where musicians share selections from their personal collection. His first pick, is by the great blues singer Bessie Smith.

Plus, there's music from Dowally, Matthew Bourne and Arooj Aftab.

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Music Played

  • Matthew Bourne

    Isotach

    • Isotach.
    • The Leaf Label.

  • Gunther Kuermayr

    The Window

    • The Window.

  • Alfonso Love

    Terremoto (Brian Jackson Retouch)

    • Mushroom Pillow.

  • Terje Isungset

    On Our Way

    • Ice Quartet.
    • All Ice Records.

  • Nuovi Fratelli & Nimbus Sextet

    Searching (feat. Russell Stewart & lissappear)

  • Tullis Rennie

    Precarity

    • Safe Operating Space.
    • Efpi Records.

  • Mwenso and the Shakes

    Resolute

    • Emergence [The Process Of Coming Into Being].
    • Ropeadope.

  • Bessie Smith

    Backwater Blues

    • Columbia.

  • George Burton

    We Three Kings

    • The Yule Log.
    • Porge Records.

  • Arooj Aftab

    Aey Nehin

    • Night Reign.
    • Verve.

  • Matthew Halsall & Gondwana Orchestra

    A Far Away Place

    • When The World Was One.
    • Gondwana Records.

Broadcast

  • Monday 23:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3