(Preview by Russell)
Clare Teal (BBC Radio2, Sunday 21, 9:00pm) features…Clare Teal! Our
programme host joins the BBC Big Band, conducted by Jiggs Whigham. Guest
vocalists Matthew Ford and Mica Paris join Teal, as does blues guitarist Joanne
Shaw Taylor. Radio 2 on Monday evening (10:00pm) presents Glenn Miller, 70 Years of Mystery. A wag may say it remains a
mystery how Miller became hugely popular, however this programme, presented by
Len Goodman, looks at the man’s music and, no doubt, disappearance. A marked
contrast at 11:00pm over on Radio 3 is Jazz
on 3. Jez Nelson and guests get to choose favourite releases of the year.
Christmas Eve could provide the
highlight of your festive jazz listening – Leo
Green: Ella and the Songbooks (Radio 2, 8:00pm). Leo Green selects music
from Ella’s eight Songbook albums.
Saturday 27 sees Jazz Record Requests
in its regular slot (Radio 3, 5:00pm) followed at six o’clock by Jazz Line-Up. Claire Martin presents an
in-concert recording of Alan Broadbent with the Mark Nightingale Big Band from
Watermill Jazz, Dorking. At midnight on Radio 3 Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz looks at the work of the Basie Band (the
first of two programmes). Jazz on 3
(Monday 29) repeats Loose Tubes’ sold-out concert at Ronnie Scott’s earlier
this year. The band will be appearing at next year’s Gateshead International Jazz Festival! Lenny
Henry edits Today (Tuesday 30, Radio
4, 6:00am) and jazz will be one of his interests explored in between
heavyweight political interviews. Later on Radio 3 (9:00pm) there is another chance to hear Laura Mvula’s
late-night Prom in BBC Proms 2014.
New Year’s Day kicks-off Radio
2’s year long celebration of the music of Frank Sinatra (December 2015 marks
the centenary of the birth of Ol’ Blue Eyes). At 5:00pm that well known jazzer
Barry Manilow introduces some of Sinatra’s in-concert performances. The Beeb’s
jazz output continues apace on Friday 2nd in Out of Armenia (Radio 4, 1:45pm). This final programme of five
features a contribution from pianist Levon Malkhasyan. At 9:00pm, BBC Proms 2014 (Radio 3) revisits Paloma Faith’s Proms’
appearance with the 42-piece Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra.
Russell.
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