What's got into the BBC? Jazz on Friday, jazz this evening. Let's not look a gift horse and all that! Beginning at eight o'clock Jazz All Stars: Cheltenham at 25 is a recording of last week's gala concert featuring a host of big names including Gregory Porter, Paloma Faith, Joe Stilgoe, Giacomo Smith and Géorgia Cecile (pictured). Cheltenham at 25 marks the quarter century of the Gloucestershire event. What better way to celebrate than to invite the big names and engage the services of the Guy Barker Big Band and the BBC Concert Orchestra? The whole shebang is presented by YolanDa Brown.
Following Cheltenham, the 'more' comes in the shape of Jazz UK: Spitting Fire (9:45pm). DJ and broadcaster Tina Edwards surveys the 'underground music scene'. Those 'on the scene' include Matthew Halsall, Ishmael Ensemble and Sons of Kemet. To round off the Beeb's evening of jazz at 10:45pm it's Oliver Murray's 2020 documentary Ronnie's: Ronnie Scott and His Famous Jazz Club. Russell
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And I wholeheartedly recommend The Grateful Dead Movie at 9pm on Sky Arts. Jazz fans will be comfortable with the amount and quality of improvisation going on.
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