Every so often, albeit not as often as we'd like, BBC4 dishes up the good stuff. Not that this comes without a degree of compromise such as tomorrow night when the evening kicks off with a couple of hours of Top of the Pops featuring such 1994 whizkid idols as Ride, Skin, Eternal Club House, Level 42 and other chart toppers of the time.
However, come 9:00pm, sanity prevails and we're treated to an eagerly anticipated programme centred around the late Ottilie Patterson.
This is followed by a couple of programmes featuring Oscar Peterson.
10:00pm: Words and Music with Oscar and Ella in conversation.
10:50pm: Oscar Peterson Trio at Ronnie Scott's.
11:20pm: Jazz Piano Gold featuring Basie, Monk, Duke, Oscar, Tracey and more.
00:20: A repeat of TOTP.
You can't win 'em all but, on this occasion, maybe I will, despite Gary Lineker, begrudgingly renew my licence fee. Lance
1 comment :
The Ottilie Paterson documentary was brilliant (and sad)! I was too young in the late 50's / early 60's to have registered her existence so it was a revelation to me. What a voice!!!
Highly recommended (I assume it's on i-player) if you missed it live.
JERRY
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