Jazz on 3 - Best of Sessions 2008

Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded exclusively for the programme during 2008. Featuring improvising quintet The Gannets, led by the Guillemots's Fyfe Dangerfield, solo trumpet music from AACM stalwart Wadada Leo Smith, keyboard wizardry from Bojan Z, and Phil Minton, whose innovative vocal techniques have seen him at the forefront of experimental music for over 40 years. PLAYLIST BOJAN Z Bojan Zulfikarpasic – Fender Rhodes Set list: Wheels (Zulfikarpasic) THE SHANK TRIO James Allsopp – tenor & baritone saxophones, bass clarinet Dave Kane – bass Tim Giles – drums Set-list: Shut Up & Sit Down (Kane) Jez interviews Alex Ward & Steve Noble THE GANNETS Fyfe Hutchins aka Fyfe Dangerfield – keyboards, piano Alex J Ward – clarinet Chris Cundy – bass clarinet, contra-bass clarinet, stuffed loon Dominic Lash – bass Steve Noble – drums Set-list: Jelly Roll Rumble The Moment Of Truth (All compositions Hutchins / Ward / Cundy / Lash / Noble) For more from the Gannets visit http://www.myspace.com/gannets STEVE NOBLE, JOHN EDWARDS & INGRID LAUBROCK Steve Noble – drums John Edwards – bass Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone Set-list: The Long Firm (Noble/Edwards/Laubrock) ELLIOTT SHARP Elliott Sharp – guitar Set-list: Which Delta? (Sharp) www.elliottsharp.com Jez interviews Paolo Angeli PAOLO ANGELI Paolo Angeli – prepared Sardinian guitar Set-list: Desired Constellation (Bjork) http://www.paoloangeli.it MATANA ROBERTS Matana Roberts – alto saxophone Set-list: Chicago Call (Matana Roberts) http://www.matanaroberts.com/ ROSETTA TRIO Stephan Crump – double bass Liberty Ellman – acoustic guitar Jamie Fox – electric guitar Set-list: Reclamation Zone (Crump) http://www.rosettatrio.com/ http://www.stephancrump.com/ ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH & EDDIE PREVOST Alex Von Schlippenbach – piano Eddie Prevost – drums, percussion Set-list: Untitled (improvised) John Fordham interviews Phil Minton PHIL MINTON QUARTET Phil Minton – voice Roger Turner – drums Veryan Weston – piano John Butcher – saxophone Set-list: Pressed Jacket (Minton/Turner/Weston/John Butcher) THEO BLECKMANN & JOHN HOLLENBECK Theo Bleckmann – vocals, electronics John Hollenbeck – drums, percussion Set-list: Indifference Curves (Bleckmann/Hollenbeck) http://www.theobleckmann.com http://www.johnhollenbeck.com WADADA LEO SMITH Wadada Leo Smith – harmon mute Set-list: Green Trumpet (Wadada Leo Smith)