Jazz on 3 - Darius Jones Trio

Jez Nelson presents a gig performed at the 2009 Vision Festival in New York by US saxophonist Darius Jones with his trio. The group play music from Jones' debut album Man'ish Boy, which Jones describes as 'a tone poem about me and my life growing up in the South'. It features Bob Moses on drums and Cooper-Moore on piano and diddly-bo - a wooden board with a single wire stretched between two nails which is played with a slide. Relatively new to the New York scene, Jones has been making waves in the city since he moved from his hometown in Virginia in 2005, and has been praised by pianist Matthew Shipp for his improvisational skills. And Radio 3's weekly contemporary jazz programme presents a very special event. Now firmly an annual tradition, on Friday 13th November we celebrate the start of the Radio 3 2009 London Jazz Festival with a specially extended show broadcast from Ronnie Scott's in Soho, London, from 10.30pm - 1.00am, presented - as ever - by Jez Nelson. The show will feature lots of great live music from artists performing during the festival, including vibraphone great Bobby Hutcherson, US vocalist Kurt Elling, award-winning young UK band Empirical, experimental Sardinian guitarist Paolo Angeli and New York improv duo Ted Daniel and Michael Marcus. If you'd like to come along and be in the audience please go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/tickets/ Playlist: Excerpt of Meekness by the Darius Jones Trio at the Vision Festival in New York on June 13th 2009. CD tracks: Artist: Vijay Iyer Trio Track Title: Smoke Stack Composer: Andrew Hill Album Title: Historicity Label: ACT Music Released: 7 Sept 2009 Vijay Iyer Tour Date in 2009: 15th November at the Purcell Room, London Jazz Festival. Solo concert with support from Polish pianist Mozder with Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson. Artist: Ben Allison Quintet Track Title: Peace Pipe Composer: Ben Allison Album Title: Think Free Label: Palmetto Records Released: 13 Oct 2009 Artist: Empirical Track Title: Hat and Beard Composer: Eric Dolphy Album Title: Out and In Label: Naim Released: 28 Sept 2009 Artist: Han Bennink Trio Track Title: Parken Composer: Sieben Album Title: Parken Label: ILK Music Released: 28 Sept 2009 Artist: Kit Downes Trio Track Title: Golden Composer: Kit Downes Album title: Golden Label: Basho Records Released: 2 Nov 2009 Artist: Harris Eisenstadt Track Title: Katekeeper Composer: Harris Eisenstadt Album title: Canada Day Label: Clean-Feed Records Released: 6 Oct 2009 Artist: Jan Garbarek Track Title: Paper Nut Composer: Lakshminarayana Shankar Album title: Dresden Label: ECM Released: 21 Sept 2009 Interview with Darius Jones Darius Jones Trio recorded at the Vision Festival in New York on June 13th 2009. Line up: Darius Jones (saxophone) Cooper-Moore (piano and diddley-bo) Rakalam Bob Moses (drums) Set list: Forgive Me (Darius Jones) etc Meekness (Darius Jones) Cry Out (Darius Jones) Chasing the Ghost (Darius Jones) Recommended further listening: Artist: Darius Jones Trio Composer: Darius Jones Album title: Man'ish Boy (A Raw and Beautiful Thing) Label: AUM Fidelity Released: 13 Oct 2009.