Jazz on 3 - Highlights of BBC Introducing at the London Jazz Festival 2008

Jez Nelson hosts a showcase of the UK's emerging jazz talent. Recorded at the Southbank Centre during the 2008 London Jazz Festival, the show includes concert highlights and backstage interviews. Including drummer Daniel Crosby's London-based quartet The Mighty Jeddo, with a blend of bass line heavy jazz and featuring Shabaka Hutchings on saxophone. Plus Chris Sharkey's guitar-led group trio VD and F-ire Collective affiliate Robert Mitchell performing with his new trio and closing the show, the Final Terror, led by Acoustic Ladyland frontman, Pete Wareham. PLAYLIST BBC Introducing at The London Jazz Festival Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall’s Clore Ballroom, 23rd November 2008 Jazz on 3 01/12/08 Presenter: Jez Nelson Producer: Joby Waldman EXTRACT FROM ROBERT MITCHELL 3io SOUNDCHECK 1) Space (G Macdermott) JEZ NELSON IN CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL CROSBY THE MIGHTY JEDDO PERFORMS LIVE LINE UP: Daniel Crosby drums Peter Edwards synthesizers Darren Taylor bass Shabaka Hutchings saxophones Roger Robinson vocals Reain vocals SET LIST: 1) I Love your cream (Crosby, Taylor, Hutchins) 2) Jazz is Dead (Crosby, Taylor, Robinson, Hutchins) 3) X (Crosby, Taylor, Hutchins) http://www.myspace.com/themightyjeddo JEZ NELSON IN CONVERSATION WITH trioVD trioVD PERFORM LIVE LINE UP: Chris Sharkey guitar Christophe de Bezenac saxophone and electronics Chris Bussey drums SET LIST: 1) Kesh (Sharkey/ Bussey/ De Bezenac) 2) 6’s and sevens (Sharkey/ Bussey/ De Bezenac) 3) Cow Dung (Sharkey/ Bussey/ De Bezenac) http://www.myspace.com/triovd OPINIONS FROM AUDIENCE MEMBERS JEZ NELSON IN CONVERSATION WITH DJ FINN PETERS THE ROBERT MITCHELL 3IO PERFORM LIVE LINEUP: Robert Mitchell piano Richard Spaven drums Tom Mason bass SETLIST: 1) Crystal Eyes (R. Mitchell) 2) Space (G. Macdermott) 3) Greater Good (R.Spaven and V.Helbers) http://www.myspace.com/robertmitchellmusic JEZ NELSON IN CONVERSATION WITH PETE WAREHAM THE FINAL TERROR PERFORM LIVE LINEUP: Pete Wareham saxophones and electronics Leo Taylor drums Ruth Goller bass Kenichi Iwasa keyboards and percussion Chris Sharkey guitar SET LIST April in Deptford (P. Wareham) Bald from above (P. Wareham) Panic of Happiness (P. Wareham) Sparky Day (C. Sharkey) http://www.myspace.com/baldfromabove