Best of Sessions 2008
Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded exclusively for the programme during 2008. With The Gannets, Wadada Leo Smith, Bojan Z and Phil Minton.
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)