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Soweto Kinch marks Radio 3's 70th birthday with archive concerts: Ian Carr's Nucleus, Stan Tracey, John Surman, Elton Dean and Betty Carter. Plus Donny McCaslin in conversation.

Soweto Kinch celebrates Radio 3's 70th birthday with a dip into the archive of historic concerts broadcast on the station during that time, including music from from Ian Carr's Nucleus, Stan Tracey, John Surman, Elton Dean and Betty Carter. He also talks to Donny McCaslin about his new album and about working on David Bowie's final recording sessions.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Sep 2016 23:00

Music Played

  • Soweto Kinch

    The Healing

    • The Legend of Mike Smith.
    • Soweto Kinch Recordings.
    • 39.
  • STAN TRACEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA

    The Sixth Day

    • Live At The QEH.
    • Blue NOte.
    • 8.
  • Elton Dean's Ninesense

    Seven For Me

    • Live At The ý.
    • Hux.
    • 6.
  • Keith Tippett Octet

    The Dance of the Wily Old Fox of the Ballyhoura Mountains

    • The Nine Dances of Patrick O'Gonagan.
    • Discus.
    • 9.
  • Michael Garrick

    The Heart Is A Lotus

    • Prelude to The Heart Is A Lotus.
    • Gearbox.
    • 1.
  • IAN CARR'S NUCLEUS

    For Miles And Miles

    • The Pretty Redhead.
    • Hux.
    • 6.
  • John Surman & John Taylor

    Abraham Arise

    • Proverbs and Songs.
    • ECM.
    • 9.
  • Betty Carter

    Sometimes I'm Happy

    • Feed The Fire.
    • Verve.
    • 3.
  • David Bowie

    Lazarus

    • Blackstar.
    • ISO Columbia.
  • Donny McCaslin

    Beyond Now

    • Beyond Now.
    • Motema Music.
    • 3.
  • Donny McCaslin

    FACEPLANT

    • Beyond Now.
    • Motema Music.
    • 6.
  • Donny McCaslin

    Warszawa

    • Beyond Now.
    • Motema Music.
    • 6.

Soweto and Donny McCaslin

Soweto and Donny McCaslin

Playlist

DISC

Artist Soweto Kinch

Title The Healing

Composer Kinch

Album The Legend of Mike Smith

Label Soweto Kinch Recordings

Number SKP003 CD 2 Track 39

Duration 1’00”

Performers: Soweto Kinch, as, rhodes, prog; Shabaka Hutchings, ts; Karl Rasheed-Abel, b; Graham Godfrey, d. . 2015

Stan Tracey’s Orchestra at the QEH in London, 30th November 1993

DISC

Artist Stan Tracey

Title The Sixth Day

Composer Tracey

Album Live at the QEH

Label Blue Note

Number 7243 8 31139 2 7 Track 8

Duration EOM 8.06 [track dur 9.42)

Performers: Derek Watkins, Tony Fisher, Guy Barker, Henry Lowther, t; Pete Beachill, Malcolm Griffiths, Geoff Perkins, tb; Peter King, Jamie Talbot, Art Themen, Alan Skidmore, Dave Bishop, reeds; Stan Tracey, p; Dave Greenm b; Clark Tracey, d. 30 Nov 1993.

Elton Dean’s Ninesense live on ý Radio 3, March 1978

DISC

Artist Elton Dean’s Ninesense

Title Seven For Me

Composer Dean

Album Live at the ý

Label Hux

Number 046 Track 6

Duration 10.35

Performers Harry Beckett, trumpet; Marc Charig, cornet; Nick Evans and Radu Malfatti, trombones; Elton Dean, saxello; Alan Skidmore, tenor; Keith Tippett, p; Harry Miller, bass; Louis Moholo, drums. 17 March 1978.

DISC

Artist Keith Tippett Octet

Title The Dance of the Wily Old Fox of the Ballyhoura Mountains

Composer Tippett

Album The Nine Dances of Patrick O’Gonagan

Label Discus

Number 56 Track 9

Duration 8.02

Performers Fulvio Sigurta, t; Sam Mayne, James Gardiner Bateman, reeds; Kieran McLeod, Rob Harvey, tb; Keith Tippett, p; Tom McCredie, b; Peter Fairclough, d. 2016.

Michael Garrick’s The Heart Is A Lotus from Radio 3’s Jazz in Britain

DISC

Artist Michael Garrick

Title The Heart is a Lotus

Composer Garrick

Album Prelude to The Heart Is a Lotus

Label Gearbox

Number 1517 Track 1

Duration 8.08

Performers: Michael Garrick hpscd; Ian Carr, t; Don Rendell, Jim Philip, fl; Coleridge Goode, b; Trevor Tompkins, d. 1968 46.40

For Miles and Miles: Nucleus in 1982 with Ian Carr

DISC

Artist Nucleus

Title For Miles and Miles

Composer Carr

Album The Pretty Redhead

Label Hux

Number 038 Track 6

Duration 6.38

Performers: Ian Carr, t; Tim Whitehead, ts; Mark Wood, g; Joe Hubbard, b; John Marshall, d. 6 Oct 1982.

John Surman and John Taylor in Salisbury Cathedral in 1996 with Salisbury Festival Chorus directed by Howard Moody

DISC

Artist John Surman

Title Abraham Arise

Composer Surman

Album Proverbs and Songs

Label ECM

Number 537 799-2 Track 9

Duration 5.24

Performers: John Surman, bars; John Taylor, org; Salisbury Festival Chorus dir Howard Moody, 1 June 1996.

Betty Carter in concert on ý Radio 3, recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London on October 30th, 1993

DISC

Artist Betty Carter

Title Sometimes I’m Happy

Composer Gray, Caesar, Youmans

Album Feed The Fire

Label Verve

Number 523-600-2 Track 3

Duration 3.33

Performers: Betty Carter, v; Geri Allen, p; Dave Holland, b; Jack DeJohnette, d. 1993.

Donny McCaslin

DISC

Artist David Bowie

Title Lazarus

Composer David Bowie

Album Blackstar

Label ISO Columbia

Number 88875173862

Duration 2’03”

Performers: David Bowie, voc, gtr; Tim Lefebvre, bass; Mark Guiliana, Drums; Donny McCaslin, sax; Ben Monder, gtr; Jason Lindner, wurlizter organ, keyboards

DISC

Artist Donny McCaslin

Title Beyond Now

Composer Donny McCaslin

Album Beyond Now

Label Motema Music

Number 234310

Track 3

Performers Donny McCaslin, sax; Tim Lefebvre, bass; Mark Guiliana, Drums; Jason Lindner, keyboards

DISC

Artist Donny McCaslin

Title FACEPLANT

Composer Donny McCaslin

Album Beyond Now

Label Motema Music

Number 234310

Track 6

Performers Donny McCaslin, sax; Tim Lefebvre, bass; Mark Guiliana, Drums; Jason Lindner, keyboards

DISC

Artist Donny McCaslin

Title Warszawa

Composer David Bowie and Brian Eno

Album Beyond Now

Label Motema Music

Number 234310

Track 6

Performers Donny McCaslin, sax; Tim Lefebvre, bass; Mark Guiliana, Drums; Jason Lindner, keyboards.

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Sep 2016 23:00

Meet the presenters

Soweto Kinch, Emma Smith and Al Ryan.