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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 Âé¶¹Éç.
    • 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

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Soweto Kinch

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Healing

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Kinch

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Legend of Mike Smith

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Soweto Kinch Recordings

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SKP003 CD 2 Track 39

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1’00â€�

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

Ìý

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

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Stan Tracey

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Sixth Day

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Tracey

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Live at the QEH

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Blue Note

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 7243 8 31139 2 7 Track 8

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 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.

Ìý

Elton Dean’s Ninesense live on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 3, March 1978

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Elton Dean’s Ninesense

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Seven For Me

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Dean

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Live at the Âé¶¹Éç

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Hux

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 046 Track 6

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 10.35

PerformersÌý 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.

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Keith Tippett Octet

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

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Tippett

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Nine Dances of Patrick O’Gonagan

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Discus

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 56 Track 9

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 8.02

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

Ìý

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

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Michael Garrick

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Heart is a Lotus

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Garrick

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Prelude to The Heart Is a Lotus

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Gearbox

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1517 Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 8.08

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

Ìý

For Miles and Miles: Nucleus in 1982 with Ian Carr

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nucleus

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý For Miles and Miles

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Carr

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Pretty Redhead

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Hux

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 038 Track 6

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 6.38

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

Ìý

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

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý John Surman

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Abraham Arise

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Surman

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Proverbs and Songs

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ECM

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 537 799-2 Track 9

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 5.24

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

Ìý

Betty Carter in concert on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 3, recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London on October 30th, 1993

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Betty Carter

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sometimes I’m Happy

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Gray, Caesar, Youmans

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Feed The Fire

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Verve

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 523-600-2 Track 3

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3.33

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

Ìý

Donny McCaslin

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý David Bowie

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Lazarus

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý David Bowie

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Blackstar

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ISO Columbia

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 88875173862

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2’03â€�

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

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Donny McCaslin

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Beyond Now

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Donny McCaslin

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Beyond Now

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Motema Music

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 234310ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

TrackÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3

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

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Donny McCaslin

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý FACEPLANT

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý Donny McCaslin

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Beyond Now

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Motema Music

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 234310

TrackÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 6

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

Ìý

DISC

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Donny McCaslin

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Warszawa

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌý David Bowie and Brian Eno

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Beyond Now

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Motema Music

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 234310

TrackÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 6

Performers Donny McCaslin, sax;Ìý 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.