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Jez Nelson presents the best live music of 2012, featuring tracks from Jazz on 3 performances and sessions. Kevin LeGendre and John Fordham also select their highlights.

In the first of a two-part review of the year, Jez Nelson presents the best live music of 2012, featuring tracks from Jazz on 3 performances and sessions. Guest critics Kevin Le Gendre and John Fordham will also be on hand to select their highlights from the broad range of British and international artists who have appeared on the programme. Next week's programme covers the best albums of the year.

Producers: Peggy Sutton & Chris Elcombe.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Dec 2012 23:00

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Music Played

  • Beats & Pieces Big Band recorded at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester on 16 February 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: Ben Cottrell (director, laptop), Ben Watte, Sam Healey, Anthony Brown (saxophones), Tim Cox, Simon Lodge, Paul Strachan (trombones),

    • Untitled

      Owen Bryce, Graham South, Nick Walters (trumpets), Patrick Hurley (piano), Anton Hunter (guitar), Harrison Wood (bass), Finlay Panter (drums).

    • Beats & Pieces Big Band

      Bake

      Composer: Ben Cotrell

  • Robert Glasper Experiment recorded at the Barbican on 14 May 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: Robert Glasper (piano), Casey Benjamin (vocoder), Derrick Hodge (bass), Mark Colenburg (drums)

    • Robert Glasper Experiment

      Lift Off

      Composer: Robert Glasper / Shafiq Husayn

  • Phronesis recorded at Kings Place on 26 May 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: Jasper Høiby (bass), Ivo Neame (piano), Anton Eger (drums)

    • Phronesis

      Suede Trees

      Composer: Jasper Høiby

  • Roscoe Mitchell, John Edwards and Tony Marsh recorded at Café Oto, London on 10 March 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: Roscoe Mitchell (saxophone), John Edwards (bass), Tony Marsh (drums)

    • Roscoe Mitchell, John Edwards and Tony Marsh

      Untitled

      Composer: This music is entirely improvised

  • Matana Roberts' Coin Coin, recorded at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam on 21 March 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: Matana Roberts (alto saxophone / vocals), Jeremiah Obadiah (vocals), Jason Palmer (trumpet), Shoko Nagai (piano), Thomson Kneeland (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums)

    • Matana Roberts

      Coin Coin Chapter 2 – Mississippi Moonchile [extract]

      Artist: Matana Roberts' Coin Coin

  • Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamers Trio recorded at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival on 6 May 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: Bill Frisell (guitar), Eyvind Kang (viola), Rudy Royston (drums)

    • Bill Frisell

      Strawberry Fields

      Composer: John Lennon / Paul McCartney

  • Roller Trio, recorded at Band on the Wall, Manchester on 16 July 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: James Mainwaring (saxophones, electronics), Luke Wynter (guitar, bass guitar), Luke Reddin-Williams (drums)

    • Roller Trio

      Two Minutes To Twelve

      Composer: Roller Trio

  • Matthew Shipp Trio, recorded live at the Vortex, London on 10 November 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: Matthew Shipp (Piano), Michael Bisio (bass), Whit Dickey (drums)

    • Matthew Shipp Trio

      Stage 10

      Composer: Matthew Shipp

  • Django Bates' Belovèd, recorded live at the Crucible, Sheffield on 29 November 2012

    • Untitled

      Line-up: Django Bates (piano), Petter Eldh (bass), Peter Bruun (drums)

    • Django Bates

      Now's The Time

      Composer: Charlie Parker

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Dec 2012 23:00

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