BBC Music launches new digital home for jazz
BBC Music Jazz, a new digital hub for jazz at the BBC, launches today.
Published: 7 November 2017
As a jazz lover I’m thrilled that BBC Music Jazz will allow everyone from new fans to life-long aficionados to enjoy jazz and blues music in the easiest way
Music fans will be able to visit a brand new BBC website for jazz from today in time for the London Jazz Festival.
Announced on BBC Radio 2’s Jamie Cullum show, BBC Music Jazz is a dedicated, permanent digital destination that collates all of the BBC’s existing jazz and blues content. The site brings together the very best of the BBC’s archive alongside new content, interviews and recordings including Jamie Cullum’s recent session with Afro-Beat legend Tony Allen.
BBC Music Jazz includes content from TV, radio and online and features BBC Radio 3 programmes such as Jazz Line Up and Jazz Now, alongside Radio 2 shows including Clare Teal and Jamie Cullum and the very best jazz content from 6 Music shows such as Gilles Peterson and Craig Charles.
Jazz fans will be able to enjoy archive programmes, including Radio 3 programmes featuring Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonius Monk, as well as listen to the freshest jazz content from the BBC, including a concert broadcast last Saturday with legendary American saxophonist and David Bowie’s key collaborator on the No.1 album Blackstar, Donny McCaslin and his band. There will also a whole host of legendary TV jazz clips and documentaries making the site the one-stop digital destination for jazz at the BBC.
Jamie Cullum, Presenter, BBC Radio 2 says: “As a jazz lover I’m thrilled that BBC Music Jazz will allow everyone from new fans to life-long aficionados to enjoy jazz and blues music in the easiest way.”
Bob Shennan, Director, BBC Radio & Music, says: “BBC Music is dedicated to providing audiences with the music they love in the simplest and most innovative ways and BBC Music Jazz is a prime example of this. BBC Music Jazz reinforces the BBC’s commitment to jazz and blues music and brings together the very best of the BBC’s new and archive content from TV, radio and online. BBC Music Jazz will be the digital hub for jazz at the BBC and I’m sure music fans will love visiting the site.”
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