Walter Smith III
Soweto Kinch at Eastside Jazz Club at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with US powerhouse saxophonist Walter Smith III and his trio.
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Music Played
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Walter Smith III
The Peacocks
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Walter Smith III
We'll Be Together Again
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Walter Smith III
Contrafact
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Walter Smith III
Nobody Else But Me
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Walter Smith III
Lonely Woman / Light Blue
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Arun Ghosh
The Loneliness Is Killing Me
- But Where Are You Really From?.
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Arun Ghosh
Nataraja
- But Where Are You Really From?.
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Arun Ghosh
How Do You Keep Your Love
- But Where Are You Really From?.
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Hubert Parry
Jerusalem
Performer: Arun Ghosh.- But Where Are You Really From?.
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Jazz Re:freshed Sonic Orchestra
Enter In
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Soweto Kinch
The Healing
- The Legend of Mike Smith.
- Soweto Kinch Recordings.
- 39.
PLAYLIST
CLIPS:
Artist Walter Smith III
Title Light Blue
Composer Walter Smith III
Album TWIO
Label Whirlwind Records
Number WR 4718 tr 9
Duration 48’’ (excerpt)
Performers Walter Smith III (tenor sax) ; Michael Janisch (Bass) ; Andrew Bain (Drums)
NOTE BBC LIVE recording from Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire, 15/2/18
Artist
Title Enter In Monday
Composer Jason Yarde
Duration 1:01
Performers The Jazz Re:Freshed Sonic Orchestra (see further down for full performer list)
LIVE SESSION:
Artist Walter Smith III
Title The Peacocks
Composer Jimmie Rowles
Album TWIO
Label Whirlwind Records
Number WR 4718 tr 7
Duration 7:13
Performers Walter Smith III (tenor sax) ; Michael Janisch (Bass) ; Andrew Bain (Drums)
NOTE BBC LIVE recording from Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire, 15/2/18
Artist Walter Smith III
Title We’ll Be Together Again
Composer C. Fischer
Album TWIO
Label Whirlwind Records
Number WR 4718 tr 4
Duration 8:26
Performers Walter Smith III (tenor sax) ; Michael Janisch (Bass) ; Andrew Bain (Drums)
NOTE BBC LIVE recording from Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire, 15/2/18
Artist Walter Smith III
Title Contrafact
Composer Walter Smith III
Album TWIO
Label Whirlwind Records
Number WR 4718 tr 9
Duration 8:50
Performers Walter Smith III (tenor sax) ; Michael Janisch (Bass) ; Andrew Bain (Drums) ; John O’Gallagher (alto sax)
NOTE BBC LIVE recording from Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire, 15/2/18
Artist Walter Smith III
Title Nobody Else But Me
Composer Jerome Kern
Album TWIO
Label Whirlwind Records
Number WR 4718 tr 2
Duration 6:52
Performers Walter Smith III (tenor sax) ; Michael Janisch (Bass) ; Andrew Bain (Drums)
NOTE BBC LIVE recording from Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire, 15/2/18
Artist Walter Smith III
Title Lonely Woman
Composer Ornette Coleman
Duration 3:07
Performers Walter Smith III (tenor sax) ; Michael Janisch (Bass) ; Andrew Bain (Drums)
NOTE BBC LIVE recording from Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire, 15/2/18
Artist Walter Smith III
Title Light Blue
Composer Walter Smith III
Album TWIO
Label Whirlwind Records
Number WR 4718 tr 9
Duration 5:03
Performers Walter Smith III (tenor sax) ; Michael Janisch (Bass) ; Andrew Bain (Drums)
NOTE BBC LIVE recording from Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire, 15/2/18
Artist Walter Smith III
Title Adam’s Apple
Composer Wayne Shorter
Album TWIO
Label Whirlwind Records
Number WR 4718 tr 6
Duration 6:41
Performers Walter Smith III (tenor sax) ; Michael Janisch (Bass) ; Andrew Bain (Drums)
NOTE BBC LIVE recording from Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire, 15/2/18
Arun Ghosh Interview with Emma Smith
Artist Arun Ghosh
Title This Loneliness is Killing Me
Composer Arun Ghosh
Album but where are you really from?
Label Bandcamp – no number given
Number tr 5
Duration 1:22 (excerpt)
Performers Arun Ghosh (clarinet) ; Chris Williams (alto sax) ; James Allsopp (bass clarinet) ; Idris Rahman (tenor sax)
Artist Arun Ghosh
Title Nataraja
Composer Arun Ghosh / Chrys Chijiutomi
Album but where are you really from?
Label Bandcamp – no number given
Number tr 9
Duration 4:22 (excerpt)
Performers Arun Ghosh (clarinet, synths, harmonium, electric guitar) ; Chris Williams (alto sax) ; Dave Walsh (drums) ; Liran Donin (electric bass) ; Idris Rahman (tenor sax) ; Sarathy Korwar (tabla)
Artist Arun Ghosh
Title How Do You Keep Your Love?
Composer Arun Ghosh
Album but where are you really from?
Label Bandcamp – no number given
Number tr 12
Duration 4:16 (excerpt)
Performers Arun Ghosh (clarinet, synths, keyboards, programming) ; Chris Williams (alto sax) ; Myke Wilson (drums) ; Idris Rahman (tenor sax)
Artist Arun Ghosh
Title Jerusalem
Composer C. Hubert Parry / arr. Arun Ghosh
Album but where are you really from?
Label Bandcamp – no number given
Number tr 14
Duration 2:51
Performers Arun Ghosh (clarinet, harmonium)
BREAKING CONVENTION FEATURE:
Artist Jazz Refreshed Sonic Orchestra
Title Enter In Monday
Composer Jason Yarde
Duration 6:22
Performers Jazz Refreshed Sonic Orchestra: Jason Yarde, sax; Saleem Raman, d; Orphy Robinson, perc, vibes, marimba; Inga Eichler, db; Femi Temowo, gtr; Nathaniel Cross, tuba, bass; Rosie Turton, tbn; Wayne Francis, sax, fl; Nubya Garcia, sax, fl; Sheila Maurice-Grey, tpt; Jay Phelps, tpt; Ayanna Witter-Johnson, vc; DJ Pogo, turntables; The Hobbit, beatboxer.
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 1:06
Performers: Soweto Kinch, as, rhodes, prog; Shabaka Hutchings, ts; Karl Rasheed-Abel, b; Graham Godfrey, d. 2015
Broadcast
- Mon 18 Jun 201823:00BBC Radio 3
Meet the presenters
Soweto Kinch, Emma Smith and Al Ryan.
