Best of Live 2007
Friday 28 December 2007 23:30-1:00 (Radio 3)
Jez Nelson chooses highlights from some of the year's best gigs recorded for Jazz On 3...
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist
Best of Live 2007
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Robert Abel
Jazz On 3 signature tune performed by SOIL & 'PIMP' SESSIONS live in the Jazz Lounge at the 2007 Glastonbuy Festival on the 22nd June 2007
Shacho - agitator, spirit
Tabu zombie - trumpet
Motoharu - sax
Josei - piano
Akita Goldman - bass
Midoryn - drums
Seventy Four Miles Away (Joe Zawinul)
Charlie Hunter Trio recorded live at the Pizza Express, Dean Street, Soho London on the 16th November 2007, the first night of the 2007 London Jazz Festival
Charlie Hunter - guitar
Tony Mason - drums
Erik Deutsch - keyboard
Drop A Dime (Charlie Hunter)
Digital Primitives (Assif Tsahar, Cooper Moore and Chad Taylor) recorded live at the Tea Lounge, New York, on Wednesday 6th December 2006
Cooper Moore - diddley bow, twanger, penny whistle, flute
Chad Taylor - drums
Assif Tsahar - tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Back Porch Chill (Tsahar / Moore)
Bob Belden's Animation recorded live at the Merkin Hall, New York on 9th December 2006
Tim Hagans - trumpet
Bob Belden - soprano sax (tacet on this track)
Scott Kinsey - keyboards
Matt Garrison - bass
Guy Licata - drums,
DJ Logic - turntables
DJ King-Size - turntables, moog
Pharaoh's Dance (Joe Zawinul)
Wayne Shorter Quartet recorded live at the Barbican, London, on 10th November 2006
Wayne Shorter - saxophone
Danilo Perez - piano
John Patitucci - bass
Brian Blade - drums
Footprints (Wayne Shorter)
For details of the 2008 Fresh Festival, Liverpool featuring a gig by the Wayne Shorter Quartet visit http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/others2008/fresh/
Basquiat Strings + Seb Rochford, Ellery Eskelin & Simon H. Fell recorded live at the BBC Electric Proms, FreeDM Studios, Camden on Friday 26th October 2007
Emma Smith, Victoria Fifield - violins
Jennymay Logan - viola
Ben Davis - cello
Richard Pryce - double-bass
Sebastian Rochford - drums
Ellery Eskelin - tenor saxophone
Simon H. Fell - bass
Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman)
Bennie Maupin Ensemble recorded live at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham as part of the 2007 Cheltenham Jazz Festival on Sunday May 6th 2007
Bennie Maupin - bass clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophones, alto flute
Michael Stephans - drums, percussion, spoken word
Darek Oles - bass
Munyungo Jackson - percussion
Walter Bishop Jr. (Bennie Maupin)
The Claudia Quintet recorded in the Town Hall Pillar Room at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 3pm, Saturday May 5th 2007
Line-up:
John Hollenbeck - drums and percussion
Ted Reichmann - accordion
Drew Gress - bass
Matt Moran - vibraphone
Chris Speed - tenor saxophone and clarinet
This Too Shall Pass (John Hollenbeck)
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood recorded live at the Barbican on Sunday 15th July 2007
John Medeski - keyboards: Hammond Organ, Rhodes, Clavinet, Wurlitzer, Melodica and Mellotron
John Scofield - guitars
Billy Martin
Chris Wood
Miles Behind (Medeski / Scofield / Martin & Wood)
John Tchicai with Spring Heel Jack recorded live in the Jazz Lounge at the 2007 Glastonbuy Festival on the 22nd June 2007
Line-up:
John Tchicai - saxophones and bass clarinet
Ashley Wales - electronics / bells and shakers
John Coxon - electric guitar / bells and shakers / melodica
Mark Sanders - drums
Set list:
Solemn (J. Tchicai / J. Coxon / A. Wales)
Mike Gibbs 70th Birthday Big Band recorded live at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham on Saturday 6th October 2007
Bill Frisell - guitar
Steve Swallow - bass
Adam Nussbaum - drums
Chris Hunter, Stan Sulzmann, Julian Siegel - saxophones
Henry Lowther, Gerard Presencer, Claus Stotter, John Barclay - trumpet
Jeremy Price, Andy Wood, Sarah Williams, Pete Beachill - trombones
Jim Rattigan - French horn
Hans Koller - piano
Fanfare (Mike Gibbs)
