This week on his BBC Radio 2 show, Jamie Cullum plays a gem he recently discovered in the BBC archives, featuring James Moody on the flute at London’s Poplar Town Hall back in November 1967.
James Moody performs Yesterdays in a concert that featured an all-star line-up of jazz artists including Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Zoot Sims on tenor saxophone, Bob Cranshaw on bass, Clark Terry on flugelhorn and Louis Belson on drums.
The show is available on demand 19th June on BBC iPlayer.
This week on his BBC Radio 2 show, Jamie Cullum chats to seminal jazz vocalist Mark Murphy, who has been embraced in musical realms such as acid jazz and modern dance music. They speak about Mark’s upbringing in a family of singers and how he was first turned on to jazz through the music of Art Tatum.
As one of the most inventive lyricists of instrumental standards, the pair discuss Mark’s process for putting lyrics to songs. You can listen to the show on BBC iPlayer until 12th June.
This week on his BBC Radio 2 show, Jamie Cullum meets up with Jasper Høiby, the bassist and founder of London-based jazz trio, Phronesis. The pair discuss the reasons Jasper picked up the bass guitar, which led to him starting the reputable jazz trio Phronesis.
They also talk about his latest release, which came about from playing concerts in total darkness in dedication to Jasper’s visually impaired sister.
Listen on BBC iPlayer until Tuesday 15th May!
We have an extra dose of Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2, as he sits in for Dermot O’Leary on his Saturday afternoon slot. The show comes live from this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which features Imelda May, Candi Staton, Roberto Fonseca and more.
Special guests such as jazz vocalist Gregory Porter, modern blues artist C.W. Stoneking, and a host of other acts performing at the event, join Jamie on the show, as he brings you a full flavour of the festival.
Listen again on BBC iPlayer until 12th May.
This week on Jamie Cullum’s BBC radio 2 show he interviews his friend and contemporary Soweto Kinch; the British jazz musician, hip-hop MC and musical educator.
Soweto chats to Jamie about getting the jazz bug and meeting trumpeter Wynton Marsalis when he was a teenager. The pair also discuss their mutual love of jazz samples in hip-hop music, and the importance of story-telling in Soweto’s music.
Also on the show music from Bobby Womack, Efterklang and Berry Weight. Listen on BBC iPlayer until 1st May.
And an extra for all you jazz lovers is this video of Bill Cosby explaining how he tried to play drums with all the famous 60s jazz musicians.
This week on his BBC Radio 2 show, Jamie Cullum’s guest is the American jazz-pop singer, songwriter and guitarist Curtis Stigers.
Curtis performs stripped-down tracks from his latest album Let’s Go Out Tonight, at the BBC Maida Vale Studios. Listen online until 17th April on BBC iPlayer.
Jamie also selects some of his favourite classic tracks and showcases new releases from the rising stars of the jazz world including this track from Wes Montgomery…
This week on Jamie Cullum’s BBc Radio 2 show he has a BBC Maida Vale session with the Israeli bassist, composer and singer Avishai Cohen. Avishai’s music is heavily influenced by Middle Eastern grooves and African-American musical idioms, and he has performed and recorded with the likes of Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin.
For the session Avishai Cohen performs songs from his latest album, Seven Seas, in a trio alongside Amir Bresler and Omri Mor.
Listen to the session on BBC iPlayer until Tuesday 20th March.
This week on his BBC Radio 2 show, Jamie Cullum chats to American jazz vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy. She talks about what it was like growing up in a musical family, alongside her famous bass player brother Curtis and gospel singer mother.
Carmen also discusses her latest album, Changes, and how she has managed to maintain her creativity after nearly three decades of recording albums.
Also this week, Jamie returns to the BBC archives to dig out a recording of Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African pianist and composer, performing on the TV show Ebony back in January 1986.
Listen on BBC iPlayer till Tuesday 13th March.
This week on Jamie Cullum’s show on BBC Radio 2, Armenian-born jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan is in session at the BBC Maida Vale Studios.
Showcasing songs from his latest album A Fable, Tigran explains how he gravitated towards jazz and traditional Armenian folk music in his childhood in Armenia, and how he returned to these early inspirations for this album.
Listen again on BBC iPlayer until Tuesday 6th March.
