A Tribute to Charles Fox
For many years. Charles Fox presented Jazz Today and Jazz in Britain and a range of documentaries on Radio 3. He was also a writer, poet and critic. On the fifth anniversary of his death. the Simon Swarbrick Quartet (pianist Julie Lewis , violinist Simon Swarbrick. bass player Rodney Teague and drummer Steve Bolton ) gave the first performance of their Jazz Today Suite in the Dorchester Arts Centre, with their guests Chris Batchelor (trumpet) and Julian Nicholas (saxophones).
Christopher Logue read a selection of poems by Charles Fox. Brian Morton introduces a recording of the concert and is joined in the studio by Nod
Knowles, Ian Carr and Victor Schonfield to discuss the many talents of Charles Fox and his importance to jazz. Producer Derek Drescher