Fellow jazz musicians regard Tony Coe as one of the finest saxophonist/ clarinettists ever to grace these shores. Brian Morton introduces a specially recorded session by Tony Coe , in which he is joined by pianist John Horier and drummer Steve Arguelles
. Music on disc comes from the drummer's brother, saxophonist
Julian Arguelles , and trumpeters Hans Kennel and Steffano Maltese.
12.30 Misterloso
In the second of eight programmes about pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, Ian Carr investigates the astonishing variety of his early recordings. They range from impressionistic numbers such as Round about Midnight, to straightforward earthy swingers like Well You Need It, and compositions like Skippy that veer towards abstraction. Repeat Impressions producer Derek Drescher