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Jazz on 3: Fly at Charlie Wright's

11/01/2010

Fly at Charlie Wright's

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Fly at Charlie Wright's

Jez Nelson presents Fly performing at Charlie Wright's for the 2009 London Jazz Festival.

Jez Nelson presents a gig by US trio Fly recorded at Charlie Wright's for the 2009 London Jazz Festival. Featuring Mark Turner on tenor sax and Larry Grenadier on double bass.

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Extract from 'Super Sister' by Fly (details below)

CD track:
Artist: Bojan Z (Joshua Roseman - trombone, Sebastian Rochford - drums, Ruth Goller - bass guitar, Bojan Zulfikarpasic - Rhodes electric piano)
Track title: Empty Shell
Album title: Humus
Label: Emarcy
Released: 5 Oct 2009

Jez speaks to Larry Grenadier, bass player in Fly about the origins of the band.

Fly recorded at Charlie Wright's on November 21, 2009 during the London Jazz Festival

Line up:
Mark Turner (saxophone)
Jeff Ballard (drums)
Larry Grenadier (bass)

Set one track list:
Perla Morlena (Ballard)
Iverson's Odyssey (Turner)
Diorite Stone (Ballard)
Super Sister (Turner)

Jez speaks to Larry Grenadier about his playing and Fly's development as a band.

Set two track list:
Lady B (Ballard)
The Fruit (Bud Powell)
JJ (Grenadier)
State of the Union (Grenadier)

Recommended further listening:
Artist: Fly
Album title: Sky and Country
Label: ECM
Released: March 2009.

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