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From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: Tomasz Stanko, Martial Solal

16/08/2010

Tomasz Stanko, Martial Solal

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Tomasz Stanko, Martial Solal

Jez Nelson presents performances by trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and pianist Martial Solal.

Jez Nelson presents trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's Quintet playing at the 2009 London Jazz Festival and French pianist Martial Solal at the 2009 Paris Jazz Week at Kings Place.

Jez Nelson presents a second chance to hear a performance by Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's Quintet and a solo set from French pianist Martial Solal. 

Known for his explorative forays into everything from folk to free jazz, here Stanko presents his new quintet, recorded at the 2009 London Jazz Festival. Expect a subtly different sound world, with bold drum rhythms and electric bass alongside Stanko's haunting and mysterious trumpet tones. After 40 years on the experimental jazz scene, his music is as compelling and creative as ever.

Martial Solal, recorded as part of the 2009 Paris Jazz Week at London's King's Place, plays jazz standards in anything but a standard way, playfully manipulating the jazz repertoire with countermelodies, rhythmic juxtapositions and poised abstraction. The concert is drawn together with a narrative quality, and demonstrating Solal's encyclopaedic knowledge and a ceaseless ability to reinvent. 

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Kathryn Willgress & Rebecca Aitchison.

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