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Jazz on 3: Django Bates, Food

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22/08/2011

Django Bates, Food

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Django Bates, Food

Jez Nelson presents a second chance to hear performances by Food and Django Bates.

Jez Nelson presents another chance to hear two performances given at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival: Anglo-Norwegian duo Food and Django Bates with a special hand-picked group.

Jez Nelson presents a repeat of two Cheltenham Festival performances: Anglo-Norwegian duo Food, and music by Django Bates commissioned by Jazz on 3. 
Django Bates' reputation as a writer and performer of richly inventive, often humorous improvised music was forged in the 1980s as part of the Loose Tubes big band. The group's energetic, off-the-wall approach has had a lasting influence on British jazz and is celebrated in this new work, performed at the 2011 festival. The band features rising stars on the UK scene handpicked by the composer, including Shabaka Hutchings, James Allsopp and Kit Downes. 

Saxophonist Iain Ballamy and percussionist Thomas Strønen create delicate and detailed ambient soundscapes that bring together a lyrical approach to jazz with elements of folk and atmospheric electronics. For this concert, recorded in 2010, they're joined by Austrian guitarist Christian Fennesz, and the set includes a new work by Strønen that was commissioned by the festival. 

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Phil Smith & Russell Finch.

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