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Music: Jazz & Blues

Music: Jazz & Blues: Jazz

Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

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: Review of 2012

Jazz on 3: Review of 2012: Episode 2: New Releases in 2012

Episode 2

Episode 2: New Releases in 2012

Review of 2012

New Releases in 2012

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Review of 2012, New Releases in 2012

Jez Nelson reviews the best jazz albums of 2012.

Jez Nelson reviews the best jazz albums from 2012 with guest critics Helen Mayhew and Jon Newey.

Jez Nelson presents the second part of Jazz on 3's review of the year, this time selecting the best jazz albums of 2012. Guest critics Jon Newey and Helen Mayhew will join Jez in the studio with their favourite British and international releases, in a year which has seen acclaimed new material from the likes of saxophonist John Surman, vocalist Christine Tobin and a posthumous release from Swedish piano trio EST. 

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton & Phil Smith.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Jez Nelson presents the best live and recorded music from 2012

Jez Nelson presents the best live and recorded music from 2012, featuring tracks from Jazz on 3 performances and sessions

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