BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

Jazz on 3

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: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak

Rudresh Mahanthappa and Gamak

23/09/2013

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak

Jez Nelson presents saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and his quartet at Ronnie Scott's.

Jez Nelson presents saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and his quartet Gamak playing at Ronnie Scott's. With Dave Fiuczynski (guitar), Francois Moutin (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums).

A second chance to hear one of Jazz on 3's gig highlights of 2013: Indian-American saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa in performance with his quartet, Gamak, at Ronnie Scott's.

Mahanthappa is second-generation Indian-American and his music reflects this heritage: the classical Carnatic tradition of southern India is absorbed into a progressive jazz language that takes in complex, muscular rhythmic patterns as well as hip-hop grooves. In Gamak he casts his net even wider, pulling in Americana, go-go and heavy metal along the way too. The band's name comes from the south Indian term for melodic ornamentation, so it's fitting that he's joined in this group by guitarist Dave 'Fuze' Fiuczynski, known for his intricate, microtonal playing and for whom Mahanthappa wrote much of the music. The band is completed by longtime collaborators Francois Moutin (bass) and Dan Weiss on drums.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton and Chris Elcombe.

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.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Jazz on 3

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3