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

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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: Loose Tubes

Loose Tubes

09/06/2014

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Loose Tubes

Legendary British big band Loose Tubes reunite to perform new BBC Radio 3 commissions

Legendary British big band Loose Tubes reunited and in concert at Ronnie Scott's, performing new music commissioned by BBC Radio 3

A second chance to hear legendary British big band Loose Tubes, reunited and in concert at Ronnie Scott's, performing new music commissioned by BBC Radio 3.

Bursting onto the scene in the 1980s, Loose Tubes represented one of the most exciting movements in British jazz history, winning crowds over with a combination of trailblazing compositions, anarchic stage performances and an irreverent sense of humour. Twenty four years after their last outing, they're back at their spiritual home of Ronnie Scott’s, with all that original spirit intact. This performance features brand new music from the band’s composers Chris Batchelor, Steve Berry, Eddie Parker and Django Bates, alongside a selection of old favourites. 

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Chris Elcombe 


First broadcast 09/06/2014.

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.

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