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Jazz on 3: Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Note Records

75 Years of Blue Note Records

15/12/2014

Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Note Records

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Note Records

A gig celebrating 75 years of Blue Note, featuring Robert Glasper.

Jez Nelson presents a celebration of 75 years of Blue Note, one of jazz's most famous record labels, with a band featuring pianist Robert Glasper and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire.

A celebration of one of jazz's most iconic record labels, with a band featuring Robert Glasper and Ambrose Akinmusire in concert at the 2014 EFG London Jazz Festival.

Blue Note Records has sat at the beating heart of jazz history for the past 75 years, from their very first boogie woogie recording in 1939 to its championing of artists at the forefront of the scene today. Pianist Robert Glasper and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire are two names that represent Blue Note's flourishing new generation, and are part of the celebrations at the Royal Festival Hall in a band of Blue Note leaders. Bassist Derrick Hodge, drummer Kendrick Scott, guitarist Lionel Loueke and saxophonist Marcus Strickland complete an all-star line-up in one of the most hotly anticipated moments of the festival. 

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Chris Elcombe

First broadcast 15/12/2014.

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