Corey Mwamba presents the best new jazz and improvised music with an adventurous spirit. Featuring Cath Roberts’ Sloth Racket and Leeds-based trio J Frisco. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents the best improvised music from the outer edges of jazz and beyond, including drummer Seb Rochford's new band, which takes in black metal and Hindu Bhajans. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents intimate improvisations by duos and small groups including the husband-wife pair of violinist Mark Feldman and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier. Show more
Corey Mwamba explores 'gwrth-gitâr', a term used by Ash Cooke meaning 'anti-guitar', and a live recording of flautist Nicole Mitchell's ensemble at Saalfelden Jazz Festival. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents with a solo piano improvisation by Elliot Galvin and music created with a 40-metre long string instrument built by Angolan composer Victor Gama. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents a hot selection of adventurous jazz and improvised music to set you on fire and warm your bones. Featured artists include Steam Down and Cecil Taylor. Show more
Welsh comic and broadcaster Elis James adds some of his favourite free-jazz choices to Corey Mwamba’s playlist. Plus, hear a festive jam from Ill Considered. Show more
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Dulcet tones on a dulcitone
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Corey Mwamba presents Adam Fairhall performing on a prepared dulcitone that evokes the sound of an African balafon. Plus, music from saxophonist Tim Hill's new quartet. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents highlights from Chicago vocalist and clarinet player Angel Bat Dawid's set at the London Jazz Festival, plus new music from viola player Mat Maneri. Show more
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Konfrontationen Festival 40th Anniversary
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Corey presents live music from the Konfrontationen festival in Austria. Featuring Hamid Drake and Irène Schweizer, and hip-hop meets improv in the post-apocalyptic powerhouse Anguish. Show more
Corey looks ahead to the Ideas of Noise festival for sound art, noise and improvisation. Pianist Daniel Bernardes pays tribute to Messiaen on his latest album Liturgy of the Birds Show more
Corey presents high-energy exploratory improvisation and razor-sharp polyrhythms from a trio called Taupe and the debut duo album by Steve Beresford and John Butcher. Show more
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Improvising with the Australian outback
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Allis Hamilton describes how Australia’s wildfires have affected her as an improviser. Plus a meditative piece for turntables and electronics that improvises with volume. Show more
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Hindustani classical music and ASMR
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Corey Mwamba presents an improvisation rooted in Hindustani classical music and a tingling ASMR synth track. Show more
A selection from the New York guitarist’s latest album with her group Code Girl, plus a piece full of twists and turns by vibraphonist Patricia Brennan. Show more
Corey pays tribute to the British guitarist with his friend and collaborator Paul Smyth. Plus stride bass lines and chunky, rhythmic chords from a solo piano album by Geri Allen. Show more
Trumpeter Dave Douglas provides a soundtrack to marching in protest and Keith Tippett’s percussive piano meets Louis Moholo Moholo’s melodic drums. Show more
Patricia Brennan describes how she has extended the language of the vibraphone with manipulated sounds and graceful dexterity. Show more
Heavy distortion and a restless energy from a new group called Body Meta and a twenty-year-old recording featuring four of Britain's greatest improvisers. Show more
Soul-soaked jazz and free-falling dissonance with moreish momentum. Plus a wordless chorus from the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project that evokes spiritual hymnals. Show more