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10.30pm Friday - 12.30am

Profile of Gerry Koster

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"Music is an adventure, for both its creators and its listeners. I'd like to think of 'Jazz Up Late' as a musical adventure - and like any adventure, it might range from the sublime to the hair-raising. I'll be exploring contemporary jazz at home and from around the world as well as looking at emerging trends and how the music of other cultures and genres are currently influencing jazz.

The A to Z of jazz fascinates me, no matter which period in its history it comes from...Louis Armstrong's clarion trumpet from the '20s still gives me goose bumps...and then there's the exhilarating rush that John Zorn's confronting and ferocious 'Painkiller' induces, with so much in between!

'Jazz Up Late' has been created to complement Mal Stanley's 'Jazztrack', to appeal to avid fans of the music and the 'jazz curious' alike and to explore the world of jazz beyond 'Jazztrack'.

It's been said that jazz is 'the sound of surprise', I'm certainly still finding it so...and I hope that you will too, on 'Jazz Up Late'."

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This week

Friday 10 September, 10.30pm

On the road in OZ this month is Sydney’s The Vampires celebrating the release of their latest CD “Chellowdene” so we’ll join the party with a cut from the recording. Also touring Australia is the renowned Italian clarinettist and saxophonist Gianluigi Trovesi – he’s with the ensemble L’Arpeggiata which is collaborating with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for its “Baroque Tarantella” series with concerts in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Also soon to visit us for the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz is Belgian pianist Jef Neve and we’ll hear something from his new duo recording with compatriot and vibraphonist Pascal Schumacher, “Face To Face”.

Also on the playlist: clarinettist Ben Goldberg, guitarist James Emery, pianist Borah Bergman and his trio, the Delta Saxophone Quartet, drummer Sam Price, the guitar duo of Loren Connors and Jim O’Rourke, and two quartets: one led by double-bassist Reggie Workman, featuring flautist Sam Rivers, pianist Andrew Hill and drummer Pheeroan akLaff; the other is led by the Swiss drummer Daniel Humair with trumpeter Marvin Stamm, vibraphonist David Friedman and double-bassist Sebastien Boisseau.

And, a new recording that will I’m sure will become of my favourites for 2010 – it’s from The Celestial Septet, which is a collaboration of two bands: the Nels Cline Singers and the ROVA saxophone quartet.

Listen to the latest programs

Friday 3 September 2010

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England’s Led Bib returns to the program this week, plus guitarist Ren Walters, pianist Peter Madsen and the ambient-jazz-electronica combo, Ergo. > more

Friday 27 August 2010

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Featuring saxophonist Roger Manins’ "The Australasian Project" (which came about as a result of an invitation from the 2009 Wellington International Jazz Festival) which brought together Roger and old friends and compatriots double-bassist Olivier Holland and drummer Ron Samsom with guitarist Carl Dewhurst and alto saxophonist Bernie McGann – their concert at Auckland University last year has just been released on CD. > more

Friday 20 August 2010

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New releases from England’s Neil Cowley Trio, Californian band Kneebody and the duo of British saxophonist and bagpiper Paul Dunmall and American drummer Chris Corsano, recorded in concert at the Slak Bar in Cheltenham, England in 2008. > more

Friday 13 August 2010

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Features: new releases from the Jex Saarelaht Quartet, with Julien Wilson, Jonathon Zwartz and Niko Schauble; guitarist Ren Walters; the Geggie Project with double-bassist John Geggie, pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Nick Fraser; the duo of clarinetist Perry Robinson and pianist Burton Greene – and The Ullmann/Swell 4 with tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist Gerbhard Ullmann, trombonist Steve Swell, double-bassist Hilliard Greene and drummer Barry Altschul. > more

Audio usually updates by 1.30am Saturday Sydney/Melbourne time.

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Music played on Jazz Up Late on  September 3 | August 27 | 20 | 13 |   For earlier dates, start at the index of Archived Music Details.

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