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Jazz on 3

Live from the 2010 Manchester Jazz Festival

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Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

During the 15th Manchester Jazz Festival, Jez Nelson presents a special live broadcast from Band On The Wall, with previews of festival events and performances by world-class local musicians.

Vibrant clarinet player Arun Ghosh grew up in Bolton and brings a quintet to the festival featuring Mancunians Myke Wilson and Sylvan Richardson on drums and bass alongside reeds player Idris Rahman and Corey Mwamba on vibraphone.

Stuart McCallum is a Manchester-based guitarist who is best known as a member of the Cinematic Orchestra. He plays a solo set, using electronics to add extra dimensions to his atmospheric sound.

Plus a performance from an all-star group featuring another Manchester guitar hero, Mike Walker, with pianist Gwilym Simcock and the sought after American rhythm section of Steve Swallow on bass and Adam Nussbaum on drums.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Robert Abel, Joby Waldman & Peggy Sutton.

Music and featured items

15 items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Arun Ghosh Quintet performs live at Band on the Wall, Manchester

    • Line up: Arun Ghosh (clarinet), Idris Rahman (reeds), Corey Mwamba (vibraphone), Myke Wilson (drums), Sylvan Richardson (bass)

    • Artist Image

      Arun Ghosh Quintet Aurora

      Composer: Arun Ghosh

    • Artist Image

      Arun Ghosh Quintet Uterine

      Composer: Arun Ghosh

    • Artist Image

      Arun Ghosh Quintet Greenhouse

      Composer: Traditional song, arrangement by Arun Ghosh

    • Artist Image for The Golden Age of Steam

      The Golden Age of Steam Eyepatch

      Raspberry Tongue, Babel

    • Artist Image

      Stu Brown Sextet Square Dance for Eight Egyptian Mummies

      Twisted Toons: The Music of Raymond Scott, Lickety-Splatt Music

  • Stuart McCallum performs live at Band on the Wall, Manchester

    • Line up: Stuart McCallum (solo guitar & electronics)

    • Artist Image for Stuart McCallum

      Stuart McCallum Last Song

      Composer: Stuart McCallum

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      Beats 'n' Pieces Yafw

      Beats n Pieces Big Band EP, EFPI Records

    • Artist Image for Cusp

      Cusp The Minster

      Cusp Quartet

  • Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum Quartet perform live at Band on the Wall, Manchester

    • Line up: Gwilym Simcock (piano), Mike Walker (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums)

    • Artist Image

      Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum Clockmaker

      Composer: Mike Walker

    • Artist Image

      Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum You Won’t Be Around To See It

      Composer: Gwilym Simcock

    • Artist Image

      Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum Wallenda’s Last Stand

      Composer: Mike Walker

    • Artist Image

      Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum Laugh Lines

      Composer: Mike Walker

  • Arun Ghosh Quintet

    Arun Ghosh Quintet

  • Corey Mwamba

    Corey Mwamba

  • Corey's Feet

    Corey's Feet

  • Steve Swallow & Adam Nussbaum

    Steve Swallow & Adam Nussbaum

  • Steve Swallow & Gwilym Simcock

    Steve Swallow & Gwilym Simcock

  • Swallow, Walker, Nussbaum and Simcock

    Swallow, Walker, Nussbaum and Simcock

  • Stuart McCallum

    Stuart McCallum

  • Arun Ghosh & Idris Rahman

    Arun Ghosh & Idris Rahman

  • Adam Nussbaum & Mike Walker

    Adam Nussbaum & Mike Walker

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