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UMO Jazz Orchestra and Gregory Porter

With singer Gregory Porter performing as guest soloist with one of Finland's leading big bands, the UMO Jazz Orchestra, at the Finnish Broadcasting Company's M1 studio.

Claire Martin presents American vocal sensation Gregory Porter performing as guest soloist with one of Finland's premiere big bands, the UMO Jazz Orchestra, recorded at the Finnish Broadcasting Company's legendary studio M1. The UMO Jazz Orchestra (Uuden Musiikin Orkesteri) was founded in 1975 and has previously worked with some of the biggest names in jazz including saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and pianist McCoy Tyner. Also on the show, a preview of this year's Montreux Jazz Festival which celebrates its 50th edition this year, plus Jon Newey reflects on some of the winners of the 2016 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 May 2016 17:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.

  • The Sachal Ensemble

    Blue Pepper (Far East Of The Blues)

    • Song of Lahore.
    • Universal.

  • Matthew Halsall

    Music For A Dancing Mind

    • On The Go.
    • Gondwana.

  • Gregory Porter

    In Fashion

    • Take Me To Me Alley.
    • Blue Note.

  • Julian Argüelles

    Mra Khali

    • Let It Be Told.
    • Basho.

  • Kairos 4tet

    Unresolved

    • Moment.
    • Kairos Records.

  • Empirical

    The Two Edged Sword

    • Cuneiform.

  • Joe Temperley

    My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose

    • Nightingale.
    • Hep.

  • Gregory Porter

    Painted On Canvas

    • European Broadcasting Union Recording.

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit (Live)

    • European Broadcasting Union Recording.

  • Gregory Porter

    Be Good (Lion's Song) (Radio 2 in Hyde Park 2014)

    • European Broadcasting Union Recording.

  • Gregory Porter

    On my Way to Harlem (Live)

    • European Broadcasting Union Recording.

  • Billy Strayhorn

    Take the A' Train

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Ray Nance.
    • Ellington Uptown.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 3.

  • Miles Davis & Quincy Jones

    Boplicity (Live)

    • Live At Montreux.
    • Warner Bros..

  • Quincy Jones & Sammy Nestico

    Ya Gotta Try Harder

    • Basie and Beyond.
    • Varèse Fontana / Varèse Sarabande.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 May 2016 17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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