Truly international jazz and longer tracks tonight beginning with a slice of jazz electronica from Norwegian trumpeter Nils Peter Molvaer and recorded live in Tampere, Finland. Second up was a great Joe Henderson track from the 70s followed by the title cut from Nicola Conte’s most recent CD which I’m now really enjoying - thanks for persisting, Derek…

The lithe and sinuous playing of Goan guitarist Amancio d’Silva led into powerful modal drumming from the late and very great Francisco Mora Catlett on two tracks including one curated by club legend Carl Craig. Then into an old favourite from Argentinian saxophonist Alberto Favero before we settled back in the States with some great music from jazz heroes Charles Mingus, Hank Mobley and Grant Green. Stirring it up was Ornette Coleman (who had an impromptu chat with Neil in the bar of the Marriot Hotel, Westminster earlier in the week!) and Wallace Roney - both proving that you can weave jazz around the blues, rap and electronica and it can still sound great.

As always, try out the Listen Again feature and tell us what you think of the music. See you next week.

1. Nils Peter Molvaer - Solid Ether (live)
2. Joe Henderson - Black Narcissus
3. Nicola Conte - Rituals
4. Amancio d’Silva - A Street in Bombay
5. Francisco Mora Catlett - Cultural Warrior
6. Detriot Experience - Revelation
7. Alberto Favero - Tercier Movimiento
8. Ornette Coleman and Pat Metheny - Police People
9. Charles Mingus - Goodbye Porkpie Hat
10. Grant Green - Airegin
11. Hank Mobley - Gettin’ and Jettin’
12. The 3Bs - Maiden Voyage
13. Jimmy Heath - Invitation
14. Wallace Roney - Vater Time

Eclectic as always we thought - but this week, surprisingly chilled too. New music on Cosmic Jazz from Tony Allen, the co-founder of afrobeat, and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble together with some reissues from Soul Note and Blue Note. After an inspiring performance locally at the Fleece, we also played music from the Robert Mitchell 3io together with 4 Hero’s Third Stream - a track that Robert Mitchell tells us will be released in a piano trio version by 3io later this summer. If it’s anything like the stunning live performance, it will be well worth waiting for. As soon as we get a copy you’ll hear it on Cosmic Jazz.

We also played a track that to us epitomises some of the qualities in the best of modern jazz - Siegfried by the French trumpeter Erik Truffaz. The trumpet playing unfolds out of the bell note by careful note but it’s still recognisably in the cool tradition of Miles Davis, while the discrete rap vocal, the propulsive acoustic bass and the subtle piano solo all move this music confidently into the 21st century. In fact, Siegfried came out in 1999 but it anticipated much that would follow in later years. The burgeoning Japanese and Scandinavian jazz scenes were undoubtedly influenced by this new take on cool and even the title (a nod to Thelonius Monk of course) seems to suggest a new wave in jazz.

Derek selected a track from Francisco Mora Catlett’s World Trade Music release, Neil gave us a slice of 70s jazz rock with Larry Young’s swirling B3 textures on Sunshine Fly Away from one of his last albums Lawrence of Newark, and Jacob introduced us to producer Pete Philly and his collaboration with Dutch saxophonist Benjamin Herman - last seen in Suffolk in Stan Tracey’s band - but here giving us something different with triphop beats and a gentle soprano sax melody. You can find the EP on the Amsterdam-based Unexpected Records.

As always, if you missed the show use the Listen Again facility via the blog or ICR and send us a comment about the music.

1. Tony Allen - Secret Agent
2. Jimmy Heath - Heritage Hum
3. Robert Mitchell 3io - Teardrop
4. 4 Hero - Third Stream
5. Art Blakey - Alamode
6. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Jupiter
7. Eric Truffaz - Siegfried
8. Kurt Elling - Higher Vibe
9. Perquisite & Benjamin Herman - Ornithology
10. Jimmy Giuffre 4 - Dragonfly/Jon Hassell - Aurora
11. Francisco Mora Catlett - El Morro
12. Larry Young - Sunshine Fly Away
13. Grachan Moncur III - Air Raid
14. Jazztronik - Muddy Muddy
15. Herbie Hancock - Palm Grease
16. Quantic - Mishaps Happening

Our special guest for this Thursday’s show was Richard Beckton - jazz fan, vinyl collector and curator of the Ipswich Jazz Club website. It was a very special show, which sadly Neil had to miss due to family illness. Richard has a very large collection of jazz records and for this week’s show he concentrated on his Blue Note collection - and what a collection!

The records he played started with Meade Lux Lewis - the first record ever recorded on the Blue Note label - went through the classic Blue Note years and ended with Ornette Coleman. Richard’s selections were not the predictable ones, with Tina Brooks (not a woman) and Sonny Clark representing the classic Blue Note sound, rather than Hank Mobley or Lee Morgan. The Tina Brooks record was never released at the time by Blue Note and it was not until EMI took control of the label that it was finally available.

Richard, moreover, has many stories to go with the music. He played African Village by McCoy Tyner, a tune that is already established as a Cosmic Jazz favourite, and recalled how he bought the record on vinyl in Ipswich on the day it first came out. This was at a record shop specialising in opera in Fore Street - sadly it has long gone. Richard will be back. It’s clear there are many more treasures in that extensive collection and they deserve a wider hearing.

Most of the programme was devoted to Richard’s choices but we did manage to introduce him to a Blue Note artist that he did not know about, namely Rachelle Ferrell. We played him a track from the new Wynton Marsalis album too and also provided a brief taster into the current Japanese jazz scene.

This was a Cosmic Jazz show not to be missed and you have the chance to listen again for a week either on this blog or on the ICR FM website - www.icrfm.co.uk

Best wishes to Neil and his family and we hope to see you back on Cosmic Jazz soon.

1. The Juju Orchestra - This is not a Tango
2. Meade Lux Lewis - The Blues Part 1
3. Earl Hines - The Father’s Gateway
4. Wynton Marsalis - The Razor Rim
5. Edmund Hall Celeste Quartet - Jamming in Four
6. Thelonius Monk Quartet - Misterioso
7. Johnny Griffin - Mil Dew
8. Rachelle Ferrell - You Send Me
9. Tina Brooks - Back to the Tracks
10. Sonny Clark - Melody in C
11. Nation of Multiverse - Can you see how I feel?
12. Dexter Gordon - Soy Califa
13. Pete la Roca - Malaguena
14. McCoy Tyner - African Village
15. Ornette Coleman - Broad Way Blues

Every week at 9:30 pm on Cosmic Jazz we let you know about music you can hear locally.
Now the blog will have key details of these listings and we’ll show the first upcoming show at each venue.
Contact details help you get in touch with the venue.
If you’ve been to see jazz locally, write and tell us about it via the comments facility on the blog.

Fleece Jazz at Kersey Mill
12 June - Sweet Chorus (with John Etheridge)
Website: www.fleecejazzatkerseymill.org.uk
Phone: 01787 211865

Ipswich Jazz Club
121 June - Karen Sharp
Website: www.ipswichjazzclub.co.uk
Phone: 01473 231552

Milestones Jazz Club, Lowestoft
05 July - The 3Bs
Website: www.milestonesjazz@hotmail.co.uk
Phone: 01502 568684

Lakeside Theatre, Colchester
no jazz events currently
Website: www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/artson5
Phone: 01206 573948

Colchester Arts Centre
no jazz events currently
Website: www.colchesterartscentre.com
Phone: 01206 500900

Cambridge Modern Jazz Club
12 June - John Taylor
Website: www.cambridgejazz.org
Phone: 01223 511511

Tonight’s show will feature music from some great new albums and re-releases including tracks from John McLaughlin’s Five Peace Band and Charlie Haden’s Closeness album of duets. There’s a touch of dubstep and a track from Larry Stabbins’ new Stonephace project and as we prepare for the start of Ornette Colman’s Meltdown Festival, we’ll also feature music from some more of the artists featured in this nine day festival of great improvised music.

As if ths wasn’t enough, there’s music from our trawl through the independent record retailers of Norwich - rare grooves aplenty! This includes a special feature on Soundclash Records, local heroes of the vinyl revival and champions of jazz, reggae and much more.

1. Charles Earland - Leaving this Planet
2. Rodney Kendrick - Dance World Dance
3. Stonephace - Wedgehead Gets Lucky
4. Arun Ghosh - Aurora
5. Five Peace Band - Dr Jackyl
6. Dom Um Romao - Ponteio
7. Charlie Haden and Alice Coltrane - For Turiya/Rhythm and Sound with Cornel Campbell - King in My Empire
8. JuJu Orchestra - Kind of Latin Rhythm
9. Cornelius - Brazil
10. Francisco Mora Catlett - Vital Force (Yoruba traditional p d)
11. Ornette Coleman - Song X
12. Gene Ammons - Hittin’ the Jug
13. Gail Thompson’s Jazz Africa - Burkina Faso
14. Horace Parlan - The Book’s Beat
15. Yam Who? - Leaving this Planet