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Jazzahead! French Focus

The second part of Jazz on 3's coverage of the 2015 Jazzahead! festival in Bremen, focusing on French highlights including Henri Texier and Donkey Monkey.

Jez Nelson revisits Jazzahead! 2015 - an annual music festival and industry expo held in Bremen, Germany - this time with a focus on French bands, who provided many of the highlights.

Music comes from saxophonist Thomas De Pourquery and his group, Supersonic, who pay tribute to Sun Ra, with high-octane interpretations of some of the afrofuturist jazz maverick's best-loved tunes. Quirky, piano and drums duo Donkey Monkey blur the lines between jazz and punk, and young quintet Papanosh mix free improv with trad jazz, klezmer and sounds from the Balkans.

Veteran double bassist Henri Texier and his trio take us further afield, with lyrical compositions that whisper of the Middle East, while our guest Alex Dutilh, of Radio France, shares insights into the French jazz scene.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 11 Jan 2016 23:00

Music Played

  • Papanosh in concert at Jazzahead! Festival, Bremen in April 2015

    • Papanosh

      Chicken In A Bottle

      Composer: Rapha毛l Quenehen

  • Django Reinhardt & St茅phane Grappelli

    Nuages

    • Swing.
  • Miles Davis

    Au Bar du Petit Bac

    • Ascenseur pour l'茅chafaud.
    • Fontana.
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago

    Theme De Yoyo

    • Les Stances 脿 Sophie.
    • Path茅 Marconi.
  • Henri Texier's Hope Quartet in concert at Jazzahead! Festival, Bremen in April 2015

    • Henri Texier Hope Quartet

      Mic Mac (attacca)

      Composer: Henri Texier

    • Henri Texier Hope Quartet

      Desaparecido

      Composer: Henri Texier

  • Delphine Joussein presents a track from Collectif COAX

    • SnaP

      Laine

      • Bras.
      • Coax records / Carton Records.
  • Donkey Monkey in concert at Jazzahead! Festival, Bremen in April 2015

    • Donkey Monkey

      Can鈥檛 Get My Motor To Start

      Composer: Carla Bley

    • Donkey Monkey

      Hanakana

      Composer: Yuko Oshima and 脠ve Risser

  • Thomas De Pourquery's Supersonic in concert at Jazzahead! Festival, Bremen in April 2015

    • Thomas de Pourquery's Supersonic

      We Travel The Spaceways

      Sun Ra (arr. Thomas de Pourquery)

    • Thomas de Pourquery's Supersonic

      Love In Outer Space

      Sun Ra (arr. Thomas de Pourquery)

  • Paul Bley

    Flame

    Composer: Paul Bley

    • Play Blue (Oslo Concert).
    • ECM Records.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Jan 2016 23:00

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