Jay Rayner
Michael Berkeley's guest is Jay Rayner, restaurant critic, writer, Masterchef judge and host of The Kitchen Cabinet on Radio 4 - who also performs regularly as a jazz pianist.
Jay Rayner has his dream job: he loves writing and he loves food, and for the past 25 years he’s been the restaurant critic for the Observer.
Jay is also familiar as a broadcaster, appearing as a judge on Masterchef, and hosting The Kitchen Cabinet on Radio 4. His recent book, Nights Out At 91Èȱ¬, provides recipes to enable readers to create some of his favourite restaurant dishes in their own kitchens. He started out as a news journalist, after growing up in a house in which his mother – Claire Rayner – was a prolific magazine and newspaper columnist and the author of dozens of books.
Jay has a very public musical passion: he performs as a jazz pianist, leading his own band in venues around the country. His choices include music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Madeleine Dring, along with a classic Broadway overture and jazz from Michel Petrucciani.
Presenter Michael Berkeley
Producer Clare Walker
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Music Played
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Michel Petrucciani
Cantabile
- Trio in Tokyo (Live) [Bonus Track Version].
- Dreyfus Jazz.
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Jule Styne
Gypsy (Overture)
Orchestra: Gypsy Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Rosenstock.- Gypsy (50th Anniversary Edition / Original Broadway Cast Recording).
- Masterworks Broadway.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade)
Performer: Lawrence Rock. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade.
- New York Philharmonic.
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Madeleine Dring
Blue Air (Colour Suite)
Performer: Leigh Kaplan.- Leigh Kaplan Plays Madeline Dring.
- Cambria.
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Władysław Szpilman
Concertino
Performer: Władysław Szpilman. Orchestra: Polish Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Rachoń.- The Original Recordings of the Pianist.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Tommy Wolf
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Ensemble: Bill Charlap Trio.- Uptown, Downtown.
- Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
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Ariel RamÃrez
Misa Criolla (Kyrie)
Performer: Ariel RamÃrez. Ensemble: Los Fronterizos. Conductor: Jesus Gabriel Segade.- Misa Criolla.
- Universal Music S.A..
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Sophie Solomon
Holy Devil
Composer: Jonathan Quarmby. Performer: Sophie Solomon.- Poison Sweet Madeira.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Akil "Fresh" King
Worth It.
Composer: John Hill. Composer: Mike Sabath. Composer: Rachel Keen. Singer: RAYE. Conductor: Tom Richards. Ensemble: Heritage Orchestra. Choir: Flames Collective Choir.- My 21st Century Symphony (Live at the Royal Albert Hall).
- Human Re Sources.
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