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Jazz 625

Specials 2010 - 2020

  • 2019-05-02T23:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 35m
  • 2h 20m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
Jazz 625 is a BBC jazz music programme, featuring performances by some of the greatest names in jazz. These concerts were first broadcast between April 1964 and August 1966.

4 episodes

2019-05-02T23:00:00Z

Special 1 For One Night Only

Special 1 For One Night Only

  • 2019-05-02T23:00:00Z35m

Jazz 625 Live: For One Night Only is a special 90-minute live show paying tribute to the iconic 1960s BBC Two jazz show of the same name. Broadcast live from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival and hosted by Andi Oliver the programme will feature a house band and special guests including Gregory Porter, Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones , Joshua Redman, Jacqui Dankworth and Cleo Laine.
There will also be classic archive from the original series and interviews and features looking back at a classic time in Jazz.

Special 2 The British Jazz Explosion

  • 2020-11-20T00:00:00Z35m

The BBC’s 1960s jazz programme returns for a one-off special celebrating the recent resurgence of the genre by a community of young Londoners, largely educated through grassroots organisations rather than conservatoire traditions. Presented by drummer Moses Boyd and DJ Jamz Supernova, the Jazz 625 studio hosts performances from saxophonist Nubya Garcia, groups Ezra Collective and Sons of Kemet, and singer Poppy Ajudha.

2010-11-05T00:00:00Z

Special 3 BBC Four Compliation

Special 3 BBC Four Compliation

  • 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z35m

Vintage 1960s British jazz from the BBC's archives, presented by Steve Race. Featured performers include John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Victor Feldman with Ronnie Scott, the Tubby Hayes Big Band, the Johnny Ross Quartet, Annie Ross with the Tony Kinsey Quintet and Bill Le Sage's Directions in Jazz.

2014-05-23T23:00:00Z

Special 4 Jazz 625 at the BBC

Special 4 Jazz 625 at the BBC

  • 2014-05-23T23:00:00Z35m

Programme celebrating the archive of this legendary BBC jazz concert show from the mid 1960s, so titled because the newly launched BBC 2 was broadcasting on 625-UHF lines (the HD of the time) unlike the 405-VHF of BBC 1 and ITV. It features classic performances from legends such as Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Dizzy Gillespie and the Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley Sextet, alongside rarely seen sessions from the likes of Wes Montgomery, Marian McPartland, Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Willie 'The Lion' Smith.

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