Stuck for something to watch on the box tonight if you are not out and about going to gigs or listening to records, that is?
How about film maker Sophie Huber's Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes screened at half past nine on BBC Four.
Blue Note has been celebrating its 80th this year and its history remains at the heart, and often represents the state of the art, of the development of jazz globally all these years on.
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Much less trad-jazz than is their wont Kansas Smitty's change direction for a much more mature and characterful individualistic sound on this single released on Ever Records ahead of an album to come out next year.
The cleverly arranged piece built from a riff up that eventually unspools to reveal an appealingly tentative guitar solo was composed by reedist Giacomo Smith and Dave Archer. Interplay between all the players is intrinsic to the success of the sound.