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Logo and Spontaneous Infinity strapline unveiled for One Jazz

As reported last week a new 24-hour radio platform One Jazz that Chris Philips and Jez Nelson are ''putting on at the end of May,'' is to start up soon. Chris, like Jez, a Jazz FM DJ for many years, adds: ''It will be online and smart speakers, …

Published: 10 May 2024. Updated: 30 days.

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As reported last week a new 24-hour radio platform One Jazz that Chris Philips and Jez Nelson are ''putting on at the end of May,'' is to start up soon.

Chris, like Jez, a Jazz FM DJ for many years, adds: ''It will be online and smart speakers, hopefully mobile app too at launch or shortly thereafter. We decided to put together a team of volunteers to populate and curate with us, on this self funded venture. The intention is to lead on new music and challenge the listener with music normally marginalised to late nights.''

Since then the site has commenced a continuous test broadcast interspersed by a brief station ident - before for instance the title track of Wayne Shorter classic Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1966) came on a female voice with an Estuary English accent and carefully modulated inflection announcing: ''This is One Jazz'' was heard. The logo on the onejazz.net site is above - the platform strapline is ''Spontaneous Infinity.''

We don't know in the slightest what the reason for the choice of strapline is although we have reached out to Chris and Jez via their publicist for more information on this, the snappiness and aptness - given that jazz is often a very spontaneous kind of music on a certain instinctive level and the Internet provides an infinite world of content and creativity - piquing our strong interest. And we are enjoying listening to the test selections. But, hey, riffing around ponder on this dear readers in the beloved anorakerie out there if you have time before tinkering in your shed later… the Sun Ra loving Jez will very probably know the Sun Ra piece - and near namesake in all serendipity only, m'lud - 'Spontaneous Simplicity' - from the 1971 Alan Bates produced Black Lion/Freedom/Polydor release Pictures of Infinity. Certainly regardless of any chin stroking or grizzled barstool punditry as to etymology down the Dog and Duck in this regard, there is a very organic feel to the very well curated test transmission no-presenter mix beyond the generated Ident voice so far and it will be great to hear more of what's in store on the platform. One Jazz, logo and strapline, above. Check it out, give it all a long form spin, via this link to One Jazz

Updated on 17 May adding these replies from Jez Nelson: Asked if 'Soulful' by Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y was the first track played [referring to the test broadcasts] and if so, why this particular track Jez says: “Truth is – we haven’t chosen the first track yet.” On the thinking behind the tag line 'Spontaneous Infinity' on the site he adds: “We’re going to leave that up to people's imaginations!”

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