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Brian Jackson live from Maida Vale and Steve Reich

American jazz musician Brian Jackson joins Cerys for a live in session and composer Steve Reich phones in to discuss his latest double release featuring two major compositions.

Cerys handpicks your eclectic Sunday soundtrack and welcomes American keyboardist, flautist and composer Brian Jackson live from Maida Vale to perform tracks from his forthcoming album, Now More Than Ever.

Set for release this October, the new project revisits and reimagines 17 key tracks from his legendary collaborations with Gil Scott-Heron, blending jazz, soul, hip-hop, and spoken word into a modern tapestry of Black consciousness and musical innovation.

Plus, pioneering composer Steve Reich calls in to talk about his double release of two major compositions: 鈥淛acob鈥檚 Ladder鈥� (2023) and 鈥淭raveler鈥檚 Prayer鈥� (2020), now available as premiere recordings. Steve's innovative use of phasing, repetition, and rhythmic patterns helped define the minimalist music movement and reshaped the landscape of contemporary classical music.

All this alongside a mixed bag of records from Cerys' vintage and classic collection, in addition to her favourite new finds this week.

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Sun 20 Jul 2025 10:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    First Minute Of A New Day (Live) [Remastered]

    • Hold Onto Your Dreams.
    • Delta Music.
    • 8.

  • CARRTOONS & Haile Supreme

    Thursday Disco

    • +1 Records.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
    • Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 5.

  • Brian Nasty

    Belly Of The Beast

    • Big DaDa.

  • Jon Batiste

    BIG MONEY

    • BIG MONEY.
    • Verve.
    • 1.

  • Brigitte Fontaine

    L'homme objet

    • Wewantsounds.

  • Sian

    P猫idse Fir R貌dhaig

    • not on label.

  • Marissa Nadler

    Hatchet Man

    • Bella Union.

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    Lady Day And John Coltrane

    • Global Television.

  • Meral Polat

    Meydana Gel

    • W.E.R.F Records.

  • Saul Williams & Carlos Ni帽o

    Sound then Words

    • International Anthem.

  • Joseph Decosimo

    Ida Red

    • Dear Life Records.

  • Johnny Cash

    Folsom Prison Blues

    • I Walk the Line - Greatest Hits.
    • Rockabilly Records.
    • 3.

  • Harold L贸pez鈥怤ussa

    Bonito y Sabroso (Live)

    • Bonito y Sabroso (Live).
    • Blue Note Records.
    • 1.

  • Connie Francis

    Baby

    • Soho Continental.
    • Croydon Municipal.
    • 17.

  • Clifford Brown, Max Roach & Max Roach Quintet

    Stompin' At The Savoy

    • Ultimate Clifford Brown.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 11.

  • Brian Jackson

    Now More Than Ever (6 Music Session, 20th July 2025 )

  • Brian Jackson

    It's Your World (6 Music Session, 20th July 2025 )

  • Nikki Giovanni

    The Way I Feel

    • The Way I Feel.
    • Modern Harmonic.
    • 1.

  • Herbie Hancock

    Jessica

    • Fat Albert Rotunda.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 5.

  • Brian Jackson

    Winter in America / Everybody Loves The Sunshine (6 Music Session, 20th July 2025 )

  • Eugene McDaniels

    Cherrystones

    • Outlaw.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Yoshika Colwell

    There's Got To Be A Loser Babe

    • There's Got To Be A Loser Babe.
    • Blue Flowers Music.
    • 1.

  • Jaap van Zweden, New York Philharmonic, Synergy Vocals & Steve Reich

    Jacob's Ladder: IV. V'rosho magia hashamayima (And its top reached heaven)

    • Steve Reich: Jacob's Ladder/Traveler's Prayer.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 4.

  • The Hilliard Ensemble

    Viderunt omnes

    • Perotin and the Ars Antiqua.
    • Coro.
    • 4.

  • Eric Dolphy & John Coltrane Quartet

    Africa

    • On Impulse: John Coltrane.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 31.

  • Francis Bebey

    The coffee cola song (FRANCIS BEBEY)

    • Olzileka.

  • Neu!

    Hallogallo

    • Hallogallo.
    • Groenland Records.
    • 1.

  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians: Section II

    • Music for 18 Musicians.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 3.

  • Alice Boyd & Strangers on a Bench

    A Seal Called Noon

    • Tinpot Records.

  • Naima Bock

    Rolling

    • SUB POP RECORDS.

  • Bonobo

    Babylonia

    • Lazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack).
    • Milan.
    • 5.

  • Nikki Giovanni

    Ego Tripping

    • Truth Is on Its Way.
    • Modern Harmonic.
    • 5.

  • Raekwon & Nas

    The Omerta

    • Mass Appeal.

  • Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

    1995

    • Alfredo 2.
    • Rabbit Vision/ALC Records/Virgin Music.

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 Jul 2025 10:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music