Specials

In May 2019, Jazz 625 returned to the BBC, starting with a 90-minute live show on BBC Four called Jazz 625 Live: For One Night Only. This show was shot in black and white, and mixed archive clips with new performances from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Artists who appeared included Cleo Laine, Gregory Porter and Charlie Watts. In November 2020, BBC Four broadcast another one-off special called Jazz 625: The British Jazz Explosion featuring new artists from the London Jazz scene and presented by Moses Boyd and Jamz Supernova. Two more sessions have since been recorded.

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Episode 12019-05-03

For One Night Only

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.

Episode 22020-10-20

The British Jazz Explosion

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.

Episode 32010-11-06

Jazz Britannia

A BBC Four Compilation - vintage 1960s British jazz from the BBC's archives, presented by Steve Race and Humphrey Lyttelton. Featured performers are Bill Le Sage's Directions in Jazz ("Night Talk" and "Times Two and a Half"), Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth ("Oh, Lady, Be Good!" and "Woman Talk"), Victor Feldman Trio ("Swinging On A Star" and "Summer Love" (featuring Ronnie Scott)), The Johnny Scott Quintet ("Othello" and "Donna Lee"), Tubby Hayes Big Band ("The Killers of W1" and "In The Night"), Annie Ross with the Tony Kinsey Quintet ("Market Place"), George Lewis & Acker Bilk ("Corine Corinna") and Tony Kinsey Quartet ("Jaffa Daze").

Episode 42014-05-24

Jazz 625 at the BBC

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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