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Live: Jazz Up Late Fridays 10:30pm
Repeated: Mondays at 9pm

"Music is an adventure, for both its creators and its listeners. I'd like to think of 'Jazz Up Late' as a musical adventure - and like any adventure, it might range from the sublime to the hair-raising. I'll be exploring contemporary jazz at home and from around the world as well as looking at emerging trends and how the music of other cultures and genres are currently influencing jazz." - Gerry Koster

You can now hear ABC Classic FM's Jazz Up Late on digital radio, right here at ABC Jazz.

Jazz Up Late will still be heard on ABC Classic FM's analogue signal at the usual time, while ABC Classic FM's digital service will offer new classical music programs during that time-slot.

This Week:

Friday September 3 - full details here.

England’s Led Bib returns to the program this week, plus guitarist Ren Walters, pianist Peter Madsen and the ambient-jazz-electronica combo, Ergo.

We’ll also hear from the new, debut CD by Sydney band Arrow, led by drummer Paul Derricott with Simon Ferenci (trumpet), Dale Gorfinkel (vibraphone), Hugh Barrett (piano) and Mike Majkowski (double-bass); the trio of Larry Coryell (guitar), Tom Coster (organ) and Steve Smith (drums), the Band of Five Names, the duo of pianist Ursel Schlicht and guitarist Bruce Arnold and the latest album from Japanese band Gato Libre.

From the archives: a 1973 session by of one of Poland’s most popular jazzmen – Zbigniew Namyslowski, plus a previously unavailable recording from soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy capturing his celebrated quintet in concert in Paris in 1975, featuring fellow soprano saxophonist Steve Potts, cellist Irene Aebi, double-bassist Kent Carter and percussionist Kenneth Tyler.

Last Week:

Friday August 27 - full details here.

Featuring saxophonist Roger Manins’ The Australasian Project (which came about as a result of an invitation from the 2009 Wellington International Jazz Festival) which brought together Roger and old friends and compatriots double-bassist Olivier Holland and drummer Ron Samsom with guitarist Carl Dewhurst and alto saxophonist Bernie McGann – their concert at Auckland University last year has just been released on CD.

Also in the mix: the San Francisco Jazz Collective, the Australian sax duo of Andrew Robson and Paul Cutlan, Belgian pianist Jef Neve (performing at this year’s Wangaratta Jazz Festival), the Italian duo of pianist Stefano Battaglia and drummer Michele Rabbia, Norwegian keyboardist Jon Balke and the Magnetic North Orchestra, and music from the latest CD by Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés, soon to perform in Australia.

From the archives: The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra’s 1991 album Blu Blu Blu, plus a 1992 session by pianist Marc Copland with the late Michael Brecker, and Sun Ra.

Friday August 20 - full details here.

Friday August 13 - full details here.

Friday August 6 - full details here.

Friday July 30 - full details here.

Friday July 23  full details here.

Friday July 16 - full details here.

More Jazz Up Late

You can hear the most recent program and view all the playlists on the Jazz Up Late page of the ABC Classic FM website