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

Jazz Up Late can also be heard on ABC Classic FM's analogue signal at the same time, while ABC Classic FM's digital service offers classical music programs during that time-slot.

Friday, December 9

Long revered as a classic, Julius Hemphill's 1972 debut: 'Dogon A.D.' has been rescued from obscurity with its debut release on CD.

Regarded by the New York Times as one of 100 essential jazz recordings, it features the saxophonist and flautist with trumpeter Baikida Carroll, cellist Abdul Wadud and drummer Philip Wilson, who were relative unknowns when they recorded the album that has since been described as "the missing link between the avant-garde and populist forms such as blues, funk and soul."

Another from the past features one of the late drummer Paul Motian's earliest recording sessions as a leader made in 1978, with a trio including saxophonist Charles Brackeen and bassist David Izenzon.

Also in the draw: new discs from Italian pianist Livio Minafra and his quartet, the Australian trio Ananke with bassist Nick Tsiavos, accordionist Anthony Schulz and bouzouki player Achilles Yiangoulli, and the duo of French pianist Benoit Delbecq and Canadian clarinettist Francois Houle.  Plus - selections from Bill Frisell, Tiziano Tononi and The Ornettians, and the Melbourne ensemble Collider - recorded recently in the studios of ABC Classic FM.

Friday, December 2

We're grazing far and wide this week, with the double trio of Zu from Italy and Spaceways Inc. from America, a trio called The Thing from Sweden, trumpeter Enrico Rava's Electric Five, Alice Coltrane, Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet and Monk's Casino.

Plus you'll hear from new releases by the West Australian piano duo of Tom O'Halloran and Graham Wood, the Darius Jones Trio, guitarist Ben Hauptmann, the Pollen Trio, the Jeff Gauthier Goatette...and more!

Friday, November 25

This week features a preview of the forthcoming second volume of composer and percussionist Phil Treloar’s Other Narratives project, featuring a previously unreleased 1979 studio session by the Australian Art Ensemble featuring Phil with pianist Bobby Gebert and saxophonist Mark Simmonds.

Also from the archives: selections from The Henry Threadgill Sextet’s 1982 album When Was That?, Tomasz Stanko’s Balladyna from 1994, and the trio of Joachim Kühn, Daniel Humair and Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark’s 1995 album Music From The Threepenny Opera.

Plus: new releases from percussionist Scott Amendola, saxophonist and clarinettist Michel Portal – and in the jazz-world fusion vein – the latest album by alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, and the collaboration of the Joachim Kühn Trio featuring oudist Majid Bekkas and percussionist Ramon Lopez with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band recorded in concert at Jazz Fest Berlin 2010.

Friday, November 18

A snapshot of the Australian jazz scene as ABC Classic FM and ABC Jazz celebrates Australian Music Month, with selections from recordings by the Tim O'Dwyer Trio, Chelate Compound, The Drip Hards, Steve Magnusson, Band Of Five Names, Memory Of Elements, Exposed Bone, the Tim Stevens Trio, the Bennetts Lane Big Band and Clarion Fracture Zone.

The main highlight is an ABC Classic FM recording featuring Japan-based Australian percussionist Phil Treloar with saxophonist Julien Wilson and double-bassist Phillip Rex in concert at Melbourne's Bennetts Lane jazz club last year.

More Jazz Up Late

You can find more details on the Jazz Up Late page of the ABC Classic FM website