Jazz at the Maltings

British weekly series on BBC Radio 2 (1968–1969)

Jazz at the Maltings was a weekly series on BBC Radio 2 which featured some of the world's top jazz artists in concert at the Snape Maltings.

The series, produced by Terry Henebury and directed by Vernon Lawrence was first aired in autumn 1968. It was introduced by jazz musician Benny Green. The show was completely missing from the archives until 2016. A total of five episodes are now known to exist, having been found by Ray Langstone.

## Appearances[edit]

Date  | Artist/s  | Featuring

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10 Oct 1968  | Buddy Rich and his Orchestra[1] |
17/10/1968  | The Oscar Peterson Trio | Bass: Sam Jones
24/10/1968  | Muddy Waters Blues Band |
07/11/1968  | The Art Blakey Sextet |
14/11/1968  | Ronnie Scott and the Band |
21/11/1968  | Dizzie Gillespie's Big Band Reunion |
28/11/1968  | Gary Burton Quartet |
05/12/1968  | Count Basie Orchestra | Marlena Shaw
12/12/1968  | The Newport All-Stars  |
19/12/1968  | Salena Jones and the Trombone Band |
27/12/1968  | Special  | Buddy Rich and his Orchestra; The Oscar Peterson Trio; The Newport All-Stars; Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Max Roach; The Barney Kessel Trio; The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band; The Gary Burton Quartet with Red Norvo; The Earl Hines All-Stars; The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Gerry Mulligan; The Stars of Faith; Count Basie and his Orchestra
02/01/1969  | The Earl Hines All-Stars |
09/01/1969  | Barney Kessell | Bass: Kenny Baldock; Drums: Tony Crombie
16/01/1969  | Max Roach on drums with members of The Art Blakey Sextet  | Bill Hardman (trumpet); Julian Priester (trombone); Billy Harper (saxophone); Ronnie Mathews (piano); Lawrence Evans (bass)
23/01/1969  | The Oscar Peterson Trio | Bass: Sam Jones; Drums: Bobby Durham
30/01/1969  | Don Rendell+Ian Carr Quintet | Michael Garrick on piano; Dave Green on bass; Trevor Tomkins on drums
06/02/1969  | The Horace Silver Quintet[2] | Randy Brecker (trumpet); John Williams (saxophone); Bennie Maupin (bass); Billy Cobham (drums)
13/02/1969  | Dave Brubeck Quartet | Gerry Mulligan
20/02/1969  | The Stars of Faith  | Piano: John Thompson
27/02/1969  | Elvin Jones Trio | Joe Farrell on saxophone; Jimmy Garrison on bass
06/03/1969  | Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Reunion |
13/03/1969  | Red Norvo with the Gary Burton Quartet |
20/03/1969  | Art Blakey Drum Workshop  | Elvin Jones; Max Roach
27/03/1969  | John Hendricks with Ronnie Scott and the Band  |
03/04/1969  | The Newport All Stars  | Ruby Braff (cornet); Benny Carter (saxophone); Barney Kessel (guitar); Red Norvo (vibraphone); George Wein (piano); Kenny Baldock (bass) Tony Crombie (drums)
10/04/1969  | Special  | The Oscar Peterson Trio; The Gary Burton Quartet; Count Basie and his Orchestra; The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Reunion; The Earl Hines All-Stars

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jazz at The Maltings: Buddy Rich & his Orchestra, Library of Congress film collection
2. ^ Jazz at the Maltings: Horance Silver Quintet, Library of Congress film collection

## External links[edit]

* Getty Images, Jazz at the Maltings
* Jazz on film