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Jackie Kay's 4/4

The award-winning Glaswegian poet selects records from her collection.

鈥楻ound Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. This weekday late-night show celebrates the thriving UK jazz scene and spotlights the best new music alongside incredible acts from past decades.

Jackie Kay is a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist. To reflect the week of National Poetry Day she is Soweto's guest on 4/4 picking records that are special to her from her personal collection. Tonight she starts us off with a song by African-American blues singer, Bessie Smith.

Plus, there's music from Ishmael Ensemble, Bud Powell and Fergus McCreadie.

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Last Monday 23:30

Music Played

  • Matyas Gayer Trio

    Homage To Cedar

    • Ubuntu Music.
  • Artie Zaitz

    Our Miss Brooks

    • The Regulator.
    • Banger Factory Records.
  • Ishmael Ensemble

    Butterflies

    • Rituals.
    • Severn Songs.
  • Jackie Kay

    Nina Simone at Ronnie Scotts 1983

    • May Day.
  • Bud Powell

    Bouncin' With Bud

    • The Amazing Bud Powell.
    • Blue Note.
  • Kenny Barron & Dave Holland

    In Walked Bud

    • The Art of Conversation.
    • Impulse!.
  • Marquis Hill

    Libra (South Node) (feat. Makaya McCraven & Corey Fonville)

    • Composers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox.
    • Black Unlimited Music Group.
  • Fergus McCreadie

    Snowcap

    • Stream.
    • Edition Records.
  • Bessie Smith

    Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

    • The Essential Bessie Smith.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
  • Andrew Cyrille, Bill Frisell & Kit Downes

    Este a Sz茅kelyekn茅l

    • Breaking The Shell.
    • Red Hook Records.
  • Harry Beckett

    Bracelets Of Sound

    • Joy Unlimited.
    • Cadillac Records.

Broadcast

  • Last Monday 23:30