Cadillac and Ogun Records Rustling Jazz Special - AlanMcK with Mike Gavin
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Celebrating two essential UK jazz labels in this week's show, the deeply influential and vital Cadillac Jazz and Ogun Records.
Ahead of their joint 50th birthday party at Café Oto in London (28 September), we've got Mike Gavin in the studio talking all things Cadillac, Ogun and more, tracing their and his history through music, tales and memories of the London jazz scene and it's key figures and players.
Mike's quiet, consistent involvement in these labels and his contribution to their continued existence cannot be understated. And he has TALES!!!
Featuring music from Keith Tippett, Harry Beckett, Mike Westbrook, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Johnny Dyani, Louis Moholo Moholo, Sphere (ft Andy Sheppard) and Joy and a nod to the equinox that is John Coltane's birthday, via Sarah Webster Fabio and Tito Puente.
There is no other show like this, anywhere on radio.