Jazz File

Jazz File, BBC Radio 3

Jazz File is the documentary strand of Radio 3's jazz programming. It covers aspects of jazz in depth in one-off programmes or short series.

The shows either cover an artist, such as Abbey Lincoln, Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, Don Cherry or Herbie Hancock, or a genre. Recent series include Nuyorican Swing - about Latin Jazz, Detour Ahead - about jazz guitarists, and Jazz from Hell, presented by Charles Shaar Murray, about Frank Zappa’s bizarre relationship with jazz.

The show is broadcast on Saturdays between 6pm and 6.30pm.

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