When you’ve been waiting 13 years to get a musician on the programme, another 10 minutes won’t hurt, especially when they’re taken up with a tribute to reeds player Sam Rivers, a musician whom Coleman was hugely influenced by, who sadly died on Boxing Day.

Then it’s into the gig, and Coleman’s trademark terse, deeply rhythmic ideas. He’s a master at weaving elaborate melodies from the smallest cells, and of somehow giving his music a sense of groove despite its intense complexity. You’d feel sorry for his young bandmates, pianist David Virelles and drummer Marcus Gilmore, if they didn’t rise to this steep challenge so well. Gilmore is especially impressive in the first set, giving an African feel in the first piece before getting ultra-fast and hip in Reflex.

So what makes Steve Coleman tick? We’ll find out in the interval as he joins Kevin Le Gendre in conversation in front of an audience at the Queen Elizabeth Hall – among those on the menu are Dave Holland and Von Freeman, and Coleman’s take on rhythm in basketball.

Steve Coleman talks to Kevin Le Gendre

Back on stage, the second part of the performance starts in circumspect fashion, gently pushed along by Virelles who, for large parts of the gig, performs almost more as a bass player than a pianist. The night finishes with a track that has the air of a Coleman classic – this gig is well worth waiting for.

The Jazz on 3 team.

The showcases included music from SBTRKT collaborator Jessie Ware, new US/UK hiphop crew 2Morrow’s Victory, and Southampton beatmaker Gang Colours.

Plus Gilles spoke to Canadian live jazz/hiphop trio Bad Bad Not Good, and found out more about the ever-consistent Soundway Records who are celebrating their 10th birthday this year! And if that wasn’t enough Gilles went in deep with US singer Jesse Boykins III, who talks about how he first met Bilal, and plans to work with Sinden, Gold Panda, Machinedrum and Hudson Mohawke in the coming 12 months. Busy dude!

Finally, we couldn’t forget to slip in the Bumps 2012 mix showcasing the next generation of beatmakers that are causing a stir on the underground…

Gilles Peterson with Jesse Boykins iii

If you missed it first time around, you can listen back here!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wq8d

A well known champion of the vinyl format, Andrew’s selections included Viv Stanshall, Le Volume Corbe, Adrian Sherwood and even his well-used 12″ of Haysi Fantayzee’s ‘Sabres Of Paradise’.  The show has been picked up on by a number of blogs including Dummy Magazine who called it “the jewel in 6 Music’s vinyl-only crown.”

If you missed the show, you can catch up on in it (complete with crackles and pops) right here.

Last night at Radio 1, Gilles Peterson was joined in the studio by Brazilian producer/singer/songwriter Lucas Santtana and his band. In what was a first for Gilles, Lucas performed 3 tracks live on the show from the Radio 1 Live Lounge.

In total, we had 1 DJ, 3 musicians, 3 entourage, 2 BBC engineers, 2 producers, 2 work experience, and 3 studios in use, so we were rolling deep, late into in the night To check the entire show, you can have listen HERE (the interviews being 40 minutes in), or if you’re more interested in hearing what the Brazilian New Wave sounds like, they’ve been clipped out of the show HERE!

Editor Jo Tongue says “Jason is a natural on the radio- he’s calm and collected but has a sharp tongue to cope with even the most demanding of callers. He’s a real asset to the show and will continue to improve as the season progresses.”

This week on BBC Radio 1,  Gilles Peterson played interviews with Jamie xx, Flying Lotus and Kode 9 recorded at last week’s Worldwide Festival in the south of France. Plus, in memory of Fonce Mizell who passed away over the weekend, Gilles dropped a few classic cuts from Donald Byrd and The Jackson 5, all produced by the Mizell brothers.

And if that wasn’t enough, up-and-coming LA rapper Def Sound was live in the studio, and Gilles dropped brand new music from James Blake, Jill Scott and a Jacques Greene remix of Radiohead. Big tings.

Listen back at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012f4vq

From his days as a cloakroom attendant at the infamous Blitz Club, dance music has always played a pivotal role in George’s life. In this show he shares the soundtrack to his clubbing life with Dave, from Bowie to Telex, Sylvester to Strafe via the E Zee Possee and More Protein Records up to Felix and Duke from his days as a resident at Progress and Miss Moneypennys. There’s also a premiere of a new dance track he’s made featuring George Michael.

You can catch the show on BBC 6 Music on Sunday July 17th at 8pm and repeated on Saturday July 24th at 10pm.  You can also listen again via the BBC iPlayer.