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Crazed guitarist and laconic humourist extraordinaire Billy Jenkins occupies a special place in British music culture. He appears here as part of a career retrospective in two lively settings, first with his freewheeling blues trio, and then with the BBC Big Band.  The concert will feature adventurous large scale arrangements (newly commissioned by BBC Radio 3) of Billy's music by Iain Ballamy. Ballamy, one of the world's finest saxophonists and a long serving member of Billy Jenkins' extended musical family, will also guest as a soloist.

First Half: Billy Jenkins' Trio Blues Suburbia + Iain Ballamy

Billy Jenkins - guitar, vocals; Jim Watson - organ; Mike Pickering - drums; Iain Ballamy - sax

Second Half: Billy Jenkins with the BBC Big Band
featuring the BBC Big Band conducted by Julian Siegal

Billy Jenkins - guitar, vocals; Iain Ballamy - saxophone; Mike Gorman - piano; Steve Watts -bass; Martin France - drums

This concert will be broadcast in Jazz Line-Up on BBC Radio 3 on Sun 30 Jan 2011

Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3