Having watched most of the last series of Later with Jools Holland, something that I had not done in a number of years, the paucity of music that I found to be captivating was unsurprising. Regularly tuning in to see the live broadcast (a truncated form of what eventually becomes the extended, pre-recorded show) I took an interest in seeing how performances changed between editions. In the past, it has been a small delight to witness the few occasions when a Later...virgin would launch into the first chord of their song, confused by the host's introductory tone and thinking it was a cue to begin playing. Something else happened in one recent episode, which I will pick as one of my TV highlights of the year. Where once such a live, on-air occurrence would have been missed by most, the archival nature of the web has ensured that the moment can be relived. Below, McCoy Tyner eludes the constraints of the BBC's showcase format and pushes his jazz playing out of the bounds of the presentation package that Holland manages.
McCoy Tyner will not be Contained
Having watched most of the last series of Later with Jools Holland, something that I had not done in a number of years, the paucity of music that I found to be captivating was unsurprising. Regularly tuning in to see the live broadcast (a truncated form of what eventually becomes the extended, pre-recorded show) I took an interest in seeing how performances changed between editions. In the past, it has been a small delight to witness the few occasions when a Later...virgin would launch into the first chord of their song, confused by the host's introductory tone and thinking it was a cue to begin playing. Something else happened in one recent episode, which I will pick as one of my TV highlights of the year. Where once such a live, on-air occurrence would have been missed by most, the archival nature of the web has ensured that the moment can be relived. Below, McCoy Tyner eludes the constraints of the BBC's showcase format and pushes his jazz playing out of the bounds of the presentation package that Holland manages.
