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Radio 3,09 Jan 2026,14 mins

Series Instrumental

James Mollison, tenor saxophone

The Essay

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Playing a musical instrument - whether you're professional or amateur - rarely follows a simple trajectory of practice and progress and it makes psychological as much as physical demands that can come to define a person. Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument. Tonight, James Mollison, the tenor saxophonist with the Mercury Prize-winning south-London jazz band, Ezra Collective. A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3

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