Jez Nelson
Jez Nelson | |
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| Born | Jeremy Nelson 1 April 1964 (age 60) |
| Education | Dulwich College |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
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| Known for | Founder and CEO of Somethin' Else |
Jeremy Nelson MBE (born 1 April 1964)[1] is a jazz broadcaster and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of media production company Somethin' Else, which in 2021 became part of Sony Music Entertainment.[2][3]
Education
[edit]Nelson was educated at Dulwich College (a boys' independent school in Dulwich, South London) and at King's College London, where he first began to DJ.
Career
[edit]After working on several pirate jazz radio stations, including KJazz, which he and DJ Gilles Peterson set up, Nelson joined Jazz FM soon after it was licensed in 1989.[4] His first show on Jazz FM was on 4 March 1990,[5] and he went on to present a nightly four-hour programme called Something Else, on which he interviewed jazz stars including Herbie Hancock, Nina Simone, Wayne Shorter and Sun Ra.[4][6]
Having left Jazz FM in 1991, Nelson joined Kiss 100 and, along with former colleagues Sonita Alleyne and Chris Philips, he founded the media production company Somethin' Else.[7] The business has become the largest independent radio production company in the UK and is a leading cross-platform content producer. In 2009, Nelson succeeded Alleyne as CEO of Somethin' Else.[8] He has also presented many BBC television and radio programmes, including It'll Never Work? for Children's BBC, which led to a presenter's role on the primetime Tomorrow's World show.[9] He has also presented Formula Five on BBC Radio 5[10] and Radio 3's Jazz on 3.[7]
Nelson is a Fellow of The Radio Academy.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Companies House
- ^ "Jez Nelson". HuffPost.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (16 June 2021). "Sony Music buys UK podcast producer Somethin' Else". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "Jez Nelson". Jazz on 3 | BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Jez Nelson". planetradio.co.uk. Jazz FM. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Moss, Elliot (9 November 2019). "Jazz Shaper: Jez Nelson". mishcon.com. Mishcon de Reya. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ a b Thackray, Rachelle (22 September 1999). "Me And My Partner: Jez Nelson and Sonita Alleyne". The Independent.
- ^ Shepherd, Robert (16 October 2009). "Nelson replaces Alleyne as Somethin' Else CEO". broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Nelson, Jez (17 June 2019). "Jez Nelson: Tomorrow's World". broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ The Radio Academy "Fellows" Archived October 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Somethin' Else with Jez Nelson on Jazz FM
- Hayley Hayes, "My Media Week: Jez Nelson, Somethin' Else", Campaign, 21 September 2016.
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