Review: Gilles Peterson

Review: Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson "Presents The BBC Sessions": Aidin Vaziri | In the United Kingdom, Radio One DJ Gilles Peterson is known for his impeccable ability to uncover dance music gems from around the globe alongside a cache of classic British jazz from the 1960s and '70s. With John Peel's passing, Peterson also has become the BBC's resident live-music curator, thanks to an internationally syndicated program, "Worldwide." This double-disc set pulls together some of the best in-studio sessions from recent years, and it is a typically eclectic affair, easing from Beck's somber "Round the Bend" to the hallucinatory hip-hop of Roots Manuva's "Dreamy Days," the late-night vibes of Zero 7's "This World" and Jamie Cullum's piano-bar spin on Pharrell Williams' "Frontin'." Jazzy instrumental bookends by Heritage Orchestra and Steve Reid with Four Tet confirm Peterson's inability to be confined.