Jez Nelson

{{Short description|British broadcaster (born 1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} | birth_name = Jeremy Nelson | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 April 1964}} | birth_place = | nationality = | occupation = {{hlist|Jazz broadcaster|television producer}} | known_for = Founder and CEO of Somethin' Else | education = Dulwich College | alma_mater = King's College London | notable_works = | awards = | website = }}

'''Jeremy Nelson''' MBE (born 1 April 1964)<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/9ktB8pReqo1jv9CLW86KEIoky0Y/appointments Companies House]</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/jez-nelson|title=Jez Nelson|website=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jun/16/sony-buys-uk-podcast-producer-somethin-else|title=Sony Music buys UK podcast producer Somethin' Else|first=Mark|last=Sweney|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

==Education== 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== 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.<ref name="Jazz on 3 profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/22K4T625gFJGmT3psdy8kzj/jez-nelson|title=Jez Nelson|website=Jazz on 3 {{!}} BBC Radio 3|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> His first show on Jazz FM was on 4 March 1990,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/jazz-fm/presenters/jez-nelson/|title=Jez Nelson|website=planetradio.co.uk|publisher=Jazz FM|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Jazz on 3 profile" /><ref name="Elliot Moss">{{cite web|url=https://www.mishcon.com/jazzshapers/jez-nelson-09-11-2019|title=Jazz Shaper: Jez Nelson|website=mishcon.com|publisher=Mishcon de Reya|first=Elliot|last=Moss|date=9 November 2019|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref>

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.<ref name="The Independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/me-and-my-partner-jez-nelson-and-sonita-alleyne-1121007.html|title=Me And My Partner: Jez Nelson and Sonita Alleyne|first=Rachelle|last=Thackray|newspaper=The Independent|date= 22 September 1999}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/nelson-replaces-alleyne-as-somethin-else-ceo/5006991.article|title=Nelson replaces Alleyne as Somethin' Else CEO|first=Robert|last=Shepherd|website=broadcastnow.co.uk|date=16 October 2009|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> In 2021 Somethin' Else was fully acquired by Sony Music Entertainment to become part of a new Global Podcast Division. Jez Nelson, along with Steve Ackerman, became head of this division. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/the-show-that-shaped-me/jez-nelson-tomorrows-world/5140434.article|title=Jez Nelson: Tomorrow's World|first=Jez|last=Nelson|website=broadcastnow.co.uk|date=17 June 2019|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> He has also presented ''Formula Five'' on BBC Radio 5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/07f12a1de8c04d6b8680d0023e3f1bae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020083544/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/07f12a1de8c04d6b8680d0023e3f1bae|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and Radio 3's ''Jazz on 3''.<ref name="The Independent" />

Nelson is a Fellow of The Radio Academy.<ref>The Radio Academy [http://www.radioacademy.org/about/fellows/ "Fellows"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024171034/http://www.radioacademy.org/about/fellows/ |date=October 24, 2014 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [https://hellorayo.co.uk/jazz-fm/shows/somethin-else-with-jez-nelson/ Somethin' Else with Jez Nelson on Jazz FM] * Hayley Hayes, [https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/media-week-jez-nelson-somethin-else/1409479 "My Media Week: Jez Nelson, Somethin' Else"], ''Campaign'', 21 September 2016.

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