The world of jazz is ever changing and universal. A musical genre defined by its constant evolution, jazz has spawned a multitude of classifications and sub-genres throughout its history. Since it is beginning, jazz has branched out into so many styles and drawn from so many influences that no single description fits all of them with any accuracy. The adaptation of jazz to the rising popularity of electronic music has given rise to a new general classification. As close to a defining, term as there can be for such a diverse genre. This is nujazz - a new era in music, blending ethereal soundscapes with hypnotic rhythms and sensuous instrumentals. An era that, while rich in tradition, firmly embraces the one constant in the long history of jazz - change.

Nujazz Chronicles takes music television far beyond the conventional, to the clubs, studios and stages where the sound of the future is taking shape. From the influential jazz dance scene of West London and the broken beat of Munich, to Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Lagos, Paris, Tokyo and beyond Nujazz Chronicles tracks the people and the places where the new grooves come to life. We talk and listen, watch and learn. We get the inside scoop from a new breed of performing artists and their passionate audiences - capturing the heady atmosphere of a global underground scene that never sleeps.

Nujazz Chronicles is urban programming with global appeal. The series will explore the many faces of jazz, by evoking the spirit of jazz in a manner that is informative and entertaining. We will provide footage from a wide range of performances, taking the viewer inside nightspots and venues wherever they may be. We will sit down and talk with artists to uncover their influences and perspectives. We will provide music reviews, and explore the impact of new technologies on this thriving scene in a journalistic, magazine-style format.

Follow the liveliest and widest-reaching music phenomenon of our time. Nujazz chronicles hunts down the undercurrent of a global culture driven by the most sophisticated, culturally and socio-economically diverse audience ever. We will fill in the blanks, from the traditional roots of jazz to its most recent interpretations and permutations, and put a face to a scene that continues to lie just beneath the surface. It's a weekly journey that crosses all borders and boundaries- from jazz to jungle, trip-hop to house, dub to disco and samba to soul - festive and thought-provoking television for a forward thinking audience. It is a cultural trip that parallels the new wave of groovy sounds being created around the planet. Nujazz Chronicles's viewers will explore the past, inhale the present and emerge with a sense of things to come.