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Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes a trumpet battle by Fats Navarro, music by Howard McGhee and part of Duke Ellington's Shakespearean suite "Such Sweet Thunder".

1 hour

Last on

Sat 28 Nov 201516:00

Music Played

  • Billy Strayhorn And Johnny Hodges & Billy Strayhorn And Johnny Hodges

    Things Ain't What They Used To Be

    • Juice A Plenty/Live!.
    • Fresh Sound.
    • 12.
  • The Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland Big Band & The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band

    Now Hear My Meanin'

    • Ronnie Scott's 20th Anniversary Album.
    • Pye.
    • 2.
  • Art Tatum & Art Tatum Band

    What is This Thing Called Love?

    • Legendary Art Tatum 1955 Sextet Session.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 2.
  • Kenny Burrell

    Midnight Blue

    • Midnight Blue.
    • Blue Note.
    • 4.
  • Cannonball Adderley

    Up and At It

    • Accent of Africa.
    • Capitol.
    • 4.
  • Carla Bley

    The Lord is Listening To Ya, Hallelujah

    • Live!.
    • WATT.
    • 2.
  • Luis Russell

    Panama

    Performer: Luis Russell. Performer: Henry Allen. Performer: J.C. Higginbotham. Performer: Luis Russell. Performer: Will Johnson. Performer: George "Pops" Foster.
    • Luis Russell and his Orchestra.
    • Topaz.
    • 15.
  • Kid Ory

    The World's Jazz Crazy, Lawdy So Am I

    • Kid Ory and His Creole Jazz Band.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.
  • Woody Herman & Woody Herman

    Not Really The Blues

    • The Woody Herman Story.
    • CAPITOL JAZZ.
    • 17.
  • Fats Navarro

    Double Talk

    • Bebop Spoken Here.
    • Proper.
    • 23.
  • Julia Hülsmann Quartet with Theo Bleckmann

    Mack The Knife

    Performer: Julia Hülsmann Quartet with Theo Bleckmann. Performer: Julia Hulsmann Quartet With Theo Blackman.
    • A Clear Midnight: Kurt Weill and America.
    • ECM.
    • 1.
  • Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Jimmy Hamilton

    Sonnet For Caesar

    • Such Sweet Thunder.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

Performers:

Artist Billy Strayhorn and Johnny Hodges
Title Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
Composer Ellington
Album Juice a Plenty / Live!
Label Fresh Sound
Number 762 Track 12
Duration 2.47
Performers Shorty Baker, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Billy Strayhorn, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d. 1958.


Artist Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland
Title Now Hear My Meaning
Composer Jimmy Woode
Album Live At Ronnie Scott’s
Label MPS
Number 22 29728-4 Side B Track 3
Duration 5.40
Performers Performers: Benny Bailey, Dusko Goykevich, Idrees Suliman, t; Erik Van Leer, Nat Peck, Ake Persson, tb; Derek Humble, Sahib Shihab, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe, Johnny Griffin, reeds; Francy Boland, p; Ron Matthewson, b; Kenny Clarke, Kenny Clare, d. 28 Feb 1969.


Artist Art Tatum
Title What Is This Thing Called Love?
Composer Porter
Album Legendary Art Tatum 1955 Sextet Session
Label Essential Jazz Classics
Number 55409 Track 2
Duration 7.40
Performers Harry Edison, t; Lionel Hampton, vib; Art Tatum p; Barmey Kessel, g; Red Callender, b; Buddy Rich, d. 7 Sep 1955.


Artist Kenny Burrell
Title Midnight blue
Composer Burrell
Album Midnight Blue
Label Blue Note
Number 84123 Track 4
Duration 4.02
Performers Kenny Burrell (guitar); Major Holley, Jr. (bass); Bill English (drums); Ray Barretto, cga. 1963.


Artist Cannoball Adderley
Title Up and At It
Composer Montgomery
Album Accent on Africa
Label Capitol
Number Track 4
Duration 3.36
Performers Cannonball Adderley, as; Nat Adderley, c; big band dir H Barnum. 1968


Artist Carla Bley
Title The Lord is listening to Ya, Hallelujah
Composer Bley
Album Live!
Label Watt/ECM
Number Track 2
Duration 7.24
Performers Mike Manlter, t; Gary Valente, tb; Earl McIntyre, btb; Vincent chancey, frh; Steve Slagle, Tony Dagradi, reeds; Carla Bley, org; Arturo, O’Farrill, p; Steve Swallow, b; D Sharp, d. 1981


Artist Luis Russell
Title Panama
Composer Tyers
Album Luis Russell and his Orchestra
Label Topaz
Number TPZ-1039
Duration 3.16
Performers Henry Red Allen, Otis Johnson, t; J C Higginbotham, tbn; Albert Nicholas, cl, as; Charlie Holmes, as; Greely Walton, ts; Luis Russell, p; Will Johnson, bj; Pops Foster, b; Paul Barbarin, d. 5 Sep 1930


Artist Kid Ory
Title The World’s Jazz Crazy, Lawdy So Am I
Composer Huff / Blythe
Album Kid Ory and His Creole Jazz band
Label Columbia
Number C-126 Track 6
Duration 3.15
Performers Mutt Carey, c; Kid Ory, tb; Barney Bigard, cl; Bud Scott, bj; Buster Wilson, p; Ed Garland, b; Minor Hall, d.


Artist Woody Herman
Title Not Really The Blues
Composer Mandel
Album The Woody Herman Story
Label Proper
Number Properbox 15 CD 4 Track 17
Duration 2.53
Performers Ernie Royal, Al Porcino, Stan Fishelson, Charlie Walp, Shorty Rogers, tp; Earl Swope, Bill Harris, Ollie Wilson, Bart Varselona, tb; Woody Herman, cl, as, v; Sam Marowitz, as; Gene Ammons, Buddy Savitt, Jimmy Giuffre, ts; Serge Chaloff, bs; Lou Levy, p; Oscar Pettiford, b; Shelly Manne, d; Terry Gibbs, vib; 14 July 1949


Artist Fats Navarro
Title Double Talk
Composer McGhee / Navarro
Album Bebop Spoken Here
Label Proper
Number Properbox 10 CD 3 Track 23
Duration 5.30
Performers Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro, t; Ernie Henry, as; Milt Jackson, p; Curly Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d. 11 Oct 1948


Artist Julia Hülsmann Quartet with Theo Bleckmann
Title Mack the Knife
Composer Brecht / Weill
Album A Clear Midnight: Kurt Weill and America
Label ECM
Number Track 1
Duration 4.30
Performers Theo Bleckmann, v; Tom Arthurs, t; Julia Hülsmann, p; Marc Muellbauer, b: Heinrich Kobberling, d. 2015


Artist Duke Ellington
Title Sonnet for Caesar
Composer Ellington / Strayhorn
Album Such Sweet Thunder
Label Columbia
Number Track 2
Duration 3.00
Performers Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d. 1957

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  • Sat 28 Nov 201516:00

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