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Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes music by Ben Pollack and his Orchestra from 1929, featuring the young Jack Teagarden.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 30 Jan 201616:00

Music Played

  • Echoes of Swing & Sandancer

    Sandancer

    • Dancing.
    • ACT.
    • 9.
  • Fats Waller & Fats Waller

    Old Grand Dad

    • The Essential Collection.
    • AVID.
    • 20.
  • James P. Johnson & James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen

    Carolina Balmoral

    • James P. Johnson 1943 - 1944.
    • Classics.
    • 5.
  • Johnny Griffin

    The Kerry Dancers

    • The Kerry Dancers.
    • Riverside Records.
    • 1.
  • Perez Prado & Shorty Rogers & Perez Prado & Shorty Rogers

    St James Infirmary

    • Voodoo Suite Plus Six All Time Greats.
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

    Arkansas Traveller

    • Tales From The Acoustic Planet.
    • Warner Jazz.
    • 7.
  • Ronnie Scott Boptet

    Wee Dot

    Performer: Ronnie Scott Boptet. Performer: Ronnie Scott Orchestra.
    • Great Scott - Birth of a Legend.
    • 9.
  • Nat King Cole & The Nat King Cole Trio

    Sweet Lorraine

    • That's What: Original Recordings 1943-47.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Lucky Thompson

    A Lady's Vanity

    • Lucky Thompson Meets Oscar Pettiford.
    • Fresh Sound.
    • 3.
  • David Newton & David Newton

    Scotch Blues

    • Halfway To Dawn.
    • Concord Jazz.
    • 5.
  • Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass

    Tennessee Waltz

    • Again.
    • PABLO.
    • 13.
  • Alain Goraguer

    Go Go's Goggles

    • Go Go Goraguer.
    • Gitanes Jazz Productions.
    • 1.
  • Harold McNair

    Barnes Bridge

    • Flute and Nut.
    • RCA.
    • 4.
  • Jimmy Giuffre

    The Sheepherder

    • The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet.
    • Pollwinners.
    • 6.

Performers:

Artist Echoes of Swing
Title Sandancer
Composer Dawson
Album Dancing
Label ACT
Number 9103-2 Track 9
Duration 3.04
Performers Colin Dawson, t; Chris Hopkins, as; Bernd Lhotzky, p; Oliver Mewes, d. 2015


Artist Fats Waller
Title Old Grand Dad
Composer Waller
Album The Essential Collection
Label Avid
Number 878 CD 2 Track 20
Duration 2.49
Performers: John Hamilton., t; Gene Sedric, cl, ts; Fats Waller, p; John Smith, g; Cedric Wallace, b; Slick Jones, d. 11 April 1940


Artist James P Johnson
Title Carolina Balmoral
Composer Johnson
Album Classics 1943 - 44
Label Classics 
Number CLASSICS824 Track 5
Duration 3.31
Performers James P Johnson, p; 1943


Artist Johnny Griffin
Title The Kerry Dancers
Composer Trad arr Griffin
Album The Kerry Dancers
Label Riverside
Number 420 Track 1
Duration 4.44
Performers: Johnny Griffin, ts; Barry Harris, p; Ron Carter, b; Ben Riley, d. 1961-2


Artist Perez Prado / Shorty Rogers
Title St James Infirmary
Composer Primrose arr Rogers
Album Voodoo Suite Plus Six All Time Greats
Label RCA
Number 88697145562 Track 2
Duration 2.22
Performers: Perez Prado and His Orchestra with Shorty Rogers, t, arr. 1954


Artist Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Title Arkansas Traveller
Composer trad
Album Tales From The Acoustic Planet
Label Warner Jazz
Number Track 7. CDW 45854
Duration 3.05
Performers: Bela Fleck, bj; Edgar Meyer, b; Kenny Malone d, 1995.


Artist Ronnie Scott Boptet
Title Wee Dot
Composer J J Johnson
Album Great Scott – Birth of a Legend
Label Giant Steps
Number GIST013 Track 9 CD 1
Duration 2.44
Performers: Dennis Rose (trumpet) Johnny Rogers (alto saxophone) Ronnie Scott (tenor saxophone) Tommy Pollard (piano) Lennie Bush (bass) Tony Crombie (drums) Ginger Johnson (bongos) April 9, 1949


Artist Nat King Cole
Title Sweet Lorraine
Composer Burwell / Parish
Album That’s What Original Recordings 1943-7
Label Naxos
Number 8.120826 Track 5
Duration 3.15
Performers: Nat King Cole, v, p; Oscar Moore g; Johnny Miller, b. 15 Dec 1943


Artist Lucky Thompson
Title A Lady’s Vanity
Composer Thompson
Album Lucky Thompson Meets Oscar Pettiford
Label Fresh Sound
Number 424 Track 3
Duration 5.13
Performers Lucky Thompson, ts; Hank Jones, p; Oscar Pettiford, b: Osie Johnson, d. 30 Jan 1956


Artist David Newton
Title Scotch Blues
Composer Newton
Album Halfway To Dawn
Label Concord
Number CCDEU 48802 Track 5
Duration 4.22
Performers: David Newton, p; Matt Miles, b; Steve Brown, d. 2000.


Artist Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass
Title Tennessee Waltz
Composer Stewart / King
Album Again
Label Pablo
Number Track 13
Duration 2310-772 3.50
Performers Ella Fitzgerald, v; Joe Pass, g. 1976.


Artist Alain Goraguer
Title Go Go’s Goggles
Composer Goraguer
Album Go Go Goraguer
Label Gitanes Jazz Productions
Number 016 563-2 Track 1
Duration 4.01
Performers: Alain Goraguer, p; Paul Rovere, b; Christiann Garros, d.


Artist Harold McNair
Title Barnes bridge
Composer McNair
Album Flute and Nut
Label RCA
Number 1094 S 1 T 4
Duration 4.14
Performers Harold McNair, fl; Danny Thompson, b; Orchestra dir John Cameron.


Artist Jimmy Giuffre
Title The Sheepherder
Composer Giuffre
Album The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet
Label Pollwinners
Number 27246 Track 6
Duration 5.25
Performers: Jimmy Giuffre, cl; Buddy Collette, cl; Harry Klee, bcl. 1957.

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