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In the 1950s, the French Vogue label released an amazing treasure trove of American jazz on the first LPs. Geoffrey Smith selects highlights, from Sidney Bechet to Charlie Parker, boogie woogie to r&b, Duke Ellington to Bud Powell and George Shearing.

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Sun 28 Feb 201600:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Duke Ellington & Duke Ellington

    Tonk

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 5.

  • Serge Chaloff

    Bop Scotch

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 14.

  • Stan Getz & Stan Getz

    Mosquito Knees

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 20.

  • Charlie Parker & Charlie Parker

    Embraceable You

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 16.

  • James Moody and His Orchestra

    Sleepwalker Boogie

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 9.

  • Pete Johnson

    Yancey Special

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 13.

  • Blind John Davis

    Hometown Blues

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 19.

  • The Spirit of Memphis Quartet

    Every Time I Feel The Spirit

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 1.

  • Wynonie Mr Blues Harris & Wynonie Mr Blues Harris

    Good Rockin' Tonight

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 8.

  • Earl Bostic

    Flamingo

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 17.

  • Bud Powell

    Wail

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 14.

  • Erroll Garner

    These Foolish Things

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 18.

  • Sidney Bechet & Sidney Bechet

    Original Dixieland One-Step

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 7.

  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Buddy Bolden's Blues

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 3.

  • Lester Young

    Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 19.

Performers:

Title: Tonk
Artist: Duke Ellington 
Composers: Duke Ellington 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 02:56
Performers: Duke Ellington, piano; Billy Strayhorn, piano; Joe Shulman, double bass. 

Title: Bop Scotch
Artist: Serge Chaloff 
Composers: Serge Chaloff 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 03:14 
Performers: Red Rodney, trumpet; Earl Swope, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor saxophone, Serge Chaloff, baritone saxohphone; Terry Gibbs, vibraphone; Barbara Carroll, piano; Oscar Pettiford, double bass; Denzil Best, drums.

Title: Mosquito Knees
Artist: Stan Getz 
Composers: Count Basie, Nat Pierce 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 05:21 
Performers: Stan Getz, tenor saxophone; Al Haig, piano; Jimmy Raney, guitar; Teddy Kotick, bass; Tiny Kahn, drums.

Title: Embraceable You
Artist: Charlie Parker 
Composers: George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 03:41
Performers: Miles Davis, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto saxophone; Duke Jordan, piano; Tommy Potter, double bass; Max Roach, drums.

Title: Sleepwalker Boogie
Artist: James Moody 
Composers: Howard McGhee 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 03:22 
Performers: Howard McGhee, trumpet; James Moody, tenor saxophone; Milt Jackson, vibraphone; Hank Jones, piano; Ray Brown, double bass; JC Heard, drums.

Title: Yancey Special
Artist: Pete Johnson 
Composers: Andy Razaf / Meade Lux Lewis 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 02:50 
Performers: Pete Johnson, piano; Barney Kessel, guitar; Harry Babasin, double bass; Don Lamond, drums.

Title: Hometown Blues
Artist: Blind John Davis 
Composers: Blind John Davis 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 03:44 
Performers: Blind John Davis

Title: Every Time I Feel The Spirit
Artist: The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet 
Composers: Earl Malone 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 02:36 
Performers: Willmer Broadnax, Robert Reed, tenor; Jethroe Bledsoe, Silas Steele, James Darling, baritone; Earl Malone, bass.

Title: Good Rockin' Tonight
Artist: Wynonie Mr Blues Harris 
Composers: Roy Brown 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 02:44 
Performers: Wynonie Harris, vocals; Hot Lips Page, trumpet; Joe Britton, trombone; Vincent Bair-Bey, alto saxophone; Hal Singer, Tom Archia, tenor saxophone; Joe Knight, piano; Carl ‘Flat Top’ Wilson, double bass; Bobby Donaldson, drums


Title: Flamingo
Artist: Earl Bostic 
Composers: Grouya/Anderson
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 02:40 
Performers: Earl Bostic, alto saxophone; Lowell “count” Hastings, tenor saxophone ; Gene Redd, vibraphone; Clifton Smalls, piano; Rene Hall, guitar; Ketter Betts, double bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.

Title: Wail
Artist: Bud Powell 
Composers: Bud Powell 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 02:40 
Performers: Fats Navarro, trumpet; Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone; Bud Powell, piano; Tommy Potter, double bass; Roy Haynes, drums.

Title: These Foolish Things
Artist: Erroll Garner 
Composers: Starckey/Link/Marvell 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 03:14 
Performers: Erroll Garner

Title: Original Dixieland One-Step
Artist: Sidney Bechet 
Composers: Dominic J LaRocca 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 04:14 
Performers: Sidney De Paris, trumpet; Jimmy Archey, trombone; Sidney Bechet, soprano saxophone; Don Kirkpatrick, piano; George ‘Pops’ Foster, bass; Manzie Johnson, drums. 

Title: Buddy Bolden's Blues Jazz
Artist: Jelly Roll Morton 
Composers: Jelly Roll Morton 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 02:48
Performers: Jelly Roll Morton, piano

Title: Jumping With Symphony Sid
Performers: Lester Young 
Composers: Lester Young 
Album Title: Jazz From American On Disques Vogue 
Label: Sony Catalogue No: 8875140962 
Duration: 03:10
Performers: Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Argonne Thornton,piano; Fred Lacey, guitar; Rodney Richardson, bass; Lyndell Marshall, drums.

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  • Sun 28 Feb 201600:00
    BBC Radio 3

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