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In a selection of music drawn from all styles and periods of jazz, Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests puts the nowadays rather overlooked figure of New Orleans clarinettist Tony Parenti into the spotlight.

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Sat 21 May 201616:00
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Music Played

  • Ken "Snakehips" Johnson & Ken 'snakehips' Johnson And His West Indian Dance

    Snakehips Swing

    • BLACK BRITISH SWING.
    • 4.

  • Tony Parenti

    Tony's Rag

    • Happy Jazz.
    • Jazztone.
    • 3.

  • Jerry Reed

    Blues Land

    • Better Things In Life.
    • RCA.
    • 4.

  • Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

    Mean What You Say

    • All My Yesterdays.
    • Resonance.
    • 6.

  • Bill Evans

    It Could Happen To You

    • Some Other Time.
    • Resonance Records.
    • 8.

  • Miles Davis & Miles Davis Quintet

    Freedom Jazz Dance

    • Miles Smiles.
    • Columbia.
    • 5.

  • Miles Davis

    Spanish Key

    • Bitches Brew.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Derek Nash

    Secret Love

    • You’ve Got To Dig it to Dig It, You Dig.
    • Jazzizit.
    • 1.

  • Lonnie Liston Smith

    Mardi Gras

    • Renaissance.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Sonny Rollins

    Swing Low Sweet Chariot

    • Cutting Edge.
    • Milestone.
    • 5.

  • Alex Welsh

    Davenport Blues

    • Strike One.
    • Lake.
    • 4.

Performers:

Artist Ken Snakehips Johnson
Title Snakehips Swing
Composer de Haas
Album Black British Swing
Label Topic
Number CD781 Track 4
Duration 2.51
Performers: Dave Wilkins, Jiver Hutchinson, Jack Cosker, t; Carl Barriteau, Bertie King, George Roberts, Baba Williams reeds; Lad Busby, tb; Erroll Barrow, p; Joe Deniz, g; Pops Clare, b; Tommy Wilson, d. 22 Sep 1938.


Artist Tony Parenti
Title Tony’s Rag
Composer Parenti
Album Happy Jazz
Label Jazztone
Number 1215 Side A Track 3
Duration 3.12
Performers: Tony Parenti, cl; Hank Duncan, p; Milt Hinton, b; George Wettling, d.


Artist Jerry Reed
Title Blues Land
Composer Reed
Album Better Things in Life
Label RCA
Number 4147 Track 4
Duration 2.18
Performers Jerry Reed, g, 1969.


Artist Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
Title Mean What You Say
Composer Jones
Album All My Yesterdays
Label Resonance
Number 2023 CD 2 Track 6
Duration 5.53
Performers: Thad Jones, Jimmy Nottingham, Bill Berry, Jimmy Owens, Danny Stiles, t; Jack Rains, Garnett Brown, Cliff Heather, Tom McIntosh, tb; Jerome Richardson, Jerry Didgion, Joe Farrell, Eddie Daniels, Pepper Adams, reeds; Hank Jones, p; Sam Herman, g; Richard Davis, b; Mel Lewis, d. 21 March 1966.


Artist Bill Evans
Title It Could Happen To You
Composer Burke / Van Heusen
Album Some Other Time
Label Resonance
Number CD 1 Track 8
Duration 3.58
Performers Bill Evans, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Jack deJohnette, d. 1968


Artist Miles Davis
Title Freedom Jazz Dance
Composer Harris
Album Miles Smiles
Label Columbia
Number Track 5
Duration 7.15
Performers Miles Davis, t; Wayne Shorter, ts; Herbie Hancock, p; Ron Carter, b; Tony Williams, d. 1967


Artist Miles Davis
Title Spanish Key
Composer Davis
Album Bitches’ Brew – The Singles
Label Columbia
Number CSK 41598 track 1
Duration 2.52
Performers Miles Davis, t; Wayne Shorter, ss; Bennie Maupin, bcl; Chick Corea, Larry Young, kb; John McLaughlin, g; Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks, b; Lenny White, Jack DeJohnette, d; Don Alias, Jumma Santos, perc. 20 Aug 1969


Artist Derek Nash
Title Secret Love
Composer Fain / Webster
Album You’ve Got To Dig it to Dig It, You Dig?
Label Jazzizit
Number 1564 Track 1
Duration 8.00
Performers: Derek Nash, as; David Newton, p; Geoff Gascoyne, b; Sebastiaan De Krom, d. 2015.


Artist Lonnie Liston Smith + Cosmic Echoes
Title Mardi Gras
Composer Smith
Album Renaissance
Label BMG
Number Track 2
Duration 6.00
Performers: Donald Smith, David Hubbard, reeds; Lonnie Liston Smith, p; Gene Bertoncini, g; Al Anderson, b; Wilby Fletcher, d; Lawrence Killian, perc.

Artist Sonny Rollins
Title Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Composer trad
Album Cutting Edge
Label Milestone
Number Track 5
Duration 14.41 (cut to fit – say to about 6.00)
Performers Sonny Rollins, ts; Rufus Harley, bagpipes; Yoshiaki Masuo, g; Bob Cranshaw, b; David Lee d; Mtume, cga. Montreux, 1974.


Artist Alex Welsh
Title Davenport Blues
Composer Beiderbecke
Album Strike One
Label Lake
Number 107 Track 4
Duration 5.04
Performers Alex Welsh, c; Fred Hunt, p. 1966.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 May 201616:00
    BBC Radio 3

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