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From listeners' requests in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes music by singer Lee Wiley and veteran organist Jimmy McGriff. There's also a classic track by Louis Armstrong and a memory of the late Acker Bilk.

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Music Played

  • Clifford Brown

    Tiny Capers

    • Best of Clifford Brown.
    • Blue Note.
    • 10.

  • Stan Getz and Laurindo Almeida & Stan Getz

    Menina Moca

    • With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida.
    • Verve.
    • 1.

  • Sonny Clark

    Deep In A Dream

    • Leapin' and Lopin'.
    • Blue Note.
    • 2.

  • Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins

    Blueberry Hill

    • Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins.
    • Brunswick.
    • 1.

  • Pete Fountain

    South Rampart Street Parade

    • South Rampart Street Parade.
    • CORAL.
    • 1.

  • Pete Fountain

    When We Danced At The Mardi Gras

    • The Best Of Pete Fountain.
    • CORAL.
    • 1.

  • Lee Wiley and Leo Reisman's Orchestra & Lee Wiley And Leo Reisman's Orchestra

    Take It From Me

    • Lee Wiley and Leo Reisman.
    • Victor.
    • 2.

  • Brad Mehldau & Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau & Joshua Redman

    Ornithology

    • Nearness.
    • NONESUCH.
    • 1.

  • Jimmy McGriff

    Round Midnight

    • I've Got A Woman.
    • SUE.
    • 4.

  • Bill Evans and Jim Hall, Jimmy Hall & Bill Evans

    Jazz Samba

    • INTERMODULATION.
    • VERVE.
    • 5.

  • Acker Bilk

    Summerset

    • The Radio Luxembourg Sessions.
    • Vocalion.
    • 11.

  • Roger Marks

    O Solo Mio

    • In Retrospect.
    • Upbeat.
    • 1.

Performers:

Artist Clifford Brown
Title Tiny Capers
Composer Brown
Album Best of Clifford Brown
Label Blue Note
Number 7243 8 23373 2 4 Track 10
Duration 4.18
Performers: Clifford Brown, t; Stu Williamson, vtb; Zoot Sims, ts; Bob Gordon, bars; Russ Freeman, p; Joe Mondragon, b; Shelly Manne, d; Jack Montrose, arr. July 1954.


Artist Stan Getz and Laurindo Almeida
Title Menina Moca
Composer Luiz Anyonio
Album Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida
Label Verve
Number V6 8665 Track 1
Duration 5.45
Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Laurindo Almeida, g; Steve Kuhn, p; George Duvivier, b; Dave Bailey, d: Edison Machado, Luiz Parga, Jose Paulo, Jose Soorez (percussion) March 1963.


Artist Sonny Clarke
Title Deep In a Dream
Composer Van Heusen / De Lange
Album Leapin’ and Lopin’
Label Blue Note
Number T50999 2 15366 2 5 Track 2
Duration 6.48
Performers: Ike Quebec, ts; Sonny Clarke, p; Burch Warren b; Billy Higgins. 13 Nov 1961.


Artist Louis Armstrong
Title Blueberry Hill
Composer Lewis, Stock, Rose; arr Jenkins
Album Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins
Label Decca
Number 24752 Side A
Duration 2.52
Performers: Louis Armstrong, v; Billy Butterfield, Yank Lawson, Carl Poole, t; Will Bradley, tb; Milt Yaner, Hymie Schertzer, Tom Parshley, Art Drelinger, reeds; Bernie Leighton, p; Carl Kress, g; Jack Lesberg, b; Johnny Blowers, d; choir dir. Gordon Jenkins.


Artist Pete Fountain
Title South Rampart Street Parade
Composer Haggart / Bauduc
Album South Rampart Street Parade 
Label Coral
Number 57440 Track 1
Duration 2.05
Performers: Pete Fountain, cl; Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Lew McCreary, tb; George Roberts, btb; Phil Stevens, tu; Bobby Gibbons, bj; Morty Corb; b; Godfrey Hersch, Jack Sperling, Nick Fatool, Paul Barbarin, d; 1963


Artist Pete Fountain
Title When We Danced at the Mardi Gras
Composer Opler, Mercer
Label Coral
Number 65549 Side B
Duration 2.21
Performers: Pete Fountain, cl; Stan Wrightsman, p; Morty Corb, b; Jack Sperling, d; 1961.


Artist Lee Wiley and Leo Reisman’s Orchestra
Title Take it from me
Composer Adams / Waller
Album Lee Wiley and Leo Reisman’s Orchestra
Label Victor
Number 22757 Side B
Duration 3.51
Performers: inc. Bubber Miley, t; Jess Smith, Burt Williams, reeds; Leo Reisman, Lew Conrad, vn; Harry Sigman, d; Lee Wiley, v. 30 June 1931


Artist Brad Mehldau/ Joshua Redman
Title Ornithology
Composer Parker
Album Nearness
Label Nonesuch
Number Track 1
Duration 8.40
Performers: Joshua Redman, ts; Brad Mehldau, p. 2016.


Artist Jimmy McGriff
Title Round Midnight
Composer Monk
Album I’ve Got a Woman
Label Sue
Number ENSUE1 Side One Track Four
Duration 5.43
Performers: Jimmy McGriff, v; Morris Dow, g; Jackie Mills, d. 1962


Artist Bill Evans and Jim Hall
Title Jazz Samba
Composer Ogerman
Album Intermodulation
Label Verve
Number V6 8655 Track 5
Duration 3.12
Performers Bill Evans, p; Jim Hall, g. 10 May 1966.


Artist Acker Bilk
Title Summerset
Composer Bilk / Collett
Album The Radio Luxembourg Sessions
Label Vocalion
Number 5323 Track 11
Duration 3.38
Performers: Acker Bilk, cl; Stan Greig, p; Ron McKay, bj; Ernie Price, b; Ron McKay, d. 2 Feb 1960.


Artist Roger Marks
Title O Solo Mio
Composer Di Capua
Album In Retrospect
Label Upbeat
Number 270 Track 1
Duration 3.17
Performers: Roger Marks, tb; John Whitlock, bj; Bob Jarvis, bgtr; Denny Hutchinson, d. 9 May 2000.

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Sep 201617:00
    BBC Radio 3

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