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Music Played

  • Sandy Brown

    Legal Pete

    • In The Evening.
    • Hep.
    • 1.

  • Oscar Peterson

    Robbins Nest

    • Girl Talk.
    • MPS.
    • 5.

  • Miles Davis

    Saeta

    Music Arranger: Gil Evans.
    • Complete Columbia Studio Recordings of Miles Davis and Gil Evans.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Carmen McRae

    It's Love

    • The Complete Kapp Recordings.
    • Fresh Sound.
    • 12.

  • Dave Shepherd

    Air Mail Special

    • Benny Goodman Style.
    • Souvenir.
    • 7.

  • Gil Evans

    Struttin With Some barbecue

    • Great Jazz Standards / New Bottle, Old Wine.
    • Poll Winners.
    • 11.

  • Vernon Duke

    Autumn in New York

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Performer: Louis Armstrong.

  • Ben Selvin

    Hikin' down the highway

    • Hikin’ down the highway.
    • Okeh.
    • 1.

  • Muggsy Spanier

    Livery Stable Blues

    • 1931 and 1939.
    • BBC.
    • 8.

  • Humphrey Lyttelton Paseo Jazz band

    Mam'selle Josephine

    • Humph Experiments.
    • Lake.
    • 15.

  • HARRY GOLD AND HIS PIECES OF EIGHT

    Ghost of Old Man Mose

    • Ghost of Old Man Mose.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Coleman Hawkins

    Dali

    • Dali.
    • Stash.
    • 4.

  • Sonny Stitt and Hank Jones

    Eye Ball

    • Legendary Studio Sessions: Cherokee.
    • Phono.
    • 15.

Performers:

Artist Sandy Brown

Title Legal Pete

Composer Brown

Album In The Evening

Label Hep

Number 2017 Side B Track 1

Duration 3.43

Performers: Sandy Brown, cl; Brian Lemon, p; Tony Archer, b; Bobby Orr, d. 16 May 1971.

Artist Oscar Peterson

Title Robbins Nest

Composer Thompson / Jacquet

Album Girl Talk

Label MPS

Number 0210325MSW CD2 Track 5

Duration 6.19

Performers Oscar Peterson. p; Ray Brown, b; Louis Hayes, d. 1968

Artist Miles Davis / Gil Evans

Title Saeta

Composer Evans

Album Complete Columbia Studio Recordings of Miles Davis and Gil Evans

Label Columbia

Number 2 67397 CD 3 Track 4

Duration 5.08

Performers: Miles Davis, Ernest Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis R. Mucci, tp; Jimmy Buffington, Joe Singer, Tony Miranda, fr h; Frank Rehak, Dick Hixon, tb; Bill Barber, tub; Al Block, Harold Feldman, fl; Danny Bank, b cl; Romeo Penque, ob; Jack Knitzer, bn; Janet Putnam, hp; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d; Elvin Jones, perc; Gil Evans, cond. 10 March 1960.

Artist Carmen McRae

Title It’s Love

Composer Comden / Green / Bernstein

Album The Complete Kapp Recordings

Label Fresh Sound

Number 677 CD 2 Track 12

Duration 2.58

Performers: Carmen McRae with Ernie Wilkins Orchestra. Nov 1959.

Artist Dave Shepherd

Title Air Mail Special

Composer Goodman, Christian, White

Album Benny Goodman Style

Label Souvenir

Number 302 Side B Track 7

Duration 3.12

Performers Dave Shepherd, cl; Roger Nobes, vib; Broan Lemon, p; Len Skeat, b; Kenny Clare, d. 1984.

Artist Gil Evans

Title Struttin With Some barbecue

Composer Armstrong

Album Great Jazz Standards / New Bottle, Old Wine

Label Poll Winners

Number 27214 Track 11

Duration 4.32

Performers: Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal, t; Joe Bennett, Frank Rehak, Tom Mitchell, tb; Julius Watkins, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Cannonball Adderley, Phil Bodner, reeds; Gil Evans, p; Chuck Wayne, g; Paul Chambers, b; Art Blakey, d.

May 1958

Artist Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong

Title Autumn in New York

Composer Vernon Duke

Album Ella and Louis: Complete Norman Granz Sessions

Label One

Number 59805 CD 1 Track 16

Duration 5.57

Performers: Ella Fitzgerald, v; Louis Armstrong, t, v; Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b; Herb Ellis, g; Louie Bellson, d. 1957.

Artist Ben Selvin

Title Hikin’ down the highway

Composer Ben Selvin

Album n/a

Label Okeh

Number OK 41510 Side A

Duration 3.00

Performers include Ben Selvin, vn, dir; Bunny Berigan, Manny Klein, t; Benny Goodman, cl; Luis Martin, as; Hymie Wolfson, ts; Irving Brodsky, p; Smith Ballew, v. 3 July 1931.

Artist Muggsy Spanier

Title Livery Stable Blues

Composer Lopez / Nunez

Album 1931 and 1939

Label BBC

Number RPCD 687 Track 8

Duration 3.02

Performers Muggsy Spanier c; Rod Cless, cl; George Brunies, tnb; Bernie Billings, ten; Joe Bushkin, p; Bob Casey b; Don Carter, d. 1939.

Artist Humphrey Lyttelton Paseo Jazz band

Title Mam’selle Josephine

Composer Grant / Lyttelton

Album Humph Experiments

Label Lake

Number 266 Track 15

Duration 2.38

Performers Humphrey Lyttelton, t; Wally Fawkes, cl; Mike McKenzie, p; Fitzroy Coleman, g; Joe Sampson, b; Leslie Weeks, bongo; George Roberts cga; George Brown, maracas, v; 20 Jan 1953.

Artist Harry Gold and His Pieces of Eight

Title Ghost of Old Man Mose

Composer Love, Paramour

Album n/a

Label Decca

Number F9171 Side B

Duration 2.56

Performers: Geoff Love with (probably) Freddy Tomasso, t; Laurie Gold ts; Harry Gold, ts, bs; Ernie Tomasso, cl; Ted Darrah, tb; Jimmy McNight, ; Jimmy Wiltshire, g; Gerry Hawkins, b; Sammy Herman, d., July 1949.

Artist Coleman Hawkins

Title Dali

Composer Hawkins

Album Dali

Label Stash

Number STCD 538 Track 4

Duration 4.33

Performers; Coleman Hawkins, ts. 1962.

Artist Sonny Stitt and Hank Jones

Title Eye Ball

Composer Stitt

Album Legendary Studio Sessions: Cherokee

Label Phono

Number 870272 CD 1 Track 15

Duration 5.07

Performers Sonny Stitt, as; Hank Jones, p; Tommy Potter, b; Roy Haynes, d. 1962

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Feb 201716:00
    BBC Radio 3

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