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Alyn Shipton with your requests for jazz from all periods and in all styles - instrumental, vocal or experimental

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1 hour

Last on

Sat 11 Feb 201716:00

Music Played

  • Eddie Condon

    When the Saints Go Marching in

    • Eddie Condon and his Dixileand All Stars.
    • Allegro.
    • 1.
  • Petula Clark

    Darn That Dream

    • Petula Clark in Hollywood.
    • Pye.
    • 2.
  • Bill Evans and Jim Hall

    My Funny Valentine

    • Undercurrent.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • Gordon Beck, Tony Oxley, Ron Matthewson, Kenny Wheeler, Stan Sulzmann

    Peace Piece

    • Seven Steps to Evans.
    • MPS.
    • 3.
  • Billie Holiday and Lester Young

    He's Funny That Way

    • Complete Studio Recordings.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 23.
  • Duke Ellington

    Naturellement

    • The Duke Box 2.
    • Storyville.
    • 3.
  • Lennie Niehaus

    You Stepped out of a Dream

    • The Quintet Vol 1.
    • Contemporary.
    • 1.
  • Sidney Bechet

    Blues in Thirds

    • Summertime.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
    • 15.
  • Joe Venuti

    Runnin' Ragged

    • Runnin’ Ragged.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • Nat Adderley

    Work Song

    • Work Song.
    • Riverside.
    • 1.
  • Township Express

    Fishbone (Ithambo Lenyoka)

    • Fishbone.
    • Jika.
    • 1.
  • John Coltrane

    Olé

    • Heavyweight Champion.
    • Rhino.
    • 4.

Performers:

Artist Eddie Condon
Title When the Saints Go Marching in
Composer trad
Album Eddie Condon and his Dixileand All Stars
Label Allegro
Number 791 Side B Track 1
Duration 3.58
Performers: Buck Clayton, t; Vic Dickenson, tb; Pee Wee Russell, cl; Bud Freeman, ts; Lou Carter, p; Everett Barksdale, g; Arvell Shaw, b; Jo Jones, d. Eddie Condon and Ralph Stein, dir.1960.


Artist Petula Clark
Title Darn That Dream
Composer Van Heusen / DeLange arr Billy May
Album Petula Clark in Hollywood
Label Pye
Number 18039 Side A Track 2
Duration 3.10
Performers: Petula Clark and the Billy May Orchestra, 1959.


Artist Bill Evans and Jim Hall
Title My Funny Valentine
Composer Ridgers / Hart
Album Undercurrent
Label Blue Note
Number 15003 Track 1
Duration 5.21
Performers Bill Evans, p; Jim Hall, g. 1962


Artist Gordon Beck, Tony Oxley, Ron Matthewson, Kenny Wheeler, Stan Sulzmann
Title Peace Piece
Composer Bill Evans
Album Seven Steps to Evans
Label MPS
Number 0068248 Side B Track 3
Duration 5.18
Performers: Gordon Beck, p, arr; Tony Oxley, d; Ron Matthewson, b; Kenny Wheeler, t, fh, arr; Stan Sulzmann, ts, fl, arr. 1980.


Artist Billie Holiday and Lester young
Title He’s Funny That Way
Composer Moret / Whiting
Album Complete Studio Recordings
Label Essential Jazz Classics
Number 55683 CD 1 Track 23
Duration 2.42
Performers Buck Clayton, t; Buster Bailey, cl; Lester Y0ung, ts; Claude Thornhill, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. 27 Jan 1938.


Artist Duke Ellington
Title Naturellement
Composer Ellington
Album The Duke Box 2
Label Storyville
Number 108 8617 CD 7 Track 3
Duration 5.46
Performers: Cootie Williams Eddie Preston, Money Johnson, Mercer Ellington, t; Booty Wood, Malcolm Taylor, Chuck Connors, tb; Russell Procope, Norris Turney, Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Wild Bill Davis org; Duke Ellington, p; Joe Benjamin, b; Rufus Jones, d. 28 June 1971.


Artist Lennie Niehaus
Title You Stepped out of a Dream
Composer Kahn, Brown
Album The Quintet Vol 1
Label Contemporary
Number 2513 Side B track 1
Duration 2.38
Performers: Lennie Niehaus, as; Jack Montrose, ts; Bob Gordon, bars; Monty Budwig, b; Shelly Manne, d. 8 July 1954.


Artist Sidney Bechet
Title Blues in Thirds
Composer Hines
Album Summertime
Label Marshall Cavendish
Number Jazz 016 Track 15
Duration 2.54
Performers Sidney Bechet, cl; Earl Hines, p; Baby Dodds, d. 6 Sep 1940.


Artist Joe Venuti
Title Runnin’ Ragged
Composer Hayton, Venuti, Lang, Trumbauer
Label Parlophone
Number R531 Side A
Duration 3.10
Performers Lennie Hayton, p; Joe Venuti, vn; Eddie Lang, g; Frankie Trumbauer, Cmsx, bassoon. 18 Oct 1929.


Artist Nat Adderley
Title Work Song
Composer Nat Adderley
Album Work Song
Label Riverside
Number 08880072305069 Track 1
Duration 4.15
Performers Nat Adderley, c; Wes Montgomery, g; Sam Jones cello; Bobby Timmons, p; Percy Heath, b; Louis Hayes, d. Jan 1960.


Artist Township Express
Title Fishbone (Ithambo Lenyoka)
Album Fishbone
Label Jika
Number JK005 Track 1
Duration 6.30
Performers include Pinise Saul v; Lucky Ranku, g. 1998.


Artist John Colrrane
Title Olé
Composer Coltrane
Album Heavyweight Champion
Label Rhino
Number 8122796427 CD 6 Track 4
Duration final 6.00 or so, to fit.
Performers John Coltrane, ss; Eric Dolphy, fl; Freddie Hubbard, t; McCoy Tyner, p; Reggie Workman, Art Davis, b; Elvin Jones, d. 25 May 1961.

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