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Alyn Shipton's selection from listeners' requests in all styles of jazz includes a track remembering the brilliant Swedish pianist Esbjorn Svensson with his trio EST.

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Music Played

  • Gerry Mulligan

    Who's Got Rhythm

    • Mulligan meets Webster.
    • Masterworks.
    • 4.

  • Oscar Peterson

    Night And Day

    • Oscar Peterson plays Cole Porter and Duke Ellington.
    • Avid.
    • 10.

  • Don Byas

    London Donnie (Londonderry Air/Danny Boy)

    • Savoy.

  • Duke Ellington

    Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Morning

    • Jungle Nights In Harlem.
    • Bluebird.
    • 1.

  • Clark Terry & Clark Terry Plus Band

    Swahili

    • Four Classic Albums.
    • Avid Jazz.
    • 1.

  • Eddie Thompson & Eddie Thompson Trio

    Body And Soul

    • Piano Moods.
    • Polygon.
    • 1.

  • Esbjörn Svensson

    Mingle In The Mincing Machine

    • SEVEN DAYS OF FALLING.
    • ACT.
    • 3.

  • Neil Ardley

    Rainbow 3

    • Kaleidoscope of Rainbows.
    • Line.
    • 3.

  • Thelonious Monk

    Just A Gigolo

    • Thelonious Monk - The Complete Prestige Recordings.
    • Prestige.
    • 6.

  • David Newman

    Ain't That Good News

    • Bigger and Better.
    • Atlantic.
    • 4.

  • Bessie Smith

    Downhearted Blues

    • BESSIE SMITH: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS 1.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Rod Mason & Rod Mason'S Jazz Band

    Potato Head Blues

    • BBC Jazz from the 70s and 80s.
    • Upbeat.
    • 5.

Performers:

Artist Gerry Mulligan
Title Who’s Got Rhythm
Composer Mulligan
Album Meets Ben Webster
Label Masterworks
Number 21349 Track 4
Duration 7.42
Performers: Ben Webster, ts; Gerry Mulligan, bars; Jimmy Rowles, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Mel Lewis, d. 3 Nov 1949.


Artist Oscar Peterson
Title Night and Day
Composer Porter
Album Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter
Label Avid
Number AMSC814 Track 10
Duration 3.41
Performers Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b. 25 Nov 1952.


Artist Don Byas
Title London Donnie (Londonderry Air/Danny Boy)
Composer trad. Arr Byas
Label Savoy
Number 628 Side A
Duration 2.51
Performers: Don Byas (tenor sax), Teddy Brannon (piano), Franklin Skeete (double bass) and Frederick Ratcliffe (drums) in 1946


Artist Duke Ellington
Title Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Morning
Composer Ellington, Mills / Ellington, Whetsol
Album Jungle Nights in Harlem
Label Bluebird
Number 2499-2 RB Track 1
Duration 3.53
Performers: Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins, Arhtur Whetsol, t; Joe Nanton, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, bj; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d. 12 April 1929.


Artist Clark Terry
Title Swahili
Composer Jones
Album Four Classic albums
Label Avid
Number 1102 CD 1 Track 1
Duration 6.12
Performers Clark Terry, t; Cecil Payne, bars; Jimmy Cleveland, tb; Horace Silver, p; Oscar Pettiford, Wendell Marshall, b; Art Blakey, d. 4 Jan 1955.


Artist Eddie Thompson
Title Body and Soul
Composer Heyman, Green, Sour
Album Piano Moods
Label Polygon
Number JTE 101 Side A
Duration 6.39
Performers: Eddie Thompson, p; Barry Hamilton, b; Benny Goodman, d. 1955.


Artist Esbjörn Svensson
Title Mingle In The Mincing Mchine
Composer Svensson
Album Seven Days of Falling
Label ACT
Number 9012-2 Track 3
Duration 6.53
Performers Esbjörn Svensson, p; Dan Bergland, b; Magnus Östrom, d. 2003.


Artist Neil Ardley
Title Rainbow 3
Composer Ardley
Album A Kaleidoscope of Rainbows
Label AMP
Number 029 Track 4
Duration 3.28
Performers Neil Ardley, director, synthesiser; Bob Bertles, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Paul Buckmaster, acoustic and electric cello; Ian Carr, trumpet, flugelhorn; Geoff Castle, electric piano, synthesiser; Tony Coe, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Dave Macrae, electric piano, synthesiser; Roger Sellers, drums; Ken Shaw, guitar; Brian Smith, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute; Roger Sutton, bass guitar, electric bass; Barbara Thompson, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Trevor Tomkins, percussion, vibraphone. March 1976.


Artist Thelonious Monk
Title Just A Gigolo
Composer Caesar / Cacucci
Album Complete Presitge Recordings
Label Prestige
Number 3PRCD 4428-2 CD 2 Track 6
Duration 3.02
Performers Thelonious Monk, p, 22 September 1954


Artist David Newman
Title Ain’t That Good News
Composer Sam Cooke
Album Bigger and Better
Label Atlantic
Number 1505 track 4
Duration 3.46
Performers: David Newman, ts; Melvin Lastie, Jimmy Owens, t; Benny Powell, tb; Seldon Powell, Haywood Henry, reeds; Eric Gale, g; Richard Davis, b; Chuck Rainey, elb; Bernard Purdie, d. March 1968.

Artist Bessie Smith
Title Downhearted Blues
Composer Hunter/Austin
Album Complete Columbia Recordings
Label Columbia
Number 8875403102 CD 1 Track 1
Duration 3.28
Performers Bessie Smith, v; Clarence Williams, p, 1923.


Artist Rod Mason
Title Potato Head Blues
Composer Armstrong
Album BBC Jazz from the 70 and 80s
Label Upbeat
Number 153 Track 5
Duration 2.47
Performers Rod Mason, t; Dick Charlesworth, cl; Roger Marks, tb; Ray Foxley, p; Chris Haskins, b; Tony Allen, d. 3 Feb 1980.

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Feb 201716:00
    BBC Radio 3

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