
25/02/2017
In this week's selection of requests sent by listeners for all styles and periods of jazz, Alyn Shipton plays music by two great ladies of song, Billie Holiday and - in her centenary year - Ella Fitzgerald.
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Nat Gonella & Nat Gonella & his Georgians
Gnat Jump
- Decca.
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Duke Ellington & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
The Feeling of Jazz
- The Feeling of Jazz.
- Black Lion.
- 9.
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Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
- The Lady Sings.
- Proper.
- 19.
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Joe Sullivan
Little Rock Getaway
- Little Rock Getaway.
- Riverside.
- 6.
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Tord Gustavsen
Melted Matter
- CHANGING PLACES.
- ECM.
- 4.
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Charles Mingus
Moanin'
- BLUES & ROOTS.
- ATLANTIC.
- 3.
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John Coltrane
I Want To Talk About You
- IN A SOULFUL MOOD.
- Music Club.
- 9.
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Tiny Bradshaw & Tiny Bradshaw and His Orchestra
Ping Pong
- Powder Puff / Ping Pong.
- King.
- 2.
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Spike Jones & Spike Jones and His City Slickers
Red Wing
- Behind Those Swinging Doors / Red Wing.
- Bluebird.
- 1.
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Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Ostrich Walk
- ODJB 75th Anniversary.
- Bluebird.
- 4.
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Coleman Hawkins
Lady Be Good
- Lady be good / Lullaby.
- Parlophone.
- 1.
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Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra
March of The Boyds
- Dizzy Gillespie Vol. 5.
- Media 7.
- 17.
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Ella Fitzgerald and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
Cottontail
- The Stockholm Concert.
- Pablo.
- 9.
Performers:
Artist Nat Gonella
Title Gnat Jump
Label Decca
Number M32120 Side A
Duration 3.24
Performers Nat Gonella, Monty Montgomery, Alan Franks, t; Harry Roche, Frank Osborne, tb; Jack Forbes, Ken Lumb, Chris Curtis, Dennis Crackwekk, reeds; Jack Penn, p; Bill Haines, b; Johnny Marks, d. 20 July 1945.
Artist Duke Ellington
Title The Feeling of Jazz
Composer Ellington
Album The Feeling of Jazz
Label Black Lion
Number Track 9
Duration 4.03
Performers: Cat Anderson, Roy Burrows, Bill Berry, Ray Nance, t; Lawrence Brown, Leon Cox, Chuck Connors, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p;. Aaron Bell, b; Sam Woodyard, d. 25 May 1962
Artist Billie Holiday
Title Strange Fruit
Composer Allen
Album The Lady Sings
Label Proper
Number Properbox 26 CD 2 Track 19
Duration 3.10
Performers Frankie Newton, t; Tab Smith, as; Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne, ts; Sonny White, p; Jimmy McLin, g; John Williams, b; Eddie Dougherty, d. 20 April 1939
Artist Joe Sullivan
Title Little Rock Getaway
Composer Sullivan
Album Little Rock Getaway
Label Riverside
Number RLP 158 Track 6
Duration 2.35
Performers: Joe Sullivan p; Dave Lario, b; Smoky Stover, d. 1953.
Artist Tord Gustavsen
Title Melted Matter
Composer Gustavsen
Album Changing Places
Label ECM
Number 1834 Track 4
Duration 5.25
Performers Tord Gustavsen, p; Harald Johnsen, b; Jarle Vespestad, d. 2002
Artist Charles Mingus
Title Moanin’
Composer Mingus
Album Blues and Roots
Label Atlantic
Number SD 1305 Track 3
Duration 8.02
Performers Charles Mingus, b; John Handy, Jackie McLean, as; Booker Irvin, ts; Pepper Adams, bars; Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis, tb; Horace Parlan, p; Dannie Richmond, d. 4 Feb 1959.
Artist John Coltrane
Title I Want To Talk About You
Composer Eckstine
Album In a Soulful Mood
Label Music Club
Number 170 Track 9
Duration 8.14
Performers John Coltrane, ts; McCoy Tuner, p; Jimmy Garrison, b; Roy Haynes, d. Newport 7 July 1963.
Artist Tiny Bradshaw
Title Ping Pong
Composer Austin, Glover
Label King
Number 4687 Side B
Duration 2.59
Performers: Bill Hardman, t; Andrew Penn, tb; Sil Austin, Rufus Gore, ts; Jim Robinson, p; Sam Jones, b; Phillip Paul, d 29 July 1953.
Artist Spike Jones
Title Red Wing
Composer Fleming Allan
Label Bluebird
Number B 11282 Side A
Duration 2.25
Performers Band led by Spike Jones (perc) with Del Porter, v. also probably including: Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath (Purvis Pullens) (vocals, whistling); Dick Morgan, bj; Red Ingle, reeds; Carl Grayson (violin); Dick Gardner (violin); Tommy Pederson (trombone).
Artist Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Title Ostrich Walk
Album ODJB 75th Anniversary
Label Bluebird
Number 07863 61098-2 Track 4
Duration 3.16
Performers Nick La Rocca, c; Harry Shield, cl; Eddie Edwards, tb; Henry Ragas, p; Tony Sbarbaro, d. 1917.
Artist Coleman Hawkins
Title Lady Be Good
Composer Gershwin
Label Parlophone
Number R2007 Side A
Duration 2.49
Performers Coleman Hawkins, ts; Stanley Black, p; Albert Harris, g; Tiny Winters, b. 18 Nov 1934.
Artist Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
Title March of the Boyds
Composer Finckel
Album Dizzy Gillespie Vol 5
Label Media 7
Number MJCD110 Track 17
Duration 2.32
Performers Stan Fishelson, Tommy Allison, Benny Harris, Dizzy Gillespie, t; Jack Carmen, Walt Robertson, Ollie Wilson, tb; Johnny Bothwell, Hal McKusick, Joe Maggio, Al Cohn, Serge Chaloff, reeds; Boyd Raeburn, bsx, dir; Ike Carpenter, p; Steve Jordan, g; Oscar Pettiford, b; Shelly Manne, d; 27 Jan 1945.
Artist Ella Fitzgerald and the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Title Cottontail
Composer Ellington
Album The Stockholm Concert
Label Pablo
Number Track 9
Duration 4.54
Performers: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Duke Ellington (piano); Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Harry Carney (saxophone); Cootie Williams, Herb Jones, Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington (trumpet); Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors (trombone); John Lamb (bass); Sam Woodyard (drums). 1966
Broadcast
- Sat 25 Feb 201716:00BBC Radio 3

