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Among this week's requests from listeners in all styles of music, Alyn Shipton's selection includes Duke Ellington's 1930s recording of "Stompy Jones".

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Music Played

  • BILL COLEMAN & Guy Lafitte

    Blue Lou

    • Mainstream at Montreux.
    • Black Lion.
    • 1.

  • Jack Teagarden

    Junk Man

    • TEXAS TEA PARTY.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
    • 9.

  • Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Edison, Les Spann, Al Hall & Jo Jones

    Stompy Jones

    • Masterpieces 1926-1949.
    • Proper.
    • 5.

  • J. R. Monterose

    Never Let Me Go

    • And a Little Pleasure.
    • Uptown.
    • 1.

  • Shorty Rogers

    Short Stop

    • Four Classic Albums.
    • AVID.
    • 5.

  • Jimmy Smith

    Blap

    • Portuguese Soul.
    • Verve.
    • 2.

  • James Blood Ulmer

    Are You Glad To Be In America

    • Are You Glad To Be In America.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 1.

  • Spyro Gyra

    Morning Dance

    • Morning Dance.
    • Infinity.
    • 1.

  • Stan Kenton

    Cuban Episode

    • Cuban Episodes.
    • I Musica Jazz.
    • 10.

  • Charlie Parker

    Red Cross

    • Red Cross.
    • Savoy.
    • 1.

  • Nat Gonella

    Georgia On My Mind

    • JAZZ IN BRITAIN.
    • 5.

Performers:

Artist Bill Coleman / Guy Lafitte
Title Blue Lou
Composer Sampson
Album Mainstream at Montreux
Label Black Lion
Number 30150 Track 1
Duration 6.34
Performers: Bill Coleman, fh; Guy Lafitte, ts; Mrk Hemmeler, p; Jack Sewing, b; Daniel Humair, d. 4 July 1973.


Artist Jack Teagarden
Title Junk Man
Composer Loesser, Meye
Album Texas Tea Party
Label Marshall Cavendish
Number 026 Track 9
Duration 3.03
Performers: Jack Teagarden, tb; Charlie Teagarden, t; Benny Goodman, cl; Frankie Trumbauer, cms; Caspar Reardon, hp; Terry Shand, p; Art Miller, b; Herb Quigley, d. 18 Sept 1934


Artist Duke Ellington
Title Stompy Jones
Composer Ellington
Album Masterpieces 1926-1949
Label Proper
Number Properbox 25 CD 2 Track 5
Duration 3.02
Performers: Cootie Williams, Atrhue Whetsol, Freddy Jenkins, Louis Bacon, t; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, reeds; Ellington, p; Fred Guy, g; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d. 9 Jan 1934.


Artist J R Monterose
Title Never Let Me Go
Composer Livingstone / Evans
Album And a Little Pleasure
Label Uptown
Number 27.06 Track 1
Duration 7.09
Performers: J R Monterose, ts; Tommy Flanagan, p. April 1981.


Artist Shorty Rogers
Title Short Stop
Composer Rogers
Album Four Classic Albums
Label Avid
Number AMSC 1041 CD 1 Track 5
Duration 3.15
Performers Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maybard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, John Howell, t; Milt Bernhardt, John Halliburton, Harry Betts, tb; John Graas, frh; Gene Englund, tu; Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, reeds; Marty Paich, p; Curtis Counce, b; Shelly Manne, d. 26 March 1953


Artist Jimmy Smith
Title Blap
Composer Smith
Album Portuguese Soul
Label Verve
Number 2304 167 Side A Track 2
Duration 10.49
Performers: Jimmy Smith, org, Orchestra cond Thad Jones. 1973.


Artist James Blood Ulmer
Title Are You Glad To Be In America
Composer Ulmer
Album Are You Glad To Be In America
Label Rough Trade
Number RT045 Side A
Duration 4.35
Performers: Olu Dara, t; Oliver Lake, David Murray, ts; James Blood Ulmer, g; Amin Ali, b; Ronald Shannon Jackson, Calvin Weston, d 1980


Artist Spyro Gyra
Title Morning Dance
Composer Beckenstein
Album Morning Dance
Label Infinity
Number 2003 Side A Track 1
Duration 3.58
Performers: Jay Beckenstein, as; Jeremy Wall, elp; John Tropea, g; Jim Kurzdorfer, b; Ted Reinhardt, d; Rubens Bassini, perc; David Samuels, perc. 1979.


Artist Stan Kenton
Title Cuban Episode
Composer O’Farrill
Album Cuban Episodes
Label I Musica Jazz
Number 1164 Track 10
Duration 4.44
Performers: Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Don Paladino, Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers, t; Bart Barselona, Bill Russo, Bob Fitzpatrick, Harry Betts, Milt Bernhardt, tb; Art Pepper, Bob Gioga, Bert Caldarell, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, reeds; Laurindo Almeida, g; Stan Kenton, p; Don Bagley, b; Shelly Manne, d; Carlos Vidal, Ivan Lopez, Jose Oliviera, Nestor Amaral, Stenio Ozorio, perc; string section.


Artist Charlie Parker
Title Red Cross
Composer Parker
Album Red Cross
Label Savoy
Number 541 Side A
Duration 3,10
Performers: Charlie Parker, as; Tiny Grimes, g; Clyde Hart, p; Jimmy Butts, b; Harold Doc West, d. 15 Sept 1944.


Artist Nat Gonella
Title Georgia On My Mind
Composer Carmichael
Album Jazz In Britain
Label Marshall Cavendish
Number CD 049 Track 5
Duration 3.08
Performers Nat Gonella, t, v; Brian Lawrence, v; Monia Liter, Eddie Carroll, p; Harry Wilson, b; Bob Dryden, d; London, 15 May 1934.

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  • Sat 1 Apr 201716:00
    BBC Radio 3

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