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Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests in all styles of jazz, focusING on memories of pianist Horace Parlan.

In this week's programme, as well as playing listeners' requests in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton focuses on memories of the pianist Horace Parlan who died in February

A veteran of the bands of Charles Mingus and Sonny Stitt, Parlan overcame polio, which restricted the use of his right hand, to create one of the most original and unorthodox keyboard styles in jazz. After moving to Denmark in the 1970s, he made a significant contribution to European jazz.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 15 Apr 201716:00

Music Played

  • Gerry Mulligan & Gerry Mulligan Quartet

    Spring Is Sprung

    • COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS.
    • LONE HILL JAZZ.
    • 11.
  • Horace Parlan

    Back From The Gig

    • Booker Ervin / Horace Parlan Complete 4tet/5tet/6tet Recordings.
    • Phono.
    • 2.
  • Charlie Parker

    Back Home Blues Part 2

    • Back Home Blues, 1951-52.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 16.
  • Kid Ory

    Yellow Dog Blues

    • Kid Ory - New Orleans Jazz Man.
    • Lake.
    • 20.
  • Jack Teagarden

    Basin St Blues

    • It's Time For "T": Original Recordings 1929-1953.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Alex Welsh & Alex Walsh & His Band

    You'll Cry Someday

    • Echoes of Chicago.
    • Lake.
    • 19.
  • Clifford Brown, Max Roach & Sonny Rollins

    I'll Remember April

    • Complete Studio Recordings.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 4.
  • Lee Morgan

    Mr Kenyatta

    • Search for the New Land.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.
  • Luis Russell

    (Singing) Pretty Songs

    • Henry Allen with Luis Russell, Vol 3.
    • RCA Black and White.
    • 6.
  • Bessie Smith

    St. Louis Blues

    • The Complete Columbia Recordings.
    • Columbia.
    • 17.
  • Claire Martin & Martin, Claire With The Jim Mullen Quartet

    Some Cats Know

    • THE WAITING GAME.
    • LINN RECORDS.
    • 6.
  • Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton

    You Can Depend On Me

    • Jazz Spectacular.
    • Columbia.
    • 5.
  • Frank "Big Boy" Goudie & Bob Mielke

    Weary Blues

    • Live at Monkey Inn Vol 1.
    • Grammercy.
    • 8.
  • Lester Young

    Body And Soul

    • Lester Leaps Again.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Jimmy McGriff, Richard “Groove” Holmes & Jimmy Mcgriff & Groove Holmes

    Licks A Plenty

    • Giants of the Organ Come Together.
    • Groove Vine.
    • 1.

Performers:

Artist Gerry Mulligan
Title Spring Is Sprung
Composer Mulligan
Album Complete Studio Recordings
Label Lonehill Jazz
Number 10221 Track 11
Duration 6.42
Performers: Gerry Mulligan, p; Bob Brookmeyer, vtb; Bill Crow, b; Gus Johnson, d. 1962


Artist Horace Parlan
Title Back from the gig
Composer Parlan
Album Booker Evin / Horace Parlan Complete 4tet/5tet/6tet recordings
Label Phono
Number 870251 CD 3 Track 2
Duration 5.58
Performers: Johnny Coles, t; Booker Ervin, ts; Horace Parlan, p; Grant Green, g; Butch Warren, b; Billy Higgins, d. 15 Feb 1963.


Artist Charlie Parker
Title Back Home Blues Part 2
Composer Parker
Album Back Home Blues, 1951-52 (Charlie Parker Integrale, Vol 10)
Label Fremeaux
Number FA 1340 CD 2 Track 16
Duration 2.54
Performers: Charlie Parker, as; Red Rodney, t; John Lewis, p; Ray Brown, b; Kenny Clarke, d. 8 Aug 1951.


Artist Kid Ory
Title Yellow Dog Blues
Composer Handy
Album Kid Ory – New Orleans Jazz Man
Label Lake
Number CD 255 Track 20
Duration 4.43
Performers: Teddy Buckner, t; Kid Ory, tb; Bob McCracken, cl; Don Ewell, p; Ed Garland, b; Ram Hall, d. 10 Oct 1953.


Artist Jack Teagarden
Title Basin St Blues
Composer Willians
Album It’s Time For “T”: Original Recordings 1929-1953
Label Naxos
Number 8.120825 Track 5
Duration 3.12
Performers Ruby Weinstein, Charlie Teagarden, t; Glenn Miller, Jack Teagarden, tb; Benny Goodman, cl; Sid Stoneburn, as; Larry Binyon, ts; Arthur Schutt, p; Dick McDonough, g; Harry Goodman, b; Gene Krupa, d. 31 Jan 1931.


Artist Alex Welsh
Title You’ll Cry Someday
Composer Welsh
Album Echoes of Chicago
Label Lake
Number CD215 Track 19
Duration 2.45
Performers Alex Welsh, c, v; Roy Crimmins, tb; Archie Semple, cl; Danny Moss, t; Fred Hunt, p; Tony Pitt, g; Bill Reid, b; Lenny Hastings, d. 25 Sep 1961


Artist Clifford Brown / Max Roach / Sonny Rollins
Title I’ll Remember April
Composer DePaul / Johnstone / Raye
Album Complete Studio Recordings
Label Essential Jazz Classics
Number 55407 Track 4
Duration 9.16
Performers Clifford Brown, t; Sonny Rollins, ts; Richie Powell, p; George Morrow, b; Max Roach, d. 16 Feb 1956.


Artist Lee Morgan
Title Mr Kenyatta
Composer Morgan
Album Search For The New Land
Label Blue Note
Number BST 84169 Track 3
Duration 8.43
Performers: Lee Morgan, t; Wayne Shorter, ts; Grant Green, g; Herbie Hancock, p; Reggie Workman, b; Billy Higgins, d. 15 Feb 1964.


Artist Luis Russell
Title (Singing) Pretty Songs
Composer Allen / Barbarin / Russell
Album Henry Allen with Luis Russell, Vol 3
Label RCA Black and White
Number FXM1 7192 Side A track 6
Duration 3.19
Performers Henry Red Allen, Otis Johnson, t; Jimmy Archey, tb; Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes, Greely Walton, reeds; Luis Russell, p; Will Johnson, g; Ernest Hill, tu; Paul Barbarin, d. 15 July 1930.


Artist Bessie Smith
Title St Louis Blues
Composer Handy
Album Complete Columbia Recordings
Label Columbia
Number 88725403102 384 Vol 2 CD 1 Track 17
Duration 3.10
Performers Bessie Smith, v; Louis Armstrong, c; Fred Longshaw, org. 14 Jan 1925.


Artist Claire Martin
Title Some Cats Know
Composer Lieber / Stoller
Album The Waiting Game
Label Linn
Number AKD 018 Track 6
Duration 4.28
Performers: Claire Martin, v; Jonathan Gee, p; Jim Mullen, g; Arnie Somogyi, b; Clark Tracey, d. 1992.


Artist Buck Clayton with Frankie Laine
Title You Can Depend on Me
Composer Carpenter, Dunlap, Hines
Album Jazz Spectacular
Label Columbia
Number CL 808 Side A Track 5
Duration 5.44
Performers: Buck Clayton, Ray Copeland, t; Urbie Green, tb; Hilton Jefferson, Budd Johnson, Nick Nicholas, Dave McRae, reeds; Clifton Best, g; Charles Thompson, p; Milt Hinton, b; Jo Jones, d; Frankie Laine, v. 1956


Artist Frank Big Boy Goudie / Bob Mielke
Title Weary Blues
Composer Mathews
Album Live at Monkey Inn Vol 1
Label Grammercy
Number Track 8
Duration 4.46
Performers: Frank Big Biy Goudie, cl; Bob Mielke, tb; Bill Erickson, p; Jimmy Carter, d. 1961


Artist Lester Young
Title Body and Soul
Composer Green / Heyman – Sour - Eyton
Album Lester Leaps Again
Label Naxos
Number 8.120764 Track 3
Duration 5.13
Performers: Lester Young, ts; Nat King Cole, p; Red Callendar, b. 15 July 1942


Artist Jimmy McGriff / Groove Holmes
Title Licks A-Plenty
Composer E Blake Davis
Album Giants of the organ come together
Label Groove Vine
Number 23491 Track 1
Duration 6.59
Performers: Jimmy McGriff, Richard “Groove” Holmes, org; George Freeman, g; Bernard Purdie, d;

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