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In this week's selection of listeners' requests in all styles and periods of jazz, Alyn Shipton plays music by the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring the writing and piano playing of John Lewis.

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Sat 29 Apr 201716:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • The Modern Jazz Quartet & Sonny Rollins

    A Night In Tunisia

    • The Modern Jazz Quartet.
    • Pollwinners.
    • 4.

  • Mel Powell & Benny, Goodman With Mel Powell & His Orchestra

    The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

    • Commodore.

  • Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald, Ella & Louis Armstrong

    Tenderly

    • ELLA AND LOUIS.
    • ONE.
    • 6.

  • Chuck Berry

    Sweet Little Sixteen

    • Jazz On A Summer's Day.
    • Charly.
    • 9.

  • Duke Ellington

    Moon Maiden

    • Intimate Ellington.
    • Pablo Records.
    • 1.

  • Benny Carter Earl Hines Quartet, Benny Carter & Earl Hines Quartet

    Who's Sorry Now

    • Swingin' The 20s.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 6.

  • Bill Evans

    Soiree

    • From Left to Right.
    • MGM.
    • 4.

  • Tim Garland

    The Eternal Greeting

    • One.
    • 3.

  • Barb Jungr

    Every Grain of Sand

    • EVERY GRAIN OF SAND.
    • LINN RECORDS.
    • 15.

  • Ken Colyer

    Midnight Special

    • Back to the Delta.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson & Sidney Bechet

    Porto Rico

    • The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet.
    • Mosaic.
    • 4.

  • George Lewis, Avery Kid Howard, Jim Robinson, Alton Purnell & Alcide Pavageau

    Walking With The King

    • Complete Blue Note Recordings of George Lewis.
    • Mosaic.
    • 11.

  • Cannonball Adderley

    Sack o'Woe

    • Cannonball Adderley Collection, Vol.5: The Quintet at the Lighthouse.
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

Performers:

Artist Modern Jazz Quartet
Title A Night In Tunisia
Composer Gillespie / Paparelli 
Album The Modern Jazz Quartet
Label Pollwinners
Number 27341 Track 4
Duration 6.11
Performers: John Lewis, p; Milt Jackson, vib; Percy Heath, b; Connie Kay, d. 5 April 1957.


Artist Mel Powell
Title The World Is waiting for the Sunrise
Composer Seitz / Lockhart
Label Commodore
Number 544 side A
Duration 2.37
Performers: Billy Butterfield, t; Lou McGarity. tb; Benny Goodman, cl; George Berg, ts; Mel Powell, p; Al Morgan, b; Kansas Fields, d. Feb 1942


Artist Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Title Tenderly
Composer Lawrence / Gross
Album Ella & Louis
Label One
Number 59805 CD 1 Track 6
Duration 5.11
Performers: Louis Armstrong, t, v; Ella Fitzgerald, v; Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b; Buddy Rich d. August 1956


Artist Chuck Berry
Title Sweet Little Sixteen
Composer Berry
Album Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Label Charly
Number 686 Track 9
Duration 4.01
Performers: Chuck Berry, g, v; Jack Teagarden, tb; Buck Clayton, t; Buddy Tate, George Auld, Rudy Rutherford, reeds; Pete Johnson, p; Jo Jones, d. 1958


Artist Duke Ellington
Title Moon Maiden
Composer Ellington
Album Intimate Ellington
Label Pablo
Number 2310 787 Track 1
Duration 2.42
Performers: Duke Ellington, celesta, v. 1969.


Artist Benny Carter / Earl Hines Quartet
Title Who’s Sorry Now
Composer Kalmar / Ruby / Snyder
Album Swingin’ The 20s
Label Essential Jazz Classics
Number EJC 5522 Track 6
Duration 2.23
Performers: Benny Carter, as; Earl Hines, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Shelly Manne, d. 2 Nov 1958.


Artist Bill Evans
Title Soirée
Composer Zindars
Album From Left to Right
Label MGM 
Number SE 4723 Side A Track 4
Duration 3.25
Performers: Bill Evans, p, elp; Eddie Gomez, b; Marty Morell, d. 1970


Artist Tim Garland
Title The Eternal Greeting
Composer Garland
Album One 
Label Edition
Number 1072 Track 3
Duration 5.59
Performers: Tim Garland, ts; Ant Law, g; Jason Rebello, kb; Asaf Sirkis, d. 2016.


Artist Barb Jungr
Title Every Grain of Sand
Composer Dylan
Album Every Grain of Sand
Label Linn
Number AKD 581 Track 15
Duration 4.23
Performers: Barg Jungr, v; Simon Wallace, kb; Sonya Fairburn, vn; Sonia Oakes Stuart, vc; Julie Walkington, b; Kim Burton, acc; Gary Hammond, perc; Mark Lockheart, ts. 2002.


Artist Ken Colyer
Title Midnight Special
Composer trad
Album Back to the Delta
Label Decca
Number LF 1196 Side B Track 1
Duration 2.41
Performers: Ken Colyer, g, v; Alexis Korner, g; Mickey Ashman, b; Bill Colyer, wb. 25 June 1954.


Artist Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet
Title Porto Rico
Album Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet
Label Mosaic
Number MD4-112 CD 2 Track 4
Duration 3.12
Performers Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sidney Bechet (clt), Sandy Williams (tbn), Cliff Jackson (pno), 'Pops' Foster (bs) and Manzie Johnson (dms). New York, 10 March 1945


Artist George Lewis
Title Walking with the King
Composer trad
Album Complete Blue Note Recordings of George Lewis
Label Mosaic
Number MD3 132 CD 2 Track 11
Duration 2.52
Performers: Kid Howard, t,v; George Lewis, cl; Jim Robinson, tb; Alton Purnell, p; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Joe Watkins, d.


Artist Cannonball Adderley
Title Sack o’Woe
Composer Adderley
Album At The Lighthouse
Label Capitol
Number 31572 Track 1
Duration 10.31
Performers: Nat Adderley, c; Cannonball Adderley, as; Victor Feldman, p; Sam Jones, b; Louis Hayes, d. 16 Oct 1960.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Apr 201716:00
    BBC Radio 3

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