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Among this week's selection of requests from listeners in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes music by the Montgomery Brothers: Wes, Monk and Buddy

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Sat 3 Jun 201716:00

Music Played

  • Harry Gibson

    Riot In Boogie

    • Riot In Boogie.
    • Musicraft.
    • 1.
  • J J Johnson and Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding, Plus Band

    Surrey With The Fringe On Top

    • JJ Johnson and Kai Winding Trombone Octet.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.
  • Thelonious Monk & Monk Quartet

    Nutty

    • MISTERIOSO.
    • ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS.
    • 1.
  • Grachan Moncur III

    Monk In Wonderland

    • Evolution.
    • Blue Note.
    • 4.
  • Kamasi Washington

    Truth

    • Truth.
    • Young Turks.
    • 1.
  • John Dankworth & John Dankworth and His Orchestra

    Don No More

    • Windmill Tilter.
    • BGO.
    • 9.
  • Dave Brubeck

    Song Is You

    • Time Was.
    • Proper.
    • 8.
  • The Mills Brothers

    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

    • Singin' and Swingin'.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.
  • Billie Holiday

    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

    • Velvet Mood.
    • Verve.
    • 3.
  • M.A.D.

    A Good Man Is Hard To Find

    • Best of British Jazz from the BBC Jazz Club Volume 7.
    • Upbeat.
    • 9.
  • Ralph Sutton

    Viper's Drag

    • At St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol.
    • Arbors.
    • 7.

Performers:

Artist Harry “The Hipster” Gibson
Title Riot In Boogie
Composer Gibson
Label Musicraft
Number 291 Side A
Duration 2.48
Performers: Harry The Hipster Gibson, p; unknown b and d. 1944.


Artist J J Johnson and Kai Winding
Title Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Composer Rodgers / Hammerstein
Album J J Johnson and Kai Winding Trombone Octet
Label Columbia
Number 37001 Side A Track 6
Duration 2,08
Performers J J Johnson, Kai Winding Eddie Bert, Urbie Green, Bart Varsalona, Jimmy Cleveland, Bob Alexander, Tom Mitchell, tb; Hank Jones, p; Milt Hinton, b; Osie Johnson, d. 6 April 1956


Artist Thelonious Monk
Title Nutty
Composer Monk
Album Misterioso
Label Riverside
Number OJCCD 062 Track 1
Duration 5.25
Performers: Johnny Griffin, ts; Thelonious Monk, p; Ahmed Abdul Malik, b: Roy Haynes, d. Five Spot, NYC, August 1958


Artist Grachan Moncur III
Title Monk In Wonderland
Composer Moncur
Album Evolution
Label Blue Note
Number 84153 Track 4
Duration 7.52
Performers Lee Morgan, t; Jackie McLean, as; Grachan Moncur, tb; Bobby Hutcherson, vib; Bob Cranshaw, b; Tony Williams, d. 21 Nov 1963


Artist Kamasi Washington
Title Truth
Composer Washington
Album Truth (Single) from Harmony of Difference
Label Young Turks
Number Track 1
Performers: Kamasi Washington, ts; Terrace Martin (alto sax), Miles Moseley (double bass), Thundercat (electric bass). Rickey Washington (flute). Six violinists, two cellists, and a nine-piece choir. 2017


Artist John Dankworth
Title Don No More
Composer Kenny Wheeler
Album Windmill Tilter
Label BGO
Number CD 944 Track 9
Duration 8.12
Performers: Derek Watkins, Hank Shaw, Henry Lowther, Les Condon, t; Kenny Wheeler, flh; Mike Gibbs, Chris Pyne, tb; Alfie Reece, Dick Hart, tu; Tony Coe, John Dankworth, Ray Swinfield, Tiny Roberts, reeds; Alan Branscombe, Bob Cornford, kb; John McLaughlin, g; Dave Holland, b; John Spooner, d. March 1963.


Artist Dave Brubeck
Title Song Is You
Composer Kern, Hammerstein
Album Time Was
Label Proper
Number Properbox 90 CD 4 Track 8
Duration 5.38
Performers: Dave Brubeck, p; Paul Desmond, as; Bob Bates b; Joe Dodge, d. March 1954.


Artist Mills Brothers
Title Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
Composer Stept / Clare
Album Singin’ and Swingin’
Label Decca
Number 8029 Side A Track 4
Duration 2.37
Performers: the Mills Brothers, c 1956.


Artist Billie Holiday
Title Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
Composer Stept / Clare
Album Velvet Mood
Label Verve
Number V 8096 Side A Track 3
Duration 4.16
Performers: Harry Sweets Edison, t; Benny Carter, as; Jimmy Rowles, p; Barney Kessell, g; John Simmons, b; Larry Bunker, d; Billie Holiday, v; August 1955.


Artist Mike Daniels
Title A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Composer Green
Album Best of Jazz from the BBC Jazz Club Vol 7
Label Upbeat
Number 171 Track 9
Duration 3.07
Performers: Mike Daniels, t; Gordon Blundy, tb; John Barnes, cl; Geoff Over, bj; Des Bacon, p; Don Smith, b; Arthur Fryatt, d, Doreen Beatty, v. 20 Jan 1960.


Artist Ralph Sutton
Title Viper’s Drag
Composer Fats Waller
Album At St George’s Church Brandon Hill, Bristol
Label Arbors
Number 19336 CD 1 Track 7
Duration 4.11
Performers Ralph Sutton, p. 25 Feb 1992.

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