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In this week's dip into the postbag and emails from listeners, Alyn Shipton includes music from the little-known French trumpeter Pierre Allier, in the company of Django Reinhardt, from a rare wartime recording.

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Sat 30 Sep 201716:00
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Music Played

  • Horace Silver

    The Cape Verdean Blues

    • Retrospective.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.

  • Django Reinhardt Plus Band & Pierre Allier

    Ninouche

    • Belleville.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Stéphane Grappelli

    Blue Skies

    • The Quintessence.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 15.

  • Hiromi

    I Got Rhythm

    • Hiromi's Sonicbloom / Time Control.
    • TELARC.
    • 9.

  • Ben Webster

    It Never Entered My Mind

    • Three Classic Albums Plus.
    • Avid.
    • 8.

  • Cuff Billett & Bill Greenow

    Whatsit

    • Strong Jazz.
    • Swift.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sablon

    Je Suis Sex Appeal

    • Je Tire Ma Reverance.
    • CONIFER.
    • 2.

  • Marion Montgomery

    I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

    • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues.
    • Ronnie Scott's Jazz House.
    • 10.

  • Joe Zawinul, Alex Acuña, Victor Bailey, Nathaniel Townsley & WDR Big Band Köln

    Brown Street

    • Brown Street.
    • Intuition.
    • 1.

  • John Abercrombie

    Love Song

    • Timeless.
    • ECM.
    • 2.

  • Eubie Blake

    Charleston Rag

    • Les Tresors du Jazz 1898-1943.
    • Chant du Monde.
    • 10.

Performers:

Artist: Horace Silver

Title: Cape Verdean Blues

Composer: Silver

Album: Retrospect

Label: Blue Note

Number: 95576 CD 3 Track 3

Duration: 4.59

Performers: Woody Shaw, t; Joe Henderson, ts; Horace Silver, p; Bob Cranshaw, b; Roger Humphries, d. Oct 1965


Artist: Django Reinhardt

Title: Ninouche

Composer: Allier

Album: Belleville

Label: Naxos

Number: 8.120822 Track 2

Duration: 3.20

Performers: Pierre Allier, t; Hubert Rostaing, ts; Charles Lisse, as; Paul Collot, p; Django Reinhart, g; Pierre Fouad , d. 18 Dec 1940.


Artist: Stephane Grappelli

Title: Blue Skies

Composer: Berlin

Album: The Quintessence

Label: Fremeaux

Number: FA-281 CD 1 track 15

Duration: 2.57

Performers: Stephane Grappelli, vn; C G Heywood, cl, bars, dir; W O Davison, Hugh Tripp, J Hardy, reeds; Jack Hegarty, p; Millie Smith, Joan Bush acc; George Smith, g; Bert Howard, b; George Hamilton, d.

Artist: Hiromi

Title: I Got Rhythm

Composer: Gershwin

Album: Beyond Standard

Label: Telarc

Number: CD-83655

Duration: 5.51

Performers: Hiromi, p. 2008

Artist: Ben Webster

Title: It never entered my mind

Composer: Rodgers, Hart

Album: Three Classic Albums PLus

Label: Avid

Number: 1038 CD 1 Track 8

Duration: 5.46

Performers: Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b; Alvin Stoller, d. Oct 1957.

Artist: Cuff Billett / Bill Greenow

Title: Whatsit

Composer: Unknown

Album: Strong Jazz

Label: Swift

Number: S 2 Side 1 Track 1

Duration: 4.21

Performers: Cuff Billett (tpt, voc); Bill Greenow (alto); Pat Hawes (pno); Dave Holland (b); Johnny Richardson (d)


Artist: Jean Sablon

Title: Je Suis Sex Appeal

Composer: Bastia / Nivoix

Album: Je Tire Ma Reverence

Label: Conifer / Happy Days

Number: 75605 52267 2 Track 2

Duration: 2.56

Performers: Jean Sablon, v; Leon Ferrari, vn; Django Reinhardt, g; Michel Emer, p. April 1933

Artist: Marion Montgomery

Title: I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues

Composer: Koehler, Arlen

Album: I Gotta Right To Sing

Label: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz house

Number: JDHE 003 Track 10

Duration: 4.57

Performers: Marion Montgomery, v; Laurie Holloway, p; Mitch Dalton, g; Allan Ganley ,d. 1988


Artist: Joe Zawinul

Title: Brown Street

Composer: Shorter

Album: Brown Street

Label: Cream

Number: 830-2 CD 1 Track 1

Duration: 10.58

Performers: Joe Zawinul (keyboards, vocoder); Victor Bailey (bass guitar); Nathaniel Townsley (drums); Alex Acuña (percussion).


Artist: John Abercrombie

Title: Love Song

Composer: Abercrombie

Album: Timeless

Label: ECM

Number: 629114-2 S 1 T 2

Duration: 4.43

Performers: John Abercrombie, g; Jan Hammer, kb; 1974

Artist: Eubie Blake

Title: Charleston Rag

Composer: Blake

Album: Les Tresors du Jazz 1898-1943

Label: Le Chant Du Monde

Number: C 574-120110 CD 1 Track 10

Duration: 3.03

Performers: Eubie Blake, p. Aug 1917

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Sep 201716:00
    BBC Radio 3

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