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Dipping into this week's postbag and emails of listeners' requests, Alyn Shipton plays a selection of music from all styles and periods of jazz including a track by the great trumpeter Clifford Brown.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 4 Nov 201716:00

Music Played

  • Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet

    Liza

    • Live at the New School - The Complete Concert.
    • Chiaroscuro.
  • Clifford Brown

    The Song Is You

    • Clifford Brown: Complete Metronome and Vogue Master Takes.
    • Definitive.
  • John Dankworth

    The Avengers Theme

    • The Best of John Dankworth.
    • Redial.
  • John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

    My One and Only Love

    • John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman.
    • Impulse.
  • King Oliver

    Snake Rag

    • Integrale Louis Armstrong, Vol 1.
    • Fremeaux.
  • Butch Thompson

    Wang Wang Blues

    • Butch Thompson’s King Oliver Centennial Band.
    • GHB.
  • Harry Hayes

    Drop Me Off At Harlem

    • Kenny Baker - Birth of a Legend 41-46 Vol. 1.
    • Hep.
  • Chris Barber & Ottilie Patterson

    When Things Go Wrong

    • That Patterson Girl.
    • Lake.
  • Quincy Jones

    Walkin'

    • Four Classic Albums Plus.
    • Avid.
  • Angélique Kidjo & Branford Marsalis

    Lonlon - Ravel's Bolero

    • Spirit Rising.
    • Razor and Tie.
  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    • Everybody Digs Bill Evans.
    • Not Now.
  • Miles Davis

    Move

    • Birth of the Cool.
    • Dream Covers.

Performers:

Artist Ruby Braff / George Barnes Quartet

Title Liza

Composer Gershwin

Album Live at the New School The Complete Concert

Label Chiaroscuro

Number CR 126-A Track 13

Duration 4.05

Performers Ruby Braff c; George Barnes, Wayne Wright, g; Michael Moore, b. 1974

Artist Clifford Brown

Title The Song Is You

Composer Kern / Hammerstein

Album Clifford Brown: Complete Metronome and Vogue Master Takes

Label Definitive

Number 11246 CD 2 Track 12

Duration 2.52

Performers Clifford Brown, t; Henri Renaud, p; Pierre Michelot, b; Benny Bennett, d. Oct 1953.

Artist John Dankworth

Title Avengers Theme

Composer Dankworth

Album The Best of John Dankworth

Label Redial

Number 5461-352

Duration 2.27

Performers Dickie Hawdon, Kenny Wheeler, Gus Galbraith, tp; Tony Russell, Eddie Harvey, Ian McDougall, tb; Ron Snyder, tu; Johnny Scott, f,pic; Johnny Dankworth, Peter King, as; Danny Moss, Art Ellefson, ts; Ronnie Ross, bs; Alan Branscombe, p; Spike Heatley, b; Ronnie Stephenson, d; 1960

Artist John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Title My One and Only Love

Composer Wood / Mellin

Album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Label Impulse

Number GRD-157

Duration 4.50

Performers John Coltrane, ts; McCoy Tyner, p; Jimmy Garrison, b; Elvin Jones, d; Johnny Hartman, v. 1963

Artist King Oliver

Title Snake Rag

Composer Oliver / Piron

Album Integrale Louis Armstrong, Vol 1

Label Fremeaux

Number 1351 Cd 1 Track 10

Duration 3.18

Performers King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, c; Johnny Dodds, cl; Honore Dutrey, tb; Lil Hardin, p; Bud Scott, bj; Baby Dodds, d.

Artist Butch Thompson

Title Wang Wang Blues

Composer Busse, Mueller, Johnson, Wood

Album Butch Thompson’s King Oliver Centennial Band

Label GHB

Number BCD202 track 7

Duration 4.08

Performers Charlie DeVore, Cuff Billett, t; Pete Dyer, tb; Teddy Layton, cl; Butch Thompson, p; Malcolm Horne, bj; Alyn Shipton, b; Dave Evans, d. 13 July 1988.

Artist Harry Hayes

Title Drop Me Off At Harlem

Composer Ellington

Album Kenny Baker – Birth of a Legend

Label Hep

Number HCD58 Track 19

Duration 2.53

Performers Kenny Baker, t; George Chisholm, tb; Harry Hayes, as; Bill Lewington, bars; Norman Stenfalt, p; Archie Slavin, g; Tommy Bromley, b; George Fierstone, d. 7 Feb 1945.

Artist Chris Barber’s Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson

Title When Things Go Wrong

Composer Jack Dupree

Album That Patterson Girl

Label Lake

Number CD244 Track 14

Duration 3.31

Performers Pat Halcox, t; Monty Sunshine, cl; Chris Barber, tb; Eddie Smith, bj; Dick Smith, b; Graham Burbidge, d; Ottilie Patterson, v, kb.

Artist Quincy Jones

Title Walkin’

Composer Carpenter

Album Four Classic Albums Plus

Label Avid

Number 1107 CD 1 Track 1

Duration 10.45

Performers Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Joe Wilder, t; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak, tb; Phil Wods, Bunny Bardoch, Lucky Thompson, Jerome Richardson, Jack Nimitz, reeds; Hank Jones, p; Paul Chambers, b; Charlie Persip, d.

Artist Angelique Kidjo and Branford Marsalis

Title Lonlon – Ravel’s Bolero

Composer Ravel

Album Spirit Rising

Label Razor and Tie

Number 83306 Track 13

Duration 4.53

Performers Angelique Kidjo, v; Branford Marsais, ss; unknown accompaniment. 2012

Artist Bill Evans

Title Peace Piece

Composer Evans

Album Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Label Not Now

Number CD 912 CD 2 Track 7

Duration 6.43

Performers Bill Evans p.

Artist Miles Davis

Title Move

Composer Denzil Best

Album Birth of the Cool

Label Dream Covers

Number 6096 Track 2

Duration 2.33

Performers Miles Davis, t; Kai Winding, tb; Junior Collins, frh; John Barber, tu; Lee Konitz, as; Gerry Mulligan, bars; Al Haig, p; Jope Schulman, b; Max Roach d. 21 Jan 1949


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