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Among this week's pick of requests from listeners' letters and emails for music in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes music by the unusual partnership of trumpeter Chet Baker and saxophonist Paul Desmond.

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Music Played

  • Charlie Barnet

    Pompton Turnpike

    • Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie.
    • Bluebird.

  • Sonny Rollins

    Get Happy

    • At the Village Vanguard.
    • Blue Note.

  • Chet Baker & Paul Desmond

    Autumn Leaves

    • Together.
    • Epic.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    How High the Moon

    • Ella: The Concert Years.
    • Pablo.

  • Phil Mason

    I Would Do Anything For You

    • Hush Hush.
    • Lake.

  • London Ragtime Orchestra

    African Pas

    • Grace and Beauty.
    • GHB.

  • Sidney Bechet & Bunk Johnson

    Lord Let Me In the Lifeboat

    • New Orleans Revival.
    • Marshall Cavendish.

  • Harry Connick, Jr.

    Blue Light, Red Light (Someone's There)

    • Blue Light, Red Light.
    • Columbiaw.

  • Clark Tracey

    The Mighty SAS

    • The Mighty SAS.
    • Tentoten.

  • Dee Byrne's Entropi

    Moment Frozen

    • Moment Frozen.
    • Whirlwind.

  • Danny Moss

    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

    • Weaver of Dreams.
    • Nagel Heyer.

  • Big Bill Broonzy

    Key to the Highway

    • Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 11.
    • Document.

Performers:

Artist Charlie Barnet

Title Pompton Turnpike

Composer Osborne / Rogers

Album Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie

Label Bluebird

Number ND 26873 Track 14

Duration 2.57

Performers Bernie Privin, Billy May, Johnny Owens, Lyman Vunk, Sam Skolnik, t; Bill Robertson, Don Ruppersberg, Spud Murphy, tb; Charlie Barnet, Gene Kinsey, Leo White, Kurt Bloom, Jimmy Lamarre, reeds; Bill Miller, p; Bus Etri, g; Phil Stephens, b; Cliff Leeman, d. 19 July 1940

Artist Sonny Rollins

Title Get Happy

Composer Koehler / Arlen

Album At the Village Vanguard

Label Blue Note

Number 7243 4 99795 2 9 CD 2 Track 9

Duration 4.38

Performers Sonny Rollins, ts; Wilbur Ware, b; Elvin Jones, d. 3 Nov 1957.

Artist Chet Baker & Paul Desmond

Title Autumn Leaves

Composer Prevert / Kosma

Album Together

Label Epic

Number 4729842-NA

Duration 7.02

Performers Chet Baker, t; Paul Desmond, as; Bob James, p; Ron Carter, b; Steve Gadd. d. 1974

Artist Ella Fitzgerald

Title How High The Moon

Composer Hamilton / Lewis

Album Ella: The Concert Years

Label Pablo

Number 4PACD 4414 2 CD 1 Track 6

Duration 3.10

Performers Ella Fitzgerald, v; Raymond Tunia, p; Ray Brown, b; Herb Ellis, g; J C Heard, d. Tokyo 18 Nov 1953.

Artist Phil Mason

Title I Would Do Anything For You

Composer Williams / Hill

Album Hush Hush

Label Lake

Number LACD 111 Track 14

Duration 3.13

Performers Phil Mason, c; Jonny Boston, cl, ts; Martin Bennett, tb; Jim McINtosh, bj; Ronald Andersen, g; Trefor Williams, b, v; Ron McKay, d. August 1998

Artist London Ragtime Orchestra

Title African Pas

Composer Joplin

Album Grace and Beauty

Label GHB

Number GHB-199 Track 2

Duration 3.00

Performers Tony O’Sullivan, t; John Beecham, tb; Dick Cook, cl; Carolyn Costin vn; Stephen Milne, vc; Ray Smith, p; Alyn Shipton, b; Dave Evans, d. 1987.

Artist Sidney Bechet & Bunk Johnson

Title Lord Let Me In the Lifeboat

Composer Trad.

Album New Orleans Revival

Label Marshall Cavendish

Number CD 45 Track 1

Duration 3.39

Performers Bunk Johnson, t; Sidney Bechet, cl, ss; Sandy Williams, tb; Cliff Jackson p; Pops Foster, b; Manzie Johnson, d. 1945.

Artist Harry Connick Jr

Title Blue Light Red Light (Someone’s There)

Composer Connick / McLean

Album Blue Light Red Light

Label Columbia

Number 469087 2 Track 1

Duration 3.31

Performers Harry Connick Jr, v, p; Dan Miller, Jeremy Davenport, Leroy Jones, Roger Ingham, t; Craig Klein, Lucien Barbarin, Mark Mullins, Joe Barati, tb; Louis Ford, Ned Goold, Jerry Weldon, David Schumacher, reeds; Russell Malone, g; Ben Wolfe, b; Shannon Powell, d. 1991

Artist Clark Tracey

Title The Mighty SAS

Composer Tracey

Album The Mighty SAS

Label Tentoten

Number TTTCDS-754 Track 1

Duration 7.38

Performers Mark Armstrong, t; Simon Allen, as; Zoe Rahman, p; Peter Billington, b; Clark Tracey, d. 2006

Artist Dee Byrne’s Entropi

Title Moment Frozen

Composer Byrne

Album Moment Frozen

Label Whirlwind

Number Track 4

Duration 5.16

Performers Dee Byrne, (alto); Andre Canniere (trumpet), Rebecca Nash (piano/keys), Olie Brice (double bass) and Matt Fisher (drums). 2017

Artist Danny Moss

Title Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Composer Harbach / Kern

Album Weaver of Dreams

Label Nagel Heyer

Number 017 Track 5

Duration 4.26

Performers Danny Moss, ts; Brian Lemon, p; Len Skeat, b; Butch Miles, d. 1994

Artist Big Bill Broonzy

Title Key to the Highway

Composer Segar

Album Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 11

Label Document

Number 5133 Track 7

Duration 3.03

Performers Big Bill Broonzy, v, g; Jazz Gillum, hca; Washboard Sam, wbd. 1940/1

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Nov 201716:00
    BBC Radio 3

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