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In this week's selection of jazz in all styles and periods from listeners' letter and emails, Alyn Shipton includes music by pianist, vocalist and bandleader Jelly Roll Morton, the self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz".

1 hour

Last on

Sat 18 Nov 201716:00

Music Played

  • Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham and The Sweet Baby Blues Band

    Gud Nuz Bluz

    • Gud Nuz Bluz.
    • Concord.
  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Good Old New York

    • Doctor Jazz.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
  • Miles Davis & Gil Evans

    Concierto de Aranjuez Part 2 (alternate take)

    • Columbia.
  • Damon Brown

    Jousting in 3

    • Han River Tales.
    • We Play Jazz.
  • Frank Sinatra & The Count Basie Orchestra

    Where Or When

    • Sinatra at the Sands.
    • Reprise.
  • Liane Carroll

    Seaside

    • Seaside.
    • Linn.
  • Benn Clatworthy

    What's Going On?

    • What’s Going On.
    • Laughing Lettuce.
  • Bobby Wellins

    Dream Dancing

    • Time Gentlemen Please.
    • Trio.
  • Stéphane Grappelli

    What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?

    • Stephane Grappelli 1973.
    • Pye.
  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Doodlin'

    • Complete 1956-7 Studio sessions.
    • American Jazz Classics.
  • Michael Brecker

    Chan's Song

    • The Nearness of You.
    • Verve.

Performers:

Artist Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham

Title Gud Nuz Bluz

Composer The Concord Jazz Heritage Series

Album Gud Nuz Bluz

Label Concord

Number Concord Jazz: 4837-2 Track 11

Duration 5.36

Performers Snooky Young, Nolan Smith, t; Jimmy Cheatham tb; Louis Taylor, as; Ricky Woodard, ts; Plas Johnson, ts; Charles Owens, bars; Jeannie Cheatham, p, v; Richard Reid, b; John Harris, d. 1996.

Artist Jelly Roll Morton

Title Good Old New York

Composer Morton

Album Doctor Jazz

Label Marshall Cavendish

Number 017 Track 14

Duration 2.47

Performers Henry Allen, t; Joe Britton, tb; Albert Nicholas, cl; Eddie Williams, as; Jelly Roll Morton, p, v; Wellman Braud, b; Zutty Singleton, d. 4 Jan 1940

Artist Miles Davis and Gil Evans

Title Concierto de Aranjuez Part 2 (alternate take)

Composer Rodrigo arr. Evans

Album Sketches of Spain

Label Columbia

Number CL 1480 Track 10

Duration 3.32

Performers Miles Davis, Ernest Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis R. Mucci, tp; Jimmy Buffington, Joe Singer, Tony Miranda, fr h; Frank Rehak, Dick Hixon, tb; Bill Barber, tub; Al Block, Harold Feldman, fl; Danny Bank, b cl; Romeo Penque, ob; Jack Knitzer, bn; Janet Putnam, hp; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d; Elvin Jones, perc; Gil Evans, cond. March 1960.

Artist Damon Brown

Title Jousting in 3

Composer Brown

Album Han River Tales

Label We Play Jazz

Number MJW0206 Track 6

Duration 6.30

Performers Damon Brown, t; Andrew Lautenbach, ts; Paul Kirby, p; Kim Daeho, b; Kim Minchan, d; 2015

Artist Frank Sinatra / Count Basie Orchestra

Title Where Or When

Composer Rodgers / Hart

Album Sinatra at the Sands

Label Reprise

Number 7599-27037-2 Track 17

Duration 2.42

Performers Frank Sinatra, v; Harry Edison, Al Aarons, Wallace Davenport, Sonny Cohn, t; Al Grey, Henderson Chambers, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, tb; Marshal Royal, Bobby Plater, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Count Basie / Bill Miller, p; Freddie Green, g’ Norman Keenan, b; Sonny Payne, d; Quincy Jones, arr. 1966

Artist Liane Carroll

Title Seaside

Composer Stilgoe

Album Seaside

Label Linn

Number AKD 533 Track 1

Duration 4.01

Performers Liane Carroll, p, v; James McMillan, Evan Jolly, Andy Wood, brass; Julian Siegel, Rob Leake, reeds; Rob Luft, g; Steve Pearce, b; Ian Thomas, d. 2016

Artist Benn Clatworthy

Title What’s Going On?

Composer Benson, Cleveland, Gaye 

Album What’s Going On

Label Laughing Lettuce

Number 720 Track 1

Duration 9.46

Performers Benn Clatworthy, ts; John Donaldson, p; Simon Thorpe, b; Matt Home, d. 2016

Artist Bobby Wellins

Title Dream Dancing

Composer Cole Porter

Album Time Gentlemen Please

Label Trio

Number 587 Track 8

Duration 4.56

Performers Bobby Wellins, ts; John Critchinson, p; Andrew Cleyndert, b; Mark Taylor, d. 2010

Artist Stephane Grappelli

Title What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?

Composer Marilyn and Alan Bergman

Album Stephane Grappelli 1973

Label Pye

Number NSPL 18403 Side A Track 3

Duration 4.39

Performers Stephane Grappelli, vn; Mark Hemmeler p; Jack Sewing, b; Kenny Clarke d. 1972.

Artist Dizzy Gillespie

Title Doodlin’

Composer Silver

Album Complete 1956-7 Studio sessions

Label American Jazz Classics

Number 99120 CD 1 Track 7

Duration 3.58

Performers Dizzy Gillespie, Emmett Berry, Carl Warwick, Quincy Jones, Joe Gordon, t; Melba Liston, Frank Rehak, Rod Leavett, tb; Phil Woods, Jimmy Powell, Ernie Wilkins, Billy Mitchell, Marty Flax, reeds; Walter Davis, p; Nelson Boyd, b; Charlie Persip, d. 1956

Artist Michael Brecker

Title Chan’s Song

Composer Hancock

Album The Nearness of You

Label Verve

Number Verve: 549-705-2 Track 1

Duration 5.15

Performers Michael Brecker, ts; Pat Metheny, g; Herbie Hancock, p; Charlie Haden, b; Jack DeJohnette, d. Dec 2000.

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  • Sat 18 Nov 201716:00

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