30/12/2017
Alyn Shipton's selection includes listeners' suggestions for the best jazz records of 2017.
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Kenny Ball
We Three Kings
- A Dixieland Christmas.
- Pickwick.
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Duke Ellington
In A Mellow Tone
Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.- Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook.
- Verve.
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Duke Ellington
Three Dances from Black Brown and Beige
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts, Dec. 1944.
- Prestige.
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Duke 88
- Yarona.
- Enja / Tiptoe.
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Fletcher Henderson All Stars
Honeysuckle Rose
- Big Reunion.
- Jazz Greats.
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Brad Mehldau
Hey Joe
- Where Do You Start?.
- Nonesuch.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
Nothing Like You
- Dreams and Daggers.
- Mack Avenue.
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Jam Experiment
Chorale
- Jam Experiment.
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Vijay Iyer
End of the Tunnel
- Far From Over.
- ECM.
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Ken Colyer
When I Leave This World Behind
- Colyer at Wimbledon.
- Upbeat.
Performers:
Artist Kenny Ball
Title We Three Kings
Composer trad
Album A Dixieland Christmas
Label Pickwick
Number 4129 Side 2 Track 3
Duration 2.57
Performers (includes) Kenny Ball, t; John Bennett, tb; Andy Cooper, cl; Ron Bowden, d. 1994
Artist Ella Fitzgerald
Title In A Mellow Tone
Composer Ellington, Gabler
Album Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
Label Verve
Number 4009-2 CD 2 Track 9
Duration 5.07
Performers Ella Fitzgerald, v; Ben Webster, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b; Herb Ellis, g; Alvin Stoller, d. 1957
Artist Duke Ellington
Title Three Dances From Black Brown and Beige
Composer Ellington
Album The Carnegie Hall Concerts, Dec. 1944
Label Prestige
Number 2PCD 24073-2 CD 3 Track 3
Duration 5.58
Performers Rex Stewart, Taft Jordan, Ray Nance, Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill, t; Joe nanton, Lawrence brown, Claude Jones, tb; Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Al; Sears, Otto Hardwicke, Jimmy Hamilton, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, g; Junior Raglin, b; Hillard Brown, d 19 Dec 1944.
Artist Abdullah Ibrahim
Title Duke 88
Composer Ibrahim
Album Yarona
Label Enja / Tiptoe
Number 8888202 Track 2
Duration 6.55
Performers Abdullah Ibrahim, p; Marcus McLaurine, b; George Johnson, d. Jan 1995.
Artist Fletcher Henderson All Stars
Title Honeysuckle Rose
Composer Waller / Razaf
Album Big Reunion
Label Jazz Greats
Number JG 624 Side A track 23
Duration 7.15
Performers Rex Stewart, Dick Vance, Taft Jordan, Joe Thomas, t; J C Higginbotham, Benny Morton, Dickie Wells, tb; Garvin Bushell, Hilton Jefferson, as; Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, ts; Norman Thornton, bars; Red Richards, p; Al Casey, g; Bill Pemberton, b; Jimmy Crawford, d. 1957
Artist Brad Mehldau
Title Hey Joe
Composer Billy Roberts
Album Where Do You Start?
Label Nonesuch
Number 7559 79610-5 Track 6
Duration 6.24
Performers Brad Mehldau (piano) Larry Grenadier (double bass) Jeff Ballard (drums)
Artist Cecile McLorin Salvant
Title Nothing Like You
Composer Bob Dorough
Album Dreams and Daggers
Label Mack Avenue
Number MAC1120 CD 2 Track 3
Duration 3.49
Performers Cecile McLorin Salvant, v; Aaron Diehl, p; Paul Sikivie, b; Laurence Leathers, d. Rec: Sep 2016.
Artist Jam Experiment
Title Chorale
Composer Mansfield
Album Jam Experiment
Label N/A
Number 689314 Track 2
Duration 4.23
Performers: Alexander Bone, ss; Rory Ingham, tb; Toby Comeau, kb; Joe Lee, b; Johnny Mansfeild, d. 2017-12-09
Artist Vijay Iyer
Title End of the Tunnel
Composer Iyer
Album Far From Over
Label ECM
Number 576 7386 Track 4
Duration 2.17
Performers: Graham Haynes, cornet, Vijay Iyer, keyboards, Stephan Crump bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums.
Artist Ken Colyer
Title When I Leave This World Behind
Composer Berlin
Album Colyer at Wimbledon
Label Upbeat
Number 275 Track 2
Duration EOM 7.06
Performers Ken Colyer, c; Mike Sherbourne, tb; Roger Bird, cl; Ray Smith, p; Bill Stotesbury, bj; Annie Hawkins, b; Colin Bowden, d. 20 Dec 1975
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- Sat 30 Dec 201716:00BBC Radio 3
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