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In this week's selection from listeners' emails, letters and cards, Alyn Shipton presents music in many styles of jazz including a track from the newly released album by saxophonist Alan Barnes and pianist Dave Newton.

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Sat 20 Jan 201816:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Rocket 88

    St Louis Blues

    • Rocket 88.
    • Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Duke Ellington

    Trumpets No End

    • Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts Dec 1947.
    • Prestige.
    • 11.

  • Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan

    You Better Go Now

    • 1957.
    • Signal.
    • 2.

  • Billie Holiday

    When You're Smiling

    • Billie Holiday and Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 1.

  • Bunny Berigan

    The Prisoner's Song

    • Let's Do It.
    • Acrobat.
    • 7.

  • Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck & Dave Van Kriedt

    Chorale

    • Reunion.
    • Fantasy.
    • 1.

  • Jon Hendricks

    No More

    • Live.
    • Fontana.
    • 4.

  • The Jazz Couriers

    A Foggy Day

    • The Jazz Couriers.
    • Jasmine.
    • 6.

  • Matthew Halsall

    Falling Water

    • When The World Was One.
    • Gondwana.
    • 3.

  • Alan Barnes & David Newton

    Detour Ahead

    • Ask Me Now.
    • Woodville.
    • 8.

Performers:

Artist Rocket 88

Title St Louis Blues

Composer Handy

Album Rocket 88

Label Atlantic

Number 19293 Track 3

Duration 7.55

Performers: Colin Smith, t; John Picard, tb; Don Weller, Hal Singer, ts; Bob Hall, p; Alexis Korner, g; Jack Bruce, b; Charlie Watts, d. Rotation Club, Hanover, 1981

Artist Duke Ellington

Title Trumpets No End

Composer Berlin arr Williams

Album Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts Dec 1947

Label Prestige

Number 2PCD 24075 -2 CD 2 Track 11

Duration 3.42 EOM 3.14

Performers Harold Baker, Ray Nance, Francis Williams, Al Killian, Shelton Hemphill, t; Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, tb; Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Al Sears, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, g; Oscar Pettiford, b; Sonny Greer, d. 27 Dec 1947.

Artist Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan

Title You Better Go Now

Composer Riechner / Graham

Album 1957

Label Signal

Number S 1206 S 1 T 2

Duration 5.35

Performers Red Rodney (trumpet), Ira Sullivan (tenor), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums), 1957

Artist Billie Holiday

Title When You're Smiling

Composer Goodwin, Shay, Fisher

Album Billie Holiday and Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions

Label Essential Jazz Classics

Number CD 1 Track 25

Duration 2.52

Performers: Buck Clayton t; Benny Morton, tb; Lester Young, ts; Teddy Wilson, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; Billie Holiday, v; 6 Jan 1938.

Artist Bunny Berigan

Title The Prisoner’s Song

Composer Massey

Album Let’s Do It

Label Acrobat

Number 145 Track 7

Duration 4.12

Performers: Bunny Berigan, Irv Goodman, Steve Lipkins, t; Al George, Sonny Lee, tb; Mike Doty, Joe Dixon, Clyde Rounds, George Auld, reeds; Joe Lippman, p; Tom Morgan, g; Hank Wayland, b; George Wettling. August 1937

Artist Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Dave Van Kriedt

Title Chorale

Composer Bach arr Van Kriedt

Album Reunion

Label Fantasy

Number 8007 Side B track 1

Duration 4.15

Performers: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Van Kriedt, ts; Dave Brubeck, p; Norman Bates, b; Joe Morello, d. 1957

Artist Jon Hendricks

Title Fast Living Blues

Composer Hendricks

Album Live

Label Fontana

Number 6438019 Side 1 Track 5

Duration 3.57 (after removing 0.58 of spoken intro)

Performers Jon Hendricks, v; Barry Roberts, Hank Shaw, t; Harold McNair, Peter King, Ronnie Scott, reeds; Reg Powell, p; Daryl Runswick, b; Bill Moody, d.

Artist The Jazz Couriers

Title A Foggy Day

Composer Gershwin

Album The Jazz Couriers

Label Jasmine

Number 2004 Track 6

Duration 7.20

Performers Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes ts; Terry Shannon p; Phil Bates, b; Bill Eyden, d. 1957.

Artist Matthew Halsall

Title Falling Water

Composer Halsall

Album When The World Was One

Label Gondwana

Number LP010 Track 3

Duration 9.25

Performers Matthew Halsall, t; Nat Birchall, ss; Lisa Mallet, fl; Taz Modi, p; Rachel Gladwin, harp; Keiko Kitamura, koto; Gavin Barras, b; Luke Flowers, d. 2014

Artist Alan Barnes / David Newton

Title Detour Ahead

Composer Ellis, Frigo, Carter

Album Ask Me Now

Label Woodville

Number WVCD 150 Track 8

Duration 5.30

Performers: Alan Barnes, reeds; David Newton, piano. 2017

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Jan 201816:00
    BBC Radio 3

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