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In this week's selection of requests from listeners' letters and emails asking for all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes tracks by Fats Waller, Ellery Eskelin, Stan Tracey and Sonny Rollins, and looks forward to Valentine's Day with a tongue-in-cheek duet from Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday.

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Music Played

  • Dizzy Gillespie and the CTI All-Stars

    Caribe

    • Rhythmstick.
    • CTI.
    • 1.

  • Nat Steele

    Bags' Groove

    • Portrait of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
    • 598.
    • 8.

  • Benny Goodman

    China Boy

    • Complete Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert.
    • Phoenix.
    • 6.

  • Fats Waller

    If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight

    • Parlor Piano Solos from Rare Piano Rolls 1924-1931.
    • Biograph.
    • 7.

  • Fats Waller

    A Little Bit Independent

    • Complete Recordings Vol 3.
    • JSP.
    • 7.

  • Louis Armstrong

    My Sweet Hunk O Trash

    • C'est si bon.
    • Proper.
    • 13.

  • Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins & Jim Black

    One Great Day

    • One Great Day.
    • Hatology.
    • 1.

  • Stan Tracey

    Cockle Row

    • Under Milk Wood Suite.
    • Jazzizit.
    • 1.

  • Tony Lee

    Doodlin'

    • Close To You.
    • Mainstem.
    • 8.

  • Stan Kenton

    Blues in Burlesque Parts 1 and 2

    • n/a.
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • Sonny Rollins

    You

    • And the Contemporary Leaders.
    • Contemporary.
    • 4.

Performers:

Artist Dizzy Gillespie and the CIT All Stars

Title Caribe

Composer Camilo

Album Rhythmstick

Label CTI

Number Track 1

Duration 6.44

Performers: Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, t; Phil Woods, Bob Berg, reeds; Hilton Ruiz, p; Anthony Jackson, b; John Scofield, g; Bernard Purdie, Marvin Smitty Smith, d; Airto Moreira, Tito Puente, perc. 1990

Artist Nat Steele

Title Bags Groove

Composer Jackson

Album Portrait of the Modern Jazz Quartet

Label Trio

Number 598 Track 8

Duration 4.09

Performers: Nat Steele, vib; Gabriel Latchin, p; Dario De Lecce, b; Steve Brown, d. 2016

Artist Benny Goodman

Title China Boy

Composer Winfree / Boutelje

Album Complete Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert

Label Phoenix

Number 131592 CD 2 Track 6

Duration 4.58 (EOM around 4.49)

Performers Benny Goodman, cl; Teddy Wilson, p; Gene Krupa, d. 16 Jan 1938

Artist Fats Waller

Title If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight

Composer Johnson

Album Parlor Piano Solos from Rare Piano Rolls 1924-1931

Label Biograph

Number Track 7

Duration 2.59

Performers: Fats Waller, James P Johnson, p.

Artist Fats Waller

Title A Little Bit Independent

Composer Leslie / Burke

Album Complete Recordings Vol 3

Label JSP

Number 946 CD C Track 7

Duration 3.00

Performers: Herman Autrey, t; Gene Sedric, cl, ts; Fats Waller, p, cel, v; James Smith, g; Charles Turner b; Yank Porter, d.

Artist Louis Armstrong

Title My Sweet Hunk O Trash

Composer Johnson / Miller

Album C’est si bon

Label Proper

Number Properbox 24 Cd 4 Track 13

Duration 3.23

Performers: Louis Armstrong, t. v; Billie Holiday, v; Bernie Privin, t; Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince, Sid Cooper, Art Drelingerm, Pat Nizza, reeds; Billy Kyle, p; Everett Barksdale, g; Joe Benjamin, b; Jimmy Crawford, d; Sy Oliver, arr, dir. 1949

Artist Ellery Eskelin / Andrea Parkins / Jim Black

Title One Great Day

Composer Eskelin

Album One Great Day

Label Hatology

Number 502 Track 1

Duration 8.43

Performers: by Ellery Eskelin (tenor sax), Andrea Parkins (accordion and sampler), Jim Black (percussion), 30 Sep 1996.

Artist Stan Tracey

Title Llareggub

Composer Tracey

Album Under Milk Wood Suite

Label Jazzizit

Number 9815 Track 6

Duration 4.50

Performers: Bobby Wellins, t; Stan Tracey, p; Jeff Clyne, b; Jackie Dougan, d. May 1965.

Artist Tony Lee

Title Doodlin’

Composer Silver

Album Close to You

Label Mainstem

Number Track 8

Duration 4.20

Performers Tony Lee, p; Ian Scott Taylor, b; Martin Drew, d. 2000

Artist Stan Kenton

Title Blues in Burlesque Parts 1 and 2

Composer Shelly Manne

Album n/a

Label Capitol

Number CL13650

Duration 4.44

Performers: Shelly Manne, d, v; with (probably) John Howell, Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers, Chico Alvarez, Jimmy Salko, t; Milt Bernhardt, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick, Dick Kenney, tb; Bud Shank, Art Pepper, Jimmy Giuffre, Bert Caldari, Bob Gioga, reeds; Stan Kenton p; Ralph Blaze, g; Don Bagley b. 1951

Artist Sonny Rollins

Title You

Composer Adamson / Donaldson

Album And the Contemporary Leaders

Label Contemporary

Number 7564 Track 4

Duration 4.16

Performers: Sonny Rollins, ts; Victor Feldman, vib; Hampton Hawes, p; Barney Kessel, g; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Shelly Manne, d. Oct 1958.

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  • Sat 10 Feb 201816:00
    BBC Radio 3

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