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One of the most innovative and influential pianists in jazz, Earl Hines is featured in this week's pick of requests from listeners for all styles of jazz, presented by Alyn Shipton.

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Sat 3 Mar 201816:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Glen Manby

    Heimweh

    • Homecoming.
    • Mainstem.
    • 8.

  • Avishai Cohen

    Seven Seas

    • Seven Seas.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.

  • Chris Barber & Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards

    Goin' Up The River

    • Memories of my Trip.
    • Proper.
    • 9.

  • John Kirby

    Rehearsin' for a Nervous Breakdown

    • John Kirby and His Band 1940.
    • Jazz Anthology.
    • 7.

  • Earl Hines

    Oh You Sweet Thing!

    • Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945.
    • Mosaic.
    • 1.

  • Bix Beiderbecke

    Ostrich Walk

    • The Bix Beiderbecke Story.
    • Proper.
    • 26.

  • Howard McGhee

    The Sharp Edge

    • The Sharp Edge.
    • Black Lion.
    • 1.

  • Joey Alexander

    Sunday Waltz

    • Countdown.
    • Motema.
    • 2.

  • Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks & Annie Ross

    Centerpiece

    • Everybody's Boppin'.
    • Columbia/Sony.
    • 6.

  • Mary Lou Williams

    The Lady Who Swings the Band

    • The First Lady in Jazz.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 5.

  • Anita O’Day

    I'm Not Supposed To Be Blue Blues

    • Time for 2.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 19.

  • Ivo Neame

    Pala

    • Moksha.
    • Edition.
    • 3.

Performers:

Artist Glen Manby

Title Heimweh

Composer Manby

Album Homecoming

Label Mainstem

Number 0059 Track 8

Duration 6.48

Performers Glen Manby, as; Steve Waterman, t; Leon Greening, p; Adam KMing, b; Matt Home, d. 2016

Artist Avishai Cohen

Title Seven Seas

Composer Cohen

Album Seven Seas

Label Blue Note

Number 509999495492 0 Track 3

Duration 5.23

Performers Avishai Cohen, b; Shai Mestro, p; Itmar Doari, perc, 2010.

Artist Chris Barber with Jeff Healey’s Jazz Wizards

Title Goin’ Up The River

Composer trad

Album Memories of My Trip

Label Proper

Number CD 1 Track 9

Duration 7.49

Performers Jeff Healey, t, g; Chris Barber, tb, v; Brian Graville, p; Colin Bray, b; Gary Scriven, d.

Artist John Kirby

Title Rehearsin’ for a nervous Breakdown

Composer Shavers

Album John Kirby and His Band 1940

Label Jazz Anthology

Number 55025 Track 7

Duration 2.29

Performers: Charlie Shavers, t; Buster Bailey, cl; Russell Procope, as; Billy Kyle, p; John Kirby, b; O’Neil Spencer, d. 1940

Artist Earl Hines

Title Oh You Sweet Thing!

Composer Razaf / Waller

Album Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945

Label Mosaic

Number MD7 254 CD 2 Track 1

Duration 2.53

Performers Charlie Allen, George Dixon, Walter Fuller, t; Billy Franklin, Louis Taylor, tb; Omer Simeon, Darnell Howard, Cecil Irwin, reeds; Earl Hines, p; Lawrence Dixon, g; Quinn Wilson, b; Wallace Bishop, d. 14 July 1932.

Artist Bix Beiderbecke

Title Ostrich Walk

Composer La Rocca / Sheilds

Album The Bix Beiderbecke Story

Label Proper

Number Properbox 66 CD 1 Track 26

Duration 3.10

Performers Bix Beiderbecke, c; Bill Rank, tb; Don Murray, Roc Ryker, Frankie Trumbauer, reeds; Irving Riskin, p; Eddie Lang, g; Chauncey Morehouse, d 9 May 1927.

Artist Howard McGhee

Title The Sharp Edge

Composer McGhee

Album Shades of Blue

Label Black Lion

Number BL305 Track 1

Duration 5.48

Performers: Howard McGhee, t; Junior Mance, p; Jimmy Tucker, b; Jimmy Cobb, d. 8 Dec 1961.

Artist Joey Alexander

Title Sunday Waltz

Composer Alexander

Album Countdown

Label Motema

Number 234297 Track 2

Duration 5.23

Performers: Joey Alexander, p; Dan Chmielinski, b; Ulysses Owens, Jr. d. 2016.

Artist Lambert Hendricks and Ross

Title Centerpiece

Composer Edison

Album Everybody’s Boppin’

Label Columbia / Sony

Number CK45020 Track 6

Duration 2.28

Performers Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross, v; Harry Sweets Edison, t; Gildo Mahones, p; Ike Isaacs, b; Walter Bolden, d. 1959

Artist Mary Lou Williams

Title The Lady Who Swings the Band

Composer Cahn, Chaplin

Album The First Lady in Jazz

Label Fremeaux

Number 5449 CD 1: Track 5

Duration 2.45

Performers: Harry Lawson, Paul King, Earl Thompson, t; Ted Donnelly, Henry Wells, tb; John Harrington, John Williams, Dick Wilson, reeds; Mary Lou Williams, p; Ted Brinson, g; Booker Collins, b; Ben Thigpen, d. Harry Mills, v; 9 Dec 1936

Artist Anita O’Day

Title I’m Not Supposed to be Blue Blues

Composer Garner / Russell

Album Time for 2

Label Essential Jazz Classics

Number 55559 Track 19

Duration 2.36

Performers Anita O’Day, v; Lonnie Hewitt, p; Freddie Schreiber, b; Cal Tjader, d. 1962

Artist Ivo Neame

Title Pala

Composer Neame

Album Moksha

Label Edition

Number Track 3

Duration 4.43

Performers George Crowley, saxophone; Ivo Neame, p; Tom Farmer, b; James Maddren, d. 2017.

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Mar 201816:00
    BBC Radio 3

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