26/05/2018
Among this week's suggestions from listeners for music in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes a request to hear music by the seminal British jazz-rock fusion band Nucleus, led by trumpeter, author and broadcaster Ian Carr. The track celebrates the 45th anniversary of their album Labyrinth.
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Nucleus
Exultation
- Labyrinth.
- BGO.
- 6.
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Tomasz Stanko
Song For Sarah
- Suspended Night.
- ECM.
- 1.
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Lou Donaldson
Caravan
- Wailin' With Lou.
- Blue Note.
- 1.
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Una Mae Carlisle
I Would Do Anything For You
- 1938-1941.
- CLASSICS.
- 2.
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Kid Thomas
Shake It And Break It
- Living New Orleans Jazz 1973.
- Smoky Mary.
- 1.
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Billie Pierce & De De Pierce
Love Songs Of The Nile
- The Atlantic New Orleans Sessions.
- Mosaic.
- 1.
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Lucky Thompson
Lover Man
- Lucky Sessions.
- Vogue.
- 14.
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Clifford Jordan
Charlie Parker's Last Supper
- Play What You Feel.
- Mapleshade.
- 10.
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Loz Speyer
Rocket Science
- Life on the Edge.
- Leo.
- 2.
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Freddie Hubbard
Body And Soul
- Here to Stay.
- Blue Note.
- 3.
Jazz Record Requests
Title Exultation
Composer Carr
Album Labyrinth
Label BGO
Performers: Ian Carr, Kenny Wheeler, t, fh; Norma Winstone, v; Tony Coe, cl, bcl, ts; Brian Smith, ts, ss; Dave McRae, Gordon Beck, kb; Roy Babbington, b; Clive Thacker, Tony Levin, d; Trevor Tomkins, pec; Paddy Kingsland, synth. March 1973.
Artist Tomasz Stanko
Title Song For Sarah
Composer Stanko
Album Suspended Night
Label ECM
Performers: Tomasz Stanko, t; Marcin Wasilewski, p; Slawomir Kurkiewicz, b; Michal Miskiewicz, d. 2004.
Artist Lou Donaldson
Title Caravan
Composer Ellington, Mills, Tizol
Album Wailin’ With Lou
Label Blue Note
Performers: Donald Byrd, t; Lou Donaldson, as; Herman Foster, p; Peck Morrison, b; Art Taylor, d. 27 Jan 1957
Artist Una Mae Carlisle
Title I Would Do Anything For You
Composer Hill / Williams / Hopkins
Album 1938-1941
Label Classics
Performers: Dave Wilkins, t; Bertie King, ts; Una Mae Carlisle, p, v; Alan Ferguson, g; Len Harrison, b; Hymie Scherzter, d. 20 May 1938.
Artist Kid Thomas
Title Shake It And Break It
Composer Trad
Album Living New Orleans Jazz 1973
Label Smoky Mary
Performers Kid Thomas, t; Frank Demond, tb; Willie Humphrey, cl; Narvin Kimball, bj; Chester Zardis, b; Cie Frazier, d. 1973
Artist Billie and De De Pierce
Title Love Songs of the Nile
Composer Brown / Freed
Album Atlantic New Orleans Sessions
Label Mosaic
Performers: De De Pierce t; George Lewis, cl; Louis Nelson, tb; Billie Pierce p, v; Papa John Joseph, b; Abbey Chinee Foster, d. 1962
Title Lover Man
Composer Ramirez / Davis / Sherman
Album Lucky Sessions/Lucky Thompson
Label Vogue
Performers: Lucky Thompson, ss; Peter Trunk, b; Daniel Humair, d. 1960
Artist Clifford Jordan
Title Charlie Parker’s Last Supper
Composer Jordan
Album Play What You Feel
Label Mapleshade
Performers: Joe Gardner, Dizzy Reece, Don Sickler, Dean Pratt, t; Benny Powell, Kiane Zawadi, tb; Charles Davis, John Jenkins, Junior Cook, Lou Orenstein, Willie Williams, Robert Eldridge, Clifford Jordan, reeds; Ronnie Matthews, p; Ed Howard b; Tommy Campbell, d. 1990.
Artist Loz Speyer
Title Rocket Science
Composer Speyer
Album Life on the Edge
Label Leo
Performers: Loz Speyer, t; Chris Biscoe, as, bars; Rachel Musson, ts, ss; Ollie Brice, b; Gary Wilcox, d. 17 Dec 2015.
Artist Freddie Hubbard
Title Body and Soul
Composer Eyton, Green, Heyman, Sour
Album Here to Stay
Label Blue Note
Personnel: Freddie Hubbard t; Wayne Shorter, ts; Cedar Walton, p; Reggie Workman, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. 27 Dec 1962.
Broadcast
- Sat 26 May 201816:00BBC Radio 3
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