21/07/2018
Alyn Shipton's weekly dip into listeners' letters and emails asking for jazz favourites from all periods and styles includes music from the doyenne of jazz singers, Ella Fitzgerald.
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Oscar Peterson
Salute To Garner
- Piano Power.
- Proper.
- 4.
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Art Farmer
...And Now
- Four Classic Albums.
- Avid.
- 4.
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John Coltrane Quartet
Untitled Original 11383
- Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album.
- Impulse!.
- 1.
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Marcin Wasilewski
Do Rycerzy, Do Slachty, Do Miezsczan
- Spark of life.
- ECM.
- 4.
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Buddy Rich
Bugle Call Rag
- Big Swing Face.
- Pacific Jazz.
- 9.
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Ella Fitzgerald
These Foolish Things
- Ella and Louis: The Complete Norman Granz Sessions.
- One.
- 6.
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Jimmie Noone
Every Evening
- New Orleans Giants.
- ASV.
- 6.
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Jack Parnell
Can'T We Be Friends
- Two Classic Albums Plus.
- Avid.
- 21.
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Gerry Mulligan
Laura
- The Gerry Mulligan Quartet.
- Vogue.
- 3.
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Nikki Iles And The Printmakers,
High Lands (feat. Norma Winstone)
- Westerly.
- 9.
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Bill Evans
How Deep Is The Ocean
- The Riverside Years.
- Not Now.
- 4.
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Tony Allen
Moanin'
- Recorded live at Tampere Jazz Happening 2017.
JRR
Artist Oscar Peterson
Title Salute to Garner
Composer Peterson
Album Piano Power
Label Proper
Performers: Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b; August 1950.
Artist Art Farmer
Title …and Now
Composer Farmer
Album Four Classic Albums
Label Avid
Performers: Art Farmer, t; Hank Jones, p; Addison Farmer, d; Roy Haynes, d.1958
Artist John Coltrane
Title Untitled Original 11383
Composer Coltrane
Album Both Directions at Once – the Lost Album
Label Impulse
Performers: John Coltrane ss; McCoy Tyner, p; Jimmy Garrison, b; Elvin Jones, d. 6 March 1963,
Artist Marcin Wasilewski
Title Do rycerzy, do slachty, do miezsczan,
Composer Krawcczyk, Nosowska, Zabrocki
Album Spark of Life
Label ECM
Performers: Marcin Wasilewski, p; Joakim Milder, ts; Slawomir Kurkiewicz, b; Michal Miskeiwikz, d, 2014.
Artist Buddy RichTitle Bugle Call Rag
Composer Pettis / Meyers / Schoebel
Album Big Swing Face
Label Pacific
Performers: Bobby Shew, Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findlay, John Scottile, t; Jim Trimble, Ron Meyers, Bill Wimberley, tb; Quinn Davis, Ernie Watts, Jay Corre, Robert Keller, Marty Flax, reeds; Ray Starling, p; Richard Resnicoff, g; James Gannon, b; Buddy Rich, d. 22 Feb 1967
Artist Ella Fitzgerald
Title These Foolish Things
Composer Link, Strachey, Marvell
Album Ella and Louis: The Complete Norman Granz Sessions
Label One
Performers: Ella Fitzgerald, v; Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b; Louie Bellson, d. July/Aug 1957
Artist Jimmie Noone
Title Every Evening
Composer Billy Rose, Jimmy McHugh
Album New Orleans Giants
Label ASV
Performers: Jimmie Noone, cl; Joe Poston, as; Earl Hines, p; Bud Scott, bj; Johnny Wells, d, 16 May 1928.
Artist Jack Parnell
Title Can’t We Be Friends
Composer James / Swift
Album Two Classic Albums PLus
Label Avid
Performers: Reg Owen (cl), Ralph Sharon (p), Dave Goldberg (g), Jack Fallon (b), Jack Parnell (d). 29 July 1946
Artist Gerry Mulligan
Title Laura
Composer Raskin
Album The Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Label Vogue
Performers: Gerry Mulligan, bars; Bob Brookmeyer, vtb; Bill Crow, b; Frank Isola, d. 1 July 1954.
Artist Nikki Iles / Printmakers
Title High Lands
Composer Iles
Album Westerley
Label Basho
Performers: Nikki Iles, p; Norma Winstone, v; Mark Lockheart, reeds; Mike Walker, g; Steve Watts, b; James Maddren, d. 2014.
Artist Bill Evans
Title How Deep Is The Ocean
Composer Berlin
Album The Riverside Years
Label Not Now
Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 2 Feb 1961
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- Sat 21 Jul 201817:00BBC Radio 3
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