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It Takes Two - Duets & Musical Partnerships

Seonaid Aitken takes us on a musical journey featuring duets & musical partnerships exploring the creative spark that occurs when two artistic minds come together.

Seonaid Aitken takes us on a musical journey featuring duets & musical partnerships exploring the creative spark that occurs when two artistic minds come together. Including music from Miles Davis & arranger Gil Evans , the exquisite pairing of Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald and the inspired collaboration between Scottish singer Kitti & Corto Alto producer/bandleader Liam Shortall. Plus pianist Richard Michael looks at the musical partnership of Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli including a duet with Seonaid on violin. Plus Jamie MacDougall from Classics Unwrapped get in on the act to perform a vocal duet of George & Ira Gershwin’s They Can’t Take That Away From Me.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 2 Jan 202221:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • kitti

    Wonderful World

  • Miles Davis

    Summertime

    • Cool & Collected.
    • Columbia / Legacy.
    • 2.

  • Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes

    Tidal Wave

    • What Kinda Music.

  • Joe Pass

    Nuages

    • Joe Pass.
    • Django Capitol.

  • Django Reinhardt

    Nuages

    • The Best of Django Reinhardt.
    • Blue Note.

  • Susannah McCorkle

    Nuages

    • From the Broken Hearts to the Blue Sky's.

  • Sly5thAve

    California Love (feat. Cory Henry)

    • The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre.
    • Tru Thoughts Records.
    • 2.

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

    Dream A Little Dream Of Me

    • Jazz Moods 2 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics

    Nava

    • Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics.
    • Strut.
    • 2.

  • Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

    Promises - Movt 6

    • Promises.

  • Carmen McRae

    Take Five

    • Take Five.
    • Fontana.
    • 1.

  • Corto Alto

    Unchecked (feat. Luca Manning)

    • Live From 435.

  • Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

    Hot House

    • Birds Eyes (Last Unissued, Vol 21) Bird On TV!.
    • Philology.
    • 13.

  • Martin Taylor, Stephane Grappelli & Claire Martin

    Undecided

    • Spirit of Django.

  • Xvngo & Master Mac

    Requiem (Jazz Drill)

    • Single.

  • Jamie MacDougall, Seonaid Aitken & Richard Michael

    They Can't Take That Away From Me

  • Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

    In A Sentimental Mood

    • In a Sentimental Mood and Greatest Hits.

  • Sophie Bancroft & Tom Lyne

    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

    • Monday Nights.

  • Georgia Cecile

    Always Be Right

    • Single.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Chicago

    • Frank Sinatra - 20 Golden Greats.
    • Capitol.

  • Jamie Cullum

    Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (feat. Gregory Porter)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Nubiyan Twist & Mulatu Astatke

    Addis To London

    • Jungle Run.
    • Strut.
    • 5.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 May 202119:00
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Sun 2 Jan 202221:00
    BBC Radio Scotland

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