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50 Greatest Jazz Artists
Radio 3’s Geoffrey Smith and Jazz FM’s Helen Mayhew present the first of four programmes counting down the Jazz Top 50 Greatest Jazz Artists as voted for by listeners.
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Fri 11 Nov 201607:00
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Geoffrey Smith's Jazz - a weekly sequence exploring what makes great jazz great music.
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:01Mary Lou Williams
Roll 'Em
- The Greatest Lady Piano Player in Jazz.
- Golden Age of Jazz.
- 15.
00:05Dianne Reeves
Obsession
- The Calling.
- Blue Note.
- 4.
00:09Carmen McRae
Yesterdays
- Sings Lover Man.
- Essential Jazz Classics.
- 2.
00:13Betty Carter
The Trolley Song
- Betty Carter's Finest Hour.
- Verve.
- 7.
00:17Charles LLoyd
The Water is Wide
- The Water Is Wide.
- ECM.
- 2.
00:21Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden
No Moon At All
- Jasmine.
- ECM.
- 3.
00:26Cannonball Adderley
This Here
- La Grande Histoire du Jazz.
- Le Chant Du Monde.
- 5.
00:30Gerry Mulligan
Bernie's Tune
- The Best of The Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker.
- Pacific Jazz.
- 1.
00:35Mark Murphy
Stolen Moments
- Stolen Moments.
- Muse Records.
- 1.
00:39Abbey Lincoln
Throw It Away
- A Turtle's Dream.
- Verve.
- 1.
00:44Bobby Wellins
Starless and Bible Black
- Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood".
- Jazzizit.
- 2.
00:50Woody Herman
Four Brothers
- Blowin' Up A Storm.
- Columbia.
- 11.
00:54Hugh Masekela
Grazing in the Grass
- Liberation - The Best of.
- Jive.
- 6.
00:57George Shearing
Lullaby of Birdland
Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.- L'Histoire Du Piano Jazz.
- Le Chant Du Monde.
- 11.
Broadcasts
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