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Jazz Sound of Cinema

Matthew Sweet looks at film scores featuring or inspired by jazz.

Radio 3’s Matthew Sweet with a selection of jazz inspired film music including Justin Hurwitz's new score for 'Whiplash' and the classic score 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Alex North.

The programme includes music from 'The Cotton Club'; 'Paris Blues'; 'King of Jazz'; 'To Have And Have Not'; 'Stormy Weather'; 'Sweet Smell of Success'; 'The Criminal'; 'All Night Long'; 'Lift To The Scaffold'; 'Knife In The Water' and 'Round Midnight'.

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Sat 14 Nov 201514:00
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Al Jolson

    The Jazz Singer (1927): My Mammy

  • 00:03

    Dave Brown

    The Cotton Club (1984): Mooche

  • 00:08

    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

    Paris Blues (1961): Mood Indigo

  • 00:13

    Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra

    King of Jazz (1930): Rhapsody in Blue

  • 00:13

    Hoagy Carmichael

    To Have And Have Not (1944): How Little We Know

    Performer: Hoagy Carmichael. Singer: Lauren Bacall.
  • 00:16

    Cab Calloway and His Band

    Stormy Weather (1943): Heh, Heh, Heh - Jumpin' Jive

  • 00:22

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    A Streetcar Named Desire (1947): Suite

  • 00:31

    Hamilton

    Sweet Smell of Success (1961): Hot Dogs and Juice (Goodbye Baby)

    Composer: Fred Katz. Ensemble: Chico Hamilton and the Elmer Bernstein Orchestra. Music Arranger: Elmer Bernstein.
  • 00:35

    Johnny Dankworth Band

    The Criminal (1960): Thieving Boy

  • 00:38

    Philip Green

    All Night Long (1962): Overture

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer.
  • 00:40

    Miles Davis

    Lift to the Scaffold (1958): Title Music

    Performer: Miles Davis.
  • 00:43

    Krzysztof Komeda

    Knife in the Water (1962): Ballad for Bernt

    Ensemble: Krzysztof Komeda Trio.
  • 00:45

    Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer

    Lady Sings the Blues (1986): Love Theme

  • 00:46

    Bobby McFerrin

    Round Midnight (1986): Round Midnight

  • 00:51

    Justin Hurwitz

    Overture

  • 00:56

    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Anatomy of a Murder (1959): Main Title an Anatomy of a Murder

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Nov 201514:00
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