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BBC Music 50 Greatest Jazz Artists

Radio 3’s Geoffrey Smith and Jazz FM’s Helen Mayhew present the third of four programmes counting down the BBC Music Top 50 Greatest Jazz Artists as voted for by listeners.

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Sun 13 Nov 201607:00
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Music Played

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

  • 00:03

    Count Basie

    One O'Clock Jump

    • America's #1 Band - The Columbia Years.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 9.
  • 00:08

    Gregory Porter

    On My Way To Harlem

    • Be Good.
    • Motema.
    • 3.
  • 00:12

    Keith Jarrett

    Heartland

    • Selected Recordings.
    • ECM.
    • 4.
  • 00:13

    Count Basie

    One O'Clock Jump

    • America's #1 Band - The Columbia Years.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 9.
  • 00:16

    Herbie Hancock

    Cantaloupe Island

    • Empyrean Islands.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.
  • 00:18

    Gregory Porter

    On My Way To Harlem

    • Be Good.
    • Motema.
    • 3.
  • 00:21

    Loose Tubes

    Yellow Hill

    • Loose Tubes.
    • Loose Tubes.
    • 1.
  • 00:22

    Keith Jarrett

    Heartland

    • Selected Recordings.
    • ECM.
    • 4.
  • 00:25

    Fats Waller

    Honeysuckle Rose

    • L'histoire du Piano Jazz.
    • Le Chant Du Monde.
    • 23.
  • 00:26

    Herbie Hancock

    Cantaloupe Island

    • Empyrean Islands.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.
  • 00:30

    Loose Tubes

    Yellow Hill

    • Loose Tubes.
    • Loose Tubes.
    • 1.
  • 00:31

    Ornette Coleman

    Ramblin'

    • Change of the Century.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • 00:35

    Fats Waller

    Honeysuckle Rose

    • L'histoire du Piano Jazz.
    • Le Chant Du Monde.
    • 23.
  • 00:36

    Sun Ra

    Enlightenment

    • Jazz in Silhouette.
    • Gambit Records.
    • 1.
  • 00:41

    Ornette Coleman

    Ramblin'

    • Change of the Century.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • 00:41

    Charles Mingus

    Better Git It In Your Soul

    • Mingus Ah Um.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • 00:46

    Sun Ra

    Enlightenment

    • Jazz in Silhouette.
    • Gambit Records.
    • 1.
  • 00:47

    Pat Metheny Group

    James

    • Works.
    • ECM.
    • 4.
  • 00:51

    Charles Mingus

    Better Git It In Your Soul

    • Mingus Ah Um.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • 00:52

    Dave Brubeck

    Take Five

    • Dave Brubeck Time Signatures.
    • Columbia.
    • 9.
  • 00:56

    Nina Simone

    My Baby Just Cares For Me

    • The Very Best of Nina Simone.
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • 00:57

    Pat Metheny Group

    James

    • Works.
    • ECM.
    • 4.

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