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BBC Music 50 Greatest Jazz Artists

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

Today's programme presents the TOP TEN including the artist selected as the BBC Music Greatest Jazz Artist.

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Mon 14 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

    Oscar Peterson

    Night Train

    • Night Train.
    • Verve.
    • 1.
  • 00:03

    Oscar Peterson

    Night Train

    • Night Train.
    • Verve.
    • 1.
  • 00:09

    Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian

    Waltz for Debby

    • The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961.
    • Riverside.
    • 3.
  • 00:09

    Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian

    Waltz for Debby

    • The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961.
    • Riverside.
    • 3.
  • 00:16

    Thelonious Monk

    Blue Monk

    • Alone in San Francisco.
    • Original Jazz Classics.
    • 1.
  • 00:16

    Thelonious Monk

    Blue Monk

    • Alone in San Francisco.
    • Original Jazz Classics.
    • 1.
  • 00:22

    Billie Holiday

    God Bless The Child

    • Billie Holiday Ken Burns Jazz.
    • Verve.
    • 9.
  • 00:22

    Billie Holiday

    God Bless The Child

    • Billie Holiday Ken Burns Jazz.
    • Verve.
    • 9.
  • 00:27

    Charlie Parker

    Confirmation

    • Now's The Time.
    • Verve.
    • 13.
  • 00:27

    Charlie Parker

    Confirmation

    • Now's The Time.
    • Verve.
    • 13.
  • 00:32

    Ella Fitzgerald

    Oh, Lady, Be Good

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book.
    • Verve.
    • 8.
  • 00:32

    Ella Fitzgerald

    Oh, Lady, Be Good

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book.
    • Verve.
    • 8.
  • 00:39

    John Coltrane

    Blue Train

    • Blue Train.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • 00:39

    John Coltrane

    Blue Train

    • Blue Train.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • 00:45

    Duke Ellington

    Take The A Train

    • Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band.
    • Bluebird.
    • 2.
  • 00:45

    Duke Ellington

    Take The A Train

    • Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band.
    • Bluebird.
    • 2.
  • 00:51

    Louis Armstrong

    West End Blues

    • La Grande Histoire du Jazz.
    • Le Chant Du Monde.
    • 12.
  • 00:51

    Louis Armstrong

    West End Blues

    • La Grande Histoire du Jazz.
    • Le Chant Du Monde.
    • 12.
  • 00:56

    Miles Davis

    So What

    • Kind of Blue.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • 00:56

    Miles Davis

    So What

    • Kind of Blue.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

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