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50 Greatest Jazz Albums

Radio 3’s Geoffrey Smith and Jazz FM’s Helen Mayhew present the second of four programmes counting down the BBC Music Top 50 Greatest Jazz Albums as chosen in a poll of the UK’s jazz community.

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Fri 11 Nov 201613:00
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Music Played

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

  • 00:02

    Billy Jenkins

    Invocation VI

    • True Love Collection.
    • BABEL.
    • 11.
  • 00:06

    Kenny Wheeler

    Sophie

    • Music for Large & Small Ensembles.
    • ECM.
    • 1.
  • 00:10

    Wayne Shorter

    Speak No Evil

    • Speak No Evil.
    • Blue Note.
    • 4.
  • 00:14

    Zara McFarlane

    Blossom Tree

    • Until Tomorrow.
    • Brownswood Recordings.
    • 5.
  • 00:19

    Lee Morgan

    The Sidewinder

    • The Sidewinder.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • 00:24

    Dexter Gordon

    Willow Weep For Me

    • Our Man In Paris.
    • Blue Note.
    • 2.
  • 00:30

    Abbey Lincoln

    Down Here Below

    • A Turtle's Dream.
    • Verve Records.
    • 3.
  • 00:34

    The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Take Five

    • Time Out.
    • CBS.
    • 3.
  • 00:38

    John Zorn, George Lewis & Bill Frisell

    News for Lulu

    • News For Lulu.
    • Hat Hut Records.
    • 12.
  • 00:43

    Betty Carter

    My Favorite Things

    • Inside Betty Carter.
    • BET-CAR.
    • 1.
  • 00:46

    Eric Dolphy

    Gazzelloni

    • Out To Lunch.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.
  • 00:51

    Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

    Angola, LA & The 13th Amendment

    • Yesterday You Said Tomorrow.
    • Concord.
    • 5.
  • 00:56

    Thelonious Monk

    Darn That Dream

    • Solo Monk.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Nov 201613:00
    BBC Music Jazz

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