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50 Greatest Jazz Albums

Geoffrey Smith and Helen Mayhew present the 50 Greatest Jazz Albums.

1 hour

Music Played

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

  • 00:02

    John Coltrane

    Crescent

    • Crescent.
    • Impulse.
    • 1.
  • 00:06

    Bill Evans

    Gloria's Step

    • Sunday at the Village Vanguard.
    • Riverside.
    • 1.
  • 00:12

    Jamie Cullum

    In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

  • 00:16

    Miles Davis

    Shhh / Peaceful

    • In A Silent Way.
    • CBS.
    • 1.
  • 00:22

    Joseph Jarman

    Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City

    • Song For.
    • Delmark Records.
    • 2.
  • 00:28

    Miles Davis

    One And One

    • On the Corner.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.
  • 00:34

    Weather Report

    Black Market

    • Black Market.
    • CBS.
    • 1.
  • 00:40

    Charles Mingus

    Better Git It in Your Soul

    • Ah Um.
    • CBS.
    • 1.
  • 00:46

    John Coltrane

    Resolution

    • A Love Supreme.
    • Impulse.
    • 2.
  • 00:53

    Miles Davis

    So What

    • Kind of Blue.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Nov 201613:00

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