15 July 2005
Friday 15 July 2005 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
A profile of an unsung hero of the Bebop revolution. Stan Levey was one of the very few white drummers involved in the formative years of bebop and accepted as one of bop's most important drummers.
He played with almost everyone in the emerging Bop scene, and subsequently a long list of jazz luminaries of the 40s, 50s and 60s. Alyn Shipton's interview is a revealing look into the life of a great drummer who died in April this year.
Playlist
1.
Title: Little Girl
Artist: Chet Baker/Art Pepper
Composer: Henry /Hyde
Publisher: Connelly
Album: The Route
Label: Pacific Jazz
Number: CDP 792 9312
2.
Title: POON TANG
Artist: BARNEY BIGARD
Composer: Barney Bigard
Album: Barney Bigard 1944-45
Label: Classics
Number: 930
3.
Title: BLUES FOR ART'S SAKE
Artist: BARNEY BIGARD/ART TATUM
Composer: Barney Bigard/Art Tatum
Album: Barney Bigard 1944-5
Label: Classics
Number: 930
4.
Title: DIZZY ATMOSPHERE
Artist: DIZZY GILLESPIE/CHARLIE PARKER
Composer: Dizzy Gillespie
Publisher: Mills Music
Album: Bird Meets Diz
Label: Charly
Number: Le Jazz CD 21
5.
Title: CONFIRMATION
Artist: DIZZY GILLESPIE
Composer: Charlie Parker
Publisher: Campbell Connelly
Album: Dizzy Gillespie 1945-6
Label: Classics
Number: 935
6.
Title: SALT PEANUTS
Artist: DIZZY GILLESPIE/CHARLIE PARKER
Composer: Gillespie
Publisher: Leeds
Album: Dizzy Gillespie and his Rebop Six
Label: Spotlite
Number: (E) SPJ 123
7.
Title: LOVERMAN
Artist: LEE KONITZ WITH STAN KENTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
Composer: Ramirez/Davis/Sherman
Publisher: MCA
Album: Palo Alto
Label: Proper
Number: CD 2025
8.
Title: SWING HOUSE
Artist: STAN KENTON
Composer: Gerry Mulligan
Publisher: Mecolico
Album: New Concepts of Artistry On Rhythm
Label: Capitol
Number: CDP 92865
9.
Title: LOVE ME OR LEVEY
Artist: HOWARD RUMSEY LIGHTHOUSE ALL STARS
Composer: Bill Holman
Album: Music for Lighthousekeeping
Label: Contemporary /OJC
Number: OJCCD 636-2
10.
Title: COTTONTAIL
Artist: BILL PERKINS AND RICHIE KAMUCA
Composer: Ellington
Publisher: Big 3
Album: Tenors Head On
Label: Pacific Jazz
Number: CDP 797195-2
11.
Title: MORE BREW
Artist: BREW MOORE
Composer: Moore
Album: The Engine Room, Vol. 4 Modernism
Label: Proper
Number: Box 2 Disc 4
12.
Title: THE ROUTE
Artist: CHET BAKER AND ART PEPPER
Composer: Baker
Album: The Route
Label: Pacific Jazz
Number: CDP 7 92931 2
