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Danny Barker - Guitarist to a Generation of Bands

Friday 6 August 2004 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)

Danny Barker provided swinging and consistent rhythm guitar for some of the finest bands in jazz and probably did more than any other musician to ensure that the history of early jazz was preserved for posterity. Alyn Shipton guides us through a remarkable career.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

Jazz Legends - Danny Barker

Title: Street Beat
Artists: Sir Charles Thompson's All Stars
Composer: tbc
Album: Takin' Off
Label: DELMARK DD 450

Title: Don't You Feel My Leg
Artist: Blue Lu Barker
Composer: Barker / Barker / Williams
Album: Don't You Feel My Leg
Label: DELMARK DE 684

Title: That's How You Got Before
Artist: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Composer: Elvis Costello
Album: The New Orleans Album
Label: COLUMBIA CK 45414

Title: Sing On
Artists: Paul Barbarin's New Orleans Jazz Band
Composer: trad
Album: Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions
Label: MOSAIC M179

Title: Whose Honey Are You?
Artists: Henry Red Allen
Composer: Gillespie / Coots
Album: Henry Red Allen
Label: BBC CD 685

Title: Don't You Make Me High
Artist: Blue Lu Barker / Danny Barker's Fly Cats
Composer: tbc
Album: Decca session - details tbc

Title: Girl of My Dreams
Artist: Billy Kyle
Composer: Clapp
Album: Finishing Up Date
Label: COLLECTORS ITEMS 020

Title: Lucky Swing
Artist: Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Composer: tbc
Album: tbc
Label: tbc

Title: Hep Hep - The Jumpin Jive
Artist: Cab Calloway
Composer: Calloway / Froeba / Palmer
Album: Cruisin With Cab
Label: Topaz TPZ 1010

Title: Ghost of a Chance
Artist: Cab Calloway Orchestra
Composer: Calloway, Ram, Palmer
Album: Cruisin with Cab
Label: TOPAZ TPZ 1010

Title: Sittin In
Artist: Chu Berry and His Little Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Gabler
Album: Giant of the Tenor Sax
Label: Commodore - TELDEC 6.24293

Title: Body and Soul
Artist: Chu Berry and His Little Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Green, Sour Heyman
Album: Giant of the Tenor Sax
Label: Commodore - TELDEC 6.24293

Title: Totie Ma is a Big Fine Thing
Artist: Danny Barker
Composer: trad arr Barker
Album: n/a
Label: KING ZULU 0002

Title: Saw Mill Man Blues
Artist: Cousin Joe + Mezzrow Bechet Septet
Composer: Pleasant Joseph
Album: King Jazz Vol 2
Label: STORYVILLE STCD 8213

Title: Street Beat
Artist: Sir Charles Thompson
Composer: Thompson
Album: Takin' Off
Label: DELMARK DD 450

Title: Skokiaan pts 1 and 2
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: arr Sy Oliver
Album: tbc
Label: DECCA 29256

Title: Save The Bones for Henry Jones
Artist: Danny Barker
Composer: Barker
Album: Journeys Into Jazz
Label: GHB 65

Title: Eh La Bas
Artist: Danny Barker
Composer: trad
Album: Journeys into Jazz
Label: GHB 65

Title: That's How You Got Killed Before
Artist: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Composer: Elvis Costello
Album: The New Orleans Album
Label: COLUMBIA CK 45414




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