Saxophonist and producer Teo Macero
Friday 6 June 2008 22:30-23:30 (Radio 3)
In an exclusive interview, composer, saxophonist and famed producer Teo Macero, who died in February, talks to Alyn Shipton and selects highlights of his recorded catalogue.
As well as considering Macero's own recordings as an instrumentalist, including work with Charles Mingus, the programme focuses on his two decades as Miles Davis' producer, and on notable examples of their collaborations, such as Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain, Bitches Brew, and In a Silent Way.
Playlist
DISC 1
Title Ghost Story
Artist Teo Macero
Composer Walsron
Album Teo Macero with the Prestige Jazz Quartet
Label Prestige Number 17152 Track 1
Personnel: Teddy Charles (Vib), Mal Waldron (Piano), Addison Farmer (Bass), Teo Macero (Tenor)), Jerry Segal (Drums), 27 April 1957
DISC 2
Title Bess You Is My Woman Now
Artist Miles Davis / Gil Evans
Composer Gerswhin
Album Complete Columbia Studio Recordings of Miles Davis and Gil Evans
Label Columbia Number 2 67397 CD 2 Track 2
Personnel: Miles Davis with Gil Evans Orchestra
DISC 3
Title There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York
Artist Miles Davis
Composer Gershwin arr Evans
Album Porgy and Bess
Label Columbia Number 4509852 Track 13
Personnel: MIles Davis and Gil Evans Orchestra
DISC 4
Title Will O The Wisp
Artist MIles Davis
Composer De Falla arr. Gil Evans
Album Sketches of Spain
Label Columbia Number 01 460604 10 Track 2
Personnel: Miles Davis and Gil Evans Orchestra
DISC 5
Title MIles Davis Comments and Freddie Freeloader (false start)
Artist Miles Davis
Composer Davis
Album Miles Davis / John Coltrane Complete Columbia Recordings
Label Columbia Number AC6K 65833 CD 4 Tracks 7 and 2
Personnel: Miles Davis, t; Cannonball Adderley, ts; John Coltrane, ts; Wynton Kelly, p; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d. 22 April 1959;
DISC 6
Title New Rhumba
Artist Miles Davis and Gil Evans Orchestra
Composer Ahmad Jamal
Album Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
Label Columbia Number C2K 65027 CD 1 Track 6
Personnel: Miles Davis, t; Hank Mobley, ts; Wynton Kelly, p; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d. Gil Evans Orchestra. Carnegie Hall 19 May 1961.
DISC 7
Title Time of the Barracudas
Artist Miles Davis Composer Gil Evans
Album Complete Columbia Studio Recordings of Miles Davis and Gil Evans
Label Columbia Number 67397 CD 4 Track 10
Personnel: Miles Davis and Gil Evans Orchestra.
DISC 8
Title Oleo
Artist Miles Davis
Composer Rollins
Album Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel
Label Columbia Number 66959 CD 3 Track 2
Personnel Miles Davis t; Wayne Shorter, ts; Herbie Hancock, p; Ron Carter, b; Tony Williams, d. 22 Dec 1965 3rd Set.
DISC 9
Title In ASilent Way
Artist Miles Davis
Composer Davis
Album In A Silent Way
Label Columbia Number 86556 Track 1
Personnel: Miles Davis, t; Wayne Shorter, ss; Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, el p; Joe Zawinul, org; John McLaughlin, g; Dave Holland, b; Tony Williams, d. 18 Feb 1969.
DISC 10
Title Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
Artist Miles Davis
Composer Davis
Album Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
Label Columbia Number 90924 CD 2 Track 1
Personnel: Miles Davis, t; Wayne Shorter, ss; Bennie Maupin, ts; Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, elp; John McLaughlin, g; Dave Hololand, Harvey Brooks, b; Jumma Santos cga; Lennie White, perc; Don Alias, Jack DeJohnettek, d. 20 Aug 1969.
DISC 11
Title Self Portrait in Three Colours
Artist Charles Mingus
Composer Mingus
Album Mingus Ah Um
Label Columbia Number 065145 CD 1 Track 4
Personnel: John Handy, Booker Ergin, Shafi Hadi, saxes, Willie Dennis, tb; Horace Parlan, p; Chalres Mingus, b; Danny Richmond, d. 12 May 1959.
DISC 12
Title Battle Royal
Artist Duke Ellington / Count Basie
Composer Ellington
Album First Time
Label Columbia Number 4505092 Track 1
Personnel: complete Duke Ellington and Count Basie orchestras.
