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Amid requests from listeners for music in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes a track with the vintage sounds of drummer and bandleader Ben Pollack who helped give Benny Goodman his start in New York.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 27 Jan 2018 16:00

Music Played

  • Dexter Gordon

    Stanley the Steamer

    • Three Classic Albums Plus.
    • Avid.
    • 11.
  • Charles Mingus

    Hog Callin' Blues

    • Oh Yeah!.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 1.
  • Henry Allen

    I Wish I Was In Peoria

    • Three Classic Albums Plus.
    • Avid.
    • 5.
  • Louis Prima & Keely Smith

    Autumn Leaves

    • Buono Sera.
    • Proper.
    • 7.
  • Ben Pollack

    Deed I Do

    • The Dean of Swing.
    • ASV Living Era.
    • 1.
  • John Martyn

    So Much In Love With You

    • Inside Out.
    • Island.
    • 10.
  • Keith Jarrett

    Paris Part III

    • Paris/London Testament.
    • ECM.
    • 3.
  • Karin Krog & John Surman

    SAS Blues

    • Bluesand.
    • Meantime.
    • 7.
  • Mike Westbrook

    Let the Slave

    • Glad Day.
    • Enja.
    • 3.
  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Round Midnight

    • Ella/Basie: A Perfect Match.
    • Pablo.
    • 6.
  • Neil Cowley

    That's My Space

    • Displaced.
    • Hideinside.
    • 7.

Performers:

Artist Dexter Gordon

Title Stanley the Steamer

Composer Gordon

Album Three Classic Albums Plus

Label Avid

Number 1138 CD 2 Track 11

Duration 6.48

Performers Dexter Gordon, ts; Conte Candoli, t; Frank Rosolino, tb; Lou Levy, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Stan Levey, d. 1955.

Artist Charles Mingus

Title Hog Callin’ Blues

Composer Mingus

Album Oh Yeah!

Label Essential Jazz Classics

Number 55621 Track 1

Duration 7.28

Performers: Charles Mingus, p; Rahsaan Roland Kirk, ts; Booker Ervin, ts; Jimmy Knepper, tb; Doug Watkins, b; Dannie Richmond, d. 6 Nov 1961

Artist Henry Red Allen

Title I Wish I Was In Peoria

Composer Woods, Rose, Dixon

Album Three Classic Albums Plus

Label Avid

Number 1049 CD 1 Track 5

Duration 5.13

Performers Henry Red Allen, t; Kid Ory, tb; Bob McCracken, cl; Cedric Heywood, p; Frank Haggerty, g; Charles Oden, b; Alton Redd, d. July 1959

Artist Louis Prima with Keely Smith

Title Autumn Leaves

Composer Kosma, Prevert

Album Buono Sera

Label Proper

Number Properbox 156 CD 2 Track 7

Duration 2.53

Performers Keely Smith, v; Louis Prima, t, v; James Blount, tb; Sam Butera, ts; Willie McCumber, p; Jack Marshall, g; Amado Rodriguez , b; Bobby Morris, d. 1 Feb 1957.

Artist Ben Pollack

Title Deed I Do

Composer Hirsch, Rose

Album The Dean of Swing

Label ASV Living Era

Number 5491 Track 1

Duration 3.27

Performers: Earl Baker, Harry Greenburg, Al Harris, t; Glenn Miller, trb; Benny Goodman, cl; Gil Rodin, as; Fud Livingston, ts; Victor Young, Al Beller, vn; Vic Breidis, p Louis Kessler, bj; Harry Goodman, tu; Ben Pollack., d, v. 17 Dec 1926.

Artist John Martyn

Title So Much In Love With You

Composer Martyn

Album Inside Out

Label Island

Number 9253 Track 10

Duration 2.49

Performers: Johh Martyn, v, g; Bobby Keyes, ts; Steve Winwood, p; Danny Thompson, b; Remi Kabaka, d. 1973

Artist Keith Jarrett

Title Paris Part III

Composer Jarrett

Album Paris/London Testament

Label ECM

Number Track 3

Duration 6.27 + applause

Performers: Keith Jarrett, p, 26 Nov 2008

Artist Karin Krog / John Surman

Title SAS Blues

Composer Krog / Surman

Album Bluesand

Label Meantime

Number MR9 Track 7

Duration 2.46

Performers: Karin Krog, v; John Surman, bars. 1999

Artist Mike Westbrook

Title Let the Slave

Composer William Blake / Mike Westbrook

Album Glad Day

Label Enja

Number 9376-2 CD 1 Track 3

Duration fade at 6.41 at start of tenor sax solo after words “not so with me”

Performers: Phil Minton, v; Kate Westbrook, tenor horn; Peter Whyman, ss, as; Alan Wakeman, ts, ss; Chris Biscoe, ss, as, bars; Mike Westbrook, p, speech; Steve Berry, b; Dave Barry, d. Blackheath Conservatoire Girls’ Choir, 1997

Artist Ella Fitzgerald

Title Round Midnight

Composer Monk

Album Ella / Basie: A Perfect Match

Label Pablo

Number 2312110 Track 6

Duration 4.38 (EOM 4.23 – applause thereafter)

Performers: Ella Fitzgerald, v; Danny Turner, fl; Paul Smith, p; Freddie Green, g; Keter Betts, b; Mickey Roker, d; July 1979.

Artist Neil Cowley

Title That’s My Space

Composer Cowley

Album Displaced

Label Hideinside

Number CD001 Track 7

Duration 3.10

Performers Neil Cowley, p; Richard Sadler, b; Evan Jenkins, d. 2006.

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