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Jazz Record Requests at Free Thinking

... at Free Thinking: Live from Sage Gateshead, Alyn Shipton is joined for live music and requests by violinist Emma Fisk and guitarist James Birkett.

This week's programme comes live from Sage Gateshead and Alyn Shipton is joined for live music and requests by violinist Emma Fisk and guitarist James Birkett

New Generation thinkers also appear with requests and, among this week's requests from regular listeners for all styles of jazz including tracks by Erroll Garner, Django Reinhardt and Ella Fitzgerald, Alyn also plays music to mark the 90th birthday this week of American saxophonist Bob Wilber, who has made his home in Britain for many years, and become a national jazz treasure. A pupil of Sidney Bechet, and a player who first visited the UK with Eddie Condon's band, Wilber also co-led Soprano Summit and directed the Ellingtonian soundtrack music for Francis Ford Coppola's film "Cotton Club".

1 hour

Last on

Sat 10 Mar 2018 16:00

Music Played

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass

    Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You

    • Take Love Easy.
    • Pablo.
    • 7.
  • Duke Ellington

    Time's a Wastin'

    • Time's a Wastin'.
    • Naxos.
    • 001.
  • Erroll Garner

    S'wonderful

    • The Complete Concert By The Sea.
    • Columbia Legacy.
    • 004.
  • Sidney Bechet & Bob Wilber's Wildcats

    Polka Dot Stomp

    • Shake Em Up.
    • Avid.
    • 019.
  • Billie Holiday

    Fine and Mellow

    • Billie Holiday / Lester Young Complete Studio Sessions.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 025.
  • Michael Brecker & UMO Jazz Orchestra

    Invitation

    • Live in Helsinki 1995.
    • Random Act.
    • 001.
  • Norma Winstone

    Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    • Descansado - Songs for Films.
    • ECM.
    • 010.
  • Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli

    Charleston

    • Complete String Quintet.
    • Label Ouest.
    • 014.
  • Nicola Farnon

    Let There Be Love

    • Nicola Farnon Trio Live - A Day at the Market.
    • Nicolafarnonmusic.com.
    • 001.
  • Miles Davis

    Straight No Chaser

    • At Newport 1955-75.
    • Columbia.
    • 007.

Performers:

MUSIC: Cheese and Crackers (Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang)ÌýÌý c.2.48

Emma Fisk, violin / James Birkett, guitar, Alyn Shipton, bass.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ella Fitzgerald / Joe PassÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Gee Baby Ain;t I good to you

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Razaf, Redman

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Take Love Easy

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Pablo

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 20031 Track 7

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4.00

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ella Fitzgerald v; Joe Pass, g. Rec 1973.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Duke Ellington

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Time’s A Wastin’

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Duke and Mercer Ellington, Don George

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Time’s a Wastin’

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Naxos

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 8.120811 Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3.05

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Rex Stewart, Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Ray Nance, t; Joe Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke, Al Sears, Harry Carney, reeds;Ìý Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, p; Fred Guy, g; Junior Raglin, b; Sonny Greer, d.

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Erroll Garner

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Swonderful

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Gershwin

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Complete Concert By The Sea

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Columbia Legacy

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 88875120842 CD 2 Track 4

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2.38

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Erroll Garner, p; Eddie Calhoun, b; Denzil Best, d. 19 Sept 1955

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber’s Wildcats

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Polka Dot Stomp

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sissle, Bechet, Tolliver

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Shake Em Up

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Avid

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý AMSCD 694 CD 2 Track 19

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2.42

Performers: Johnny Glasel, t; Bob Mielke, tb; Bob Wilber, cl, Sidney Bechet, ss; Dick Wellstood, p; Charlie Traeger, b; Denny Strong d; 14 July 1947.ÌýÌý


ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Billie Holiday

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Fine and Mellow

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Holiday

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Billie Holiday / Lester Young Complete Studio Sessions

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Essential Jazz Classics

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 55683 CD 3 Track 25

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 6.31Ìý (Suggest we fade on trombone solo atÌý 4.29)

Performers: Doc Cheatham, t; Vic Dickenson, tb; Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, ts; Mal Waldron, p; Danny Barker, g; Jim Atlas, b; Jo Jones, d. Dec 1957.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Michael Brecker / UMO Jazz Orchestra

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Invitation

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bronislaw Kaper

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Live in Helsinki 1995

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Random Act

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1018 Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 5.06

Performers: Michael Brecker and UMO Jazz Orchestra ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý


ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Norma Winstone

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Walton / Winstone

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Descansado – Songs for Films

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ECM

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 578 6989 track 10

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3.00

Performers: Norma Winstone, v; Glauco Venier, p; Klaus Gesing bcl; Mario Brunello, vc; Helge Andreas Norbakken, perc. March 2017.ÌýÌýÌý


ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Django Reinhardt / Stephane Grappelli

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Charleston

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Johnson

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Complete String Quintet

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Label Ouest

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 304031.2 CD 3 Tr 14

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2.55

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Stephane Grappelli, vn; Django Reinhardt, Pierre Ferré, Marcel Bianchi, g; Louis Vola, b. 21 April 1937


ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nicola Farnon

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Let There Be Love

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Rand / Grant

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nicola Farnon Trio Live – A Day at the Market

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nicolafarnnonmusic.com

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3.58

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nicola Farnon, b, v; Piero Tucci, p; Phil Johnson, d.Ìý


ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Miles Davis

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Straight No Chaser

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Parker

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý At Newport 1955-75

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Columbia

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 88875081952 CD 1 Track 7

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý fade to fit (track runs 8.48, and we ought to come out in the piano solo at about 5.35]

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Miles Davis, t; Cannonball Adderley, as; John Coltrane, ts; Bill Evans, p; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d. 3 July 1958.ÌýÌý


MUSIC: SundayÌý (Conn, Styne, Krueger, Miller) Ìý3.35

Emma Fisk, vn; James Birkett, g; Alyn Shipton, b.ÌýÌý


Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Mar 2018 16:00

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