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All About The Bass - Charles Mingus At 100

Seonaid Aitken celebrates the centenary of bassist, composer & bandleader Charles Mingus. Plus the Brodie Jarvie Trio are in session with special arrangements of music by Mingus.

Seonaid Aitken celebrates the centenary of one of the leading lights of jazz – bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus, including some special archive performances recorded at the Helsinki Jazz Festival in 1976. Plus live in the studio Scottish bassist/bandleader Brodie Jarvie performs special arrangements of music by Mingus with Norman Willmore on sax & Doug Hough on drums, and demonstrates the sonic possibilities of the upright bass via a guided tour of his instrument. Plus Richard Michael pays tribute to Mingus in this week’s Song Book looking at his classic composition ‘Good Bye Pork Pie Hat’. Plus music from fellow bass travellers including Esperanza Spalding, Squarepusher and Jaco Pastorius.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Apr 2022 21:00

Music Played

  • Hung Drawn Quartet

    Haitian Fight Song

    • Young Adam - Original Soundtrack.
    • Thrill Jockey.
  • Danny Keane

    Ajoyo

  • Postmodern Jukebox

    All About The Bass (feat. Kate Davis)

  • Brodie Jarvie Trio

    The I of Hurricane Sue (91Èȱ¬ Radio Scotland Session 17th April 2022)

  • Peggy Lee

    Fever

    • Mad About The Boy: Ladies Sing The Blues.
    • Crimson.
  • Jeff Beck

    Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

    • Wired.
    • Sony.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

    • Punk Jazz - The Jaco Pastorius Anthology.
    • Warner Bros. / Rhino.
    • 13.
  • Avishai Cohen

    Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

    • Dark Nights.
    • Anzik Records.
  • Mingus Big Band

    Self-Portrait In Three Colours

    • Live At Jazz Standard.
    • Jazz Workshop.
    • 3.
  • Sheila Jordan

    Dat Dere

    • Portrait Of Sheila.
    • Blue Note.
    • 4.
  • Bobby McFerrin

    Another Night in Tunisia

    • Blue Note Years.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.
  • Herbie Hancock

    Bring Down the Birds

    • Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Brodie Jarvie Trio

    Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (91Èȱ¬ Radio Scotland Session 17th April 2022)

  • Brodie Jarvie Trio

    Farewell, Farewell (91Èȱ¬ Radio Scotland Session 17th April 2022)

  • Esperanza Spalding & William Blake

    Little Fly

    • Chamber Music Scoiety.
    • Heads Up.
    • 001.
  • Charles Mingus

    Remember Rockerfeller at Attica

  • Jaco Pastorius & Joni Mitchell

    The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

    • The Jaco Pastorius Anthology.
    • Warner Bros/Rhino.
    • 014.
  • Charles Mingus

    Fables Of Faubus

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Apr 2022 21:00

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