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Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

Jazz Record Requests
Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Producer: Bill Nicholls
Saturday 8 November 2008 5pm–6 pm

Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man (Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern) (3’10’’)
Performed by Bud Freeman & His Orchestra:
Bud Freeman (ts) John Mendel (tp) Floyd O’Brien (tb) Bud Jacobson (cl) Dave North (p) Norman Foster (bj) Johnny Mueller (str-b) Gene Krupa (d)
Recorded Chicago, Dec 3 1928
Taken from the album Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man
© 1993 CD (Legacy CK52855(1); Track 1)

Sweet and Lowdown (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin) (2’52’’)
Performed by Lee Wiley (vcl) Max Kaminsky (tp) Bud Freeman (ts) Joe Bushkin (p) Artie Shapiro (b) George Wettling (d)
Recorded 13 Nov 1939
Taken from the album Hot House Rose
CD (Topaz TPZ 1047; Track 1)

Flyin’ Home (Lionel Hampton / Benny Goodman) (3’07’’)
Performed by Ernie Royal, Eddie Hutchinson, Mannie Klein, Jack Trainer (tp) Fred Beckett, Sonny Craven, Harry Sloan (tb) Marshall Royal (cl,as) Ray Perry (as) Illinois Jacquet, Eddie Barefield (ts) Jack McVea (bar) Lionel Hampton (vib) Milt Buckner (p) Irving Ashby (g) Vernon Alley (b) Lee Young (d)
Recorded NY, May 26 1942
Taken from the album The Lionel Hampton Story
CD (Proper 1146; Track 2)

I’m a Fool to Want You (Jack Wolf / Joel S. Herron / Frank Sinatra) (6’42’’)
Performed by Freddie Hubbard (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Barry Harris (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins (d)
Recorded N.J. May 27 1965
Taken from the album Clubhouse
CD (Blue Note CDP7844452(1); Track 2)

Giant Steps (John Coltrane) (4’43’’)
Performed by John Coltrane (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d)
Recorded NY May 5 1959
Taken from the album Giant Steps
CD (Atlantic 1311; Track 1)

Joy Spring (Clifford Brown) (4’52’’)
Performed by the Anachronic Jazz Band:
Patrick Artero (tp) Claude Gousset (tb) Marc Richard (cnt) Dominique Vernhes (cl) Daniel Huck (cl,as) André Villeger (bar) Philippe Baudoin (p) Lionel Banhamou (bjo) Gérard Gervois (b) Dominique Obadia (d)
Recorded 1978
Taken from the album Anachronic Jazz Band Volume II
LP (Open OP 09; Side 1 / Track 2)

Ain’t No Use (R. Stevenson) (2’56’’)
Performed by Nina Simone (p,vcl) Al Shackman or Rudy Stevenson (g) Lisle Atkinson (b) Bobby Hamilton (d)
Recorded 1965
Taken from the album Pastel Blues
LP (Philips PHM 200 187; Side 2 / Track 1)

West Coast Blues (Sonny Criss) (4’59’’)
Performed by Sonny Criss (as) Kenny Drew (p) Bill Woodson (b) Chuck Thompson (d)
Recorded LA Feb 24 1956
Taken from the album Jazz U.S.A.
CD (Liberty TOCJ5329(1); Track 9)

The Trip (Art Pepper) (8’50’’)
Performed by Art Pepper (as) George Cables (p) David Williams (b) Elvin Jones (d)
Recorded Sep 15 & 16 1976
Taken from the album The Trip
1977 LP (Contemporary COP 032; Side 1 / Track 1)

Blueport (Art Farmer) (9’20’’)
Performed by The Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band:
Gerry Mulligan (bar) Nick Travis, Clark Terry, Don Ferrara (tp) Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis, Alan Ralph (tb) Gene Quill (cl,as) Bob Donovan (as) Jim Reider (ts) Gene Allen (bar,b-cl) Bill Crow (b) Mel Lewis (d)
Taken from the album Gerry Mulligan At The Village Vanguard
© 2002 CD (Verve V-8396; Track 1)

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