Pocket Legends Marathon
Stephen Duffy introduces a Pocket Legends marathon. We open the Jazz House archive and hear 18 short features on the giants of jazz.
Stephen Duffy introduces a marathon of "Pocket Legends", 18 short features on the giants of jazz, drawn from the archive vaults of the regular Radio Scotland programme The Jazz House. Tune in for Ray Charles, Artie Shaw, Lester Young, Dinah Washington, Nelson Riddle and Thad Jones, to name just a few.
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Pocket Legends: Ray Charles
A short feature on a true genius of jazz from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 20:55
Pocket Legends: Louis Belson
A short feature on drummer, composer, arranger and bandleader Louis Belson from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 18:18
Pocket Legends: Nelson Riddle
A short feature on perhaps the greatest arranger and orchestrator in all of jazz from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 30:03
Pocket Legends: Clark Terry
A short feature on world-class trumpeter, flugelhornist, educator, and NEA Jazz Master, Clark Terry from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 19:58
Pocket Legends: Dinah Washington
A short feature on the undisputable queen of the blues, Dinah Washington from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 15:31
Pocket Legends: Gil Scott Heron
A short feature on the poet, musician, and author Gill Scott Heron from an episode of the Jazz House from 2009.
Duration: 15:25
Pocket Legends: Tubby Hayes
A short feature on the Jazz legend Tubby Hayes from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 34:05
Pocket Legends: Shorty Rodgers
A short feature on the leading figure of West Coast Jazz from the 1950鈥檚, Shorty Rodgers from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 05:51
Pocket Legends: Tony Bennett
A short feature on a singer for whom the great American Songbook could have been composed from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 10:54
Pocket Legends: Artie Shaw
During the Swing Era, this man鈥檚 movie star good looks, insatiable libido and his dazzling skills as a clarinettist and bandleader made him the gossip columnists dream.
Duration: 19:11
Pocket Legends: Lee Morgan
A short feature on Jazz legend Lee Morgan from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 15:54
Pocket Legends: Charlie Parker
A short feature on Jazz legend Charlie Parker from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 17:58
Pocket Legends: Slide Hampton
A short feature on Jazz legend Slide Hampton from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 20:06
Pocket Legends: June Christy
A short feature on a singer whose honeyed tones, impeccable timing and a great gift for melancholy made her something of an icon to the beatnik generation, from an episode of the Jazz House from 2009.
Duration: 13:41
Pocket Legends: Terry Gibbs
A short feature on Terry Gibbs - vibraphonist, drummer, pianist, composer and leader of one of the finest big bands the jazz world has ever heard.
Duration: 15:03
Pocket Legends: Lester Young
A short feature on Jazz legend Lester Young from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 17:14
Pocket Legends: John Hendricks
A short feature on Jazz legend John Hendricks from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 22:03
Pocket Legends: Louis Jordan
A short feature on Jazz legend Louis Jordan from an episode of the Jazz House from 2008.
Duration: 15:02
Broadcasts
- Fri 6 Mar 2009 00:30大象传媒 Radio Scotland Extra
- Mon 1 Nov 2010 00:30大象传媒 Radio Scotland
- Mon 8 Nov 2010 00:30大象传媒 Radio Scotland
- Mon 28 Mar 2011 00:30大象传媒 Radio Scotland
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