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Jazz Record Requests
Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Saturday 22 August 2009 5pm–6pm

JRR Signature Tune:
Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Wynton Marsalis)
Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p), Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker (bj), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d)
Recorded 28 October 1988
Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)

I’ve Found a New Baby (Palmer, Williams) (3:12)
Performed by Benny Goodman All Star Sextet: Benny Goodman (cl) John Haley ‘Zoot’ Sims (sax) Bill McGuffie (p) John ‘Bucky’ Pizzarelli (g) Harold Gaylord (b) Elmer ‘Mousey’ Alexander (d) Peter Appleyard (vb)
Recorded 1972, Live in Copenhagen
Taken from the album On Stage with Benny Goodman & His Sextet
LP (Decca DKL 4/B S1/2)

Let Me off Uptown (Bostic, Evans) (3:02)
Performed by Gene Krupa and his Orchestra: Roy Eldridge (v) Anita O’Day (v) Graham Young, Torg Haltan, Norm Murphy (tp) Babe Wagner, Jay Kelliher, John Grassi (tb) Mascagni Ruffo, Clint Neagley (as) Sam Musiker, Walter Bates (ts) Bob Kitsis (p) Ray Biondi (g) Biddy Bastien (b) Gene Krupa (d)
Recorded 8 May 1941
Taken from the album The Big Sound of Little Jazz
1995 CD (Topaz TPZ 1021 Track 17)

Sugar Blues (Clarence Williams, Lucy Fletcher) (4:52)
Performed by Kid Ory (tb) Alvin Alcorn (tp) Phil Gomez (cl) Lionel Reason (p) Julian Davidson (g) Wellman Braud (b) Minor Hall (d)
Recorded 22, 23 and 25 November 1955, Los Angeles
Taken from the album The Legendary ‘Kid’
LP (Vogue LAG 12084 S1/2)

Ask Me Now (Monk) (3:13)
Performed by Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d) Sahib Shihab (as) Milt Jackson (vb)
Recorded 2 July 1948, New York
Taken from the album The Best of Thelonious Monk
1991 CD (Blue Note CDP7956362 Track 15)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (E.Y. Harburg, J. Gorney) (3:00)
Performed by Sonny Criss (as) Dolo Coker (p) Larry Gales (b) Jimmie Smith (d)
Recorded 20 October 1975, Los Angeles
Taken from the album Out of Nowhere
LP (Muse MR 5089 B3)

E.S.P (Wayne Shorter) (5:29)
Performed by Miles Davis (tp) Wayne Shorter (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Ron Carter (b) Tony Williams (d)
Recorded 20 January 1965
Taken from the album Cool & Collected
2006 CD (Columbia/Legacy 82876847842/UK Track 11)

Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) (7:33)
Performed by Herbie Hancock (p) Wayne Shorter (ss, ts) Dave Holland (b) Vinnie Colaiuta (d) Lionel Loueke (g)
Recorded 2006 - 2007
Taken from the album River: The Joni Letters
2008 CD (Verve 0602517448261 Track 3)

Every Tub (Count Basie) (3:17)
Performed by Count Basie & his Orchestra: Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis (tp) Eddie Durham, George Hunt, Dan Minor (tb) Earl Warren (as) Herschel Evans, Lester Young (ts) Jack Washinton (bs) Count Basie (p) Freddy Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d)
Recorded 16 February 1938
Taken from the album The Lester Young Story
2000 CD (Proper P1129 Disc 1 Track 9)

The Very Thought of You (R Noble) (2:44)
Performed by Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp) Lester Young (cl, ts) Margaret ‘Countless’ Johnson (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d)
Recorded 15 September 1938
Taken from the album Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
2001 (Columbia/Legacy COL5047222 Disc 2 Track 2)

Blue Lester (Lester Young) (3:24)
Performed by Lester Young Quintet: Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddy Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Shadow Wilson (d)
Recorded 1 May 1944, New York
Taken from the album The Lester Young Story
2000 CD (Proper P1131 Disc 3 Track 10)

Three Little Words (Kalmar, Ruby) (2:51)
Performed by Kansas City Six: Bill Coleman (tp) Dickie Wells (tb) Lester Young (ts) Joe Bushkin (p) John Simmons (b) Jo Jones (d)
Recorded 28 March 1944
Taken from the album Kansas City 5, 6 & 7
CD (Classics 912 Track14)

You Can Depend on Me (Earl Hines, Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap) (9:05)
Performed by Lester Young (ts) Roy Eldridge (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Teddy Wilson (p) Freddie Green (g) Gene Ramey (b) Jo Jones (d)
Recorded 12 January 1956, New York
Taken from the album The Jazz Giants
1990 CD (Verve 8256722 Track 5)

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