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Alyn Shipton selects music in all styles and periods of jazz from listeners' suggestions and includes tracks by the great American tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, as well as local traditional fare from the Bristol's Avon Cities Jazz Band.

1 hour

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Sat 20 Feb 2016 16:00

Music Played

  • Count Basie & Frank Sinatra

    I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

    Performer: Count Basie & Frank Sinatra. Performer: Frank Sinatra. Performer: Count Basie.
    • Sinatra-Basie.
    • 9.
  • Ben Webster & Ben Webster

    Makin' Whoopee

    • Three Classic Albums Plus.
    • Avid.
    • 1.
  • Michel Petrucciani

    Looking Up

    • Live!.
    • Blue Note.
    • 6.
  • Sun Ra & The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Bye Bye

    • The Singles.
    • Evidence.
    • 5.
  • Avon Cities Jazz Band

    Shimme-Sha-Wobble

    Performer: Avon Cities Jazz Band. Performer: Freddy Randall.
    • British Traditional Jazz: A Potted History.
    • Lake.
    • 5.
  • Clarence Williams

    Mean Blues

    • Clarence Williams Rarities.
    • Parlophone.
    • 3.
  • Emile Barnes and Lawrence Tocca with Billie Pierce & Emile Barnes And Lawrence Tocca

    Shake It and Break It

    • Classic Sounds of New Orleans.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 25.
  • Sam Rivers

    When I Fall In Love

    • A New Perception.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • The Jazz Crusaders

    Scratch

    • Live at the Lighthouse 66.
    • Pacific Jazz.
    • 7.
  • Cannonball Adderley & Cannonball Adderley

    Blue Daniel

    • The Quintessence.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 11.
  • George Shearing

    Mambo In Chimes

    Performer: George Shearing. Performer: George Shearing. Performer: Wes Montgomery. Performer: Buddy Montgomery. Performer: Armando Peraza. Performer: Ricardo Chimelis. Performer: Monk Montgomery. Performer: Walter Perkins.
    • George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers.
    • Jazzland.
    • 11.
  • BUD FREEMAN & Bud Freeman and His Orchestra

    The Eel

    • It's Got To Be The Eel.
    • Affinity.
    • 4.

Performers:

ArtistÌýÌýCount Basie / Frank Sinatra
TitleÌýÌýI’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
ComposerÌýAhlert / Young
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LabelÌýÌýEssential Jazz Classics
NumberÌýÌý55596 Track 9
Duration Ìý2.34
Performers: Frank Sinatra, v; Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Al Porcino, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard, t; Henry Coker, Rufus Wagner Benny Powell, tb; Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Eric Dixon, Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Count Basie p; Freddie Green, g; Buddy Catlett, b; Sonny Payne, d; LA, Oct 1962.


ArtistÌýÌýBen Webster
TitleÌýÌýMaking Whoopee
ComposerÌýDonaldson / Kahn
AlbumÌýÌýThree Classic Albums Plus
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NumberÌýÌý1038 CD 2 Track 1
Duration Ìý4.34
PerformersÌýBen Webster, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b; Stan Levey, d. 15 Oct 1957


ArtistÌýÌýMichel Petrucciani
TitleÌýÌýLookiing Up
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LabelÌýÌýBlue Note
NumberÌýÌý0777 7 80589 2 2 Track 6
Duration Ìý8.04
Performers: Michel Petrucciani, p; Steve Logan, b; Victor Jones, d; Adam Holzman, kb. 1991.


ArtistÌýÌýSun Ra
TitleÌýÌýBye Bye
ComposerÌýMatt Swift
AlbumÌýÌýThe Singles
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NumberÌýÌý22164-2 CD 1 Ttrack 5
Duration Ìý2.49
Performers: The Cosmic Rays, including Calvin Barron with Le Sun Ra and Arkestra, Sun Ra, kb; Richard Evans, b; Robert Barry, d. 1955


ArtistÌýÌýAvon Cities Jazz Band
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AlbumÌýÌýBritish Traditional Jazz: A Potted History
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NumberÌýÌý300 CD 2 Track 5
Duration Ìý3.00
Performers: Geoff Nichols, t; Ray Bush, cl; Mike Hitchings, tb; Jan Ridd, p; Wayne Chandler, bj; Malcolm Wright, b; Basil Wright, d. 6 Oct 1956


ArtistÌýÌýClarence Williams
TitleÌýÌýMean Blues
ComposerÌýBilly Smythe-Art Gilhan
AlbumÌýÌýClarence Williams Rarities
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NumberÌýÌýPMC 7049
Duration Ìý2.53
Performers: Thomas Morris, t; John Mayfield, tb; Sidney Bechet, ss; Clarence Williams, p; Buddy Christian, bj, 14 Nov 1923.


ArtistÌýÌýEmile Barnes and Lawrence Tocca with Billie Pierce
TitleÌýÌýShake It and Break It
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AlbumÌýÌýClassic Sounds of New Orleans
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NumberÌýÌý40183 Track 25
Duration Ìý3.44
PerformersÌýLawrence Tocca, t; Harrison Brazelee, tb; Emile Barnes, cl; Billie Pierce, p; Albert Glenny, b; Cie Frazier, d. 1951


ArtistÌýÌýSam Rivers
TitleÌýÌýWhen I Fall In Love
ComposerÌýHeyman / Young
AlbumÌýÌýA NewÌýPerception
LabelÌýÌýBlue Note
NumberÌýÌý4249 Track 1
Duration Ìý5.45
PerformersÌýSam Rivers, ts; Hal Galper, p; Herbie Lewis , b;Ìý Steve Ellington, d. 11 Oct 1966

ArtistÌýÌýThe Jazz crusaders
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ComposerÌýWayne Henderson
AlbumÌýÌýLive at the Lighthouse, 66
LabelÌýÌýPacific Jazz
NumberÌýÌýCDP 7243 8 37988 2 7 Track 7
Duration Ìý8.02
Performers: Wilton Felder, ts; Wayne Henderson, tb; Joe Sample, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Stix Hooper, d. Jan 1966.


ArtistÌýÌýCannonball Adderley
TitleÌýÌýBlue Daniel
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AlbumÌýÌýThe quintessence
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NumberÌýÌý291 CD 2 Track 11
Duration Ìý7.30
Performers: Nat Adderley,, c; Cannonball Adderley, as; Victor Feldman, p; Sam Jones, b; Louis Hayes, d; Oct 1960.

ArtistÌýÌýGeorge Shearing
TitleÌýÌýMambo in Chimes
ComposerÌýArmando Peraza
AlbumÌýÌýGeorge Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers
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NumberÌýÌýTrack 11
Duration Ìý2.26
PerformersÌýGeorge Shearing, p; Monk Motgomery b; Wes Montgomery, g; Buddy Montgomery, vib;


ArtistÌýÌýBud Freeman
TitleÌýÌýThe Eel
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AlbumÌýÌýIt’s Got To Be The Eel
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NumberÌýÌý1008 Track 4
Duration Ìý2.48
Performers: Bud Freeman, ts; Max Kaminsky, ts; Pee Wee Russell, cl; Brad Gowans, vtb; Dave Bowman, p; Eddie Condon, g; Clyde Newcombe, b; Danny Alvin, d. 19 Jul 1939


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  • Sat 20 Feb 2016 16:00

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