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Led by the New Orleans doctor Edmond Souchon, the Six and Seven Eighths String band played Dixieland standards on mandolins and guitars, and their music is among Alyn Shipton's selections from listeners' requests.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 19 Mar 2016 16:00

Music Played

  • Six And Seven Eighths Band & Six And Seven Eighths Band

    Clarinet Marmalade

    • Classic Sounds Of New Orleans.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 14.
  • Buck Clayton

    Out of Nowhere

    • Buck Clayton - Complete Legendary Jam Sessions Master Takes.
    • Lonehill Jazz.
    • 4.
  • Bix Beiderbecke & Bix Beiderbecke

    Sorry

    • In A Mist.
    • Phoenix.
    • 17.
  • Benny Carter & Benny Carter

    Isn't It Romantic

    • 1948 - 52.
    • Classics.
    • 11.
  • Erroll Garner & Erroll Garner

    I'll Remember April

    • The Complete Concert By The Sea.
    • Columbia Legacy.
    • 1.
  • Ken Colyer

    Make Me A Pallet On The Floor

    • 1966.
    • Lake.
    • 11.
  • Coleman Hawkins

    Body And Soul

    • Body and Soul.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
    • 12.
  • Max Roach & Max Roach

    Almost Like Me

    • The Max Roach Trio with The Legendary Hassan.
    • Atlantic.
    • 4.
  • National Youth Jazz Orchestra

    High Speed Gas

    • In Control.
    • Ronnie Scott's Jazz House.
    • 1.
  • Simon Bates & Simon Bates

    Well You Needn't

    • And All Because.
    • Recorded Time.
    • 2.
  • Bob Florence Limited Edition

    Jewels

    • Trash Can City.
    • Trend.
    • 2.

Performers:

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TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Clarinet Marmalade

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý La Rocca / Shields

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Classic Sounds of New Orleans

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Smithsonian Folkways

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 40183 Track 14

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2.06

Performers: William Kleppinger, mand; Bernie Shields, steel g; Red Mackie, b; Ed Souchon, g. 1954.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Buck Clayton

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Out of Nowhere

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Young / Collins / Basie

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Green / Heyman

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Lonehill Jazz

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 10115 CD 3 Track 4

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 7.07

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Buck Clayton, t; Ruby Braff, c; Bennie Green, Dick Harris, tb; Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins, ts; Al Waslohn, p; Steve Jordan, g; Milt Hinton, b; Jo Jones, d. 15 March 1955

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bix Beiderbecke

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sorry

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Quicksell

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý In A Mist

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Phoenix

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 131535 Track 17

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2.59

Performers: BIx Beiderbecke, c; Bill Rank, tb; Don Murray, cl; Adrian Rollini, bsx; Frank Signorelli, p; Chauncey Morehouse, d; 25 Oct 1927.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Benny Carter

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Isn’t It Romantic

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Rodgers / Hart

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1948-52

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Classics

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1297 Track 11

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3.43

Performers:ÌýÌý Benny Carter, as; Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessell, g; Ray Brown, b; Buddy Rich, d; unidentified strings; Aug 1952.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Erroll Garner

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý I’ll Remember April

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý DePaul / Johnstone, Raye

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Concert By The Sea

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Complete Concert By The Sea

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Columbia Legacy

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 88875120842 CD 1 Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4.14

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Erroll Garner, p; Eddie Calhoun, b; Denzil Best, d.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ken Colyer

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Make me A Pallet on the Floor

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý trad

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1966

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Lake

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 285 Track 11

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 10.28

Performers: Ken Colyer, , v; Tony Pyke, cl; Geoff Cole, tb; John Bastable, bj; Bill Cole, b; Bryan Hetherington, d. autumn 1966.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Coleman Hawkins

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Body and Soul

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Heyman, Green ,Sour

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Body and Soul

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Marshall Cavendish

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 021 Track 12

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3.00

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Coleman Hawkins, ts; Tommy Lindsay, Joe Guy, t; Jackie Fields, Eustace Moore, reeds; Gene Rodgers, p; Oscar Smith, b, Art Herbert, d. 11 Oct 1939.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Max Roach

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Almost Like Me

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Hasaan Ibn Ali

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Max Roach Trio with the Legendary Hasaan

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Atlantic

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1435 Track 4

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 6.39

Performers: Hasaan Ibn Ali, p; Art Davis, b; Max Roach d. Dec 1964

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýNYJO

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý High Speed Gas

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Woodman

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý In Control

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ronnie Scott’s Jazz House

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 041 Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4.17

Performers: Andy Cuss, Brad Mason, Neil Yates, Jim Lynch, Olly Preece, t; Adrian Hallowell, Elliott Mason, Jeremy Price, Malcolm Smith, Mark Penny, tb; Lis Graham, Howard McGill, Jim Tomlinson, James Hunt, Mick Foster, reeds; Simon Carter, p; Andy Jones, g; Mark Ong, b; Chris Dagley, d. 1994.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýSimon Bates

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Well You Needn;t

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Monk

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý And all because

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Recorded Time

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý RTCD007 Track 2

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4.10

Performers: Simon Bates - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet; John Etheridge – Guitar; Rob Statham – Bass; Mike Bradley - Drums

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bob Florence

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Jewels

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bob Florence

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Trash Can City

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý TrendÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý TR545

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 5.21

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Bob Florence, piano; Joel DiBartolo, bass; Peter Donald, drums; Lanny Morgan, alto saxophone; Kim Richmond, clarinet; Dick Mitchell, tenor; Bob Cooper, tenor saxophone; Bob Efford, baritone saxophone; John Lowe, baritone saxophone; George Graham, trumpet; Charley Davis, trumpet; Warren Luening, trumpet; Steve Huffsteter, trumpet; Nelson Hatt, trumpet; Charlie Loper, trombone; Rick Culver, trombone; Herbie Harper, trombone; Don Waldrop, bass trombone; Julie Andrews, vocal.

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