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Acoustic guitarist Charlie Byrd features in Alyn Shipton's selection from listeners' emails, tweets and letters.

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Sat 9 Apr 2016 16:00

Music Played

  • Harry James & Harry James

    Flight of the Bumble Bee

    • Woody Allen's Movie Music.
    • SoundTrack Factory.
    • 8.
  • Charlie Byrd

    Speak Low

    • The Guitar Artistry Of Charlie Byrd.
    • Riverside Records.
    • 3.
  • Bessie Smith

    Empty Bed Blues Parts 1 And 2

    • The Complete Columbia Recordings.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.
  • Marion Underwood

    Coal Creek March

    • Mountain Banjo Songs and Tunes.
    • County.
    • 3.
  • Duke Ellington

    Harlem Airshaft

    • The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: Dec 1947.
    • Prestige.
    • 4.
  • Bix Beiderbecke

    Goose Pimples

    • In a Mist.
    • Phoenix.
    • 16.
  • Gene Krupa

    Blues For Benny

    • Complete 1955 Session.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 3.
  • Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

    Misty

    • Extra Time.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Clark Terry

    Buck's Business

    • Four Classic Albums.
    • AVID.
    • 8.
  • The Crusaders

    Spiral

    • Those Southern Knights.
    • ABC.
    • 1.
  • Clark Tracey-Dave Newton Band & Clark Tracey

    Bootleg Eric

    • Bootleg Eric.
    • ASC.
    • 3.
  • Ray Ellington

    The Best Man

    • Collection.
    • AVID.
    • 2.

Performers:

ArtistÌýÌýHarry James
TitleÌýÌýFlight of the bumble Bee
ComposerÌýRimsky Korsakoff arr. James
AlbumÌýÌýWoody Allen’s Movie Music
LabelÌýÌýSoundtrack Factory
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Duration Ìý1.59
Performers: Harry James, Claude Bowen, Al Stearns, Nick Buono, t; Dalton Rizzotto, Hoyt Bohannon, Harry Rodgers, tb; Claude Lakey, Johnny Mezey, Vido Musso, Chuck Gentry, reeds; Al Lerner, p; Ben Heller, g; Thurman Teague, b; Mickey Scrima, d. Strings 13 Feb 1941.


ArtistÌýÌýCharlie Byrd
TitleÌýÌýSpeak Low
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AlbumÌýÌýFour Classic Albums
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NumberÌýÌý1123 CD 2 Track 11
Duration Ìý3.46
Performers: Charlie Byrd, g; Keter Betts, b; Buddy Deppenschmidt, d. 1960.


ArtistÌýÌýBessie Smith
TitleÌýÌýEmpty Bed Blues parts 1 and 2
ComposerÌýJ C Johnson
AlbumÌýÌýThe Complete Columbia Recordings
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NumberÌýÌý88725403102 CD 4 tracks 4 and 5
Duration Ìý3.03 and 3.22: total 6.25
PerformersÌýBessie Smith, v; Charlie Green, tb; Porter Grainger, p; 20 March 1928.


ArtistÌýÌýMarion Underwood
TitleÌýÌýCoal Creek March
AlbumÌýÌýMountain Banjo Songs and Tunes
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Duration Ìý2.48
PerformersÌýMarion Underwood, bj. 27 April 1927


ArtistÌýÌýDuke Ellington
TitleÌýÌýHarlem Airshaft
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AlbumÌýÌýThe Carnegie Hall Concerts: Dec 1947
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NumberÌýÌý24075-2 CD 1 Track 4
Duration Ìý3.44 (inc spoken intro)
PerformersÌýHarold Baker, Al Killian, Franc Williams, Shelton Hemphill, Ray Nance, t; Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Claude Jones, tb; Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Al Sears, Jimmy Hamilton, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Oscar Pettirford, Junior Raglin, b; Sonny Greer, d. 27 Dec 1947.


ArtistÌýÌýBix Beiderbecke
TitleÌýÌýGoose Pimples
ComposerÌýTrent / Henderson
AlbumÌýÌýIn a Mist
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NumberÌýÌý131535 Track 16
Duration Ìý3.21
PerformersÌýBIx Beiderbecke, c; Bill Rank, tb; Don Murray, cl; Adrian Rollini, bsx; Frank Signorelli, p; Chauncey Morehouse, d; 25 Oct 1927.


ArtistÌýÌýGene Krupa
TitleÌýÌýBlues for Benny
ComposerÌýKrupa / Hampton / Wilson
AlbumÌýÌýComplete 1955 Session
LabelÌýÌýEssential Jazz Classics
NumberÌýÌý55469 Track 3
Duration Ìý7.41
PerformersÌýLionel Hampton, vib; Gene Krupa, d; Teddy Wilson, p; Red Callender, b. 31 July 1955.

ArtistÌýÌýAmsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
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AlbumÌýÌýExtra Time
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NumberÌýÌý425 222-2 Track 1
Duration Ìý4.07
Performers: Daniel Brüggen, Bertho Dreiver, Paul Leenhouts, Karel Van Steenhovben, recorders. 1991


ArtistÌýÌýClark Terry
TitleÌýÌýBuck’s Business
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AlbumÌýÌýFour Classic Albums
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NumberÌýÌý1102 CD 2 Track 8
Duration Ìý3.26
PerformersÌýClark Terry, fh; Thelonious Monk, p; Sam Jones, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. May 1958.


ArtistÌýÌýThe Crusaders
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AlbumÌýÌýThose Southern Knights
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NumberÌýÌý6024 Track 1
Duration Ìý6.14
Performers: ÌýWayne Henderson ,tb; Wilton Felder, ts; Joe Sample kb; Stix Hooper, d; Larry Carlton, g; Pops Popwell, b; Arthur Adams, g. 1975


ArtistÌýÌýClark Tracey /Dave Newton Band
TitleÌýÌýBootleg Eric
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AlbumÌýÌýBootleg Eric
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NumberÌýÌý23 Track 3
Duration Ìý7.20
Performers: Guy Barker, t; Alan Barnes, Don Weller, Iain Dixon, reeds; Mark Nightingale, tb; David Newton, p; Andrew Cleyndert, b; Clark Tracey, d. 1998.

ArtistÌýÌýRay Ellington
TitleÌýÌýThe Best Man
ComposerÌýAlfred / Wise
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NumberÌýÌýAVC866 Track 2
Duration Ìý2.53
PerformersÌýRay Ellington, d, v; Lauderic Caton, g; Coleridge Goode, b; Dick Katz, p. 1948

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