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Alyn Shipton with listeners' requests, including tracks from Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. With the Brubeck Quartet's version of Ellington's Take the A Train.

This week's dip into the emails and letters from listeners takes us to the mutual admiration between Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Alyn Shipton plays the Brubeck Quartet's famous version of Duke's theme tune, "Take the A Train" written by Strayhorn, amid other requests in all styles of jazz.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 6 Aug 2016 17:00

Music Played

  • Johnny Hodges

    Used To Be Duke

    • THREE CLASSIC ALBUMS PLUS.
    • AVID.
    • 16.
  • Dave Brubeck & The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Take The A Train

    • TIME WAS.
    • PROPER.
    • 4.
  • Blind Willie Johnson

    God Moves On The Water

    • News and the Blues.
    • CBS.
    • 5.
  • J.C. Higginbotham & J.C. Higginbotham and His Six Hicks

    Higginbotham Blues

    • New Orleans Playing Away Jazz.
    • ABM.
    • 14.
  • Buddy de Franco & Art Tatum & Art Tatum

    Deep Night

    • Group Masterpieces Volume 1.
    • Pablo.
    • 1.
  • Ella Fitzgerald

    You're The Top

    • Sings the Cole Porter Songbook.
    • Verve.
    • 8.
  • Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck

    There'll Never Be Another You

    • The White House Sessions.
    • Columbia Legacy.
    • 17.
  • Miles Davis & Miles Davis Sextet

    Old Folks

    • Some Day My Prince Will Come.
    • CBS.
    • 2.
  • Monty Alexander

    Nite Mist Blues

    • Live! At The Montreux Festival.
    • MPS.
    • 1.
  • Fats Waller

    Minor Drag

    • Handful of Keys.
    • Proper.
    • 11.
  • Cootie Williams, Lou McGarity, Les Robinson, Skippy Martin, Johnny Guarnieri, Artie Bernstein & Jo Jones

    Blues In My Condition

    • Swing St Vol 3.
    • TAX.
    • 3.

Performers:

ArtistÌýÌýJohnny Hodges
TitleÌýÌýUsed to Be Duke
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AlbumÌýÌýThree Classic Albums Plus (2nd Set)
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NumberÌýÌý1040 CD 1 Track 16
Duration Ìý7.23
Performers: ÌýJohnny Hodges, as, ldr; Harold Baker, t; Lawrence Brown, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, cl; Harry Carney, bars; Call Cobbs, p; John B Williams, b; Louie Bellson, d. 5 Aug 1954.

ArtistÌýÌýDave Brubeck
TitleÌýÌýTake the A Train
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AlbumÌýÌýTime Was
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NumberÌýÌýProperbox 90 CD 4Ìý Track 7
Duration Ìý6.10
PerformersÌýPaul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Bob Bates, b; Joe Dodge, d. March 1954.

ArtistÌýÌýBlind Willie Johnson
TitleÌýÌýGod Moves on the Water
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AlbumÌýÌýNews and the Blues
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NumberÌýÌý4672492 Track 5
Duration Ìý3.01
Performers: ÌýBlind Willie Johnson, g, v. 11 Dec 1929

ArtistÌýÌýJ C Higginbotham
TitleÌýÌýHigginbotham Blues
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AlbumÌýÌýNew Orleans Playing Away Jazz
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NumberÌýÌý1163 Track 14
Duration Ìý3.28
Performers: ÌýHenry Allen, t; J C Higginbotham, tb; Charlie Holmes, as; Luis Russell, p; Will Johnson, g; Pops Foster, b; Paul Barbarin, d.

ArtistÌýÌýBuddy de Franco / Art Tatum
TitleÌýÌýDeep Night
ComposerÌýVallee / Henderson
AlbumÌýÌýGroup Masterpieces Vol 1
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NumberÌýÌý2405 430 2 Track 1
Duration Ìý5.47

PerformersÌýBuddy De Franco, cl; Art Tatum, p; Red Callendar, b; Bill Douglass, d. 6 Feb 1956
ArtistÌýÌýElla Fitzgerald
TitleÌýÌýYou’re the top
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AlbumÌýÌýSings the Cole Porter SongbookÌýÌý
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NumberÌýÌýCD 2 Track 8
Duration Ìý3.35
Performers: ÌýElla Fitzgerald and the Buddy Bregman Orchestra;

ArtistÌýÌýTony Bennett / Dave Brubeck
TitleÌýÌýThere’ll Never Be Another You
ComposerÌýWarren, Gordon
AlbumÌýÌýThe White House sessions
LabelÌýÌýColumbia Legacy
NumberÌýÌý88883718042 Track 17
Duration Ìý3.29
PerformersÌýTony Bennett, v; Dave Brubeck, p; Gene Wright, b; Joe Morello, d. 1962

ArtistÌýÌýMiles Davis
TitleÌýÌýOld Folks
ComposerÌýHill / Robison
AlbumÌýÌýSome Day My Prince Will Come
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NumberÌýÌý466312 Track 2
Duration Ìý5.14
Performers: ÌýMiles Davis, t; Hank Mobley., ts; Wynton Kelly, p; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d March 1961

ArtistÌýÌýMonty Alexander
TitleÌýÌýNite Mist Blues
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AlbumÌýÌýLive! At The Montreux Festival
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NumberÌýÌý817 487-2 Track 1
Duration Ìý10.11
Performers: ÌýMonty Alexander, p; John Clayton, b; Jeff Hamilton, d. 1976

ArtistÌýÌýFats Waller
TitleÌýÌýMinor Drag
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AlbumÌýÌýHandful of Keys
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NumberÌýÌýProperbox 71 CD 1 Track 11
Duration Ìý2,47
PerformersÌýCharlie Gaines, t; Charlie Irvis, tb; Arville Harris, reeds; Fats Waller, p; Eddie Condon, bj. 1 March 1929

ArtistÌýÌýCootie Williams
TitleÌýÌýBlues in My Condition
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AlbumÌýÌýSwing St Vol 3
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NumberÌýÌý8034 Track 3
Duration Ìý3.01
Performers: ÌýCootie Williams t; Lou McGarity tb; Les Robinson, as; Skippy Martin, bars; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Artie Bernstien, b; Jo Jones, d. May 7, 1941.

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