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Alyn Shipton's selection includes requests for tracks by pianist and composer George Shearing on the day a blue plaque is unveiled in London in his memory.

1 hour

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Sat 22 Apr 2017 16:00

Music Played

  • George Shearing

    Conception

    • From Battersea to Broadway.
    • 3.
  • Louis Armstrong

    Dardanella

    • Louis Armstrong Box.
    • Storyville.
    • 5.
  • Edison

    The Very Thought of You

    • The Swinger.
    • Verve.
    • 2.
  • Oxford Classic Jazz

    You're The Cream In My Coffee

    • Put t'Kettle On Lad.
    • OCJB.
    • 13.
  • Nat Gonella & Nat Gonella & his Georgians

    Blue Turning Grey Over You

    • British Traditional Jazz a Potted History.
    • 3.
  • Dick Hyman

    Wild Cat Blues

    • Gulf Coast Blues.
    • Stomp Off.
    • 4.
  • George Shearing and Mel Torm茅, Mel Torm茅 & George Shearing

    Pick Yourself Up

    • MEL TORME & GEORGE SHEARING: THE COMPLETE CONCORD RECORDINGS.
    • CONCORD.
    • 12.
  • Gerry Mulligan, Astor Piazzolla & Gerry Mulligan & Astor Piazzolla

    Anos De Soledad

    • Summit.
    • Ariola.
    • 3.
  • Paul Gonsalves

    Bluz For Liz

    • Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy.
    • Impulse.
    • 3.
  • Al Jarreau

    Spain

    • This Time.
    • Warner.
    • 6.
  • Freddy Randall

    Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down

    • Great British Jazz: As Good as It Gets.
    • Smith and Co.
    • 4.
  • Erskine Hawkins & Hawkins, Erskine And His Orch

    Tuxedo Junction

    • L鈥橦istoire des Big Bands.
    • 11.
  • George Shearing

    Send In The Clowns

    • MY SHIP.
    • Verve.
    • 12.

Performers:

Artist聽聽George Shearing
罢颈迟濒别听听颁辞苍肠别辫迟颈辞苍
颁辞尘辫辞蝉别谤听厂丑别补谤颈苍驳
Album聽聽From Battersea to Broadway
尝补产别濒听听笔谤辞辫别谤
Number聽聽Properbox 40 CD 4 Track 3
Duration 聽2.57
Performers聽George Shearing, p; Marjorie Hyams, vib; Chuck Wayne, g; John Levy, b; Denzil Best, d. 27 July 1949.


Artist聽聽Louis Armstrong
罢颈迟濒别听听顿补谤诲补苍别濒濒补
Composer聽Bernard / Black / Fisher
Album聽聽Louis Armstrong Box
尝补产别濒听听厂迟辞谤测惫颈濒濒别
Number聽聽108 8609 CD 4 Trck 5
Duration 聽2.38
Performers: Ed Hall, cl; Billy Kyle, p; Dale Jones, b; Barrett Deems, d. 23 June 1956. Plus long notes at the end from Louis Armstrong, t; and Trummy Young, tb.


Artist聽聽Harry Sweets Edison
Title聽聽The Very Thought of You
Composer聽Noble / Chadwick / Gosling
Album聽聽The Swinger
尝补产别濒听听痴别谤惫别
Number聽聽314 559 868-2 CD 1 Track 2
Duration 聽6.05
Performers聽Harry Edison, t; Jimmy Forrest, ts; Jimmy Jones, p; Freddie Green, g; Joe Benjamin, b; Charlie Persip, d. Sep 1958


Artist聽聽Oxford Classic Jazz
Title聽聽You鈥檙e the Cream in my Coffee鈥
Composer聽Brown / Da Sylva / Henderson
Album聽聽Put t鈥橩ettle On Lad
尝补产别濒听听翱颁闯叠
Number聽聽CD008 Track 13
Duration 聽3.23
Performers聽Mike Wills, cl; Nick Gill, p; Ian Joachim, tu; Andy Crisp, d.


Artist聽聽Nat Gonella
Title聽聽Blue Turning Grey Over You
Composer聽Waller / Razaf
Album聽聽British Traditional Jazz a Potted History
Label聽聽 Lake
Number聽聽LACD 3000 CD 1 Track 3
Duration 聽3.15
Performers聽Nat Gonella, t, v; Pat Smuts, ts; Harold Hood, p; Jimmy Messini, g; Tiny Winters, b; Bob Dryden, d. 10 Jan 1936.


Artist聽聽Dick Hyman
Title聽聽Wild Cat Blues
Composer聽Fats Waller, Clarence Williams
Album聽聽Gulf Coast Blues
Label聽聽Stomp Off
Number聽聽SOS 1141 Side A Track 4
Duration 聽4.18
Performers聽Dick Hyman, p. 1986


Artist聽聽George Shearing / Mel Torm茅
Title聽聽Pick Yourself Up
Composer聽Fields, Kern
Album聽聽Complete Concord Recordings
尝补产别濒听听颁辞苍肠辞谤诲
Number聽聽CCD7 2144-2 CD 7 Track 12
Duration 聽4.21
Performers聽Mel Torm茅, v; George Shearing, p; John Leitham, b; Donny Osborne, d. 1990.


Artist聽聽Gerry Mulligan / Astor Piazzolla
Title聽聽Anos de Soledad
颁辞尘辫辞蝉别谤听笔颈补锄锄辞濒濒补
础濒产耻尘听听厂耻尘尘颈迟
尝补产别濒听听础谤颈辞濒补
Number聽聽88.874-1 Track 3聽
Duration 聽4.07
Performers: 聽Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon; Gerry Mulligan - baritone; Angel "Pochi" Gatti 鈥 teclados; Tullio De Piscopo 鈥 drums; Giuseppe Prestipino 鈥 electric bass; Albert Baldan 鈥 marimba; Gianni Zilioli 鈥 marimba; Fillipo Dacco - guitar; Bruno De Filippi - guitar; Umberto Miguel 脕ngel Benedetti 鈥 violin; Renato Riccio 鈥 viola; Ennio Miori 鈥揷ello; Orquesta de Cuerdas, 1975


Artist聽聽Paul Gonsalves
Title聽聽Bluz For Liz
颁辞尘辫辞蝉别谤听叠耻谤谤别濒濒
Album聽聽Cleopatra Feelin鈥 Jazzy
尝补产别濒听听滨尘辫耻濒蝉别
Number聽聽AS 41 Side 1 Track 3
Duration 聽5.40
Performers聽Paul Gonsalves, ts; Dick Hyman, org; Hank Jones, p; Kenny Burrell, g; George Duvivier, b; Roy Haynes, d. 1963

Artist聽聽Al Jarreau
罢颈迟濒别听听厂辫补颈苍
Composer聽Corea, Jarreau, Maren
Album聽聽This Time
尝补产别濒听听奥补谤苍别谤
Number聽聽Track 6
Duration 聽6.31
Personnel: 聽Al Jarreau, v; Larry Williams, kb; Abraham Laboriel, b; Steve Gadd, d. 1980


Artist聽聽Freddy Randall
Title聽聽Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down
Composer聽Quicksell / Ludwin
Album聽聽Great British Jazz: As Good as It Gets
Label聽聽Smith and Co
Number聽聽1143 CD 1 Track 4
Duration 聽2.47
Performers: 聽Freddy Randall, t; rest tbc.


Artist聽聽Erskine Hawkins
Title聽聽Tuxedo Junction
Composer聽Dash / Hawkins / Johnson
Album聽聽L鈥橦istoire des Big Bands
Label聽聽Chante Du Monde
Number聽聽574 1481.90 CD 4 Track 11
Duration 聽3.16
Performers: 聽Erskine Hawkins, Dud Bascombe, Sam Lowe, Marcellus Green, t; Edward Sims, Robert Rangem tb; William Johnson, Jimmy Mitchelle, Julian Dash, Haywood Henry, reeds; Avery Parrish, p; William McLemore, g; Leomie Stanfield, b; James Morrison, d. 18 July 1939.


Artist聽聽George Shearing
Title聽聽Send in the Clowns
颁辞尘辫辞蝉别谤听厂辞苍诲丑别颈尘
Album聽聽My Ship
尝补产别濒听听痴别谤惫别
Number聽聽821664-2 Track 12
Duration 聽4.32
Performers聽G Shearing, p, v.

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  • Sat 22 Apr 2017 16:00

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