06/05/2017
Recently listeners have been sending in requests for long-lost albums, and in this week's selection of music in all styles of jazz from the postbag and emails, Alyn Shipton includes a long-lost track by tenor saxophonist Ben Webster recorded in London.
e-mail: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
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Music Played
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Louie Bellson
Skin Deep
- Skin Deep.
- Verve.
- 1.
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Carmen McRae
The Ballad of Thelonious Monk
- The Great American Songbook Live.
- Atlantic.
- 12.
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Ben Webster
My One and Only Love
- Big Ben Time.
- Philips.
- 2.
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Fats Waller
Spring Cleaning
- Handful of Keys.
- Proper.
- 18.
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Duke Ellington
Creole Love Call
- Histoire des Big Bands.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 19.
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Ian Menzies & The Clyde Valley Stompers
Scotland The Brave
- Lonnie Donegan Presents Traditional Jazz.
- PYE.
- 6.
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Joe Sullivan
Onyx Bringdown
- Joe Sullivan 1933-1941.
- Classics.
- 4.
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Jack Montrose
True Blue
- The Horn's Full.
- RCA.
- 3.
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Michael Garrick
I've Got Just About Everything I Need
- Down on Your Knees.
- Jazz Academy.
- 4.
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Indo Jazz Fusions & John Mayer'S Indo-Jazz Fusions
Gana And Acka Raga
- Indo Jazz Fusions.
- Columbia.
- 3.
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Arthur Blythe
Bush Baby
- Illusions.
- CBS.
- 1.
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Sonny Rollins
East Broadway Rundown
- East Broadway Rundown.
- Impulse.
- 1.
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Bill Charlap & Charlap, Bill, With Tony Bennett
The Nearness of You
- STARDUST.
- BLUE NOTE.
- 6.
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Allan Holdsworth, Anders Johanssen & Jens Johanssen, Allan Holdsworth, Anders Johanssen & Jens Johansson
Mission Possible
- Heavy Machinery.
- Canyon International.
- 4.
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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra & Tommy Smith (Director), Brian Kellock (Piano)
The Single Petal of A Rose
- IN THE SPIRIT OF DUKE.
- SPARTACUS.
- 13.
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Don Weller
High Force
- Live.
- 33 Jazz.
- 7.
Performers:
Artist  Louis Bellson
Title  Skin Deep
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Album  Skin Deep
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Number  MG N 1046 Side A Track 1
Duration  7.53
Performers Conrad Gozzo, Harry Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn, t; Herbert Harper, Hoyt Bohannon, Tommy Peterson, tb; Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Bumps Myers, Wardell Gray, Bob Lawson, reeds; Jimmy Rowles, p; Barney Kessel, g; John Simmons, b; Louis Bellson, d, 1955.
Artist  Carmen McRae
Title  The Ballad of Thelonious Monk
Composer Rowles / McHugh
Album  The Great American Songbook (Live)
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Number  SD2 902 Track 12
Duration  3.29
Performers Carmen McRae, v; Jimmy Rowles, p; Joe Pass, g; Chuck Domanico b; Chuck Flores, d. Nov 71.
Artist  Ben Webster
Title  My One and Only Love
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Album  Big Ben Time
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Number  840-820-2 Side a Track 2
Duration  4.39
Performers: Ben Webster, ts; Dick Katz, p; Alan Haven, org; Spike Heatley, b; Tony Crombie, d. Jan 1967.
Artist  Fats Waller
Title  Spring Cleaning
Composer Samuels / Whitcup / Powell
Album  Handful of Keys
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Number  Properbox 71 CD 3 Track 18
Duration  2.28
Performers:Â Herman Autrey, t; Gene Sedric, ts, cl; Al Casey, g; Fats Waller, p, v; Charlie Turner, b; Slick Jones, d. 1937
Artist  Duke Ellington
Title  Creole Love Call
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Album  Histoire des big bands
Label  Chante du Monde
Number  574 1481.90 CD 1 Track 19
Duration  3.13
Performers: Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley, t; Tricky Sam Nanton, tb; Rudy Jackson, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, bj; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d; Adelaide Hall, v. 26 Oct 1927.
Artist  Ian Menzies and His Clyde Valley Stompers
Title  Scotland The Brave
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Album  Lonnie Donegan Presents Traditional Jazz
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Number  NJL 26 Side b Track 6
Duration  2.52
Performers: include: Forrie Cairns, cl; Ian Menzies, tb; John Cairns, p; Norrie Brown, bj; Bill Bain b; 1960
Artist  Joe Sullivan
Title  Onyx Bringdown
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Album  Joe Sullivan 1933-1941
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Number  821 Track 4
Duration  2.58
Performers: Joe Sullivan, p. 1934
Artist  Jack Montrose
Title  True Blue
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Album  The Horn’s Full
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Number  45956 Side B track 3
Duration  3.30
Performers: Jack Montrose, ts; Red Norvo, vib; Jim Hall, g; Max Bennett, b; Bill Dolney, d. 1958
Artist  Michael Garrick
Title  I’ve Got Just About Everything I need
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Album  Down on Your Knees
Label  Jazz Academy
Number  JAZA 5 Track 4
Duration  2.42
Performers Mark Armstrong, Gabriel Garrick, Paul Jayasinha, Ollie Preece, Martin Shaw, Steve Waterman, t; Brian Archer, Mark Nightingale., Dave Holt, Malcolm Earle Smith, Matt Coleman, Bill Mee, tb; Martin Hathaway, Matt Wates, Paul Booth, Ben Castle, Mike Hall, Jim Tomlinson, Bob McKay, reeds; Mike Garrick p; Dominic Ashworth, g; Paul Moylan, b; Alan Jackson, d; Anita Wardell, v. 1998.
Artist  Indo Jazz Fusions
Title  Gana and Acka Raga
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Album  Indo Jazz Fusions
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Number  SCX 6122 Track 3 and 4
Duration  2.07 and 2.43 - total 4.50
Performers: Joe Harriott, as; Shake Keane, t; Chris Taylor, fl; Pat Smythe, p; Coleridge Goode, b; Alan Ganley, d; Diwan Motihar, Sitar, John Mayer, vn; Keshav Sathe, tabla, Chandrahas Paigankar, tambura. 1967.
Artist  Arthur Blythe
Title  Bush Baby
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Number  84475 Track 1
Duration  6.28
Performers: Arthur Blythe, as; Abdul Wadud, vc; Blood Ulmer, g; Bob Stewart, tu; Bobby Battle, d; 1980.
Artist  Sonny Rollins
Title  East Broadway Rundown
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Album  East Broadway Rundown
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Number  Track 1
Duration  first 8.43 or so into Elvin’s drum solo [or shorter to fit…]
Performers: Sonny Rollins, ts; Freddie Hubbard, t; Jimmy Garrison, b; Elvin Jones, d. 9 May 1966
Artist  Bill Charlap
Title  The Nearness of You
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Label  Blue Note
Number 7 243 5 41746 2 9 Track 6
Duration  7.27
Performers: Bill Charlap, p; Peter Washington, b; Kenny Washington, d. 2002
Artist  Allan Holdsworth, Anders Johanssen, Jens Johanssen
Title  Mission Possible
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Album  Heavy Machinery
Label  Canyon International
Number  PCCY 0119 Track 4
Duration  5.15
Performers: Allan Holdsworth, g; Jens Johanssen kb; Anders Johanssen, d. 1996
Artist  Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
Title  The Single Petal of a Rose
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Album  In The Spirit of Duke
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Number  STS017 Track 13
Duration  4.51
Performers: Tommy Smith, ts; Brian Kellock, p, 2012.
Artist  Don Weller
Title  High Force
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Label  33 Jazz
Number 032 Track 7
Duration  12.24
Performers: Don Weller, Art Themen, Mornington Lockett, Peter King, Nigel Hitchcock, Alan Barnes – reeds; Gerard Presencer, Steve Waterman, Henry Lowther, Patrick White – trumpet; Mark Nightingale, Malcolm Griffiths, Pete Beachill, Andy Fawbert – trombone; David Newton – piano; Andrew Cleyndert – bass; Bryan Spring – drums.
Broadcast
- Sat 6 May 2017 16:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3