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Alyn Shipton's weekly selection of jazz from all styles and periods requested in listeners' emails and letters includes music by the little-known American pianist Herman Chittison.

1 hour

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Sat 12 Aug 2017 17:00

Music Played

  • Sandy Brown and His Gentlemen Friends & Sandy Brown

    Ain't Got No

    • Hair At It's Hairiest.
    • Fontana.
    • 1.
  • Ben Webster And Harry Edison

    How Long Has This Been Going On

    • Complete Quintet Studio Sessions.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 2.
  • Artie Shaw

    Traffic Jam

    Performer: Artie Shaw.
    • The Artie Shaw Story.
    • 25.
  • Alan Price

    Going Down Slow

    • The Price To Play.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Herman Chittison

    Dancing On The Ceiling

    • 1945 - 1950.
    • Classics.
    • 9.
  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Mamie's Blues

    • Doctor Jazz.
    • Proper.
    • 24.
  • Billie Holiday & Gordon Jenkins

    You're My Thrill

    • The Lady Sings.
    • Proper.
    • 22.
  • Tommy Dorsey with the Pied Pipers

    Sweet Potato Piper

    Performer: Tommy Dorsey with the Pied Pipers.
    • HMV.
  • Paul Edis & Paul Edis Sextet

    Angular

    • There Will Be Time.
    • Jazzaction.
    • 4.
  • Konrad Wiszniewski and Euan Stevenson, Konrad Wiszniewski & Euan Stevenson

    Illuminate

    • New Focus.
    • Whirlwind.
    • 7.
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

    Scotch Blues

    • Percussion Discussion.
    • Chess.
    • 1.
  • Don Rendell - Ian Carr Quintet & Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet

    Ruth

    • Dusk Fire.
    • BGO Records.
    • 1.
  • Oscar Brown Jr.

    Dat Dare

    • Sin & Soul... and then some.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.

Performers

ArtistÌýÌýSandy Brown and His Gentlemen Friends
TitleÌýÌýAin’t Got No
ComposerÌýRado, Ragni, McDermot
AlbumÌýÌýHair at its Hairiest
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NumberÌýÌýSFJL921 Side A Track 1
Duration Ìý3.05
Performers: Sandy Brown, cl; Kenny Wheeler, t; George Chisholm, tb; John McLaughlin, g; Lennie Bush, b; Bobby Orr, d. 1969


ArtistÌýÌýBen Webster and Harry Edison
TitleÌýÌýHow Long Has This Been Going On
ComposerÌýG and I Gershwin
AlbumÌýÌýComplete Quintet Studio Sessions
LabelÌýÌýEssential Jazz Classics
NumberÌýÌý55588 Track 2
Duration Ìý5.31
PerformersÌýBen Webster, ts; Hank Jones, p; George Duvivier, b; Clarence Johnson, d. June 1962.


ArtistÌýÌýArtie Shaw
TitleÌýÌýTraffic Jam
ComposerÌýMcRae / Shaw
AlbumÌýÌýThe Artie Shaw Story
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NumberÌýÌýProperbox 85 CD 2 Track 25
Duration Ìý2.15
PerformersÌýChuck Peterson, John Best, Bernie Privin, t; George Arus, Les Jenkins, Harry Rogers, tb; Artie Shaw, cl; Les Robinson, Tony Pastor, Georgie Auld, Hank Freeman, reeds; Bob Kitsis pl; Al Avola, g; Did Weiss, b; Buddy Rich, d. 12 June 1939.


ArtistÌýÌýAlan Price
TitleÌýÌýGoing Down Slow
ComposerÌýJimmy Oden
AlbumÌýÌýThe Price to Play
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NumberÌýÌý4839 Side A Track 3
Duration Ìý4.42
PerformersÌýAlan Price, p, v. 1966


ArtistÌýÌýHerman Chittison
TitleÌýÌýDancing on the Ceiling
ComposerÌýRodgers / Hart
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NumberÌýÌý1334 Track 9
Duration Ìý3.10
Performers: Herman Chittison, p. 1950.


ArtistÌýÌýJelly Roll Morton
TitleÌýÌýMamie’s Blues
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AlbumÌýÌýDoctor Jazz
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NumberÌýÌýProperbox 117 CD 4 track 24
Duration Ìý2.39
Performers: Jelly Roll Morton, p, v. 1939


ArtistÌýÌýBillie Holiday
TitleÌýÌýYou’re My Thrill
ComposerÌýGorney, Clare
AlbumÌýÌýThe Lady Sings
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NumberÌýÌýProperbox 26, CD 4 Track 22
Duration Ìý3.28
PerformersÌýBillie Holiday and the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra, 19 Oct 1949.


ArtistÌýÌýTommy Dorsey with the Pied Pipers
TitleÌýÌýSweet Potato Player
ComposerÌýBurke / Monaco
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NumberÌýÌýEA 2484
Duration Ìý3.22
PerformersÌýTommy Dorsey, tb, ldr; Zeke Zarchy, Lee Castle, Jimmy Blake, t; Ward Silloway, Dave Jacobs, Elmer Smithers, tb; Johnny Mince, Fred Stulce, Dean Kincaide, Tony Zimmers, reeds; Howard Smith, p; Carmen Mastren, g; Gene Traxler, b; Buddy Rich, d; Pied Pipers, v. 1 Feb 1940


ArtistÌýÌýPaul Edis
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AlbumÌýÌýThere Will Be Time
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NumberÌýÌýJA 19 Track 4
Duration Ìý3.44
PerformersÌýPaul Edis, p; Graham Hardy, t; Graeme Wilson, ts; Chris Hibbard, tb; Mick Shoulder, b; Adam Sinclair, d. Oct 2011.


ArtistÌýÌýKonrad Wiszniewski & Euan Stevenson
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ComposerÌýWiszniewski /Stevenson
AlbumÌýÌýNew Focus
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NumberÌýÌýTrack 7
Duration Ìý4.49
Performers: Konrad Wiszniewski, reeds;Ìý Euan Stevenson. P, Michael Janisch, b; Alyn Cosker, d; William Chandler – violin; Jacqueline Speirs – violin; Ian Budd – viola; Betsy Taylor – cello; Alina Bzhezhinska – harp.


ArtistÌýÌýArt Blakey and the Jazz MessengersÌý
TitleÌýÌýScotch Blues
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AlbumÌýÌýPercussion Discussion
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NumberÌýÌý2ACMJ 405 LP 1 Side 1 Track 1
Duration Ìý7.55
Performers: Bill Hardman, t; Jackie McLean, as; Sam Dockery, p; Spanky DeBrest, b; Art Blakey, d. 1957.


ArtistÌýÌýDon Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
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AlbumÌýÌýDusk Fire
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NumberÌýÌý615 CD 2 Track 1
Duration Ìý6.20
Performers: Ian Carr, t; Don Rendell, reeds; Michael Garrick, p; Dave Green, b; Trevor Tomkins, d. March 1966.


ArtistÌýÌýOscar Brown Jr
TitleÌýÌýDat Dere
ComposerÌýBobby Timmons
AlbumÌýÌýSin and Soul…and then some
LabelÌýÌýSony / Columbia
NumberÌýÌýCL 1577 track 8
DurationÌýÌý Ìý2.50
PerformersÌýOscar Brown Jr, v; other personnel not specified.


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