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In his weekly selection from listeners' emails and post, Alyn Shipton plays a wide range of jazz including tracks featuring two very different American guitarists, mainstreamer Howard Alden (along with trombonist Dan Barrett), and avant-garde player Mary Halvorsen and her Octet.

1 hour

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Sat 19 May 2018 16:00

Music Played

  • Howard Alden & Dan Barrett Quintet

    Dickie's Dream

    • The A B Q Salutes Buck Clayton.
    • Concord.
    • 13.
  • Fletcher Henderson

    Queer Notions

    • A Study in Frustration.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 6.
  • Dinah Washington

    You Don't Know What Love Is

    • Dinah Washington and Quincy Jones Complete Sessions.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 4.
  • Mary Halvorson

    In My Solitude

    • Meltframe.
    • Firehouse 12.
    • 5.
  • Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band

    Happy Go Lucky Local

    • SAD, SWEET SONGS & CRAZY RHYTHMS.
    • CALLIGRAPH.
    • 2.
  • Eric Dolphy

    Come Sunday

    • Iron Man.
    • Charly.
    • 3.
  • Billie Holiday

    That's All I Ask of You

    • The Lady Sings.
    • Proper.
    • 15.
  • Sarah Vaughan

    Lush Life

    • Sassy.
    • Emarcy.
    • 1.
  • Robert Johnson

    Malted Milk

    • KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS VOL.2.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 12.
  • Bob Curnow's L.A. Big Band

    Dream Of The Return

    • The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays.
    • Mama.
    • 9.
  • Bruce Hornsby

    Harbor Lights

    • Harbor Lights.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

Jazz Record Requests

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Howard Alden / Dan Barrett Quintet

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Dickie’s Dream

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Lester Young

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The A B Q Salutes Buck Clayton

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Concord

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Howard Alden, g; Dan Barrett,Ìý tb; Chuck Wilson, reeds; Frank Tate, b; Jackie Williams, d. June 1989

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Fletcher Henderson

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Queer Notions

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Hawkins

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý A Study In Frustration

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Essential Jazz Classics

Performers: Bobby Stark, Russell Smith, Red Allen, t; Dickie Wells, Sandy Williams, tb; Hilton Jefferson, Russell Procope, Coleman Hawkins, reeds; Fletcher Henderson, p; Bernard Addison, g; John Kirby b; Walter Johnson, d. 18 Aug 1933

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Dinah Washington

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý You Don’t Know What Love Is

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Raye / De Paul

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Dinah Washington + Quincy Jones Complete Sessions

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Essential Jazz Classics

Performers: Dinah Washington, v: Clark Terry, t; Jimmy Cleveland, tb; Paul Quinichette, ts; Cecil Payne, bars; Wynton Kelly, p; Barry Galbraith, g; Keter Betts, b; Jimmy Cobb, d. 15 March 1955.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Mary Halvorson

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý In My Solitude

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ellington

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Meltframe

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Firehouse 12

Performers: Mary Halvorson, g. 2015.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Humphrey Lyttelton

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Happy Go Lucky Local

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ellington

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sad Sweet Songs and Crazy Rhythms

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Calligraph

Performers: Humphrey Lyttelton t; Ray Wordsworth, tb; Jimmy Hastings, as, cl, bars; Karen Sharp, ts, bars; Ted Beament, p; John Rees Jones, b; Adrian Mackintosh, d. 2005

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Eric Dolphy

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Come Sunday

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ellington

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Iron Man

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Charly

Performers: Eric Dolphy, reeds, Richard Davis, b. July 1963

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Billie Holiday

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý That’s All I Ask of you

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Pope

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Lady Sings

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Proper

Performers: Charlie Shavers, trumpet; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Chu Berry, tenor sax; Sonny White, piano; Albert Casey, guitar; John Williams, bass; Cozy Cole, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sarah Vaughan

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Lush Life

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Strayhorn

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sassy

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Emarcy

Performers: Sarah Vaughan with the Hal Mooney Orchestra April 1956

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Robert Johnson

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Malted Milk

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Johnson

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý King of the Delta Blues Singers

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Columbia Legacy

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Robert Johnson, g. 1937

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bob Curnow’s LA Big Band

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Dream of the Return

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Metheny

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays.

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Mama

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bobby Shew, Buddy Childers, Wayne Bergeron, Don Rader, Ron Stout, t; Alex Iles, Andy Martin, Chuck Hughes, Rick Culver, tb; Bob Sheppard, Jerry Pinter, Rob Lockart, Danny House, Tom Peterson, reeds; Paul Viapiano, g; Tom Warrington, b; Steve Houghton, d. 1994

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ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bruce Hornsby

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Harbor Lights

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Hornsby

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Harbor Lights

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý RCA

PerformersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bruce Hornsby, kb, v; Jimmy Haslip, b; John Molo, d; Pat Metheny, g; John Bigham, g; Jeff Lorber, Dave Duncan, electronics, Laura Creamer-Dunville, Jean Maclean, v. 1993.

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  • Sat 19 May 2018 16:00

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