Finale
In a grand finale to the series, Geoffrey Smith presents an all-star array of some of his favourite tracks and performers, from Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Lester Young to Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins.
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Sidney Bechet & Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
Shake It And Break It
- Ken Burns Jazz: Sidney Bechet.
- Columbia/Legacy.
- 17.
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Big Joe Turner
Wee Baby Blues
- Joe Turner's Blues.
- TOPAZ.
- 12.
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Billie Holiday & Lester Young
Me, Myself and I
- The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young.
- Fremeaux & Associes.
- 12.
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Lester Young Kansas City Six
Three Little Words
- Kansas City 5, 6 & 7.
- Classics.
- 14.
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Louis Armstrong
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Louis Armstrong C?est Ci Bon: Satchmo in the Forties.
- Proper.
- 4.
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Miles Davis
Someday My Prince Will Come
- Someday My Prince Will Come.
- Essential Jazz Classics.
- 1.
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Sonny Rollins
Four
- Now's the Time.
- RCA Victor.
- 9.
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Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars
Embraceable You
- Jazz at the Philharmonic- The First Ten Years.
- Proper.
- 3.
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Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
Stompy Jones
- Side by Side.
- Verve.
- 1.
Finale
TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SHAKE IT AND BREAK IT
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý H. Quail Clark/Lou Chicha Friscoe
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Ken Burns Jazz: Sidney Bechet
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Columbia/Legacy: 501031-2
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Sidney Brechet (soprano sax); Sidney De Paris (trumpet); Sandy Williams (trombone); Cliff Jackson (piano); Bernard Addison (guitar); Wellman Braud (bass); Sid Catlett (drums)
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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý WEE BABY BLUES
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Big Joe Turner with Art Tatum and his Band
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Johnson/Turner
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Joe Turner's Blues
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý TOPAZ: TPZ1070
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Big Joe Turner (vocal); Joe Thomas (trumpet); Ed Hall (clarinet); Art Tatum (piano); John Collins (guitar); Billy Taylor (bass); Eddie Dougherty (drums)
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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ME, MYSELF AND I
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Billie Holiday & Lester Young
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý I Gordon, A Roberts, A Kaufman
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Fremeaux & Associes: 1-54
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Billie Holiday (vocal); Lester Young (tenor sax); Buck Clayton (trumpet); Edmund Hall (clarinet); James Sherman (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Walter Page (bass); Jo Jones (drums)
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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý THREE LITTLE WORDS
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Kansas City Six
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Harry Ruby/Bert Kalmar
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Kansas City 5, 6 & 7
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Classics: Classics-912
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Lester Young (tenor sax); Bill Coleman (trumpet); Dickie Wells (trombone); Joe Bushkin (piano); John Simmons (bass); Jo Jones (drums)
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ÌýTITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Louis Armstrong and the All Stars
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Fields/McHugh
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Louis Armstrong C?est Ci Bon: Satchmo in the Forties
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Proper: P-1196
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Louis Armstrong (trumpet/vocal); Jack Teagarden (trombone); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Dick Cary (piano); Arvell Shaw (bass); Sidney Catlett (drums)
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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Miles Davis
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Larry Morey/Frank Churchill
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Someday My Prince Will Come
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Essential Jazz Classics: EJC55532
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (tenor sax); Hank Mobley (tenor sax); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums)
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ÌýTITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý FOUR
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sonny Rollins
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Sonny Rollins/Miles Davis
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Sonny Rollins ‎– Now's The Time!
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý RCA Victor RD-7670
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Sonny Rollins (tenor sax); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Roy McCurdy (drums)
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ÌýTITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý EMBRACEABLE YOU
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Jazz at the Philharmonic
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Jazz at the Philharmonic- The First Ten Years
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Proper: P1427
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Tommy Turk (trombone); Charlie Parker (alto sax); Lester Young (tenor sax); Flip Phillips (tenor sax); Hank Jones (piano); Ray Brown (bass); Buddy Rich (drums)
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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý STOMPY JONES
Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Edward Kennedy/Duke Ellington
Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Side by Side
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Verve: 521-405-2
Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Duke Ellington (piano); Johnny Hodges (alto Sax); Harry Edison (trumpet); Les Spann (guitar); Al Hall (bass); Jo Jones (drums)
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