All About The Bass - Charles Mingus At 100
Seonaid Aitken celebrates the centenary of bassist, composer & bandleader Charles Mingus. Plus the Brodie Jarvie Trio are in session with special arrangements of music by Mingus.
Seonaid Aitken celebrates the centenary of one of the leading lights of jazz – bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus, including some special archive performances recorded at the Helsinki Jazz Festival in 1976. Plus live in the studio Scottish bassist/bandleader Brodie Jarvie performs special arrangements of music by Mingus with Norman Willmore on sax & Doug Hough on drums, and demonstrates the sonic possibilities of the upright bass via a guided tour of his instrument. Plus Richard Michael pays tribute to Mingus in this week’s Song Book looking at his classic composition ‘Good Bye Pork Pie Hat’. Plus music from fellow bass travellers including Esperanza Spalding, Squarepusher and Jaco Pastorius.
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Music Played
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Hung Drawn Quartet
Haitian Fight Song
- Young Adam - Original Soundtrack.
- Thrill Jockey.
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Danny Keane
Ajoyo
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Postmodern Jukebox
All About The Bass (feat. Kate Davis)
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Brodie Jarvie Trio
The I of Hurricane Sue (´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland Session 17th April 2022)
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Peggy Lee
Fever
- Mad About The Boy: Ladies Sing The Blues.
- Crimson.
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Jeff Beck
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- Wired.
- Sony.
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Joni Mitchell
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- Punk Jazz - The Jaco Pastorius Anthology.
- Warner Bros. / Rhino.
- 13.
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Avishai Cohen
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- Dark Nights.
- Anzik Records.
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Mingus Big Band
Self-Portrait In Three Colours
- Live At Jazz Standard.
- Jazz Workshop.
- 3.
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Sheila Jordan
Dat Dere
- Portrait Of Sheila.
- Blue Note.
- 4.
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Bobby McFerrin
Another Night in Tunisia
- Blue Note Years.
- Blue Note.
- 3.
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Herbie Hancock
Bring Down the Birds
- Sampled (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
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Brodie Jarvie Trio
Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland Session 17th April 2022)
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Brodie Jarvie Trio
Farewell, Farewell (´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland Session 17th April 2022)
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Esperanza Spalding & William Blake
Little Fly
- Chamber Music Scoiety.
- Heads Up.
- 001.
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Charles Mingus
Remember Rockerfeller at Attica
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Jaco Pastorius & Joni Mitchell
The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
- The Jaco Pastorius Anthology.
- Warner Bros/Rhino.
- 014.
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Charles Mingus
Fables Of Faubus
Broadcast
- Sun 17 Apr 2022 21:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland