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Celebrating Fats Navarro

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you, with a special focus on trumpeter and bebop pioneer Fats Navarro who was born 100 years ago today. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Sep 2023 16:00

Music Played

  • Fats Navarro

    Goin' to Minton's

    • Goin' to Minton's.
    • Savoy Jazz.
    • 16.
  • Coleman Hawkins & Thelma Carpenter

    She's Funny That Way

    • Coleman Hawkins 1939-1940.
    • Classics.
    • 4.
  • Lionel Hampton

    Flying Home

    • The Lionel Hampton Story.
    • Proper Records.
    • 2.
  • Bud Powell

    Dance of the Infidels

    • Bud Powell - Tempus Fugue-It.
    • Proper Records.
    • 15.
  • Fats Navarro

    Nostalgia

    • Various - Bebop Spoken Here.
    • Proper Records.
    • 2.
  • Samara Joy

    Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)

    • Samara Joy - Linger Awhile.
    • Verve Records.
    • 3.
  • Barry Ulanov and his Metronome All Star Jazzmen

    Fats Flats

    • Barry Ulanov, Tadd Dameron - Anthropology.
    • Spotlite Records.
    • 5.
  • Fats Navarro

    The Things We Did Last Summer

    • Norman Granz' J.A.T.P. Carnegie Hall, 1949.
    • Pablo Records.
    • 7.
  • Sidney Bechet

    Really The Blues

    • Sidney Bechet - Summertime.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
    • 5.
  • Stan Tracey

    Feather, Fin and Limb

    • Stan Tracey Orchestra At The Appleby Jazz Festival.
    • Resteamed Records.
    • 1.
  • Emma Rawicz

    Viridian

    • Emma Rawicz - Chroma.
    • ACT.
    • 7.
  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Smoke House Blues

    • Jelly Roll Morton - Mr. Jelly Lord.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Horace Parlan

    Borderline

    • Horace Parlan Quintet - Speakin' My Piece.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Sep 2023 16:00

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