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Midsummer Jazz

Alyn Shipton with a selection of listener's requests featuring music inspired by summer featuring recordings by Anita O'Day, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Astrid Gilberto and more.

Alyn Shipton with a selection of listener's requests featuring music inspired by Summer. Including a performance by singer Anita O'Day from the film Jazz On a Summer's Day, Duke Ellington's Some Summer Fun, Once Upon a Summertime by Miles Davis, a classic from Astrid Gilberto and Stan Getz and plenty more sounds to evoke those warm summer days as part of our Midsummer Jazz special. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia

    Summer Madness

  • Duke Ellington

    Some Summer Fun

  • Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto

    The Girl From Ipanema

  • Sidney Bechet

    Summertime

  • Jim Robinson

    In The Good Old Summertime

  • Louis Armstrong & Dave Brubeck

    Summer Song

  • Anita O’Day

    Sweet Georgia Brown

  • Tina May

    Lazy Afternoon

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    One Note Samba

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Here's that Rainy Day

  • Humphrey Lyttelton's Band

    Wally Plays The Blues

  • Miles Davis with Gil Evans Orchestra

    Once Upon a Summertime

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Jun 2024 16:00

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