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Quincy Jones Has A Ball

A selection of the best in jazz music.

The Quincy Jones band of 1964 with soloists Dizzy Gillespie, Jerome Richardson, Frank Foster, Milt Jackson and Art Blakey. From the album ‘We Had A Ball,’ there’s the track I Had A Ball.

Included in the programme there are two offerings from Count Basie. One from the LP ‘Chairman of the Board’ and another from an LP with Sarah Vaughan. Trudy Kerr and Ingrid James join together with their version of Dancing On The Ceiling and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Big Band give us a taste of what they’ll be doing on Jazz Line Up (June 3) on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3. Toots Thielemans, 90 last April finishes the show with one of his compositions Waltz For Sonny.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 30 May 2012 19:00

Music Played

  • Alan Barnes/Warren Vache

    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

  • Sarah Vaughan/Count Basie

    Little Man You've Had A Busy Day

  • Count Basie

    Mutt And Jeff

  • Merseysippi Jazz Band

    Big Bear Stomp

  • Quincy Jones

    I Had A Ball

  • Horace Silver

    Opus De Funk

  • The Big 18

    The Campbells Are Swinging

  • Luis Russell

    Dr Blues

  • Trudy Kerr/Ingrid James

    Dancing On The Ceiling

  • Dean Masser

    You Don't Know What Love Is

  • Serge Chaloff

    A Handful of Stars

  • Molly Johnson

    But Not For Me

  • The Bell Gal

    I Ain't Gonna Give None Of This Jelly Roll

  • Harry Allen

    River Stay 'Way From My Door

  • Tammy Weiss

    I Pretended

  • Christian McBride/Hank Jones

    Alone Together

  • Big Band SFB

    The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

  • Chris Barber

    Weary Blues

  • Toots Thielemans

    Waltz For Sonny

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 May 2012 19:00
  • Wed 30 May 2012 19:30