JRR 16 May

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 160515

DISC 1

Artist Tubby Hayes

Title Mirage

Composer Hayes

Album Seven Classic Albums

Label Real Gone Jazz

Number 402 CD 1 Track 8

Duration 5.29

Performers: Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, ts; Terry Shannon, p; Jeff Clyne, b; Bill Eyden, d. 1959.

DISC 2

Artist Miles Davis

Title So What Davis

Composer Davis

Album Miles In Tokyo

Label Columbia

Number 519508-2 Track 4

Duration 8.03

Performers: Miles Davis, t; Sam Rivers, t, Herbie Hancock, p, Ron Carter, b, Tony Williams, d. 14 July 1964.

DISC 3

Artist Portico Quartet

Title Knee Deep in the North Sea

Composer Portico Quartet

Album Knee Deep in the North Sea

Label Babel

Number Track 3

Duration 4.47

Performers Jack Wyllie (soprano and tenor saxophone), Duncan Bellamy (drums), Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass) Nick Mulvey (hang, perc). 2007.

DISC 4

Artist Vic Dickenson

Title Nice and Easy Blues

Composer Dickenson

Album Gentleman of the Trombone

Label Storyville

Number STCD 5008 Track 2

Duration 5.58

Performers: Vic Dickenson, tb; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Bill Pemberton, b; Oliver Jackson, d. 25 July 1975.

DISC 5

Artist Fats Waller

Title Flat Foot Floogie

Composer Gaillard, Stewart, Green

Album n/a

Label HMV

Number 5339 S 1

Duration 2.48

Performers: Fats Waller, p, v; Dave Wilkins, t; George Chisholm, tb; Alfie Kahn, Ian Shepherd, reeds; Alan Ferguson, g; Len Harrison, b; Edmundo Ros, d. 21 August 1938

DISC 6

Artist Chris Barber

Title Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

Composer Cox

Album The Complete Decca Sessions 1954/55

Label Lake

Number 141/142 CD 1 Track 8

Duration 3.50

Performers: Ottilie Patterson, v; Pat Halcox, t; Monty Sunshine, cl;; Chris Barber, tb; Lonnie Donegan, bj; Jim Bray, b; Ron Bowden, d. 13 July 1954.

Ottilie Patterson from her very first recording session with the Chris Barber band in July 1954.

DISC 7

Artist Matt Carter

Title Time / Change

Composer Carter

Album C’Est Ci Bon

Label Carter

Number 001 Track 5

Duration 6.31

Performers Matt Carter, p; Al Swainger, b; Tim Carter, d. 2013

DISC 8

Artist Lambert, Hendricks and Ross [on CDR]

Title Jumping at the Woodside

Composer Basie

Album Sing a Song of / Along With Basie

Label Jasmine

Number Track 11

Duration 3.22

Performers: Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross, v; Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, t; Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell, tb; Marshal Royal, as; Frank Wess, as; Billy Mitchell, Frank Foster, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bar; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d. 26 May 1958.

DISC 9

Artist Shelly Manne

Title Namely You

Composer De Paul, Mercer

Album Li’l Abner

Label Contemporary

Number OJCCD 1087-2 Track 8

Duration 5.45

Performers: Andre Previn p; Leory Vinnegar, b; Shelly Manne, d. 1957.

DISC 10

Artist Chet Baker

Title I Remember You

Composer Mercer / Schwertzinger

Album The Best of Chet Baker Sings: Let’s Get Lost

Label Pacific Jazz

Number CDP 7939 222 Track 11

Duration 3.12

Performers Chet Baker, t; Russ Freeman, p; Carson Smith, b; Bob Neel, d. 15 Feb 1954.

DISC 11

Artist Wayne Marshall

Title Lady Be Good

Composer George Gershwin

Album Gershwin Songbook and Improvisations

Label Sony

Number Track 8

Duration 2.26

Performers Wayne Marshall. piano. 1997.

JRR 9 May

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 090515

DISC 1

Artist Duke Ellington

Title Lady Mac

Composer Ellington / Strayhorn

Album Such Sweet Thunder

Label Columbia

Number Track 4

Duration 3.41

Performers: Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d. 1957

DISC 2

Artist Humphrey Lyttelton / Helen Shapiro

Title Drop Me Off in Harlem

Composer Ellington / Kenny

Album Echoes of the Duke

Label Calligraph

Number CLGCD 002 Track 8

Duration 3.00

Performers: Humphrey Lyttelton, t; Pete Strange, tb; John Barnes, Randy Colville, reeds; Mick Pyne, p; Paul Bridge, b; Adrian Macintosh, d, Helen Shapiro, v. 1984.

DISC 3

Artist Benny Goodman

Title Lester’s Dream

Composer Goodman

Album Lester Young: The Lester Young Story

Label Proper

Number Properbox 8 CD 2 Track 6

Duration 3.20

Performers: Benny Goodman, cl; Buck Clayton, t; Lester Young, ts; Charlie Christian, g; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. 28 Oct 1940.

DISC 4

Artist Artie Shaw

Title Any Old Time

Composer Shaw

Album Very Best of Artie Shaw

Label RCA

Number 09026 63753 2 Track 1

Duration 3.09

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Artie Shaw, cl; Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen, t; George Arus, Ted Veseley, Harry Rodgers, tb; Les Robinson, Hank Freeman, Tony Pastor, Ronnie Perry, reeds; Les Burness, p; Al Avola, g; Sid Weiss, b; Cliff Leeman, d. 24 July 1938.

DISC 5

Artist Muggsy Spanier

Title Relaxin at the Touro

Composer Spanier

Album 1931 and 1939

Label BBC

Number 687 Track 10

Duration 3.17

Performers: Muggsy Spanier, c; George Brunis, tb; Rod Cless, cl; Nicl Caiazza, ts; Joe Bushkin, p; Bob Casey, b; Don Carter, d. 22 Nov 1939

DISC 6

Artist Louis Armstrong

Title Gully Low Blues

Composer Armstrong

Album The Okeh, Columbia and RCA Recordings, 1925-33 CD 3 Track 1

Label Sony

Number 88697945652 CD 1 Track 2

Duration 3.01

Performers: Louis Armstrong, c; John Thomas, tb; Johnny Dodds, cl; Lil Hardin, p; Johnny St Cyr, bj; Pete Briggs, tu; Baby Dodds, d. May 1927.

DISC 7

Artist Ornette Coleman

Title Ramblin’

Composer Coleman

Album Beauty is a rare thing

Label Rhino

Number R2 71410 CD 2 Track 5

Duration 6.35

Performers Ornette Coleman, as; Don Cherry, c; Charlie Haden, b; Billy Higgins, d. 1960

DISC 8

Artist Josh Berman

Title Liza

Composer Gershwin, arr Berman

Album There Now

Label Delmark

Number Track 6

Duration 8.21

Performers: Josh Berman: cornet; Jeb Bishop: trombone; Guillermo Gregorio: clarinet; Jason Stein: bass clarinet; Keefe Jackson: tenor saxophone; Jason Adasiewicz: vibraphone; Joshua Abrams: bass; Frank Rosaly: drums. 2013

DISC 9

Artist Stan Getz

Title I Can’t Get Started

Composer Gershwin, Duke

Album Anniversary

Label Emarcy / Verve

Number 838769-2 Track 2

Duration 11.27

Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Kenny Barron, p; Rufus Reid, b; Victor Lewis, d. 1987.

DISC 10

Artist Marlene Verplanck

Title I Wished on the Moon

Composer Rainger, Parker

Album A Quiet Storm

Label Audiophile

Number Track 1

Duration 3.05

Performers: Marlene Verplanck, v; Greg Gisbert, Michael Jones, Mike Ponella, Harold Zinno, Jr, t; Peter McEachern, Rick Traeger, Don Hayward, tb; Sal Libro, Jake Epstein, John Mastroianni, reeds; Sherrie Maracle, vib; Jim McNeely, p; Barbara Merjan, perc; Ronald Zito, d. Dec 1989.

DISC 11

Artist Roland Kirk

Title Spirits Up Above

Composer Kirk

Album Volunteered Slavery

Label Atlantic

Number Track 2

Duration 3.34

JRR 2 May 2015

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

DISC 1

Artist Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges

Title 18 Carrots for Rabbit

Composer Mulligan

Album Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges

Label Verve

Number Track 5

Duration 5.16

Performers: Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges Baritone Saxophone – Gerry Mulligan Bass – Buddy Clark Drums – Mel Lewis Piano – Claude Williamson

DISC 2

Artist Cecile McLorin Salvant

Title Exactly Like You

Composer Fields McHugh

Album Cecile

Label McLorin Salvant

Number 001 Track 1

Duration 5.10

Performers Cecile McLorin Salvant, v; Jean Francois Bonnel, ts; Jacques Schneck, p; Enzo Mucci, g; Pierre Maingourd, b; Sylvain Glevarec, d. 2010

DISC 3

Artist Lew Soloff

Title Beautiful Mimi

Composer Soloff

Album Yesterdays

Label Paddlewheel

Number K32Y 6121 Track 3

Duration 3.37

Performers: Lew Soloff, t; Mike Stern, g; Charnett Moffett, b; Elvin Jones, d. 1986.

DISC 4

Artist Joe Harriott/ Amancio D’Silva

Title Hum Dono

Composer D’Silva

Album Jazz Explosion

Label Columbia

Number SLJS 1 S 1 T 3

Duration 6.50

Performers: Joe Harriott, as; Amancio D’Silva, g. 1969.

DISC 5

Artist Chris Barber

Title Rockin in Rhythm

Composer Ellington

Album 1957-8

Label Lake

Number 268 CD 2 Track 10

Duration 5.54

Performers Pat Halcox, t; Chris Barber, tb; Monty Sunshine, cl; Eddie Smith, bj; Dick Smith, b; Graham Burbidge, d. 1 March 1958.

DISC 6

Artist Laurie Chescoe

Title Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Composer trad

Album Feeling Good

Label Lake

Number Track 16

Duration 6.49

Performers: Ian Hunter Randall, t; Dave Jones, cl; Dave Hewitt, tb; Allan Bradley, p; Tony Pitt, g/bj. John Rodber, b; Laurie Chescoe, d. 1998.

DISC 7

Artist Annette Hanshaw

Title Lovable and Sweet

Composer Levant, Clare

Album Lovable and Sweet – 25 Vintage Hits

Label ASV

Number Track 14

Duration 2.46

Performers: Annette Hanshaw, v; Tommy Dorsey, Manny Klein, t; Charlie Butterfield, tb; Jimmy Dorsey, cl; Irving Brodsky, p; Dick McDonough, g; Joe Tarto, bb; Stan King, d. Aug 1929.

DISC 8

Artist Teddy Buckner

Title West End Blues

Composer Oliver

Album In Concert

Label Vogue

Number EPV 1129 S 2 Track 2

Duration tbc

Performers: Teddy Buckner, t; Joe Darensbourg, cl; William Woodman, tb; Harvey Brooks, p; Arthur Edwards, b; Jesse Sailes, d. 1956.

DISC 9

Artist Randy Weston

Title Portrait of Vivian

Composer Weston

Album African Cookbook

Label Atlantic

Number 1609 S 1 Track 2

Duration 3.40

Performers: Booker Irvin, ts; Randy Weston, p; Bill Wood, b; Lennie McBrowne, d; Big Black, perc. 1966.

DISC 10

Artist Soft Machine

Title The Man Who Waved at Trains

Composer Soft Machine

Album Montreux 1974

Label Cuneiform

Number Rune 395/396 Track 7

Duration 3.02

Performers John Marshall, d; Roy Babbington, b; Mike Ratledge, kb; Karl Jenkins, kb, ss, ob; Allan Holdsworth, g. 4 July 74.

DISC 11

Artist Bud Powell

Title Over The Rainbow

Composer Arlen / Harburg

Album Amazing Bud Powell, vol 1

Label Blue Note

Number 7243 5 32136 2 6 Track 13

Duration 2.55

Performers Bud Powell, p. 1 May 1951.

DISC 12

Artist Gerry Mulligan

Title I May Be Wrong

Composer DeLange / Van Heusen

Album Complete 1953 Studio Masters

Label Jazz Factory

Number 22872 Track 14

Duration 2.50

Performers Gerry Mulligan, bars; Chet Baker, t; Carson Smith, b; Larry Bunker, d. April 1953.

JRR 25 April

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 25 April 2015 – NB late start time 9pm.

DISC 1

Artist Gene Krupa

Title Swedish Schnapps

Composer Shavers

Album Gene Krupa 1953-54

Label Classics

Number 1433 Track 6

Duration 3.10

Performers Charlie Shavers. t; Bill Harris tb; Ben Webster, ts; Teddy Wilson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b; Gene Krupa, d, 10 Sep 1953.

DISC 2

Artist Kevin Figes

Title Scrap Board

Composer Figes

Album Table and Chairs

Label Pig

Number 04 Track 3

Duration 6.36

Performers Kevin Figes, as; Jom Blomfield, p; Will Harris, b; Mark Whitlam, d. 2013.

DISC 3

Artist Jim Galloway and Art Hodes

Title Doing the new lowdown

Composer Fields / McHugh

Album Live from Toronto’s Café Des Copains

Label Music & Arts

Number 4610 Track 6

Duration 5.44 in at 0.12; out on applause at 5.35: total dur: 5.23.

Performers: Jim Galloway, ss; Art Hodes, p.

DISC 4

Artist Cow Cow Davenport

Title Cow Cow Blues

Composer Davenport

Album Roll Em

Label Proper

Number Properbox 177 CD 1 Track 2

Duration 3.04

Performers Cow Cow Davenport, p; 29 Dec 1928.

DISC 5

Artist Mick Mulligan

Title Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to me

Composer Morgan

Album Best of BBC Jazz Club Vol 8

Label Upbeat

Number 172 Track 18

Duration 2.56

Performers: Mick Mulligan, t; Ian Christie, cl; Frank Parr, tb; Bill Bramwell, g; Ronnie Duff, p; Alan Duddington, b; Pete Appleby, d. 1958.

DISC 6

Artist Kid Ory

Title Maryland

Composer trad

Album Kid Ory 1922-47

Label Document

Number 1002 Track 19

Duration 2.12

Performers Andrew Blakeney, t; Kid Ory, tb; Joe Darensbourg, cl; Buster Wilson, p; Bud Scott, g; Ed Garland, b; Minor Hall, d 9 Aug 1947.

DISC 7

Artist Billie Holiday

Title They Can’t Take That Away From Me

Composer Gershwin

Album The Ben Webster / Harry Edison Sessions

Label Lonehill

Number 10355 CD 2 Track 8

Duration 4.12

Performers: Harry Edison, t; Ben Webster, ts; Jimmy Rowles, p; Barney Kessell, g; Red Mitchell, b; Larry Bunker, d.

DISC 8

Artist Dave Brubeck

Title Some Day My Prince Will Come

Composer Morey, Churchill

Album Three Classic Albums PLus

Label Avid

Number 1002 CD 1 Track 5

Duration 8.20

Performers: Dave Brubeck, p; Paul Desmond, as; Norman Bates, b; Joe Morello, d. 30 June 1957.

DISC 9

Artist John Stubblefield

Title Counting on the Blues

Composer Stubblefield

Album Counting on the Blues

Label Enja

Number Track 6

Duration 7.33

Performers: John Stubblefield, ts; Hamiett Bluiett, bars; Mulgrew Miller, p; Charnett Moffett , b; Victor Lewis, d. 1987.

DISC 10

Artist Martin Taylor

Title Skylark

Composer Carmichael

Album Freternity

Label P3 Music

Number 16, track 3

Duration 6.01

Performers: Martin Taylor, g; David Newton, kb; Ewan Vernal, b; Steve Brown, d. 2007

DISC 11

Artist Gong

Title Master Builder

Composer Gong

Album You

Label Virgin

Number 2019 Track 4

Duration 6.06 [too long, but suggest we fade in at about 2.00 into track on saxophone solo, so total dur is 4.06]

Performers Daevid Allen, v, g; Didier Malherbe, reeds; Steve Hillage, guitar, Pierre Moerlain, d; Mike Howlett, b; Tim Blake, synth; Mireille Bauer, perc. 1974

JRR 18 April

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 180415

DISC 1

Artist Stanley Turrentine

Title Look Out

Composer Turrentine

Album Look Out

Label Blue Note

Number Track 1

Duration 7.07

Performers: Stanley Turrentine, ts; Horace Parlan p; George Tucker, b; Al Harewood, d. 18 June 1960.

DISC 2

Artist Walsall Jazz Orchestra

Title Hassan’s Dream

Composer Benny Golson

Album Little Feet

Label WJO

Number CD 0007 Track 2

Duration 6.29

Performers: Trumpets: Kaye McIntosh, Paul Bennett, Karen Blakemore, Henzie Miller, Jamie Wilkin ; Trombones: Helen Miller, Sue Hughes, Paul Slater, Matt Sharpe;  Saxes: Anne Tinsley, Jo Walter, Sam Rogers, Nick Solley, Penny Walker;  Rhythm: Tim Amann, Richard Sandford, Adam Gilchrist, Carl Hemmingsley;  Special guest: Martin Shaw (trumpet) 2007

DISC 3

Artist Georges Arvanitas

Title Nardis

Composer Davis

Album Bird of Paradise

Label Blue Cat

Number Track 9

Duration 4.29

Performers: Georges Arvanitas, p; Charles Salidrais, d, Jacky Samson, b, 1988

DISC 4

Artist Louis Armstrong

Title Drop That Sack

Composer Armstrong

Album Cornet Chop Suey: Integrale Vol 3

Label Fremeaux

Number 1353 CD 3 Track 5

Duration 2.45

Performers: Louis Armstrong, c; Kid Ory, tb; Johnny Dodds, cl; Lil Hardin, p; Johnny St Cyr bj; 1926.

DISC 5

Artist George Melly with Mick Mulligan’s Band

Title You’ve Got The Right Key But The Wrong Key Hole

Composer Williams / Green

Album Ravers

Label Lake

Number 150 Track 8

Duration 2.56

Performers George Melly, v; Ian Christie, cl; Ronnie Duff, p; Neville Skrimshire, g; Terry Forster, b; Pete Appleby, d. 1956

DISC 6

Artist Vic Dickenson

Title Old Fashioned Love

Composer James P Johnson

Album Vic Dickenson Septet

Label Vanguard / RCA

Number VRS 85201/2 LP 2 S1 T 3

Duration 9.34

Performers: Ruby Braff, Shad Collins, t; Vic Dickenson tb; Ed Hall, cl; Sir Charles Thompson, p; Steve Jordan, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. 29 Nov 1954.

DISC 7

Artist Soprano Summit

Title Panama (Rag)

Composer Tyers

Album Live at Concord 77

Label Concord

Number LP: S 2

Duration 5.30

Performers: Kenny Davern, Bob Wilber, cl, ss; Marty Grosz, bj; Monty Budwig, b; Jake Hanna, d. 1977.

DISC 8

Artist Sonny Red

Title I’ve Never Been In Love Before

Composer Frank Loesser

Album Out of the Blue

Label Blue Note

Number 84032 Track 3

Duration 5.24

Performers: Sonny Red, as; Wynton Kelly, p; Paul Chambers, b; Roy Brooks, d. 1959.

DISC 9

Artist Jacques Loussier

Title Gymnopedie No. 1 Var 1

Composer Satie, arr Loussier

Album Music of Satie

Label Telarc

Number Track 1

Duration 4.37

Performers: Jacques Loussier, p; Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac, b; Andre Arpino, d. 1998.

DISC 10

Artist Matt Wates

Title The People Tree

Composer Wates

Album Yemanji

Label Audio B

Number 5030 Track 11

Duration 4.30

Performers: Matt Wates, as: Martin Shaw Trumpet, Steve Main, tenor, Leon Greening, piano, Malcolm Creese bass and Matt Home Drums, 2013.

JRR 10 April

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 110415

DISC 1

Artist Dizzy Gillespie

Title No More Blues (Chega de saudade)

Composer Jobim

Album Dizzy on the French Riviera

Label Essential Jazz Classics

Number 55575 Track 10

Duration 5.59

Performers: Dizzy Gillespie, t; Leo Wright, as; Charlie Ventura, bars; Lalo Schfrin, p; Chris White, b; Rudy Collins, d; Jose Paula, Carmen Costa, perc, v. 1962

DISC 2

Artist New Departures Quartet

Title Love with Variations

Composer Tracey

Album New departure Quartet

Label Hot House

Number CD 1010 Track 1

Duration 8.25

Performers: Bobby Wellins, ts; Stan Tracey, p; Jeff Clyne, b; Laurie Morgan, d. 22 June 1964.

DISC 3

Artist Serge Chaloff

Title Bob The Robin

Composer Mussulli

Album Blue Serge / Boston Blow Up

Label Essential Jazz Classics

Number 55569 Track 12

Duration 2.56

Performers Serge Chaloff, basr; Boots Mussulli, as; Herb Pomeroy, t; Ray Santisi, p; Everett Evans, b; Jimmy Zitano, d. 4 April 1955

DISC 4

Artist Ethel Waters

Title Stormy Weather

Composer Koehler / Arlen

Album Am I Blue

Label ASV

Number 5290 Track 13

Duration 3.12

Performers: Ethel Waters, v; Bunny Berigan, Sterling Bose, t; Tommy Dorsey, tb; Jimmy Dorsey, cl, as; Larry Clinton, c;. as; Joe Venuti, Harry Hoffman, Walter Edelstein, Lou Kosloff, vn; Fulton McGrath, p; Dick McDonough, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Chauncey Morehouse, d. 3 May 1933.

DISC 5

Artist Clyde Valley Stompers

Title When The Saints Go Marching In

Composer Trad.

Album The Reunion Sessions

Label Scotdisc

Number CDITV 775 Track 15

Duration 2.40

Performers: Fionna Duncan, v; plus band including Malcolm Higgins, t; Ian Menzies, tb; Forrie Cairns, cl; Bill Bain, b. 1982/3.

DISC 6

Artist Denise Lawrence

Title Fish Seller

Composer Bechet

Album Can’t Help These Men of Mine

Label Lake

Number CD60 Track 13

Duration 2.27

Performers: Ron Scheffer, c; Mike Atterbury, ss; Tony Lawrence, p; Paddy Cunningham, b; Spud Taylor, d. 1996.

DISC 7

Artist Dave Carey

Title Kater St Rag

Composer Moten

Album The Complete Recordings, 1955-7

Label Lake

Number LACD 162D CD 1 Track 5

Duration 2.44

Performers; Johnny Codd, t; Tony Milliner, tb; Tony Gibbons, cl; Pat Hawes, p; Bob Mack, bj; Eric Starr, b; Dave Carey, d. 21 July 1955.

DISC 8

Artist Chris Barber

Title Too Many Drivers

Composer Broonzy

Album Chris Barber International

Label Lake

Number 210D CD 2 Track 5

Duration 4.08

Performers: Ottilie Patterson, v; Pat Halcox, t; Chris Barber, tb; Ian Wheeler, cl; Eddie Smith, bj; Dick Smith, b; Graham Burbidge, d. 31 March 1961

DISC 9

Artist Lars Gullin

Title Danny’s Dream

Composer Gullin

Album Danny’s dream EP

Label Esquire

Number EP49 Side A

Duration 5.38

Performers Lars Gullin bars; Rolf Berg, g; Georg Riedel, b; Robert Edman, d. 1955

DISC 10

Artist Stan Getz

Title I Remember You

Composer Schertzinger / Mercer

Album Serenity

Label Emarcy

Number 8387702 Track 4

Duration 10.08

Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Kenny Barron, p; Rufus Reid, b; Victor Lewis, d. 6 July 1987.

DISC 11

Artist Dizzy Gillespie / Charlie Parker

Title Anthropology

Composer Parker

Album Diz Meets Bird

Label Charly

Number CD 21 Track 11

Duration 5.02

Performers: Dizzy Gillespie, t; Charlie Parker, as; John Lewis, p; Al McKibbon, b; Joe Harris, d . Carnegie Hall, 29 Sep 1947.

JRR Easter Weekend

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

This week sees the Billie Holiday centenary, plus there are memories of Clark Terry from several listeners (there’ll also be a surprise item in the show at about 5.53.)

JRR 040415

DISC 1

Artist Duke Ellington

Title Juniflip

Composer Ellington

Album The Complete Newport 1958 Performances

Label American Jazz Classics

Number 99117 CD 1 Track 7

Duration 3.54

Performers: Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Clark Terry, Franc Williams, Ray Nance, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d. 3 Jul 1958.

DISC 2

Artist A Sunbonnet Blue

Title Billie Holiday

Composer Kahal, Fain

Album The Lady Sings

Label Proper

Number Properbox 26 CD 1 Track 4

Duration 2.50

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Roy Eldridge, t; Ben Webster, ts; Benny Goodman, cl; Teddy Wilson, p; John Trueheart, g; John Kirby, b; Cozy Cole, d. 2 Feb 1935

DISC 3

Artist Billie Holiday

Title The Way You Look Tonight

Composer Fields, Kern

Album The Lady Sings

Label Proper

Number Properbox 26 CD 1 Track 11

Duration 3.00

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Irving Randolph, t; Ben Webster, ts; Vido Musso, cl; Teddy Wilson, p; Allen Reuss, g; Milt Hinton, b; Gene Krupa, d. 21 Oct 1936

DISC 4

Artist Billie Holiday

Title Easy Living

Composer Rainger, Robin

Album The Lady Sings

Label Proper

Number Properbox 26 CD 1 Track 23

Duration 3.04

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Buck Clayton, t; Lester Young, ts; Buster Bailey, cl; Teddy Wilson, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. 1 June 1937

DISC 5

Artist Billie Holiday

Title Me Myself and I

Composer Gordon, Roberts, Kaufman

Album The Lady Sings

Label Proper

Number Properbox 26 CD 1 Track 25

Duration 2.30

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Buck Clayton, t; Lester Young, ts; Edmond Hall, cl; James Sherman, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. 15 June 1937

DISC 6

Artist Billie Holiday

Title Mandy Is Two

Composer McGrath, Mercer

Album The Lady Sings

Label Proper

Number Properbox 26 CD 3 Track 17

Duration 2.58

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Emmett Berry, t; Babe Russin, ts; Hymie Schertzer, as; Jimmy Hamilton, cl; Teddy Wilson, p; Gene Fields, g; John Williams, b; J. C. Heard, d. 10 Feb 1942

DISC 7

Artist Count Basie Septet with Billie Holiday

Title God Bless The Child

Composer Holiday / Herzog

Album Hot Jazz on Film Vol 2

Label Extreme Rarities

Number LP 1004 S1 T 6

Duration 2.41

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Clark Terry, t; Marshall Royal, cl; Wardell Gray,ts; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Jimmy Lewis, b; Gus Johnson, d. 1950.

DISC 8

Artist Billie Holiday and Louis Amstrong with Sy Oliver’s Orchestra

Title My Sweet Hunk of Trash

Composer Miller / Johnson

Album The Very Best Of…

Label MCA

Number Track 6

Duration 3.21

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Louis Armstrong, t, v; Bernie Privin, t; Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince, as; Art Drellinger, Pat Nizza, ts; Billy Kyle, p; Everett Barksdale, g; Joe Benjamin, b; Jimmy Crawford, d; Sy Oliver, dir. 30 Sep 1949.

DISC 9

Artist Billie Holiday

Title Autumn in New York

Composer Vernon Duke

Album Jazz Masters 12

Label Verve

Number 5198252 Track 12

Duration 3.52

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b; Alvin Stoller, d. 26 March 1952

DISC 10

Artist Billie Holiday

Title Yesterdays

Composer Kern, Harbach

Album Jazz Masters 12

Label Verve

Number 5198252 Track 6

Duration 2.52

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Paul Quinichette, ts; Oscar Peterson, org; Freddie Green, g; Ray Brown, b; Gus Johnson, d. 27 July 1952.

DISC 11

Artist Billie Holiday

Title Body and Soul

Composer Green / Heyman / Eyton

Album The Ben Webster / Harry Edison Sessions

Label Lonehill Jazz

Number 10355 CD 2 Track 2

Duration 6.24

Performers Billie Holiday, v; Harry Sweets Edison, t; Ben Webster, ts; Jimmy Rowles, p; Barney Kessel, g; Red Mitchell, b; Alvin Stoller, d.

DISC 12

Artist Billie Holiday

Title When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

Composer Muse, Réné, René

Album Last recordings

Label MGM

Number Track 4

Duration 4.09

Performers: Harry Edison, t; Jimmy Cleveland, tb; Gene Quill, as; Hank Jones, p; Barry Galbraith, g; Milt Hinton, b; Osie Johnson, d; Janet Outnam, harp; strings, dir Ray Ellis. 4 March 1959.

DISC 13

Artist Duke Ellington

Title Up and Down, Up And Down (I Will Lead The Up and Down)

Composer Ellington / Strayhorn

Album Such Sweet Thunder

Label Columbia

Number Side B Track 1

Duration 3.09

DISC 14

Artist Hank Jones and Oliver Nelson

Title Winchester Cathedral

Composer Geoff Stephens

Album Happenings

Label Impulse

Number Track 2

Duration 2.22

Performers Oliver Nelson (arr, cond), Hank Jones (harpsichord), Clark Terry (vo,tp) Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Joe Newman (tp), Britt Woodman , J.J. Johnson , Jimmy Cleveland , Tom Mitchell (tb), Jerome Richardson, Phil Woods , Bob Ashton (woodwind),George Duvivier (b), Grady Tate (ds) 20 October 1966.

DISC 15

Artist Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry

Title Mumbles

Composer Terry

Album Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One

Label Verve

Number Track 5

Duration 2.01

Performers: Clark Terry, v; Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b; Ed Thigpen, d. 1964.

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DISC 1

Artist Cecil Taylor

Title Rick Kick Shaw

Composer Taylor

Album Jazz Advance

Label Blue Note

Number Track 6

Duration 6.06

Performers: Cecil Taylor p; Buell Neidlinger, b; Dennis Charles, d. 14 Sep 1956.

DISC 2

Artist Gerry Mulligan

Title The Cat Walk

Composer Mulligan

Album Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster

Label Masterworks

Number 21349 Track 2

Duration 5.47

Performers: Gerry Mulligan, bars; Ben Webster ts; Jimmy Rowles, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Mel Lewis, d. Dec 1959

DISC 3

Artist Wilton ‘Bogey’ Gaynair

Title Africa Calling

Composer Gaynair

Album Africa Calling

Label Candid

Number 79552 Track 6

Duration 8.31

Performers: Shake Keane, t; Wilton Bogey Gaynair, ts; Terry Shannon, p; Jeff Clyne, b; Bill Eyden, d. June 1960.

DISC 5

Artist Jan Garbarek

Title In Praise of Dreams

Composer Garbarek

Album In Praise of Dreams

Label ECM

Number 981 1068 Track 2

Duration 5.22

Performers: Jan Garbarek, saxes, synth; Kim Kashkashian, vla; Manu Katché, d. 2004

DISC 6

Artist Lee Ritenour

Title 24^th Street Blues

Composer Ritenour

Album Stolen Monents

Label GRP

Number 96152 Track 3

Duration 5.24

Performers: Lee Ritenour, g; Alan Broadbent, p; Ernie Watts, ts; John Pattitucci, b; Harvey Mason, d. 1990

DISC 7

Artist Glenn Miller

Title Elmer’s Tune

Composer Albrecht / Gallop / Jurgens

Album n/a

Label Bluebird

Number 11274 A

Duration 3.06

Performers: Glenn Miller’s Orchestra, Ray Eberle and the Modernaires, v.

DISC 8

Artist Zoot Sims

Title Stompin’ At The Savoy

Composer Goodman / Sampson

Album At Ronnie Scott’s 1961 The Complete Recordings

Label Acrobat

Number 4377 Track 10

Duration 6.47

Performers: Zoot Sims, ts; Stan Tracey, p; Kenny Napper, b; Jackie Dougan, d. 1961

DISC 9

Artist Philip Catherine, Martin Wind

Title Old Folks

Composer Robison

Album Duo Art

Label ACT

Number 9621-2 Track 1

Duration 5.55

Performers Philip Catherine, g; Martin Wind, b, 2014.

DISC 10

Artist Lynne Arriale

Title Red Is The Rose

Composer trad arr Arriale

Album Come Together

Label Motema

Number Track 4

Duration 5.29

Performers Lynne Arriale, p; Jay Anderson, b; Steve Davis, d. 2004.

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DISC 1

Artist Lil Hardin Armstrong

Title Clip Joint

Composer Armstrong

Album The Living Legends: Lil Hardin Armstrong

Label Riverside

Number RLP 390 Track 5

Duration 4.42

Performers: Bill Martin, Leroi Nabors, t; Al Wynn, Preston Jackson, tb; Darnell Howard, Franz Jackson, cl; Lil Armstrong, p, v; Pops Foster, b; Booker Washington, d. 7 Sep 1961.

DISC 2

Artist Shelly Manne

Title Wouldn’t It Be Loverly

Composer Lerner, Leowe

Album My Fair Lady

Label Contemporary

Number 3527 S 1 T 1

Duration 5.33

Performers: Shelly Manne, d; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Andre Previn, p. 1956

DISC 3

Artist Ella Fitzgerald

Title Money Can’t Buy Me Love

Composer Lennon / McCartney

Album Hello Dolly

Label Verve

Number 4064 Track 3

Duration 2.36

Performers: Ella Fitzgerald and the Johnny Spence Orchestra

DISC 4

Artist Pete Johnson

Title Death Ray Boogie

Composer Johnson, Dexter

Album Boogie Woogie

Label Proper

Number Properbox 117 CD 2 Track 22

Duration 2.58

Performers: Pete Johnson, p; Al Hall, b; A G Godley, d, May 1941

DISC 5

Artist Art Tatum

Title Humoresque

Composer Dvorak arr Tatum

Album Complete Original American Decca Recordings

Label Definitive

Number 11200 CD 3 Track 4

Duration 3.07

Performers: Art Tatum, p, Feb 1940.

DISC 6

Artist Carmen McRae

Title I’m Glad There is You

Composer Dorsey, Madeira

Album Complete Kapp Recordings

Label Fresh Sound

Number 677 CD 2 Track 5

Duration 3.54

Performers: Carmen McRae, v, with Frank Hunter’s Orchestra in 1959.

DISC 7

Artist Jack Hylton with Coleman Hawkins

Title Darktown Strutters’ Ball

Composer Brooks

Album Coleman Hawkins 1927-39

Label BBC

Number RPCD 698

Duration 2.40

Performers: Jack Hylton (dir); George Swift , Stan Roderick , Stanley Howard (tp); Jack Bentley , Woolf Phillips (tb);  Benny Daniels , Freddy Schweitzer , Joe Crossman , Leslie Gilbert (as,cl);  Coleman Hawkins, Billy Ternent , Freddy Schweitzer , Joe Crossman (ts);  Billy Hill (p); Al Thomas (g); Bruce Trent (b); Lew Stevenson (d);  London, May 26, 1939

DISC 8

Artist Lew Tabackin

Title My Ideal

Composer Whiting / Chase

Album Dual Nature

Label Inner City

Number Track 5

Duration 6.56

Performers: Lew Tabackin, ts; Don Friedman, piano, Bob Daugherty, bass and Shelly Manne drums. 1976.

DISC 9

Artist Thelonious Monk

Title This Is My Story This Is My Song

Composer Knapp / Crosby

Album Monk Alone

Label Columbia

Number ?

Duration 1.41

Performers Thelonious Monk, p.

DISC 10

Artist John Abercrombie

Title Gimme Five

Composer Abercrombie

Album Open Land

Label ECM

Number 557 652-2 Track 4

Duration 7.24

Performers John Abercrombie, g; Mark Feldman, vn; Kenny Wheeler, t; Joe Lovano, ts; Dan Wall, org, Adam Nussbaum, d. 1999.

DISC 11

Artist Ken Moule

Title Get Happy

Composer Arlen / Koehler

Album n/a

Label Decca

Number EP6261 S 1 T 1

Duration approx 3.30

Performers: Dave Usden (tp), Keith Barr, Roy Sidwell (ts), Don Cooper (bs), Ken Moule (p), Arthur Watts (b), Lennie Breslaw (d). 1955

DISC 12

Artist Duke Ellington

Title Take The A Train

Composer Strayhorn

Album The Indispensible: Vols 7/8

Label RCA Black and White

Number ND 89274 CD 1 Track 1

Duration 2.54

Performers: DE, p, dir; Wardell Jones, Rex Stewart, t; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwick, Ben Webster, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Jimmy Blanton, b; Sonny Greer, d. 15 Feb 1941.

DISC 13

Artist Annie Lennox

Title Mood Indigo

Composer Bigard / Ellington / Mills

Album Nostalgia

Label Island

Number Track 12

Duration 5.34

Personnel: Annie Lennox, v; Simon Finch, t; Nichol Thompson, tb; Steven Hussey, strings, Mike Stevens, g, kb; Chris Hill, b; Neil Wilkinson, d,

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DISC 1 Artist Ruby Braff / George Barnes Quartet

Title Liza

Composer Gershwin

Album Live at the New School The Complete Concert

Label Chiaroscuro

Number Track 13

Duration 4.05

Performers: Ruby Braff c; George Barnes, Wayne Wright, g; Michael Moore, b. 1974

DISC 2 Artist Graham Collier

Title Lullaby For a Lonely Child

Composer Jenkins

Album Down Another Road

Label BGO

Number CD 767 CD 1 Track 5

Duration 5.36

Performers: Graham Collier, b; Harry Beckett, t; Nick Evans, tb; Stan Sulzmann, ts; Karl Jenkins, p; John Marshall, d. March 1969.

DISC 3 Artist Phineas Newborn

Title Walkin’

Composer Carpenter

Album Phineas Newborn Plays Again

Label Fresh Sound

Number Track 6

Duration 5.18

Performers: Phineas Newborn Jr, p; Carlo Loffredo, b; Sergio Pisi, d. 1959.

DISC 4 Artist Joe Darensbourg and his Dixie Flyers

Title Yellow Dog Blues

Composer Handy Album n/a

Label Lark

Number LS452Side 2

Duration 2.30

Performers: Joe Darensbourg, cl; Mike DeLay, t; Warren Smith, tb; Harvey Brooks, p; Al Morgan, b; George Vann, d; 1957.

DISC 5 Artist George Lewis

Title Burgundy Street Blues

Composer Lewis

Album Complete Blue Note Reciordings of George Lewis

Label Mosaic

Number MD 3 132 Track 9

Duration 3.18

Performers: George Lewis, cl; Kid Howard, t; Jim Robinson, tb; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Alton Purnell, p; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Joe Watkins, d. 28 May 1954.

DISC 6 Artist Omer Simeon

Title Grand Boubousse

Composer Simeon

Album The Rarest and Greatest Tracks 1927-1954

Label Jazz crusade

Number Track 19

Duration 3.17

Performers: Omer Simeon, cl; Sammy Price, p; Zutty Singleton, d. 1955.

DISC 7 Artist Joe Turner

Title Rebecca

Composer trad

Album Big Joe Rides Again

Label Atlantic

Number 1332 Track 5

Duration 7.07

Performers: Fip Ricard, t; Vic Dickenson, tb; Jerome Richardson, as; Coleman Hawkins, t; Jimmy Jones, p; Doug Watkins, b; Charlie Persip, d, Big Joe Turner, v; 9 Sept 1959.

DISC 8 Artist Count Basie

Title L’il Darlin’

Composer Hefti A

lbum Count Basie Jazz master

Label EMI

Number 7243 8 55144 2 5 Track 20

Duration 4.48

Performers: Thad Jones, E Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman, t; Al Grey, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, tb; Marshal Royal, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d. 21/22 Oct 1957

DISC 9 Artist Cyril Stapleton

Title Lester Leaps In

Composer Young

Album n/a

Label Decca Number 10313 Side A

Performers Tommy Whittle with Cyril Stapleton’s orchestra

DISC 10 Artist Paul Edis

Title Up Late

Composer Edis

Album There Will Be Time

Label Jazzaction

Number JA19 Track 12

Duration 5.02

Performers Graham Hardy, t; Graeme Wilson, reeds; Chris Hibbard tb; Paul Edis, p; Mick Shoulder, b; Adam Sinclair, d.2011.

DISC 11 Artist Archie Shepp

Title My Funny Valentine

Composer Rodgers / Hart

Album Lover Man

Label Timeless

Number SJP 287 Track 5

Duration 5.21

Performers: Annette Lowman, v; Archie Shepp. Ss; David Burrell, p; Herman Wright, b; Stephen McCraven, d. Jan 1988.

DISC 12 Artist Lura Jurd

Title Pirates

Composer Jurd

Album Human Spirit

Label Chaos Collective

Number Track 5

Duration 3.58

Performers: Laura Jurd, t; Lauren Kinsella, v; Alex Roth, g, Corrie Dick, d, Chris Batchelor, t, Colm O’Hara, tb, Mick Foster, bs sax. 2015

Thank you Oriel College

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

One of the delights of living in Oxford is the diversity of musical life and happening upon unexpected concerts. I just spotted a poster while I was wandering about earlier in the week to inform me that Tim Garland , Jason Rebello and Ant Law would be playing a trio concert last night at the Holywell Music Room. Tim turns out to be this year’s musician in residence at Oriel – fantastic idea to have someone of his experience and creativity working with students – and he was rounding off a series of masterclasses with this concert. Tim’s always worked well in the trio format as it gives him enough space for really extended solos, but plenty of opportunity to interact with his partners and allow them to shine as well. Years ago he played with Storms / Nocturnes (Joe Locke and Geoff Keezer) at this same venue, and he’s also played locally in Dorchester Abbey with Acoustic Triangle. The current trio made similarly effective use of the live acoustic offered by the Holywell (as resonant as Dorchester, but with central heating, which was better for the audience) and the haunting Tyne Song, with a bravura outing for Jason at its core, conjured up boats moving in fog, misty echoes, and churning propellors in the murky waters. There were old favourites (Rosa Ballerina, Blues for Little Joe) and new music from “Songs To The North Sky” I’d last heard Tim playing some of the material from that double album with the Northern Sinfonia at Gateshead, but the more intimate, chamber jazz side of the album was excellently represented here. The hour and a half set zipped by, its unexpected, far-too-soon ending seeming to catch the band out as well as us. Fortunately there was time for an encore of a really new piece “Bright New Year” which has Tim’s soprano skirling through its entire range, a tour-de-force solo from Jason (who played out of his skin – rejoicing in the Holywell’s marvellous Steinway), and plangent twelve-string guitar from Ant. A real treat on an evening when spring seemed to be in the air, not just in the stones of Oxford’s medieval heart, but in this jubilant, enjoyable music as well.

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Posted on March 7, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

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DISC 1

Artist Carla Bley

Title Walking Batteriewoman

Composer Bley

Album Rarum: Selected Recordings

Label ECM

Number 014 208-2 Track 8

Duration 4.30

Performers: Michael Mantler, t; Carlos Ward, as; Tony Dagradi, ts: Gary Valente, tb; Joe Daley, euph; Earl Macintyre, tu; Carla Bley, kb; Steve Swallow, b; D Sharpe d. Dec 1980

DISC 2

Artist Dick Hyman

Title Let Everyday Be Mother’s Day

Composer Clarence Williams,

Album Gulf Coast Blues

Label Stomp Off

Number ?

Duration 4.24

Performers: Dick Hyman, p; 1986.

DISC 3

Artist Chris Barber

Title Lonesome (Si Tu Vois Ma Mère)

Composer Bechet

Album 1959-60

Label Lake

Number 324 CD 1 Track 2

Duration 3.47

Performers Monty Sunshine, cl; Eddie Smith, g; Dick Smith, b; Graham Burbage, d. 29 Jan 1959.

DISC 4

Artist Shelly Manne

Title Get me to the Church on time

Composer Lerner / Lowe

Album My Fair Lady

Label Contemporary

Number 3527 S 1 T 1

Duration 4.11

Performers: Shelly Manne, d; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Andre Previn, p. 1956

DISC 5

Artist Miles Davis

Title Round Midnight

Composer Thelonious Monk

Album Miles Davis / John Coltrane Complete Columbia Recordings

Label Columbia

Number AC6K 65883 CD 2 Track 9

Duration 5.57

Performers Miles Davis, t; John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. 5 June 1956.

DISC 6

Artist Alex Welsh

Title Maple Leaf Rag

Composer Joplin

Album Classic Concert

Label Black Lion

Number Track 6

Duration 6.36

Performers: Alex Welsh, c; Roy Williams, tb; John Barnes, reeds; Fred Hunt, p; Jim Douglas, g; Harvey Weston, b; Lennie Hastings, d. Dresden, Oct. 1971

DISC 7

Artist Jack Teagarden

Title A Hundred Years From Today

Composer Young, Washington

Album T For Trombone

Label Saga

Number XIC 4005 S 1 T 2

Duration 7.13

Performers: Ruby Braff, c; Milt Hinton, b; Sol Yaged, cl; Lucky Thompson, ts; Sidney Gross, g; Kenny Kersey, p; Denzil Best, d. 1954

DISC 8

Artist Norma Winstone

Title Everybody’s Talking

Composer Fred Neil

Album Dance Without Answer

Label ECM

Number 374 3047 Track 13

Duration 4.53

Performers: Norma Winstone, v; Klaus Gesing ss; Glauco Venier, p. 2013.

DISC 9

Artist Anita O’Day

Title Let Me Off Uptown

Composer Bostic / Evans

Album Anita O’Day and the Three Sounds

Label Essential Jazz Classics

Number 55559 Track 2

Duration 3.01

Performers: Anita O’Day, v; Roy Eldridge, t, v; Gene Harris, p; Andy Simkins, b; Bill Dowdy, d, Oct 1962.

DISC 10

Artist Maria Schneider

Title My Lament

Composer Schneider

Album Evanescence

Label Enja

Number 8048-2

Duration 4.47

Performers: Mark Vinci – alto, flute, alto flute, clarinet and piccolo; Tim Ries – alto, soprano, flute and clarinet; Rich Perry – tenor and flute; Rick Margitza – tenor; Scott Robinson – baritone, bass sax, bass clarinet and clarinet; Tony Kadleck – trumpet; Greg Gisbert – trumpet; Laurie Frink – trumpet; Tim Hagans – trumpet; John Fedchock – trombone; Keith O’Quinn – trombone; Larry Farrell – trombone; George Flynn – bass trombone and tuba; Ben Monder – guitar; Kenny Werner – piano; Jay Anderson – bass; Dennis Mackrel – drums. 1994.

DISC 11

Artist Kate Williams

Title Bear Hops

Composer Williams

Album Atlas and Vulcana

Label KWJazz

Number 740 Track 4

Duration 4.47

Performers: Steve Fishwick, t; Tom White, tb; Alex Garnett, Gareth Lockrane, reeds; Kate Williams, p; Oli Hayhurst, b; Matt Fishwick, d.

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Posted on February 28, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

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DISC

Artist Chet Baker ad Paul Bley

Title Pent Up House

Composer Sonny Rollins

Album Diane

Label Steeplechase

Number Track 4

Duration 3.56

Performers: Chet Baker, t; Paul Bley, p; 1985.

DISC

Artist Max Roach Plus Four

Title The More I See You

Composer Gordon, Warren

Album Complete Studio Recordings 1959-60

Label Fresh Sound

Number Track 1

Duration 4.04

Performers Tommy Turrentine, t; Stanley Turrentine, ts; Julian Priester, tb; Bob Boswell, b; Max Roach, d. 21 July 1959

DISC

Artist John Dankworth

Title Dodson and Fogg

Composer Dankworth

Album What The Dickens

Label Sepia

Number Track 12

Duration 1.55

Performers: tbc but including John Dankworth as; Ronnie Ross, bars. 1963

DISC

Artist Dave Brubeck

Title Blue Shadows in the Street

Composer Brubeck

Album Music from the Sound Track All Night Long

Label Fontana

Number TFL 5179 Track 6

Duration 4.21

Performers: Dave Brubeck, p; Bert Courtley, t; Johnny Scott, reeds; Kenny Napper, b; Allan Ganley, d. 1962.

DISC

Artist Humphrey Lyttelton and Buck Clayton

Title Robbins Nest

Composer Thompson, Jacquet

Album At The Dancing Slipper, Nottingham

Label Calligraph

Number CD 048 CD 2 Track 10

Duration 5.55

Performers: Humphrey Lyttelton, Buck Clayton, t; Tony Coe, cl, ts; Joe Temperley, bars; Eddie Harvey, p; Pete Blannin, b; Eddie Taylor, d. 1964.

DISC

Artist George Lewis Ragtime Band

Title Bye and Bye

Composer Trad arr Lewis

Album Jazz at Vespers

Label Riverside

Number OJCCD 1721-2 Track 2

Duration 7.08

Performers Kid Howard, t, v; Jim Robinson, tb; George Lewis, cl; Alton Purnell, p; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Joe Watkins, d. 21 Feb 1954.

DISC

Artist Mutt Carey’s New Yorkers

Title Joplin’s Sensation

Composer Joplin

Album Portrait of a New Orleans Master

Label Upbeat

Number URCD 176 Track 21

Duration 2.30

Performers: Mutt Carey, t; Jimmy Archey, tb; Ed Hall, cl; Cliff Jackson, p; Danny Barker, g; Pops Foster, b; Baby Dodds, d. 27 Nov 1947.

DISC

Artist Tony Coe

Title Don’t Blame Me

Composer Fields / McHugh

Album Dreams

Label Zephyr

Number ZECD29 Track 4

Duration 5.09

Performers: Tony Coe, ts; Gerard Presencer, fh; Brian Lemon, p; Dave Green, b. Feb 2000.

DISC

Artist Clark Terry / Bob Brookmeyer Quintet

Title Gingerbread boy

Composer Terry

Album Complete Studio Recordings

Label Lonehill Jazz

Number CD 2 Track 9

Duration 2.40

Performers: Clark Terry, t; Bob Brookmeyer, vtb; Hank Jones, p; Bob Cranshaw, b; Dave Bailey, d. 1966.

DISC

Artist Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

Title In a Sentimental Mood

Composer Ellington

Album Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

Label Impulse!

Number 06007 5334729 track 9

Duration 4.14

Performers: John Coltrane, ts; Duke Ellington, p; Aaron Bell, b; Elvin Jones, d. 1962.

DISC

Artist Pete Oxley / Nicholas Meier

Title Looking West

Composer Oxley

Album Chasing Tales

Label MGP

Number track 2

Duration 6.44

Performers: Pete Oxley / Nicholas Meier, g. 2015.

DISC

Artist Chet Baker

Title How High The Moon

Composer Hamilton / Lewis

Album Chet

Label Phoenix

Number 131561 Track 2

Duration 3.37

Performers: Chet Baker, t; Pepper Adams, baritone sax, Herbie Mann, flute, Bill Evans, Piano, Paul Chambers, bass and Connie Kay, drums

JRR 21 Feb 15

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DISC 1

Artist Tubby Hayes

Title Opus Ocean

Composer Hayes

Album Seven Classic Albums

Label Real Gone

Number 402 CD 3 Track 7

Duration 7.30

Performers: Tubby Hayes, ts; Clark Terry, t; Horace Parlan, p; George Duvivier, b; Dave Bailey, d. 1961.

DISC 2

Artist Shorty Rogers

Title Tale of an African Lobster

Composer Rogers

Album Four Classic Albums

Label Avid

Number 1041 CD 1 Track 9

Duration 3.27

Performers Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, John Howell, t; Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, John Halliburton, tb; John Graas, frh; Gene Englund, tu; Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, reeds, Marty Paich, p; Curtis Counce, b; Shelly Manne, d. 2 Apr 1953

DISC 3

Artist Muhal Richard Abrams

Title One for the Whistler

Composer Abrams

Album Blu Blu Blu

Label Black Saint

Number 120117-2 Track 7

Duration 6.50

Performers: Jack Walrath, t; Alfred Patterson, tb; John Purcll, Robert DeBellis, Eugene Ghee, Patience Higgins, reeds; Mark Taylor, frh; Joe Daley, tu; Brad Jones, b; Muhal Richard Abrams, p; David Fiuczyinski, g; Thurman Barker, d; Joel Brandon, whistling, 1990

DISC 4

Artist Modern Jazz Quartet

Title The Queen’s Fancy

Composer Lewis

Album The Quintessence

Label Fremeaux

Number FA 285 CD 1 Track 2

Duration 3.15

Performers Milt Jackson, vib; John Lewis, p; Percy Heath, b; Kenny Clarke, d. 25 June 1953.

DISC 5

Artist Red and Miff’s Stompers (Red Nichols and Miff Mole)

Title Feelin’ No Pain

Composer Livingston

Album Jazz City – New York

Label Marshall Cavendsih

Number CD 030 Track 2

Duration 3.12

Performers: Red Nichols, c; Miff Mole, tb; Pee Wee Russell, Fud Livingston, cl, ts; Lennie Hayton, p; Carl Kress, g; Jack Hansen, tu; Vic Berton, d, 12 Oct 1937

DISC 6

Artist Kid Ory

Title Creole Bobo

Composer trad, arr Ory.

Album: The Complete Columbia Sessions 1946

Label: American Music (GHB/Jazzology)

Number CD 121

Duration 2.45

Performers: Mutt Carey, t; Kid Ory tb, v; Barney Bigard, cl; Buster Wilson, p; Bud Scott, g; Ed Garland, b; Minor Hall, d. 1946

DISC 7

Artist Jimmy McGriff

Title Round Midnight

Composer Monk

Album I’ve Got a Woman

Label Sue

Number ILP 907 Side 1 Track 4

Duration 5.45

Performers: Jimmy McGriff, org; Morris Dow, g; Jackie Mills, d. 1962.

DISC 8

Artist Caro Emerald

Title Stuck

Composer Van Der Leeuw,

Album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Label Dramatico

Number Track 9

Duration 4.33

Performers Caro Emerald, v; Peter Huber, t; Arnoud De Graaf, Koen Schouten, reeds; Daan Herweg, p; Wieger Hoogendorp, g; David Schreurs, Jan Van Wieringen, d, perc, electronics. 2010.

DISC 9

Artist Ernestine Anderson / George Shearing

Title The Second Time Around

Composer Cahn, Van Heusen

Album A Perfect Match

Label Concord

Number CJ 357 S 2 T 1

Duration 2.57

Performers: Ernestine Anderson, v; George Shearing, p; 1988

DISC 10

Artist Stan Kenton

Title What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?

Composer Bergman, LeGrand

Album Live at Brigham Young University

Label GNP Crescendo

Number STD 1039 Track 5

Duration 5.49

Performers Dennis Noday, Gary Pack, Jay Saunders, Joe Marcinkiewicz, Mike Vax, t; Dick Shearer, Graham Ellis, Fred Carter, Mike Jamieson, Mike Wallace, tb; Chuck Carter, Kim Frizell, Quin Davis, Richard Torres, Willie Maiden, reeds; Stan Kenton, p; Gary Todd, b; John Van Ohlen, d. 13 August 1971.

DISC 11

Artist Get The Blessing

Title Numbers

Album Lope and Antelope

Label Naim

Number Track 10

Duration 3.08

Performers: Jake McMurchie, reeds; Pete Judge, t; Jim Barr, b; Clive Deamer, d. 2014

DISC 12

Artist Mose Allison

Title I Don’t Worry About A Thing

Album Best of Mose Allison

Label Atlantic / Rhino

Number Track 1

Duration 2.17

Performers: Mose Allison, v, p; Addison Farmer, b; Osie Johnson, d; 15 March 1962.

JRR Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 140215

DISC 1

Artist Buddy Rich

Title The Acid Truth

Composer Menza

Album Mercy Mercy

Label Pacific Jazz

Number CDP 7243 8 54331 2 2 Track 6

Duration 5.50

Performers Al Porcino, Ken Faulk, Bill Prince, Dave Culp; t; Jim Trimble, Rick Stepton, Peter Graves, tb; Art Pepper, Charles Owens, Don Menza, Pat LaBarbera, John Laws, reeds; Walt Namuth, g; Joe Azareloo, p; Gary Walters, b; Buddy Rich, d. 7 July 1968.

DISC 2

Artist Herbie Hancock

Title And What If I Don’t

Composer Hancock

Album The Complete 60s Sessions

Label Blue Note

Number 7243 4 95571 CD 2 Track 6

Duration 6.35

Performers: Donald Byrd, t; Hank Mobley, ts; Grachan Moncur, tb; Herbie Hancock, p; Grant Green, g; Chuck Israels, b; Tony Williams, d. 19 Mar 63

DISC 3

Artist Eddie Condon

Title I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll

Composer Williams

Album Larkins Jazz

Label Proper

Number Properbox 155 CD 2 Track 13

Duration 2.59

Performers: Max Kaminsky, t; Brad Gowans, vtb; Pee Wee Russell, cl; Eddie Condon, g; Joe Bushkin, p; Artie Shapiro, b; George Wettling, d. 30 Nov 1939.

DISC 4

Artist Humphrey Lyttelton

Title Memphis Blues

Composer Handy

Album Rarities

Label Parlophone

Number Track 6

Duration 2,54

Performers: Humphrey Lyttelton, t; Wally Fawkes, Ian Christie, cl; Keith Christie, tb; George Webb, p; Buddy Vallis, bj; John Wright, b; Bernard Saward, d. 30 Nov 1949.

DISC 5

Artist Big Bill Broonzy

Title The Glory of Love

Composer Hill

Album The London Sessions

Label Sequel

Number NEX CD119 Track 8

Duration 2.43

Performers: Big Bill Broonzy, g, v. 27 Oct 1955.

DISC 6

Artist Sonny Boy Williamson II

Title Ninety Nine

Composer Rice

Album n/a

Label Chess

Number CRE 6001

Duration 2.40

Performers: Sonny Boy Williamson, v, hca; Robert Jr. Lockwood, Luther Tucker, guitars. Willie Dixon, bass, Fred Below, drums. 1956/7.

DISC 7

Artist Eric Dolphy

Title Hat and Beard

Composer Dolphy

Album Out to Lunch

Label Blue Note

Number 24349 87932 Track 1

Duration 8.24

Performers Personnel: Freddie Hubbard, t; Eric Dolphy, bcl; Bobby Hutcherson, vib; Richard Davis, b; Tony Williams, d. 25 Feb 1964.

DISC 8

Artist Joanna McGregor / Andy Sheppard

Title Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Composer trad

Album Deep River

Label Sound Circus

Number SC009 Track 1

Duration 7.38

Performers Andy Sheppard, ts; Joanna McGregor, p. 2005.

DISC 9

Artist Thad Jones / Mel Lewis

Title Fingers

Composer Jones

Album Consummation

Label Blue Note

Number 7243 5 38226 2 0 Track 7

Duration 10.35

Performers: Thad Jones, c; Roland Hanna, p; Richard Davis, b; Mel Lewis d; with Danny Moore, Snooky Young, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, t; Eddie Bert, Benny Powell, Jimmy Knepper, Cliff Heather, tb; Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, Eddie Daniels, Billy Harper, Richie Kamuca, reeds; David Spinoza, g. Jan / May 1970

DISC 10

Artist Bill Greenow

Title La Vie En Rose

Composer Piaf / Monnot / Luiguy

Album Chansons

Label Mistral

Number CD02 Track 12

Duration 2.57

Performers: Katherine Lanham, v; Bill Greenow, ss; Maryse Edon, acc; Martin Litton, p; Jez Cook, g; Alyn Shipton, b. 6 Feb 2000.

JRR 7 Feb 2015

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 070215

DISC 1

Artist Lionel Hampton

Title Drum Stomp (Crazy Rhythm)

Composer Kahn / Caesar / Meyer

Album Lionel Hampton 1929-1940

Label BBC

Number RPCD 852 Track 3

Duration 3.11

Performers: Jonah Jones, t; Eddie Barefield, cl; Clyde Hart, p; Bobby Bennett, g; Mack Walker, b; Lionel Hampton, d. 16 Aug 1937.

DISC 2

Artist Louis Armstrong

Title Hotter Than That

Composer Armstrong

Album Hotter Than That

Label Marshall Cavendish

Number JCD003 Track 14

Duration 3.04

Performers: Louis Armstrong, c; Johnny Dodds, cl; Kid Ory, tb; Lil Armstrong, p; Johnny St Cyr, bj; Lonnie Johnson, g. 13 Dec 1927.

DISC 3

Artist Jazz Jamaica All Stars

Title My Boy Lollipop

Composer Levy / Roberts

Album Massive

Label Dune

Number CD06 Track 2

Duration 5.04

Performers: Kevin Robinson, Guy Barker, Edward Thornton, Claude Deppa, Sean Corby, Colin Graham t; Harry Brown, Ashley Slater, Annie Whitehead, Barnaby Dickenson, Fayyaz Virji, Winston Rollins, Dennis Rollins, tb; Denys Baptiste, Andy Sheppard, Michael Rose, Patrick Clahar, Adam Bishop, Jason Yarde, Soweto Kinch, Tony Kofi, Ray Carless, reeds; Alex Wilson, p; Alan Weekes, g; Gary Crosby, b; Kenrick Rowe, d; Juliet Roberts, v. 2001.

DISC 4

Artist Dom Franks Strayhorn Quartet

Title Abram’s Lament

Composer Franks

Album One Drop Love Chant

Label Soulito

Number 0002 Track 4

Duration 8.51

Performers: Dom Franks, ss, Alex Steele, p; Will Harris, b; Matthew Jones, d. 2013.

DISC 5

Artist Hampton Hawes

Title I Got Rhythm

Composer Gershwin

Album Three Classic Albums Plus

Label Avid

Number 1104 CD 2 Track 6

Duration 3.20

Performers Hampton Hawes, p; Red Mitchell, b; Chuck Thompson, d. 1955.

DISC 6

Artist Jimmy Smith and Oliver Nelson’s Orchestra

Title Walk on the Wild Side

Composer Bernstein / David

Album Walk on the Wild Side

Label Verve

Number 5279502 CD 1 Track 1

Duration 5.56

Performers: to follow

DISC 7

Artist Jimmy Yancey

Title At The Window

Composer Yancey

Album Complete Recorded Works Vol 3

Label Document

Number 5043 Track 8

Duration 3.05

Performers Jimmy Yancey, p; Dec 1943.

DISC 8

Artist Dave O’Higgins

Title Devil May Care

Composer Dorough

Album Standards

Label JVG

Number Track 2

Duration 4.58

Performers: Dave O ’Higgins, ts; Robin Aspland, p; Jeremy Brown, b; Sebastian de Krom, d. 2014.

DISC 9

Artist Bill Evans

Title Peace Piece

Composer Evans

Album The Riverside Years

Label Not Now

Number NN5CD912 CD 2 (Everybody Digs Bill Evans) Track 7

Duration 6.42

Performers Bill Evans, p; Dec 1958.

DISC 10

Artist Freddie Redd

Title Music Forever

Composer Redd

Album The Connection

Label Blue Note

Number 7243 5 63838 2 1 Track 3

Duration 5.49

Performers Jackie McLean, as; Freddie Redd, p; Michael Mattos, b; Larry Ritchie d. Feb 1960.

DISC 11

Artist Jimmie Lunceford

Title Tain’t What You Do

Composer Oliver, Young

Album Strictly Lunceford

Label Proper

Number Properbox 125 CD 3 Track 19

Duration 3.06

Performers: Eddie Tompkins, Paul Webster, tp; Sy Oliver, tp, arr; Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles,tb; Trummy Young, tb, v; Willie Smith, cl, as, bs; Ted Buckner, Dan Grissom, as; Joe Thomas,cl, ts; Earl Carruthers, cl, as, bs; Edwin Wilcox, p, cel, arr; Al Morris, g; Moses Allen, b; Jimmy Crawford, d, vib; Jimmie Lunceford, dir.

JRR 31 Jan 15

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 310115

DISC

Artist Hampton Hawes

Title Groovin’ High

Composer Gillespie

Album Three Classic Albums Plus

Label Avid

Number 1104 Track 2

Duration 5.48

Performers Hampton Hawes, p; Jim Hall, g; Red Mitchell, b; Bruz Freeman, d. Nov 1956

DISC

Artist Buck Clayton / Buddy Tate

Title Blue Creek

Composer Tate

Album Buck and Buddy Blow The Blues

Label Solar

Number 4569926 Track 8

Duration 6.34

Performers: Buck Clayton, t; Buddy Tate, cl; Sir Charles Thompson p; Gene Ramey, b; Gus Johnson, d. 15 Sep 1960.

DISC

Artist Archie Semple

Title Premier Bal

Composer Bechet

Album Night People

Label Vocalion

Number 5313 Track 2

Duration 3.38

Performers: Archie Semple, cl; Alex Welsh, c; Fred Hunt, p; Jack Fallon, b. Dec 1960.

DISC

Artist Michel Petrucciani / Eddie Louiss

Title Les Grelots

Composer Louiss

Album Conference de Presse

Label Dreyfus

Number Track 1

Duration 6.59

Performers Michel Petrucciani, p; Eddie Louiss, org. 1994

DISC

Artist Carmen McRae

Title The briar Bush

Composer Brubeck

Album Tonight Only

Label Columbia

Number CL 1609 Track 4

Duration 2.53

Performers Carmen McRae, vocals; Dave Brubeck, piano; Eugene Wright, bass; Joe Morello, drums

DISC

Artist Mike Daniels

Title Don’t You Think I Love You

Composer Oliver / Nelson

Album Mike on Mike

Label Lake

Number 322 Track 2

Duration 2.32

Performers: Mike Daniels, t; Gordon Blundy, tb; John Barnes, cl; Dees Bcon, p; Eddie Smith, bj; Don Smith, b; Arthur Fryatt, d. 20 Nov 1956

DISC

Artist Zoe Schwarz

Title No Good Man

Composer Sammy Gallop, Irene Higginbotham, Dan Fisher

Album Blue Commotion

Label 33 Jazz

Number 222 track 2

Duration 3.35

Performers: Zoe Schwarz – vocals, Rob Koral – guitar, Gareth Williams – piano, Steve Thompson – Bass, Paul Robinson – drums. 2011

DISC

Artist Buddy DeFranco

Title Left Field

Composer DeFranco

Album Mr Clarinet

Label Verve

Number Track 5

Duration 4.03

Performers Buddy DeFranco, cl; Kenny Drew, p; Milt Hinton, b; Art Blakey, d. 1953.

DISC

Artist Jimmy Witherspoon

Title Ain’t Nobody’s Business

Composer trad.

Album Ain’t Nobody’s Business

Label Orbis

Number Blues Collection 24, track 5

Duration 6.10

Performers Jimmy Witherspoon, v; Roy Eldridge, t; Ben Webster, ts; Jimmy Rowles, p; Leroy Vinnegar, p; Mel Lewis, d.

DISC

Artist Stan Getz

Title Just One of Those Things

Composer

Album Best of two Worlds

Label Sony

Number Track 10

Duration 3.02

Performers: Miucha, v; Stan Getz, ts; Joao Gilberto, Oscar Castro-Neves, g; Albert Dailey, p; Steve Swallow, b; Billy Hart d. 1976.

DISC

Artist Sid Peacock and Surge

Title Bit of Peace

Composer Peacock

Album La fete

Label Peacock Angel

Number Track 4

Duration 5.00

Performers: Kiki Chen – violin Ruth Angell – violin & vocals Max Gitting – flutes & whistles Lluis Mather – soprano & alto saxophones Huw Morgan – alto saxophone Chris Morgan – tenor saxophone Nick Rundle – baritone saxophone Mike Adlington – trumpet Aaron Diaz – trumpet & electronics Rob Anstey – trombone Simon King – guitar Jason Huxtable – marimba Alcyona Mick – piano Ryan Trebilcock – bass Steve Tchoumba – African percussion John Randall – drums

DISC

Artist Chet Baker

Title My Funny Valentine

Composer Rodgers / Hart

Album Let’s Get Lost

Label Pacific Jazz

Number CDP 7929 322 Track 7

Duration 2.15

Performers: Chet Baker, v; Russ Freeman, p; Carsion Smith. B; Bob Neel, d. 1953

Jazz Record Requests 24 Jan 2015

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

A real cross section of material this week from many periods and styles.

JRR 240115

DISC 1

Artist Cab Calloway

Title Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm

Composer Jerome, Byron, Kent

Album This Is Hep

Label Proper

Number Properbox 141 CD 3 Track 2

Duration 3.00

Performers: Doc Cheatham, Irving Randolph, Lammar Wright, t; Claude Jones, Keg Johnson, DePriest Wheeler, tb; Garvin Bushell, Andy Brown, Foots Thomas, Chu Berry, reeds; Bennie Payne, p; Morris White, g; Milt Hinton, b; Leroy Maxey, d. 31 Aug 1937.

DISC 2

Artist Dave Brubeck

Title You’re The Top

Composer Cole Porter

Album Brubeck Plays Cole Porter

Label Columbia

Number CS 9402 Side B Track 3

Duration 6.36

Performers: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Gene Wright, b; Joe Morello, d. 1966.

DISC 3

Artist Ben Webster

Title Cocktails for Two

Composer Coslow, Johnston

Album Three Classic Albums

Label Avid

Number 1038 CD 1 Track 3

Duration 2.43

Performers: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b; Herb Ellis, p; Alvin Stoller, d. 1957.

DISC 4

Artist Shorty Rogers

Title The Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud

Composer Rogers

Album Four Classic Albums

Label Avid

Number 1041 CD 1 Track 12

Duration 2.42

Performers: Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, John Howell, t; Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, John Halliburton, tb; John Graas, frh; Gene Englund, tu; Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, reeds, Marty Paich, p; Curtis Counce, b; Shelly Manne, d. 2 Apr 1953

DISC 5

Artist Kenny Wheeler

Title Canter no 1

Composer Wheeler

Album Songs for Quintet

Label ECM

Number 470 4653 Track 4

Duration 6.40

Performers: Kenny Wheeler, fh; Stan Sulzmann, ts; John Parricelli, g; Chris Laurence, b; Martin France, d. Dec 2013.

DISC 6

Artist Oscar Peterson

Title Alice In Wonderland

Composer Fain, Hilliard

Album The Way I Really Play

Label MPS

Number Track 5

Duration 4.46

Performers: Oscar Peterson, p; Sam Jones, b; Bobby Durham, d. April 1968.

DISC 7

Artist Freddy Randall

Title You’re Driving Me Crazy

Composer Donaldson

Album Freddy Randall / Dave Shepherd Jazz All Stars

Label Black Lion

Number 2460 194 S1 T 5

Duration 4.37

Performers: Freddy Randall, c; Dave Hewitt, tb; Dave Shepherd, cl; Danny Moss, ts; Brian Lemon, p; Kenny Baldock, b; Johnny Richardson, d. 1973

DISC 8

Artist Bob Crosby

Title Spain

Composer Jones / Kahn

Album Bob Crosby’s Bob Cats Vol 3 1940

Label Swaggie

Number 503 Track 2

Duration 3.04

Performers Billy Butterfield, t; Warren Smith, tb; Irving Fazola, cl; Eddie Miller, ts; Jess Stacy, p; Nappy Lamare, g; Bob Haggart, b; Ray Bauduc, d. 6 Feb 1940.

DISC 9

Artist Oscar Dennard

Title Pinky

Composer Dennard

Album The Legendary Oscar Dennard

Label Somethin Else

Number Track 3

Duration 4.25

Performers: Idrees Sulieman, t; Oscar Dennard, p; Jamil Nasser, b; Buster Smith, d. 1958

DISC 10

Artist Melody Gardot

Title All That I Need Is Love

Composer Gardot

Album Worrisome Heart

Label Verve

Number 1749640 Track 2

Duration 2.36

Performers Melody Gardot, v; Ron Kerber, cl; Jef Lee Johnson, g; Joel Bryant, p; Ken Pendergast, b; Charlie Patierno, d; 2006

DISC 11

Artist Philip Clouts

Title Flamingo-Ing

Composer Clouts

Album The Hour of Pearl

Label Point

Number PCD 026

Duration 7.36

Performers Philip Cl;outs, piano, Carlos Lopez-Real, reeds; Alex Keen, b; Jon Desbruslais, d. 2013.

DISC 12

Artist Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

Title It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing

Composer Ellington, Mills

Album The Great Summit

Label Essential Jazz Classics

Number 55536 Track 11

Duration 3.59

Performers Louis Armstrong, t, v; Barney Bigard, cl; Trummy Young, cl; Duke Ellington, p; Mort Herbert, b; Danny Barcelona, d. 1961.

JRR 17 Jan 2014

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

Here’s the music for this week’s show:

JRR 17 Jan 2015

DISC 1

Artist Emmett Berry

Title Boogie Woogie a la Parisienne

Composer Berry/Price

Album Emmett Berry and His Orchestra (EP)

Label Columbia

Number FP1076 S2 T 1

Duration 4.03

Performers: Emmett Berry, t; Guy Lafitte, ts; Sammy Price, p; Pops Foster, b; Freddie Moore, d. 6 Jan 1956

DISC 2

Artist Sarah Moule

Title Lord I wanna Be Good

Composer Landesman, Wallace

Album Songs from the Floating World

Label Red Ram

Number RAM 002 Track 1

Duration 3.56

Performers: Sarah Moule v; Simon Wallace, kb; Nigel Price, g; Mick Hutton, b; Paul Robinson, d. 2014

DISC 3

Artist Scott Hamilton

Title Jitterbug Waltz

Composer Fats Waller

Album Jazz Signatures

Label Concord

Number 49392 Track 3

Duration 7.37

Performers Scott Hamilton, ts; John Bunch, p; Dave Green, b; Steve Brown, d. 2001.

DISC 4

Artist Jackie Davis

Title Walkin’ My Baby Back Home

Composer Turk / Ahlert

Album HiFi Hammond Vol 2

Label Capitol

Number ST 1517 Track 1

Duration 3.22

Performers: Jackie Davis, org, 1960.

DISC 5

Artist Bob Crosby

Title The Big Noise From Winnetka

Composer Bauduc, Crosby, Haggart

Album A Proper Introduction to Bob Crosby

Label Proper

Number 2073 Tr 17

Duration 2.37

Performers: Bob Haggart, b whistle; Ray Bauduc, d. 14 Oct 1938.

DISC 6

Artist Duke Ellington

Title Creole Love Call

Composer Ellington

Album Columbia Jazz Profiles

Label Columbia

Number 88697298542 Track 3

Duration 3.15

Performers: Duke Ellington, p; Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalfe, t; Joe Nanton, tb; Otto Hardwick, Rudy Jackson, Harry Carney, reeds; Fred Guy, bj; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d; Adelaide Hall, v. 6 Oct 1927.

DISC 7

Artist Boyd Raeburn

Title Dalvatore Sally

Composer George Handy

Album Histoire des Big Bands

Label Chant du monde

Number 574 1487 cd7 tr 4

Duration 3.00

Performers Boyd Raeburn, bsx; Dale Pierce, Ray Linn, Carl Groen, Nelson Shallaway, t; Ollie Wilson, Hal Smith, Britt Woodman, tb; Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee, Ralph Lee, Guy McReynolds, Hy Mandel, reeds; Dodo Marmarosa, p; Dave Barbour, g; Harry Babasin, b; Jackie Mills, d. 5 Feb 1946.

DISC 8

Artist Branford Marsalis

Title Stardust

Composer Carmichael

Album In My Solitude

Label Okeh

Number 88875011652 Track 2

Duration 6.21

Performers Branford Marsalis, ts. 5 Oct 2012.

DISC 9

Artist Art Tatum

Title Tiger Rag

Composer La Rocca

Album Piano Grand Master

Label Proper

Number Properbox 60 CD 1 Track 4

Duration 2.20

Performers: Art Tatum, p; 21 March 1933

DISC 10

Artist Ella Fitzgerald

Title Manhattan

Composer Rodgers and Hart

Album Essential Ella

Label Verve

Number 523 990-2 Track 1

Duration 2.53

Performers: Ella Fitzgerald, the Buddy Bregman Orchestra, August 1956.

DISC 11

Artist Michael Garrick

Title Here There And Everywhere

Composer Lennon / McCartney

Album Parting Is Such

Label Jazz Academy

Number JAZA 3 Track 6

Duration 5.11

Performers Christian Garrick, vn; Michael Garrick, p. 1994.

DISC 12

Artist Maxine Sullivan

Title If I Had A Ribbon Bow

Composer trad

Album Maxine Sullivan 1938-41

Label Classics

Number 991 Track 15

Duration 3.12

Performers: Maxine Sullivan and John Kirby’s Orchestra: Charlie Shavers, t; Buster Bailey, cl; Russell Procope, as; Billy Kyle, p; John Kirby, b; O’Niel Spencer, d. 1 Aug 1940.

DISC 13

Artist Gary Burton

Title Turn of the Century

Composer Mike Gibbs

Album Throb

Label Atlantic

Number Track 2

Duration 5.07

Performers: Gary Burton, vib; Richard Greene, vn; Jerry Hahn, g; Steve Swallow, b; Bill Goodwin, d. 1969.

JRR 10 Jan 2015

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 10 Jan 2015

DISC 1

Artist Joe Harriott

Title Revival

Composer Harriott

Album Movement

Label Columbia

Number 33SX 1627 Track 5

Duration 3.11

Performers: Joe Harriott, as; Shake Keane, t; Pat Smythe, p; Bobby Orr, d, Coleridge Goode, b. 1963.

DISC 2

Artist Duke Ellington / Count Basie

Title Battle Royal

Composer Ellington

Album Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie

Label Essential Jazz Classics

Number 55544 Track 1

Duration 5.36

Performers: Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Lonnie Johnson, Snooky Young, t; Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell, Urbie Green, tb; Marshall Royal, Budd Johnson, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d; Ed Mullins, Fats Ford, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, t; Juan Tizol, Laurence Brown, Louis Blackburn, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, reeds; Aaron Bell, b; Sam Woodyard, d. July 1961.

DISC 3

Artist Donald Lambert

Title Anitra’s Dance

Composer Grieg arr Lambert

Album Donald Lambert

Label Pumpkin

Number S 1 T 1

Duration 2.42

Performers Donald Lambert, p.

DISC 4

Artist Ken Colyer

Title Painting The Clouds with Sunshine

Composer Burke

Album Painting The Clouds with Sunshine

Label Black Lion

Number 70501 Track 2

Duration 9.12

Performers Ken Colyer, t; Bruce Bakewell, cl; Mike Sherbourne, tb; Ray Smith, p; Bill Stotesbury, bj; Alyn Shipton, b; Colin Bowden, d. 6 Oct 1979.

DISC 5

Artist Bix Beiderbecke

Title Sorry

Composer Quicksell

Album Bix Beiderbecke Story

Label Proper

Number Properbox 66 DC 2 Track 26

Duration 2.55

Performers Bix Beiderbecke, c; Bill Rank, tb; Don Murray, cl; Adrian Rollini, bsx; Frank Signorelli, p; Chauncey Morehouse, d. 25 Oct 1927.

DISC 6

Artist Jelly Roll Morton

Title Sidewalk Blues

Composer Morton

Album Birth of the Hot

Label Bluebird

Number Track 20

Duration 3.33

Performers: George Mitchell, c; Omer Simeon, Barney Bigard, Darnell Howard, cl; Kid Ory, tb; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Johnny St Cyr, bj; John Linmdsay, b; Andrew Hilaire, d. 21 Sept 1926.

DISC 7

Artist Paul Desmond / Gerry Mulligan

Title The Way You Look Tonight

Composer Kern / Fields

Album Two of a Mind

Label Bluebird

Number ND 90364 Track 5

Duration 7.20

Performers Paul Desmond, as; Gerry Mulligan, bar; Joe Benjamin, b; Mel Lewis, d. 1 Aug 1962

DISC 8

Artist Trevor Watts

Title Solus

Composer Watts

Album Veracity

Label FMR

Number 3770714 Track 1

Duration 3.49 (track overall 4.03)

Performers Trevor Watts, as. June 2014.

DISC 9

Artist Natalie Williams

Title Where You Are

Composer Williams / Cawley

Album Where You Are

Label Little Girl

Number 1301

Duration 5.11

Performers: Natalie Williams, v, plus acc.

DISC 10

Artist Alex Welsh

Title Hindustan

Composer Wallace / Weeks

Album It’s Right Here For You

Label Vocalion

Number 5321 CD 1 Track 8

Duration 3.02

Performers Alex Welsh, c; Roy Crimmins, tb; Archie Semple cl; Fred Hunt, p; Diz Disley, g; Bill Reid, b; Lennie Hastings, d. Sept 1960.

DISC 11

Artist Jacques Loussier

Title Largo from Winter

Composer Vivaldi arr Loussier

Album The Four Seasons

Label Telarc

Number 83417 Track 11

Duration 3.34

Performers: Jacques Loussier, p; Vincent Charbonnier, b; Andre Arpino, d. 1997.

DISC 12

Artist Humphrey Lyttelton

Title Bad Penny Blues

Composer Lyttelton

Album Huphrey Lyttelton and His Band and the Paseo Jazz Band

Label Upbeat

Number 223 Track 24

Duration 2.55

Performers Humphrey Lyttelton, t; Johnny Parker, p; Jim Bray, b; Eddie Taylor, d. 7 Aug 1956.

Jazz Record Requests 3 Jan – Happy New Year!

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 030115

DISC 1

Artist Tubby Hayes

Title You For Me

Composer Hayes

Album Complete Recordings 1959-62

Label Chrome Dreams

Number Track 33

Duration 4.39

Performers: Tubby Hayes (ts); Horace Parlan (p); George Duvivier (b); Dave Bailey (drums) October 3^rd 1961

DISC 2

Artist Caro Emerald

Title You Don’t Love Me

Composer Schreurs, Van Der Leeuw, DiGiorgio

Album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Label Dramatico

Number Track 7

Duration 3.53

Performers Caro Emerald, v; Peter Huber, t; Arnoud De Graaf, Koen Schouten, reeds; Daan Herweg, p; Wieger Hoogendorp, g; David Schreurs, Jan Van Wieringen, d, perc, electronics. 2010.

DISC 3

Artist The Rhythmakers

Title I Would Do Anything for you

Composer Hill, Hopkins

Album Larkin’s Jazz

Label Properbox

Number Properbox CD 2 Track 8

Duration 3.06

Performers: Billy Banks, v; Henry Allen, t; Jimmy Lord, cl; Pee Wee Russell, ts; Fats Waller, p; Jack Bland, Eddie Condon, g; Pops Foster, b; Zutty Singleton, d. Jul 1932

DISC 4

Artist Hollywood Hucksters

Title Happy Blues

Composer Dick Larkin

Album n/a

Label Capitol

Number 40022 Side A

Duration 3.05

Performers: Charlie Shavers, t; Benny Goodman, cl; Benny Carter, as; Dave Cavanaugh, ts; Stan Kenton, speech; Red Norvo. Xyl; Jimmy Rowles, p; Irving Ashby, g; Red Callendar, b; Lee Young, d.

DISC 5

Artist Bennie Moten

Title Band Box Shuffle

Composer Moten

Album Band Box Shuffle

Label Hep

Number 1070 CD 1 Track 4

Duration 2.33

Performers: Bennie Moten (leader); Jimmy Rushing (vocals); Jack Washington (alto & baritone saxophones, clarinet); Eddie Barefield (alto saxophone, clarinet); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Oran “Hot Lips” Page, Joe Keyes, Dee Stewart (trumpet); Eddie Durham (trombone, guitar); Count Basie (piano); Walter Page (bass); Willie McWashington (drums).

DISC 6

Artist Miles Davis

Title Sketches of Spain

Composer Evans

Album Sketches of Spain (Complete Miles Davis Gil Evans Studio Sessions)

Label Columbia

Number 2 67397 CD 3 Track 5

Duration 12.24

Performers: Miles Davis, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Johnny Coles, t; Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, tb; Jimmy Buffington, Joe Singer, Tony Miranda, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Al Block, Harold Feldman, fl; Romeo Penque, ob; Danny Bank, bcl; Jack Knitzer, bassoon; Janet Putnam, hp; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d; Elvin Jones, perc; Jose Mangual, perc. 10 March 1960.

DISC 7

Artist Jazz Today Unit

Title Swingin’ The Blues

Composer Edison

Album n/a

Label Decca

Number LK 4180 Side B

Duration 6.07

Performers: George Chisholm, Keith Christie (tb), Geoff Taylor (as), Jimmy Walker (ts), Joe Temperley (bs), Dave Shepherd (cl), Jimmy McKenzie (vib), Ken Moule (p), Ken Sykora (g), Lennie Bush (b), Allan Ganley (d). Nov 1956

DISC 8

Artist Benny Goodman

Title Wholly Cats

Composer Goodman

Album Solo Flight Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet

Label CBS

Number S 2 T 3

Duration 3.06

Performers Benny Goodman, cl; Cootie Williams, t; Georgie Auld, ts; Charlie Christian, g; Count Basie, p; Artie Bernstein, b; Harry Jaeger, d. 7 Nov 1940.

DISC 9

Artist Hampton Hawes

Title The Green Leaves of Summer

Composer Tiomkin

Album Green Leaves of Summer

Label Vogue

Number Track 2

Duration 6.32

Performers: Hampton Hawes, p; Monk Montgomery, b; Steve Ellington d. Feb 1964.

DISC 10

Artist Loose Tubes

Title Sad Afrika

Composer Bates

Label Lost Marble

Number LM006 Track 1

Duration 5,39

Performers: Flutes: Eddie Parker. Clarinets: Dai Pritchard. Saxophones: Steve Buckley, Iain Ballamy, Mark Lockheart, Julian Nicholas, Ken Stubbs. Trumpets: Lance Kelly, Chris Batchelor, Ted Emmett, Paul Edmonds, Noel Langley. Trombones: John Harborne, Steve Day, Paul Taylor, Richard Pywell. Bass Trombone/ MC: Ashley Slater. Tuba: Dave Powell. Keyboards: Django Bates (Prophet V, DX7, Korg SG1D)Guitar: John Parricelli.Bass: Steve Watts. Drums: Martin France. Percussion: Thebi Lipere.

Jazz Record Requests 27 Dec 2014

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Alyn Shipton

JRR 271214

DISC 1

Artist Greg Abate

Title Steppin’ Out

Composer Abate

Album Motif

Label Whaling City Sound

Number WCS 070 Track 7

Duration 4.39

Performers Greg Abate, as; John Lockwood, b; Mark Walker, d; Tim Ray, p. 2014.

DISC 2

Artist Archie Semple and Fred Hunt

Title I’m In The Market For You

Composer Hanley / McCarthy

Album The Clarinet of Archie Semple

Label Lake

Number 290 Track 18

Duration 3.46

Performers Archie Semple, cl; Fred Hunt, p.

DISC 3

Artist Ben Webster and Art Tatum

Title Gone With The Wind

Composer Steiner

Album Ben Webster / Art Tatum Quartet

Label Poll Winners

Number Track 3

Duration 4.47

Performers: Ben Webster, ts; Art Tatum, p; Red Callendar, b; Bill Douglass, d.

DISC 4

Artist Keith Jarrett

Title Over the Rainbow

Composer Arlen / Harburg

Album La Scala

Label ECM

Number 1640 Track 3

Duration 6.01

Performers Keith Jarrett, p; 1995.

DISC 5

Artist The New Jazz Orchestra

Title Dusk Fire

Composer Michael Garrick

Album Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe

Label Dusk Fire

Number CD110 Track 5

Duration 5.25

Performers: Derek Watkins, Henry Lowther, Harry Beckett, Ian Carr, (t), John Mumford, Mike Gibbs, Derek Wadsworth, Tony Russell, (tb), George Smith, (tu), Barbara Thompson, Dave Gelly, Jim Philip, Dick Heckstall-Smith, (reeds), Frank Ricotti (vib, mar), Jack Bruce (b), Jon Hiseman (d), Neil Ardley (dir). 17/18 September 1968.

DISC 6

Artist Ken Colyer

Title Tuxedo Rag

Composer Celestin

Album New Orleans To London and Back To The Delta

Label Lake

Number Track 16

Duration 3.09

Performers: Ken Colyer, t; Acker Bilk, cl, Ed O’Donnell, tb; Diz Disley, bj; Dick Smith, b; Stan Greig, d. Oct 1954.

DISC 7

Artist Euan Burton

Title Too Much Love

Composer Burton

Album Too Much Love

Label Whirlwind

Number Track 7

Duration 3.59

Performers: Euan Burton, b; Adam Jackson, as; Alyn Cosker, d; Tom Gibbs, p; June 2013

DISC 8

Artist Dinah Washington

Title Look To The Rainbow

Composer Lane / Harburg

Album Dinah

Label Emarcy

Number 36065 Track 1

Duration 2.46

Performers: Dinah Washington and Orchestra 1956

DISC 9

Artist Manhattan Transfer

Title Birdland

Composer Zawinul, Hendricks

Album Extensions

Label Atlantic

Number Track 1

Duration 6.01

Performers Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel, Cheryl Betine, plus acc, inc Yaron Gershowsky, kb. 1979.

DISC 10

Artist Michel Petrucciani / Ron McClure

Title Beautiful But Why

Composer Petrucciani

Album Cold Blues

Label Sunnyside

Number Track 1

Duration 8.37

Performers Michel Petrucciani, p; Ron McClure, b. 1985.

DISC 11

Artist Miles Davis

Title Half Nelson

Composer Davis

Album Workin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet

Label Prestige

Number Track 7

Duration 4,.45

Performers: Miles Davis, t; John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d.

Remembering Acker Bilk

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Alyn Shipton

Over the last few weeks, I have been making a documentary for BBC Radio 2 (to be broadcast on 20 January 2015) called: Somerset Blues, the Story of Acker Bilk. It’s been great to talk to Acker’s friends and colleagues past and present, as well as digging up archive recordings of the man himself and the late Michael Winner, who asked Acker to play on the soundtrack of his movie West 11. This weekend we’ve been finishing off the show which is presented by my good friend, all round jazz buff and great radio voice Clarke Peters.

Jazz Record Requests 20 Dec 2014

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Alyn Shipton

Here’s the playlist for tomorrow’s programme.

JRR 20 Dec 2014

DISC 1

Artist Harry Gold and His Pieces of Eight

Title Way Down Yonder In New Orelans

Composer Creamer / Layton

Album British Traditional Jazz 1936-63

Label Lake

Number CD 300 CD 3 Track 20

Duration 2.00

Performers: Tommy McQuater, t; Billy Amstell, cl; Harry Gold, bass sax; George Chisholm, tb; Bobby McGhee, p; Lennie Bush, b; Jock Cummings, d. Feb 1960

DISC 2

Artist Lionel Hampton

Title Flying Home

Composer Goodman, Hampton, Robin,

Album Histoire des Big Bands

Label Chant du Monde

Number 574 1481-90 CD 6 Track 3

Duration 3.10

Performers: Lionel Hampton vib; Ernie Royal, Karl George, Joe Newman, t; Fred Beckett, Sonny Craven, Harry Sloan, tb; Ray Perry, Marshall Royal, Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon, Jack McVea, reeds; Milt Buckner, p; Irving Ashby, g; Vernon Alley, b; George Jenkins, d. 26 May 1942

DISC 3

Artist Richard Galliano / Brussels Jazz Orchestra

Title Rue du Maubeuge

Composer Galliano

Album Ten Years Ago

Label Milan

Number 399 235-2 Track 4

Duration 6.16

Performers: Richard Galliano, acc; Pierre Drevet, t; Brussels Jazz orchestra dir. Frank Vaganée.

DISC 4

Artist Woody Shaw

Title The Moontrane

Composer Shaw

Album Solid

Label RCA Camden Deluxe

Number 74321 610792 CD 1 Track 1

Duration 6.58

Performers: Woody Shaw, t; Steve Turre, tb; Azar Lawrence, ts; Onjae Allen Gumbs, p; Buster Williams, b; Victor Lewis, d, Tony Waters, cga. Dec 1974.

DISC 5

Artist Modern Jazz Quartet / Beaux Arts Quartet

Title Sketch

Composer Lewis

Album The Quintessence

Label Fremeaux

Number FA 285 CD 2 Track 5

Duration 5.34

Performers: Milt Jackson, vib; John Lewis, p; Percy Heath, b; Connie Kay, d; Gerald Tarak, Alan Martin, vn; Carl Eberl, vl; Joe Tekula, cello. 23 Sept 1959.

DISC 6

Artist Benny Goodman

Title Bach Goes to Town

Composer Templeton

Album The Essentia; BG

Label Proper

Number Properbox 109 CD 3 Track 5

Duration 2.39

Performers: BG, clt; Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, t; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, tb; Noni Bernard, Dave Matthews, Art Rollini, Jerry Jerome, saxes; Jess Stacy p; Ben Heller, g; Harry Goodman, b; Buddy Schutz, d. 15 Dec 1938.

DISC 7

Artist Billie Holiday

Title What A Little Moonlight Can Do

Composer Woods

Album 40 Great Songs

Label Musketeer

Number 9507 CD 2 Track 6

Duration 3.03

Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Roy Eldridge, t; Benny Goodman, cl; Ben Webster, ts; Teddy Wilson, p; John Truehart, g; John Kirby, b; Cozy Cole, d. 2 July 1935.

DISC 8

Artist Bunny Berigan

Title I Can’t Get Started

Composer Duke, Gershwin,

Album Let’s Do It

Label Acrobat

Number FABCD 145 Track 8

Duration 4.47

Performers: Bunny Berigan, t, v; Irv Goodman, Steve Lipkins t; Al George, Sonny Lee, tb; Mike Dot, Joe Dixon, Clyde Rounds, Georgie Auld, reeds; Joe Lippman, p; Tom Morgan, g; Hank Wayland, b; George Wettling, d. 7 Aug 1937.

DISC 9

Artist Bix Beiderbecke

Title Three Blind Mice

Composer trad arr Challis

Album The Bix Beiderbecke Story

Label Proper

Number Properbox 66 CD 2 Track 6

Duration 3.05

Performers: Bix Beiderbecke, c; Bill Rank, tb; Don Murray, Doc Ryker, Frank Trumbauer, Adiran Rollini, reeds; Irving Riskin, p; Eddie Lang, g; Chauncey Morehouse, d. 25 Aug 1927

DISC 10

Artist Humphrey Lyttelton

Title The Onions

Composer Bechet

Album Classic Live Concerts

Label Lake

Number 253 CD 1 Track 19

Duration 4.45 (may need to edge up on applause from end of previous track)

Performers: Humphrey Lyttelton, t; Wally Fawkes, cl; Bruce Turner, as; Johnny Parker, p; Freddie Legon, g; Mickey Ashman, b; George Hopkinson, d. Royal Festival Hall, 28 Nov 1954.

DISC 11

Artist Susannah McCorkle

Title I Want To Be A Sideman

Composer Frishberg

Album From Broken Hearts to the Blue Skies

Label Concord

Number Track 9

Duration 4,44

Performers: Susannah McCorkle, v; Dick Oatts, ts; Allen Farnham, p; Al Gafa, g; Steve Gilmour, b; Rich De Rosa, d; 1998

DISC 12

Artist Earl Bostic

Title Deep Purple

Composer Parish / DeRose

Album Plays Jazz Standards

Label Definitive

Number 11295 Track 19

Duration 2.24

Performers: Earl Bostic, as; Tommy Turrentine, Blue Mitchell, t; Stanley Turrentine, ts; Edward Richley, vib; Alexnder Sample, p; Bob Bueton, b; Charles Grayson, g; Granville Hogan, d, 24 Aug 1953.

DISC 13

Artist Bill Frisell

Title Music I Heard

Composer Frisell

Album :Rarum – Selected Recordings

Label ECM

Number

Duration 4.44

Performers: Bill Frisell, g; Kenny Wheeler, t; Bob Stewart, tu; Jerome Harris, b; Paul Motian.

Remembering John Stevens

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Alyn Shipton

It was good to be able to have a piece by the Spontaneous Music Ensemble in the 50th anniversary edition of Jazz Record Requests, but here’s a taste of the day we had on the South Bank as part of the London Jazz Festival covering the life and legacy of John Stevens – drummer, visionary, improviser and…well watch the video! [youtube_sc url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmJk4ztvOs” autohide=”1″]

January Blues (banish them here…)

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Alyn Shipton

Tickets now on sale for our first Buck Clayton Legacy Band gig of 2015. A new project featuring Gwyneth Herbert and members of the band!

Great review of LJF Buck Clayton Legacy Band concert by Ehsan Khoshbakht

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Alyn Shipton

Shipton is a treasure for British jazz as a broadcaster and the author of many fine jazz biographies, including one on Buck Clayton. The legendary trumpet player from the Swing era became the raison d’etre for a tribute band formed in 2004 by Shipton and the saxophonist Matthias Seuffert. The Buck Clayton Legacy Band played at Pizza Express commemorating one of the greatest of all jazz musicians, Duke Ellington, 40 years after his death. The eight instrumentalists played compositions by Ellington and the members of Ellingtonia, such as right-hand man Billy Strayhorn and alto player Johnny Hodges. Most of the arrangements were by Alan Barnes who is also a skilled soloist, playing a wide range of reed instruments.

Across two sets the band performed rarities (‘Stop, Look, and Listen!’, ‘Snibor’) and classics (‘Harlem Air Shaft’, ‘Happy Reunion’, ‘The Jeep Is Jumpin’’). Some of the most well-known numbers were obscured—the immortal ‘Take the “A” Train’ was almost unrecognisable—while a classic flavour was added to lesser-known pieces, such as Shady Side whose autumnal mood perfectly suited the rain outside on Dean Street and the fast-fading November sun. The highlight of the evening was a majestic performance of ‘The Mooche’, which suggested a world falling apart in every direction; it is a composition whose every single note reminds us of the importance of Ellington as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

Original source of the content:
Underline Magazine (by British Council Iran): http://www.britishcouncil.ir/en/underline/music/efg-london-jazz-festival

Jazz Record Requests Playlist 6 Nov 14

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Alyn Shipton

JRR anniversary show

DISC

Artist Miles Davis

Title Milestones

Composer Davis

Album Complete Columbia Recirdings with John Coltrane

Label Columbia

Number AC6K 65833 CD 3 Track 3

Duration 5.47

Performers: Miles Davis, t; Cannonball Adderley, as; John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. 4 Feb 1958

DISC

Artist Bechet / Ladnier Quintet

Title If You See me Coming

Composer Bunn

Album 78 single

Label HMV

Number SG 354 Side B

Duration 3.33

Performers Tommny Ladnier, t; Mezz Mezzrow, cl; Teddy Bunn, g, v; Pops Foster, b; Manzie Johnson, d. 19 Dec 1938.

DISC

Artist Alabama Washboard Stompers

Title Pigmeat Stomp

Composer ?

Album 78 single

Label Vocalion

Number 1546 Side B

Duration 2.39

Performers: Jake Fenderson, kazoo; Teddy Bunn, g; Clarence Profit, p; Bruce Johnson, wb. 13 Oct 1930

DISC

Artist Spontaneous Music Ensemble

Title Travellin’ Together

Composer Stevens

Album Challenge

Label Emanem

Number 4053 Track 6

Duration [ 5.00]

Performers: Kenny Wheeler, t; Trevor Watts, as; Paul Rutherford, tb; Bruce Cale, b; John Stevens, d. March 1966.

DISC

Artist New Orleans Wanderers

Title Perdido Street Blues

Composer Armstrong

Album n/a

Label Columbia

Number 608D Side A

Duration 3.10

Performers: George Mitchell (ct); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lil Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bj).

Artist Duke Ellington

Title Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue

Composer Ellington

Album The Complete Ellington at Newport, 1956

Label Columbia

Number 64932 CD 1 Track 19

Duration 7.32   [fade up and down]

Personnel: DE, p, dir; Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Hamilton, Procope, Carney, Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, reeds; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d.  7 July 1956, Newport RI.

DISC

Artist Duke Ellington

Title Rose of the Rio Grande

Composer Warren

Album Ella And Duke at the Cote D’Azur

Label Decca

Number Track 5

Duration 3.09

Performers Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams (tp), Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper (tb), Chuck Connors (b-tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Russell Procope (cl, as), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (cl, b-cl, bari), Duke Ellington (p), John Lamb (b), Sam Woodyard (d). Juan-les-Pins, July 26, 1966.

DISC

Artist Billie Holiday

Title Please Don’t Talk About Me

Composer Stept / Clare

Album The Complete Verve Recordings

Label Verve

Number

Duration 4.19

Performers Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison (tp) Benny Carter (as) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) John Simmons (b) Larry Bunker (d) Billie Holiday (v) 23 August 1955

DISC

Artist J J Johnson

Title Billy Boy

Composer trad

Album Complete 60s Big Band recordings

Label Lonehill

Number

Duration 2.53

Performers: J J Johnson…

DISC

Artist Stan Tracey / Bobby Wellins

Title Misterioso

Composer Monk

Album Spectrum / Tribute to MOnk

Label Switch

Number 001 Track 3

Duration 6.44

Performers Stan Tracey, p; Bobby Wellins, ts. 1982

DISC

Artist George Shearing

Title The Continental

Composer Madigson / Conrad

Album From Battersea to Birdland

Label Proper

Number Properbox 40 CD 3 Track 23

Duration 2.55

Performers: George Shearing, p; Marge Hyams, vib, Chuck Wayne, g; John Levy, b; Denzil Best, d. 1949

Buck Clayton Legacy Band New Show

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Alyn Shipton

Last month saw the first of our Ellington small group concerts at the EFG London Jazz Festival: [youtube_sc url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gUTGrNMxe0″]

We’ll be doing the show again at the SJE Arts Steinway series in March.

Back to Buck

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Alyn Shipton

The Buck Clayton Legacy Band is in BBC Radio 3 this week, and it is a good prior advertisement for our November concert at the London Jazz Festival with Gwyneth Herbert doing the Peggy Lee programme at Finchley Arts Depot. Hope lots of you can join us there but until then, try to catch the band on the BBC i-player, on BBC Radio 3 Jazz Line-Up.

Final Jazz Library

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Alyn Shipton

So tonight, Saturday 28 April, is the last of the present series of Jazz Library. It’s been a great five and a bit years on BBC Radio 3, and I’ll be moving next week to Jazz Record Requests. But this show has been more fun to broadcast than anything I’ve done on radio – lovely guests, from giants like Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, John Scofield, John McLaughlin and Jack DeJohnette to old mates Alan Barnes, Martin Litton, Ian Smith, Gwyn Herbert, Christine Tobin, John Etheridge, Mike Pointon, Tom Sancton…the list goes on and on. So thanks to all and especially to my lovely production team who have made it such a great experience. And just so as you know what they all look like, here they are:

Larkin’s Jazz in Oxford

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Alyn Shipton

Had a very jolly time at the Oxford Jazz Festival and Good Friday tea at the Randolph was a chance to do our little show about Philip Larkin and his favourite bits of jazz. I hope to have some pictures to post soon, but for the next week, you can hear a little bit of Ian Smith and me discussing the show on the BBC. The Radio Oxford interview and a track from the band is at about one minute and eleven seconds into this show.

Concorde to Gateshead in four days

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Alyn Shipton

Back now from an excellent short tour with members of the Buck Clayton Legacy Band and Gwyneth Herbert. All the concerts went really well, with lovely singing from Gwyn and such fine playing from the band I had to keep reminding myself to go on playing and not stop to listen! The Peggy Lee songs went down a storm with the chance to re-evaluate several of them, of which What’s New and It’s Been a Long Long Time came out as my favourites, or as the lyricists for Life is For Livin; would have said, my “Faves”.

The Buck Clayton Legacy Band with Gwyneth Herbert — The band in Eastleigh with Robert Fowler guesting on alto.

Life is for living tour

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Alyn Shipton

XX7H0061 copy — Gwyneth Herbert and the Buck Clayton Legacy Bamd

Just a week to go until the first dates in the Life Is For Living tour – see the full details on the Clayton page of this site. Great rehearsal yesterday. This is going to be fun!

Festival-itis

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Alyn Shipton

Apologies for no posts since the Clayton tour and Harrow. It’s been Festival season, with 3 Radio Oxford shows and a Jazz Library from Oxford, and then 12 concerts to cover and 2 Jazz Libraries at Cheltenham. Now those Cheltenham shows are going out on Radio 3. Check out the first of them on the i-player this week with Django Bates. It’s been fun to do a programme on someone whose playing career exactly coincides with my journalistic one, so I’ve covered almost every stage of his work at the time in the newspaper. Great to hear all that spread of music again…

Jazzing at Harrow

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Alyn Shipton

I had a very interesting evening at Harrow School last Thursday, adjudicating their annual big band competition, sponsored by Nick Samuel and his family, who donated the winner’s cup. Some really promising players to be heard as well as some budding composers. A good spread of repertoire too from Basie and Herman material to Miles Davis, Van Morrison and Steely Dan charts. The star player was bassist Felix Lashman. Looking forward to hearing him play again at the Royal Academy next year.

Buck Clayton Legacy Band

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Alyn Shipton

After all the excitement of the tour, and very successful gigs in Oxford, London, Birmingham and Gateshead, there’s a chance to hear part of our set from the final concert on Jazz line Up this Sunday evening. And I’ll be chatting to Kevin Le Gandre about the band and about Buck’s actual legacy of music which Matthias Seuffert arranged for us to play. Thanks to John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk for the pic.

Jabbo

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Alyn Shipton

Just talking on the Radio 3 message board about Jabbo Smith. Here he is at the Pizza Express in 1978. The pianist is Stan Greig.

Cab in Washington Times

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Alyn Shipton

Lovely review of Hi De Ho in last Friday’s Washington Times. It was great to be in the United States last week, doing podcasts and interviews for Oxford University Press about the book, and getting some of the buzz that’s going on there. More about Hi De Ho here.

Canada and Cab

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Alyn Shipton

Very pleased to see the first Canadian review of the Cab Calloway book in the Winnipeg Free Press. Wade past the stuff on Kevin Whitehead’s short history to get to mine! And the US reviews have kept coming as well, with a fine piece in Commentary by Terry Teachout (whose own biography of Louis Armstrong is a mighty fine book).

Cab on the Christmas OUP blog

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Just heard that my little interview about Cab for the Oxford blog with Michelle Rafferty has gone live. You can click on it here.

A Cab Calloway Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

If you are stuck for a Christmas present, just remember that Cab Calloway was born on Christmas Day 1907, so a very good way of celebrating his 103rd birthday is to think about ordering a copy of Hi De Ho. You can find all my books available for Christmas order here.

The Hi De Ho Blog

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Just received news today of a rather good review of my Calloway book in French, by J-F Pitet, the webmaster of the excellent Hi-De-Ho blog. He’s probably the world’s most knowledgeable Calloway enthusiast, so praise from him is praise indeed!

Chatting to Harvey

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

My friend the German broadcaster Michael Rüsenberg was in the audience for my chat with Harvey Cohen, author of Duke Ellington’s America, when we discussed Cab Calloway on Monday, and he kindly sent me this photo. I’ve now participated in four or five public debates with Harvey about Duke, Billy Strayhorn, Irving Mills and other matters Ellingtonian, so it was a case of the boot being on the other foot as Harvey asked me about Cab, Blanche Calloway, Irving Mills, the Cotton Club (before and after Duke) and the world of 50s musical theatre, when Cab was a star of Porgy and Bess. More about my Cab book here – and you can click through the links to find out more about Harvey’s too.

Cab at the RAM

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Thanks to Nick Smart, Helen Wills and all at the Royal Academy of Music for hosting a nice launch event for the Cab Calloway book yesterday. A conspiracy of the bad weather and the Tube strike meant many of those who planned to attend could not get there, but those who did come along had the chance to hear me and Harvey Cohen (author of Duke Ellington’s America) talking about Cab. It was specially nice to meet Cab’s great niece Patrice, and to introduce her to fellow Radio 3 presenter Julian Joseph.

And finally most of all, my gratitude goes to Vicky Evernden (left) and Katie Hellier (right) who struggled up from Oxford through the ice and sleet to display and market the books!

Cab in the Indie

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Very heartening to see Hi De Ho listed by Liz Thomson in her selection of the best music books of the year for Christmas in the Independent. It’s the first mention in the UK national press and already the book has shot up the Amazon rankings here in the UK. Also today marks the day when it’s become available in the UK on Kindle. So what? You might say – but on several days this week, my train journey back to Oxford has revealed numerous commuters glued to their Kindle screens, so it looks like this might be the first serious e-book christmas!

Cab in Newark

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

So, the great Cab Calloway media circus rumbles on, ahead of the UK launch on 29th November. Latest news is my appearance on WGBO in Newark New Jersey with the amiable Andrew Meyer. This is my third appearance on his show after (firstly) the New History of Jazz in 2001, which was one of his first interviews after the 9/11 disaster, and (secondly) chatting about Jimmy McHugh last year. Sadly for me, this time it was a phone interview, but to get in the mood, here’s a picture of me and Andrew in the studios in Newark last year, courtesy of Jim McHugh III who happened to be on hand with his Nikon:

HI DE HO on Wall St

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a nice review of Hi De Ho from Will Friedwald, the author of Jazz Singing. He seems to like the musical analysis stuff, but gripes a bit about not placing Cab fully in American culture. It’s a good excuse for a gag about Groucho Marx. But as his chronology of Cab’s early years slightly garbles the story of the bands he led (he brought the Alabamians TO New York, he didn’t find them there) I wonder how closely he was paying attention. There is a half chapter about Cab’s impact on European culture and the whole cult of the “Zazous” in France. Maybe that was more significant than giving Groucho the raw material for a one-liner? Anyway, it’s good to be reviewed in so prestigious a paper and Will is very kind about my musicological stuff.

Ready for Teddy

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Tomorrow’s Jazz Library on BBC Radio 3 is a conversation with Martin Litton about Teddy Wilson. It’s a good connection, because Martin put me onto the MS of Teddy’s autobiography, which we published through Continuum in 1996. We both have a fondness for the Wilson piano style, which you’ll be able to hear when Martin tours with me next year in the Buck Clayton Legacy Band (watch this space for details). I heard Teddy’s trio here in Oxford in 1973 when he was playing support to Buddy Rich. That was a bit of a contrast, but I remember being close enough to the stage in the New Theatre to watch Teddy’s fingering. He was the epitome of the elegant piano stylist, even at that stage in his career.

More Hi De Ho-ing

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

It’s been a bit quiet since the publication of last week’s reviews of Hi De Ho, but now along comes David Schwartz on The Die Is Cast, who normally blogs about matters to do with gambling history and chance theory. He seems to like the book, though – he calls it “a masterpiece of well-researched historical biography”! Can’t do better than that…

A more sympathetic review

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

After being dubbed “workmanlike” by the Washington Post, it was a great delight to find today’s second review of Cab Calloway by Ted Gioia, whose History of Jazz is usually stocked alongside mine in bookshops and whose book on the West Coast scene is a marvel. So if you;d like to read what Ted has to say, click here.

Cab in Washington

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Long if slightly critical review of my Cab Calloway biography in today’s Washington Post. I hope most readers will find the book a bit more than workmanlike – even this reviewer said it made him want to get the records out and play them again! And you can see more about the book in the “writing”section of this site.

More Cab chat

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

News just in that my latest NPR interview about Cab Calloway is now up on the web. This was a nice chat with Mark Lynch at WICN, the jazz station in New England, which I spent time listening to when I was working there a few years back. So to hook up with INQUIRY on WICN click here. And there’s stuff about the Cab book itself on the music and writing pages of this site.

Some of my Jelly Roll

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

19th of November at the Royal Academy of Music is going to be the BBC Radio 3 London Jazz Festival celebration of Jelly Roll Morton. Philip Martin’s playing the kind of music Jelly heard when he was growing up. Keith Nichols and the band are doing the Peppers and New Orleans Jazzmen repertoire, and I’m doing the chat and playing the bass. Tickets are free, so if you’d like to know more, click here!

NYman with a movie camera

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Interesting multi-media concert at the Barbican last night. Some compelling music by Michael Nyman, but I got the feeling it was all variations on the same (now rather dated) theme. My review here.

Remembering Harry Beckett

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

This Saturday’s Jazz Library on BBC Radio 3 is a show that looks back on Barbados born trumpeter Harry Beckett who died this summer. There’ll be bits of an interview that Soweto Kinch and I did with Harry, and a lovely choice of music by Chris Batchelor, who knew Harry well and is a fellow trumpeter. My own tribute to a great player, and someone who despite being a very private man was a very giving interviewee and a warm human being.

Talkin’ to Fred

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Tomorrow’s Jazz Library is my personal tribute to wonderful Chicagoan saxophonist Fred Anderson, who died in the summer. I made the trek to the old Velvet Lounge, which has to be one of the greatest jazz clubs ever, seedy, run down, in the middle of a redevelopment area and yet full of amazing atmosphere. The bar seemed to be a relic from the repeal of prohibition and Fred presided over it all, most successfully when he stepped out from behind the bar and played his heart out on the tiny stage with all 75 members of the audience crammed into the restricted space.

More on Cab and WNYC

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

The NY music blog Daily Swarm has picked up my Cab Calloway interview from last night, so if you want to hear it, then you can click on the link here. It was a pleasure to chat to John Schaefer, and also if you listen to it and you’re puzzled by the opening, I was suffering from walking briskly to the BBC a mile and a half through the autumnal murk, hence my wheezing and coughing, and this was because of the Tube strike. The previous item on WNYC had been about the musicians of the Detroit Symphony being on strike and picketing in full evening dress.

Hi De Ho – Serious Jazz

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

If you happen to be in the Florida area or if you are an online radio addict, then check out Mark Hayes Passing Notes on 88.9 fm Serious Jazz in the Miami area. I shall be talking to Mark this Friday at 11am EST, and he’s also put up a great selection of Calloway short movies on his blog site for the programme. Be there or be square…

Hi De Ho WNYC

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

I’ll be live on air in NYC tomorrow chatting to John Schaefer on Soundcheck about my Cab Calloway book. Do listen on air if you’re there or online if you’re here in the UK

Jan Garbarek and the Hilliards

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

To Cambridge last night for a brilliant concert by Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble doing music from Officium Novum. I was covering it for the Times, so won’t try to review it here, but suffice it to say that that music in that setting made you realise how bleak life must have been in the past, and how such passionate, plaintive music was a way to grab the attention of the almighty…

A Kind of Fame

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

I’ve just got my own picture and bio put up on Amazon. It’s a strange feeling to have one’s wares displayed on a virtual bookshop, but also rather gratifying to see everything there together, rather like a family photograph!

Floreat Aula

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Back to St Edmund Hall this weekend for a low-key but delightful reunion of the members of the English faculty who have read the subject over the years. Interesting to find out how many former students of Eng Lit still read for pleasure and what they read. Even one of the dons shyly admitted to reading detective fiction… (Actually so do I, when I’m not immersed in reading about the life and times of Harry Nilsson). In the picture of our relatively un-alcoholic dinner, the gesturing hands behind me belong to Dr Chris Mann, and it was specially interesting to catch up with Guy Mitchell (you can’t see him in this pic) and Geoff Wall (he’s the one in the waistcoat) who translated Madame Bovary for Penguin, and who has also written a life of Flaubert (which is next on my reading list, and will make a nice change from the official biography of the Monkees.)

Hi-De-Ho is Hi-De-Here

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Just unwrapped the first advance copy of my new Cab Calloway biography from Oxford University Press. Like any proud parent I think it looks great, and Suzanne Ryan and her team at Oxford NY have done a brilliant job. There’s a positive review in Library Journal out today (scroll down til you find it under “Music”) and it is formally published in NY next month and in the UK in November.

Last Night of the (1910) Proms

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

From the quaint country decorum of Wheatley Manor circa 1660 yesterday to the Albert Hall today, (masquerading as the Queen’s Hall in 1910 it’s true,) but doing a great job of bringing one of Henry Wood’s eclectic concert programmes to life. The Concert Orchestra was on song, and the L’Arlesienne suite was particularly well played as was the new commission “Dark Pastoral” with Stephen Isserlis making the cello’s upper range sing. Some prommers looked a bit confused by hearing Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance No 4 instead of No 1 (no chance for Land of Hope and Glory there…) but it was worth it for the final G-major chord with the full organ almost drowning out the orchestra and using what must have been a 64 ft stop! Thanks to Roger Wright for a great afternoon!

Spring, Stowe and the Theorbo

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Back in the UK, and a splendid celebratory evening at Wheatley Manor House exploring the Restoration of Charles II in words and music (not to mention 17th century food as well). The best bit was the last, and a selection from Playford’s songsheets, as well as more highbrow music from the likes of Pelham Humphrey. These were excellently sung by Sarah Stowe, and she was expertly accompanied on the theorbo by Matthew Spring, who also displayed his skills on the baroque guitar and the cittern. Earlier we’d had dances to the hurdy gurdy in the manor gardens, but the pastoral delights were more refined in the evening recital captured in my sneaky photograph.

My mentor Jimmy Woode

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Back in the 1980s, Jimmy Woode was living in Switzerland, and on a whim I asked him to come down to Ascona to talk about Ellington in the symposium I used to run there. We ended up playing together, and talking together (a lot). After that we kept in touch, and he was always a great help with anything to do with my playing. Today’s Jazz Library is a good example of one of those conversations – we demolished a bottle of Harvey’s Bristol Cream as we sat up late into the night talking about the old days…

Italian Baroque in France

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

The summer of culture continues here in S W France with a brilliant concert this weekend by the Chamber Orchestra of Toulouse. Last time I heard them here (five years ago) doing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons their period instruments with gut strings and old-style bows had trouble projecting in the vast Church of St Jacques. But this time, with the sparkling direction of first violinist Gilles Colliard they really did the business, playing music off their CD “La Follia – Italian Baroque”.

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Great concert down here in SW France last night in the crypt of the Abbey Nouvelle in Leobard, by our near neighbours Gary Brooker (he of Procul Harum fame) and Judy Blair. 250 people crammed into the 13th century undercroft of the ruined abbey and some worries that in the more exciting moments the tons of stone above our heads might come thundering down! As it was it was the music that thundered, with plenty of Procul Harum repertoire revisited as well as Fats Domino and Ray Charles covers. And Gary’s voice – as amazing now as it was in 1967. (He’s the geezer in the hat).

Dordogne jazz

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Nice gig a couple of days ago at Issigeac with Radio 2 friend Dave Gelly and singer Annie Bright. Was supposed to be outside, but a rare drop of SW France rain pushed us into the chateau which was like an old UK village hall…

Stan Tracey has a chat

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Upcoming this Saturday on Radio 3 is my interview from Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2010 with “godfather of British jazz” Stan Tracey. With such a voluminous catalogue there was no time to cover everything, but Stan was in great form reminiscing for the audience and we had to get special permission from Radio 3 to use what I suspect will be flagged up before the show as “strong language”. The interview was recorded as a prequel to the CD launch of Stan’s new CD “Later Works”, played by the Octet a bit later on that night.

Remembering Fred Anderson

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

It’s been a bad few weeks for deaths and I’ve been kept busy as Times obituary writer – my piece on Chris Dagley was in today, Martin Drew and Willem Breuker yet to appear.

I had a particular soft spot for Fred Anderson, founder member of the AACM and an all round good bloke, so thought I’d post this pic of us outside the late lamented Velvet Lounge, his dingy South Side club where magic happened on stage and seventy punters squeezed into what little space there was.

Tony Coe on Radio 3 tomorrow

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Looking forward to tomorrow’s Jazz Library when I’ll be joined by my old friend Tony Coe to choose just some of his best recordings. We first played together on a gig in Faversham somewhere in the mid-70s, and then he lived next door to another friend of mine in Canterbury. I had a marvellous time listening to all the music Tony suggested for the programme.

Shirley Horn today

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

After a week off because of the proms, Jazz Library is back today with a look at the career of the late singer and pianist Shirley Horn, and I’m joined by my reviewing chum Christine Tobin. Hadn’t realised before doing the listening for this show what a fine pianist SH was.

At work on Harry Nilsson book

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

This is the month where I’m doing the bulk of the writing up of my Nilsson research, collected over the last three years or so. Today’s been a pleasure, listening to Nilsson sings Newman , and transcribing interviews with both.

A Day Off in France

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

It’s Bastille day here in S W France, so I can take the afternoon off from writing my new book about Harry Nilsson and go off to the local museum of farm machinery, where everyone’s nursing their headaches from last night’s fireworks and disco, and every scrap of old machinery is throbbing, humming and whirring. The best bit is the rural breadmaking, where they thresh the corn, mill the wheat and bake the bread on site – I can smell the enticing warm-bread aroma from my back garden.

Salviac museum of farm machinery - bastille da

More on Benny Powell

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Benny was one of the few musicians to work with both Basie and Ellington and he also played with Lionel Hampton and Randy Weston. Lots of great stories on tomorrow’s show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00swpnl

Tomorrow’s Jazz Library

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Lovely interview with the great Benny Powell, who sadly died just a few days ago.

Meet Alyn Shipton

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Chris

From the Radio 3 Website

Riverside songs

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Just back from wonderful, quaint Oxford tradition of madrigal singing on the Cherwell. Boys from Magdelen College School choir singing Dowland et al, with lovely aquatic acoustics, and a few puntloads of passing tourists becoming somewhat bemused by professional singing coming from a flotilla of floating choristers.

International Piano Magazine

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Follow this link to my latest article just out in the July issue – a profile of Neil Cowley. It’s under “Shipton beat” in the contents page.

Hi De Ho

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Just got the most fabulous advance review for my Cab Calloway biography Hi De Ho, due out from Oxford University Press in September. Here’s the text, and link to the book below:

“I met Cab Calloway at Eddie Condon’s club — he lit up the room by his presence and I can understand why everyone loved the man. Alyn Shipton captures Cab’s spirit in his biography Hi-De-Ho ; every page is filled with anecdotes about Cab and his music. Chu Berry, Ben Webster, and other well known musicians spring from the pages. Not only does Shipton bring Cab Calloway to life, he makes the reader understand the era in which he lived. For a short time, we enter his world, and what a world it was.” –Marian McPartland OBE

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/CulturalStudies/AfricanAmericanStudies/?view=usa&ci=9780195141535

Jazz Library

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Alyn Shipton

Great day recording today, with old Vile Bodies mate Ian Smith on the emotional subject of Bix Beiderbecke and pianist Tim Richards dissecting the career of Wynton Kelly. Both shows due later in the summer. This week it’s going to be a chat with bassist Arvell Shaw, my mentor, and the man I depped for in Lars Edegran’s band back in 2002 for a tour of north east Italy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sw92c

Alyn Shipton official site re-designed!

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Chris

After many years of a simple layout the official site of Alyn Shipton, the writer & broadcaster, has been re-designed. The big difference is a news section, so expect to see updates of Jazz and music news. Other than that it now has a clean fresh look. Please do let us know what you think. You can send a comment using the contact page or leave a comment on a news article. We look forward to hearing from you!