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In this week's selection of jazz in all styles and periods from listeners' letter and emails, Alyn Shipton includes music by pianist, vocalist and bandleader Jelly Roll Morton, the self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz".

1 hour

Last on

Sat 18 Nov 2017 16:00

Music Played

  • Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham and The Sweet Baby Blues Band

    Gud Nuz Bluz

    • Gud Nuz Bluz.
    • Concord.
  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Good Old New York

    • Doctor Jazz.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
  • Miles Davis & Gil Evans

    Concierto de Aranjuez Part 2 (alternate take)

    • Columbia.
  • Damon Brown

    Jousting in 3

    • Han River Tales.
    • We Play Jazz.
  • Frank Sinatra & The Count Basie Orchestra

    Where Or When

    • Sinatra at the Sands.
    • Reprise.
  • Liane Carroll

    Seaside

    • Seaside.
    • Linn.
  • Benn Clatworthy

    What's Going On?

    • What’s Going On.
    • Laughing Lettuce.
  • Bobby Wellins

    Dream Dancing

    • Time Gentlemen Please.
    • Trio.
  • Stéphane Grappelli

    What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?

    • Stephane Grappelli 1973.
    • Pye.
  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Doodlin'

    • Complete 1956-7 Studio sessions.
    • American Jazz Classics.
  • Michael Brecker

    Chan's Song

    • The Nearness of You.
    • Verve.

Performers:

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Gud Nuz Bluz

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Concord Jazz Heritage Series

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Gud NuzÌý Bluz

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Concord

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Concord Jazz: 4837-2 Track 11

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 5.36

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Snooky Young, Nolan Smith, t; Jimmy Cheatham tb; Louis Taylor, as; Ricky Woodard, ts; Plas Johnson, ts; Charles Owens, bars; Jeannie Cheatham, p, v; Richard Reid, b; John Harris, d. 1996.

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Jelly Roll Morton

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Good Old New York

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Morton

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Doctor Jazz

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Marshall Cavendish

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 017 Track 14

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2.47

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Henry Allen, t; Joe Britton, tb; Albert Nicholas, cl; Eddie Williams, as; Jelly Roll Morton, p, v; Wellman Braud, b; Zutty Singleton, d. 4 Jan 1940

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Miles Davis and Gil Evans

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Concierto de Aranjuez Part 2 (alternate take)

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Rodrigo arr. Evans

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sketches of Spain

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Columbia

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý CL 1480 Track 10

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3.32

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Miles Davis, Ernest Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis R. Mucci, tp; Jimmy Buffington, Joe Singer, Tony Miranda, fr h; Frank Rehak, Dick Hixon, tb; Bill Barber, tub; Al Block, Harold Feldman, fl; Danny Bank, b cl; Romeo Penque, ob; Jack Knitzer, bn; Janet Putnam, hp; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d; Elvin Jones, perc; ÌýGil Evans, cond. March 1960.

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Damon Brown

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Jousting in 3

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Brown

Album ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Han River Tales

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý We Play Jazz

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý MJW0206 Track 6

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 6.30

Performers ÌýÌý Damon Brown, t; Andrew Lautenbach, ts; Paul Kirby, p; Kim Daeho, b; Kim Minchan, d; 2015

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Frank Sinatra / Count Basie Orchestra

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Where Or When

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Rodgers / Hart

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Sinatra at the Sands

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Reprise

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 7599-27037-2 Track 17

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2.42

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Frank Sinatra, v; Harry Edison, Al Aarons, Wallace Davenport, Sonny Cohn, t; Al Grey, Henderson Chambers, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, tb; Marshal Royal, Bobby Plater, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Count Basie / Bill Miller, p; Freddie Green, g’ Norman Keenan, b; Sonny Payne, d; Quincy Jones, arr. 1966

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Liane Carroll

TitleÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Seaside

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Stilgoe

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Seaside

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Linn

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý AKD 533 Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4.01

Performers ÌýÌý Liane Carroll, p, v; James McMillan, Evan Jolly, Andy Wood, brass; Julian Siegel, Rob Leake, reeds; Rob Luft, g; Steve Pearce, b; Ian Thomas, d. Ìý2016

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Benn Clatworthy

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý What’s Going On?

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Benson,Ìý, GayeÌý

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý What’s Going On

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Laughing Lettuce

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 720 Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 9.46

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Benn Clatworthy, ts; John Donaldson, p; Simon Thorpe, b; Matt Â鶹ԼÅÄ, d. 2016

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bobby Wellins

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Dream Dancing

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Cole Porter

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Time Gentlemen Please

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Trio

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 587 Track 8

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4.56

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Bobby Wellins, ts; John Critchinson, p; Andrew Cleyndert, b; Mark Taylor, d.Ìý 2010

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Stephane Grappelli

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Marilyn and Alan Bergman

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Stephane Grappelli 1973

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Pye

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý NSPL 18403 Side A Track 3

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4.39

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Stephane Grappelli, vn; Mark Hemmeler p; Jack Sewing, b; Kenny Clarke d. 1972.

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Dizzy Gillespie

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Doodlin’ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Silver

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Complete 1956-7 Studio sessions

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý American Jazz Classics

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 99120 CD 1 Track 7

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3.58

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Dizzy Gillespie, Emmett Berry, Carl Warwick, Quincy Jones, Joe Gordon, t; Melba Liston, Frank Rehak, Rod Leavett, tb; Phil Woods, Jimmy Powell, Ernie Wilkins, Billy Mitchell, Marty Flax, reeds; Walter Davis, p; Nelson Boyd, b; Charlie Persip, d. 1956

Ìý

ArtistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Michael Brecker

TitleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Chan’s Song

ComposerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Hancock

AlbumÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Nearness of You

LabelÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Verve

NumberÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Verve: 549-705-2 Track 1

Duration ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 5.15

PerformersÌýÌýÌý Michael Brecker, ts; Pat Metheny, g; Herbie Hancock, p; Charlie Haden, b; Jack DeJohnette, d. Dec 2000.

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  • Sat 18 Nov 2017 16:00

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