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Jazz Meets Classical

Seonaid Aitken explores the musical intersection where jazz meets classical, including a big band take on Tchaikovsky and a spiritual jazz version of Debussy's Clair de Lune.

Seonaid Aitken explores the musical intersection where Jazz meets Classical. Including a big band reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s Sugar Plum Fairy, Kamasi Washington’s spiritual jazz version of Debussy’s Clair De Lune plus an orchestral take on rapper Dr Dre’s No Diggity. Richard Michael’s Songbook looks at Gabriel Faure’s Pavane including jazz versions by Woody Herman, Bill Evans and a duo performance for piano & violin featuring Richard & Seonaid. Plus Dance To The Music, our virtual dance across the airwaves.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 29 Aug 2021 21:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Wallfisch

    Sugar Plum Raid

    • King Of Thieves (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

  • New Focus

    Braeside

    • On Song.
    • Whirlwind Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Kandace Springs

    I Put A Spell On You

    • The Women Who Raised Me.

  • Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

    Promises: Movt.1

    • Promises.

  • Sly5thAve

    No Diggity

    • The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    (You'll Have To Swing It) Mr Paganini

    • Cheek to Cheek: The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald.

  • Moondog

    Lament 1: Bird's Lament

    • Moondog.
    • Honest Jons records.
    • 6.

  • Kamasi Washington

    Clair De Lune

    • The Epic.
    • Brainfeeder.

  • Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt & Eddie South

    J.S. Bach, Violin Concerto in D Minor Part 1

    • Stephane Grappelli & Friends.

  • Nina Simone

    Love Me Or Leave Me

    • Cool Jazz.
    • Telstar.
    • 5 / 4.

  • Tim Kliphuis

    Fire

    • The Five Elements.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Maple Leaf Rag

    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA.

  • Two Roses

    Avishai Cohen

  • Jacques Loussier & Jacques Loussier Trio

    Italian Concerti: Presto

    • Best of Play Bach, The.
    • Telarc.
    • 4.

  • Paul Hanson

    Wichita Lineman (Live In The Studio E.S.E.)

    • New Days (Audiophile Edition Sea).

  • Walter Murphy

    A Fifth Of Beethoven

    • Saturday Night Fever -The Original Movie Sound Track.
    • Reprise Records.
    • 006.

  • Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson

    (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over

    • Nancy Wilson And Cannonball Adderley.
    • Blue Note.
    • 5.

  • Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock

    Rhapsody In Blue (Second Section)

    • Rhapsody In Blue - Live.
    • Spartacus.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 May 2021 19:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
  • Sun 29 Aug 2021 21:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland

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