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New Discoveries and Evergreen Classics

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records chosen by you, including new music from the trio Archipelago, the big band sound of Jimmie Lunceford, and the vocals of Nat King Cole.

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records chosen by you, including new music from the trio Archipelago, the big band sound of Jimmie Lunceford, and the vocals of Nat King Cole. Alyn also pays tribute to trombonist Curtis Fuller, and remembers the late Bob Koester of Delmark records with a track by The Sun-Ra Arkestra.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 May 2021 16:00

Music Played

  • Maria Muldaur

    Swing You Sinners

    • Lets Get Happy Together.
    • Stony Plain.
    • 5.
  • The Brecker Brothers

    Wakaria

    • Return of the Brecker Brothers.
    • GRP RECORDS.
    • 6.
  • Zoe Rahman

    Shiraz

    • MELTING POT.
    • MANUSHI RECORDS.
    • 3.
  • Jimmie Lunceford

    Flaming Reeds And Screaming Brass

    • Rhythm Is Our Business.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
    • 2.
  • Billie Holiday

    I'll Be Seeing You

    • The Lady Sings.
    • Proper.
    • 25.
  • Curtis Fuller

    Soon

    • The Opener.
    • Blue Note.
    • 6.
  • Nat King Cole

    There's A Lull In My Life

    • Nat Cole Sings, George Shearing plays.
    • Jackpot.
    • 11.
  • Archipelago

    Silhouette

    • Echoes to the sky.
    • Archipelago.
    • 6.
  • Freddie Grant & Grant-Lyttelton Paseo Jazz Band

    Fat Tuesday

    • Humphrey Lyttelton: Humph's Experiments.
    • Lake.
    • 8.
  • Jimmy Hastings & John Horler Quintet

    Cobbler's Castle

    • The Right Moment.
    • Jimmy Hastings.
    • 7.
  • Ornette Coleman

    Biosphere

    • Sound Museum (Hidden Man).
    • Harmolodic (Verve).
    • 9.
  • Sun Ra

    A Call For All Demons

    • Jazz The Smithsonian Anthology.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 May 2021 16:00

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