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Quotes, Samples, Loops and Fried Bananas

Seonaid Aitken looks at the tradition of using 'musical quotes' from existing tunes and how these have been incorporated into brand new compositions.

Seonaid Aitken looks at the tradition of using 'musical quotes' from existing tunes and how these have been incorporated into brand new compositions. Hear how Nina Simone weaves Good King Wenceslas into Little Girl Blue ; funk outfit Sly & The Family Stone vibe on the nursery rhyme Frère Jacques and singer June Christy finds inspiration in Comin' thro' the Rye by Robert Burns. We also hear some modern examples of the use of ‘musical quotes’ via the art of sampling and looping. Pianist Richard Michael is on theme with tonight’s Song Book looking at George & Ira Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm, whose influence can be heard in everything from Duke Ellington’s Cotton Tail to the theme tune of the Flintstones! Plus saxophonist & MasterChef finalist Laura Macdonald joins us from her jazz kitchen for tonight’s Cookin’ With Jazz sharing a recipe inspired by Dexter Gordon’s Fried Bananas.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 28 Nov 2021 21:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Airmail Special

  • Myles Sanko

    Blackbird Sing

  • Nina Simone

    Little Girl Blue

    • Little Girl Blue.
    • 4.

  • Billy Cobham

    Stratus

  • Massive Attack

    Safe From Harm

    • Collected.
    • Virgin / EMI.
    • 1.

  • Wild Card

    Aleppo Express (feat. Marcus Strickland)

  • Duke Ellington

    Cotton Tail

    • Digital Duke.
    • Verve.

  • Art Pepper Plus Eleven

    Anthropology

    • Art Pepper Plus Eleven.
    • Fantasy.

  • Clark Terry and his Jolly Giants

    Theme from the Flintstones

    • Clark Terry and his Jolly Giants.
    • Vanguard.

  • Ralph Sutton

    I Got Rhythm

    • Leverage.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Underdog

  • Stéphane Grappelli

    Sweet Georgia Brown

  • Mr. Scruff

    Get A Move On!

  • Monty Alexander

    Exodus

  • Sarah Vaughan

    Shulie a Bop

    • Sarah Vaughan - Compact Jazz.
    • Mercury.
    • 15.

  • Hidden Orchestra

    Tired And Awake

    • Night Walks.
    • Tru Thoughts.
    • 4.

  • Charlie Parker

    Salt Peanuts

  • Dexter Gordon

    Fried Bananas

    • More Power.
    • Prestige.
    • 3.

  • Jacob Collier

    All Night Long (feat. Take 6)

  • Carla Bley

    Old MacDonald Had A Farm

  • Digable Planets

    Escapism (Gettin' Free)

  • Herbie Hancock

    Watermelon Man

  • John Beasley's MONK'estra

    Evidence

  • June Christy

    It Could Happen To You

  • Miles Davis & John Coltrane

    So What

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Nov 2021 21:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland

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