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Jazzing the Classics

Alyn Shipton presents your requests for music where jazz meets the classics, in recordings by John Kirby, Jacques Loussier and Miles Davis.

With the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms in full swing and next week's late night jazz prom with Dee Dee Bridgewater in mind, Alyn Shipton invites your requests for recordings where jazz meets the classics: music by Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Delibes and Mozart, re-imagined by John Kirby, Jacques Loussier, Miles Davis and Makoto Ozone. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

59 minutes

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Sun 30 Jul 2023 16:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Clare Teal

    It's a Good Day

    • Clare Teal - They Say It's Swing.
    • Mud Records.
    • 8.

  • Artie Shaw

    Begin The Beguine

    • Artie Shaw - The Artie Shaw Story.
    • Proper Records.
    • 1.

  • Stan Tracey

    Come Sunday

    • Stan Tracey Trio With Peter KIng - The Last Time I Saw You.
    • Trio Records.
    • 6.

  • Ken Colyer

    Saturday Night Function

    • Ken Colyer's Jazzmen - In The Beginning (The Decca Years, Vol. 6).
    • Lake Records.
    • 9.

  • Duke Ellington

    Rhapsody In Blue

    • Duke Ellington - The Reprise Studio Recordings.
    • Rhino Records.
    • 14.

  • John Kirby

    Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    • John Kirby And His Orchestra - 1939-1941.
    • Classics.
    • 20.

  • Jacques Loussier

    L'Isle Joyeuse

    • Jacques Loussier Trio - Plays Debussy.
    • Telarc Jazz.
    • 5.

  • John Coltrane

    Greensleeves (Take 2)

    • John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads.
    • Impulse!.
    • 3.

  • Sarah Vaughan

    The Lamp Is Low

    • Sarah Vaughan - Live In Japan.
    • Mainstream Records.
    • 3.

  • Miles Davis

    The Maids Of Cadiz

    • Miles Davis & Gil Evans - The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Makoto Ozone & Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

    Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271: I. Allegro Swing

    • W.A. Mozart, Makoto Ozone, SNJO - Jeunehomme.
    • Spartacus Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Jul 2023 16:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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