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Last broadcast on Sat, 10 Jan 2009, 16:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
In his regular roundup of suggestions from listeners, Alyn Shipton presents music to add to Jazz Library's recommendations; extra tracks from Nina Simone, Betty Carter and Mike Westbrook are among those proposed in listener emails and letters.
Disc 1
Title Boo Woo
Artist Harry James and the Boogie Woogie Trio
Composer Johnson, Dougherty, Williams
Album Harry James 1937-39
Label Classics
Number 903 Track 13
Personnel: Harry James, t; Pete Johnson, p; Johnny Williams, b; Eddie
Dougherty, d. 1 Feb 1939
Disc 2
Title The Jazz Connoisseur
Artist Harry James
Composer James / Wilkinss
Album Today!
Label Jazz Beat
Number 516 Track 21
Personnel: Harry James, Nick Buono, Rob Turk, Joe Hambrick, Vern
Guertin, t; Ray Sims, Vince Diaz, Dick Leith, tb; Pat Chartrand, Willie
Smith, Sam Firmature, Modesto Bresano, Ernie Small reeds; Jack
Percival, p; Terry Rosen, g; Russ Phillips. b; Tony DiNicola d, 19 Jan
1961
Disc 3
Title Sweet Thing
Artist Tomasz Stanko
Composer Stanko
Album Lontano
Label ECM
Number 987 7380 Track 6
Personnel: Tomasz Stanko, t; Marcin Wasilewski, p; Slawomir Kurkiewicz,
b; Michal Miskievicz, d. Nov 2005.
Disc 4
TITLE It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
ARTIST Duke Ellington
COMPOSER Ellington / Mills
ALBUM Masterpieces 1926-49
LABEL Proper
NUMBER Properbox 25 CD 1 Track 18
Personnel: Cootie Williams, Artie Whetsol, Freddy Jenkins, t; Joe
Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, tb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges,
Harry Carney, reeds; Ellington, p; Fred Guy bj; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny
Greer, d. 2 Feb 1932.
Disc 5
Title I Got Rhythm (Guy’s Got To Go)
Artist Jam Session
Composer G and I Gershwin
Album The Original Guitar Genius
Label Proper
Number Properbox 98 CD 4 Track 16
Personnel: Joe Guy, t; Don Byas, ts; Allen Tinney, p; Charlie
Christian, g; Ebenezer Paul, b; Taps Miller, d. May 1941. Monroe’s
Uptown House.
Disc 6
Title New York on My Mind
Artist John McLaughlin
Composer McLaughlin
Album Johnny McLaughlin: Electric Guitarist
Label Pid (Japan)
Number 675018 Track 1
Personnel: John McLaughlin, g; Billy Cobham, d; Jerry Goldman, vn; Stu
Goldberg, kb; Fernando Sainders, b. rec: 1978.
Disc 7
Title Memorial
Artist Mike Westbrook Concert Band
Composer Westbrook
Album Marching Song
Label Deram
Number 844 853-2 CD 2 Track 11
Personnel: Dave Holdsworth, Kenny Wheeler, Greg Bowen, Tony Fisher,
Henry Lowther, Ronnie Hughes, t; Paul Rurgerford, Mike Gibbs, Eddie
Harvey, Malcolm Griffiths, tb; Tom Bennellick, frh; Martin Fry, George
Smith, tu; Mike Osborne, as; Bernie Living, as, fl; Alan Skidmore, ts;
George Khan, ts; John Warren, as, bar; Brian Smith, ts; John Surman,
ss, bcl, bar; Mike Westbrook, p; Harry Miller, Barre Phillips, Chris
Laurence,b; Alan Jackson, John Marshall, d. 1969
Disc 8
Title Pirate Jenny
Artist Nina Simone
Composer Brecht / Weill
Album Best of Nina Simone
Label Philips
Number 82284262 Track 11
Personnel: Nina Simone, v, p; Rudy Stevenson, g, fl; Lisle Atkinson, b;
Bobby Hamilton, d. March/April 1964.
Disc 9
Title For a While
Artist Nina Simone
Composer Gaudio / Holmes
Album Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Label Hendring
Number WHCD 006 Track 10
Personnel: Nina Simone, v, p; Paul Robinson, d. 17 Nov 1984.
Disc 10
Title Alone Again Naturally
Artist Nina Simone
Composer ?
Album Fodder on My Wings
Label Sunny Side
Number 144 Track 6
Personnel: Nina Simone, v, p; Sylvain Marc, b; Paco Sery, Sidney Thiam,
perc. Paris 1982;
Disc 11
Title Social Call
Artist Betty Carter
Composer Qusim / Hendricks
Album Let’s Fall In Love
Label Gambit
Number 69219 Track 2
Personnel: Betty Carter, v; Bernie Glow, Nick Travis, Conte Candoli,
Joe Ferrante, t; Urbie Green, Jimmy Cleveland, tb; Sam Markiwocz, Al
Cohn, Seldon Powell, Danny Bank, reeds; Hank Jones, p; Milt Hinton, b;
Osie Johnson, d. Gigi Gryce cond. 25 April 1956.
Disc 12
Title By The Bend In The River
Artist Betty Carter
Composer Edwards / Haig
Album Round Midnight
Label Roulette
Number 1031 Track 6
Personnel: Betty Carter, v; Norman Simmons, p; Lisle Atkinson, b; Al Harewood, d;
rec. Judson Hall, New York, 1969
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