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Alyn Shipton looks back over the previous few months of Jazz Library and plays music suggested by listeners as essential additions to any jazz collection. With pieces by Jake Hanna, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little, Shelly Manne, Joni Mitchell and Billy Taylor, among others.

DISC 1
Title: Twisted
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Grey/Ross/Hendricks
Album: Court and Spark
Label: Asylum
Number 7559605932 Tr 11
Personnel: includes Joni Mitchell (piano, voice), Chuck Findley (trumpet), John Guerin (drums), Wilton Felder (bass). 1974

DISC 2
Title: Larry Larue
Artist: Max Roach
Composer: Little
Album: Deeds Not Words
Label: Riverside (OJC)
Number 304 Tr 6
Personnel: Max Roach (drums), George Coleman (tenor saxophone), Booker Little (trumpet), Ray Draper (tuba), Art Davis (bass). Sept 4 1958

DISC 3
Title: Waltz of the Demons
Artist: Frank Strozier
Composer: Little
Album: The Fantastic Frank Strozier
Label: Koch
Number 8550 Tr 4
Personnel: Frank Strozier (alto saxophone), Booker Little (trumpet), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums). Feb 2, 1960

DISC 4
Title: Caravan
Artist: Freddie Hubbard
Composer: Tizol
Album: The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard
Label: Impulse
Number 11792 Tr 1
Personnel: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), John Gilmore (tenor saxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Art Davis (bass), Louis Hayes (drums). July 1962

DISC 5
Title: Stolen Moments
Artist: Oliver Nelson
Composer: Nelson
Album: Blues and the Abstract Truth
Label: Impulse
Number 154 Tr 1
Personnel: Oliver Nelson (alto, tenor saxophones), Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute), George Barrow (baritone saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Roy Haynes (drums). February 23, 1961

DISC 6
Title: Bernardo
Artist: Berney Kessel
Composer: Kessel
Album: Easy Like
Label: Original Jazz Classics/Contemporary
Number 153 Tr 6
Personnel: Barney Kessel (guitar), Bud Shank (alto saxophone, flute), Arnold Ross (piano), Harry Babasin (bass), Shelly Manne (drums)

DISC 7
Title: Dicke's Dream
Artist: Shorty Rogers
Composer: Basie, Young
Album: Martians Come Back
Label: Collectables
Number 6268 Tr 4
Personnel: (from) Shorty Rogers (trumpet, flugelhorn), Bud Shank (alto saxophone), Jimmy Giuffre (tenor and baritone saxophones, clarinet), Harry Edison, Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist (trumpet), Johnny Graas (French horn), Bob Enevoldsen (trombone), Paul Sarmento (tuba), Lou Levy, Earl Gray, Pete Cera (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ralph Pena, Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Shelly Manne (drums)

DISC 8
Title: Viva Tirado
Artist: Gerald Wilson
Composer: Wilson
Album: Moment of Truth
Label: Pacific Jazz
Number 7 92928 2 Tr 1
Personnel: Gerald Wilson (trumpet, arranger), Carmell Jones, Jules Chaikin, John Audino, Freddie Hill (trumpets), Bob Edmondson, Lou Blackburn, Frank Strong, Bob Knight (trombone), Bud Shank, Joe Maini, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffeell (reeds), Joe Pass (guitar), Jack Wilson (piano), Jimmy Bond (bass), Mel Lewis (drums)

DISC 9
Title: Rodney Round Robin
Artist: New York Jazz Quartet
Composer: Hanna
Album: Blues for Sarka
Label: Enja
Number 3025-2 Tr 2
Personnel: Frank Wess (flute), Roland Hanna (piano), George Mraz (bass), Grady Tate (drums). 17 May 1978

DISC 10
Title: I'll remember April
Artist: George Shearing
Composer: Paul/Raye/Johnston
Album: From Battersea to Broadway
Label: Proper
Number Properbox 40 CD 4 Tr 4
Personnel: George Shearing (piano), Marge Hyams (vibraphone), Chuck Wayne (guitar), John Levy (bass), Denzil Best (drums). 1949.

Broadcast

1. Sat 12 Sep 2009
   16:00
   BBC Radio 3