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22/09/2012

Duration:: 1 hour

First broadcast:: Saturday 22 September 2012

Jazz Record Requests joins in the BBC Piano Season with listeners' requests for music by great jazz pianists. Alyn Shipton presents music by a range of players including Bill Evans, Albert Ammons, Willie The Lion Smith and Oscar Peterson.

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

Ralph Sutton and Johnny Varro Swing That Music
Composer: Gerlach, Armstong Performers: Ralph Sutton, Johnny Varro, p; Phil Flanagan, b; Eddie Metz, Jr, d. 12 Jan 2000.
A Pair of Kings, Arbors, ARCD 19245, Track 1
Bill Evans Waltz for Debby
Composer: Evans / Lees Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 25 June 1961
Riverside Records Story, Riverside, 4RCD 4422-2, CD 1 Track 6
Django Reinhardt Crazy Rhythm
Composer: Kahn / Caesar / Meyer Performers;: Coleman Hawkins, Alix Combelle, ts; Benny Carter, Andre Ekyan, as; Stephane Grappelli, p; Django Reinhardt, g; Eugene D’Hellemmes, b; Tommy Benford, d. 28 April 1937
Americans in Paris, Part 1, Naxos, 8.120734, Track 8
Nina Simone Love Me Or Leave Me
Composer: Kahn / Donaldson Performers: Nina Simone, p, v; Jimmy Bond, b; Albert Tootie Heath d. 1957.
Classic Hits, Essential Jazz Classics, EJC 55443, Track 5
Willie "The Lion" Smith I’m Gonna Ride the Rest of the Way
Composer: Smith Performers: Willie “The Lion” Smith, 24 Dec 1949, Paris
Willie “The Lion” Smith vol.1, Reactivation, JR113, S2 / T7
Lee Wiley I’ve Got a Crush on You
Composer: George and Ira Gershwin Performers: Lee Wiley, v; Max Kaminsky, t; Pee Wee Russell, cl; Bud Freeman, ts; Fats Waller, p; Eddie Condon, g; Art Shapiro b; George Wettliong d, 15 Nov 1939.
The Songs of George and Ira Gershwin, Avid, 520, Track 12
Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis Boogie Woogie Prayer Parts 1 and 2
Composer: Ammons Performers: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, p. 30 Dec 1938.
Boogie Woogie Stomp, Living Era, AJA 5101, Tracks 25 and 26
Ella Fitzgerald Stella By Starlight
Composer: Young Performers: Ella Fitzgerald, v; Lou Levy, p; Herb Ellis, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Stan Levey d. 22nd – 24th June 1962
Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie, Verve, CSD1447, S1 / T4
Oscar Peterson Hymn To Freedom
Composer: Peterson Performers: Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b; Ed Thigpen, d. 15th & 16th December 1962.
Night Train, Verve, 8217242, Track 11
Teddy Wilson Rhythmatics
Composer: Wilson Performers: Teddy Wilson, p. 1939.
The Keystone Transcriptions, Storyville, 8258, Track 14
Count Basie Li’l Darlin’
Composer: Hefti Performers: Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman, t; Al Grey, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, tb; Marshal Royal, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d. 21/22 Oct 1957
Basie on the Beatles / The Atomic Mr Basie, Groove Hut, 66711, Track 22
Miles Davis The Sorcerer
Composer: Hancock Performers: Miles Davis, t; Wayne Shorter, ts; Herbie Hancock, p; Ron Carter, b; Tony Williams, d. May 1967.
The Sorcerer, Columbia, CK65680, Track 4