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Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Producer: James Birtwistle
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns
Music Details
JRR Signature Tune:
Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Marsalis)
Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Marcus Roberts (pno), Todd Williams (t/sx), Dr Michael White (clt), Danny Barker (bjo), Teddy Riley (tpt), Freddie Lonzo (tbn), Reginald Veal (bs), Herlin Riley (dms)
Recorded 28 October 1988
Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)
Milenberg Joys (Morton)
Performed by Butch Thompson (pno), Charlie DeVore (cnt), Hal Smith (dms)
Recorded 5 December 1984, St Paul
Taken from the album Milenberg Joys
1985 LP (Stomp Off SOS 1116)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (Berlin)
Performed by Bessie Smith (voc), Joe Smith (cnt), Jimmy Harrison (tbn), Coleman Hawkins (clt), Fletcher Henderson (pno), Charlie Dixon (bjo),
Recorded 2 March 1927, New York City
Taken from the album The Essential Bessie Smith
1997 CD (Columbia/Legacy 487398 2)
Bad Penny Blues (Lyttelton)
Performed by Humphrey Lyttelton (tpt), Johnny Parker (pno), Jim Bray (bs), Stan Grieg (dms)
Recorded 17 April 1956, London
Taken from the album Bad Penny Blues: the Best of Humph 1949-56
1973 LP (Cube Hi Fly 39)
Long Ago (and Far Away) (Kern, I. Gershwin)
Performed by John Bassett and his Bassett Hounds: Leon Calvert (tpt), John Bassett (tpt), Kenny Wheeler (tpt), John Mumford (solo tbn), Herman Wilson (tbn), Al Newman (a/sx), Graham Bond (a/sx), Gerry Skelton (a/sx), Ray Warleigh (a/sx), Dick Heckstall-Smith (t/sx), Duncan Lamont (t/sx), Art Elefson (t/sx), Don Rendell (t/sx), Graham Lyons (b/sx), Sebastian Freudenberg (b/sx), Pete Shade (vib), Johnny Scott (flt), Dudley Moore (pno), Spike Heatley (bs), Bryant Marriott (dms), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr)
Recorded 1960, London
Taken from the album Dudley Moore and Richard Rodney Bennett: The First Orchestrations
2004 CD (Harkit HRKCD 8054)
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Jor-du (Jordan)
Performed by Clifford Brown (tpt), Harold Land (t/sx), Richie Powell (pno), George Morrow (bs), Max Roach (dms)
Recorded April 1954, Los Angeles
Taken from the album Blue and Brown
1989 CD (Jazz Society 670505)
Single Petal of a Rose (Ellington)
Performed by Ben Webster (t/sx), Hank Jones (pno), Richard Davis (bs), Osie Johnson (dms)
Recorded 11 March 1964, Englewood Cliffs
Taken from the album Ben Webster's Finest Hour
2000 CD (Verve 543 808-2)
Young Mums' Bums (Weller)
Performed by Don Weller (t/sx), Martin Blackwell (pno), Roy Babbington (bs), Bryan Spring (dms)
Recorded 3-5 July 1979, London
Taken from the album Commit No Nuisance
1979 LP (Affinity AFF44)
Just in Time (Styne, Comden, Green)
Performed by Kathleen Willison (voc), Gwilym Simcock (pno), Tim Whitehead (t/sx)
Recorded 19 October 2003
Taken from the album Close to You
2004 CD (Basho Music SRCD 8-2)
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Clatter (Holub)
Performed by Led Bib: Mark Holub (dms), Liran Donin (bs), Toby McLaren (Fender Rhodes), Pete Grogan (a/sx), Chris Williams (a/sx)
Recorded 16 January 2005, London
Taken from the album Arboretum
2005 CD (Slam CD 261)
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Watermelon Man (Hancock)
Performed by Herbie Hancock (Fender Rhodes, pipes), Bernie Maupin (s/sx), Paul Jackson (bs), Harvey Mason (dms), Bill Summers (perc)
Recorded 1973
Taken from the album Headhunters
CD (CBS CD65928)
Undecided (Robin, Shavers)
Performed by Buck Clayton (tpt), Joe Newman (tpt), Urbie Green (tbn), Trummy Young (tbn), Lem Davis (a/sx), Coleman Hawkins (t/sx), Charlie Fowlkes (b/sx), Billy Kyle (pno), Freddie Green (gtr), Milt Hinton (bs), Jo Jones (dms)
Solo order: Trummy Young, Buck Clayton, Charlie Fowlkes, Lem Davis and Charlie Fowlkes (4s), Lem Davis, Joe Newman, Trummy Young, Billy Kyle, Urbie Green, Coleman Hawkins
Recorded 13 August 1954
Taken from the album Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman Favourites
LP (Philips BBL 7068)
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