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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)

Royal Garden Blues (Williams, Williams)
Performed by the Sid Phillips Quintet: Sid Phillips (clt), Arthur Birkby (t/sx), Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson (tpt), Yorke de Sousa (bs), Max Abrams (dms)
Recorded 6 May 1941, London
Taken from the album A Scrapbook of British Jazz
LP (Decca LK 4139)
Also available on CD: Hors d'Oeuvres (ASV/Living Era 5443)

Lonesome Road (Austin, Shilkret)
Performed by Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band: Muggsy Spanier (cnt), Georg Brunis (tbn), Nick Caiazza (t/sx), Rod Cless (clt), Joe Bushkin (pno), Bob Casey (bs), Al Sidell (dms)
Recorded 12 December 1939, New York City
Taken from the album At the Jazz Band Ball
1989 CD (Bluebird ND86752)

Drop Me Off in Harlem (Ellington, Kenny)
Performed by Adelaide Hall (voc) with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band: Wardell Jones (tpt), Shelton Hemphill (tpt), Ed Anderson (tpt), Henry Hicks (tbn), George Washington (tbn), Gene Mikell (a/sx, clt), Joe Garland (t/sx, clt), Crawford Wetherington (b/sx, a/sx), Edgar Hayes (pno, arr.), Benny James (gtr), Hayes Alvis (bs), O'Neil Spencer (dms)
Recorded 4 December 1933, New York City
Taken from the album Crooning Blackbird
CD (Jazz Archives 157882)

You Rascal, You (Theard)
Performed by Jack Teagarden (voc, tbn), Fats Waller (pno, talking), Charlie Teagarden (tpt), Sterling Bose (tpt), Pee Wee Russell (clt), Joe Catalye (clt, t/sx), Max Farley (clt, t/sx), Adrian Rollini (bs/sx), Nappy Lamare (gtr), Artie Bernstein (bs), Stan King (dms)
Recorded 14 October 1931, New York City
Taken from the album A Hundred Years from Today
1992 CD (Conifer CDHD 153)

All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Trad.)
Performed by Bud Powell (pno), Sonny Stitt (t/sx), Curly Russell (bs), Max Roach (dms)
Recorded 11 December 1949, New York City
Taken from the album I'll Keep On Loving You
2001 CD (Proper P1187)

Blue for You (D. Nash)
Performed by Derek Nash (b/sx), Graham Harvey (pno), Alec Dankworth (bs), Ian Thomas (dms)
Recorded 1997
Taken from the album Setting New Standards
1998 CD (Jazzizit JITCD9814)
http://www.jazzizit.co.uk

Flipper (Chestnut)
Performed by Cyrus Chestnut (pno), Michael Hawkins (bs), Neal Smith (dms)
Recorded 16 or 17 November 2002, Tallahassee
Taken from the album You Are my Sunshine
2003 CD (Warner 9362484452)
http://www.cyruschestnut.com

Modal (Harriott)
Performed by Joe Harriott (a/sx), Shake Keane (tpt), Pat Smythe (pno),Coleridge Goode (bs), Bobby Orr (dms, perc)
Recorded 10 May 1962, London
Taken from the album Abstract
1998 CD (Redial 538 183-2)

Secret Love (Fain, Webster)
Performed by Harold McNair (flt), Bill Le Sage (pno), Spike Heatley (bs), Tony Carr (dms)
Recorded July 1968, London
Taken from the album Harold McNair
1968 LP (RCA SF 7969)

Chameleon (Hancock)
Performed by Maynard Ferguson (tpt), Stan Mark (tpt), Dennis Noday (tpt), Lynn Nicholson (tpt), Bob Summers (tpt), Randy Purcell (tbn), Jerry Johnson (tbn), Andy Mackintosh (a/sx, s/sx, flt), Brian Smith (solo t/sx), Bruce Johnstone (b/sx, flt), Alan Zavod (pno), Rick Petrone (bs), Dan D'Imperio (dms)
Recorded 1 or 4 April 1974, New York City
Taken from the album Chameleon
1974 CD (Columiba 5122562)

I Can't Get Started (Duke, Gershwin)
Performed by Buck Clayton (tpt), Ruby Braff (tpt), Benny Morton (tbn), Buddy Tate (t/sx), Jimmy Jones (pno), Steve Jordan (gtr), Aaron Bell (bs), Bobby Donaldson (dms)
Recorded 1 July 1954, New York City
Taken from the album The Essential Buck Clayton
CD (Vanguard VCD 103/04 S)


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