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Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Producer: James Parkin
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)

Mike's Peak (Rogers)
Performed by The Dave Pell Octet: Dave Pell (t/sx), Bob Gordon (b/sx), Don Fagerquist (tpt), Ray Sims (tbn), Tony Rizzi (gtr), Paul Smith (pno), Joe Mondragon (bs), Jack Sperling (dms)
Recorded 15 June 1955, Los Angeles
Taken from the album I Had the Craziest Dream
1998 CD (Capitol 7243 4 95445 2 9)

Apples Be Ripe (Bell)
Performed by Bell-Lyttelton Jazz Twelve: Humphrey Lyttelton (tpt), Graeme Bell (pno), Roger Bell (cnt), John Sangster (tpt), Keith Christie (solo tbn), Deryck Bentley (tbn), 'Lazy' Ade Monsbourgh (a/sx), Don 'Pixie' Roberts (clt, t/sx), Wally Fawkes (clt), Norman 'Bud' Baker (gtr), Lou Silbereisen (bs), George Hopkinson (dms)
Recorded 18 December 1951, London
Taken from the 78 The 1952 Super Rhythm-Style Series, No.29
1952 78 (Parlophone R3546)

I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight (Kahn, Donaldson)
Performed by Django Reinhardt (solo gtr), Stephane Grappelli (vln), Joseph Reinhardt (gtr), Pierre Ferret (gtr), Emmanuel Soudieux (bs)
Recorded 21 March 1939, Paris
Taken from the album Django Reinhardt Volume 3
CD (JSP CD 343)

Isn't This a Lovely Day? (Berlin)
Performed by Marlene Ver Planck (voc), Ben Aronov (pno), Jay Leonhart (bs), Ron Traxler (dms)
Recorded Summer 1982, New York City
Taken from the album A Warmer Place
1982 LP (Audiophile AP 169)

Cantaloupe Island (Hancock)
Performed by Herbie Hancock (pno), Freddie Hubbard (cnt), Ron Carter (bs), Tony Williams (dms)
Recorded 17 June 1964, Englewood Cliffs
Taken from the album Empyrean Isles
1999 CD (Blue Note 7243 8 98796 2 1)

Regatta (Booth)
Performed by Paul Booth (s/sx), Mike Gorman (pno), Tom Herbert (bs), Chris Higginbottom (dms)
Recorded 14 July 2003
Taken from the album It's Happening
2004 CD (Jazzizit JITCD 0432)
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There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York (Gershwin, Heyward, Gershwin, arr. Potts)
Performed by Bill Potts and his Orchestra: Art Farmer (solo tpt), Harry Edison (tpt), Bernie Glow (tpt), Marky Markowitz (tpt), Charlie Shavers (tpt), Bob Brookmeyer (v/tbn), Frank Rehak (tbn), Jimmy Cleveland (tbn), Earl Swope (b/tbn), Rod Levitt (b/tbn), Phil Woods (1st solo a/sx), Gene Quill (2nd solo a/sx), Al Cohn (solo t/sx), Zoot Sims (t/sx), Sol Schlinger (b/sx), Herbie Powell (gtr), Bill Evans (pno), George Duvivier (bs), Charlie Persip (dms)
Recorded 13, 14 or 15 January 1959, New York City
Taken from the album the Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess
1991 CD (Capitol CDP7951322)


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