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Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Producer: Peter Thresh
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 (tsx), 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)
Bad Luck Blues (Hopkins) (3'40")
Performed by Lightnin' Hopkins (voc, gtr)
Recorded c1960
Taken from the album All Them Blues
1976 LP (DJM DJLMD 8016/A, LP 1 track 3)
Ory's Creole Trombone (Ory) (3'20")
Performed by Savannah Jazz Band: Louis Shaw (tbn), Ned Branlon (tpt), Bob Crosbie (clt), Mike Taylor (bjo), Keith McGinn (bs), John Smith (dms)
Recorded c1977
Taken from the album With Traditional Style
1977 LP (Tradition TSR 029, side 2 track 1)
Blue Reverie (Ellington, Carney) (3'16")
Performed by Johnny Hodges (ssx), Harry Carney (bsx), Cootie Williams (tpt), Benny Goodman (clt), Jess Stacy (pno), Alan Reuss (gtr), Harry Goodman (bs), Gene Krupa (dms)
Recorded 16 January 1938, New York City
Taken from the album The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
1999 CD (Columbia/Legacy C2K65143, CD 1 track 10)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Kern, Harbach) (3'18")
Performed by Helen Forrest (voc) with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra: Billy Butterfield (tpt), Cootie Williams (tpt), Gordon 'Chris' Griffin (tpt), Lou McGarity (tbn), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Benny Goodman (clt), Les Robinson (asx), Gene Kinsey (asx), Georgie Auld (tsx), Pete Mondello (tsx), Skippy Martin (bsx), Johnny Guarnieri (pno), Charlie Christian (gtr), Walter Iooss (bs), J.C. Heard (dms)
Recorded 4 June 1941, New York City
Taken from the album The Cream of Helen Forrest
1995 CD (Flapper PASTCD7062, track 12)
Under the Sweetheart Tree (Thompson, Evans) (5'28")
Performed by Coleman Hawkins (tsx), Sir Charles Thompson (pno), Earle Warren (asx), Emmett Berry (tpt), Benny Morton (tbn), Steve Jordan (gtr), Aaron Bell (bs), Osie Johnson (dms)
Recorded 16 August 1954, New York City
Taken from the album Sir Charles Thompson Sextet and Band
LP (Vanguard VFS 8529, side 2 track 4)
Summertime (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) (5'43")
Performed by Rodney Jones (gtr), Kenny Kirkland (pno), Marc Johnson (bs), Jeff 'Tain' Watts (dms)
Recorded 1983
Taken from the album Dreams and Stories
2005 CD (Savant SCD2068, track 8)
Tribute to Brownie (N. Adderley, Pearson Jr) (3'28")
Performed by Cannonball Adderley (asx), Nat Adderley (cnt), Junior Mance (pno), Sam Jones (bs), Jimmy Cobb (dms)
Recorded 6 February 1957, New York City
Taken from the album Sophisticated Swing: the Emarcy Small-Group Sessions
1995 CD (Verve 5248082, CD 1 track 15)
Ladies in Mercedes (Swallow, Winstone) (5'31")
Performed by Norma Winstone (voc), John Taylor (pno)
Recorded March 1996, Ardingly
Taken from the album ...Like Song, Like Weather
1998 CD (ENODOC ENOCD002, track 7)
Night and Day (Porter) (7'52")
Performed by Chick Corea (pno), Miroslav Vitous (bs), Roy Haynes (dms)
Recorded September 1984, Willisau or Reutlingen
Taken from the album Chick Corea: Selected Recordings
2002 CD (ECM :rarum lll 014 200-2, track 13)
I'm a Fool to Want You (Wolf, Herron, Sinatra) (5'12")
Performed by Bobby Wellins (tsx), Colin Purbrook (pno), Dave Green (bs), Clark Tracey (dms)
Recorded 29 or 31 July 1996, London
Taken from the album The Satin Album
1996 CD (Jazzizit JITCD 9607, track 1)
Quadrangle (McLean) (4'43")
Performed by Jackie McLean (asx), Donald Byrd (tpt), Paul Chambers (bs), Philly Joe Jones (dms)
Recorded 18 January 1959, Hackensack
Taken from the album Jackie's Bag
1987 CD (Blue Note CDP7461422, track 1)
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