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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)
Carolina Moon (Burke, Davis)
Performed by Ken Colyer (tpt), Graham Stewart (tbn), Sammy Rimmington (clt), Ray Foxley (pno), Johnny Bastable (bjo), Ron Ward (bs), Colin Bowden (dms)
Recorded 4 August 1960, London
Taken from the album Serenading Auntie: BBC Recordings 1955-1960
2001 CD (Upbeat Jazz URCD 173)
Conga Brava (Ellington, Tizol)
Performed by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra: Duke Ellington (pno), Wallace Jones (tpt), Cootie Williams (tpt), Rex Stewart (cnt), Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton (tbn), Lawrence Brown (tbn), Jual Tizol (v/tbn), Barney Bigard (clt), Johnny Hodges (clt, a/sx), Harry Carney (clt, a/sx, b/sx), Otto Hardwick (a/sx), Ben Webster (solo t/sx), Fred Guy (gtr), Jimmy Blanton (bs), Sonny Greer (dms)
Recorded 15 March 1940, Chicago
Taken from the album Blue Feeling
1994 CD (Past Perfect PPCD 78103)
Milano (Lewis)
Performed by the Modern Jazz Quartet: John Lewis (pno), Milt Jackson (vib), Percy Heath (bs), Kenny Clarke (dms)
Recorded 23 December 1954, Hackensack
Taken from the album The Artistry of the Modern Jazz Quartet
1986 CD (Prestige FCD60016)
Twin House (Catherine)
Performed by Larry Coryell (gtr), Philip Catherine (gtr)
Recorded 1976, London
Taken from the album Twin House
1992 CD (Act 9202-2)
Fancy Pants (Shavers)
Performed by Hal Singer (t/sx), Charlie Shavers (tpt), Ray Bryant (pno), Wendell Marshall (bs), Osie Johnson (dms)
Recorded 20 February 1959, Hackensack
Taken from the album Blue Stompin'
LP (Fontana 688 406 ZL)
One O'Clock Jump (Basie)
Performed by Teddy Wilson (pno), George Duvivier (bs), Teddy Wilson Jr (dms), Sam Turner (cga)
Recorded 7 October 1977, New York City
Taken from the album The Black and White Box of Jazz
1999 CD (Castle PBX CD 800/3)
The Nearness of You (Carmichael, Washington)
Performed by Sarah Vaughan (voc, pno)
Recorded 24 September 1973, Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo
Taken from the album Ken Burns Jazz: Sarah Vaughan
2000 CD (Verve 549 088 2)
I'll Never Smile Again (Lowe)
Performed by Bill Evans (pno), Freddie Hubbard (tpt), Jim Hall (gtr), Percy Heath (bs), Philly Joe Jones (dms)
Recorded 17 July 1962, New York City
Taken from the album Interplay
1987 CD (Riverside OJCCD3082)
Late into the Night (Spedding, Brown)
Performed by the Frank Ricotti Quartet: Frank Ricotti (vib), Chris Spedding (gtr), Chris Laurence (bs), Bryan Spring (dms)
Recorded c.1969, London
Taken from the album Our Point of View
1999 CD (Columbia 4944402)
Intimacy of the Blues (Strayhorn)
Performed by Alan Barnes (b/sx), Brian Lemon (pno), Gerard Presencer (flg), Iain Dixon (t/sx), Andy Panayi (t/sx), Anthony Kerr (vib), Alec Dankworth (bs), Clark Tracey (dms)
Recorded 13 or 14 March or 3 or 4 April 1996
Taken from the album Young Minds - Old Hands
1997 CD (Zephyr ZECD13)
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