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Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Producer: Andrew Kurowski
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)
Down in Honky Tonk Town (McCarron-Smith)
Performed by the Pete Allen Jazz Band: Pete Allen (clt), Janusz Carmello (tpt), Mickey Cooke (tbn), Bernie Allen (bjo), Tony Bagot (bs), Johnny Armatage (dms)
Recorded 14 October 1978, London
Taken from the album BBC Jazz from the 70s & 80s in Stereophonic Sound
2000 CD (Upbeat Jazz URCD 155)
Dat Dere (Brown, Timmons)
Performed by Oscar Brown, Jr (voc), Don Arone, Everett Barksdale or A. Chernet (gtr), Floyd Morris, Alonzo Levister or Bernie Leighton (pno), George Duvivier, Frank Carroll or Joe Benjamin (bs), Osie Johnson , Panama Francis, George Devens or Bobbie Rosengarden (dms)
Recorded 14 October 1960, New York City
Taken from the album Sin & Soul... and then some
1996 CD (Columbia CK64994)
The Peanut Vendor (Simons, Sunshine, Gilbert)
Performed by Stan Kenton and his Orchestra: Stan Kenton (pno, dir), Buddy Childers (tpt), Ray Wetzel (tpt), Al Porcino (tpt), Chico Alvarez (tpt), Ken Hanna (tpt), Milt Bernhardt (solo tbn), Eddie Bert (tbn), Harry Betts (tbn), Harry Forbes (tbn), Bart Varsalona (b/tbn), George Weidler (a/sx), Art Pepper (a/sx), Bob Cooper (t/sx), Warner Weidler (t/sx), Bob Gioga (b/sx), Laurindo Almeida (gtr), Eddie Safranski (bs), Shelly Manne (dms), Jack Costanzo (bgo), Rene Touzet (mar)
Recorded 6 December 1947
Taken from the album Stan Kenton and his Orchestra 1947, Vol.2
1998 CD (Classics CLASSICS1039)
Martians Go Home (Rogers)
Performed by Shorty Rogers (tpt), Jimmy Giuffre (clt), Pete Jolly (pno), Curtis Counce (bs), Shelly Manne (dms)
Recorded 1 March 1955, Los Angeles
Taken from the album The Complete Atlantic and EMI Jazz Recordings of Shorty Rogers
1989 CD (Mosaic MD4125)
Laughin' at Life (Kenny, Kenny, Todd, Todd)
Performed by Billie Holiday (voc), Roy Eldridge (tpt), Lester Young (t/sx), Teddy Wilson (pno), Freddie Green (gtr), Walter Page (bs), J.C. Heard (dms)
Recorded 7 June 1940
Taken from the album 1940 - Frenesi
1990 CD (Phontastic PHONTCD7668)
Hymn to Freedom (Peterson)
Performed by Oscar Peterson (pno), Ray Brown (bs), Ed Thigpen (dms)
Recorded 16 December 1962
Taken from the album Night Train
1997 CD (Verve 5214402)
Have You Met Miss Jones (Rodgers, Hart)
Performed by Ahmad Jamal (pno), Jamil Sulieman (bs), Frank Gant (dms)
Recorded 1969, New York City
Taken from the album Poinciana Revisited
1969 LP (Jasmine JAS 1 5)
Love is Blindness (Hewson, Clayton, Mullen, Evans)
Performed by Cassandra Wilson (vcl), Brandon Ross (gtr), Kevin Breit (gtr), Lonnie Plaxico (bs), Dougie Bowne (floor tom), Lawrence 'Butch' Morris (coronet)
Taken from the album New Moon Daughter
1995 CD (Blue Note CDP8371832)
Outer Surge (Henderson)
Performed by Rick Laird (bs), Joe Henderson (t/sx), Tom Grant (pno), Ron Steen (dms)
Recorded 10 or 11 December 1976, Weesp, Holland
Taken from the album Soft Focus
1977 LP (Timeless SJP 104)
Triple Dance (Holland)
Performed by Dave Holland (bs), Antonio Hart (a/sx, fl), Mark Gross (a/sx), Chris Potter (solo t/sx), Gary Smulyan (b/sx), Robin Eubanks (solo tbn), Andre Hayward (tbn), Josh Roseman (tbn), Earl Gardner (tpt, flg), Alex Sipiagin (tpt, flg), Duane Eubanks (tpt, flg), Steve Nelson (vib), Billy Kilson (dms)
Recorded January 2001, New York City
Taken from the album What Goes Around
2002 CD (ECM 1777 014 002-2)
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