
06/05/2017
Recently listeners have been sending in requests for long-lost albums, and in this week's selection of music in all styles of jazz from the postbag and emails, Alyn Shipton includes a long-lost track by tenor saxophonist Ben Webster recorded in London.
e-mail: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
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Music Played
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Louie Bellson
Skin Deep
- Skin Deep.
- Verve.
- 1.
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Carmen McRae
The Ballad of Thelonious Monk
- The Great American Songbook Live.
- Atlantic.
- 12.
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Ben Webster
My One and Only Love
- Big Ben Time.
- Philips.
- 2.
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Fats Waller
Spring Cleaning
- Handful of Keys.
- Proper.
- 18.
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Duke Ellington
Creole Love Call
- Histoire des Big Bands.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 19.
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Ian Menzies & The Clyde Valley Stompers
Scotland The Brave
- Lonnie Donegan Presents Traditional Jazz.
- PYE.
- 6.
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Joe Sullivan
Onyx Bringdown
- Joe Sullivan 1933-1941.
- Classics.
- 4.
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Jack Montrose
True Blue
- The Horn's Full.
- RCA.
- 3.
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Michael Garrick
I've Got Just About Everything I Need
- Down on Your Knees.
- Jazz Academy.
- 4.
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Indo Jazz Fusions & John Mayer'S Indo-Jazz Fusions
Gana And Acka Raga
- Indo Jazz Fusions.
- Columbia.
- 3.
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Arthur Blythe
Bush Baby
- Illusions.
- CBS.
- 1.
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Sonny Rollins
East Broadway Rundown
- East Broadway Rundown.
- Impulse.
- 1.
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Bill Charlap & Charlap, Bill, With Tony Bennett
The Nearness of You
- STARDUST.
- BLUE NOTE.
- 6.
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Allan Holdsworth, Anders Johanssen & Jens Johanssen, Allan Holdsworth, Anders Johanssen & Jens Johansson
Mission Possible
- Heavy Machinery.
- Canyon International.
- 4.
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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra & Tommy Smith (Director), Brian Kellock (Piano)
The Single Petal of A Rose
- IN THE SPIRIT OF DUKE.
- SPARTACUS.
- 13.
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Don Weller
High Force
- Live.
- 33 Jazz.
- 7.
Performers:
Artist Louis Bellson
Title Skin Deep
Composer Bellson
Album Skin Deep
Label Verve
Number MG N 1046 Side A Track 1
Duration 7.53
Performers Conrad Gozzo, Harry Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn, t; Herbert Harper, Hoyt Bohannon, Tommy Peterson, tb; Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Bumps Myers, Wardell Gray, Bob Lawson, reeds; Jimmy Rowles, p; Barney Kessel, g; John Simmons, b; Louis Bellson, d, 1955.
Artist Carmen McRae
Title The Ballad of Thelonious Monk
Composer Rowles / McHugh
Album The Great American Songbook (Live)
Label Atlantic
Number SD2 902 Track 12
Duration 3.29
Performers Carmen McRae, v; Jimmy Rowles, p; Joe Pass, g; Chuck Domanico b; Chuck Flores, d. Nov 71.
Artist Ben Webster
Title My One and Only Love
Composer Wood
Album Big Ben Time
Label Philips
Number 840-820-2 Side a Track 2
Duration 4.39
Performers: Ben Webster, ts; Dick Katz, p; Alan Haven, org; Spike Heatley, b; Tony Crombie, d. Jan 1967.
Artist Fats Waller
Title Spring Cleaning
Composer Samuels / Whitcup / Powell
Album Handful of Keys
Label Proper
Number Properbox 71 CD 3 Track 18
Duration 2.28
Performers: Herman Autrey, t; Gene Sedric, ts, cl; Al Casey, g; Fats Waller, p, v; Charlie Turner, b; Slick Jones, d. 1937
Artist Duke Ellington
Title Creole Love Call
Composer Ellington / Mills
Album Histoire des big bands
Label Chante du Monde
Number 574 1481.90 CD 1 Track 19
Duration 3.13
Performers: Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley, t; Tricky Sam Nanton, tb; Rudy Jackson, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, bj; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d; Adelaide Hall, v. 26 Oct 1927.
Artist Ian Menzies and His Clyde Valley Stompers
Title Scotland The Brave
Composer trad
Album Lonnie Donegan Presents Traditional Jazz
Label Pye
Number NJL 26 Side b Track 6
Duration 2.52
Performers: include: Forrie Cairns, cl; Ian Menzies, tb; John Cairns, p; Norrie Brown, bj; Bill Bain b; 1960
Artist Joe Sullivan
Title Onyx Bringdown
Composer Sullivan
Album Joe Sullivan 1933-1941
Label Classics
Number 821 Track 4
Duration 2.58
Performers: Joe Sullivan, p. 1934
Artist Jack Montrose
Title True Blue
Composer Montrose
Album The Horn’s Full
Label RCA
Number 45956 Side B track 3
Duration 3.30
Performers: Jack Montrose, ts; Red Norvo, vib; Jim Hall, g; Max Bennett, b; Bill Dolney, d. 1958
Artist Michael Garrick
Title I’ve Got Just About Everything I need
Composer Dorough
Album Down on Your Knees
Label Jazz Academy
Number JAZA 5 Track 4
Duration 2.42
Performers Mark Armstrong, Gabriel Garrick, Paul Jayasinha, Ollie Preece, Martin Shaw, Steve Waterman, t; Brian Archer, Mark Nightingale., Dave Holt, Malcolm Earle Smith, Matt Coleman, Bill Mee, tb; Martin Hathaway, Matt Wates, Paul Booth, Ben Castle, Mike Hall, Jim Tomlinson, Bob McKay, reeds; Mike Garrick p; Dominic Ashworth, g; Paul Moylan, b; Alan Jackson, d; Anita Wardell, v. 1998.
Artist Indo Jazz Fusions
Title Gana and Acka Raga
Composer Mayer
Album Indo Jazz Fusions
Label Columbia
Number SCX 6122 Track 3 and 4
Duration 2.07 and 2.43 - total 4.50
Performers: Joe Harriott, as; Shake Keane, t; Chris Taylor, fl; Pat Smythe, p; Coleridge Goode, b; Alan Ganley, d; Diwan Motihar, Sitar, John Mayer, vn; Keshav Sathe, tabla, Chandrahas Paigankar, tambura. 1967.
Artist Arthur Blythe
Title Bush Baby
Composer Blythe
Album Illusions
Label CBS
Number 84475 Track 1
Duration 6.28
Performers: Arthur Blythe, as; Abdul Wadud, vc; Blood Ulmer, g; Bob Stewart, tu; Bobby Battle, d; 1980.
Artist Sonny Rollins
Title East Broadway Rundown
Composer Rollins
Album East Broadway Rundown
Label Impulse
Number Track 1
Duration first 8.43 or so into Elvin’s drum solo [or shorter to fit…]
Performers: Sonny Rollins, ts; Freddie Hubbard, t; Jimmy Garrison, b; Elvin Jones, d. 9 May 1966
Artist Bill Charlap
Title The Nearness of You
Composer Carmichael
Album Stardust
Label Blue Note
Number 7 243 5 41746 2 9 Track 6
Duration 7.27
Performers: Bill Charlap, p; Peter Washington, b; Kenny Washington, d. 2002
Artist Allan Holdsworth, Anders Johanssen, Jens Johanssen
Title Mission Possible
Composer Johanssen
Album Heavy Machinery
Label Canyon International
Number PCCY 0119 Track 4
Duration 5.15
Performers: Allan Holdsworth, g; Jens Johanssen kb; Anders Johanssen, d. 1996
Artist Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
Title The Single Petal of a Rose
Composer Ellington
Album In The Spirit of Duke
Label Spartacus
Number STS017 Track 13
Duration 4.51
Performers: Tommy Smith, ts; Brian Kellock, p, 2012.
Artist Don Weller
Title High Force
Composer Weller
Album Live
Label 33 Jazz
Number 032 Track 7
Duration 12.24
Performers: Don Weller, Art Themen, Mornington Lockett, Peter King, Nigel Hitchcock, Alan Barnes – reeds; Gerard Presencer, Steve Waterman, Henry Lowther, Patrick White – trumpet; Mark Nightingale, Malcolm Griffiths, Pete Beachill, Andy Fawbert – trombone; David Newton – piano; Andrew Cleyndert – bass; Bryan Spring – drums.
Broadcast
- Sat 6 May 2017 16:00BBC Radio 3