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Among this week's selection of requests from listeners in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes music by the Montgomery Brothers: Wes, Monk and Buddy

e-mail: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 3 Jun 2017 16:00

Music Played

  • Harry Gibson

    Riot In Boogie

    • Riot In Boogie.
    • Musicraft.
    • 1.
  • J J Johnson and Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding, Plus Band

    Surrey With The Fringe On Top

    • JJ Johnson and Kai Winding Trombone Octet.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.
  • Thelonious Monk & Monk Quartet

    Nutty

    • MISTERIOSO.
    • ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS.
    • 1.
  • Grachan Moncur III

    Monk In Wonderland

    • Evolution.
    • Blue Note.
    • 4.
  • Kamasi Washington

    Truth

    • Truth.
    • Young Turks.
    • 1.
  • John Dankworth & John Dankworth and His Orchestra

    Don No More

    • Windmill Tilter.
    • BGO.
    • 9.
  • Dave Brubeck

    Song Is You

    • Time Was.
    • Proper.
    • 8.
  • The Mills Brothers

    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

    • Singin' and Swingin'.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.
  • Billie Holiday

    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

    • Velvet Mood.
    • Verve.
    • 3.
  • M.A.D.

    A Good Man Is Hard To Find

    • Best of British Jazz from the BBC Jazz Club Volume 7.
    • Upbeat.
    • 9.
  • Ralph Sutton

    Viper's Drag

    • At St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol.
    • Arbors.
    • 7.

Performers:

Artist  Harry “The Hipster” Gibson
Title  Riot In Boogie
Composer Gibson
Label  Musicraft
Number  291 Side A
Duration  2.48
Performers: Harry The Hipster Gibson, p; unknown b and d. 1944.


Artist  J J Johnson and Kai Winding
Title  Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Composer Rodgers / Hammerstein
Album  J J Johnson and Kai Winding Trombone Octet
Label  Columbia
Number  37001 Side A Track 6
Duration  2,08
Performers J J Johnson, Kai Winding Eddie Bert, Urbie Green, Bart Varsalona, Jimmy Cleveland, Bob Alexander, Tom Mitchell, tb; Hank Jones, p; Milt Hinton, b; Osie Johnson, d. 6 April 1956


Artist  Thelonious Monk
Title  Nutty
Composer Monk
Album  Misterioso
Label  Riverside
Number  OJCCD 062 Track 1
Duration  5.25
Performers: Johnny Griffin, ts; Thelonious Monk, p; Ahmed Abdul Malik, b: Roy Haynes, d. Five Spot, NYC, August 1958


Artist  Grachan Moncur III
Title  Monk In Wonderland
Composer Moncur
Album  Evolution
Label  Blue Note
Number  84153 Track 4
Duration  7.52
Performers Lee Morgan, t; Jackie McLean, as; Grachan Moncur, tb; Bobby Hutcherson, vib; Bob Cranshaw, b; Tony Williams, d. 21 Nov 1963


Artist  Kamasi Washington
Title  Truth
Composer Washington
Album  Truth (Single) from Harmony of Difference
Label  Young Turks
Number  Track 1
Performers: Kamasi Washington, ts; Terrace Martin (alto sax), Miles Moseley (double bass), Thundercat (electric bass). Rickey Washington (flute). Six violinists, two cellists, and a nine-piece choir. 2017


Artist  John Dankworth
Title  Don No More
Composer Kenny Wheeler
Album  Windmill Tilter
Label  BGO
Number  CD 944 Track 9
Duration  8.12
Performers: Derek Watkins, Hank Shaw, Henry Lowther, Les Condon, t; Kenny Wheeler, flh; Mike Gibbs, Chris Pyne, tb; Alfie Reece, Dick Hart, tu; Tony Coe, John Dankworth, Ray Swinfield, Tiny Roberts, reeds; Alan Branscombe, Bob Cornford, kb; John McLaughlin, g; Dave Holland, b; John Spooner, d. March 1963.


Artist  Dave Brubeck
Title  Song Is You
Composer Kern, Hammerstein
Album  Time Was
Label  Proper
Number  Properbox 90 CD 4 Track 8
Duration  5.38
Performers: Dave Brubeck, p; Paul Desmond, as; Bob Bates b; Joe Dodge, d. March 1954.


Artist  Mills Brothers
Title  Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
Composer Stept / Clare
Album  Singin’ and Swingin’
Label  Decca
Number  8029 Side A Track 4
Duration  2.37
Performers: the Mills Brothers, c 1956.


Artist  Billie Holiday
Title  Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
Composer Stept / Clare
Album  Velvet Mood
Label  Verve
Number  V 8096 Side A Track 3
Duration  4.16
Performers: Harry Sweets Edison, t; Benny Carter, as; Jimmy Rowles, p; Barney Kessell, g; John Simmons, b; Larry Bunker, d; Billie Holiday, v; August 1955.


Artist  Mike Daniels
Title  A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Composer Green
Album  Best of Jazz from the BBC Jazz Club Vol 7
Label  Upbeat
Number  171 Track 9
Duration  3.07
Performers: Mike Daniels, t; Gordon Blundy, tb; John Barnes, cl; Geoff Over, bj; Des Bacon, p; Don Smith, b; Arthur Fryatt, d, Doreen Beatty, v. 20 Jan 1960.


Artist  Ralph Sutton
Title  Viper’s Drag
Composer Fats Waller
Album  At St George’s Church Brandon Hill, Bristol
Label  Arbors
Number  19336 CD 1 Track 7
Duration  4.11
Performers Ralph Sutton, p. 25 Feb 1992.

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