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Amongst this week's selection drawn from listeners' requests by post and email in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton looks back at the great British bandleader Ted Heath.

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Sat 8 Jul 2017 16:00
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Music Played

  • Ted Heath & The Ted Heath Band

    One O'Clock Jump

    • Swing is King.
    • 4.

  • Buddy Rich & Buddy Rich and his Big Band

    Goodbye Yesterday

    • MERCY MERCY.
    • PACIFIC JAZZ.
    • 1.

  • Coleman Hawkins

    Lullaby

    • The Hawk in Europe.
    • ASV Living Era.
    • 1.

  • Chris Barber

    High Society

    • Chris Barber Plays Vol 1.
    • Nixa.
    • 4.

  • Don Fagerquist

    Love Is Just Around The Corner

    • Portrait of a Great Jazz Artist.
    • Fresh Sound.
    • 5.

  • Louis Armstrong

    Sweet Savannah Sue

    • Satch Plays Fats.
    • Columbia.
    • 19.

  • Michel Legrand

    Jitterbug Waltz

    • Legrand Jazz.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Tony Bennett and Bill Evans & Bennett, Tony & Bill Evans

    You Don't Know What Love Is

    • TOGETHER AGAIN.
    • Improv.
    • 7.

  • Paul Desmond, Jim Hall, Gene Cherico & Connie Kay

    Embarcadero

    • Take Ten.
    • RCA.
    • 4.

  • Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band

    Explanation of Funeral Procession / Just A Little While

    • The Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans.
    • Audiophile.
    • 1.

  • Bunk Johnson & Bunk Johnson and His New Orleans Band

    Darktown Strutters Ball

    • Complete Deccas, Victors and V-Discs.
    • Document.
    • 11.

  • Benny Goodman

    Easy To Love

    • Benny Rides Again.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 20.

  • Rachel Musson

    You Wear Your Colours And Move

    • Tatterdemalion.
    • Babel.
    • 7.

Performers:

Artist  Ted Heath
Title  One O’Clock Jump
Composer Basie
Album  Swjng Is King
Label  Decca / London
Number  PFS 4135 S 1 T 4
Duration  3.27


Artist  Buddy Rich
Title  Goodbye Yesterday
Composer Piestrup
Album  Mercy Mercy
Label  Pacific Jazz
Number  20133 Side B Track 1
Duration  6.18
Performers:  Al Porcino, David Culp, Kenneth Faulk, William Prince, t; Jim Trimble, Richard Stepton, Peter Graves, tb; Don Menza, Art Pepper, Pat LaBarbera, Charles Owens, John Laws, reeds; Walter Namuth, g; Joe Azerello, p; Gary Walters, b; Buddy Rich, d. Live at Caesar’s Palace, 1968


Artist  Coleman Hawkins
Title  Lullaby
Composer Black
Album  The Hawk in Europe
Label  ASV Living Era
Number  AJA 5054 Track 1
Duration  2.56
Performers Coleman Hawkins, ts; Stanley Black, p; Tiny Winters, b; Albert Harris, g. 18 Nov 1924


Artist  Chris Barber
Title  High Society
Composer Porter Steele
Album  Chris Barber Plays Vol 1
Label  Nixa
Number  Jazz Today NJT 500 S 2 T 4
Duration  3.09
Performers:  Pat Halcox, t; Monty Sunshine cl; Chris Barber, tb; Lonnie Donegan, bj; Jim Bray, b; Ron Bowden, d. 1955.


Artist  Don Fagerquist
Title  Love Is Just Around the Corner
Composer Gensler / Robin
Album  Portrait of a Great Jazz Artist
Label  Fresh Sound
Number  FSR 2212 Track 5
Duration  3.32
Performers Don Fagerquist, t; Zoot Sims, Dave Pell, Bill Holman, ts; Bob Gordon, bars; Vernon Polk, g; Donn Trenner, p; Buddy Clark, b; Bill Richmond, d. June 1955.


Artist  Louis Armstrong
Title  Sweet Savannah Sue
Composer Waller / Razaf
Album  Satch Plays Fats
Label  Columbia
Number  64927 Track 19
Duration  3.12
Performers Louis Armstrong, t; Barney Bigard, cl; Trummy Young, tb; Billy Kyle, p; Arvell Shaw, b; Barrett Deems, d, 1955.


Artist  Michel Legrand
Title  Jitterbug Waltz
Composer Waller
Album  Legrand Jazz
Label  Philips
Number  840019 Track 1
Duration  5.18
Performers:  Miles Davis, t; Phil Woods, as; Jerome Richardson, bars, bcl; John Coltrane, ts; Herbie Mann, fl; Eddie Costa, vib; Betty Glaiman, harp; Bill Evans, p; Barry Galbraith, g; Paul Chambers, b; Kenny Dennis, d; June 25 1958.


Artist  Tony Bennett and Bill Evans
Title  You Don’t Know What Love Is
Composer De Paul / Raye
Album  Together Again
Label  Improv
Number  7117 Track 7
Duration  3.27
Performers Tony Bennett, b; Bill Evans, p. Sept 1976.


Artist  Paul Desmond
Title  Embarcadero
Composer Desmond
Album  Take Ten
Label  RCA
Number  74321 79621 2 Track 4
Duration  4.01
Performers Paul Desmond, as; Jim Hall, g; Gene Chirico, b; Connie Kay, d.


Artist  Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band
Title  Explanation of Funeral Procession / Just a Little While
Composer Dejan / Trad.
Album  The Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans
Label  Audiophile
Number  AP 108 Tracks 1 and 2
Duration  1.29 + 2.24
Performers:  Harold Dejan, as; Andy Anderson, Milton Batiste, Kid Sheik Cola, t; Paul Crawford, Wendell Eugene, tb; Emanual Paul ts; Andrew Jefferson, sn d; Booker T Glass, b d. 1971


Artist  Bunk Johnson
Title  Darktown Strutters Ball
Composer Brooks
Album  Complete Deccas Victors and V Discs
Label  Document
Number  1001 Track  11
Duration  3.38
Performers:  Bunk Johnson, t; George Lewis, cl; Jim Robinson, tb; Alton Purnell, p; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Baby Dodds, d. 1945


Artist  Benny Goodman
Title  Easy To Love
Composer Cole Porter
Album  Benny Rides Again!
Label  Essential Jazz Classics
Number  55506 Track 20
Duration  5.22
Performers Benny Goodman, cl; Andre Previn, p; Barney Kessel., g; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Frank Kapp, d. 3 Sep 1958.


Artist  Rachel Musson
Title  You Wear Your Colours and Move
Composer Musson
Album  Tatterdemalion
Label  Babel
Number  Track  7
Duration  8.32
Performers:  Rachel Musson, ts; Liam Noble, elp; Mark Sanders, d. 2013

 

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  • Sat 8 Jul 2017 16:00
    BBC Radio 3

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