Jazz Record Requests - 18/04/2009

Jazz Record Requests Presented by Geoffrey Smith Saturday 18 April 2009 4pm–5pm JRR Signature Tune: Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Marsalis) Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p), Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker (bjo), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d) Recorded 28 October 1988 Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues 1989 CD (CBS 465129 2) You’ve Got to be Modernistic (Johnson) (3:12) Performed by James P. Johnson (p) Recorded 21 January 1930 Taken from the album Hot Piano CD (Topaz PRL 1048, Track 13) Relaxin’ at the Touro (Spanier, Bushkin) (3:13) Performed by Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band: Muggsy Spanier (cnt) Georg Brunis (tb) Rod Cless (cl) Nick Caiazza (ts) Joe Bushkin (p) Bob Casey (b) Don Carter (d) Recorded 22 November 1939, New York City Taken from the album At the Jazz Band Ball: Chicago/New York Dixieland CD 1989 (Bluebird ND 86752 Track 12) Rose Room (Williams, Hickman) (3:23) Performed by Benny Goodman All Star Sextet: Benny Goodman (cl) John Haley ‘Zoot’ Sims (s) Bill McGuffie (p) John ‘Bucky’ Pizzarelli (g) Harold Gaylor (b) Elmer ‘Mousey’ Alexander (d) Peter Appleyard (vb) Recorded Live in Copenhagen 1972 Taken from the album On Stage with Benny Goodman & His Sextet LP 1972 (Decca DKL a, S2/4) Get Happy (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) (3:05) Performed by Rosemary Clooney (v) Warren Vache (cnt) Scott Hamilton (ts) Dave McKenna (p) Ed Bickert (g) Steve Wallace (b) Jake Hanna (d) Recorded January 1983, Toronto Taken from the album Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Harold Arlen CD 1983 (Concord CCD4210, Track 4) Strike Up the Band (Gershwin, Gershwin) (3:26) Performed by Sonny Stitt (ts) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d) Recorded 26 January 1950 Taken from the album Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson CD 1982 (Prestige OJCCD0092, Track 7) Early Autumn (Burns) (3:10) Performed by Woody Herman and his Orchestra: Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Red Rodney, Shorty Rogers (tp) Earl Swope, Bill Harris, Ollie Wilson, Bob Swift (tb) Woody Herman (cl,as, v) Sam Marowitz (as) Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz (ts) Serge Chaloff (bs) Lou Levy (p) Chubby Jackson (b) Don Lamond (d) Terry Gibbs (vb) Mary Ann McCall (v) Recorded 30 December 1948, Los Angeles Taken from the album The Woody Herman Story CD 2000 (Proper P1160 Track 11) I Lost My Step in Nantucket (Tracey) (3:13) Performed by Stan Tracey (p) Bobby Wellins (ts) Jeff Clyne (b) Jack Dougan (d) Recorded 8 May 1965, London Taken from the album Jazz Suite - Under Milk Wood CD (Jazzizit JITCD 9815, Track 3) Jackie-Ing (Monk) (6:01) Performed by Thad Jones (cor) Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Sam Jones (b) Art Taylor (d) Recorded 1, 2 & 4 June 1959, New York City Taken from the album 5 by Monk 5 LP (Riverside RLP 12-305 S1/1) Ballad for the Unborn (E.S.T) (5:28) Performed by E.S.T: Esbjörn Svensson (p) Dan Berglund (b) Magnus Öström (d) Recorded 2003 Taken from the album Seven Days of Falling CD 2003 (ACT 90122, Track 1) Enlightenment (Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra) (5:00) Performed by Sun Ra (p) John Gilmore (ts) Marshall Allen (as, f) Pat Patrick (bs, f) Hobart Dotson (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Charles Davis (bs) James Spaulding (as, f) Ronnie Boykins (b) William Cochran (d) Recorded 1958, Chicago Taken from the album Jazz in Silhouette CD (Gambit 69309, Track 1) How Come You Do Me Like You Do (Gene Austin, Roy Borgere) (12:55) Performed by Eddie Condon’ Alls Stars: Eddie Condon (g) Wild Bill Davison (cr) Billy Betterfield (tp) Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb) Dick Cary (ah) Ed Hall, Peanuts Hucko (cl) Bud Freeman (ts) Gene Schroeder (p) Al Hall (b) Cliff Leeman (d) Recorded 1954 Taken from the album Eddie Condon Collectables Jazz Classics CD 2002 (Collectables COL-CD-7256, Disc 2 Track 2) Don't forget, you can have your say on today's programme, or any aspect of jazz, by visiting the Jazz Messageboard. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.