Jazz Record Requests - Geoffrey Smith

Jazz Record Requests Presented by Geoffrey Smith Producer: Bill Nicholls Saturday 18 October 2008 5pm–6 pm 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 (tsx), 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) Great Day (Vincent Youmans / Edward Eliscu / Billy Rose) (2’15’’) Performed by Sarah Vaughan (vcl) Mundell Lowe (g) George Duvivier (b) Recorded Recorded 1961 CD (Verve 549 088-2; Track 11) Petite Fleur (Sidney Bechet) (3’17’’) Performed by Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter & His Orchestra: Sidney Bechet (sop) Guy Longnon, Claude Rabanit (tp) Bernard Zacharias (tb) Claude Luter (cl) Christian Azzi (p) Claude Philippe (bj) Roland Bianchini (b) Francois “Moustache” Galepides (d) Recorded Paris, Jan 31 1952 Taken from the album Platinum For… © 1984 CD (Vogue 600026(1); Track 1) Tiger Rag (Nick La Rocca) (4’48’’) Performed by Ken Colyer (tp) Chris Barber (tb) Monty Sunshine (cl) Lonnie Donegan (bj) Jim Bray (b) Ron Bowden (d) Recorded 1953 Taken from the album Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen LP (Tempo LAP 11; Side 1 / Track 1) Apples Be Ripe (Graeme Bell) (3’02’’) Performed by Roger Bell (cnt) Humphrey Lyttelton (tp) John Sangster (tp,maracas) Keith Christie (tb) Deryck Bentley (tb,maracas) Ade Monsbourgh (as) Don “Pixie” Roberts (cl,ts) Wally Fawkes (cl,b-cl) Graeme Bell (p) Norman “Bud” Baker (g) Lou Silbereisen (b) George Hopkinson (d) Recorded London, Dec 18 1951 Taken from the album Apples Be Ripe / Small Hour Fantasy 1952 EP (Parlophone R3546(1); Track 1) I’ll Remember April (Don Raye / Gene De Paul / Pat Johnson) (3’16’’) Performed by Johnny Bothwell and His Orchestra Recorded 1946 Taken from the album The Greatest recordings of the Big Band Era 1984 (Franklin Mint Record Society FM 8094; Side 2 / Track 2) Lady Be Good (George & Ira Gershwin) (6’13’’) Performed by Gene Harris (p) Ray Brown (b) Granville “Mickey” Roker (d) Recorded NY, Nov & Dec 1985 Taken from the album The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio © CD (Concord Jazz CCD4315(1); Track 4) My Ship (Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill) (3’07’’) Performed by Johnny Hartman (vcl) Hank Jones (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Richard Davis (b) Osie Johnson (d) Recorded The Voice That Is Taken from the album The Voice that Is 1994 CD (Impulse GRD144(1); Track 1) Sad Song (Billy Bang) (4’36’’) Performed by Roy Campbell (tp) Billy Bang (vln) Oscar Sanders (g) William Parker (b) Takeshi Zen Matsuura (d) Thurman Barker (marimba) Recorded NY Nov 23 1986 Taken from the album Live at Carlo’s 1 1987 CD (Soul Note SN1136CD(1); Track 3) This Time the Dream’s on Me (Johnny Mercer / Harold Arlen) (5’13’’) Performed by Lew Tabackin (ts) Benny Green (p) Peter Washington (b) Lewis Nash (d) Recorded NY, Apr 4 & 5 1994 Taken from the album What a Little Moonlight Can Do CD (Concord Jazz CCD4617(1); Track 6) Come Sunday (Duke Ellington) (5’58’’) Performed by Duke Ellington (p) Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves (reeds) Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Quentin Jackson, Charles Connors (tb) Cootie Williams, William “Cat” Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones (tp) John Lamb (b) Louis Bellson (d) Recorded 1965 Taken from the album Duke Ellington’s Concert of Sacred Music LP (RCA RD 7811; Side 2 Track 1) Lover Come Back to Me (Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg) (9’46’’) Performed by Dinah Washington (vcl) Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson (tp) Herb Geller (as) Harold Land (ts) Jumior Mance (p) Richie Powell (p) Keeter Betts (b) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Recorded LA Aug 14 1954 Taken from the album Dinah Jams 1990 CD (Emarcy 8146392(1); Track 1) 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.