Monday, 2nd March

Tributes - Musical tributes to recently departed jazz musicians

Track Listing

Acker Bilk
1. Stranger on the Shore, May 1968.18 piece band, including Acker Bilk (clarinet), Kenny Wheeler, Ian Hamer (trumpet), Ian Carr (flugelhorn), Keith Christie, Don Lusher, Chris Pyne (trombone), Tony Coe (tenor sax), Stan Tracey (piano and arranger), Dave Green (bass). From the LP “Blue Acker”, CD reissue on Lake.

Horace Silver
2. Blowingthe Blues Away. Title track. Horace Silver (piano), Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Junior Cook (tenor sax), Gene Taylor (bass), Louis Haynes (drums). Blue Note, Aug 1959.

3. Song formy Father. Title track. Horace Silver (piano), Carmel Jones (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Teddy Smith (bass), Roger Humphries (drums), Blue Note, Oct 1964.

4. LonelyWoman. Horace Silver (piano), Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Junior Cook (tenor sax), Teddy Smith (bass), Gene Taylor (bass), Roy Brooks (drums). From the Blue Note LP “Song for my Father”, Oct 1963.

Clark Terry
5. Swahili. Clark Terry (trumpet), Cecil Payne (baritone sax), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Horace Silver (piano), Oscar Pettiford (cello and bass), Wendell Marshall (bass), Art Blakey (drums). From the LP “Introducing Clark Terry” (also issued as “Ellington Sideman”), Jan 1955, reissued on Avid Four Classic Albums.

6. Brotherhood of Man. Clark Terry (trumpet), Oscar Peterson (piano), Ed Thigpen (drums), Ray Brown (bass). From the Mercury LP “Oscar Peterson Trio + One Clark Terry” Feb 1964.

7. I Want aLittle Girl. Clark Terry (trumpet), Oscar Peterson (piano), Ed Thigpen (drums), Ray Brown (bass). From the Mercury LP “Oscar Peterson Trio + One Clark Terry” Feb 1964.

Charlie Haden
8. Eventually. Charlie Haden (bass), Ornette Coleman (alto sax), Donald Cherry (cornet), Billy Higgins (drums). From the 1959 Atlantic LP “The Shape of Jazz to Come”.

9. TheIntroduction, Song Of The United Front, The Ending To The First Side. A 13 piece orchestra including Charlie Haden (bass), Gato Barbieri (tenor sax, clarinet), Dewey Redman (alto and tenor sax), Don Cherry (cornet), Mike Mantler (trumpet), Rosewell Rudd (trombone), Carla Bley (piano), Paul motion (drums). From the Impulse LP “Liberation Music Orchestra” April 1969.

10. Spiritual. Charlie Haden (bass), Pat Metheny (acoustic guitar and all other instruments). From the Verve CD “Beyond the Missouri Sky” April 1996.

11. For AllWe Know. Charlie Haden (double- bass), Keith Jarrett (piano). From the ECM CD “Jasmine”, March 2007.


12. ChairmanMao. Charlie Haden (bass), John Taylor (piano). From the Naim LP “Nightfall” Oct 2003.

Monday, 23rd February

Great Jazz Trumpeters

Monday, 16th February

Bring your own - Lets hear your favorite number on CD or Cassette

Track List

Jimmy Noon - New Orleans
John Hallam - Hymn to Freedom
Errol Gardner - They cant take that away from me 
The Modern Jazz Quartet - God rest you merry Gentlemen
Roy Eldridge Group - Rocking Chair
Nigel Kennedy - Autumn Leaves
Joni Mitchell - Harry's House / Centerpoint
Horace Silver - Peace
Paul Desmond - That old Feeling
Benny Goodman - Pagianini XXIV Caprice
Tinguall Trio - Cowboy
Mulligan meets Monk - Round Midnight
Harry Allen Trio -  Broadway Melody
Blossom Dearie - Thou Swell
Jimmy Giuffre - The Train & the River
J J Johnson - Jay

Monday, 9th February

Lesser known big bands - Swing era bands little heard today