Monday, 29 January

JAZZ FROM MAINLAND EUROPE


Track list

1. Guess who, when and where! Beethoven 1822, last piano sonata No 32 Op111

2. The real Mack the Knife. From Brecht and Weill Threepenny Opera. 1958 recording

3. Jutta Hipp, “Diagram” recorded 1954 in Frankfurt am Main with bass and drummer

France
4. Gregor et ses Gregoriens, “Whispering”, recorded in 1933

5 Martial Solal “All God’s Children got Rhythm” solo piano recorded in 1956

Hungary/France
6. Elek Bacsik (Guitar) “Angel Eyes”, with bass and drums recorded in Paris 1962

Czech Republic
7. Gustav Brom Orchestra, “Pilatus” recorded in Prague, copyright date is 1970

8. Impuls, “Horni Konec” Five piece band, recorded in Prague 1977 (You tube link is to full album)

Poland
9. Vistula River Brass Band, “Nie do przyjecia rag” (The Unacceptable Rag), nine piece band. Recorded in Warsaw in 1982

10. Tomasz Stanko in a band led by the drummer Manu Katche with Stanko’s young Polish pianist and bass player and also the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. “Rose”, 2005 from the CD “Neighbourhood”, ECM,

Soviet Union (USSR)
11. A. Tsfasman “Sounds of Jazz”, 1938

12.Ganelin Trio, First encore, Live in Moscow, 1983, Vyacheslav Ganelin, Piano, Vladimir Tarasov Drums, Vladimir Chekasin Saxophones
Finland
13. Esa Pethman, 1964, “Blues for Duke” from the LP “The Modern Sound of Finland”, Esa Pethman Tenor Saxophone, Pekka Poyry Alto Saxophone, Heikki Rosendahl Trumpet, Heikki Sarmanto Piano, Anssi Pethman Drums

Sweden
14. Esbjorn Svensson Trio (EST) “Dodge the Dodo” from the CD “From Gagarin’s Point of View” 1998, Esbjorn Svensson Piano, Dan Berglund Double Bass, Magnus Ostrom Percussion.

15. EST “From Gagarin’s Point of View” 1998 (You Tube links to both EST tracks are from later live versions)

Denmark
16. Caecilie Norby, “Snow”, 1996, Dave Kikoski Piano, Lars Danielsson Bass, Terri Lyne Carrington Drums, Michael Brecker Tenor Saxophone

Norway
17. Tord Gustavesen Trio, “At Home” from the disc “Being There” 2007, Tord Gustavsen piano, Harald Johnson bass, Jarle Vespestad drums.

Monday, 22nd January

An improvised rainbow of jazz


1. Ellington and Hodges - Weary Blues

2. Modern Jazz Quartet - Over the Rainbow

3. John Coltrane - Violets for your Furs

4. Art Blakey, Thelonius Monk - Purple Shades

5. Sidney Bechet - Rose of the Rio Grande

6. Count Basie - Kid from Red Bank

7. Charles Mingus - Self Portrait in Three Colours

8. Miles Davis - Blue in Green

9. Paul Desmond - Greensleeves

10. Wayne Shorter - House of Jade


12. Sidney Bechet - Sweet Georgia Brown

13. Jan Garbarek - The White Clown

14. Horace Silver, Art Blakey - Quicksilver

15. Miles Davis - Bye Bye Blackbird

Monday, 15th January

1951 WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR JAZZ ??


ARTISTS BORN IN 1951

Jaco Pastorius         Continuum
Rebecca Parris        Weaver of Dreams
Sting                        Consider Me Gone
Barry Finnerty          Shout (Guitar with Miles Davis)
Bill Frisell                 Strange Meeting
Kenny Werner          Interloper (Piano with The Mel Lewis Orchestra)
Sue Evans               Something you got (with Art Farmer)
Warren Vache          Purple Gazelle


ARTISTS THAT DIED IN 1951
Cyril Blake             Cyril’s Blues
Mildred Bailey        It’s a Womans Perogative
Charlie Creath        Tulsa Blues

RELEASED 1951

Stan Kenton            Incident in Jazz
Shorty Rogers         Popo
LesterYoung           I Cover the Waterfront
Miles Davis             Ladybird