Recommended Musica Popular Brasileira

Following their live set last Monday, Cores Do Samba have sent us a list of recommended albums for further listening.  You can also catch them perform live again at the Flying Pig this Saturday evening (14th Dec.)

Recomended Albums

João Gilberto & Stan Getz: "Getz/Gilberto"

Elis Regina & Tom Jobim: "Elis & Tom"

Elis Regina: "Montreux Jazz Festival: Com Hermeto Pascoal"

Gilberto Gil: "Expresso 2222"

Gilberto Gil: "Refavela"

João Bosco: "Disco de Ouro"

Joyce: "Passarinho Urbano"

Chico Buarque: "Meus Caros Amigos"

Jorge Ben: "África Brasil"

Djavan: "A Voz, O Violão, A Música de Djavan"

Monday, 9th December

 Live Set from Cores do Samba

Vicki Kenny
Francesca Coscia



Bert Schilperoort
Micky Astor

Giulio Lampronti

Monday, 2nd December

American Jazz Piano- from the Great Stride Pianists to the Present Day

Track List

1. Fats Waller and His Rhythm 1929 – “Ain’t Misbehavin” (solo)
CD: “Fats Waller-Ain’t Misbehavin”.

2. Nat King Cole with Buddy Rich 1945 –“Black Market Stuff” (NKC piano; BR drums; Charlie Shavers trumpet; Herbie Haymer tenor sax).
CD: “Anatomy of a Jam Session”.

3. Art Tatum /Lionel Hampton /Buddy Rich 1955–“What Is This Thing Called Love”.
CD: “The Tatum Group Masterpieces”.

4. Hampton Hawes 1956 – “Jordu” (HH piano; Jim hall guitar; Red Mitchell bass; Bruz Freeman drums).
CD: “All Night Session 1-3”.

5. Thelonious Monk 1958 – “ Light Blue” (TM piano; Johnny Griffin tenor sax; Ahmed Abdul-Malik bass; Roy Haynes drums).
CD: “Thelonious in Action”.

6. Erroll Garner 1964 - “Where or When” (EG piano; Eddie Calhoun bass; Kelly Martin drums).
CD: “Erroll Garner Nightconcert”.

7. Bill Evans 1962- “ Waltz for Debby” (BE piano; Scott LaFaro bass; Paul Motian drums).
CD: “Waltz for Debby Bill Evans Trio with SLF and PM”.

8. Bill Evans 1964-“What Is This Thing Called Love” (BE piano; Chuck Israels bass; Larry Bunker drums).
CD: “Bill Evans Trio at Shelly’s Manne –Hole”.

9. Chick Corea 1976 – “Amando’s Rhumba” (CC piano and others).
CD: “My Spanish Heart”. If you want a solo version try Chick Corea “Expressions” 1994 dedicated to Art Tatum.

10. Keith Jarrett 1994- “Bop-Be” (KJ piano; Gary Peacock bass; Jack DeJohnette drums).
CD: “Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note”.

11. Chuco Valdes 1991-“Nandy” (solo piano).
CD: “Solo Piano” recorded at Ronnie Scott’s London.

12. Oscar Peterson 2003 –“Satin Doll” (OP piano; Neils Henning Orsted Pedersen bass; Ulf Wakenius guitar; Martin Drew drums).
CD: “Oscar Peterson -A Night in Vienna”.

13. Irakere 1995-“Mister Bruce”. (Chuco Valdes piano and others).
CD: “Irakere Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Birmingham- The 1995 BBC Recording”.

Monday, 25th November


Jazz interpretations of Classical Music (part 2)


1.  Wagner -  Ride of the Valkyries Stan Kenton

2. Grieg  -  Holberg Suite Kaleidoscope

3.  Tchaikovsky  -  Jazz waltz from Nutcracker   Alexey Chizhik

4.  Tchaikovsky -  Sugar Rum Cherry  Duke Ellington

5.  Satie  -  First Gymnopedie  Eddie Daniels

6.  Rodrigo  - Concerto de Aranjuez  Miles Davis

7.  Bach  -  Toccata and Fugue in D Minor  Jacques Loussier 

8.  Handel  -  Hallelujah  Classical  Jazz Quartet 

9.  Holst   -  Planets – Venus  Echoes of Ellington

10. Copland  -  Clarinet Concerto   Benny Goodman

11. Wagner   -  Pilgrims´ Chorus From "Tannhäuser"  Stan Kenton      

Monday, 18th November

Standards in jazz - A selection of jazz standards in different styles


Track List


1.  Mack the Knife  Houston Person ‘The Art and Soul of Houston Person  Songs of the Great
Composers’  2008

2. Summertime  (Live) The Modern Jazz Quartet ‘The complete last Concert’  1988

3. You only Live Twice (Live)   Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan  ‘Epistrophy’  2016

4. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face  Kandace Springs  ‘Indigo’   2018

5.  Cry Me A River  Diana Krall  ‘The Look of Love’  2001

6. Time after Time (Live)  Miles Davis ‘Tutu’   1986

7. Autumn Leaves (Live)  Jim Hall & Ron Carter  ‘Hallmarks – The Best of Jim Hall’    2006

8. The Lonesome Road  Madeleine Peyroux ‘Careless Love’   2004

9. Watermelon Man  Herbie Hancock  ‘Best of Herbie Hancock’  1988

10. When I fall in love (Live)  Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette  ‘After The Fall’ 2018

11. Basin Street Blues (Live) Gerry Mulligan ‘Gerry Mulligan:Jazz Masters’  2018

12.  It Ain’t Necessarily So  Ella Fitzgerald &  Louis Armstrong ‘Porgy and Bess’  1958
                 
13.  Love is Here to Stay   Houston Person & Ron Carter ‘Remember Love’  2018

14. They Can’t Take That Away from Me   Erroll Garner ‘Concert by the Sea’  1955

Monday, 11th November

Live set from the Bert Schilperoort Sextet


Eddie Matthews
Jenny Matthews

Bert Schiperpoort
Joel Humann


Andie Bowie
Ron Hills


Monday, 4th November

Ronnie Scott and his Jazz Club - 60th Anniversary

Track List

1.  The Jazz Couriers Some of my best friends are Blues The Jazz Couriers In Concert 1958

2.  The Tubby Hayes Quartet Blue Hayes Tubby’s Groove 1959

3.  Stan Tracey Little Klunk 1959

4.  Zoot Sims Desperation Zoot Sims at Ronnie Scott’s 1961

5.  Ben Webster and Art Tatum Gone With The Wind The Album 1956

6.  Wes Montgomery Come Rain or Come Shine Full House 1962

7.  Blossom Dearie Everything I’ve Got Belongs to You Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott’s 1966

8.  Stan Getz Speak Low Imported From Europe 1958

9.  Ernest Ranglin 54 to 46 (Was My Number) Below the Bassline 1996

10. Sonny Stitt I Cover the Waterfront Saxophone Supremacy 1960

11. Nina Simone My Baby Just Cares For Me Little Girl Blue 1958

12. George Melly Route 66 Anything Goes 1988

13. Billy Cobham Cancun Market Palindrome 2010

14. Ronnie Scott and the Band Recorda Me Live at Ronnie Scott’s 1969

Monday, 28th October

1960 - 1979 The age of rock influenced contemporary jazz.


Track List

Settling in music. Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Theme de Yoyo

1. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
From the 1961 album Free Jazz a 37 minute Collective Improvisation.

2. Max Roach - Driver Man
From the 1960 album We Insist (Freedom Now Suite) 

3. Nina Simone - Four Women
From the 1966 album Wild Is the Wind

4. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
From the 1970 album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox

5. The Free Spirits - Lbod
From the 1966 album Out of Sight and Sound

6. Miles Davis - John McLaughlin
From the 1970 album Bitches Brew

7. Billy Cobham - Spectrum
From the 1973 Album Spectrum

8. Nucleus - Elastic Rock
From the 1970 album Elastic Rock

9. Soft Machine - Kings and Queens
From the 1971 album Fourth

10. Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris
From the 1974 album Apostrophe (')

11. Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
From the 1976 album Wired

12. Jethro Tull - Serenade to a Cuckoo
From the 1968 album This Was

13. ELP - Karn Evil 9 - 2nd Impression
From the 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery

14, Steely Dan - Sign in Stranger
From the 1976 album The Royal Scam

15. Stan Tracy Quartet - Starless And Bible Black
From the 1965 album Jazz Suite (Inspired By Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood)

16. John Coltrane - Psalm
From the 1964 album A Love Supreme


Monday, 21st October

The Year of 1959 – 60th Anniversary


Track List 

1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue ‘Blue in Green
Miles Davis (t), John Coltrane (ts), Bill Evans (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)

2. John Coltrane - Giant Steps  ‘Mr PC
JC (ts, leader), Paul Chambers (b), Tommy Flanagan (p), Art Taylor (d)

3. Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - Back to Back  ‘Beale St Blues
Duke Ellington (p), Johnny Hodges (as), Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison (t), Les Spann (g), Sam Jones (b),  Jo Jones (d)

4. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out ‘Blue Rondo a la Turk
Dave Brubeck (p), Paul Desmond (as), Eugene Wright (b), Joe Morello (d)

5. Horace Silver - Blowing the Blues Away  ‘Blowing the Blues Away
Horace Silver (p), Blue Mitchell (t), Junior Cook (ts), Gene Taylor (b), Louis Hayes (d)

6. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um  ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Charles Mingus (b, leader), Willie Dennis (tb), Booker Erwin (ts), Curtis Porter (Shafi Hadi) (a/ts), John Handy (a/ts, cl), Horace Parlan (p), Dannie Richmond (d)

7. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come  ‘Lonely Woman
Ornette Coleman (as), Don Cherry (c), Charlie Haden (b), Billy Higgins (d)

8. Duke Ellington and Johnny HodgesBack to Back ‘Loveless Love

9. Miles Davis Kind of Blue ‘So What
Miles Davis (t), John Coltrane (ts), Bill Evans (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d) Cannonball Adderley (as)

Monday, 14th October

NEW PATHWAYS 1942-58

WW2 elongated the big band era but change was on its way

1.  Caldonia Louis Jordan 1945
2.  Northwest Passage Woody Herman 1944
3.  Woody’n’you  Coleman Hawkins 1944

As the war came to a conclusion

4.  A night in Tunisia Charlie Parker septet 1946
5.  Manteca Dizzy Gillespie BB 1947
6.  Loverman  Sarah Vaughan 1945
7.  Jeru Miles Davis nonet 1949

Bird & Dizzy had created East Coast bop

8.  Perdido The Quintet 1953
9.  Straight no Chaser  Thelonius Monk 1952
10.  The Preacher Horace Silver Quintet 1955

Birth of the cool was a reaction to the fast & furious boppers

11. Walkin Shoes Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1952
12. Short Stop Shorty Rogers 1953
13. Midnight Sun June Christy 1953

The birth of the LP gave jazz the opportunity of putting live performance on record.

14. Aunt Hagars Blues Louis Armstrong all stars 1954
15. Peanut Vendor Stan Kenton 1956
16. Studio Call Harry Edison 1956
17. Bags Groove Modern Jazz quartet 1957

Monday, 7th October

EXAMPLES OF EARLY JAZZ STYLES TILL 1939


1. From Africa: Ali Farka Toure (guitar). Savane”, recorded Bamako, Mali, 2006, from the CD of the same name.

2. Ragtime: Scott Joplin. Piano Roll. Maple Leaf Rag”, cut September1899.

3. New Orleans Street Band: The Young Tuxedo Brass Band. Going to the Cemetery, “Lead Me Saviour”. Coming back, “Just A Little Closer Walk With Thee” (Traditional), 12 piece marching band (3 trumpets, 3 trombones, clarinet, alto and tenor saxophones, sousaphone, snare drum, bass drum). Recorded in 1958 but playing like they always would have done.

4. Papa Celestin and his New Orleans Ragtime Band.Muskrat Ramble”, Oscar “Papa” Celestin (Trumpet), Bill Matthews (Trombone), Alphonse Pico (Clarinet), Octave Crosby (Piano), Ricard Alexis (String Bass), Happy Goldston (Drums). Recorded in 1951 but playing in the old New Orleans style.

5. King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band.Canal Street Blues”, King Oliver and Louis Armstrong (Cornets), H Dutrey (Trombone), Johnny Dodds (Clarinet), Lil Hardin (Piano), B Johnson (Banjo), Baby Dodds (Drums). Recorded March 1923.

6. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band.Tiger Rag”, D J (Nic) LaRocca (Cornet), Emile Christian (Trombone), Larry Shields (Clarinet), J Russel Robinson (Piano), Tony Sharbaro (Drums). Recorded in London, May 1919.

7. Jelly Roll Moreton with his Red Hot Peppers.Wild Man Blues”, 8 piece band (cornet, trombone, clarinet, alto sax, piano, guitar, tuba, drums). Recorded Chicago, June1927.

8. Louis Armstrong. St Louis Blues”, 11 piece band (3 trumpets, trombone, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, guitar, bass, drums). Recorded New York, June 1929.

9. Bix Beiderbecke.At the Jazzband Ball”, Bix Beiderbecke (Cornet), Bill Rank (Trombone), Don Murray (Clarinet), Adrian Rollini (Bass Saxophone), Frank Signorelli (Piano), Chauncey Morehouse (Drums). Recorded New York, October 1927.

10. Duke Ellington. Black and Tan Fantasy”, 11 piece band. Recorded New York, October 1927.

11. Boogie Woogie Piano: Albert Ammons.Boogie Woogie Stomp”, Solo Piano. Recorded January 1939. Blue Note record label.

12. Stride Piano: Fats Waller.Handfull of Keys”, Solo Piano. Recorded New York, March 1929.

13. Sidney Bechet.Summertime”, Sidney Bechet (Soprano Saxophone), Meade “Lux” Lewis (Piano), Teddy Bunn (Guitar), John Williams (Bass), Sidney Catlett (Drums). Recorded for the Blue Note label in June 1939 in New York.

14. Benny Goodman Quartet.Stomping at the Savoy”, Benny Goodman (clarinet), Teddy Wilson (piano), Gene Kruppa (drums), Lionel Hampton (vibes). Recorded New York, December 1936.

15. Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra.Jangled Nerves”, 14 piece orchestra (3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 4 reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums). Recorded Chicago, April 1936.

16. Bunny Berigan.Frankie and Johnny”, 13 piece (3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 4 reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums). Recorded New York, June 1937.

17. Coleman Hawkins.Body and Soul”, 9 piece band (2 trumpets, trombone, 3 reeds, piano, bass, drums). Recorded New York, October 1939.

Monday, 18th March

Live Set from  Tom Green & Sam Miles

Tom Green                                                   Sam Miles
Phil Stevenson                                        Sandy Suchodolski    

Monday, 11th March

Alan Bird: My Jazz History

Track List

1 Fats Waller, “Alligator Crawl”, 1934

2 Lord Kitchener, “Kitch’s Bebop Calypso”, 1951

3 Bunk Johnson and His New Orleans Band, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, 1945

4 George Melly with John Chilton’s Feetwarmers, “Nuts”, 1971

5 Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story, “Cool”, 1965

6 Stan Kenton live in Hemel Hempstead, “What are you doing for the rest of your life?” 1973

7 Dexter Gordon, “Manha de Carnaval”, 1965

8 Ronnie Scott and the Band, “Recorda Me”, 1968

9 Stan Tracy and Bobby Wellins, From the Milk Wood Suite, “Starless and Bible Black”, 1965

10 John Hicks with Bobby Watson, “Elementary My Dear Watson”, 1988

11 Zoe Rahman, “I Loves You Porgy”, 2000

12 Itchy Fingers, “Devil’s Pulpit”, 1988

13 Loose Tubes, “Sunny”, 1986

14 John Surman, “At Dusk”, 1999

15 Don Pullen, “Ode to Life”, 1990

16 Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: “Jazz: Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold”, 1967

Monday, 4th March

Don Rendell and Ian Carr


Deep Purple / Aces Anonymous with Don Rendell - Five Steps to Dankworth (1954)

Stephenson’s Rocket - Mike Carr & The EmCee Five (with Ian Carr) - Bebop From The East Coast (1960-2)

Body and Soul - Don Rendell  - Meet Don Rendell (1955)

You Loomed Out Of Loch Ness - Don Rendell Quintet (incl Graham Bond) - Roarin’ (1961)

Sailin’ - Don Rendell & Ian Carr  Quintet - Shades Of Blue (1964)

Big City Strut - Don Rendell & Ian Carr  Quintet - Shades Of Blue (1964)

Ruth - Don Rendell & Ian Carr  Quintet - Dusk Fire (1966)

Hot Rod - Don Rendell & Ian Carr  Quintet - Dusk Fire (1966)

Changing Times - Ian Carr with Nucleus - Solar Plexus (1971)

Suspension - Ian Carr with Nucleus - Belladonna (1972)

Wensleydale - The Don Rendell 5 featuring B Thompson - Just Music (1975)

Gone With The Weed - Ian Carr's Nucleus - Out of the Long Dark (1979)

Disjunctive Boogie - Ian Carr - Old Heartland (1988)

Struttin’ with Some Barbecue  - Don Rendell Featuring Ian Carr & Michael Garrick - Reunion (2002)

Monday, 25th February

Over 60 years of great works of Art and Jazz


1. Django Reinhardt The Complete Trios 1935 ‘Stardust
Django (g), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Stephane Grappelli (p)

Artists: Frida Kahlo (Self-portrait with Curly Hair), Pierre Bonnard (Nude in the Bathtub), Paul Nash (Equivalents for the Megaliths)

2. Sidney Bechet, The Fabulous Sidney Bechet 1951 ‘Black and Blue
Sidney Bechet (s), Jonah Jones (t), Jimmy Archey (tr), Buddy Weed (ts), Walter Page (b), Johnny Blowers (d)

Artists: Georgia O’Keefe (Lavender Iris), Robert Rauschenberg (White Paintings), Lucien Freud (Girl with a White Dog)

3. JJ Johnson, The Eminent JJ Johnson 1953 ‘Jay
JJJ (t), Wynton Kelly (p), Charles Mingus (b), Kenny Clarke (d), Sabu Martinez (congas)

Artists: LS Lowry (Going to the Match), Mark Rothko (Untitled) Ben Nicholson (February 28th)

4. Bud Powell, The Amazing Bud Powell 1953 ‘Collard greens and Black-eyed Peas
Bud Powell (p), George Duvivier (b), Arthur Taylor (d)

Artists: Henri Matisse (The Snail), Willem de Kooning (Woman III)

5. MJQ Jazzology 1956 ‘The Queen’s Fancy
Milt Jackson (v), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d)

Artists: Pietro Annigoni (Portrait of Elizabeth II), Alexander Calder (Red Mobile), Max Ernst (Forest and Sun)

6. Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis Somethin’ Else 1958 ‘One for Daddy-O
Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley (as), Miles Davis (t), Hank Jones (p), Sam Jones (b), Art Blakey (d)

Artists: Jasper Johns (Three Flags), Rene Magritte (The Listening Room)

7. Art Blakey, Thelonius Monk Jazz Messengers 1958 ‘Blue Monk
Art Blakey (d), Thelonius Monk (p), Johnny Griffin (ts), Bill Hardman (t), Spanky Debrest (b)

Artists: Edward Hopper (Sunlight in a Cafeteria), Henry Moore (Draped Seated Woman), Barbara Hepworth (Garden Sculpture (Model for Meridian)


8. John Coltrane Giant Steps 1959 ‘Mr PC
John Coltrane (ts), Paul Chambers (b), Tommy Flanagan (p), Art Taylor (d)

Artists: Stanley Spencer (Self-portrait), Norman Rockwell (Family Tree)

9. Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Back to Back 1959 ‘Royal Garden Blues
DE (p), JH (as), Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison (t), Les Spann (g), Sam Jones (b),
Jo Jones (d)

Artists: Pablo Picasso (Le Dejeuner Sur l’Herbes), Alberto Giacometti (Diego)

10. Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um 1959 ‘Boogie Stop Shuffle
Charles Mingus (b), Willie Dennis (tb), Booker Elvin (ts), Curtis Porter (aka Shafi Hadi) (a+ts), John Handy (a+ts, cl), Horace Parlan (p), Dannie Richmond (d)

Artists: Lee Krasner (Breath), F N Souza (Crucifixion)

11. Duke Ellington and Count Basie First Time 1961 ‘BDB
20+, incl Johnny Hodges (as), Ray Nance (t)

Artists:  Joan Miro (Bleu II), David Hockney (We Two Boys Together Clinging)

12. Dexter Gordon Our Man In Paris 1963 ‘Scrapple for the Apple
Dexter Gordon (ts), Bud Powell (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

Artists: Roy Lichtenstein (Whaaam), Andy Warhol (Eight Elvises)

13. Keith Jarrett The Koln Concert 1975 ‘Part 1’

Artists: Salvador Dali (Savage Beasts of the Desert), Francis Bacon (Three Figures and a Portrait), Anselm Keifer (Operation Sea Lion), Patrick Caulfield (After Lunch)

14. Miles Davis Live Around the World 1988 ‘The Intruder
MD (t), Marilyn Mazur (perc) + 6 others

Artists: Paula Rego (The Dance), Gerhard Richter (St John), Jean-Michel Basquiat (Riding with Death)

15. Jan Garbarek Rites 1998 ‘The White Clown
Jan Garbarek (as), Rainer Brunninghaus (p, kb), Eberhard Weber (b), Marilyn Mazur (perc)

Artists: Antony Gormley (The Angel of the North), Chris Offili (Celestial), Rachel Whiteread (Water Tower)

Monday, 18 February

A Selection of Members Favourite Tracks

Track List

Chick Webb - Little Chickies

Count Basie - Lil' Darlin'

Marrion McPartland - Limbo Jazz

The Idea of the North - No More Blues

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - Young Girls Complaint

Archie Shepp - Sophisticated Lady

Joe Stilgoe - I Just Wasn't Made for these Time

Tony Cofi - Full House

Dudley Moor - Autumn Leaves

Dexter Gorden - Take the A Train

Chic Corea - Imps Welcome

Herbie Hancock - Suite for Angela



Monday, 11th February

Live Set From Ben Comeau




Set List

1 Scott Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag
2 Fat’s Waller, Aint Misbehavin
3 Johnny Green, Body and Soul
4 Things Aint What They Used to Be, who played and wrote it?
5 Charlie Parker, Ornithology
6 Thelonious Monk, Ask Me Now
7 Frank Churchill via MIles Davis, Someday My Prince Will Come
8 Michel Legrand  via Bill Evans, You Must Believe in Spring
9 Gershwin via Keith Jarrett, Summertime
10 John Taylor, Ambelside
11 Own Composition, Henry’s Bag of Secrets

Continuous Improvisation on Requests
1 Misty, Eroll Garner
2 Satin Doll, Duke Ellington
3 The Simpson Theme
4 Peace Piece, Bill Evans
5 What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong, The end of Dr Strangelove
6 Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin
7 Watermelon Man, Mongo Santamaria via Herbie Handcock
8 Yesterday, those four guys from Liverpool
9 Greensleeves, English Traditional via Vaughan-Williams
10 Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk
11 In a Sentimental Mood, Duke Ellington
12 Sunny Side of the Street, Lester Young but who wrote it?
13 Caravan, Duke Ellington via Michel Petrucciani
Also:
Waltz for Debbie, Bill Evans was in there somewhere (over the rainbow), as was Peace Piece (also Bill Evans) as well as On Green Dolphin Street



Monday, 4th February

Something Old—Something New—Something Borrowed—Something Blue 


Something Old

1. Django”   The Modern Jazz Quartet. ‘Genius of Jazz  Volume IV’ remastered 2018
2. The City is Crying” The Dave Brubeck Quartet.  ‘Jazz Impressions of Japan’  1964
3. Basin Street Blues”   Gerry Mulligan.  ‘Jazz Masters Deluxe Collection’  2012
4. Loveless Love”  Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges  ‘Back to Back’  remastered 2017

Something New

5. Why Not”  Houston Person & Ron Carter  ‘Remember Love’ 2018
6. Re – Melt”  Tord Gustavsen Trio  ‘The Other Side’.  2018
7. Avsked”  Tingvall Trio  ‘Skagerrak ‘  2006
8. Too Good To Last”   Kandace Springs  ‘Soul Eyes’ 2016

Something Borrowed 

9. Summertime”  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  ‘Porgy & Bess’ 1958
10. When I fall in Love”  Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack De Johnette ‘After The Fall’   2018
11. Autumn Leaves”  Bill Evans Trio  ‘Portrait in Jazz’  1960

Something Blue

12. Little Girl Blue”  Diana Krall   ‘From this moment on’   2006
13. Mood Indigo”   Clare Teal   ‘Clare Teal Don’t Talk’  2004
14. The Morning After the Night Before”  Courtney Pine   ‘Black Notes from the Deep’  2016
15. Opening Day”    Anouar Brahem.   ‘Blue Maqams’  2017

Monday, 29th January

Jazz Trumpet, Flugelhorn & Cornet


Track List

1.  Bix Beiderbecke - Singing the Blues
2.  Bunny Berigan - I can't get started with you
3.  Dizzy Gillespie - Hothouse
4.  Fats Navarro - Lady Bird
5.  Clifford Brown - Cherokee
6.  Lee Morgan - Theme for Stacey
7.  Miles Davis - Surrey with a Fringe on top
8.  Art Farmer - Petit Belle
9.  Clark Terry - Stardust
10. Freddie Hubbard - Misty
11. Ruby Braff - What a Little Moonlight can do
12. Chet Baker - Every Time we say Goodbye
13. Wynton Marsalis - Cherokee
14. Laura Jurd, Dinosaur - Jazz at the Bluelamp
15. Alison Balsom - Autumn Leaves

Monday, 21st January

BLUE JAZZ


1.  Born to be Blue - Wes Montgomery  (Full House 1962)
2. Wabash Blues - Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges  (Back to Back Blues 1959)
3. Blue River - Harry Allen (Rhythm of the River 2011)
4. St Louis Blues - Gil Evans (New Bottle Old Wine 1958)
5. Blues my Naughty Sweetie Gives Me - Sidney Bechet (The Fabulous Sidney Bechet 1951)
6. Bengt’s Blues - Stan Getz  (Imported from Europe 1958)
7. Limehouse Blues - Stephane Grappelli and Barney Kessel(Limehouse Blues 1969)
8. Bluesology - The Modern Jazz Quartet (Fontessa 1956)
9. Blue Alert - Madeleine Peyroux (Half the Perfect World 2006)
10. Two’s Blues - Jim Hall (Concierto 1975)
11. Blues After All - Jimmy Smith (House Party 1958)
12. Black and Blue - Roy Eldridge (Swing Goes Dixie 1956)
13. Blue Mosque - Don Rendell & Ian Carr Quintet (Shades of Blue 1965)

Monday, 14th January

A Small Number of Long Tracks 

Track List


1. Benny Goodman, Carnegie Hall 1938  - One o'clock Jump
2. Jazz at the Philharmonic, Cole, Parker, Hardknot, Young, Maghee, Smith - Lady be Good
3. Buck Clayton Jam Session , Herman, Davis, Cohn, Dash, T. Young, Jones - Blue Moon
4. Modern Jazz Sextet, Gillespie, Stitt, Lewis - Mean to Me
5. Billie Holiday, Young, Webster, Hawkins, Cheetham, Dickinson - Fine & Mellow
6. Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Davis, Jones - Something Else
7. Woody Herman at Basin St.West, Pierce, Klien, Chase, Goycovich - Opus de Funk
8. Dave Newton Trio, Farmer, Skelton - Get me to the Church