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