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Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes music by Weather Report and Gerry Mulligan, as well as memories of Jack Bruce and Acker Bilk, both of whom died recently.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 29 Nov 2014 17:00

Music Played

  • Acker Bilk

    Stranger On The Shore

    Performer: Acker Bilk. Performer: Acker Bilk. Performer: The Leon Young String Chorale.
    • The Very Best of Mr Acker Bilk.
    • Taragon.
    • 4.
  • Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet

    Blue Bells Goodbye

    Performer: Sidney Bechet. Performer: George Thompson. Performer: Louis Armstrong. Performer: Bunk Johnson. Performer: Ray Parker. Performer: George "Pops" Foster.
    • Jazz Nocturne Vol 1: Bunk, Bechet and Bocage in Boston.
    • Jazz Crusade.
    • 8.
  • Acker Bilk & Danny Moss Quintet

    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

    Performer: Cass Caswell. Performer: Acker Bilk. Performer: Acker Bilk. Performer: John Critchinson. Performer: Danny Moss. Performer: Eddie Taylor.
    • Acker Bilk Danny Moss Quintet.
    • Avid.
    • 3.
  • Louis Armstrong

    Potato Head Blues

    Performer: Johnny St. Cyr. Performer: John Thomas. Performer: Lil Armstrong. Performer: Louis Armstrong. Performer: Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven. Performer: Johnny Dodds. Performer: Pete Briggs. Performer: Baby Dodds.
    • Hotter Than That.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
    • 12.
  • Kansas Fields, Milton Sealey & Milton Sealey

    Gut Bucket Boogie

    • MIlton Sealey at the Piano.
    • London Records.
    • 1.
  • GERRY MULLIGAN

    Carioca

    Performer: GERRY MULLIGAN. Performer: Chico Hamilton. Performer: Gerry Mulligan Quartet. Performer: Carson Smith. Performer: Chet Baker.
    • Jeru.
    • Living Era.
    • 4.
  • Woody Herman and His Orchestra

    You've Got Me Crying Again

    Performer: Chubby Jackson. Performer: Don Lamond. Performer: Flip Phillips. Performer: Tony Aless. Performer: John LaPorta. Performer: Ed Kiefer. Performer: Pete Candoli. Performer: Blue Flames. Performer: Bill Harris. Performer: Mickey Folus. Performer: Ralph Pfeffner. Performer: Conrad Gozzo. Performer: Red Norvo. Performer: Billy Bauer. Performer: Sonny Berman. Performer: Shorty Rogers. Performer: Sam Marowitz. Performer: Marky Markowitz.
    • You've Got Me Crying Again.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Jack Bruce

    Ballad For Arthur

    Performer: John McLaughlin. Performer: John McLaughlin. Performer: Jack Bruce. Performer: Jack Bruce. Performer: Dick Heckstall-Smith. Performer: Dick Heckstall-Smith. Performer: Jon Hiseman. Performer: Jon Hiseman.
    • Things We Like.
    • ATCO.
    • 6.
  • Sandy Brown

    Nothing Blues

    Performer: John R T Davies. Performer: Graham Burbidge. Performer: Alan Thomas. Performer: Brian Parker. Performer: Al Fairweather. Performer: Sandy Brown. Performer: Mo Umansky.
    • Sandy's Sidemen.
    • Lake.
    • 7.
  • Alphonso Johnson, Dom Um RomĂŁo, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Ishmael Wilburn, Miroslav Vitouš & Weather Report

    American Tango

    • Mysterious Traveller.
    • CBS.
    • 2.
  • Manu KatchĂ©

    Take Off and Land

    Performer: Manu Katché. Performer: Jan Garbarek. Performer: Tomasz Stanko. Performer: Manu Katché. Performer: Sławomir Kurkiewicz. Performer: Marcin Wasilewski.
    • Neighbourhood.
    • ECM.
    • 8.
  • Mr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band

    El Abanico

    Performer: Ken Sims. Performer: Johnny Mortimer. Performer: Mr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band. Performer: Mr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band. Performer: Roy James. Performer: Ernie Price. Performer: Ron McKay.
    • VINTAGE ACKER BILK, VOL 2.
    • LAKE RECORDS.
    • 11.
  • Little Miss Cornshucks

    Cornshucks Blues

    • Little Miss Cornshucks 1947-1951.
    • Classics.
    • 9.
  • The Tony Williams Lifetime

    Big Nick

    Performer: Larry Young. Performer: Tony Williams. Performer: John McLaughlin. Performer: The Tony Williams Lifetime. Performer: Jack Bruce.
    • Turn It Over.
    • Polydor.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Nov 2014 17:00

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