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Jazzing the Classics

Alyn Shipton presents your requests for music where jazz meets the classics, in recordings by John Kirby, Jacques Loussier and Miles Davis.

With the ±«Óãtv Proms in full swing and next week's late night jazz prom with Dee Dee Bridgewater in mind, Alyn Shipton invites your requests for recordings where jazz meets the classics: music by Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Delibes and Mozart, re-imagined by John Kirby, Jacques Loussier, Miles Davis and Makoto Ozone. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Jul 2023 16:00

Music Played

  • Clare Teal

    It's a Good Day

    • Clare Teal - They Say It's Swing.
    • Mud Records.
    • 8.
  • Artie Shaw

    Begin The Beguine

    • Artie Shaw - The Artie Shaw Story.
    • Proper Records.
    • 1.
  • Stan Tracey

    Come Sunday

    • Stan Tracey Trio With Peter KIng - The Last Time I Saw You.
    • Trio Records.
    • 6.
  • Ken Colyer

    Saturday Night Function

    • Ken Colyer's Jazzmen - In The Beginning (The Decca Years, Vol. 6).
    • Lake Records.
    • 9.
  • Duke Ellington

    Rhapsody In Blue

    • Duke Ellington - The Reprise Studio Recordings.
    • Rhino Records.
    • 14.
  • John Kirby

    Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    • John Kirby And His Orchestra - 1939-1941.
    • Classics.
    • 20.
  • Jacques Loussier

    L'Isle Joyeuse

    • Jacques Loussier Trio - Plays Debussy.
    • Telarc Jazz.
    • 5.
  • John Coltrane

    Greensleeves (Take 2)

    • John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads.
    • Impulse!.
    • 3.
  • Sarah Vaughan

    The Lamp Is Low

    • Sarah Vaughan - Live In Japan.
    • Mainstream Records.
    • 3.
  • Miles Davis

    The Maids Of Cadiz

    • Miles Davis & Gil Evans - The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.
  • Makoto Ozone & Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

    Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271: I. Allegro Swing

    • W.A. Mozart, Makoto Ozone, SNJO - Jeunehomme.
    • Spartacus Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Jul 2023 16:00

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