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Britsh jazz from Gillespie

An album with Pete Long leading a British big band playing Gillespie arrangements.

From a new big band led by Miles Davis bassist Ron Carter to Dizzy Gillespie arrangements played by a big band full of talented British musicians and led by altoist Pete Long.

The Bateman Brothers pay tribute to the Louis Armstrong All Stars while on the other side of the musical fence we hear from Jimmy Guiffre playing it very cool and Jimmy Guiffre in a jam session with Rex Stewart and George Wein.

George Lewis the New Orleans clarinettist came out of retirement in the fifties to play again and he recorded the Original Dixieland One Step.

Midlands reed player Casey Greene delves into the music of George Gershwin in music from Porgy and Bess and Rosemary Clooney in the mid sixties, sings with the Duke.

2 hours

Last on

Wed 18 Jan 2012 19:00

Music Played

  • Ron Carter

    Sweet Emma

  • George Lewis

    Original Dixieland One Step

  • Jimmy Giuffre

    I Only Have Eyes For You

  • Phil Dwyer

    Thangs

  • Pete Long

    Algo Bueno

  • Ray Foxley

    Blues For Ken

  • Paul Desmond

    Look For The Silver Lining

  • Jimmy Giuffre

    In A Mellotone

  • Shelly Manne

    The Girlfriend

  • Merseysippi Jazz Band

    That's A Plenty

  • Casey Greene

    I Love You Porgy

  • Bateman Brothers

    Basin Street Blues

  • Rosemary Clooney

    Hey Baby

  • Jack Teagarden

    Dinah

  • Billy Taylor

    Bit of Bedlam

  • Annie Ross

    Farmer's Market

  • Charles Mingus

    Perdido

Broadcast

  • Wed 18 Jan 2012 19:00