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From cool to hot: jazz from then and now

Cool jazz from the West Coast in the 1950s to present day swingers from Barnes and Allen.

Two hours of jazz which starts in the West Coast of America with music from the Chico Hamilton Quintet and Lee Konitz with Gerry Mulligan right through the decades to melodic jazz that’s still being played and recorded.

Samples of that from Alan Barnes with Harry Allen, Scott Hamilton, Stan Tracey and Wycliffe Gordon. There’s also a sample of Carmen McRae and Marian McPartland, both of them playing piano while Claire Martin and Jacqui Dankworth sing classic songs.

LA singer Roger Cairns, who hails from Scotland, also sings classic material. He goes for a Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall composition which graced one of Peggy’s 1960s albums.

For the trad fans there’s one from the Antique Six Jazz Band, Acker Bilk and Bob Wallis with another singing Mellow Avstreih singing with Ken Godfrey’s Central Jazz Band.

2 hours

Last on

Wed 14 Dec 2011 19:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire

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Music Played

  • Alan Barnes

    Sweet Lorraine

  • Roger Cairns

    Things Are Swinging

  • Antique Six Jazz Band

    Fidgety Feet

  • Scott Hamilton

    What Is This Thing Called Love?

  • Oscar Peterson

    Limehouse Blues

  • Mellow Avstreih

    Fine And Mellow

  • Lee Konitz

    All The Things You Are

  • Stan Tracey

    Newk's Flute

  • Bill Le Sage

    Hiawatha

  • Claire Martin

    How Deep Is The Ocean?

  • Acker Bilk

    High Society

  • Wycliffe Gordon

    Mood Indigo

  • Carmen McRae

    As Time Goes By

  • Bob Wallis

    Temptation Rag

  • Jacqui Dankworth

    But Beautiful

  • Chico Hamilton

    Taking A Chance On Love

  • Woody Herman

    Lemon Drop

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Dec 2011 19:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire