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50 Greatest Jazz Artists

Radio 3’s Geoffrey Smith and Jazz FM’s Helen Mayhew present the first of four programmes counting down the Jazz Top 50 Greatest Jazz Artists as voted for by listeners.

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Mary Lou Williams

    Roll 'Em

    • The Greatest Lady Piano Player in Jazz.
    • Golden Age of Jazz.
    • 15.
  • 00:05

    Dianne Reeves

    Obsession

    • The Calling.
    • Blue Note.
    • 4.
  • 00:09

    Carmen McRae

    Yesterdays

    • Sings Lover Man.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 2.
  • 00:13

    Betty Carter

    The Trolley Song

    • Betty Carter's Finest Hour.
    • Verve.
    • 7.
  • 00:17

    Charles LLoyd

    The Water is Wide

    • The Water Is Wide.
    • ECM.
    • 2.
  • 00:21

    Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden

    No Moon At All

    • Jasmine.
    • ECM.
    • 3.
  • 00:26

    Cannonball Adderley

    This Here

    • La Grande Histoire du Jazz.
    • Le Chant Du Monde.
    • 5.
  • 00:30

    Gerry Mulligan

    Bernie's Tune

    • The Best of The Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker.
    • Pacific Jazz.
    • 1.
  • 00:35

    Mark Murphy

    Stolen Moments

    • Stolen Moments.
    • Muse Records.
    • 1.
  • 00:39

    Abbey Lincoln

    Throw It Away

    • A Turtle's Dream.
    • Verve.
    • 1.
  • 00:44

    Bobby Wellins

    Starless and Bible Black

    • Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood".
    • Jazzizit.
    • 2.
  • 00:50

    Woody Herman

    Four Brothers

    • Blowin' Up A Storm.
    • Columbia.
    • 11.
  • 00:54

    Hugh Masekela

    Grazing in the Grass

    • Liberation - The Best of.
    • Jive.
    • 6.
  • 00:57

    George Shearing

    Lullaby of Birdland

    Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • L'Histoire Du Piano Jazz.
    • Le Chant Du Monde.
    • 11.

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