Masters of Improvisation
Julian Joseph looks at the masters in the art of Improvisation with virtuoso guitarist Martin Taylor.
Julian Joseph presents a Masters of Improvisation special in the company of virtuoso guitarist Martin Taylor.
Featuring music from some of the greatest guitar improvisers including Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall.
The show also includes selections from other great improvisers in jazz including saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Bill Evans and vocalist Sarah Vaughan. Martin demonstrates the key principles to improvising and also performs an improvisation of the jazz standard ‘All The Things You Are’ composed by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II.
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Jazz Line-Up
Explore jazz music - both established artists and the new generation of players.
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:02Spencer Williams
Mahogany Hall Stomp
Ensemble: Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five. Music Arranger: Louis Armstrong. -
00:07Django Reinhardt
I'll See You In My Dreams
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00:10Sarah Vaughan
All Of Me
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00:15Jim Hall
You’d Be So Nice To Come ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ To
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00:20Herbie Hancock
Heartbeat
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00:24Martin Taylor
Satin Doll (Improvisation)
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00:26Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Big Nick
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00:33Bill Evans
Emily
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00:39Miles Davis
So What
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00:45Wes Montgomery
Unit Seven
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00:53Martin Taylor
All The Things You Are (Improvisation)
Broadcast
Sun 15 Nov 2015 15:05ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Jazz

