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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music 50 Greatest Jazz Artists

Radio 3’s Geoffrey Smith and Jazz FM’s Helen Mayhew present the climax to four programmes counting down the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Top 50 Greatest Jazz Artists as voted for by listeners.

Today's programme presents the TOP TEN including the artist selected as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Greatest Jazz Artist.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 14 Nov 2016 07:00

Music Played

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

  • 00:03

    Oscar Peterson

    Night Train

    • Night Train.
    • Verve.
    • 1.
  • 00:03

    Oscar Peterson

    Night Train

    • Night Train.
    • Verve.
    • 1.
  • 00:09

    Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian

    Waltz for Debby

    • The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961.
    • Riverside.
    • 3.
  • 00:09

    Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian

    Waltz for Debby

    • The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961.
    • Riverside.
    • 3.
  • 00:16

    Thelonious Monk

    Blue Monk

    • Alone in San Francisco.
    • Original Jazz Classics.
    • 1.
  • 00:16

    Thelonious Monk

    Blue Monk

    • Alone in San Francisco.
    • Original Jazz Classics.
    • 1.
  • 00:22

    Billie Holiday

    God Bless The Child

    • Billie Holiday Ken Burns Jazz.
    • Verve.
    • 9.
  • 00:22

    Billie Holiday

    God Bless The Child

    • Billie Holiday Ken Burns Jazz.
    • Verve.
    • 9.
  • 00:27

    Charlie Parker

    Confirmation

    • Now's The Time.
    • Verve.
    • 13.
  • 00:27

    Charlie Parker

    Confirmation

    • Now's The Time.
    • Verve.
    • 13.
  • 00:32

    Ella Fitzgerald

    Oh, Lady, Be Good

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book.
    • Verve.
    • 8.
  • 00:32

    Ella Fitzgerald

    Oh, Lady, Be Good

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book.
    • Verve.
    • 8.
  • 00:39

    John Coltrane

    Blue Train

    • Blue Train.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • 00:39

    John Coltrane

    Blue Train

    • Blue Train.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • 00:45

    Duke Ellington

    Take The A Train

    • Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band.
    • Bluebird.
    • 2.
  • 00:45

    Duke Ellington

    Take The A Train

    • Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band.
    • Bluebird.
    • 2.
  • 00:51

    Louis Armstrong

    West End Blues

    • La Grande Histoire du Jazz.
    • Le Chant Du Monde.
    • 12.
  • 00:51

    Louis Armstrong

    West End Blues

    • La Grande Histoire du Jazz.
    • Le Chant Du Monde.
    • 12.
  • 00:56

    Miles Davis

    So What

    • Kind of Blue.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • 00:56

    Miles Davis

    So What

    • Kind of Blue.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

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