
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.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:03
Oscar Peterson
Night Train
- Night Train.
- Verve.
- 1.
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00:03
Oscar Peterson
Night Train
- Night Train.
- Verve.
- 1.
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00:09
Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian
Waltz for Debby
- The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961.
- Riverside.
- 3.
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00:09
Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian
Waltz for Debby
- The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961.
- Riverside.
- 3.
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00:16
Thelonious Monk
Blue Monk
- Alone in San Francisco.
- Original Jazz Classics.
- 1.
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00:16
Thelonious Monk
Blue Monk
- Alone in San Francisco.
- Original Jazz Classics.
- 1.
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00:22
Billie Holiday
God Bless The Child
- Billie Holiday Ken Burns Jazz.
- Verve.
- 9.
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00:22
Billie Holiday
God Bless The Child
- Billie Holiday Ken Burns Jazz.
- Verve.
- 9.
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00:27
Charlie Parker
Confirmation
- Now's The Time.
- Verve.
- 13.
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00:27
Charlie Parker
Confirmation
- Now's The Time.
- Verve.
- 13.
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00:32
Ella Fitzgerald
Oh, Lady, Be Good
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book.
- Verve.
- 8.
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00:32
Ella Fitzgerald
Oh, Lady, Be Good
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book.
- Verve.
- 8.
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00:39
John Coltrane
Blue Train
- Blue Train.
- Blue Note.
- 1.
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00:39
John Coltrane
Blue Train
- Blue Train.
- Blue Note.
- 1.
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00:45
Duke Ellington
Take The A Train
- Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band.
- Bluebird.
- 2.
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00:45
Duke Ellington
Take The A Train
- Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band.
- Bluebird.
- 2.
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00:51
Louis Armstrong
West End Blues
- La Grande Histoire du Jazz.
- Le Chant Du Monde.
- 12.
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00:51
Louis Armstrong
West End Blues
- La Grande Histoire du Jazz.
- Le Chant Du Monde.
- 12.
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00:56
Miles Davis
So What
- Kind of Blue.
- Columbia.
- 1.
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00:56
Miles Davis
So What
- Kind of Blue.
- Columbia.
- 1.
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 Nov 2015 16:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Jazz
- Sun 15 Nov 2015 21:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Jazz
- Mon 14 Nov 2016 07:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Jazz