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Why Music? The Key to Memory

Inspired by Radio3's weekend exploration of memory, Geoffrey Smith showcases performers and music recalling people and places from the past, including the likes of Billie Holiday, Eric Dolphy, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker.

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Sun 15 Oct 2017 00:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Mamies Blues

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 1.

  • Billie Holiday

    Remember

    • Oscar Peterson Sessions with Billie Holiday.
    • Avid.
    • 14.

  • Sarah Vaughan

    They Can't Take That Away From Me

    • A Proper Introduction to Sarah Vaughan.
    • Proper.
    • 5.

  • Charlie Parker

    I Remember You

    • Charlie Parker: Now's the Time.
    • VERVE.
    • 11.

  • Anita O’Day

    Lover Come Back To Me

    • Anita O'Day Five Classic Albums Plus.
    • AVID JAZZ.
    • 11.

  • Mildred Bailey

    Thanks For The Memory

    • HARLEM LULLABY.
    • ASV LIVING ERA RECORDS.
    • 14.

  • Thelonious Monk

    Memories Of You

    • Thelonious Monk - Three Classic Albums Plus.
    • AVID.
    • 2.

  • Art Tatum

    Willow Weep For Me

    • Jazz From American On Disques Vogue.
    • SONY.
    • 2.

  • Mark Murphy

    On Green Dolphin Street

    • Mark Murphy Sings.
    • Fresh Sound.
    • 14.

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    I Remember Clifford

    • DIZZY GILLESPIE - FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS.
    • AVID.
    • 6.

  • Duke Ellington

    Work Song

    Performer: Duke Ellington.

  • Carmen McRae

    Yesterdays

    • Carmen McRae SINGS LOVER MAN AND OTHER B. HOLIDAY CLASSICS.
    • ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS.
    • 2.

  • Erroll Garner

    I'll Remember April

    • CONCERT BY THE SEA.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

  • Bud Powell

    Just One Of Those Things

    • Four Classic Albums Plus.
    • Avid.
    • 20.

Playlist

Title: Mamie’s Blues
Artist: Jelly Roll Morton
Composer:  Jelly Roll Morton
Label: SONY 8875140962
Duration: 2.44
Performers: Jelly Roll Morton, p, voc

 

Remember
Billie Holiday
Irving Berlin
AMSC  819
2.33
Billie Holiday, voc; Charlie Shavers, tpt; Flip Philips, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kassel, g; Ray Brown, b; Alvin Stoller, d

They Can’t Take That Away from me
Sarah Vaughan
Gershwin / Gershwin
Proper  Intro CD 2082
2.45
Sarah Vaughan, voc; John Malachi, p; Joe Benjamin, b; Roy Haynes, d

I Remember You
Charlie Parker
Schertzinger / Mercer
Verve 8371412
3.02
Charlie Parker, as; Al Haig, p; Percy Heath, b; Max Roach, d

Lover Come Back to Me
Anita O’Day
Sigmund Romberg / Oscar Hammerstein II
Avid AMSC 1129
2.48
John Anderson, al Porcino, Jack Sheldon & Ray Triscari, tpt; Stu Williamson, tbn; Lew McCreary, Dick Nash, Frank Rosolino, tbn; Joe Maini, as, ts; Chuck Genry, bs; Larry Bunker, vib; Russ Freeman, p; Al Viola, g; Buddy Clark, b; Mel Lewis, d; Johnny Mandel, arr

Thanks for the Memory
Mildred Bailey
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
Proper ProperBox 57
2.32
Mildred Baily, voc; Jimmy Blake, ts; Hank D’Amico & Chu Berry, cl; Teddy Wilson, p; Allen Reus, g; Pete Peterson, b; Dave Tough, d

Memories of You
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Avid AMSC 1130
4.16
Thelonious Monk, p

Willow Weep for Me
Art Tatum
Ronell
SONY 8875140962
3.11
Art Tatum, p

On Green Dolphin Street
Mark Murphy
Kaper / Washington
Fresh Sound FSR-CD 823
3.40
Joe Wilder, Bernie Glow & Ernie Royal, tpt; Jimmy Cleveland & Urbie Green, tbn; Wynton Kelly, p; Barry Galbraith, g; George Duvivier, b; Jimmy Cobb, d

I Remember Clifford
Dizzy Gillespie
Golson
Avid AMSC968
4.48
Lee Morgan, E.V.Perry, Carl Warwick & Talib Dawd, tpt; Melba Liston, Al Grey & Chuck Conners, tbn; Jimmy Powell, Ernie Henry, Billy Mitchell, Benny Golson & Pee Wee Moore, saxes; Wynton Kelly, p; Paul West, b; Charlie Persip, d


Black Brown & Beige: No.1 ‘Work Song’
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
RCA09026 63459 2
4.34
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra


Yesterdays
Carmen McRae
Kern, Jerome / Harbach, Otto
Essential Jazz Classics EJC55543
4.52
Carmen McRae, voc; Nat Adderley, cornet; Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, ts; Mundell Lowe, g; Norman Simmons, p; Bob Cranshaw, b; Walter Perkins, d


I’ll Remember April
Erroll Garner
Raye / Johnson/ Depaul
Columbia 451042 2
4.19
Erroll Garner, p; Eddie Calhoun, b; Denzil Best, d


Just One of Those Things
Bud Powell
Porter
Avid AMSC1030
4.39
Bud Powell, p; George Duvivier, b; Art Taylor, d 

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  • Sun 15 Oct 2017 00:00
    BBC Radio 3

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