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03/05/2009

The show that celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song. Celebrating the 110th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth.

Amidst the flurry of anniversaries, our first show of the new month gives us the chance to indulge in a few personal favourites and turn up some new gems, in particular Carmen McRae's fine rendering of an Artie Shaw song, Winter In May.

We also revisit the Duke Ellington's album, In A Mellotone, from which we play the Herb Jeffries number I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I Got. This album has long been a favourite of ours, containing as it does some of Duke's finest creations of the 1940s. It also features the Blanton-Webster band, so-called because of the huge effect that the two newcomers - bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor sax-man Ben Webster - had on the band's output.

It was a short-lived period - Ben moved on to other things in 1943 and Jimmy died tragically young in 1942 - but their influence reverberated long after their time. The album includes the original versions of two other songs for our Ellington tribute - All Too Soon and I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good.

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Sun 3 May 2009 21:00
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Eydie Gorm茅

    On The First Warm Day

    • MCA.
    • MCLD 19385.

  • Carmen McRae

    Winter In May

    • Lonehill Jazz.
    • LHJ 10256.

  • Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra

    In The Merry Month Of Maybe

    • The Old Masters.
    • MB 109.

  • The Andrews Sisters

    Beer Barrel Polka

    • Jasmine.
    • JASBOX 7-4.

  • Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra

    Reaching For Someone (& Not Finding Anyone There)

    • Jonzo.
    • JZCD - 6.

  • Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman - In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening

  • Judy Collins

    I Think It's Going To Rain Today

    • Rhino.
    • 8122 73392-2.

  • The Duke Ellington Orchestra

    I've Got To Be A Rug-Cutter

    • DJM (Lp Double).
    • DJLMD 8020/A.

  • Woody Herman Orchestra

    I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

    • HEP.
    • HEPCD 76.

  • Herb Jeffries

    I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I've Got

    • BMG/RCA.
    • 74321 13029-2.

  • Peggy Lee and George Shearing - All Too Soon

  • Al Hibbler

    I Like A Sunrise

    • Jasmine.
    • JASCD 671.

  • Mel Torm茅

    All In Fun

    • Audiophile.
    • ACD-67.

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 May 2009 21:00
    麻豆社 Radio 2