Bending the Notes
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the myriad pleasures of jazz with a survey of the unique art of 'bending notes', from Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong to Iain Ballamy and Sonny Rollins.
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, a personal journey taking in great musicians and great music.
In this first programme in the series, Geoffrey celebrates the myriad pleasures of jazz with a survey of the unique art of "bending notes", from Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong to Iain Ballamy and Sonny Rollins.
email: gsj@bbc.co.uk.
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Juanita Hall
After You've Gone
- Juanita Hall Sings the Blues.
- Fresh Sounds.
- FRSCD68 (1).
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Coleman Hawkins
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
- Coleman Hawkins.
- Verve.
- 549-085.
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Bessie Smith
Bessie SMITH Baby doll
- Bessie Smith: Volume 3.
- Columbia.
- 4721892 (2).
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Billie Holiday
Night And Day
- Lady Day: The Very Best of Billie Holiday.
- Columbia.
- MOODCD-52.
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Kansas City Six
Three Little Words
- Kansas City 5, 6 & 7.
- Classics.
- Classics-912.
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Thelonious Monk
Blue Monk
- Thelonius Alone in San Francisco.
- Riverside.
- 1862312 (1).
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Ben Webster
That's All
- King of the Tenors.
- Verve.
- 519-8062.
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Iain Ballamy
The Way You Look Tonight
- The Little Radio.
- Sound.
- CD-1005.
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The Ornette Coleman Quartet
Ramblin'
- Change of the Century.
- Atlantic.
- 7567--81341-2.
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Louis Armstrong
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- C'est Ci Bon.
- Proper.
- Properbox-24.
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Sonny Rollins
Four
- Sonny Rollins & Co. 1964.
- Bluebird RCA.
- 74321257672.
- 4.
Broadcast
- Sun 6 May 2012 00:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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