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Classical Jazz

A personal journey, taking in great musicians and great music. Geoffrey considers the extent to which classical traditions have influenced jazz.

Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, a personal journey taking in great musicians and great music. This week, he considers that although some jazz fans may resent classical music, classical traditions have influenced jazz from the beginning. Today's programme examines the effects of classical music on players and composers from Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins to Lennie Tristano and Chick Corea.

email: GSJ@bbc.co.uk.

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Sun 10 Sep 2017 00:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Bill Evans

    Epilogue

    Composer: Bill Evans Performer: Bill Evans (p) Recorded: 1958

    • Everybody Digs Bill Evans.
    • Riverside OJCCD0682 Track number: Tr. 5; 0.38.

  • Louis Armstrong

    Savoy Blues

    Composer: Kid Ory Performer: The Hot Seven: Louis Armstrong (tr), John Thomas (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Lonnie Johnson (g), Pete Briggs (b), Baby Dodds (d) Recorded: 1927

    • Hot Fives and Sevens Vol. 2.
    • JSP Records JSPCD 313.

  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

    Sing, Sing, Sing

    Composer: Louis Prima Performer: Jess Stacy (p), Gene Kruper (d) Recorded: 1938 Artist: Coleman Hawkins Composer: Coleman Hawkins Performer: Coleman Hawkins (ts) Recorded: 1948

    • The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert.
    • Columbia/Legacy C2K65143.

  • Glenn Gould

    Fugue 15

    Composer: J.S Bach Performer: Glenn Gould

    • Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier.
    • Sony M3K42266 (3).

  • Lennie Tristano

    C Minor Complex

    Composer: Lennie Tristano Performer: Lennie Tristano Recorded: 1962

    • The New Tristano.
    • Atlantic Masters 8122-77676-2.

  • The Birth of the Third Stream

    Poem for Brass

    Composer: J.J. Johnson Performer: Miles Davis (flugelhorn solo), Joe Wilder (tr solo), John Ware, Bernie Glow, Arthur Statter, Mel Broiles, Carmine Fornarotto (tr), J.J. Johnson, Urbie Green, John Clark (tb), Joseph Singer, Ray Alonge, Arthur Sussman, Jim Buffington (Fr Horn), John Swallow, Ronald Ricketts (Bar Horn), Bill Barber (tuba), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d) Gunther Schuller (conductor) Recorded: 1956

    • Music for Brass.
    • Columbia Legacy 485103 2.

  • Yusef Lateef

    The Centaur and the Phoenix

    Composer: Charles Mills Performer: Yusef Lateef (ts), Clark Terry, Richard Williams (tpts), Curtis Fuller (tb), Josea Taylor (bassoon), Tate Houston (bs), Joe Zawinul (p), Ben Tucker (b), Lex Humphries (d) Recorded: 1960

    • The Riverside Jazz Sampler.
    • Riverside RIVM 001.

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Up and Down, up and down

    Composer: Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn Performer: Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bs), William 鈥楥at鈥� Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry (tr), Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman (tb), Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard (d) Recorded: 1957

    • Such Sweet Thunder.
    • Philips BBL 7203.

  • Gary Burton & Makoto Ozone

    Sonata K20

    Composer: Domenico Scarlatti Performer: Gary Burton (vibes) & Makoto Ozone (piano) Recorded: 2001

    • Virtuosi.
    • Concord Jazz CCD-2105-2.

  • Chick Corea

    America

    Composer: Chick Corea Performer: Chick Corea (p), Tim Garland (reeds), Steve Davis (tsb), Hans Glawischnig (b), Marcus Gilmore (d) Recorded: 2001

    • The Continents, for Jazz Quintet and Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsch Grammophon.

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  • Sun 17 Jun 2012 00:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3
  • Sun 10 Sep 2017 00:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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