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Alyn Shipton presents jazz of all styles including music from Sonny Rollins, Cleo Laine & Dave O'Higgins.

Alyn Shipton presents jazz music of all styles as requested by you, including music from Cleo Laine, arranger Oliver Nelson and saxophonist Dave O’Higgins. Also, we hear an archive clip from saxophone legend Sonny Rollins and his classic composition Pent Up Blues.

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59 minutes

Music Played

  • Dave O’Higgins

    In The Zone

    • Jazzizit.
  • Peggy Lee

    Black Coffee

    • Decca.
  • Rodney Whitaker

    Visions of the Past

    • Sirocco Jazz.
  • Sonny Rollins

    Pent-Up House

    • Essential Jazz Classics.
  • Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli

    Swing Improvisation on the first movement of Bach's concerto in D

    • DRG.
  • Oliver Nelson

    Stolen Moments

    • Green Corner.
  • Cleo Laine

    Ridin' High

    • Spectrum Music.
  • Joe Locke

    Elegy for us all

    • Circle 9 Records.
  • Susannah McCorkle

    The Eagle and Me

    • Jazz Alliance.
  • Benny Goodman

    The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise

    • Stockfish.
  • Bunk Johnson & Lu Watters

    Maple Leaf Rag

    • Good Time Jazz.

Broadcast

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