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Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

Jazz Record Requests
Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Saturday 24 October 2009 5pm–6pm

JRR Signature Tune:
Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Wynton Marsalis)
Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p), Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker (bj), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d)
Recorded 28 October 1988
Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)

A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way (B Davis, H Akst) (2:55)
Performed by Eddie Condon, Sterling Bose
Taken from the album Eddie Condon’s World of Jazz
LP (CBS -67273/A S1/6)

Blackstick (Sidney Bechet) (2:42)
Performed by Noble Sissle’s Swingsters: Sidney Bechet (cl, ss) Clarence Brereton (tp) Gil White (ts) Harry Brooks (p) Jimmy Miller (g) Jimmy Jones (b) Wilbert Kirk (d)
Recorded 10 February 1938
Taken from the album Sidney Bechet Vol. 2 1938 - 1950
2002 CD (Naxos 8120616 (1) Track 1)

Nails (Buster Harding) (6:08)
Performed by Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley (tp) Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Mathew Gee (tb) Marshall Royal, Bill Graham, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Charlie Fowlkes (reeds) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d) Freddie Green (g) Count Basie (p) Joe Williams (v)
Recorded 7 September 1956, Sweden
Taken from the album Basie in London
CD (Verve 8338052(1) Track 4)

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (Roberts, Fisher) (3:10)
Performed by The Ink Spots: Billy Kenny (ts) Charles Fugua (ts, g) Ivory Watson (bs, g) Orville Jones (b) Ella Fitzgerald (v)
Recorded 1944
Taken from the album The Best of the Ink Spots
CD (Music for Pleasure CDMFP6064 Track 16)

Soul Fusion (Milt Jackson) (5:30)
Performed by Milt Jackson (vib) Monty Alexander (p) John Clayton (b) Jeff Hamilton (d)
Recorded 1 - 2 June 1977, Los Angeles
Taken from the album Soul Fusion
LP (Pablo 2310 804. S1/4)

Amazing Grace (Trad, Arr. Shepp) (4:22)
Performed by Archie Shepp (ts, ss) Horace Parlan (p)
Recorded 25 April 1977, Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Taken from the album Goin’ Home
LP (Steeplechase SCS 1079. S1/3)

Born on a Friday (L Feather) (3:42)
Performed by Cleo Laine (v) Paul Hart (Keyboard, Violin) Terry Cox (d) Daryl Runswick (b) Clark Terry (tp, flghn) Strings led by Selwart Clarke
Recorded 13 January 1976, New York
Taken from the album The Very Best of Cleo Laine
1997 CD (RCA 74321432152(2) Disc 2, Track 18)

Psychedelic Sally (Horace Silver) (7:10)
Performed by Charles Tolliver (tp) Stanley Turrentine (ts) Horace Silver (p) Bob Cranshaw (b, el-b) Mickey Roker (d)
Recorded 23 February 1968, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Taken from the album Serenade To A Soul Sister
LP (Blue Note BST 84277. S1/1)

All My Tomorrows (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) (5:47)
Performed by Keith Jarrett (p) Gary Peacock (b) Jack DeJohnette (d)
Recorded 5 July 1999, Live in Paris
Taken from the album Whisper Not
2000CD (ECM 1724/25 Disc 2, Track 5)

A Night in Tunisia (Clifford Brown) (10:58)
Performed by Clifford Brown (tp) Billy Root (ts -1,3) Mel "Ziggy" Vines (ts -3) Sam Dockery (p) Ace Tisone (b) Ellis Tollin (d)
Recorded 25 June 1956, Philadelphia
Taken from the album Sideman
1999 CD (RCA 09026634442(1) Track 8)

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