Photo: Trey Ratcliff
Nick Tipping checks out jazz tunes which describe evoke cities and streets, including Jonathan Crayford's 'Skyscraper Scaffold', Duke Ellington's 'Sidewalks of New York', and Myele Manzanza's 'Brixton Blues'.
MUSIC DETAILS:
# | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
1 | John Key | Corner Adorner | Key | John Key's Strange Fruit | Disctronics | 04:19 |
2 | Jonathan Crayford | Skyscraper Scaffold | Crayford | Dark Light | Rattle | 04:07 |
3 | Nathan Haines | East River Drive | Haines | Shift Left: 25th Anniversary | Universal | 05:13 |
4 | Grover Washington Jr | East River Drive | Washington | Come Morning | Elektra | 04:43 |
5 | Duke Ellington | Harlem Air-Shaft | Ellington | Never No Lament | BMG | 02:57 |
6 | Duke Ellington | The Sidewalks of New York | Blake / Lawlor | Never No Lament | BMG | 03:14 |
7 | Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones | On Green Dolphin Street | Kaper | On Green Dolphin Street | Riverside | 08:08 |
8 | Myele Manzanza | Brixton Blues | Manzanza | Crisis & Opportunity Vol 1: London | Deepmatter | 07:08 |
9 | Nathan Haines | Navarino Street | Haines | Vermilion Skies | Haven | 03:59 |
10 | John Rae, Ben Wilcock, Patrick Bleakley | Apple Road | Rae | Splendid Isolation | private | 03:10 |
11 | Richter City Rebels | Pride of the Neighborhood | We Do It Like That | private | 04:00 |