Jazz Footprints for Wednesday 25 July 2012

Programme 13 in a series of 13

** No audio for this programme.

When jazz musicians get together, the common language for creating music is the ‘standards.’  A typical jazz standard originates from the Tin Pan Alley era and Great American Songbook, but the term ‘standard’ has been broadening as jazz musicians repeat their favourite composers...

Music Details:

Miles Davis: Boplicity
Composer: Henry / Evans / Davis
From the album:  Birth of the Cool
(Capitol)

Betty Carter: East of the Sun
Composer: Bowman
From the album: I’m Yours, You’re Mine
(Verve)

Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Composer: Allen  
From the album: Billy Crystal Presents: The Milt Gabler Story (2CD)
(Verve)

Christian McBride: Little Sunflower
Composer: Hubbard
From the album: Number Two Express
(Verve)

Paul Motian: Straight No Chaser
Composer: Monk
From the album: Monk In Motian
(JMT)

Terri Lynne Carrington: Michelle
Composer: Lennon / McCartney
From the album: The Mosaic Project
(Concord)

Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan: All The Things You Are
Composer:  Kern / Hammerstein
From the album: Two of A Kind
(Sony)

Jim Hall and Ron Carter: Alone Together
Composer: Dietz / Schwartz
From the album: Alone Together
(Milestone)

Wayne Shorter: Footprints
Composer: Shorter
From the album: Adam’s Apple
(Blue Note)