Jamie Cullum BBC3 music list 26.06.2012

This week, Jamie is joined by one of his favourite singer-songwriters and pianists, Regina Spektor.
They speak about Regina's upbringing in Moscow surrounded by classical music and illegal Western music. She talks about moving to New York and how her feelings of being an outsider and frustration at trying to be a classical musician led to her unique style of writing.
Having recently released a new album called What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, the pair reflect on the musical journey of this album.

Betty Carter — Jazz (Ain’t Nothing But Soul)
The Modern Sound Of Betty Carter, ABC
Eddie Lang — April Kisses
OKeh Records
 Tom Waits — Lucky Day
The Black Rider, Island Records
 Sonny Stitt — Surfin’
Now!, Impulse Records
Criolo — Bogotá
Nó Na Orelha, Sterns Music
Regina Spektor Interview
 Ani DiFranco — Napolean
Dilate, Righteous Babe
 Regina Spektor — Samson
Songs, Self-Released
Regina Spektor — Open
What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, Warner Music
Louis Armstrong And Duke Ellington — It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
The Great Reunion, Roulette Records
 John Surman — Whitman’s Wood
Saltash Bells, ECM Records
Michael Garrick Trio — Man, Have You Ever Heard
Moonscape, Airborne Records
Neneh Cherry And The Thing — Golden Heart
The Cherry Thing, Smalltown Supersound

Jamie Cullum BBC3 12.06.2012 music list

This week, he plays a gem he recently discovered in the BBC archives, featuring James Moody on the flute at London's Poplar Town Hall back in November 1967.
James Moody performs Yesterdays in a concert that featured an all-star line-up of jazz artists including Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Zoot Sims on tenor saxophone, Bob Cranshaw on bass, Clark Terry on flugelhorn and Louis Belson on drums.

The Nat King Cole Trio — Don't Let It Go To Your Head
After Midnight, Capitol Records
 The Meters — Oh, Calcutta!
Look-Ka Py Py, Josie Records
Sam Yahel — 2 Pilgrims
From Sun To Sun, Origin Records
Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio — Ad Lib Blues
Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio, Norgran Records
 Regina Spektor — Small Town Moon
What We Saw From Cheap Seats, Sire Records
 James Moody — Yesterdays (BBC Archive Track From 1967)
Jono McCleery — She Moves
There Is, Counter Records
 Chick Corea — Spain
Light As A Feather, Polydor
 Curtis Stigers — Things Have Changed
There Is, Concord Records
 The Cinematic Orchestra — Necrology
The Cinematic Orchestra Presents In Motion #1, Ninja Tune

Jamie Cullum BBC3 playlist on 4.06.2012 Mark Murphy

This week, Jamie chats to seminal jazz vocalist Mark Murphy, who has been embraced in musical realms such as acid jazz and modern dance music. They speak about Mark's upbringing in a family of singers and how he was first turned on to jazz through the music of Art Tatum.
As one of the most inventive lyricists of instrumental standards, the pair discuss Mark's process for putting lyrics to songs.

Cab Calloway and His Orchestra — Everybody Eats When They Come To My House
Are You Hep to Jive?, Sony
Orfeo En Los Tambores — Tino Contreras
El Jazz Mexicano De Tino Contreras, Jazzman Records
Bob James — Nautilus
One, Columbia

Mark Murphy Interview
Art Tatum — Humoresque
The Genius Of Art Tatum, Volume 1, Verve Records
Mark Murphy — Milestones
Rah!, Riverside Records
Mark Murphy — You’re Blasé
Song For The Geese, RCA
Mark Murphy — On The Red Clay
Mark Murphy Sings, Muse
Mark Murphy — Sly
Stolen Moments, Muse Records
Troyka — Rest
Moxxy, Edition Records
Norah Jones — Say Goodbye
It Happens Quietly, Specific Jazz

Jamie Cullum BBC2 music list on 29.05.2012

CURUMIN, DUSTAN GALAS, CÉU, MARCO SOUZA, LUCAS MARTINS

Jamie Cullum plays an hour of jazz music ranging from its heritage to its future.
This week, he features Brazilian singer-songwriter Céu in session at the BBC Maida Studios. Céu's music takes influence from traditional Brazilian samba and jazz alongside new styles of Brazilian brega and modern soul. For this session, she performs tracks from her latest album, Caravana Sereia Bloom.


C.W. Stoneking — Rich Man’s Blues
King Hokum, King Hokum Records
 Benny Goodman — Sing Sing Sing
Bluebird Records
Jazzanova — No Use
Funkaus Studio Sessions, Sonar Kollektiv
The Charles Lloyd Quartet — Love-In
Love-In, Atlantic Records

Maida Vale Session Track
CéU — Lenda (Live At Maida Vale)
CéU — Amor de Antigos (Live At Maida Vale)

The Three Sounds — Repeat After Me
Soul Symphony, Blue Note Records
 Herbie Hancock — Tea Leaf Prophecy
River: The Joni Letters, Verve Records
 Art Tatum — Just One Of Those Things
Presenting The Art Tatum Trio, Verve Records
Jon Kennedy — Chocolate And Cheese
We’re Just Waiting For You Now, Tru Thoughts

Jamie Cullum BBC3 music list on 15.05.2012

Jamie Cullum plays an hour of jazz music ranging from its heritage to its future.
This week, Jamie meets up with Jasper Høiby, the bassist and founder of London-based jazz trio, Phronesis. The pair discuss the reasons Jasper picked up the bass guitar, which led to him starting the reputable jazz trio Phronesis.
They also talk about his latest release, which came about from playing concerts in total darkness in dedication to Jasper's visually impaired sister.

Etta James — Fool That I Am
The Second Time Around, Argo Records
Vince Guaraldi Trio — Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus, Fantasy Records
 A Tribe Called Quest — Ham ‘N’ Eggs
People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm, Jive Records
Phronesis Interview
 Chick Corea — Matrix
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, Solid State Records
Phronesis — Suede Trees
Walking Dark, Edition Records
Outhouse — Bara Mbaye
Ruhabi, Loop Records
Maxine Sullivan — Legalize My Name
Overjazz Records
Hauschka — La Dilettante
Room To Expand, Fat Cat Records
 Alice Coltrane — Stopover Bombay
Journey In Satchidananda, Impulse! Records
 James Brown — Escape-Ism
King Records

Jamie Cullum BBC3 music list on 08.05.2012

This week's show was recorded backstage at the 2012 Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
Running from 2-7 May, the festival features a top range of current and established jazz artists including Gregory Porter, C.W. Stoneking, Candi Staton, Imelda May, Roberto Fonseca and Melody Gardot.
He will also be picking out some of the best new jazz releases of the month and a few of his favourite classic gems.

C.W. Stoneking — The Love Me Or Die
Jungle Blues, King Hokum Records
Zara McFarlane — Blossom Tree
Until Tomorrow, Brownswood Recordings
 Ray Charles — Roll With My Baby
What I’d Say, Atlantic Records
Helge Lien Trio — Afrikapolka
Natsukashii, Ozella Music
Chris Potter Interview
Chris Potter — Family Tree
A Song For Everyone, Sunnyside Records
 Jacqui Dankworth — The Man
It Happens Quitely, Specific Jazz
 Kit Downes Trio — Boreal
Quiet Tiger, Basho Records
Kit Downes And Seb Rochford Interview
 Polar Bear — Bear Town (Live At BBC Maida Vale)
Sebastian Rochford, Ranjana Ghatak, Gina Loring — Love A Sacred Path (LV Remix)
The Leaf Label
Abram Wilson Interview
Abram Wilson — Duel Of The Drum (Live At BBC Maida Vale)
Jamie Cullum and Gregory Porter Live Duet
Jamie Cullum And Gregory Porter — Gran Torino

Jamie Cullum music list on 01.05.2012

JONATHON LEE, JEB LOY NICHOLS, JENNIFER CARR, ROB UPDAGRAFF, ANDY HAMILL

Jamie Cullum plays an hour of jazz music ranging from its heritage to its future. This week, he features Jeb Loy Nichols in session with his full band at the BBC Maida Vale Studios.

Jeb Loy Nichols is an American-born singer-songwriter and musician currently living in Wales. His music contains influences of blues, country, reggae and jazz. He performs tracks from his latest album, The Jeb Loy Nichols Special, which was released last month.

Joe Williams And The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra — Hallelujah I Love Her So

Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra, Solid State Records

Tino Contreras — Jazz En El Cairo

Jazz, Musart Records

Mac Rebennack — Storm Warning

Rex Records

 Amerie — 1 Thing

Touch, Columbia Records

 Keith Jarrett — Mortgage On My Soul

Birth, Wounded Bird Records

BBC Maida Vale Session Track

 Jeb Loy Nichols — Hard Times (Live From Maida Vale)

Brad Mehldau Trio — Aquaman

Ode, Nonesuch Records

 Nostalgia 77 — Eastwind

Everything Under The Sun, Tru Thoughts

BBC Maida Vale Session Track

 Jeb Loy Nichols — Disappointment (Live At BBC Maida Vale)

 Thelonious Monk — Round Midnight

Genius Of Modern Music: Volume 1, Blue Note Records

 Pharoahe Monch — Still Standing (Featuring Jill Scott)

W.A.R (We Are Renegades), Duck Down Records

Jamie Cullum BBC 3, play list on 24.04.2012

This week, Jamie interviews his friend and contemporary Soweto Kinch; the British jazz musician, hip-hop MC and musical educator.

Soweto chats to Jamie about getting the jazz bug and meeting trumpeter Wynton Marsalis when he was a teenager. The pair also discuss their mutual love of jazz samples in hip-hop music, and the importance of story-telling in Soweto's music.

Frank Sinatra And Count Basie — Pennies From Heaven

Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First, Reprise Records

Berry Weight — Magician’s Assistant

Music For Imaginary Movies, Hypnophonic Workshop

Duke Ellington — Anatomy Of A Murder

Anatomy Of A Murder, Columbia

 Bobby Womack — Please Forgive My Heart

The Bravest Man In The Universe, XL Recordings

Soweto Kinch Interview

 Wynton Marsalis — Caravan

Marsalis Standard Time, Volume 1, CBS

The Pharcyde — Passin’ Me By

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, Delicious Vinyl Records

 Soweto Kinch — Jazz Planet

Dune Records

Soweto Kinch — The Mission

A Day In The Life Of B19: Tales Of The Tower Block, Dune Records

Soweto Kinch — On The Treadmill

The New Emancipation, Soweto Kinch Recordings

Jimmy Smith And Wes Montgomery — King Of The Road

Further Adventures Of Jimmy Smith And Wes Montgomery, Verve Records

Gwilym Simcock, Tim Garland and Asaf Sirkis — Space Junk

Lighthouse, ACT Records

 Nina Simone — Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Phillips

 Efterklang — Modern Drift

Magic Chairs, 4AD

Jamie Cullum BBC 3, 17.04.2012

This week, Jamie meets one of his true musical heroes: the piano player, singer and composer Dr. John.

Dr. John talks about his incredible life and career, from being brought up on the voodoo music of his home city New Orleans, and the influence of Professor Longhair; to being shot in the hand and consequently moving from playing the guitar to the piano.

With a new album out this month, Dr. John also talks about his new project with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and inspiring a new generation of fans.

That Ole Devil Called Love — Billie Holiday

Decca Records

Allen Toussaint — St. James Infirmary

The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch Records

 Jeb Loy Nichols — Disappointment

The Jeb Loy Nichols Special, Decca Records

Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra — Jungle Drums

The Grand Master Of The Soprano Sax And Clarinet, Columbia

Dr. John Interview

Professor Longhair — Big Chief

Watch Records

 Dr. John — Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya

Gris-Gris, ATCO Records

Dr. John — Revolution

Locked Down, Nonesuch Records

West African Rhythm Brothers — Ominira

London Is The Place For Me Volume 2, Honest Jon’s Records

Gerry Mulligan And Johnny Hodges — Back Beat

Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges, Verve Records

Daniel Rossen — Saint Nothing

Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP, Warp Records

Jamie Cullum play list - 10.04.2012

This week, Jamie's guest is the American jazz-pop singer, songwriter and guitarist Curtis Stigers.
Curtis performs stripped-down tracks from his latest album Let's Go Out Tonight, at the BBC Maida Vale Studios.
Jamie also selects some of his favourite classic tracks and showcases new releases from the rising stars of the jazz world.


Dr. John — Big Shot
Locked Down, Nonesuch Records
 T-Bone Walker — Two Bones And A Pick
T-Bone Blues, Atlantic Records
Clark Terry And Bob Brookmeyer Quintet — Haig And Haig
Gingerbread Man, Mainstream Records
Torun Eriksen — Way To Go
Prayers And Observation, Jazzland Records
Wes Montgomery — Twisted Blues
So Much Guitar, Riverside
BBC Maida Vale Session Track
Curtis Stigers (Live At Maida Vale) — This Life
Hidden Orchestra — Flight
Flight, Tru Thoughts
BBC Maida Vale Session Track
 Curtis Stigers — Oh How It Rained (Live At Maida Vale)
 Miles Davis — Spanish Key
Bitches Brew, Columbia
Bill Evans And Tony Bennett — We’ll Be Together Again
The Bill Evans/Tony Bennett Album, Fantasy Records
 Bugge Wesseltoft — We’ll Be Together Again
Songs, Jazzman Records

Jamie Cullum music list on 20.03.2012 - DAISY PALMER, JIM BARR, PETE JUDGE, JAKE MCMURCHIE

This week, Jamie features one of his favourite UK jazz bands, Get The Blessing, in session at the BBC Maida Vale Studios. They perform tracks from their latest album OCDC, which was released this month.
Get The Blessing are a jazz rock quartet from Bristol, consisting of Portishead's rhythm section Jim Barr and Clive Deamer, saxophonist Jake McMurchie, and trumpeter Pete Judge.

Quantic And Alice Russell — Magdelena

Look Around The Corner, Tru Thoughts

Count Basie & His Orchestra — One O’Clock Jump

Decca

Screamin' Jay Hawkins — Even Though

Wing Records

Jalacy Hawkins (July 18, 1929, Cleveland, Ohio – February 12, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an American musician, singer, and actor. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You", Hawkins sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him one of the few early shock rockers.

tonbruket — Lilo

Dig It To The End, ACT Records

Gregory Porter — Mother’s Song

Be Good, Motema Music

John Coltrane And Don Cherry — The Blessing

The Avant-Garde, Atlantic Records

Get the Blessing — OCDC (Live At Maida Vale)

Bill Withers — Grandma’s Hands

Just As I Am, Sussex Records

Get the Blessing — The Waiting (Live At Maida Vale)

Blossom Dearie — Our Love Is Here To Stay

Once Upon A Time, Verve Records

Shafiq Husayn — Nirvana

Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka, Plug Resear

Jamie Cullum music list on 13.03.2012 AVISHAI COHEN, AMIR BRESLER, OMRI MOR

Jamie Cullum showcases his love for all types of jazz, and music rooted in jazz, from its heritage to the future.

This week, Jamie features a BBC Maida Vale session with the Israeli bassist, composer and singer Avishai Cohen. Avishai's music is heavily influenced by Middle Eastern grooves and African-American musical idioms, and he has performed and recorded with the likes of Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin.

For the session Avishai Cohen performs songs from his latest album, Seven Seas, in a trio alongside Amir Bresler and Omri Mor.

Hugh Masekela — Grazing In The Grass
UNI Records
Dr. John — Revolution
Locked Down, Nonesuch Records
 Mulatu Astatqé — Yekatit
Yekatit Ethio Jazz, Amha Records
 Etta James — At Last
At Last, Chess Records
Cannonball Adderley — Mercy Mercy Mercy
Mercy Mercy Mercy, Blue Note Records
Maida Vale Session Track
 Avishai Cohen — Dreaming (Live At Maida Vale)
Avishai Cohen — Seven Seas (Live At Maida Vale)
 Diana Krall — Simple Twist Of Fate
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Amnesty International
 Wayne Shorter — Yes Or No
Juju, Blue Note Records
 Four Tet — Circling
There Is Love In You, Domino Records

Jamie Cullum music list on 06.03.2012 Carmen Lundy

This week, Jamie chats to American jazz vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy. She talks about what it was like growing up in a musical family, alongside her famous bass player brother Curtis and gospel singer mother.

Carmen also discusses her latest album, Changes, and how she has managed to maintain her creativity after nearly three decades of recording albums.
Also this week, Jamie returns to the BBC archives to dig out a recording of Abdullah Ibrahim, the South African pianist and composer, performing on the TV show Ebony back in January 1986.


Sam Butera & The Witnesses — Love Charm
Prep Records
Emilia Mårtensson And Barry Green — Waltz For The Lonely Ones
And So It Goes, Babel
Sonny Rollins — Strode Rode
Saxophone Colussus, Prestige Records
Carmen Lundy Interview
Herbie Hancock — Tell Me A Bedtime Story
Fat Albert Rotunda, Warner Brothers Records
Carmen Lundy — The Lamp Is Low
Good Morning Kiss, BlackHawk Records
Carmen Lundy — My Shining Hour
Night And Day, Sony
Carmen Lundy — So Beautiful
Changes, Afrasia Productions
Coleman Hawkins — Body And Soul
Bluebird Records
Fink — Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us
Perfect Darkness, Ninja Tune
Archive Session Track
Abdullah Ibrahim — Soweto (Live on Ebony, 31/01/1986)
Tom Waits — I’m Still Here
Alice, Anti- Records

Jamie Cullum music list on 28.02.2012 - Tigran Hamasyan

This week, Jamie features Armenian-born jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan in session at the BBC Maida Vale
Studios.

Showcasing songs from his latest album A Fable, Tigran explains how he gravitated towards jazz and traditional Armenian folk music in his childhood in Armenia, and how he returned to these early inspirations for this album.




The Cadets — Love Bandit
Modern Records
The Greg Foat Group — Uncle Bessie
The Dark Side Of The Sun, Jazzman Records
 Les McCann — Watermelon Man
Bucket O’ Grease, Limelight Records
 Lambchop — Gone Tomorrow
Mr. M, City Slang Records
 A Tribe Called Quest — Jazz (We’ve Got)
Low End Theory, Jive Records
 Charlie Parker — Ornithology
Dial Records
Maida Vale Session Track
Tigran Hamasyan — A Fable (Live At Maida Vale)
 Rachel Sermanni — The Fog
Black Currents EP, Middle of Nowhere Records
Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle — Someday My Prince Will Come
Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle, Verve Records
Maida Vale Session Track
Tigran Hamasyan — Someday My Prince Will Come (Live At Maida Vale)
 Cab Calloway — Minnie Moocher
Brunswick
Annie Ross — Twisted
Aniie Ross Sings, Prestige

Jamie Cullum music list on 21.02.2012 Robert Glasper

Jamie Cullum plays an hour of jazz music ranging from its heritage to its future.
This week, Jamie catches up on the best music of the year so far, and gives an idea of what events and releases we can still look forward to. He also picks out some of his favourite classic jazz tracks and lesser-known gems.



Bessie Smith — Back Water Blues
News & the Blues: Telling It Like It Is, Columbia Records
Gang Colours — Fancy Restaurant
The Keychain Collection, Brownswood Records
 Charles Mingus — Hora Decubitus
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, Impulse! Records
Jimmy McGriff — Blue Juice
The Worm, Solid State Records
Me'Shell NdegéOcello — Don't Take My Kindness For Weakness
Weather, Naïve Records
Matthew Bourne — Juliet
Montauk Variations, The Leaf Label
Rotary Connection — I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
Hey Love, Cadet Concept Records
Phronesis — Suede Trees
Walking Dark, Edition Records
 Nina Simone — Sinnerman
Pastel Blues, Phillips
Junip — In Every Direction
Fields, City Slang

Jamie Cullum music list on 14.02.2012 Empirical

LEWIS WRIGHT, SHANEY FORBES, TOM FARMER, NATHANIEL FACEY

This week, Jamie features one of his favourite British jazz bands, London-based modern jazz outfit Empirical. They perform some music from their latest record Elements of Truth, which was released last year.

The young quartet introduce the tracks, explaining how they take influences from outside jazz, and tell us why they love playing live.

Robert Johnson — I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom

King Of The Delta Blues Singers – Volume II, CBS Records

Thundercat — $200 Tb

The Golden Age Of The Apocalypse, Brainfeeder

Ida Sand — Eyes On The Prize

The Gospel Truth, ACT Records

Sonny Rollins — St. Thomas (Live at The Beacon Theatre, New York 10/09/10)

Dr. Lonnie Smith — Think

Think, Blue Note

Aretha Franklin — It Ain’t Fair

This Girl’s In Love With You, Atlantic Records

Empirical — Simple Things (Live At Maida Vale)

Sammy Davis Jr. — Got A Great Big Shovel

Sammy Davis Jr. Collector, Capitol Records

Harry Connick, Jr. — Sovereign Lover

Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1, Marsalis Music

Empirical — The Element of Truth (Live At Maida Vale)

The Robert Glasper Experiment — Afro Blue feat. Erykah Badu

Black Radio, Blue Note

Jamie Cullum music list on 07.02.2012 Sir Paul McCartney

This week, Jamie meets Sir Paul McCartney for a special, in-depth interview about the musician's love of jazz.
The two discuss the role jazz has played in Sir Paul's life, from growing up listening to his father's jazz band to their mutual love of Fats Waller. Sir Paul reflects on his days with The Beatles, and how jazz subtly informed the way they approached their compositions.
He then talks about his current album of jazz standards and original compositions, Kisses On The Bottom, and explains the way it came together, from initial inspiration to collaborations with Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder.

Ray Charles — Eleanor Rigby
A Portrait of Ray, ABC Records

Liz Green — Midnight Blues
O, Devotion, Play It Again Sam Records

Brad Mehldau — Blackbird (Live At Maida Vale)
Paul McCartney Interview

Paul McCartney — More I Cannot Wish You
Kisses On The Bottom, Hear Music

Paul McCartney — It’s Only A Paper Moon
Kisses On The Bottom, Hear Music

Fats Waller — I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
Victor

Paul McCartney — My Valentine
Kisses On The Bottom, Hear Music

Paul McCartney — Bye Bye Blackbird
Kisses On The Bottom, Hear Music

Ella Fitzgerald — Little White Lies
Decca Records

Jamie Cullum music list on 31.01.2012 Gretchen Parlato

Jamie features the American jazz singer and songwriter Gretchen Parlato in session at the BBC Maida Vale studios. She performs songs from her latest album, The Lost And Found, which was released on Obliqsound last year.
Gretchen talks about making the album, which was produced and partly arranged by Robert Glasper, and about her musical upbringing within an artistic family.



Dinah Washington And Brook Benton — A Rockin’ Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)
The Two Of Us, Mercury Records

Phineas Newborn, Jr. — Barbados
Here Is Phineas, Atlantic

The Decoders — Hey There Lonely Boy feat. Coco Owino
The Decoders Vol 1, Fifty100

Portico Quartet — Spinner
Portico Quartet, Real World Records

Wayne Shorter — Tom Thumb
Schizophrenia, Blue Note

Gretchen Parlato — Circling (Live At Maida Vale)
Gretchen Parlato — Alo Alo (Live At Maida Vale)

Les McCann — Burnin’ Coal
Much Les, Atlantic

Gretchen Parlato — Holding Back The Years (Live At Maida Vale)

Herbie Hancock — Wiggle Waggle
Fat Albert Rotunda, Warner

The Buddy Rich Big Band — The Beat Goes On
Big Swing Face, Pacific Jazz Records

Jamie Cullum music list on 17.01.2012 Zoe Rahman

Jamie Cullum plays an hour of jazz music and features British jazz composer and pianist Zoe Rahman in session at the BBC Maida Vale studios.

As well as her personal music projects, Zoe Rahman works with the likes of Courtney Pine and Clark Tracey's New Quintet, and on other projects within the UK jazz scene and abroad. Tonight, she performs tracks from her forthcoming album Kindred Spirits.



Nat King Cole — The Lighthouse In The Sky
Nat King Cole Sings Hymns and Spirituals, Capitol Records

The Neil Cowley Trio — Rooster Was A Witness
The Face Of Mount Molehill, Naim Jazz

Quantic and Alice Russell — Look Around The Corner
Look Around The Corner, Tru Thoughts

Duke Ellington — Very Special
Money Jungle, Blue Note Records

Billie Holiday — My Man
Lover Man, Decca

Zoe Rahman — My Heart Dances, Like A Peacock, It Dances / Butlers Of Glen Avenue (Live At Maida Vale)

Zoe Rahman — Down To Earth (Live At Maida Vale)

Michael Kiwanuka — I Need You By My Side
I’m Getting Ready EP, Communion Records

John Coltrane — Fifth House
Coltrane Jazz, Atlantic

Jill Scott — I’m Prettier
The Original Jill Scott from the Vault, Vol. 1, Hidden Beach Records

Jamie Cullum music list on 10.01.2012 Nigel Kennedy

Jamie chats to the British born violinist Nigel Kennedy, whose work has expanded from the classical repertoire of his early career to encompass jazz, klezmer and other genres.

The two chat about Kennedy's growing interest in jazz, where this began and how his classical roots impact his approach to this more free-form style. The interview is underpinned by short musical examples from Nigel Kennedy on his violin.

Ray Charles — I’m Movin’ On

1961: The Genius Sings The Blues, Atlantic Records

Jef Gilson — Modalite Pour Mini

The Best Of Jef Gilson, Jazzman Records

Esperanza Spalding — I Know You Know

Esperanza, Heads Up Records

Lucky Thompson — Takin’ Care N’Business

American Swinging In Paris, EMI

Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt — Nuages

Decca

Fats Waller — How Can You Face Me?

Handful Of Keys, RCA Victor

Nigel Kennedy — Sudel

Blue Note Sessions, Sony Music

Charles Mingus — Hog Callin’ Blues

Oh Yeah, Atlantic

Thelonious Monk — Bemsha Swing

Reflections, Vol 1, Prestige

Nigel Kennedy — Air

Four Elements, Sony Music

Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On

What’s Going On, Tamla

Paul Desmond And Gerry Mulligan — Blight Of The Fumble Bee

Two Of A Mind, RCA

Seu Jorge and Beck — Tropicália [Mario C 2011 Remix]

Red Hot + Rio 2, eOne Music