
Alyn Shipton
@alynshipton
Jazz historian, writer, broadcaster and bassist (my own tweets - not BBC official tweets)
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http://www.alynshipton.co.uk 23-08-2009 08:28:31
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#JazzRecordRequests packed with gorgeousness today: Terri Lyne Carrington's version of Michelle (not usually a fan of Beatles covers but this is fab), Brubeck's Bru's Boogie Woogie & Bluette, & Ellington's A Slip of the Lip (1942 wartime propaganda!) Alyn Shipton

And there's more gorgeousness - Ilario Ferrari's Above the Clouds, Alan Holdsworth's Looking Glass, & Kasper Rietkerk's Scream for Silence. Fabulous. Alyn Shipton

Evening stroll soundtrack: jazz across the spectrum presented by Alyn Shipton including fine tracks by Gerry Mulligan and Dave Brubeck. BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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Great to hear Unit Seven from guitar virtuoso Louis Stewart's all-star album I Thought About You on Jazz Record Requests BBC Radio 3 tinyurl.com/3fdme9uh


Evening stroll soundtrack: a wander through the jazz forest presented by Alyn Shipton BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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#JazzRecordRequests Faves from today's programme: Miles & Monk doing The Man I Love, the Vienna Art Orchestra's interpretation of Satie's Gnossienne 3, & Brian Kellock's Hope It's Spring for You. Lovely. Thx Alyn Shipton

Lovely tribute to Edinburgh-born piano colossus Brian Kellock on Jazz Record Requests BBC Radio 3 Thank you Alyn Shipton and the requesters: bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00f…


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What music should we play on #jazzrecordrequests on BBC Radio 3 to remember Lako Schifrin?

Evening stroll soundtrack: all kinds of jazz including wonderful tracks by Dave Brubeck and Graham Collier presented by Alyn Shipton BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…


#JazzRecordRequests Spoilt for choice today but will go for Alan Barnes' Uriah Heep, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia with From Nowhere, Louis Moholo-Moholo Octet with Khanya Apho Ukhona, & Ron Carter's Django. Great stuff. Thx Alyn Shipton

ay Sweet’s thorough documentation honors Brown’s legacy with an engaging and comprehensive portrait of a jazz legend. Highly recommended' New review of Ray Brown by John Goldsby in UK Jazz News! bit.ly/44JCWMy NationalJazzArchive Jazz In Europe JazzEducationNetwork

#JazzRecordRequests Fabulous to hear Ellington's Come Sunday + vocalist Esther Marrow, gorgeous. Also great to hear Django's Nuages (a track I've played recently in memory of my Dad), & Tomasz Stanko's lovely, reflective Song for Ania. Alyn Shipton

Evening stroll soundtrack: worlds within worlds of jazz presented by Alyn Shipton BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…