Alyn Shipton

Happy New Year!

JRR 050125

DISC 1

Artist​​Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Title​​Take the A Train

Composer​Strayhorn

Album​​Great Times!

Label​​Riverside

Number​OCJ20 108-2 Track 10

Duration ​2.16

Performers​Duke Ellington, p; Billy Strayhorn cel; Oscar Pettiford, b; Lloyd Trotman, b; Jo Jones, d. Nov 1950.

DISC 2

Artist​​Misha Mullov-Abbado

Title​​Traintracker

Composer​Mullov-Abbado

Album​​Effra

Label​​Ubuntu

Number​UBU0185 Track 1

Duration ​9.09

Performers James Davison, t, fh; Matthew Herd, as; Sam Rapley, ts, bcl; Liam Dunachie, p; Misha Mullov-Abbado, b;  Scott Chapman, d. 2024

DISC 3

Artist​​Adrian Cox

Title​​Lament for Javanette

Composer​Bigard / Strayhorn

Album​​Making Runs

Label​​Adrian Cox

Number​[no number] Track 3

Duration ​4.18

Performers​Adrian Cox, cl; Honey Boulton, g; Will Sach, b. rec. 2024.

DISC 4

Artist​​Sunna Gunnlaugs

Title​​Becoming

Composer​Gunnlaugs

Album​​Becoming 

Label​​Sunny Sky

Number​743 Track 1

Duration ​4.58

Performers​Sunna Gunnlaugs, p; Scott McLemore, d; Thorgrimor Jonsson, b. 2023.

DISC 5

Artist​​Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars

Title​​St James Infirmary

Composer​Primrose

Album​​Bill Coleman 1951-52

Label​​Classics

Number​1339 Track 23

Duration ​5.05

Performers​Bill Coleman, t,v; Dicky Wells, tb; Guy Lafitte, cl; Randy Dones, p; Buddy Banks, b; ZuttySingleton, d. 18 Oct 1952

DISC 6

Artist​​David Ferris

Title​​Waltz for JT

Composer​Ferris

Album​​Sketches

Label​​Stoney Lane

Number​SLR 1959 Track 8

Duration ​5.18

Performers​David Ferris, p; Peter Bernstein, g; Nick Jurd, b; Euan Palmer, d. 2024.

DISC 7

Artist               Georgia Cecile

Title                Bittersweet

Composer       Cecile / Stevenson

Album             Only The Lover Sings

Label               Warner ADA

Number          Track 7

Duration         4.57

Performers    Georgia Cecile, v; Ryan Quigley, t; Michael Owers, tb; Konrad Wiszniewski, ts; Euan Stevenson, org; Mario Caribe, b; Max Popp d + Seonaid Aitken, KirstyOrton, Patsy Reid, Alice Allen, strings. 2021.

DISC 8

Artist​​Tom Smith

Title​​Swansea Uproar

Composer​Tom Smith

Album​​A Year in the Life

Label​​Fey Moose

Number​[no number] Track 9

Duration ​8.33

Performers​Tom Smith, Graeme Blevins, Sam Glaser, as; Alex Garnett, Paul Booth, ts; Jessamy Holder, bars; Tom Walsh, George Hogg, Freddie Gavita, James Davison, Alistair Martin, t; Trevor Mires, Olli Martin,Dan Higham, Yusuf Narçin, tb; Will Barry, p; Jamie McCredie, g; Luke Tomlinson, d; Conor Chaplin, b; Liam Dunachie, org. rec: 2024.

DISC 9

Artist​​Fabienne Ambuehl

Title​​New Ones

Composer​Fabienne Ambuehl

Album​​Thrive

Label​​Ubuntu

Number​UBU 0166 Track 1

Duration ​3.45

Performers​Fabienne Ambuehl, p, v; Ant Law, g; Matt Ridley, b; Jon Scott, d. rec 2022, released 2024. 

DISC 10

Artist​​Fred Hersch

Title​​And I Love Her

Composer​Lennon / McCartney

Album​​Trio + 2

Label​​Palmetto

Number​2099 Track 2

Duration ​4.42

Performers​Fred Hersch, p, arr; Ralph Alessi, t; Tony Malaby, ts; Drew Gress, b; Nasheet Waits, d. 22 Sept 2003