The 12-bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in jazz. In the second hour of this week's show, Nick checks out tunes which take the blues to unusual places.
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1 |
Count Basie / Joe Williams |
Every Day I Have the Blues (extract) |
York |
Every Day I Have the Blues |
Roulette |
00:30 |
2 |
Charlie Parker |
Blues for Alice |
Parker |
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Verve |
02:49 |
3 |
Charmaine Ford |
Blues for Guppy |
Ford |
Blues for Guppy |
Ford Motion |
04:07 |
4 |
Professor Longhair |
Tipitina |
Byrd |
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Atlantic |
03:38 |
5 |
Mingus Big Band |
Nostalgia in Times Square |
Mingus |
Mingus Big Band 93 |
Dreyfus |
06:41 |
6 |
Wes Montgomery |
West Coast Blues |
Montgomery |
The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery |
Riverside |
07:26 |
7 |
Michael Brecker |
Delta City Blues |
Brecker |
Two Blocks from the Edge |
Impulse! |
05:36 |
8 |
Duke Ellington |
Blues in Orbit |
Ellington / Strayhorn |
Blues in Orbit |
Columbia |
02:29 |
9 |
Jim Hall |
Two's Blues |
Hall |
Concierto |
CTI |
03:51 |
10 |
Brad Mehldau |
London Blues |
Mehldau |
Introducing Brad Mehldau |
Warner |
07:02 |
11 |
Count Basie / Joe Williams |
Every Day I Have the Blues |
York |
Every Day I Have the Blues |
Roulette |
05:29 |