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A Personal Journey Into Jazz And Blues

An introduction to Textures through Czech swing and blues, classic jazz, fusion, acoustic guitar and bluegrass, ending with a violin-and-piano Summertime.

Show
Arcadia: Jazz, Blues, And Czech Heritage
Programme
Arcadia
Date
16 December 2007

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Jiří Voskovec And Jan Werich · Strejček Hlad

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    Hat And Beard · Eric Dolphy
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    Gypsy In My Soul · Andrej Havelka
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    Why it was chosen The speaker recalls having an LP with this track when he was a child, noting the band's effort in "Finding original instruments and playing old forgotten tunes" [24].

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    Strejček Hlad · Jiří Voskovec And Jan Werich

    Why it was chosen The presenter explains the song is from the 1930s after the "bubble burst" and the "recession has set upon the world", and describes it as being "about somebody walking through the streets of Prague"

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    Strejček Hlad · Jiří Stivín & Co. Jazz Quartet
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    Slap That Bass · Fred Astaire
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    Caravan · Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus, And Max Roach

    Why it was chosen The speaker was introduced to the track "very early on when I was staying at my aunt's house in Prague" [151] via an "old LP from the 1960s" [151].

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    Memphis Underground · Herbie Mann

    Why it was chosen The speaker has a "very soft spot for it" and thinks the track "is a lot of fun to listen to at any time".

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    Give Me One Reason · Larry Coryell And Tracy Peerless

    Why it was chosen The presenter shifts gears to a more recent live album by Larry Coryell, noting this track is a "reworking of the of Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" [195].

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    Short Tales Of The Black Forest · Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin

    Why it was chosen The presenter describes the track as being from a "super super-selling CD, and a great great CD" [220] featuring "the three perhaps greatest jazz guitarists" [221].

  10. 10
    The One That Got Away · Tom Waits
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    Everybody's Crying Mercy · Karen Allison
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    Dejvické Blues · Jazz Q
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    Svita · Bella Band
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    Shibanichki · Emil Vykletsky

    Why it was chosen The presenter describes the song as "a kind of a folk tune, but with a bit of a jazz rhythm and the background" [373].

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    Blues Connotation · Bobby McFerrin And Chick Corea
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    Road To Hope · Psychogress

    Why it was chosen The speaker notes it has "a lot of the texture and sensibility that is typical for jazz" [427] and is "a good one for this time of day" [428].

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    Summertime · Stefan Grappelli

    Why it was chosen This is the speaker's "favorite track" [453] and they have "collected so many [covers] over the years" [454].