Program No. 94 - 9th March 2014

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)
Wynton Marsalis

photography: Jost L. Knaepen

Wynton Marsalis is a trumpet player who is equally at home in both jazz and classical music genres. He has been awarded 9 Grammys in both and has also been awarded for a Pulitzer Prize For Music.

Born in New York City in 1961, Wynton is part of a gifted music family that includes his father, Ellis Marsalis Jnr (pianist) and brothers Branford (saxophonist), Delfayo (trombonist) and Jason (drummer).

Wynton Marsalis has been featured as a soloist or jointly with other artists in over 100 albums. This first program on Marsalis' music seeks to only dip into the different genres that he plays. Later in the year we will look at Marsalis's works in a bit more depth.

1.    Tiger Rag (with Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio)
     - In Full Swing (2003) 

2.    Hickory Dickory Dock
     - Winton Marsalis The Majesty of The Blues (1989)

3.    Pachelbel: Canon In D (with English Chamber Orchestra)
     - Baroque Music For Trumpets (1990)

4.    Arban: Fantaisie Brillante (with Eastman Wind Ensemble)
5.    Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar Saltan - The Flight Of The Bumblebee (with Eastman Wind Ensemble)
     - Carnaval (1990)

6.    New Orleans Bump
     - Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord (1999)

7.    Layla (with Eric Clapton)
     - Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues (Live from Jazz At Lincoln Center) (2011)

Next week, another we turn our attention to another trumpet player - Maynard Ferguson.

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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)
Miklós Rózsa

Miklós Rózsa was born in Hungary, trained in Germany and lived in England, USA, Italy and France. Whilst he has composed a substantial body of "serious" and concert works, he is best known for his work in cinema, having composed scores for almost 100 movies, including a number of blockbusters in 1940s, 50s and 60s.

He was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, and won 3, with Spellbound (1946), A Double Life (1948) and Ben-Hur (1960).

1.    El Cid - Fanfare & Entry Of The Nobles
2.    El Cid March
     - El Cid (1961)

3.    Overture
     - Ben-Hur (1959)

4.    Triumphal March
     - Quo Vadis (1951)

5.    Challenge & Finale
     - Ivanhoe (1952)

6.    King of Kings
     - King of Kings (1961)

7.    Suite from "Sahara"
     - Sahara (1943)

8.   The Thief of Baghdad Suite: I. Overture
     - The Thief of Baghdad (1940)

9.   Tribute to a Bad Man: Suite    
     - Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)

10.  Finale
     -  Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Next week, another composer of legendary status. Elmer Bernstein, with a look at some of his best known movies scores over his 51 year career. with over 200 films and TV shows to choose from, the selection will be difficult. I think Ghost Busters, The Magnificent Seven and To Kill a Mockingbird will feature on the show.

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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)
Kenneth Downie

Kenneth Downie has composed over 50 pieces over the last 40 years. Born in Glasgow in 1946, he was started his working life as a musician before going into the jewellery business in 1976.  22 years later he returned to his musical  roots with the acceptance of an invitation by David King to become the first ever composer in residence to the Yorkshire Building Society Band.

His piece St Magnus was recently chosen as the test piece for both the 2014 Australian National Brass Band Championships (A Grade) as well as the 2014 UK Regional Contests (Championship Section). St Magnus will be featured on our show in a few weeks' time.

1.    The Victor (Melbourne Staff Band)
2.    The Joy of Loving Hearts (Melbourne Staff Band)
     - Chronicles (2011)

3.    King Of Heaven (Melbourne Staff Band)
     - Fiesta! (2007)

4.    Dance Fever (Yorkshire Building Society Band)
5.    My Father's World (Yorkshire Building Society Band)
      - Vitae Lux (1999)

6.    Rhapsody on 'The Isle of Mull'  (Yorkshire Building Society Band)
     - Hymn of the Highlands (2002)

7.    The Piper o' Dundee (Sheona White with Yorkshire Building Society Band)
     - The Voice of the Tenor Horn (2000)

8.    Spirit of Celebration (Yorkshire Building Society Band)
     - European Championships 1998

Next week we look at some of the major works of another celebrated composer of brass band music, Philip Wilby.

Program No. 93 - 2nd March 2014

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)
Nils Landgren

Last week we introduced the versatility if Swedish trombonist, Nils Landgren, through recordings of the Nils Landgren Funk Unit. But Nils enjoys performing in a variety of genres, not just funk. Tonight, we look at some of his other recordings, as a a soloist as well as collaborating with others.

1.    Love The One You're With (with Joe Sample)
2.    Get Out Of My Life Woman (with Joe Sample)
     - Creole Love Call (2005)

3.    Sentimental Journey
4.    I Will Survive
     - Sentimental Journey (2002)

5.    Backpolska (with Jonas Knutsson)
     - New Eyes on Baroque (2013)

6.   Den Blomstertid Nu Kommer (The Flowerseason Is Coming)
     - Gotland (1996)

7.   Eleanor Rigby (with Johan Norberg)
8.   Stomp (with Johan Norberg)
     - Chapter 2 (1989)

9.    Norwegian Fox Trot (with Esbjörn Svensson)
10.   The Farewell (Esbjörn Svensson)
     - Layers of Light (2001)

11.   Red Horn
     - The First Unit (2001)

February almost seemed like the month of trombone music, with both Nils and Wycliffe Gordon previously. We'll move back to the trumpet next week, with a versatile American who plays in a variety of genres, and a member of a very talented musical family, Wynton Marsalis.


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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)
Video Games Music by Score Composers

Having two boys interested in all the latest offerings from X Box (and getting involved in some of the games myself), you can't help but notice the significant production values of some of these games. An no wonder, as video games is big business, with some games achieving greater sales than most movies released. Grand Theft Auto V, released last year, grossed over $1 billion in sales in its first 3 days.

Given that the purpose of music in these video games is the same as for movies (to enhance the emotional journey of the participant), the producers of these block buster games bring on some of the best composers to write music for them.

Tonight we will feature 5 composers that have successfully composed for both movies and for video games.

Hans Zimmer (with Lorne Balfe)
1.    Opening Titles
2.    Deadline
     - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)

Brian Tyler
3.    Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag Main Theme
4.    The High Seas
5.    Men of War
6.    Batten Down The Hatches
     - Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)

7.    Need For Speed: The Run
8.    That Is Impossible
     - Need For Speed: The Run (2011)

9.    Far Cry 3
    - Far Cry 3 (2012)


Michael Giacchino
10.   Operation Market Garden
     - Medal of Honor: Frontline (2002)

11.   MoH: Allied Assault (Main Theme)
     -   Medal of Honor: Vanguard (2007)

Ramon Djawadi
12.   Heroes Aboard
     - Medal of Honor (2010)

I think there is still a lot of area to explore with this particular genre, but we'll let it go for the moment.

Coming up next week, we're going back in time to feature some of the works of one of the legendary score composers of the 1930s - 1980's, Miklós Rózsa.

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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)
Classical and Operatic Overtures (Part II)

As mentioned last week, when researching music for last week's show about Classical and Operatic Overtures arranged for brass bands, I found music to cover at least two shows.  So here is Part II.

1.    Festival Overture (CWS Glasgow Band)
     - European Championships (1998)

2.    Nabucco Overture (Fodens Courtois Band)
     - Centenary Brass (1999)

3.    Academic Festival Overture (Black Dyke Band)
     - Symphonic Brass (2007)

4.    Overture - Le Corsair (Leyland Band)
     - Master Brass Vol 14 – 2003 All England Masters Champions

5.    The Bartered Bride - Overture (The Black Dyke Mills Band)
     - Slavonic Brass (1992)

6.    Henry V Overture (Fairey FP (Music) Band)
     - Enigma (2004)

Next week we look at works by composer Kenneth Downie.

Program No. 91 - 16th February 2014

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)
Wycliffe Gordon

In my opinion Wycliffe Gordon is one of the most versatile and influential jazz trombone (as well as trumpet, tuba, piano, didgeridoo, strings) players (he also sings) around in the USA at the moment. He is no stranger to our shores, having been a guest of the Melbourne International Festival of Brass on at least two occasions.

1.    It's All Right With Me (with John Allred)
2.    The Preacher (with John Allred)
     - Head to Head (2002)

3.    The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
     - The Gospel Truth (2000)

4.    When The Saints Go Marching In
     - In The Cross (2004)

5.    Great Big Wall (Emily Asher)
     - Dreams May Take You (2012)

6.    Sweet Georgia Brown
     - The Search (2000)

7.    Georgie On My Mind
     - Standards Only(2006)

8.    Undecided (with Marty Erickson)
     - You and I (2008)

9.    Brass Glory (Kenny Carr)
     - Sound The Alarm (2004)

Next week, we stay with trombones as we feature Swedish funk and jazz player, Nils Landgren.


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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)
John Williams and Steven Spielberg in the 1980s

John Williams has been working with Steven Spielberg since The Sugarland Express in 1974.  There has been so much great music composed as part of this collaboration, that I have chosen to start off with looking at their joint projects in the 1980's. During this time there were 6 movies that Williams scored for Spielberg, including the one of the best action trilogies of all time, a score featuring in the top 10 scores of all time, as well as a relatively unknown one.

1.    Bicycle Chase
     - E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)

2.    Follow Me/ Dorinda's Sol Flight
     - Always (1989)

3.    Toy Planes, Home and Hearth
4.    Exsultate Justi
     - Empire of The Sun (1987)

5.    Desert Chase
6.    The Miracle of the Ark
     - Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981)

7.    Anything Goes
8.    Slave Children's Crusade
     - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

9.    Finale & End Credits 
     - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Next week we play music from French composer Alexandre Desplat.

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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)
Goff Richards

There wouldn't be many brass bands in the world that don't have a work or two by British composer Goff Richards in their repertoire. Although he passed away in 2011 his original compositions and arrangements of well known tunes will endure.

1.    Fanfare for a New Age (Brighouse & Rastrick Band)

2.    Pops For Brass (Brighouse & Rastrick Band)

     - The Best of Goff Richards (2005)

3.    Barnard Castle ( Lyngby-Taarbæk Brass Band)

     - Decade of Brass (1999)

4.    James Bond Medley (Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band)

     -  Movie Brass (2001)

5.    Doyen (Halifax Concert Band)

     - Halifax Concert Band (2008)

6.    Oceans (Desford Colliery Band)

7.    Russky Percussky (Desford Colliery Band)

    - Making Tracks (1990)

8.    Zorba's Dance (Buy As You View Cory Band)

     - The Glory of Cory (2002)

Next week, we are going to look at some well known orchestral overtures, arranged from brass bands.

Program No. 89 - 2nd February 2014

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)
Vince Jones

Photo courtesy of Fairfax

I first became a fan of Vince Jones in the late 1980's thanks to a couple of friends of mine. This Australian singer, trumpet/flugel player, composer was probably at the height of his career at that stage. With a number of great CDs having been released, he and James Morrison would have been the two highest profile Australian brass players (of any genre) at that time.

Jones still performs regularly, as his website indicates, and also teaches part time at the Australian National University, according to Wikipedia.

1.   Watch What Happens
2.   When I Fall In Love
     - Watch What Happens (1982)

3.   On The Brink Of It
4.   Boys On The Corner
     - On The Brink Of It (1985)

5.   If You're Goin To The City
6.   Jettison
     - It All Ends Up In Tears (1987)

7.   You Go To My Head
8.   Mood Indigo
     - Come In Spinner (1990)

9.   Big City
10. Trustworthy Little Sweethearts
11.  My Only Friend  
     - Trustworthy Little Sweethearts (1988)

Next week we stay local, but change genres, as we feature the 5 man combo Oxo Cubans.

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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)
Ramin Djawadi

Djawadi is an Iranian born, German composer who was brought to the attention of acclaimed score composer Hans Zimmer shortly after Djawadi graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1998.  Since that time Djawadi has composed music for movies, TV series and video games. We'll be sampling music from each of these sub genres tonight.


1.    Driving With The Top Down
2.    Iron Man
3.    Arc Reaktor
     - Iron Man (2008)

4.    Main Title
5.    The King's Arrival
6.    Finale
     - Game of Thrones - First Season (2011)

7.    Heroes Abroad
     - Medal of Honor - EA Games (2010)

8.    You Can't Hide From Hades
9.    Release The Kraken
10.  Scorpiox
     - Clash Of The Titans (2010)

11.  2500 Tons Of Awesome
12.  Cancelling the Apocalypse
13.  Pacific Rim (featuring Tom Morello)
     - Pacific Rim (2013)

Next week we be looking at all the film scores that have been nominated for an Academy Award at this year's event.

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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)
Brett Baker

Brett Baker is a world renowned trombone player known mainly, but not exclusively for his work in and around the brass band world. Whilst based in England, Brett has been to Australia often, and has been known to play with local bands during national contests.

Baker has released, or been featured as a soloist, in dozens of CDs since the mid 1990's. Tonight's program list barely scratches the surface .

1.   Brasilia
2.   Cavatine, Op. 144
3.   Wind Beneath My Wings
     - Bone Idyll (1996)

4.   Atlantic Zephyrs
     - Soloist Showcase (2012)

5.   Sarah
     - Boscombe & Foden's LIVE (2008)

6.   Tango
     - Rathamataz (2009)

7.   Something
     - Black Dyke Plays Beatles (2012)

8.   Radio City       
      I. City Noir
      II. Cafe Rouge
      III. Two Minute Mile
     - Electra (2013)
  
Next week we will revisit a topic I featured back in 2011. The 5th Anniversary of the Black Saturday Bushfires is the Friday 7th February, and we will feature 3 works written about bushfires. This will include Barry McKimm's Ash Wednesday as well as parts of Lamentations, written about Black Saturday.

Program No. 87 - 12th January 2014

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)
James Morrison - Live Albums

Of the 26 albums Wikipedia show that James Morrison has released, the live albums are only a small minority. This show will feature those albums that I have managed to track down on that list (plus another one not on that list).

1.   The Flintstones Theme
    - James Morrison At The Winery (1984)

2.   The Opener
3.   Mack The Knife
    - Live At The Sydney Opera House (1996)

4.   Light Walk (with Melbourne Staff Band)
    - Fiesta (2007)

5.   Holy Holy Holy (with Edge Church International)
6.   Were You There / How Great Thou Art (with Edge Church International)
    - James Morrison Live At Edge (2012)

7.   Blues For Judy
    -  Swiss Encounter: Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival (1989)

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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)
The Best of 2013

I thought 2013 was a good year for movie soundtracks. Given my leaning towards blockbuster and action movies I thought that in pretty much all cases the music scored did the movies justice. All the top composers had been busy during the year with Zimmer, Elfman, Shore, Newton Howard, Djawadi, Giaccino and Tyler featuring high on the list of my best scores for 2013.

I have limited my choice to movies I actually saw in 2013 (Unfortunately John Williams doesn't get a look in this year, because of this restriction).

1.   Marvel Studios Fanfare (Brian Taylor)
2.   Thor: The Dark World (Brian Taylor)
    - Thor: Dark World

3.   Un Monumneto (Ennio Morricone)
    - Django Unchained

4.   Star Trek Main Theme (Michael Giacchino)
    - Star Trek Into Darkness

5.   Pacific Rim (Ramin Djawadi and Tom Morello)
    - Pacific Rim

6.   Horn of Plenty (James Newton Howard)
    -  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

7.   Love Is The Drug (Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra)
    - The Great Gatsby

8.   Look To The Stars (Hans Zimmer)
    - Man Of Steel

9.   The Main Titles (Danny Elfman)
10.  The Munchkin Welcome Song (Danny Elfman)
    - Oz the Great and Powerful

11.  Epic Final Confrontation (Danny Elfman)
    - Epic

12.  The Forest River (Howard Shore)
    - The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug

13.  Can You Dig It (Brian Tyler)
    - Iron Man 3

14.  Finale (Hans Zimmer)
    - The Lone Ranger

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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)
Cory Band

2013 saw Cory Band again dominate the contesting scene, winning,National Championships of Great Britain, Brass In Concert Championships and European Championships. They also toured Australia, as well as released Words and Music (judged by Brass Band World as the best brass band CD of 2013). Here is a selection of their performances during the year.

1.   Fanfare and Celebration 
     - Perihelion: Closer to the Sun - The Brass Band Music of Philip Sparke

2.   King's Messenger
    - Words and Music

3.   Los Hermanos de Bop
4.   La Fiesta
5.   My Way (with Dave Mitchell)
    - The Nationals 2013

6.   Perihelion
    - European Brass Band Championships


The show will be having a sort break next week, so join us back on 26th January for a special Australia Day edition of Brass Monkeys

Program No. 85 - Month of Christmas Music (The Big One)

Tonight is the culmination of our month of Christmas Music as we present a three hour Extravaganza of Christmas music across a whole range of brass genres, from brass bands and ensembles, to some fantastic solo work, jazz, big band, soul and crossover music.

Here is the play list, in order:

1. Greensleeves (What Child Is This?)
    - Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band (Stan Kenton Christmas Album -2006)

2. A Traditional Christmas
   - 13 Etoiles (Santa Claus is Coming to Town)

3. A Christmas Fantasia
   - Virtuosi GUS Band (Christmas Fantasia - 2012)

4. Carol of the Bells
   - Intrada Brass of Oakville (That Holiday Feeling - 2008)

5. Three Kings' Swing
   - Swiss Army Brass Band - Andreas Spörri (Best Of Swiss Army Brass Band - 2006)

6. Silent Night
  - Yorkshire Building Society Band with Trombone Chris Jeans (Simple Gifts - 2003)

7. Do They Know It's Christmas?
   - Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band & Major Peter Parkes (White Christmas With Grimethorpe - 1997)

8. Do You Hear What I Hear?
9. O Magnum Mysterium
   - Tower Brass of Chicago (A Christmas Celebration - 2000)

10. Gaudete Christus Natus Est
11. Coventry Carol
   - Fine Arts Brass Ensemble (Brass Christmas - 1997)

12. O Come All Ye Faithful
   - London Brass (Christmas With London Brass - 1990)

13. White Christmas
   - Carl Lenthe, Joseph Alessi, M. Dee Stewert & Mark Lawrence (Trombones Under the Tree - 1991)

14. Snofnugg (Snowflakes)
15. O Holy Night
   - Oystein Baadsvik; Torodd Wigum: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Cantus Chamber Choir (Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas - 2011)

16. O Little Town of Bethlehem
   - Chris Botti (December - 2002)

17.  O Christmas Tree
   - Wynton Marsalis (Christmas Jazz Jam - 2009)

18. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
19. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)
   - The After Hours Brass (Music & Mistletoe - 2012)

20. Good King Wencelas
21. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
   - Glenn Miller Orchestra (In The Christmas Mood II - 1993)

22. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
23. Away In A Manger
   - James Morrison Big Band (This Is Christmas - 1993)

24. The Twelve Days of Christmas
    - Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band (Stan Kenton Christmas Album -2006)

25. Christmas In Heaven
   - Monty Python (Monty Python Sings - 1989)

26. Another Christmas Song
   - Stephen Colbert (A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! - 2008)

27. Stop The Cavalry
   - Jona Lewie (The All Time Greatest Christmas Songs - 1981)

28. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
29. Frosty the Snowman (feat. The Puppini Sisters)
   - Michael Bublé (December - 2012)

30. (It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus
   - Harry Connick, Jr. (When My Heart Finds Christmas - 1993)

31. Silver Bells
   - Harry Connick, Jr. (Harry For the Holidays - 2003)

32. We Three Kings
   - Harry Connick, Jr. (What a Night! A Christmas Album - 2008)

33. Joy to the World
34. Jingle Bells
   - The Tom Kubis Big Band (A Jazz Musician's Christmas - 2002)

35. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
36. Deck the Halls
   - Mannheim Steamroller (Christmas Symphony - 2012)

37. Hallelujah!
   - Quincy Jones, Mervyn Waren, Michael O. Jackson, Various Artists (Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration -1992)

It's a big one. Lots of great music. I hope you enjoy it.

Merry Christmas to you all, and I hope you have a happy, safe and meaningful New Year in 2014.

I am looking forward to having a week off, but will be back in the new year - in a new format, bigger and better.

I look forward to your company then.

Program No. 84 - Month of Christmas Music (Big Bands)

Continuing on in this month of Christmas music, and week 3 sees us venturing into Big Band Christmas music. This genre is much maligned, probably due it being overused in supermarket and shopping centre play lists.  However tonight is a good opportunity to sit back and fully appreciate the skill shown as traditional Christmas tunes are given a big band makeover.

Program List (in no particular order):

What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
Adeste Fideles
Motown Jingle Bells
   - Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band (Stan Kenton Christmas Carols - 2006)

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Winter Wonderland
   - Tony Bennett (A Swingin' Christmas - 2008)

Joy To The World
O Holy Night
God Rest Ye Merry Trombones
   - The Tom Kubis Big Band (A Jazz Musician's Christmas - 2002)

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
   - James Morrison Big Band (This Is Christmas - 1993)

Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
   - Lionel Hampton Orchestra (The Big Band Swing Christmas - 2008)

Another Christmas Song
   - Stephen Colbert (A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! - 2008)

Good Christian Men Rejoice
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Carol Of The Bells
   - The Cool Yule All-Stars (Big Band Christmas Volumes 1 and 2 - 2001)

Little Drummer Boy
   - Jack Livingston Big Band (Big Band Christmas -2007)

What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')?
   - Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang (The Big Band Swing Christmas - 2008)

White Christmas (duet with Shania Twain)
Frosty The Snowman (featuring the Puppini Sisters)
  - Michael Bublé (Christmas - 2012)

Christmas Night In Harlem
   - Benny Carter Orchestra (The Big Band Swing Christmas - 2008)

The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Silent Night
   - Glenn Miller Orchestra (In The Christmas Mood I - 1988 and II - 1993)

Silver Bells
   - Harry Connick Jr. (Harry For The Holidays - 2003)

(It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus
   - Harry Connick Jr. (When My Heart Finds Christmas - 1993)

We Three Kings
   - Harry Connick Jr. (What A Night! A Christmas Album - 2008)

Next week, a special 3 hour Christmas Extravaganza, starting 1/2 hour early at 6:30pm.

Program No. 83 - Month of Christmas Music (Brass Soloists)

In this second week of the month of Christmas music we will look at a number of brass soloists, in different genres - with their renditions of famous Christmas works.

Don't forgot the delayed start to my show tonight, as the radio station will be broadcasting live the Carols by Candlelight event in the Kinglake Ranges. Estimated start time about 8:00pm (AEST).

Program for tonight:

1. Mary's Boy Child
2. We Three Kings
3. Joy to The World
   - James Morrison (James Morrison - Christmas 2007)

4. Away In a Manger
   - James Morrison (This is Christmas 1993)

5. What Child is This (Greensleeves)
   - James Morrison (Three's Company 2010)

6. White Christmas
   - Carl Lenthe, Joseph Alessi, M. Dee Stewert & Mark Lawrence (Trombones Under the Tree 1991)

7. Jingle Bells
8. Good King Wenceslas
9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
   - Wynton Marsalis (Christmas Jazz Jam 2009)

10. Frosty the Snowman
   - Toby Bannon with Yorkshire Building Society Band (Simple Gifts 2003)

11. The Christmas Song
12. First Noel
13. Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
14. Silent Night
15. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
16. O Little Town of Bethlehem
17. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
   - Chris Botti (December 2002)

18. Snofnugg (Snowflakes)
19. Ding Dong Merrily on High
20. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
21. O Holy Night
22. O Come All Ye Faithful
   - Øystein Baadsvik (Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas 2011)

Next week we venture into the world of Big Band Christmas Tunes.

Program No. 80 - Miles Davis

Miles Davis was a trumpet player, band leader and composer that was considered by many to be one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.  He, and his groups, were at the forefront of many of the developments in jazz, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, and jazz fusion.

During his career he recorded over 80 albums, not including the many compilations, bootlegs and soundtracks produced over this period.  Tonight's show will look only at a selection of studio albums recorded in the early part of his career, from 1951 to 1967.  The sheer volume of work available means that we will have at least another 3 or 4 programs looking at his works, in the coming months.

1. Out Of The Blue - Blue Period (1951)
2. Denial - Dig (1951)
3. Blue 'N Boogie  - Walkin' (1954)
4. New Rhumba - Miles Ahead (1957)
5. Billy Boy - Milestones (1958)
6. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Porgy and Bess (1958)
7. All Blues - Kind of Blue (1959)
8. Some Day My Prince Will Come - Some Day My Prince Will Come (1961)
9. Seven Steps to Heaven - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
10. Agitation - E.S.P. (1965)
11. Freedom Jazz Dance - Miles Smiles (1966)
12. Hand Jive - Nefertiti (1967)
13. Prince of Darkness - Sorcerer (1967)

Next week, in celebration of the return of one of my favourite brass ensembles to Australian shores, we look at the best of Mnozil Brass.

Program No. 74 - Trombone Shorty

Troy Andrews, AKA Trombone Shorty, is a trombone and trumpet player from New Orleans, USA. Born in 1986 he has been playing the trombone since he was six years old. Here is a clip of him playing 2nd Line, at age 13.

The music of Trombone Shorty spans many genres, from jazz to rock, funk and hip hop. Since 2009 he has been touring with his own band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.

The Play List for tonight:
1. Quiet as Kept
2. Neph
3. Suburbia
4. In the 6th
5. One Night Only (The March)
6. Something Beautiful (with Lenny Kravitz)
   - from Backatown (2010)

7. Back In Black
8. When the Saints
  - from Trombone Shorty: Live At Jazz Fest 2007

9. Need a Woman by Friday (King, with Trombone Shorty)(Single) (2013)

10. Buckjump (with The Rebirth Brass Band & 5th Ward Weebie)
11. Do to Me (with Jeff Beck)
12. The Craziest Thing
13. Mrs Orleans (with Kid Rock)
14. Nervis (with Cyril and Ivan Neville)
15. Big 12
16. UNC
17. Then There Was You (with Ledisi)
   - from For True (2011)

18. Set Yourself Free
19. American Woman
20. Do Watch Wanna
  - from Live at 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

21. Long Weekend
22. Shortyville
23. Say That To Say This
24. Dream On
   - from Say That To Say This (2013)

Mixing it up, next week, we look at a composer that really loved brass instruments, Richard Wagner.