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The Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Radio Show

Ribble FM·Mar 25, 2026·2:00:00

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1st Wednesday of the month 9pm - 11pm: Non DuoFooleesha PLUS 2nd Wednesday of the month 9pm - 11pm: Paul Rigby's Big Bands and Beyond 3rd Wednesday of the month 9pm - 10pm: Ivana's Jazz Edit PLUS Dave Walters Jazz and Blues Show 4th Wednesday of the month 9pm - 11pm: Phil Lee's Jazz Pleasures

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Good evening everyone, hope all is well with you all and thank you very much for joining

me for another of Phil's jazz pleasures show here on Ripple FM. I'm really excited and spring is

definitely in the air and I'm glad you've been able to join me. Okay so given springs in the air

let's start with a wonderful piece that's about a flower. An African flower it's called

African florette written by Duke but played up by here by Charlie Mingus on acoustic bass

Max Roach on the drums. It's lovely it's from an album called Money Jungle and it's a really lovely piece.

It's a really lovely piece. I'm really excited and I'm glad you've been able to join me.

I'm really excited and I'm really excited and I'm glad you've been able to join me.

I'm really excited and I'm glad you've been able to join me.

Wow, absolutely delightful. Three great players at the top of their game and it's just extraordinary acoustic bass playing there from Charles Mingus.

Just really wonderful. Let's keep this spring theme going with the Japanese piece here now from an artist called Mamerico.

And this song's entitled Snow Drop which is one of my very favorite flowers.

I'm really excited and I'm glad you've been able to join me.

Lovely soft relaxing Japanese jazz there. I hope you enjoyed it. Snow Drop from Mamerico.

Okay, I'm going to play something else now which is a smacking little bit of spring. It's called Lazy Afternoon and it's played by

the wonderful tenor sax of Joe Henderson. Enjoy it.

Thank you very much.

Just how very, very good was that. That was Joe Henderson with Lazy Afternoon.

Joe on the tenor sax. Great lineup. Herbie Hancock on the piano and electric piano. Ron Carltromb bass. Jack Diginette on drums.

And Mike Lawrence on trumpet. Just an absolutely beautiful, beautiful piece.

I'm now going to play my theme tune because I never get to play it all the way through.

Which is, of course, Art Blake is moaning. I've written by Bobby Timmins and I've slipped

my masterpiece while I'm going to play it for you.

Thank you very much.

Art Blakey and the jazz messengers there with an exceptional piece of jazz, I think,

an absolute masterpiece written, of course, by the pianist there, Bobby Timmins.

And we mustn't forget the absolutely wonderful trumpet of Lee Morgan on that track.

Okay, it's difficult to follow a great track like that.

We're going to follow it with another one.

Now, the truly great jazz artist, the exceptional Wayne Shorter, and here with his own trippy

composition, Footprints.

Thank you very much.

Bonebub, bonebub, great stuff, Footprints there from Wayne Shorter's Super.

Terrible jazz vocalist Gregory Porter with take me to the alley from his album Spiritual

Songs.

Well they build their houses in preparation for the King and they line the sidewalks with every sort of shiny thing.

They will be surprised when they hear him sing.

Take me to the island.

Take me to the afflicted ones.

Take me to the only ones that somehow lost their way.

Let them hear me sing.

I am your friend.

Come to my table.

Rest here in my garden.

You will have a pardon.

Take me to the island.

Take me to the afflicted ones.

Take me to the only ones that somehow lost their way.

Let them hear me sing.

I am your friend.

Come to my table.

Rest here in my garden.

You will have a pardon.

Well they will be surprised when they hear him sing.

Take me to the island.

Take me to the afflicted ones.

Take me to the only ones that somehow lost their way.

Let them hear me sing.

I am your friend.

Come to my table.

Rest here in my garden.

You will have a pardon.

Take me to the island.

Take me to the afflicted ones.

I just love his voice.

A really lovely, soulful gospel influence parable there about compassion.

Written by him by Gregory Porter for his mother, focusing on the least of these.

The forgotten people, the lonely, the afflicted.

His mum was a nurse and about me did lots of jobs helping the lonely and the afflicted.

I love that song.

Okay we have already had some Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.

Let's have some more.

This is Mingus playing Duke's mood indigo on his Mingus mood indigo on his Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus album.

Again listen to the astonishing acoustic bass.

Let's have some more.

Very, very lovely there.

Great, great piano from Duke Ellington.

Let's have some more.

Great, great songs from Duke Ellington.

Let's have some more.

Well.

Let's have some more.

Great music.

Great drumming.

I hope you enjoyed that.

Let's have some more.

Great drumming.

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