Jazz for Midsummer
Alyn Shipton celebrates midsummer on the longest day of 2026.
Alyn Shipton celebrates the summer solstice with your suggestions for summer jazz. From Duke Ellington鈥檚 Shakespeare-inspired Such Sweet Thunder to Horace Silver鈥檚 Summer in Central Park, this special Jazz Record Requests captures the magic and laid-back enchantment of the season. With music for long midsummer evenings from Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd at Monterey, Ella Fitzgerald live in Chicago and Art Farmer.
Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.
To listen on most smart speakers, just say 鈥渁sk 麻豆社 Sounds to play Jazz Record Requests鈥�.
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Duke Ellington
Up and Down
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Horace Silver
Summer in Central Park
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Ella Fitzgerald
Summertime
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Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins
Summertime
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Miles Davis
Summer Night
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Charles Lloyd
Forest Flower (Part 1 - Sunrise)
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Art Farmer
The Summer Knows
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Sarah Vaughan
Darn That Dream
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Azimuth
The Longest Day
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Rachel Sutton
Day Trip
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