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Radio 3,21 Jun 2026,59 mins

Jazz for Midsummer

Jazz Record Requests

Available for 27 days

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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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Up and Down
    Up and Down
    Duke Ellington
  3. 2.
    Summer in Central Park
    Summer in Central Park
    Horace Silver
  4. 3.
    Summertime
    Summertime
    Ella Fitzgerald