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| Michael Burman (2001) | |
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| Born in South Wales, Michael discovered jazz by accident in his early teens when he misheard the title of a piece of music coming up on the radio and began to record Johnny Hodges and Things Ain't What They Used to Be with Duke Ellington, on his reel-to-reel recorder.
"I was a true child of the 60s, so of course I also listened to the Beatles, the Stones, the Hollies, Dusty Springfield, Manfred Mann, the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, the Moody Blues, and Spencer Davis," recalls the Peninsula-based software programmer. "But at the same time I loved jazz music. There was very little jazz on the radio (BBC) in those days - only two hours per week, so it was difficult to hear a lot of jazz. But in my mid-teens I discovered, to my surprise, that there were several other 'weird' kids at my school, and we used to listen to each others' music: Cannonball, Miles, Oliver Nelson, Jazz Messingers." |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Dave Brubeck | Dave Digs Disney | Someday My Prince Will Come | (Columbia) |
| # 2 | Charlie Parker | Yardbird Suite | Ko-Ko | (Rhino) |
| # 3 | Thelonious Monk | Monk | We See | (OJC) |
| # 4 | Frank Sinatra | Songs for Swingin' Lovers | Old Devil Moon | (Capitol) |
| # 5 | Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson | Very Tall | Work Song | (Verve) |
| # 6 | Dick Hyman | Music of 1937 | Bei Mir Bist Du Schön | (Concord) |
| # 7 | Johnny Hodges | The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions, 1956-61 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | (Mosaic) |
| # 8 | Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band featuring Zoot Sims | Concert Jazz Band Compact Jazz | Apple Core | (Verve) |
| Book | Anthony Powell, "A Dance to the Music of Time" | |||
| Luxury Item | A kettle, a teapot, and a supply of black tea | |||
| Tim Garland
26 Apr Ben Goldberg 01 Mar Lua Hadar 08 Mar | Molly Holm
19 Apr Remy Le Boeuf 15 Mar Stephanie Nakasian 18 Jan | Marlena Shaw
29 Mar Ben Sidran 12 Apr |