Thompson,Barbara Live At The Bbc CD

Limited 14 CD set containing 27 complete radio programs constituting 14 hours of music. Over 100 remastered and restored tracks from 1969-1990 together for the first time on one release. Featuring contributions from many legends of British jazz including Jack Bruce, Jon Hiseman, Don Rendell, Harry Beckett, Kenny Wheeler, Henry Lowther, Ian Carr, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Gary Husband, Frank Ricotti and Chris Spedding. Liner notes by celebrated jazz critic, broadcaster and saxophonist Dave Gelly MBE. Barbara Thompson MBE is a virtuoso saxophonist, composer and bandleader whose career has spanned five decades. She is considered a pioneering composer for the saxophone and was part of a luxuriant crop of new jazz composers in the 1960s: Mike Westbrook, Neil Ardley, Graham Collier, Mike Taylor, Michael Garrick and several more. This previously hidden treasure trove of Barbara Thompson recordings amounts to 14 CDs containing complete radio programmes recorded and broadcast by the BBC over a period of 21 years. Many come from Barbara's own tapes, preserved by her husband, legendary drummer Jon Hiseman, in their archive at Temple Music, while others have been gathered from private collections across Britain and Europe.

1. Walter L 2. Introduction / Humphrey Lyttelton 3. Asma Asmaton 4. Introduction / Humphrey Lyttelton 5. Ballad 6. Introduction / Humphrey Lyttelton 7. Le D?jeuner sur lÆHerbe 8. Exactly Like You 9. Introduction / Charles Fox 10. Folk Dance No. 2 11. Introduction / Charles Fox 12. Jumping off the Sun 13. Introduction / Charles Fox 14. To Segovia 15. Introduction / Charles Fox 16. Timewind 17. Introduction / Charles Fox 18. Brown Thursday 19. Introduction / Charles Fox 20. I See You 21. Introduction / Charles Fox 22. Night in Tunisia I 23. Night in Tunisia II 24. Closing Announcement / Charles Fox 25. Introduction / Humphrey Lyttelton 26. Inchworm 27. Introduction / Humphrey Lyttelton 28. Stratinum Platinum 29. Introduction / Humphrey Lyttelton 30. Mandarin Blues 31. Closing Announcement / Humphrey Lyttelton 32. Introduction / Ian Carr 33. Improvisations for Octet and Strings in Three Movements 34. Introduction / Ian Carr 35. Entre Deux Terres û Five Movements for Jazz Ensemble 36. Closing Announcement / Ian Carr 37. Introduction / Dave Gelly 38. Encore Equador 39. Introduction / Dave Gelly 40. Slum Goddess 41. Introduction / Dave Gelly 42. Morning Lights 43. Introduction / Dave Gelly 44. Black Macumba 45. Aliyah 46. Introduction / Miles Kington 47. Candombl? 48. Introduction / Miles Kington 49. Morning Lights 50. Three-Legged Jackal 51. Introduction / Miles Kington 52. Summer Sounds 53. Closing Announcement / Miles Kington 54. Black Macumba 55. Introduction / Peter Clayton 56. Cuban Thing 57. Introduction / Peter Clayton 58. Hamerphilia 59. Introduction / Peter Clayton 60. Cliveden Reach 61. Closing Announcement / Peter Clayton 62. Introduction / Dave Gelly 63. Blithe Spirit 64. Introduction / Dave Gelly 65. Awakening Dance 66. Introduction / Dave Gelly 67. Morning Lights 68. Introduction / Dave Gelly 69. Contemplation 70. Awakening Dream 71. Introduction / Peter Clayton 72. Seega 73. Introduction / Peter Clayton 74. Helena 75. Introduction / Peter Clayton 76. The Funky Flunky 77. Introduction / Charles Fox 78. Sicilian Sting 79. Introduction / Charles Fox 80. Spanish Memories 81. La Tranquilit? dÆAme 82. Introduction / Charles Fox 83. Temple Song 84. Closing Announcement / Charles Fox 85. Study to Be Quiet 86. Introduction / Peter Clayton 87. Good Time Mr Sam 88. Introduction / Peter Clayton 89. Next Spring 90. Introduction / Peter Clayton 91. Machismo 92. Twelve-Bar Greens 93. Introduction / Peter Clayton 94. Summer Echoes 95. Introduction / Peter Clayton 96. Five Finger Exorcise 97. Introduction / Peter Clayton 98. Pipes of Peace 99. Introduction / Peter Clayton 100. Cala Vi±as 101. Late Again 102. Introduction / Peter Clayton 103. Temple Song 104. Introduction / Peter Clayton 105. Stairways 106. Introduction / Peter Clayton 107. Frankfurt Fayre 108. Applause 109. Introduction / Charles Fox 110. Cacion Sin Nombre 111. The Selfish Giant (A Suite of Five Movements) 112. Scrummage 113. Introduction / Peter Clayton 114. Silly Bolero 115. Introduction / Peter Clayton 116. From Nowhere 117. Introduction / Peter Clayton 118. Summer Madness 119. Introduction / Charles Fox 120. I Like Autumn 121. Country Dance 122. The Adventures of Water 123. Closing Announcement / Charles Fox 124. The Adventures of Water 125. Introduction / Peter Clayton 126. Castles in the Air 127. Introduction / Peter Clayton 128. City Lights 129. Closing Announcement / Steve Voce 130. Introduction / Charles Fox 131. Comet 132. Straight Down the Line 133. Little Psalm 134. Closing Announcement / Charles Fox 135. Humaira 136. Introduction / Peter Clayton 137. Psychedelic Sunrise 138. Introduction / Peter Clayton 139. Song of the East 140. Introduction / Charles Fox 141. The Adventures of Water 142. Fear of Spiders 143. Night Watch 144. Closing Announcement / Charles Fox 145. Introduction / Peter Clayton 146. The Coconut Hurling Game 147. Introduction / Peter Clayton 148. Night Watch 149. Introduction / Peter Clayton 150. Listen to the Plants 151. Introduction / Peter Clayton 152. Kafferinya 153. Introduction / Peter Clayton 154. Fields of Flowers 155. Rollercoaster 156. Introduction / Ian Carr 157. Pure Fantasy 158. Introduction / Ian Carr 159. Requiem for Two Pilots 160. Introduction / Ian Carr 161. Chapter and Verse 162. Introduction / Ian Carr 163. Fields of Flowers 164. Le Grand Voyage 165. Introduction / Barbara Thompson 166. LÆExtr?me Jonction 167. Introduction / Barbara Thompson 168. Voices Behind Locked Doors 169. Night Watch 170. Closing Announcement / Peter Clayton 171. Introduction / Charles Fox 172. Entr? les Trous de la Memoire 173. Introduction / Charles Fox 174. Elysian Fields 175. Introduction / Charles Fox 176. LÆExtr?me Jonction 177. Introduction / Charles Fox 178. Flights of Fancy 179. Closing Announcement / Charles Fox 180. Squiffy 181. Castles in the Air 182. Cheeky 183. Closing Announcement / Peter Clayton 184. Introduction / Peter Clayton 185. It DonÆt Mean a Thing (If It AinÆt Got That Swing) 186. Introduction / Barbara Thompson 187. Night Watch 188. Introduction / Barbara Thompson 189. City Lights 190. Introduction / Barbara Thompson 191. Catch 22 192. Introduction / Barbara Thompson 193. A Cry From The Heart 194. Introduction / Barbara Thompson 195. Frankfurt Fayre 196. Closing Announcement / Peter Clayton