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Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Deezer)

Greensleeves Yellowjackets Blackshirts

Mel Lewis/Bob Brookmeyer/Clark Terry, Live at the Village Vanguard (Spotify)

Jeffrey Archer Jimmy Archey Archduke Ferdinand

I have a Red Rodney's Then and Now (Chesky), recorded in 1992 with a quintet including Chris Potter, in which bop-era tunes are given a contemporary interpretation. Recommended!

Clark Terry, Serenade to a Bus Seat (Deezer)

Charlie Parker live in about 1948.

Wm Wrigley Jr Eleanor Rigby Diana Rigg

Bud Shank, Blowin' Country (Spotify)

Kitty O'Shea Two Ton Tessy O'Shea Chay Blythe

The Return of Tal Farlow (Deezer)

I'm looking forward to that. Roy Haynes could be heard doing some great stuff in the brief clip on the "cool" show.

Barney Kessel, To Swing or Not to Swing (Deezer) Nice record!

John-Francois Millet John Everett Millais Milly Molly Mandy

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3 Now playing: "I'll Remember April" by the Henri Renaud All Stars in 1954 with Milt Jackson, J J Johnson and Al Cohn.

Mel Lewis/Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer, Live at the Village Vanguard (Spotify)

C M Kornbluth Peetie Wheatstraw Roger B Chaffee

And you can hear Trane's dedication piece, "Like Sonny" on Coltrane Jazz. Nice little tune. Supposed to be based on a Sonny lick. I used to hear guys play it a lot. It goes up, like in minor thirds, I think. I always liked Trane's opening on his solo. It was so melodic I thought it was part of the tune. The tune "Like Sonny" ( also recorded as "Simple Like") is based on lick played by Sonny Rollins. You can hear Sonny play it on the Kenny Dorham album "Jazz Contrasts" (Riverside/OJC) during his solo on "My Old Flame" Yeah. I knew I heard it somewhere. I guess I knew to listen after Trane said how he wrote it. Tank-a-you Coltrane also recorded it in 1960 under the title of "Simple Like" with a quartet of McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis and Billy Higgins.

Bill Bryson James Dyson J Edgar Hoover

And you can hear Trane's dedication piece, "Like Sonny" on Coltrane Jazz.

Akiyoshi/Tabackin Select, Disc 3

Taking a break from Sherlock to read Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train. Read three Ripley novels a few years ago, but this is a new one on me.

Buddy DeFranco, Complete Jazz Series, 1949-52 (Spotify)

Yes, excellent stuff last Friday, too. Hoping for something next week.

Joe Henderson, Mode for Joe (RVG) new for a fiver from Manchester's Vinyl Exchange, which has recently beefed up its new jazz CD stock. (Richard, please note )