Ken Clarke’s Jazz Greats

Last Edited: 01-Aug-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date
Episode Title
Cast
Parameters
05-Feb-2002 to
19-Feb-2002
series 1 Kenny Clarke
Billie Holiday
John Coltrane
  MISSED
 01-Apr-2003 to
15-Apr-2003
series 2 Ella Fitzgerald
Miles Davis
Charlie Mingus
  MISSED
29-Mar-2004
3-1
Duke Ellington

Ken Clarke, Humphrey Lyttelton
Produced by Paul Evans
28:07, 13183, m
low bandwidth from BBC
05-Apr-2004
3-2
Dexter Gordon
Ken Clarke, Karin Krog
Produced by Paul Evans
28:06, 13180, m
low bandwidth from BBC
12-Apr-2004
3-3
Bessie Smith
Ken Clarke, George Melley
Produced by Paul Evans
28:03, 13154, m
low bandwidth from BBC
19-Apr-2004
3-4
Stan Getz

Ken Clarke, Bill Kroh
Produced by Paul Evans
27:52, 13071, m
low bandwidth from BBC
24-May-2005
4-1
Dizzy Gillespie
Ken Clarke, Guy Barker
Produced by Paul Evans
28:04, 26317, S
31-May-2005
4-2
Oscar Peterson

Ken Clarke, Richard Palmer
Produced by Paul Evans
28:04, 26320, S
07-Jun-2005
4-3
Thelonious Monk

Ken Clarke, Tony Kofi
Produced by Paul Evans
28:05, 26333, S
14-Jun-2005
4-4
Stephane Grappelli

Ken Clarke, John Etheridge
Produced by Paul Evans
27:46, 26041, S
28-Mar-2006
5-1
Art Blakey

Ken Clarke, John deSand
Produced by Paul Evans
28:04, 26318, S
04-Apr-2006
5-2
Louis Armstrong

Ken Clarke, Chris Barber
Produced by Paul Evans
27:58, 26232,S
11-Apr-2006
5-3
Coleman Hawkins Ken Clarke, John Dankworth
Produced by Paul Evans
27:55, 26185, S
18-Apr-2006
5-4
Horace Silver
Ken Clarke, Alan Barnes
Produced by Paul Evans
27:55, 26187, S
04-Mar-2008
6-1
Jelly Roll Morton
Ken Clarke, Keith Nichols
Produced by Paul Evans
28:05, 26329, S
11-Mar-2008
6-2
Max Roach
Ken Clarke, Peter King
Produced by Paul Evans
28:08, 26345, S
18-Mar-2008
6-3
Art Pepper
Ken Clarke, Steve Voce
Produced by Paul Evans
27:58, 26221, S
25-Mar-2008
6-4
Bud Powell
Ken Clarke, Brian Priestley
Produced by Paul Evans
27:48, 26074, S
10-Mar-2009
7-1
Charlie Parker
Ken Clarke, Soweto Kinch
Produced by Paul Evans
28:06, 26353, S
17-Mar-2009
7-2
Fats Waller
Ken Clarke, Gwynneth Herberts
Produced by Paul Evans
27:47, 26050, S
24-Mar-2009
7-3
Benny Goodman
Ken Clarke, Pete Long
Produced by Paul Evans
27:49, 26086, S
31-Mar-2009
7-4
Milt Jackson
Ken Clarke, Anthony Kerr
Produced by Paul Evans
27:49, 26083, S
12-Jan-2010
8-1
Humphrey Lyttelton
Ken Clarke, Alyn Shipton
Produced by James Hale
27:57, 26214, S
19-Jan-2010
8-2
Cannonball Adderley
Ken Clarke, Alan Barnes
Produced by James Hale
28:01, 26269, S
26-Jan-2010
8-3
Chet Baker
Ken Clarke, Mike Maran
Produced by James Hale
27:45, 26027, S
02-Feb-2010
8-4
Sonny Rollins
Ken Clarke, Denys Baptiste
Produced by James Hale
27:57, 26214, S
15-Nov-2011
9-1
Lee Morgan
Ken Clarke, Ian Smith
Produced by James Hale
27:50, 26047, S
22-Nov-2011
9-2
Zoot Sims
Ken Clarke, John Altman
Produced by James Hale
27:47, 26003, S
29-Nov-2011
9-3
Joe Henderson
Ken Clarke, Soweto Kinch
Produced by James Hale
28:00, 26208, S
06-Dec-2011
9-4
Clifford Brown
Ken Clarke, Abram Wilson
Produced by James Hale
27:56, 26143, S