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Cerys' weekly round up of the blues you need to hear, from all around the world and in all shapes and sizes! This week, Cerys focuses on the use of brass instruments in blues music as part of Radio 2 Loves Brass.

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Last Monday 21:00

Music Played

  • Jimmy McGriff & Junior Parker

    Drownin' On Dry Land

    • The Dudes Doin' Business.
    • LRC Ltd. / Groove Merchant Records.
    • 11.
  • Muddy Waters

    Going Back To Memphis

    • Brass And The Blues.
    • Chess.
  • Shuggie Otis

    Purple

    • Freedom Flight.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 6.
  • B.B. King

    Going ѿý

    • B.B. King.
    • Ace Records.
    • 1.
  • Taj Mahal

    Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (Live)

    • The Real Thing.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 2.
  • Miles Davis

    Red China Blues

    • Get Up With It.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 2.
  • Valaida Snow

    St. Louis Blues

    • Complete Jazz Series 1937 - 1940.
    • Complete Jazz Series.
    • 20.
  • Bessie Smith

    Trombone Cholly

    • The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3.
    • Legacy/Columbia.
    • 3.
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Potato Head Blues

    • Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens.
    • Blue Engine Records.
    • 1.
  • Chris Barber's Jazzband

    Weeping Willow Blues

    • Dixieland Jazz, Vol.2.
    • Documents.
    • 12.
  • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

    New Orleans Blues

    • Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton).
    • Columbia.
    • 13.
  • The Electric Flag

    Killing Floor

    • A Long Time Comin'.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Shirley Horn

    Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues

    • Travelin' Light.
    • Impulse!.
  • Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown

    I Got My Mojo Workin'

    • Standing My Ground.
    • Alligator Records.

Broadcast

  • Last Monday 21:00