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Elton John Words and Music

Gilles is joined by Sir Elton John, who is celebrating 50 years since his album Tumbleweed Connection and he picks five of his favourite jazz records of all time.

Gilles is joined by Sir Elton John for Words and Music to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his album 'Tumbleweed Connection'. During the reissue process for the album, Elton found an unreleased Jazz Version of his track 'Come Down in Time', so Gilles speaks to him about his relationship with Jazz, and asks him to pick 5 of his favourite Jazz records of all time, from Keith Jarrett to Nina Simone.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 7 Nov 2020 15:00

Music Played

  • M'Lumbo & Jane Ira Bloom

    I Am The Musical Scale of Today (feat. Brian O'Neill)

  • Danalogue & Alabaster dePlume

    Sundance

    • Total Refreshment Centre.
  • Last week Rewind

    • Trioritat

      Death Pacito

      • OUVO.
    • Seba Kaapstad

      Magic

      • Mello Music Group.
    • Khruangbin

      Summer Madness

      • Late Night Tales.
    • Planet Battagon

      IxION

      • On The Corner.
    • Mr. Reds

      Can U Feel It

      • Virgin.
    • War

      Slippin' Into Darkness (Tom Moulten Mix)

      • United Artist.
    • Andrew Ashong

      Flowers (feat. Theo Parrish)

      • Sound Signature.
    • Deniece Williams

      Free

      • Columbia.
  • Bluesology

    Come Back Baby

    • Universal.
  • Gabriels

    The Blind

    • Gabriels.
  • Finley Quaye

    Even After All (Dub)

    • BMG Music.
  • Finley Quaye

    Even After All

    • BMG Music.
  • Elton John

    Are You Ready For Love

    • MCA Records.
  • Elton John

    Philadelphia Freedom

    • Universal.
  • Elton John Words and Music

    • Elton John

      Come Down In Time (Jazz Version)

      • Universal.
    • Horace Silver

      Calcutta Cutie

      • Blue Note.
    • Elton John

      Earn While You Learn

      • EMI.
    • Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes

      Kyiv

      • Blue Note.
    • Lewis Taylor

      Stoned Pt.2

      • Slow Reality.
    • Horace Silver

      Sighin And Cryin

      • Blue Note.
    • Horace Silver

      Opus De Funk

      • Blue Note.
    • Jimmy Smith

      Blues For Del

      • Verve.
    • Jimmy Smith

      Bashin

      • Verve.
    • Jimmy Smith

      The Cat

      • Verve.
    • Quincy Jones

      A Taste Of Honey

      • Mercury.
    • Carla Bley Band

      Misterioso

      • Universal.
    • Keith Jarrett

      Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

      • ECM.
    • Keith Jarrett

      Someone To Watch Over Me

      • ECM.
    • The Oscar Peterson Trio

      Honeysuckle Rose (Live)

      • Telarc.
    • Nina Simone

      Little Girl Blue

      • Bethlehem.
    • Billy Paul

      Your Song

      • Philadelphia International.
    • Aretha Franklin

      Border Song (Holy Moses)

      • Atlantic.
  • Glenn Astro

    Mostly Ghostly

    • TARTELET.
  • Micha艂 Urbaniak

    Code Blue

    • Ubx.
  • Phil Gould

    The Dance

    • Forthcoming.
  • Grupo Zurana

    Extracao De Inconfedencia

    • Caixa/Tapecar.
  • 痴补濒茅谤颈补

    惭补谤肠补莽茫辞

    • NOTES ON A JOURNEY.
  • Beliz

    Gwadloup

    • BeauMonde.
  • Zazou Bikaye

    Le Menteur (Is Out)

    • Crammed Discs.
  • Vis-a-Vis

    Obi Agye Me Dofo

    • Soundway.
  • Star Feminine Band

    Rew Be Me

    • Born Bad.
  • The Isley Brothers

    Work To Do

    • Epic / Legacy.
  • Rob Mazurek Experiment

    Abstract Dark Energy

    • International Anthem.
  • Black Country, New Road

    Science Fair

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto

    After After

    • Madlib Invazion.
  • Ro E Carlinhos

    O Gigante (feat. Pedro Santos)

    • CBS.
  • Eduardo Ramos

    Vocacion: Revolucion

    • Egrem.
  • Ill Considered

    Observed

    • Ill Considered.
  • Rance Allen Group

    Peace of Mind

    • Capitol.
  • Eugene Gaspard

    Holding On

    • Rosemont.
  • Family of Swede

    Set You Free

    • Cordial.
  • Leroy Burgess

    One Plus One (Dave Lee Mix)

    • Z.
  • Gwen Guthrie

    Peanut Butter

    • Mercury.
  • Willie Hutch

    In and Out

    • Motown.
  • Elton John

    Rocket Man (Live)

    • Universal.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Nov 2020 15:00