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Sting: An English (Jazz-)Man in New York - Part 1
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From his early years as a bassist in the trad Phoenix Jazzmen, the straight-ahead Newcastle Big Band, and the fusion quintet Last Exit, to his collaborations with idols like
Gil Evans
composer / conductor1912 - 1988
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
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" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Sting "Englishman in New York" Symphonicities (Deutsche Grammophon) 0:16Sting
bass, electric
b.1951- Host talks 4:40
" data-original-title="" title="">Gregory Porter "It's Probably Me" Live @ Polar Music Prize 2017 (YouTube) 6:33Gregory Porter
vocals
b.1971- Host talks 11:50
" data-original-title="" title="">Espen Berg "Hounds of Winter" Acres of Blue (Atterklang) 12:42Espen Berg
piano
b.1983- Jazz Fantasy feat.
" data-original-title="" title="">Franco Ambrosetti "Perfect Love... Gone Wrong" Every Breath We Take (Splasc(H)) 16:44Franco Ambrosetti
trumpet
b.1941 - Host talks 20:32
" data-original-title="" title="">John McLaughlin "English Jam" The Promise (Verve) 23:12John McLaughlin
guitar
b.1942- John McLaughlin, Sting "The Wind Cries Mary" In from the Storm (BMG) 24:23
- " data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis "One Phone Call / Street Scenes" You're Under Arrest (Columbia) 28:55
Miles Davis
trumpet
1926 - 1991 - Host talks 33:58
- Sting and " data-original-title="" title="">Gil Evans "There Comes a Time" Last Session -Live at Perugia Jazz Festival (Jazz Door) 36:26
Gil Evans
composer / conductor
1912 - 1988 - The
" data-original-title="" title="">Bob Belden Ensemble "Shadows in the Rain" Straight to My Heart: The Bob Belden Ensemble Performs the Music of Sting (Blue Note) 40:52Bob Belden
arranger
b.1956 - Host talks 48:26
" data-original-title="" title="">Marcin Wasilewski Trio "Message in a Bottle" Live (ECM) 49:09Marcin Wasilewski
piano
b.1975
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