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Jazz for Midsummer

Alyn Shipton celebrates midsummer on the longest day of 2026.

Alyn Shipton celebrates the summer solstice with your suggestions for summer jazz. From Duke Ellington’s Shakespeare-inspired Such Sweet Thunder to Horace Silver’s Summer in Central Park, this special Jazz Record Requests captures the magic and laid-back enchantment of the season. With music for long midsummer evenings from Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd at Monterey, Ella Fitzgerald live in Chicago and Art Farmer.

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59 minutes

Last on

Sunday16:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Duke Ellington

    Up and Down

  • Horace Silver

    Summer in Central Park

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Summertime

  • Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins

    Summertime

  • Miles Davis

    Summer Night

  • Charles Lloyd

    Forest Flower (Part 1 - Sunrise)

  • Art Farmer

    The Summer Knows

  • Sarah Vaughan

    Darn That Dream

  • Azimuth

    The Longest Day

  • Rachel Sutton

    Day Trip

Broadcast

  • Sunday16:00
    BBC Radio 3

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