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Track Listing for The Hot Box #083

1. Duke Ellington Orchestra: Kinda Dukish/Rockin’ in Rhythm from the album Piano in the Background.
   
   
2. Count Basie Orchestra: The Kid from Red Bank from the album The Atomic Mr Basie.
   
   
3. Count Basie Orchestra: L’il Darlin’ from the album The Atomic Mr Basie.
   
   
4. John Coltrane Quartet: Summertime from the album My Favourite Things.
   
   
5. Ornette Coleman Quartet: Ramblin’ from the album Change of the Century.
   
   
6. John Wadham, Louis Stewart & Frank Hess: Footprints from the album Drums and Friends.
   
   
7. Louis Stewart and Honor Heffernan: All My Tomorrows
   
   
8. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Moanin’ from the album Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
   
   
9. Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd: Desafinado from the album Jazz Samba

Author: Donald Helme

Donald presented Jazz Alley, Ireland’s number one jazz show, on RTE Lyric FM from the station’s first week on air until the end of 2015. “I am not a musician, and have never pretended to be anything other than a lifetime fan with loads of experience and hopefully, good ears.”

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