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Classic Jazz, Past and Present

By Jerome Wilson | The Outer View
July 22, 2022
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From May 2021, a show of all pre-bebop classic jazz, performed by musicians from that era as well as more recent players. Some of the performers on the show are Ethel Waters, Artie Shaw, The Manhattan Transfer, Maryann Price, Louis Armstrong and Turk Murphy with Lord Buckley.

Playlist

Henry Threadgill Sextett "I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00
Duke Ellington "Rockin' In Rhythm" from The Okeh Ellington (Columbia) 01:28
Edmond Hall "Profoundly Blue" from Profoundly Blue (Blue Note) 04:42
Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow "The Blues and Freud, Part II" from Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow (Classic Jazz) 08:48
Host Speaks 13:09
Ethel Waters "Stormy Weather" from The Incomparable Ethel Waters (Columbia) 14:50
Billy Eckstine "A Cottage For Sale" from Ballads, Blues and Bebop (Proper) 17:56
Maryann Price "Sorta Kinda In A Way" from Etched In Swing (Watermelon) 20:41
Ella Mae Morse "No Love, No Nothin" from The Very Best of Ella Mae Morse (Collectables) 24:12
Host Speaks 26:47
Christy Bennett's Fumee "Tears" from Lost Lyrics (Self-Produced) 29:10
Manhattan Transfer "Clouds" from Couldn't Be Hotter (Telarc) 35:48
Host Speaks 43:37
Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra "Fantasy Impromptu" from Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II (Accurate) 44:25
John Kirby Sextet "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" from The John Kirby Sextet (Sony) 48:22
Joe Venuti "My Gypsy Rhapsody" from 1933 (Classics) 51:20
Benny Goodman "Life Goes to a Party" from The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia) 54:47
Host Speaks 58:54
Paul Whiteman "Rhapsody In Blue" from Music For Moderns (Naxos) 1:02:24
Artie Shaw "Evensong" from Self Portrait (Bluebird) 1:10:59
Host Speaks 1:15:14
Louis Armstrong "Beale Street Blues" from Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy (Columbia) 1:16:36
Anthony Coleman "King Porter Stomp" from Freakish (Tzadik) 1:21:33
Host Speaks 1:27:56
Turk Murphy "The Hip Shooting of Dan McGrew" from Wild Man Blues (San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation) 1:30:05
Tex Williams "Never Trust A Woman" from Tex Williams and his Western Caravan (Capitol) 1:35:31
The Mills Brothers "Nagasaki" from Chronological, Vol. 3 (JSP) 1:38:24
Host Speaks 1:40:48
Benny Goodman "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" from The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia) 1:41:36
Frankie Laine "Stars Fell On Alabama" from Jazz Spectacular (Columbia) 1:45:32
Daryl Sherman "On The Sunny Side of the Street" from I've Got My Fingers Crossed (Audiophile) 1:50:51
Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Odwalla/The Theme" from Selected Recordings (ECM) 1:55:50

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