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Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald (1936 - 1945)
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We are joined in this hour by Stephanie Nakasian—singer, recording artist, educator and professor of voice in the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia.
Playlist
- Host Intro 0:00
- Chick Webb and His Orchestra "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" from Big Band: Vol. 038, Chick Webb (1937-38) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 3:41
- Chick Webb and His Orchestra "Undecided" from Big Band: Vol. 039, Chick Webb (1938-39) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 6:18
- Chick Webb and His Orchestra "Holiday In Harlem" from Big Band: Vol. 038, Chick Webb (1937-38) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 9:33
- Host speaks 12:41
- Chick Webb and His Orchestra "Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil" from Big Band: Vol. 039, Chick Webb (1938-39) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 14:19
- Chick Webb and His Orchestra "You'll Have to Swing It ("Mr. Paganini")" from Big Band: Vol. 037, Chick Webb (1935-37) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 17:23
- Host speaks 20:08
- Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots "Cow Cow Boogie" from The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 22:44
- Host speaks 25:38
- Ella Fitzgerald "Flying Home" from Scat (PR1MO) 26:26
- Host speaks 28:53
- Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" from The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 31:23
- Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" from The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 34:39
- Host speaks 38:05
- Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra "I Must Have That Man" from The Billie Holiday Collection Volume 2 (Columbia) 40:14
- Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra "Me, Myself, and I" from The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 43:08
- Host speaks 45:45
- Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" from The Norton Jazz Recordings (Norton) 47:09
- Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra "He's Funny That Way" from The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz (Smithsonian) 49:58
- Host speaks 52:37
- Billie Holiday -Milt Raskin duo "Strange Fruit" from The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 54:59
- Host Outro 58:00
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