Home » Jazz Articles » Radio & Podcasts » Celebrating Jazz Geminis Valaida Snow and Memphis Minnie...

3

Celebrating Jazz Geminis Valaida Snow and Memphis Minnie Among Others

Click the play button to listen

The first hour celebrates the birthdays of Valaida Snow, known as "Little Louis" and "Queen of the Trumpet," a nickname given to her by W.C. Handy — a virtuoso jazz entertainer who became an internationally celebrated talent. Also in the spotlight is Memphis Minnie, a blues guitarist, and songwriter married to Joe McCoy and later Ernest Lawlars, whose recording career lasted for over three decades . Other birthday shoutouts include vocalists Dakota Staton and Ian Shaw, saxophonist Jordan Pettay, pianist Lenore Raphael and flutist Jamie Baum, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music.

Playlist

  • Wayne Alpern "Ode to Billy Joe" from Standard Deviation (Henri Elkan Music) 00:00
  • Carla Cook "Ode to Billy Joe" from Dem Bones (MaxJazz) 06:18
  • Host speaks 10:46
  • Bria Skonberg "Down In the Deep" from Bria (Sony Masterworks) 12:11
  • Valaida Snow "High Hat Trumpet and Rhythm" from Swing Is The Thing (Upbeat) 18:52
  • Valaida Snow "I Want A Lot of Love" from Valaida Snow (Doxy Collection) (Doxy) 21:55
  • Host speaks 25:14
  • Nora Germain "Nora's Blues" from Compilation (Self released) 26:17
  • Dakota Staton "Blues for Tasty" from Congratulations to Someone (LRC Records) 30:18
  • Maria Muldaur "I'm Sailin'" from First Came Memphis Minnie (Stony Plain) 34:22
  • Nina Simone "Chauffeur" from Let It All Out (Verve) 38:04
  • Host speaks 40:51
  • Alchemy Sound Project "Kesii" from Afrika Love (Artist Recording Collective) 41:45
  • Ian Shaw "I Don't Know Enough About You" from Shine Sister Shine (Jazz Village) 49:17
  • Host speaks 53:01
  • Out to Dinner "Rebecca's Dance" from Play On (Posi-Tone) 54:12
  • Jordan Pettay "You Make Me Feel Brand New" from First Fruit (Self Released) 1:00:00
  • Paul Jost "I Don't Need No Doctor" from Breaking Through (Dot Time) 1:04:49
  • Nnenna Freelon "Marvin Medley: If This World Were Mine/Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing/Ain't No Mountain High Enough" from Time Traveler (Origin) 1:10:33
  • Host speaks 1:16:34
  • Boogaloo Joe Jones "I Feel The Earth Move" from Jazz Dispensary: The Dank D Funk Band (Craft Records) 1:18:13
  • Dara Tucker "You've Got a Friend" from Dreams of Waking-Music For a Better World (Green Hill) 1:24:20
  • Host speaks 1:30:27
  • Lenore Raphael/Doug MacDonald "Are You Ever Gonna Agree With Me" from Reunion (Self Released) 1:31:15
  • Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White "I Try" from Shadows Fall (Self Released) 1:36:56
  • Host speaks 1:42:15
  • Jamie Baum "There Are No Words" from Bridges (Sunnyside) 1:42:57
  • Brianna Thomas "How Much Forgiveness" from Everybody Knows (Breathline) 1:48:50
  • Host speaks 1:55:20
  • Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:57:09

About Valaida Snow

Tags


PREVIOUS / NEXT




Become a Sustaining Member

Get the Jazz Near You newsletter

Since 1995, All About Jazz has championed jazz as an art form and supported the musicians who create it. Over three decades, it has grown into one of the world's leading jazz resources, serving hundreds of thousands of readers, musicians, presenters and industry professionals each month.

Help Build the Future of All About Jazz

Your support helps us continue building All About Jazz for the next generation—expanding our editorial coverage, preserving jazz history, developing new community features and creating better ways to discover the music and the people behind it.

Become a sustaining member for as little as $20 per year and you'll immediately enjoy an ad-free experience along with access to subscriber features and future articles for a full year.

Together, we're not simply sustaining All About Jazz—we're building its future. Thank you for being part of the journey.

Near

Radio & Podcasts


Tune in daily to hear the internet's top jazz programs including Mondo Jazz, Jazz Bastard, The Tonearm, Liner Notes, World of Jazz, Allston Boylston, One Man's Jazz, The Outer View, Neon Jazz, A Broad Spectrum, Bitches Brew and more. View our program schedule and check this week's JazzWeek Radio Chart.

Popular

HIDDEN GEMS

Jazz article: Flora Carbo, Mário Costa and Wocjiech Jachna
Jazz article: Val Wilmer: Dues And Testimony
Jazz article: A Selection of Jazz on Sonorama

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletters highlight our top stories, top album reviews, website news, free songs, radio & podcast shows, news, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.