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Classic Jazz, Past and Present
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- 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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