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Small Groups of the 1930s – Chu, Little Jazz, Rabbit and Pres (1937 - 1940)
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- Host Intro 0:00
- Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores. "Limehouse Blues" from Chu Berry: 1937— 1941 (Classics) 2:30
- Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble. "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" from Chu Berry: 1937—1941 (Classics) 5:23
- Host speaks 9:18
- Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra. "Wabash Stomp" from The Big Sound of Little Jazz (Topaz) 11:15
- Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra. "Heckler's Hop" from The Big Sound of Little Jazz (Topaz) 14:21
- Host speaks 16:56
- Chocolate Dandies. "I Surrender Dear" from The Big Sound of Little Jazz (Topaz) 17:26
- The Chocolate Dandies. "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me." from The Big Sound of Little Jazz (Topaz) 21:55
- Host speaks 26:03:
- Chu Berry And His "Little Jazz" Ensemble. "Sittin` In" from The Big Sound of Little Jazz (Topaz) 28:13
- Chu Berry And His "Little Jazz" Ensemble. "Body And Soul" from The Big Sound of Little Jazz (Topaz) 30:23
- Host speaks 34:12
- Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra. "Jeep's Blues" from The Dukes Men: Small Groups Vol 2 (Columbia) 35:36
- Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra. "Rendezvous With Rhythm" from The Dukes Men: Small Groups Vol 2 (Columbia) 38:29
- Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra. "The Jeep Is Jumpin" from The Dukes Men: Small Groups Vol 2 (Columbia) 41:25
- Host speaks 43:50
- Count Basie's Kansas City Seven. "Lester Leaps In" from Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz v (Smithsonian) 46:48
- Count Basie's Kansas City Seven. "Dickie's Dream" from Swing Time: Vol. 074, Lester Young Vol. 2 (1939-41) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 50:02
- Host speaks 53:09
- Kansas City Six. "Pagin' the Devil" from The "Kansas City" Sessions (Commodore) 54:07
- Host Outro 57:02
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