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Bebop Clarinets - Hank D'Amico, Aaron Sachs, Tony Scott and Buddy DeFranco Sep 01, 2022

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Recordings from the mid to late 1940's led by clarinet players exploring the new Bebop sounds - Hank D'Amico (with Frankie Newton and Don Byas), Tony Scott (with Dizzy Gillespie, Trummy Young and Ben Webster), Aaron Sachs (with Gene DiNovi, Tiny Kahn, Clyde Lombardi and Terry Gibbs) and Buddy DeFranco (with Teddy Charles and Harvey Leonard)

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WETF Show - the Basie Bunch . .1957 recordings for Vanguard featuring Buck Clayton, Lucky Thompson, Vic Dickenson, Jo Jones a.o. Sep 01, 2022

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The Basie Bunch .. recordings for Vanguard in 1957 featuring Buck Clayton, Emmett Berry, Vic Dickenson, Benny Green, Earl Warren, Lucky Thompson, Nat Pierce, Hank Jones, Freddie Green, Kenny Burrell, Walter Page, Aaron Bell, Jo Jones, and on one number, Basie himself!

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The Little Ramblers - small group recordings from the California Ramblers featuring Adrian Rollini Aug 22, 2022

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The Little Ramblers - small group recordings from the California Ramblers . . Goofus Five, Little Ramblers and the Five Birmingham Babies featuring Adrian Rollini, Bobby Davis, the Dorsey Brothers, Red Nichols, Bobby Moore, Chelsea Quealy, Sam Ruby and Abe Lincoln among others - great hot jazz from the mid 1920's!

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WETF Show -underrated tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson guesting with various bands in the 1940's and 1950's Aug 22, 2022

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Lucky Thompson - sides recorded by the great and largely forgotten tenor sax man from 1944-54 with Hot Lips Page, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Freddie Green, Clark Terry, Slim Gaillard, Marshall Royal, Buck Clayton, Karl George, Dickie Wells, Urbie Green, Milt Jackson, Al Haig, Willie Smith, Howard McGhee . .

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New York to New Orleans - Dixieland in 1941, 44, 45 featuring Bujie Centobie on clarinet Aug 15, 2022

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Three sessions focused around clarinetist Leonard "Bujie" Centobie . . George Hartman and His Orchestra with Julian Laine, Roy Zimmerman, Johnny Castaing, Vernon Brown, Frank Froeba, Jack Lesberg and George Wettling. Mike Lo Scalzo and His Dixieland Woodchoppers with Phil Napoleon, Brad Gowans, Chuck Wayne and Tony Spargo.

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WETF Show - Fats on the Side - Fats Waller guesting with various groups 1926-31 Aug 15, 2022

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Fats on the Side - Fats Waller the sideman recording with Jack Teagarden, Ted Lewis, the Rhythmakers, Fletcher Henderson and Red McKenzie . .featuring Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Sterling Bose, Pee Wee Russell, Tommy Ladnier, Buster Bailey, Joe Smith, Red Allen, Billy Banks and others! Small group and big band jazz from 1926-33.

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Black and White reeds - Pee Wee Russell, Mezz Mezzrow, Bingie Madison and Rod Cless on the Black and White label Aug 12, 2022

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Black and White reeds - Pee Wee Russell, Mezz Mezzrow, Bingie Madison and Rod Cless on the Black and White label . .mid 1940's recordings with Sterling Bose, George Wettling, Bob Casey, Joe Grauso, Hank Duncan, Cliff Jackson, Gene Schroeder and James P. Johnson

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WETF Show - The Retrogressive . . Bob Brookmeyer's albums Traditionalism Revisited and Kansas City Revisited from 1958 and 1959 Aug 12, 2022

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The Retrogressive . . Bob Brookmeyer's albums Traditionalism Revisited and Kansas City Revisited from 1958 and 1959, featuring tunes associated with Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Count Basie and Billie Holiday . .with Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Paul Quinichette, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Hank Jones, Nat Pierce, Charlie Persip, Eddie Jones, Freddie Green and Big Miller

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Freshman Hop - Jack Pettis and his Pets . .1926-29 Aug 02, 2022

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Jack Pettis was one of the first saxophonists in Jazz - playing C melody with Ben Bernie and His Orchestra, he also headed numerous recording dates with the same personnel - here we have him with Bill Moore, Tony Parenti, Don Murray, Al Goering, Jimmy Dorsey, Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti among others . . great hot dance music with jazz ingredients from 1926-29

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WETF Show - Rosemary Clooney on Concord, 1988-93 Aug 02, 2022

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Rosemary Clooney - selection of her recordings for Concord from 1988-1993 with Scott Hamilton, Warren Vache, John Oddo, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton and special appearances by Jack Sheldon and John Pizzarelli

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