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So Far So Good - a selection of the Columbia recordings of Will Bradley and His Orchestra with Ray McKinley Mar 08, 2022

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So Far So Good - a selection of the Columbia recordings of Will Bradley and His Orchestra with Ray McKinley - featuring Peanuts Hucko (on tenor), Bernie Billings, Nick Caiazza, Jo Huffman, Mahlon Clark, Freddie Slack, Billy Maxted, Joe Weidman, Lee Castle and Carlotta Dale - 1939-42!

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Ride, Red, Ride . . recordings by Henry "Red" Allen in the 1950's with Coleman Hawkins and others Mar 04, 2022

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Ride, Red, Ride . . recordings by Henry "Red" Allen in the 1950's for Soundcraft, Verve, and Victor . .featuring J.C. Higginbotham, Buster Bailey, Sol Yaged, Earl Warren, Coleman Hawkins, Lou Stein, Marty Napoleon, Milt Hinton, Lloyd Trotman, Cozy Cole, Chubby Jackson, George Wettling, Bob Hammer and Sol Hall

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Hollywood Stomp - Victoria Spivey in the 1930's with Red Allen, Charlie Holmes, Arnett Nelson, Lee Collins . . Mar 04, 2022

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Hollywood Stomp - Victoria Spivey singing with a variety of jazz and blues accompaniments in the 1930's - Red Allen, Charlie Holmes, Albert Nicholas, Lee Collins, Arnett Nelson, Black Bob, Mr. Sheiks, Bill Owsley

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WETF Program - Stan Getz' West Coast Sessions . . 1955, 56 Feb 23, 2022

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WETF Program - Stan Getz' West Coast Sessions with Conte Candoli, Lou Levy, Stan Levey, Leroy Vinegar . . great mainstream/bop tenor playing in the late 1950's

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Blue Rhythm - the Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931-33 Feb 22, 2022

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A great but almost forgotten hot band - the Mills Blue Rhythm Band held sway at the Cotton Club and other venues with Irving Mills' other bands (Ellington, Calloway) were otherwise engaged. Pianist Edgar Hayes, trombonist Harry "Fatha" White and later reedman Joe Garland did most of the arrangements which also featured Ed Anderson on trumpet, George Washington on trombone, George Morton and Billy Banks on vocals and reedmen Charlie Holmes, Crawford Wethington and Castor McCord

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Texas Shuffle - live and studio recordings of Count Basie's Orchestra featuring Herschel Evans, 1937-38 Feb 15, 2022

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Texas Shuffle - live and studio recordings of Count Basie's Orchestra featuring Herschel Evans, 1937-38 . . Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Lester Young, Claude Williams and the All American Rhythm Section . .

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WETF Show - Hot Fingers - Lonnie Johnson with the stars - 1925-29 Feb 15, 2022

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Hot Fingers - Lonnie Johnson with the stars - 1925-29 . . Charlie Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs, Louis Armstrong Hot Five, Blind Willie Dunn/Eddie Lang, Clarence Williams' Jug Band, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Duke Ellington . .great guitar accompaniment and solos!

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Market Street Stomp - Hot bands of St. Louis- Charlie Creath, Dewey Jackson, Bennie Washington Feb 08, 2022

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Market Street Stomp - hot bands in St. Louis - 1925-27 . . Charlie Creath, Dewey Jackson and Bennie Washington . .featuring William Thornton Blue, Pops Foster, Zutty Singleton, Babe Webb, Burroughs Lovingood and the remarkable singer/drummer Floyd Campbell!

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WETF Show - Southside Strut . . The Good Time Jazz trio and quartets of Don Ewell Feb 08, 2022

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Southside Strut - Don Ewell Trio and Quartet with Darnell Howard, Minor Hall and Pops Foster for Good Time Jazz in 1956 and 1957 . . great stride, ragtime and barrelhouse!

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My Home Is In A Southern Town - the General recordings of Jelly Roll Morton's Hot Six and Seven, 1940 . Feb 04, 2022

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My Home Is In A Southern Town - the General recordings of Jelly Roll Morton's Hot Six and Seven, 1940 . .Red Allen, Joe Britton, Claude Jones, Albert Nicholas, Danny Barker, Wellman Braud, Zutty Singleton . . also two live dates with the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street and an impromptu blues

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