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WETF Show - Oscar Peterson and the Tenor Saxes Dec 17, 2021

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Oscar Peterson and the tenor saxes . . a selection from Verve/Clef/Mercury albums of the mid to late 1950's featuring the Peterson trio and quartet (including Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Buddy Rich, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen and Alvin Stoller) backing up Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Stitt, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Flip Philips and Stan Getz

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Brit Bop II - WETF Show featuring the music of Ronnie Scott Dec 10, 2021

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Brit Bop II - WETF Show featuring the music of Ronnie Scott and his groups, 1946-55. Featuring Jimmy Deuchar, Derek Humble, Benny Green, Spike Robinson, Vic Lewis, Ralph Sharon, Dave Goldberg, Tony Crosbie, Jack Parnell, Ken Wray and other British bebop luminaries . .

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Louis Armstrong Autobiography 1956 Dec 09, 2021

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Some of the best late period Louis on record . .his regular All Stars (Trummy Young, Ed Hall, Billy Kyle, Dale Jones, Barrett Deems) augmented by George Barnes, Yank Lawson and the arrangements of Bob Haggart recreating some of his early records . . Decca, 1956

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WETF Show . .More Further Definitions - Benny Carter-led and arranged sax ensemble 1960's Nov 30, 2021

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WETF Show . .More Further Definitions - Benny Carter-led and arranged sax ensembles with Coleman Hawkins, Phil Woods, Charlie Rouse, Bill Hood, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Bill Perkins, Jimmy Heath, Herb Geller, Frank Wess and Joe Temperley . . great arrangements and playing by the leader

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Dorsey Stomp . . transcriptions in January, 1934 by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and then in September, 1934 by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Nov 30, 2021

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Dorsey Stomp . . transcriptions in January, 1934 by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and then in September, 1934 by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (after Tommy left). Almost the same band - George Thow, Don Mattison, Joe Yukl, Jack Stacey, Skeets Herfurt, Bobby Van Eps, Roc Hillman, Delmar Kaplan, Ray McKinley with Bob Eberle, Bob Crosby and Kay Weber

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Sonny Clay - West Coast Jazz of the 1920's Nov 23, 2021

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Sonny Clay was an outstanding pianist who led bands in California all through the 1920's and 30's. After a period playing drums with Jelly Roll Morton and Kid Ory, he put together groups to play at some of the better nightclubs in Los Angeles and made a handful of recordings that run the gamut from New Orleans style jazz to hot dance music. There is a healthy dose of New Orleans here with cornetist Ernest Coycault, who was a contemporary of Bunk Johnson and Freddie Keppard and some other outstanding players like clarinetist Leonard Davidson, trombonist W.B. Woodman, Sr., and trumpeter Yank Porter

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WETF Show - Battle of the Saxes - Harry Carney with groups not led by Duke Ellington in the 1940's Nov 23, 2021

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Battle of the Saxes - Harry Carney with groups not led by Duke Ellington in the 1940's - Coleman Hawkins All-Star Sax Ensemble (with Don Byas, Tab Smith and Johnny Guarnieri), Johnny Bothwell (with Ray Nance), Esquire All Stars (with Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Shavers), Edmond Hall (with Benny Morton and Don Frye) and others

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Early Humph - the first (pre-Parlophone) recordings by Humphrey Lyttelton 1948/9 Nov 16, 2021

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Early Humph - the first (pre-Parlophone) recordings by Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band for Esquire, London and Tempo in 1948-49. Great early trad featuring Lyttelton, Keith Christie, Harry Brown, Wally Fawkes, George Webb, and Neville Skrimshire

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WETF Show Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra - big band studio recordings 1939 Nov 16, 2021

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WETF Show Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra - big band studio recordings and a live date at the Golden Gate Ballroom in 1939, featuring Ben Webster, Karl George, Rudy Powell, Jake Wiley, J.C. Heard, Shorty Baker. One of the most musical big bands of the period!

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WETF Show - Sliphorn Outing - some of the sides recorded featuring the great Benny Morton on trombone . .1934-44 Nov 11, 2021

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Sliphorn Outing - some of the sides recorded featuring the great Benny Morton on trombone. With his own groups in 1934 (with Red Allen, Ed Inge, Jerry Blake and Teddy McRae) and 1944 (Ben Webster and Barney Bigard) and with Edmond Hall (Harry Carney and Sid Catlett), Eddie Condon (Jess Stacy and Bobby Hackett), Earl Bostic (Don Byas) and Hot Lips Page (Ben Webster).

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