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Chuberry Jam - Chu Berry and Roy Eldridge Jul 23, 2021

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Chu Berry - another show finishing up his recordings under his own name - mostly with Roy Eldridge . .also Irving Randolph, Lionel Hampton, Buster Bailey, Benny Payne, Jerry Jerome, Russell Procope, Teddy Wilson and Israel Crosby . .great jazz of the 1930's!

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WETF - two sides of trad - Paul Barbarin/Eddie Condon on Atlantic Jul 23, 2021

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Paul Barbarin/Eddie Condon on Atlantic . .two very different traditional jazz groups . .one from New Orleans featuring Barbarin, John Brunious, Willie Humphrey, Lester Santiago, Danny Barker, Bob Thomas and Milt Hinton and the other celebrating Chicago with Condon, Max Kaminsky, Cutty Cutshall, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman, Dick Cary, George Wettling and Leonard Gaskin

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Spud Murphy - swing arrangements for Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Joe Haymes and others Jul 16, 2021

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Spud Murphy . . not a household name, Spud Murphy was one of the most prolific arrangers for big bands in the 1930's and 40's. Here we have some of the almost unknown records under his own name as well as his arrangements performed by Jimmie Joy, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Seger Ellis and Joe Haymes . . featuring Joe Venuti, Sterling Bose, Irving Fazola, Nate Kazebier, Joe Harris and many others.

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WETF Show - Chu Berry! Sides for Commodore and Varsity with Hot Lips Page Jul 16, 2021

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Chu Berry and Hot Lips Page - sides for Commodore and Varsity (featuring George Matthews, Buster Bailey, Clyde Hart and others) as well as a Teddy Wilson session featuring Pee Wee Russell! A couple of Chu features with Lionel Hampton rounds out the program.

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Bing, Oh Where Can You Be . . early recordings of Bing Crosby with various bands and his first solo sessions (1927-33) Jul 07, 2021

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Bing, Oh Where Can You Be . . early recordings of Bing Crosby with the Rhythm Boys, Paul Whiteman, Gus Arnheim, the Dorsey Brothers . . also his first solo records with Red Nichols, Matty Malneck, Eddie Lang, Snoozer Quinn, Frank Trumbauer, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, etc.

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WETF Show Red's Jump . . .Swing/Bop/R&B sides by Red Allen with his terrific little band in 1944-47 Jul 07, 2021

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WETF Jazz Focus show... Red's Jump . . .Swing/Bop/R&B sides by Red Allen with his terrific little band in 1944-47, featuring J.C. Higginbotham and Don Stovall

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Pete's Housewarming Blues . . the great boogie woogie pianist Pete Johnson's band recordings of 1939 and 44 Jun 28, 2021

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Pete's Housewarming Blues . . the great boogie woogie pianist Pete Johnson recording for Savoy in 1944 and Decca in 1939 . . featuring Hot Lips Page, J.C. Higginbotham, Clyde Bernhardt, Albert Nicholas, Eddie Barefield, Don Stovall, Don Byas, Ben Webster, Budd Johnson, J.C. Heard, Jimmy Shirley, Al Hall, Abe Bolar, A.G. Godley and others

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WETF Show - Daughters of the Stride II . .featuring Lil Hardin Armstrong and Ramona Davies Jun 28, 2021

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Daughters of the Stride II . . (see my podcast for the first installment) - sides made by Lil Hardin Armstrong (with Jonah Jones, Reunald Jones, J.C. Higginbotham, Buster Bailey and Don Stovall) and Ramona Davies (with Bunny Berigan, Charlie Teagarden, Jack Teagarden, Benny Bonacio and Dick McDonough)

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Eccentric - Max Kaminsky's 1944 band with Rod Cless, James P. Johnson and Willie "The Lion" Smith Jun 26, 2021

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Eccentric . . the hot little band led by Max Kaminsky that played at the Pied Piper in Greenwich Village in the spring and fall of 1944. Featuring Rod Cless, Frank Orchard, James P. Johnson, Willie The Lion Smith and a cameo by George Zack.

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WETF Show - Thelonious . .Monk's first band recordings 1947-52 Jun 26, 2021

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Thelonious . . Monk's first band recordings on Blue Note 1947-52 . . Kenny Dorham, Idrees Suliemann, Sahib Shihab, Lou Donaldson, Lucky Thompson, Art Blakey and Max Roach

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