Monday, 17th October

The first 40 years - Looking at some major influencers

Track List 

1a The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, “Clarinet Marmalade” 1918
1b Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, “Rapsody in Blue” (Gershwin), 1924
1c Paul Whiteman (small group), “San”, 1928

2 Jesse Stone and his Serenaders, “Starvation Blues”, 1927
3 Slim Lamar & His Southeners "That's a Plenty", 1929
4 Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy, “Froggy Bottom”, 1929
5 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, “Midnight Mama”, 1926
6 Walter Page’s Blue Devils, “Squabblin’”, 1929
7 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, “Lafayette”, 1932
8 The Count Basie Orchestra, “One O'clock Jump”, 1938
9 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Ring Dem Bells”, 1930
10 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Show Boat Shuffle”, 1935
11 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra at Fargo, “Bojangles”, 1940
12 Luis Russell Orchestra “Jersey Lightening”, 1929
13 Fats Waller and his Rhythm, “Lulu's Back in Town”, 1935
14 Quintet du Hot Club de France, “Runnin' Wild”, 1935
15 Ella Fitzgerald with sextet, “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me’”, 1956
16 Billie Holiday and her Orchestra, “When A Woman Loves A Man”, 1938
17 Muggsy Spanier’s Ragtime Band, “Mandy Make Up Your Mind”, 1939
18a Tommy Ladnier and Orchestra, “Weary Blues”, 1938
18b Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen, “Climax Rag”, 1939
18c Mercury All Stars, “High Society”, 1944
19 Jay McShann and his Orchestra, “Hootie Blues”, 1941
20 Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra, “Body and Soul”, 1939

Monday 10th October

The first 40 years - From its roots in New Orleans,the great migration north to the age of swing

Track list 

1a Shine-Hambone, “A Shoeshine Boy”, 1957

1b Baby Dodds, “Spooky Drums”, 1946

1c Blind Lemon Jefferson, “Easy Rider Blues”, 1927

1d Eureka Brass Band, “Just a Little While to Stay Here”, 1958

1e Scott Joplin, “Elite Sincopations (sic), written 1902

1f Freddie Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals, “Salty Dog”, 1926 

2 King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, “Sweet Lovin' Man”, 1923

3 Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five, “Muskrat Ramble, 1926

4 Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven, “Alligator Crawl”, 1927

5 Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five, “West End Blues”, 1928

6 Bessie Smith acc Louis Armstrong, “I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle”, 1925

7 Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers, “Dead Man Blues”, 1926

8 Frankie Trambauer and his Orchestra, “I'm Coming Virginia”, 1927

9 Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, “What-Cha-Call-'Em Blues”, 1925

10 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Hot and Bothered”, 1928

11 Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra, “Organ Grinder's Swing”, 1934

12 Chick Webb’s Orchestra, “Liza”, 1938

13 Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, “Jangled Nerves”, 1936

14 Jones-Smith Inc, “Shoe Shine Boy”, 1936

15 The Count Basie Orchestra, Texas Shuffle”, 1937

16 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, “Life Goes To A Party”, 1938

17 Glen Miller and his Orchestra, “Little Brown Jug”, 1941

18 Humphrey Lyttleton Band, “Cake Walkin' Babies”, 1948

19 Kansas City Seven, “Destination KC”, 1944

20 Johnny Hodges & Ben Webster, “Big Smack”, 1962