Monday, 22 October

SOME LIKE IT HOT - JAZZ FROM WW2 TO 1959

Big band swing was the pop music of WW2 but was replaced by R&B followed by rock.

1.  Caldonia - Louis Jordan 1942
2.  Evil gal blues - Dinah Washington 1946
3.  Shake rattle & roll - Big Joe Turner 1954
4.  Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry 1956.

Jazz developed along parallel paths bop,cool & mainstream.

5. Woody 'n you - Coleman Hawkins 1944
6. Ornithology - Charlie Parker septet 1946
7. Good bait - Dizzy Gillespie BB 1947
8. Jay - JJ Johnson 1952

Cool jazz was a response to the fast & furious boppers.

9.   Boplicity [Birth of the cool] - Miles Davis nonet 1949
10. Bernie's tune - Gerry Mulligan quartet 1952
11. Coop de Graas [Cool & crazy] - Shorty Rogers giants 1953

The birth of the LP gave mainstream musicians the chance to put live jazz on record.

12. Ad lib blues [Norgran MGN5] - Lester Young 1952
13. Funky blues [Verve] - Parker,Hodges,Carter 1952
14. Memphis Blues [LA plays WCHandy] - Louis Armstrong AS 1954
15. Eager beaver [Kenton in HiFi] - Stan Kenton 1956
16. Blues for Bird [Verve] - Modern jazz sextet 1956