FOOD SONGS A feast celebrating the gustatory joys of food with songs good enough to eat by Slim Gaillard, Fats Waller, Louis Jordan, Bob Wills Marty Grosz, the Boswell Sisters, Diana Krall, Tommy Dorsey’s Clambake Seven, and more. FOOD SONGS 1A.mp3 FOOD SONGS 1B.mp3
WASHBOARD RHYTHM KINGS During the 1930s
a brilliant series of Jazz, Blues and Hokum records were made under the
name Washboard Rhythm Kings. They were not a regular working band and
only existed on disc as a series of studio sessions with no
fixed personnel, a changing roster of good but little-known musicians .
. . some unknown even to this day.
TRAIN TRACKS Railroad songs in Jazz, Blues and Swing by Jay McShan, Louis Jordan, Leadbelly, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong & a very rare Dave Brubeck 78 rpm disc
PIONEERS OF VOCAL HARMONY Pioneering vocal harmony groups featuring Cats and the Fiddle, Boswell Sisters, The Mills Brothers, Golden Gate Quartet, Tonic Vintage Vocals and Manhattan Transfer.
MUGGSY SPANIER From his early years in Chicago through his famous ‘Ragtime Band’ of 1939, to living legend in the ‘50s and ‘60s, Spanier helped revive and sustain New Orleans style jazz.
JAZZ IN AUSTRALIA Two programs featuring an interview with Australian traditional jazz trumpet player, Eric Holroyd. Includes rare live and 78rpm recordings.
REDISCOVERING BUNK JOHNSON Three programs featuring an interview with Harold Drob who befriended Bunk, produced his last recording, and dedicated his life to researching the life of the man whose discovery launched the New Orleans Jazz revival in earnest.
UKELELE MADNESS! Jazz, Hokum and Blues old and new on ukulele by Cheap Suit Serenaders, Steven Strauss, Spirits of Rhythm, various ukelele ladies, and featuring Ukulele Ike who was the best selling uke artist of all time.
NEW YEARS EVER with LORD BUCKLEY Spoken-jazz performer Lord Buckley was one of the most outrageous monologists, raconteurs, and personalities of the 20th Century. Besides other word-jazz you'll hear a never previously broadcast performance of his Royal Highness.
