West Coast Traditional Jazz

Bob Helm,
clarinet & soprano sax c. 1950



More about Bob Helm here

Farewell to West Coast Traditional Jazz reed player, Bob Helm
(Interview with exclusive live music content.)

BOB HELM 1A.mp3
BOB HELM 1B.mp3

BOB HELM 2A.mp3
BOB HELM 2B.mp3

BOB HELM 3A.mp3
BOB HELM 3B.mp3

BOB HELM Promo.mp3
   

Bob Helm,
clarinet & soprano sax c. 1999



More about Helm here

West Coast Jazz 1940-50s
BBC Radio “Jazz Notes”
Hosted and produced by Alyn Shipton, 2000

BBC West Coast Jazz A: Lu Watters YBJB.mp3
Origins of the Yerba Buena Jazz Band and related controversies.  Kid Ory, Bunk Johnson, making the YBJB records.
Commentary by Bob Helm, Charlie Campbell.

BBC West Coast Jazz B: Bob Scobey.mp3
Bob Scobey, details of running Hambone Kelly’s.  Turk’s clubs: Italian Village, Easy Street, the Magic Cellar and Earthquake McGoon’s.
Commentary by Helm, Pat Yankee, Pete Clute, Leon Oakley, Campbell.

BBC West Coast Jazz C: Turk Murphy.mp3
Turk Murphy’s music in the 1950s.
Commentary by Yankee, Bill Carter, Clute, Leon Oakley.

BBC West Coast Jazz D: Pat Yankee, the Firehouse Five, Turk Murphy, Carter, San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation.mp3
Commentary by Yankee, John Gill.

(Thanks to Leon Oakley.)
       

Bill Bardin, West Coast trombonist with East Coast leanings
(Interview with exclusive live music content.)

BILL BARDIN PROMO.mp3

BILL BARDIN 1A.mp3
BILL BARDIN 1B.mp3

BILL BARDIN 2A.mp3
BILL BARDIN 2B.mp3

Visit Bill Bardin's page on JAZZ RHYTHM here
  

West Coast Trombonist Bob Mielke
(Interview with exclusive live music content.)

Bob recalls his fascinating life making Jazz with the likes of Sidney Bechet, Bob Wilbur, Dick Oxtot and bands of his own since the early 1950s.

More about Mielke, here.

PROMO BOB MIELKE.mp3

Pt. 2 features rare live exclusive recordings by, and Bob's recollections of, the legendary clarinet player Frank "Big Boy" Goudie."

BOB MIELKE 1A.mp3
BOB MIELKE 1B.mp3

BOB MIELKE 2A.mp3
BOB MIELKE 2B.mp3
(including an exclusive Frank "Big Boy" Goudie broadcast)

BOB MIELKE 3A.mp3
BOB MIELKE 3B.mp3
  

Australian Traditional Jazz c. 1945-1999

Two programs featuring an interview with Australian Traditional Jazz trumpet player, Eric Holroyd exploring links to West Coast Trad Jazz.  Includes rare live and 78rpm recordings.

AUSTRALIAN TRAD JAZZ 1A.mp3
AUSTRALIAN TRAD JAZZ 1B.mp3

AUSTRALIAN TRAD JAZZ 2A.mp3
AUSTRALIAN TRAD JAZZ 2B.mp3
  

For more about West Coast Traditional Jazz:

Wally Rose, piano
Clancy Hayes, vocalist, banjo & guitar, drums & washboard
Clancy Hayes audio
Club Hangover
    

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