Pittsburgh jazz in the early and mid part of the 20th century. Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Lena Horne, Billy Eckstine, Roy Eldridge, Maxine Sullivan, Erroll Garner, and others.
At the Jazz Band Ball - Kevin McLaughlin Jazz spring songs 1920s-40s, and commentary.
Cleveland club hopping in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Visit the Majestic Hotel, East 55th and Central, The Palace Hotel on Public Square, Short Vincent, the Trianon Ballroom, Val’s in the Alley, and the…
Audio walking tour of Prohibition era Harlem, courtesy of illustrator E. Simms Campbell: A Night-Club Map of Harlem, 1932. Music: Cab Calloway. "Minnie the Moocher" Presenting Cab Calloway & His…
AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL - Ep. 44/ PRX #8 Episode Theme: Jazz in 1926 Total Running Time: Approx. 59 minutes Theme Music: “Delta Serenade” (Duke Ellington) Music: Ethel Waters: A Hundred Years From Today…
MUSIC - Putney Dandridge - Santa Claus Came in the Spring (1935); Clarence Williams - Santa Claus Blues (1924); Bernie Cummins - I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You (1937); Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb…
Sleigh rides in July, swinging Santas, holidays in Harlem, ca. 1920s-1940s. Music: Swingin' Them Jingle Bells (1936) - Fats Waller & His Rhythm; Santa Claus Came in the Spring (1935) - Benny Goodman &…
"In a Mist": Jazz expanded its world with classical music beginning in the 1920s — borrowing attributes, techniques and sometimes making arrangements. Music: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five: West End…