Jazz Focus

john clark
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Jazz Focus

A focused look at some specific moments in recorded Jazz history Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

  1. 19 NOV

    Happy Birthday Buck Clayton!

    Survey of the mid to late 1940's recordings of trumpeter Buck Clayton - his own Big Four and Big Eight recording for HRS along with sideman appearances with Benny Carter, Ike Quebec, Charlie Ventura, Teddy Wilson, Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins, J.C. Heard, Sir Charles Thompson and Earl Hines --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

    58 min

  2. 11 NOV

    Muggsy Spanier- the Great 16

    Classic sessions by Muggsy Spanier's Ragtime Band for Bluebird in 1939 - cornetist Spanier, George Brunies on trombone and vocal, Rod Cless on piano, George Zack and Joe Bushkin on piano, Bob Casey on Bass, Don Carter and Al Sidell on drums . . influential trad jazz! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

    1h 2m

  3. 11 NOV

    Show - Lester Young sides for Aladdin, 1942, 44, 45, 46

    Small group sides led by the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young after his departure from the Basie band. All were done in the middle 1940's on the West Coast and feature Nat "King" Cole, Joe Albany, Irving Ashby, Frank Lacy, Red Callendar, Henry Tucker, Chico Hamilton, Howard McGhee, Vic Dickenson, Willie Smith and others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

    56 min

  4. 5 NOV

    Connie Boswell - solo recordings 1950's

    Connie (later Connee) Boswell was the central member of the Boswell Sisters trio in the 1920's and 30's although she had a series of solo recordings at the same time - here we will hear a few things from the 30's and early 40's (with Ben Pollack, John Scott Trotter and Frank Sigorelli) as well as the results of two Design lps in the middle 1950's featuring her with a large band doing Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin tunes as well as jazz album from the same period where she is backed by the Original Memphis Five (Billy Butterfield, Miff Mole, Jimmy Lytell, Signorelli, Gene Ramey and Tony Spargo). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

    1h 2m

  5. 5 NOV

    Show - Muggsy Spanier big band 1941, 42

    The Chicago cornetist Spanier was known primarily for playing in small groups, but for about two years he led a big band modeled on the example of Bob Crosby's Orchestra. These studio dates for Decca and live airshots from the Arcadia Ballroom feature the leader, trombonist Vernon Brown, clarinetists Irving Fazola and Tony Martell, tenor sax Nick Caiazza, pianist Dave Bowman and drummer Don Carter . .great big band swing centered on New Orleans style! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

    59 min

  6. 28 OCT

    Show - Eddie Miller with the Big Bands

    New Orleans tenor sax player in featured recordings with Bob Crosby (transcriptions and live, with Yank Lawson, Muggsy Spanier, Matty Matlock, Hank D'Amico, Jess Stacy, Bob Zurke), the All-Star Band (Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Bunny Berigan, Jess Stacy, Sonny Dunham, Gene Krupa), and his own bands recording for Capitol during the WWII years --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

    58 min

  7. 25 OCT

    Show - Artie Shaw Live! 1938-39

    Great live shots of the Artie Shaw band featuring Bernie Privin, Chuck Peterson and John Best on trumpets, George Arus on trombone, Ronnie Perry or Georgie Auld on tenor sax, Bob Kitsis on piano, Al Avola on guitar, Sid Weiss on bass and George Wettling or Buddy Rich on drums with Helen Forrest and Tony Pastor on vocals. The real star is the leader, whose clarinet work here he never surpassed, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

    58 min

  8. 23 OCT

    Mr. Jelly Lord - Jelly Roll Morton at the Library of Congress 1938

    A selection of recordings made by Jelly Roll Morton as part of an archival/folklore project by Alan Lomax at the LOC in 1938 . . Something like six hours of recordings were made of Morton playing, singing, talking and reminiscing about his career and the early days of jazz . . here we have blues, spirituals, ragtime, semi-classical pieces and pop tunes along with Morton's own compositions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

    1h 7m
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A focused look at some specific moments in recorded Jazz history Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

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  • Creator
    john clark
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    503
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © john clark
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