At the Jazz Band Ball

Kevin McLaughlin
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Early jazz and commentary. Substack: kevinmclaughlin.substack.com Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/AttheJazzBandBall

  1. Oct 5

    Blues Fingerprints

    Jazz and blues developed alongside each other, drawing on shared traditions and ideas, and were often played by the same musicians. It’s almost impossible to hear jazz without hearing some traces of the blues. MUSIC: - TEASER: Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazz Men — “BLUE HORIZON” (1944) - THEME: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra — “DELTA SERENADE” (1934) SET 1: THE WHOLE FINGERPRINT - King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band — “DIPPER MOUTH BLUES” (1923) - Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five — “SAVOY BLUES” (1927) - Count Basie and His Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing — “Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today” (1938) SET 2 — TAKE AWAY THE TWELVE BARS - Mattie Hite, vocal; Cliff Jackson, piano — “ST. JOE’S INFIRMARY (THOSE - GAMBLER’S BLUES)” (1930) - McKinney’s Cotton Pickers — “PLAIN DIRT” (1929) - Fats Waller and His Buddies — “THE MINOR DRAG” (1929) - Lonnie Johnson’s Harlem Footwarmers — “MOVE OVER” (1928) SET 3 — KANSAS CITY: THE BLUES AS OPERATING SYSTEM - Count Basie and His Orchestra — “SWINGIN’ THE BLUES” (1938) - Joe Turner, vocal and Pete Johnson, piano — “ROLL ’EM PETE” (1938) - Jay McShann, piano — “CONFESSIN’ THE BLUES,” Walter Brown, vocal (1941) - Count Basie and His Orchestra — “EVERY TUB” (1938) SET 4 — THE BLUES DON’T HAVE TO BE BLUE - Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang — “Goose Pimples” (1927) - Clarence “Pinetop” Smith — “PINETOP’S BOOGIE WOOGIE” (1928) - Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra — “Billie’s Blues.” (1936)

    Blues Fingerprints

  2. Sep 6

    Jazz on the Radio

    Jazz broadcasts, airchecks, and transcriptions from 1920s-40s

    Jazz on the Radio

  3. Sep 4

    Jazz on the Radio, 1920s-40s

    Jazz Remotes, Transcriptions, and Airchecks, 1920s-40s.

    Jazz on the Radio, 1920s-40s

  4. Jul 24

    Lady Day and Prez

    They met in Harlem in the 1930s and briefly overlapped in the Count Basie Orchestra. She called him “The President” — “Prez” — because she considered him the finest saxophonist of them all. He called her “Lady Day.”

    Lady Day and Prez

  5. May 18

    Pittsburgh Jazz, 1920s-40s

    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.

    Pittsburgh Jazz, 1920s-40s

  6. Apr 10

    Spring Songs

    At the Jazz Band Ball - Kevin McLaughlin Jazz spring songs 1920s-40s, and commentary.

    Spring Songs

  7. Mar 6

    Cleveland Club Hopping, 1920s-40s

    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 Cleveland Public Auditorium, where Django Reinhardt made his American debut. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cleveland-club-152406853?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share

    Cleveland Club Hopping, 1920s-40s

  8. Feb 3

    Jazz in Harlem, 1920s-40s

    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 Orchestra. Minnie the Moocher (Theme Song) (78rpm Version), 1932; Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians. "Choo-Choo (Gotta Hurry Home)" Choo Choo. Blue Disc, 5001, 1924; Cab Calloway. "Reefer Man" The Best of Cab Calloway (various) . RCA, 1931; Chick Webb and His Orchestra. "Harlem Congo" The Chick Webb Collection . GRP/Decca Jazz Heritage, 1937; Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday; dir. Fred Waller - "Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life " Film short, music. Cult Cinema Classics, 1935; Gladys Bentley - "Worried Blues" (1928) - Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950; Fats Waller and His Buddies, "Harlem Fuss " Harlem Fuss. Victor V-38050-B, 1929; Nina Mae McKinney "Half of Me Wants to Be Good" Short film excerpt "The Black Network". Vitaphone, 1936; Garland Wilson, piano; Michel Warlop, violin "Limehouse Blues" Midnight Ivory - The Early Garland Wilson Recordings. ℗ 2025 Jazz Classics, 1938; Adelaide Hall. "As Time Goes By" Barry Humphries Presents So Rare 3. ℗ 2006 Bilarm Music Pty Ltd, 1943; Fats Waller and His Rhythm "Two Sleepy People " If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!. Bluebird/Legacy, 1938; Bert Williams "Nobody " Nobody. Columbia, 1913; Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, "Doin' The Lowdown" Doin' the Lowdown - 78 rpm. Brunswick 12810, 1932.

    Jazz in Harlem, 1920s-40s
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  • Creator
    Kevin McLaughlin
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
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    © 2026 Kevin McLaughlin
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