January 2, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Swing It” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

  • “Love You’re Not the One for Me” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Milt Jackson—Fat Cat

  • “Smokey Hollow Jump” by the BeBop Boys

  • “Ray’s Idea” by the Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

  • “He Beeped when he Shoulda Bopped” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

  • “Wise Woman Blues” by Dinah Washington

  • “Diggin’ for Diz” by the Tempo Jazzmen

  • “Confirmation” by the Tempo Jazzmen

  • “I Mean You” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

  • “Birks Works” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

    Milt Jackson—Gian Carlo

  • “A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

  • “Stardust” by the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet

    Bing Crosby—Rich

  • “Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me” by Bing Crosby

  • “My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms” by Bing Crosby

    Milt Jackson—Russell

  • “Bags’ Groove” by Milt Jackson Quintet

  • “Boperation” by Howard McGhee-Fats Navarro Boptet

    Milt Jackson-Gian Carlo

  • “All the Things You Are” by the Modern Jazz Quartet

  • “Two Bass Hit” by the Modern Jazz Quartet

    OKeh—Colin

  • “Pussy Cat Rag” by the Halfway House Orchestra

  • “Caroline” by Fess Williams Royal Savoy Orchestra

  • “Barataria” by the Halfway House Orchestra

    Frankie Newton—Gian Carlo

  • “I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze” by Art Karle and his Boys

  • “Blue Rhythm Fantasy” by Teddy Hill and his Orchestra

    Annette Hanshaw—Rich

  • “High Up on a Hill Top” by Annette Hanshaw

  • “Daddy Won’t You Please Come Home” by Annette Hanshaw

    Ellington, Moten—Russell

  • “The Creeper” by Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra

  • “The Only Girl I Ever Loved” by Bennie Moten with the Sterling Russell Trio

    Leroy Smith—Colin

  • “Love Will Find a Way” by Leroy Smith and his Orchestra

    Zaidee Jackson—Rich

  • “Ready for the River” by Zaidee Jackson

    Frankie Newton—Rich

  • “The One Rose” by Midge Williams and her Jazz Jeters

    Pennies from Heaven—Russell

  • “Pennie from Heaven” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

December 12, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “You Ain’t The One” by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten

    Jabbo Smith—Fat Cat

  • “Jazz Battle” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Little Willie Blues” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Sleepy Time Blues” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Take Your Time” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Sweet and Low Blues” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Take Me to the River” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Ace of Rhythm” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Lets Get Together” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Sau-Sha Stomp” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Lina Blues” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Croonin’ The Blues” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “I Got the Stinger” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Boston Skuffle” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Tanguay Blues” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Band Box Stomp” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

  • “Moanful Blues” by Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces

    Jabbo Smith—Gian Carlo

  • “Sippi” by Louisiana Sugar Babes

  • “Willow Tree” by Louisiana Sugar Babes

    Tony Parenti—Rich

  • “Up Jumped the Devil” by Tony Parenti’s Liberty Syncopators

  • “New Crazy Blues” by Tony Parenti’s Liberty Syncopators

    Harlem Holiday Sounds—Gian Carlo

  • “Fare Thee Well to Harlem” by Paul Whiteman with Jack Teagarden

  • “Christmas Night in Harlem” by Paul Whiteman with Jack Teagarden

    King Oliver and Fletcher Henderson—Fat Cat

  • “Jackass Blues” by King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators

  • “Jackass Blues” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Irving Fazola—Rich

  • “Satanic Blues” by Irving Fazola

  • “Mournful Blues” by Irving Fazola

    Six or Seven Times—Gian Carlo

  • “Six or Seven Times” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Four or Five Times—Fat Cat

  • “Four or Five Times” by King Oliver and his Orchestra

    Louisville—Rich

  • “When You’re Down in Louisville” by Anna Chandler

    After Hours—Gian Carlo

  • “After Hours” by Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra

December 12, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Synthetic Love (Take 2)” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Eddie Barefield—Fat Cat

  • “F’ T’ain’t One Thing It’s Another” by Eddie Barefield Quintet

  • “Clarinet Blues” by Eddie Barefield Quintet

  • “Blue Room” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Milenberg Joys” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Moten’s Swing” by Bennite Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Lafayette” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Lafayette” by Hot Lips Page and his Orchestra

  • “South” by Hot Lips Page and his Orchestra

    Eddie Barefield—Charles

  • “Dinah” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

  • “Jazz Martini” by Mills Blue Rhythm Band

    Eddie Barefield—Gian Carlo

  • “After Hours” by Eddie Barefield Quintet

  • “Three Buckets of Jive” by Eddie Barefield Quintet

    Wilber Sweatman—Rich

  • “Kansas City Blues” by Wilber Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band

  • “Copenhagen” by Sammy Stewart and his Ten Knights of Syncopation

    Eddie Barefield—Russell

  • “Toby” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Prince of Wails” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

    Eddie Barefield—Charles Iselin

  • “Deed I Do” by Don Redman and his Orchestra

    Julius Berkin—Colin Hancock

  • “Oklahoma Indian Jazz” by Sam Lanin and his Orchestra

  • “Mama Goes Where Papa Goes” by Sam Lanin and his Orchestra

    The Halway House Orchestra—Fat Cat

  • “Maple Leaf Rag” by The Halfway House Orchestra

  • “If I Didn’t Have You” by The Halfway House Orchestra

    Eddie Barefield / Coleman Hawkins—Gian Carlo

  • “627 Stomp” by Pete Johnson and his Orchestra

  • “Indian Summer” by Coleman Hawkins

    Ella / Billie—Russell

  • “Melancholy Baby” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald

  • “I Cried for You” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

    Ella Fitzgerald—Charles

  • “Strictly From Dixie” by Ella Fitzgerald

    Dead Drunk—Colin

  • “In the Dungeon” by Tony Parenti’s New Orleanians

    Esquire All Stars—Gian Carlo

  • “How High the Moon” by the Esquire All Stars

    Lionel Hampton—Fat Cat

  • “Drum Stomp” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

    Louisville—Russell

  • “Dance Hall Shuffle” by Clifford Hayes’ Louisville Stompers

    Ray Nance—Charles

  • “Penthouse Serenade” by Eddie Haywood and his Orchestra

December 5, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Don’t You Leave Me Here” by Charlie Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten

  • “Charleston is the Best Dance, After All” by Charlie Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten

    Prohibition Era Jazz—Fat Cat

  • “Margie” by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band

  • “Put and Take” by Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds

  • “Discontented Blues” by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings

  • “Dippermouth Blues” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

  • “Sensation” by Wolverine Orchestra

  • “Yes Sir That’s My Baby” by Sara Martin

  • “Sweet Little Papa” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

  • “Singin’ the Blues” by Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra

  • “Speakeasy Blues” by King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators

  • “Prohibition Blues” by the Missourians

  • “Kickin’ the Gong Around” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

  • “Lafayette” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Gimme a Pigfoot” by Bessie Smith

    Jazz Drinks—Gian Carlo

  • “Jazz Cocktail” by Mills Blue Rhythm Band

  • “Jazz Martini” by Mills Blue Rhythm Band

    Prohibition Vocals—Rich

  • “Alcoholic Blues” by Billy Murray

  • “The Moon Shines on the Moonshine” by Bert Williams

    August 1933—Russell

  • “Shim Sham Shimmy Dance” by Clarence Williams Jug Band

  • “Stormy Weather” by Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys

    Booze Songs—Gian Carlo

  • “Bubbling Over” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra

  • “Bubbling Over” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra

    Jud Hill—Colin Hancock

  • “Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie” by Jud Hill’s Blue Devils

  • “Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie” by the California Ramblers

    Blues and Booze—Fat Cat

  • “Me and My Whisky” by Barbecue Bob

  • “On Revival Day” by Bessie Smith

    Prohibition Tunes—Rich

  • “Show Me the Way to Go Home” by the Revelers

  • “Hello Montreal” by Waring’s Pennsylvanians

    Drinking Blues—Russell

  • “We Both Are Feelin’ Good Right Now” by the Mississippi Sheiks

  • “Dead Drunk Blues” by Margaret Johnson

    Leroy Smith—Colin

  • “Someday I’ll Find Someone to Love” by Leroy Smith’s Orchestra

    Dave Brubeck—Gian Carlo

  • “Just One of Those Things” by Dave Brubeck

    Dead Drunk—Fat Cat

  • “Dead Man Blues” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

    Alcoholic Blues—Rich

  • “Alcoholic Blues” by the Louisiana Five

    Roscoe Gordon—Russell

  • “We’re All Loaded” by Roscoe Gordon

    Vibe Blues—Charles

  • “Vibraphone Blues” by the Benny Goodman Quartet

November 28, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Never Swat a Fly” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    The Evolution of Big Band Jazz—Fat Cat

  • “Rose Room” by Art Hickman’s Orchestra

  • “Wabash Blues” by Isham Jones and his Orchestra

  • “Downhearted Blues” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Memphis Maybe Man” by Doc Cook’s Dreamland Orchestra

  • “Sugar Foot Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Snag It” by King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators

  • “Clementine” by Jean Goldkette’s Orchestra

  • “East St. Louis Toodle-oo” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Do Something” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

  • “Hot and Anxious” by Don Redman and his Orchestra

  • “Blue Room” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Big John’s Special” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    McKinney’s Cotton Pickers—Charles

  • “Hullabaloo” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

  • “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    Ford Dabney—Rich

  • “Sweet Man of Mine” by Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestra

  • “Doo Dah Blues” by Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestra

    Ford Dabney—Colin

  • “Florida Blues” by Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestra

  • “Memphis Blues” by Jim Europe’s Hellfighters

    Jasper Davis—Russell

  • “Georgia Gigolo” by Jasper Davis and his Orchestra

  • “It Feels So Good” by Jasper Davis and his Orchestra

    Ray Noble—Charles

  • “Bugle Call Rag” by Ray Noble and his Orchestra

  • “One of These Days” by Ray Noble and his Orchestra

    Dime Store Labels—Colin

  • “One of These Days” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Me and the Boyfriend” by Bar Harbor Society Orchestra

    Dime Store Harlem—Fat Cat

  • “Horse Feathers” by Cliff Jackson's Krazy Kats

  • “Lindbergh Hop” by Te Roy Williams and his Orchestra

    Victor Dance Bands—Rich

  • “Sweet Georgia Brown” by Oliver Naylor’s Orchestra

  • “Riverboat Shuffle” by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago

    Benny Carter—Russell

  • “Devil’s Holiday” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

  • “Symphony in Riffs” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Big Boy—Charles

  • “Big Boy” by the California Ramblers

    Bill Brown—Fat Cat

  • “Hot Lips” by Bill Brown and his Brownies

    Everybody’s—Colin

  • “Goodbye Ain’t Always Gone” by Nathan Glantz and his Orchestra

    Ted Weems—Rich

  • “Picolo Pete” by Ted Weems and his Orchestra

    Vocal—Russell

  • “It’s Bad for Your Soul” by Helen Savage with the Dixie Syncopators

    McKinney’s—Charles

  • “Okay Baby” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

November 21, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “My Buddy” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Fat Cat

  • “Words” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Stockholm Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Wherever There’s a Will There’s a Way” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

  • “Georgia on My Mind” by the Mound City Blue Blowers

  • “Ain’t Cha Got Music?” by Henry Allen-Coleman Hawkins and their Orchestra

  • “Star Dust” by Coleman Hawkins with Django Reinhardt

  • “Honeysuckle Rose” by Coleman Hawkins and his All Star Jam Band

  • “Dedication” by the Chocolate Dandies

  • “Mop Mop” by the Esquire All Stars

  • “Bu Dee Daht” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

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  • “Bean-A-Re-Bop” by Coleman Hawkins and his All-Stars

    Jazz Record—Rich

  • “Sister Kate” by Art Hodes Jazz Record Six

  • “Basin Street” by Art Hodes Jazz Record Six

    Coleman Hawkins—Russell

  • “Dreaming the Hours Away” by Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings

  • “King Porter Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Charles

  • “The River’s Taking Care of Me” by Allen-Hawkins and their Orchestra

  • “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me” by the Mound City Blue Blowers

    Coleman Hawkins—Fat Cat

  • “The Sheik of Araby” by Coleman Hawkins All Star Octet

  • “My Blue Heaven” by Coleman Hawkins All Star Octet

    Art Hodes Jazz Record—Rich

  • “That’s a Plenty” by Art Hodes and his Jazz Record Six

  • “Ballin’ the Jack” by Art Hodes and his Jazz Record Six

    Coleman Hawkins—Russell

  • “On the Sunny Side of the Street” by Coleman Hawkins

  • “I Ain’t Got Nobody” by Coleman Hawkins

    It’s the Talk of the Town—Charles

  • “It’s the Talk of the Town” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “It’s the Talk of the Town” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Fat Cat

  • “Oh Baby!” by the Dixie Stompers

  • “Hop Off” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Gian Carlo

  • “All The Things You Are” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

  • “Riding on 52nd Street” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

    Art Hodes Jazz Record—Rich

  • “Wolverine Blues” by Art Hodes Jazz Record Six

  • “Someday Sweetheart” by Art Hodes Jazz Record Six

    Coleman Hawkins—Russell

  • “My Gal Sal” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Yeah Man” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Charles

  • “What Harlem Is to Me” by Coleman Hawkins with the Ramblers

  • “Lamentation” by Coleman Hawkins with Freddie Johnson (Alternate Take)

November 14, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “I’m the Caring Kind” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra with Maxine Sullivan

    Small Labels—Fat Cat

  • “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” by Don Byas Quartet

  • “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” by Don Byas Quartet

  • “We Want in the Act” by the Session Six

  • “29th and Dearborn” by Richard M. Jones Jazzmen

  • “Climax Rag” by George Lewis and his New Orleans Stompers

  • “Slam Slam Blues” by Red Norvo Selected Sextet

  • “Hallelujah” by Red Norvo Selected Sextet

  • “Atomic Did It” by Maylon Clark Sextette

  • “Dee Tees” by Sir Walter Thomas an his All Stars

    Don Byas—Charles

  • “Pennies From Heaven” by Don Byas All Stars

  • “Slam Don’t Shake Like That” by Don Byas Quartet

    Manhattan Label—Rich

  • “Clarinet Marmalade” by Pee Wee Russell

  • “Mama’s in the Groove” by Pee Wee Russell

    Bennie Moten—Russell

  • “Pass Out Lightly” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Get Low Down Blues” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

    Bel Tone—Charles

  • “Santa Monica Jump” by Slim Gaillard

  • “Slim’s Jam” by Slim Gaillard

    Small labels, big records—Fat Cat

  • “Sometimes I’m Happy” by Lester Young Quartet

  • “Ornithology” by Charlie Parker Septet

    Bix and Bubber Miley, Veteren’s Day—Gian Carlo

  • “Wolverine Blues” by Art Hodes Jazz Record Six

  • “Someday Sweetheart” by Art Hodes Jazz Record Six

    Clara Smith, Barney Bigard on tenor—Fat Cat

  • “Stugglin’ Woman’s Blues” by Clara Smith

  • “Plantations Joys” by Luis Russell’s Heebie Jeebie Stompers

    Dizzy Gillespie—Charles

  • “An Oscar for Treadwell” by the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

  • “Rain on the Roof” by Casa Loma Orchestra

    OKehs—Colin

  • “As I Like It” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “When the Jazz Band Starts to Play” by Thomas Morris and his Past Jazz Masters

    Wax—Gian Carlo

  • “Lover Man” by Jimmy Jones

  • “God Bless Our New President” by Champion Jack Dupree

    Bennie Moten—Fat Cat

  • “Kater Street Rag” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Oh! Eddie” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

    The Record Changer—Rich

  • “Chattanooga Stomp” by the Tailgate Band

    Bus Moten—Russell

  • “Keep It Clean” by Bus Moten

    Don Byas—Charles

  • “Stardust” by Don Byas

November 7, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Who’s Sorry Now?” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Paul Mares OKehs—Fat Cat

  • “Maple Leaf Rag” by Paul Mares and his Friars Society Orchestra

  • “Nagasaki” by Paul Mares and his Friars Society Orchestra

  • “Reincarnation” by Paul Mares and his Friars Society Orchestra

  • “The Land of Dreams” by Paul Mares and his Friars Society Orchestra

    Ethel Waters—Charles

  • “100 Years from Today” by Ethel Waters

  • “I Just Couldn’t Take It Baby” by Ethel Waters

    Harry James—Gian Carlo

  • “I Can Dream Can’t I?” by Harry James and his Orchestra with Helen Humes

  • “Jubilee” by Harry James and his Orchestra with Helen Humes

    Santo Pecora—Rich

  • “Magnolia Blues” by Santo “Peck” Pecora and his Backroom Boys

  • “I Never Knew What a Gal Could Do” by Santo “Peck” Pecora and his Backroom Boys

    Ellington—Russell

  • “Move Over” by Lonnie Johnson and his Harlem Footwarmers

  • “Harlem Twist” (East St. Louis Toodle-oo) by Lonnie Johnson and his Harlem Footwarmers

    Ray Nance—Charles

  • “Kitty on Toast” by Horace Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Women” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Bix and Bubber Miley, Veteren’s Day—Gian Carlo

  • “Rockin’ Chair” by Hoagy Carmichael and his Orchestra

  • “L.S.T. Party” by Sam Donahue and his Orchestra

    Clara Smith, Barney Bigard on tenor—Fat Cat

  • “Stugglin’ Woman’s Blues” by Clara Smith

  • “Plantations Joys” by Luis Russell’s Heebie Jeebie Stompers

    Santo Pecora—Rich

  • “I’m Satisfied with My Gal” by Sharkey Bonano and his Sharks of Rhythm

  • “High Society” by Sharkey Bonano and his Sharks of Rhythm

    New Orleans Bootblacks—Russell

  • “Mixed Salad” by New Orleans Bootblacks

  • “I Can’t Say” by New Orleans Bootblacks

    Duke Ellington—Charles

  • “A Portrait of Bert Williams” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Bojangles” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    New Orleans—Colin

  • “Number 2 Blues” by Johnny DeDroit and his Orchestra

  • “Kiss Me Sweet” by Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra

    Ethel Waters—Gian Carlo

  • “Some of these Days” by Ethel Waters

  • “House of David Blues” by Chicago Blues Dance Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Fat Cat

  • “Sunset Cafe Stomp” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

  • “Lawd You Made the Night Too Long” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Russell

  • “Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas” by Louis Armstrong and New Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra

  • “I’m in the Market for You” by Louis Armstrong and his New Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra

    Don Byas—Charles

  • “Jamboree Jump” by Don Byas All Star Quintet


    Armstrong—Colin

  • “Static Strut” by Erskine Tate and his Vendome Orchestra


    Thomas Morris—Gian Carlo

  • “Fats Waller Stomp” by Thomas Morris and his Babies


    Thomas Morris—Fat Cat

  • “Original Charleston Strut” by Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters


    T-Bone Walker—Russell

  • “Trinity River Blues” by Oak Cliff T-Bone


    Duke Ellington—Charles

  • ““ by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

October 31, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “You Can Depend on Me” by Capitol International Jazzmen

    Harlem in the mid ‘20s—Fat Cat

  • “Sweet Man” by Ethel Waters and her Plantation Orchestra

  • “Dinah” by Ethel Waters and her Plantation Orchestra

  • “Down and Out Blues” by the Cotton Club Orchestra

  • “Snag ‘Em Blues” by the Cotton Club Orchestra

  • “Smiling Joe” by the Plantation Orchestra

  • “On the Puppy’s Tail” by the Get-Happy Band

  • “Puddin’ Papa” by the Get-Happy Band

  • “Ya Gotta Know How to Love” by ‘Fess’ Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra

  • “It’s Breaking My Heart to Keep Away from You” by ‘Fess’ Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra

  • “I’m Just Wild About Animal Crackers” by Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians

    Ethel Waters—Gian Carlo

  • “West End Blues” by Ethel Waters

  • “Uncle Sammy Here I Am” by Clarence Williams with Eva Tayler

    Early Harlem—Colin

  • “I’m Gonna Hang Around My Sugar” by the Washingtonians

  • “Trombone Blues” by the Washingtonians

    Ethel Waters—Rich

  • “Ms. Otis Regrets” by Ethel Waters (two takes)

    Sara Martin and Victoria Spivey—Russell

  • “Black Hearse Blues” by Sara Martin with Sylvester Weaver

  • “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Victoria Spivey

    Mid-20s Harlem—Colin

  • “In Harlem’s Araby” by Leroy Smith and his Orchestra

  • “Hot Sax” by Charles Booker’s Jazz Orchestra

    Ethel Waters on Black Swan—Fat Cat

  • “Oh Daddy” by Ethel Waters

  • “Down Home Blues” by Ethel Waters

    DJ broadcast—Gian Carlo

  • “As Long as I Live” by the Benny Goodman Sextet

  • “After You’ve Gone” by James P. Johnson Orchestra

    Ethel Waters—Rich

  • “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” by Ethel Waters (two takes)

    Mid 20s Harlem—Russell

  • “Lenox Avenue Shuffle” by Texas Blues Destroyers

  • “Syncopated Shuffle” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Loren McMurray—Colin

  • “High Brown Blues” by Markel’s Orchestra

    James P. Johnson—Gian Carlo

  • “The Harlem Strut” by James P. Johnson

    Ghost of the Blues—Fat Cat

  • “Ghost of the Blues” by Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra

    Ethel Waters—Rich

  • “You’re a Sweetheart” by Ethel Waters

    Billie Holiday—Russell

  • “Everybody’s Laughing” by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra

    Haunted Blues—Colin

  • “Haunted Blues” by Loren McMurray and his California Thumpers

October 24, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me” by the Chocolate Dandies

    King Oliver as a Sideman—Fat Cat

  • “Construction Gang” by Butterbeans and Susie

  • “Red River Blues” by Clarence Williams’ Washboard Five

  • “Shake It Down” by Clarence Williams’ Washboard Five

  • “Get Up Off Your Knees” by Hazel Smith with King Oliver

    King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band—Charles

  • “Room Rent Blues” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

  • “I Ain’t Gonna Tell Nobody” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

    Luckey Roberts—Gian Carlo

  • “I’m Done” by Eddie Hunter and Alex Rogers with Luckey Roberts

  • “Hard Times” by Eddie Hunter with Luckey Roberts

    Birdland Label—Rich

  • “There’s a Small Hotel” by Stan Getz

  • “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” by Stan Getz

    Guitars—Russell

  • “Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four” by Jet Black Blues

  • “The Dozens” by Tampa Red

    Basie—Charles

  • “Cherokee (Part 1 and 2)” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

    Art Pepper—Gian Carlo

  • “Surf Ride” by Art Pepper

  • “Everything Happens to Me” by Art Pepper

    Cuba, Trinidad—Fat Cat

  • “La Traviata” by Orquesta Pablo Valenzuela

  • “Everything Happens to Me” by Dizzy Gillespie Sextet

    Miles Davis—Rich

  • “Out of the Blue (Parts 1 & 2) by Miles Davis and his Cool Wailers

    Africa / Blues—Russell

  • “Ologbo Vie Eson” by Apolo Aigbodion Orchestra

  • “Up Country Blues” by DeFord Bailey

    Art Pepper—Charles

  • “The Count on Rush Street” by Shelly Manne Sextet

  • “All of Me” by Shelly Manne Sextet

    Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders—Gian Carlo

  • “New Kind of Blues” by Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders

  • “Hersal Blues” by Hersal Thomas

    Euro Pressings—Fat Cat

  • “Good Old New York” by Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchestra

  • “Kater Street Rag” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

    Black and White label—Rich

  • “Sweet Marijuana Brown” by Barney Bigard

    Henry “Red” Allen—Russell

  • “I Wish I Were Twins” by Henry “Red” Allen and his Orchestra

  • “Never Slept a Wink Last Night” by Henry “Red” Allen and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Charles

  • “Rainbow Mist” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

October 17, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Shoe Shiner’s Drag” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchetra

    Jelly Roll Morton—Fat Cat

  • “Shreveport” by Jelly Roll Morton

  • “Wolverine Blues” by Jelly Roll Morton

  • “Courthouse Bump” by Jelly Roll Morton Orchestra

  • “Blues” by George Bacquet and Sidney Bechet

  • “Little Lawrence” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

  • “Smilin’ the Blues Away” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

  • “Blue Blood Blues” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

    Art Tatum—Charles

  • “With Plenty of Money and You” by Art Tatum’s Swingsters

  • “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” by Art Tatum’s Swingsters

    Jelly Roll Morton—Russell

  • “Ham and Eggs” by Johnny Dunn and his Band

  • “Dr. Jazz” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

    Jelly Roll Morton—Gian Carlo

  • “Frog-I-More Rag” by Jelly Roll Morton

  • “Original Rags” by Jelly Roll Morton

    Art Tatum—Charles

  • “Tiger Rag” by Art Tatum

  • “Lover” by Art Tatum

    Dizzy Gillespie—Gian Carlo

  • “Paradiddle” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

  • “Pickin the Cabbage” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Cozy Cole, Jelly Roll Morton, Dizzy Gillespie—Fat Cat

  • “That’ll Never Do” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

  • “Hot Mallets” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

    Dizzy Gillespie—Russell

  • “Say Eh” by Dizzy Gillespie Sextet

  • “Everything Happens to Me” by Dizzy Gillespie Sextet

    Dizzy Gillespie—Charles

  • “Shaw Nuff” by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker

  • “Lover Man” by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker with Sarah Vaughan

    Dizzy Gillespie, Jelly Roll Morton—Gian Carlo

  • “Interlude” by Boyd Rayburn

  • “Tom Cat Blues” by Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver

    Dizzy Gillespie—Fat Cat

  • “Salt Peanuts” by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker

  • “Hot House” by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker

    Jelly Roll Morton—Russell

  • “Load of Coal” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

  • “Just a Lonely Clown” by Huey Piano Smith and his Clowns

    Art Tatum—Charles

  • “Poor Butterfly” by Art Tatum

October 10, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Cadillac Slim” by Benny Carter and his Chocolate Dandies

    Thelonious Monk—Fat Cat

  • “Epistrophy” by Cootie Williams and his Orchestra

  • “Round Midnight” by Cootie Williams and his Orchestra

  • “I Mean You” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

  • “Epistrophy” by Kenny Clarke and his 52nd Street Boys

  • “Flyin’ Hawk” by Coleman Hawkins Quartet

  • “Thelonious” by Thelonious Monk Sextet

    Thelonious Monk—Gian Carlo

  • “Melancholy Baby” by Charlie Parker and his Orchestra

  • “Bloomdido” by Charlie Parker and his Orchestra

    Mercury Label—Rich

  • “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman” by Frankie Laine and his Orchestra

  • “September in the Rain” by Frankie Laine and his Orchestra

    Thelonious Monk—Russell

  • “Trinkle Tinkle” by Thelonious Monk Trio

  • “I Mean You” by Thelonious Monk Quartet

    Thelonious Monk—Gian Carlo

  • “Sweet and Lovely” by Thelonious Monk Trio

  • “Bye-Ya” by Thelonious Monk Trio

    Thelonious Monk—Fat Cat

  • “Straight No Chaser” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

  • “Four in One” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

    Mercury Label—Rich

  • “That’s My Desire” by Frankie Laine and his Orchestra

  • “By the River Sainte Marie” by Frankie Laine and his Orchestra

    Thelonious Monk—Russell

  • “Evidence” by Thelonious Monk Quartet

  • “All the Things You Are” by Thelonious Monk Quartet with Kenny ‘Poncho’ Hagood

    Phineas Newborn and Ray Brown—Gian Carlo

  • “Round Midnight” by Phineas Newborn, Jr.

  • “Song of the Volga Boatmen” by Ray Brown Trio

    Thelonious Monk—Fat Cat

  • “Criss Cross” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

  • “Monk’s Mood” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

    Piano Duos—Russell

  • “I’ve Found a New Baby” by James P. Johnson and Clarence Williams

  • “Johnny Come Lately” by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

    Thelonious Monk—Fat Cat

  • “These Foolish Things” by Thelonious Monk Trio

October 3, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Miss Hannah” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

  • “I’d Love It” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    Red Hot Dance on Victor—Fat Cat

  • “Lawd, Lawd” by Cecil Scott’s Bright Boys

  • “Dixieland Doin’s” by Tiny Parham and his Musicians

  • “One Hour” by the Mound City Blue Blowers

  • “You Can’t Cheat a Cheater” by Napoleon’s Emperors

  • “Stuff” by Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders

  • “Sad Man Blues” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “It Should Be You” by Henry Red Allen, Jr. and his Orchestra

    Oscar Pettiford Centennial—Charles

  • “Woodyin’ You” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

  • “Bu-Dee-Daht” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

    Red Hot Dance / Edgar Battle—Gian Carlo

  • “Beau Koo Jack” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra

  • “Sugar Blues” by Blance Calloway and her Orchestra

    Mercury Label—Rich

  • “Hiroshima” by Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings

  • “S.P. Blues” by Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings

    Red Hot Dance—Russell

  • “Cryin’ and Sighin’” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

  • “Hot Town” by Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra

    Oscar Pettiford Centennial—Charles

  • “Yesterdays” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

  • “Stuffy” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

    Hidden Gems—Gian Carlo

  • “He Ain’t Got Rhythm” by Dick McDonnough and his Orchestra

  • “Forbidden Lips” by Smith Ballew and his Orchestra

    King Oliver on Victor—Fat Cat

  • “Boogie Woogie” by King Oliver and his Orchestra

  • “Mule Face Blues” by King Oliver and his Orchestra

    Red Allen—Russell

  • “Funny Feathers” by Victoria Spivey with Henry Red Allen and his Orchestra

  • “Pretty Lil” by Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchestra

    Oscar Pettiford—Charles

  • “Stumpy” by Coleman Hawkins

    Hot Dance—Gian Carlo

  • “Limehouse Blues” by Joe Haymes and his Orchestra

    Groucho Marx—Fat Cat

  • “You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me” by George Wettling’s All Stars

    Bumblebee Slim—Russell

  • “When the Music Sounds Good” by Bumblebee Slim (Amos Easton)

    Oscar Pettiford—Charles

  • “All the Things You Are” by Coleman Hawkins with Oscar Pettiford

September 26, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Blue Interlude” by the Chocolate Dandies

    Bud Powell—Fat Cat

  • “Somebody Loves Me” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “I Should Care” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “Bud’s Bubble” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “Nice Work if You Can Get It” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “A Night in Tunisia” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “Over the Rainbow” by Bud Powell

  • “Un Poco Loco” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “It Could Happen to You” by Bud Powell

  • “Un Poco Loco” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “Over the Rainbow” by Bud Powell

  • “A Night in Tunisia” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “It Could Happen to You” by Bud Powell

    Bud Powell—Gian Carlo

  • “Sweet Lorraine” by Cootie Williams and his Sextette

  • “Honeysuckle Rose” by Cootie Williams and his Sextette

    Mercury Label Jazz—Rich

  • “Cake” by Flip Phillips-Howard McGhee Boptet

  • “Cool” by Flip Phillips-Howard McGhee Boptet

    Bud Powell—Russell

  • “Strike Up the Band” by Sonny Stitt Quartet

  • “I Want to Be Happy” by Sonny Stitt Quartet

    Fats Navarro—Charles

  • “The Squirrel” by the Tadd Dameron Sextet

  • “Our Delight” by the Tadd Dameron Sextet

    Bud Powell—Gian Carlo

  • “Blue Garden Blues” by Cootie Williams Orchestra

  • “All God’s Children Got Rhythm” by Sonny Stitt Quartet

    International Sweethearts of Rhythm—Fat Cat

  • “Jump Children” by International Sweethearts of Rhythm

  • “Slightly Frantic” by International Sweethearts of Rhythm

    Mercury Label—Rich

  • “Jeeps Blues” by Johnny Hodges Ochestra

  • “Castle Rock” by Johnny Hodges Orchestra

    Fats Navarro / Miles Davis —Russell

  • “The Squirrel” by Tadd Dameron Sextet

  • “Donna” by Miles Davis All Stars

    Fats Navarro—Charles

  • “I Mean You” by Coleman Hawkins

  • “Jivin with Jack the Bellboy” by Illinois Jacquet

    Ray Charles / Bud Powell—Gian Carlo

  • “Drown in My Own Tears” by Ray Charles

  • “So Sorry Please” by Bud Powell Trio

    Bud Powell with Fats Navarro—Fat Cat

  • “Epistrophy” by Kenny Clarke and his BeBop Boys

  • “Wail” by Bud Powell’s Modernists

    Mercury Label—Rich

  • “Hittin on Me” by Buddy Johnson Orchestra with Ella Johnson

    Isa Kremer—Russell

  • “Oi gewalt a ganef” by Isa Kremer and her Orchestra

    Bud Powell—Charles

  • “Round Midnight” by Cootie Williams and his Orchestra

September 19, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Honeysuckle Rose” by Coleman Hawkins and his All-Star Jam Band

  • “Crazy Rhythm” by Coleman Hawkins and his All-Star Jam Band

  • “Farewell Blues” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

  • “I’m Coming Virginia” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

  • “Blue Light Blues” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Jazz in France—Fat Cat

  • “Georgia on My Mind” by Bill Coleman

  • “What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasing You” by Bill Coleman

    Jazz in France—Charles

  • “Boogie Woogie (parts 1 and 2)” by Phillippe Brun and his Jam Band

    Lovie Austin—Gian Carlo

  • “Trouble in Mind” by Bertha Chippie Hill

  • “Careless Love” by Bertha Chippie Hill

    Lovie Austin—Fat Cat

  • “So Soon This Morning” by Ida Cox

  • “Bo Weevil Blues” by Ma Rainey

    Asch Joe Sullivan Album—Rich

  • “Sister Kate” by Joe Sullivan Quartet

  • “Fidgety Feet” by Joe Sullivan Quartet

    Alberto Socarras—Russell

  • “Have You Ever Felt That Way?” by Clarence Williams Jazz Kings

  • “West End Blues” by Hazel Smith with King Oliver

    Perdido—Charles

  • “Perdido” by JATP

    Lovie Austin—Gian Carlo

  • “Jackass Blues” by Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders

  • “Frog Tongue Stomp” by Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders

    Alberto Socarras—Fat Cat

  • “Shooting the Pistol” by Clarence Williams Orchestra

  • “Bottomland” by Clarence Williams Orchestra

    Joe Sullivan Album—Rich

  • “Panama” by Joe Sullivan Quartet

  • “The Chimes” by Joe Sullivan Quartet

    Ellington—Russell

  • “The Gal From Joe’s” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Hip Chic” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Ellington—Charles

  • “Chasing Chippies” by Cootie Williams and his Orchestra

  • “She’s Gone” by Cootie Williams and his Orchestra

    Art Pepper—Gian Carlo

  • “Holiday Flight” by Art Pepper Quartet

  • “These Foolish Things” by Art Pepper Quartet

    Joe Sullivan Album—Rich

  • “Got it and Gone” by Joe Sullivan Quartet

  • “Timothy” by Joe Sullivan

    Eddie Bo—Russell

  • “Slippin and Slidin” by Eddie Bo

    Benny Carter—Charles

  • “Prelude to a Kiss” by Benny Carter

September 12, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Love, You’re Not the One for Me” by Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra

  • “Swinging with Mezz” by Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra

    Hot Shellac—Fat Cat

  • “Blowing The Blues Away” by Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra

  • “Bean and the Boys” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

  • “Noah’s Blues” by Cannon’s Jug Stompers

  • “Ripley Blues” by Cannon’s Jug Stompers

  • “Big Railroad Blues” by Cannon’s Jug Stompers

  • “Springdale Blues” by Cannon’s Jug Stompers

    Chu Berry—Charles

  • “Honeysuckle Rose” by Red Norvo and his Swing Octet

  • “Royal Garden Blues” by Wingy Manone with Chu Berry

    Chu Berry and Charles Brown—Gian Carlo

  • “Ghost of a Chance” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

  • “Money’s gettin’ Cheaper” by Charles Brown

    Ragtime Banjo—Rich

  • “Maple Leaf Rag” by Vess L. Ossman

  • “St. Louis Tickle” by Vess L. Ossman

    Memphis—Russell

  • “Kansas City Blues” by Memphis Jug Band

  • “State of Tennessee Blues” by Memphis Jug Band

    Chu Berry—Charles

  • “Three Swings and Out” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

  • “I Like Music” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Lester Young and Chu Berry—Gian Carlo

  • “Body and Soul” by Lester Young Trio

  • “Body and Soul” by Chu Berry

    Jug Bands, Territory Bands—Fat Cat

  • “No Trumps” by Fred Gardner and his Texas University Troubadors

  • “My Gal Sal” by the Alabama Jug Band

    Ragtime Banjo—Rich

  • “The Buffalo Rag” by Vess L. Ossman

  • “The Smiler Rag” by Van Eps Trio

    Wilmouth Houdini—Russell

  • “I Need a Man” by Wilmouth Houdini

  • “Stop Coming and Come” by Wilmouth Houdini

    Chu Berry—Charles

  • “Floogie Walk” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Soliloquy—Gian Carlo

  • “Soliloquy” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Chu Berry—Fat Cat

  • “Chasing Shadows” by Putney Dandridge and his Orchestra

    Ragtime Banjo—Rich

  • “Ross’ Double Shuffle” by ‘Black Face’ Eddie Ross

    Blues—Russell

  • “He’s a Good Meat Cutter” by Issie Ringgold

    Chu Berry—Charles

  • “I’ll Never Say Never Again, Again” by Henry Red Allen and his Orchestra

September 5, 2022: Working Bands

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Rocky Road” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

  • “Never Swat a Fly” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    Working Bands—Fat Cat

  • “Just to Be With You Tonight” by Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra

  • “Black Cat Moan” by Tiny Parham and his Orchestra

  • “Have You Ever Felt That Way?” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra

  • “Missouri Squabble” by Carroll Dickerson and his Savoy Orchestra

  • “Too Busy” by Charlie Straight and his Orchestra

  • “Deed I Do” by Ben Pollack’s Californians

  • “Willie the Weeper” by Doc Cook and his Fourteen Doctors of Syncopation

  • “Doin the Reactionary”/ “One Big Union for Two” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Working Bands—Charles

  • “Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

  • “Old Man Blues” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Working Bands—Gian Carlo

  • “Alligator Crawl” by Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra

  • “Working Man’s Blus” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

    Fletcher Henderson—Russell

  • “Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Moan You Moaners” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Boots and his Buddies—Charles

  • “Swanee River Blues” by Boots and his Buddies

  • “Rhythmic Rhapsody” by Boots and his Buddies

    Piano Trios—Gian Carlo

  • “Nice Work if You Can Get It” by Billy Taylor Trio

  • “Nice Work if You Can Get It” by Bud Powell Trio

    Fred Gardner—Fat Cat

  • “Papa’s Gone” by Fred Gardner and his Texas University Troubadors

  • “Who’s Crying Sweet Papa Now” by the Modern Mountaineers

    Joe Robichaux—Russell

  • “Foot Scuffle” by Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Boys

  • “Saturday Night Fish Fry Drag” by Joe Robichaux and his New Orleans Boys

    Prez and Bird—Charles

  • “This is Always” by King Pleasure

  • “Sometimes I’m Happy” by King Pleasure

    Working Bands—Gian Carlo

  • “Work Song from ‘Black, Brown and Beige’” by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

  • “Quiet Two Gibsons at Work” by George Barnes Quartet

    Working Bands—Fat Cat

  • “Down and Out Blues” by The Cotton Club Orchestra

  • “Aunt Hagar’s Blues” by King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators

    Sam Manning—Russell

  • “Go, I’ve Got Somebody Sweeter Than You” by Sam Manning and his Blue Hot Syncopators

  • “Keep Your Hands Off That!” by Sam Manning and Blue Hot Syncopators

    Charlie Parker—Charles

  • “In the Still of the Night” by Charlie Parker

  • “Old Folks” by Charlie Parker

August 29, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Six or Seven Times” by the Little Chocolate Dandies

  • “One O’Clock Jump” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

    Bird and Diz—Fat Cat

  • “What’s the Matter Now?” by Clyde Hart’s All Stars with Rubberlegs Williams

  • “I Want Every Bit of It” by Clyde Hart’s All Stars with Rubberlegs Williams

  • “That’s the Blues” by Clyde Hart’s All Stars with Rubberlegs Williams

  • “4-F Blues” by Clyde Hart’s All Stars with Rubberlegs Williams

  • “Dream of You” by Trummy Young’s All Stars

  • “Seventh Avenue” by Trummy Young’s All Stars

  • “Sorta Kinda” by Trummy Young’s All Stars

  • “Oh, oh, my, my, oh, oh” by Trummy Young’s All Stars

    Lester Young—Charles

  • “Jumpin’ at the Woodside” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

  • “Dark Rapture” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

    Charlie Parker—Gian Carlo

  • “Bird Blows Xmas” by Charlie Parker Quintet

    Ragtime—Rich

  • “Desecration Rag” by Felix Arndt

  • “My Syncopated Melody Man” by Marion Harris

    Lester Young—Russell

  • “He Ain’t Got Rhythm” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday and Lester Young

  • “This Year’s Kisses” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday and Lester Young

    Charlie Parker—Charles

  • “Dewey Square” by Charlie Parker Quintet

  • “Bongo Bop” by Charlie Parker Quintet

    Lester Young—Gian Carlo

  • “Ham ‘n Eggs” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

  • “Salute to Pres” by Flip Phillips

    Lester Young—Fat Cat

  • “Easy Does It” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

  • “Evenin’” by Jones-Smith Incorporated

    Roy Bargy—Rich

  • “Pianoflage” by Roy Bargy

  • “Knice and Knifty” by Roy Bargy

    Charlie Parker—Russell

  • “Dexterity” by Charlie Parker Quintet

  • “Bird of Paradise” by Charlie Parker Quintet

    Lester Young—Charles

  • Lester Young—Gian Carlo

  • “Indiana” by Lester Young Trio

    Charlie Parker—Fat Cat

  • “20th Century Blues” by Sir Charles Thompson All Stars

    Rube Bloom—Rich

  • “Soliloquy” by Rube Bloom

    Bessie Smith—Russell

  • “Careless Love Blues” by Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong

    Charlie Paker—Charles

  • “This is Always” by Earl Coleman with Charlie Parker

August 22, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Won’t You Drop In Next Time You’re Passing” by Elizabeth Welch with Benny Carter

    Eddie Durham—Fat Cat

  • “Laughing at Life” by the Kansas City Five

  • “Good Morning Blues” by the Kansas City Five

  • “I Know That You Know” by the Kansas City Five

  • “Love Me or Leave Me” by the Kansas City Five

  • “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” by the Kansas City Six

  • “Countless Blues” by the Kansas City Six

  • “Them There Eyes” by the Kansas City Six

  • “I Want a Little Girl” by the Kansas City Six

  • “Pagin’ the Devil” by the Kansas City Six

    Eddie Durham—Charles

  • “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra

  • “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” by the Ink Spots

    Eddie Durham—Gian Carlo

  • “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” by Harlan Leonard and his Rockets

  • “Magic Carpet” by Eddie Durham and his Orchestra

    Eddie Durham—Fat Cat

  • “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” by Bon Bon and his Buddies

  • “Imagination” by Sterling Russell Trio

    Ragtime—Rich

  • “Grace and Beauty”/ “Sunflower Slow Drag” by Tony Parenti’s Ragtimers

    Eddie Durham—Russell

  • “Rhumba Negro” by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Jones Law Blues” by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra

    Jack Teagarden—Charles

  • “Tailspin Blues” by the Mound City Blue Blowers

    Basie—Gian Carlo

  • “Peace Pipe” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

    Eddie Durham—Fat Cat

  • “Topsy” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

  • “Wham” by Andy Kirk and his Orchestra

    Ragtime—Rich

  • “Praline” by Tony Parenti’s Ragtimers

    Eddie Durham—Russell

  • “I Wanna Be Around My Baby” by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Wham” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

    Jack Teagarden—Charles

  • “Love Me” by Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra

August 1, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Come on Baby” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Earliest Ellington—Fat Cat

  • “I’ve Got Those ‘Wanna Go Back Again’ Blues”/ “If You Can’t Hold the Man You Love” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Animal Crackers”/ “Li’l Farina” by Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians

  • “How Come You Do Me Like You Do?” by Florence Bristol with Duke Ellington and Otto Hardwick

    Early Ellington—Charles

  • “Bandana Babies”/ “I Must Have That Man” by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra

    Early Ellington—Gian Carlo

  • “The Creeper” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Harlem River Quiver” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Ellington—Rich

  • “Diga Diga Doo” by the Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Doin’ the Voom Voom” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Early Ellington—Russell

  • “Harlemania” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Jungle Nights in Harlem” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Early Ellington—Charles

  • “Hot Feet” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Double Check Stomp” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Armstrong—Gian Carlo

  • “Basin Street”/”High Society” on Louis Armstrong with Rudi Blesch’s “This is Jazz”

    Louis Armstrong—Fat Cat

  • “Too Busy!”/ “Was it a Dream?” by Lillie Delk Christian with Louis Armstrong’s Hot Four

    Ellington with Ivie Anderson—Rich

  • “I’m Checkin’ Out Go’om Bye” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra featuring Ivie Anderson

  • “Tootin’ Through the Roof” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Hot Stuff—Russell

  • “Basement Blues” by Noble Sissle and his Orchestra with Sidney Bechet

  • “Dallas Blues” by Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy

    Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “Rose of the Rio Grande” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra with Ivie Anderson

  • “Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ for Baby” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Bill Coleman—Gian Carlo

  • “Rose Room” by Bill Coleman et son Orchestre

  • “Three O’Clock Jump” by Joe Marsala and his Delta Four

    Louis Armstrong—Fat Cat

  • “Snake Rag” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

    Duke Ellington—Rich

  • “Dear Old Southland” by Duke Ellington (piano solo)

    Duke Ellington—Russell

  • “Mood Indigo” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Duke Ellington—Charles

  • “If You Were in My Place” by Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson

July 25, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Swing It” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Early Swing Bands—Fat Cat

  • “Harlem Speaks” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Solitude” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “In a Sentimental Mood” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “In a Sentimental Mood” by Mills Blue Rhythm Band

  • “The Stuff is Here”/ “The Growl” by Mills Blue Rhythm Band

  • “Break it Down”/ “Kokey Joe” by Mills Blue Rhythm

  • “Love’s Serenade”/ “Harlem After Midnight” by Mills Blue Rhythm

    Johnny Hodges—Charles

  • “Peckin’” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

  • “Swing Pan Alley” by Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters

    Mills Blue Rhythm Band—Gian Carlo

  • “Black and Tan Fantasy” by Mills Blue Rhythm Band

  • “Cavernism” by Earl Hines

    Ellington—Russell

  • “Beggar’s Blues” by Sonny Greer and his Memphis Men

  • “Good Queen Bess” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

    Ivie Anderson—Charles

  • “Alabamy Home” by the Gotham Stompers

  • “Alabamy Home” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Casa Loma Orchestra—Gian Carlo

  • “Maniac’s Ball”/ “Milenburg Joys” by Glen Gray’s Casa Loma Orchestra

    Early Swing Bands—Fat Cat

  • “Blue Room” by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Mister, Will You Serenade?” by Tiny Bradshaw and his Orchestra

    Banjo Ikey Robinson—Russell

  • “Sunshine” by Banjo Ikey Robinson

  • “Jazz Battle” by Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces

    Johnny Hodges—Charles

  • “All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “A Gypsy Without a Song” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Horace Henderson; Kay Davis and Johnny Hodges—Gian Carlo

  • “Happy Feet” by Horace Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Creole Love Call” by Duke Ellington with Kay Davis

    Early Swing Bands—Fat Cat

  • “Mister, Will You Serenade?” by Williams Jug Band

  • “Finesse” by Johnny Hodges Trio

    Bobby Leecan—Russell

  • “Don’t Let Your Hair Hang Down”/ “Blue Harmonica” by Bobby Leecan and Robert Cooksey

    Johnny Hodges—Charles

  • “Lost in Meditation” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra takes 1 and 2

July 18, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Don’t You Leave Me Here” by Charlie Johnson and his Paradise Ten

  • “Don’t You Leave Me Here” by Jelly Roll Morton

    Southland—Fat Cat

  • “Basin Street Blues”/ “Bucktown Drag” by New Orleans Jazz Babies featuring Lee Collins

  • “Cease to Love” by

  • “All the Wrongs You Done to Me” by the Doc and his Patients

  • “Rose Room” by the Doc and his Patients

  • “Alice Blue Gown” by George Brunis and his Dixieland All Stars

  • “A Good Man is Hard to Find”/ “Tailgate Ramble” by Santo Pecora and his New Orleans Rhythm Kings

  • “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now” by George Girard and his New Orleans Five

  • “Over the Waves” by Ramond Burke and the New Orleans Jazz Band

    Armand Hug—Gian Carlo

  • “Little Rock Getaway” by Armand Hug with Ray Bauduc

  • “Froggie Moore Rag” by Armand Hug Trio

    New Orleans—Rich

  • “Les Oignons”/ “Creole Blues” by Albert Nicholas and his Creole Serenaders

    New Orleans—Russell

  • “Sweet Heart of T.K.O.”/ “Ta Ta Daddy” by Oscar Papa Celestin’s Tuxedo Orchestra

    New Orleans—Gian Carlo

  • “Margie”/ “Someone Stole Gabriel’s Horn” by the Rhythmakers with Pee Wee Russell and Henry ‘Red’ Allen Jr.

    Snoozer Quinn—Fat Cat

  • “Snoozer’s Telephone Blues” by Snoozer Quinn

  • “Singing the Blues” by Johnny Wiggs with Snoozer Quinn

    This is Jazz—Rich

  • “Big Butter and Egg Man”/ “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home” by This is Jazz Band with Wild Bill Davison and Albert Nicholas

    New Orleans—Russell

  • “Franklin Street Blues”/ “Red Onion Drag” by Louis Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight

    Papa Celestin—Gian Carlo

  • “My Josephine”/ “Eh La Bas” by Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Orchestra

    This is Jazz—Russell

  • “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans”/ “Eccentric”/ “Tishomingo Blues” by This is Jazz Band with Wild Bill Davison and Albert Nicholas

    New Orleans—Fat Cat

  • “My Josephine” by Papa Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra

  • “Tell Me Who” by Albert Brunies Halfway House Orchestra

    Django—Russell

  • “Eddie’s Blues” by Eddie South with Django Reinhardt

  • “Minor Swing” by the Quintet of the Hot Club of France

    Snoozer Quinn—Fat Cat

  • “Melancholy Baby” by Snoozer Quinn with Johnny Wiggs

July 11, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Heebie Jeebies” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Fat Cat

  • “Hobo, You Can’t Ride This Train” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

  • “That’s My Home” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

  • “Sittin’ in the Dark” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Gian Carlo

  • “Cold, Cold Heart”/ “Because of You” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Armstrong—Charles

  • “12th Street Rag” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven

  • “St. James Infirmary” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

    Louis Armstrong—Rich

  • “Star Dust” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra with recorded intro by George Avakian

    Louis Armstrong—Russell

  • “Weather Bird” by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines

  • “I’m Not Rough” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “If I Could Be With You”/ “Shine” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Gian Carlo

  • “Dipper Mouth Blues” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

  • “Sugar Foot Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Fat Cat

  • “Tight Like This” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

  • “Hear Me Talkin’ To Ya” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

    Louis Armstrong and Bert Williams—Rich

  • “Elder Eatmore’s Sermon on Throwing Stones” by Louis Armstrong assisted by Harry Mills

    Louis Armstrong—Russell

  • “I’m Goin’ Huntin’” by Jimmy Bertrand and his Washboard Wizards

  • “Stop Kidding” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “Dallas Blues” by Louis Armstrong

  • “Sweet Savannah Sue” by Louis Armstrong

    Lemuel Fowler—Gian Carlo

  • “Squawking the Blues”/ “You Got Everything a Sweet Mama Needs But Me” by Helen McDonald with Lemuel Fowler

    Louis Armstrong with Singers—Fat Cat

  • “Lonesome All Alone and Blue” by Bertha “Chippie” Hill with Louis Armstrong

  • “Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Mornin’” by Clara Smith with Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong—Rich

  • “Do You Call That a Buddy?”/ “Hey Lawdy Mama” by Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong—Russell

  • “Georgia Bo Bo” by Lill’s Hot Shots

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “Squeeze Me” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

June 27, 2022

Dick Voynow—Fat Cat

  • “Royal Garden Blues” by Original Wolverines

    Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Royal Garden Blues” by Benny Carter Quintet

    Dick Voynow-Fat Cat

  • “Riverboat Shuffle” by Wolverine Orchestra

  • “Copenhagen” by Wolverine Orchestra

  • “Lazy Daddy” by Wolverine Orchestra

  • “Royal Garden Blues” by Original Wolverines

  • “Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble” by Original Wolverines

  • “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Original Wolverines

  • “The New Twister” by Original Wolverines

  • “Gut Bucket Shuffle” by Harris Brothers Texans

    Jimmy McPartland—Charles

  • “I’m More than Satisfied” by All Star Orchestra

  • “That’s What I Call Keen” by Eddie South (with Antonia Spaulding)

    Star Dust—Gian Carlo

  • “Star Dust” by Cab Calloway

  • “Star Dust” by Louis Armstrong

    Meade Lux Lewis—Rich

  • “Celeste Blues”/ “Mr. Freddie Blues” by Meade Lux Lewis

    Dick Voynow—Russell

  • “Ruff Scufflin’”/ “St. James Infirmary” by George E. Lee and his Orchestra

    Stephane Grappelly—Charles

  • “Honeysuckle Rose”/ “Souvenirs” by the Stephane Grappelly and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France

    New Orleans bass players—Gian Carlo

  • “I’m Losing My Mind Over You” by Curtis Jones [Sometimes recorded with Ransom Knowling (Bass player from New Orleans)]

  • “Sing You Sinners” by Duke Ellington (Hit of the Week)

    Dick Voynow—Fat Cat

  • “Cloudy” by Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy

  • “Living That Man Blues” by Hattie North (Edith Johnson) with Count Basie

    NORK—Rich

  • “Panama”/ “Jazz It Blues” by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings (Decca, 1934)

    Ransom Knowling—Russell

  • “Bluebird Blues” by Tommy McClennon

  • “Give Me a 32-20” by Arthur Big Boy Cruddup

    Stephane Grappelly—Charles

  • “Three O’Clock in the Morning” by Stephane Grappelly

June 20, 2022

Texas—Fat Cat

  • “Black Snake Blues” by Victoria Spivey

  • “Shadowland Blues (Parts 1 and 2)” by Troy Floyd and his Plaza Hotel Orchestra

    Benny Carter and Herschel Evans—Fat Cat

  • “Shoe Shiners Drag” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

  • “Muskrat Ramble” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

    Texas-Fat Cat

  • “Texas Shuffle” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

  • “Big Foot Blues”/ “Eddie’s Boogie” by Eddie Durham and his Rhythm Walkers

  • “T Bone Shuffle” by T Bone Walker

    Texas—Gian Carlo

  • “I Want a Little Girl” by the V Disc All Stars

  • “Blue and Sentimental” by Budd Johnson

    Western Swing—Rich

  • “You’re Tired of Me”/ “Jennie Lee” by Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers

    Texas—Russell

  • “KWKH Blues”/ “Yo Yo Blues” by Eddie and Sugar Lou’s Hotel Tyler Orchestra

    Eddie Boyd—Gian Carlo

  • “Blue Coat Man”/ “Five Long Years” by Eddie Boyd

    Texas—Fat Cat

  • “Eddie and Sugar Lou Stomp”/ “Sweet Papa Will Be Gone” by Eddie and Sugar Lou’s Hotel Tyler Orchestra

    Texas—Rich

  • “The Happy” by Boots and his Buddies

  • “Texas Stomp” by Dot Rice and Scrapper Blackwell

    Texas—Russell

  • “Let’s Have a Party” by Amos Milburn

  • “Boogie Uproar” by Clarence Gatemouth Brown

    Texas—Gian Carlo

  • “Frantic” by Sammy Price and his Texas Bluesicians

  • “Another Woman’s Man” by Monette Moore with the Sammy Price Trio

    Texas—Fat Cat

  • “The Goon Drag” by Sammy Price and his Texas Bluesicians

  • “Jesus is Here to Stay” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Sammy Price

    Boogie Woogie—Rich

  • “Boogie Woogie Prayer” by Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons

    Texas—Russell

  • “Death Letter Blues”/ “Death Cell Blues” by James Carter with Sammy Price

    Texas—Fat Cat

  • “Blues of Avalon” by Boots and his Buddies

June 13, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Swing It” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Great Puerto Rican Jazz Musicians—Fat Cat

  • “Please Don’t Talk About My Man” by Amanda Randolph with Louis King Garcia

  • “Swing Mr. Charlie” by Louis King Garcia

  • “Sara”/ “Linda Triguena” by Orquesta M. Tizol

  • “Lots O’Mama” by Fletcher Henderson with Ralph Escudero

  • “Do Something” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers with Ralph Escudero

  • “Tabú” (Rafael Hernandez)/“Borinquen” (Pedro Flores) by Alberto Socarrás y su Orquesta Del Cubanacan

  • “Sola y Triste” by Sexteto Flores

  • “Corazón de Nieve” by Cuarteto Chiquito

    Jimmie Lunceford and Eddie Durham—Charles

  • “Times A Wastin’” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

  • “T’ain’t Whatcha Do” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

    Western Swing—Rich

  • “Do The Hula Lou”/ “Four, Five or Six Times” by Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies

    Hot ‘20s—Russell

  • “Who’s Blue” by King Oliver and his Orchestra

  • “Honey, That Reminds Me” by Luis Russell and his Orchestra

    Queer Legends of Early Jazz: Billy Strayhorn—Charles

  • “The Rabbit’s Jump” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

    Queer Legends of Early Jazz: Billy Strayhorn—Fat Cat

  • “Weely” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Passion Flower” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

    Western Swing—Rich

  • “Tiger Rag” by the Wanderers

  • “River Blues” by Jesse’s String Five

    Queer Legends of Early Jazz: Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon—Russell

  • “It’s Heated”/ “Jive Man Blues” by Frankie Half Pint Jaxon with Tampa Red

    Billy Strayhorn—Charles

  • “Truly Wonderful” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

  • “Tired Socks” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

    Juan Tizol and Billy Strayhorn—Fat Cat

  • “Perdido”/ “Raincheck” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Western Swing—Rich

  • “What’s the Use”/ “Since You Left Me, Hon” by Jimmie Revard and his Oklahoma Playboys

    Juan Tizol and Fernando Arbello—Russell

  • “Drop Me Off in Harlem” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

  • “Lonesome Moments” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

    Billy Strayhorn—Charles

  • “Day Dream” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

June 6, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Skip It”/ “Pardon Me, Pretty Baby” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Jimmie Lunceford—Fat Cat

  • “I Know Why” by George Morrison’s Orchestra

  • “Rhythm is Our Business” takes 1 and 2 by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

  • “Avalon” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

  • “Dream of You” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

  • “In Dat Mornin’” by Jimmie Lunceford and the Chickasaw Syncopators

    Jimmie Lunceford and Eddie Durham—Gian Carlo

  • “Wham (Re Bop Boom Bam)” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

  • “Wham (Re Bop Boom Bam)” by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra

    Jimmie Lunceford—Rich

  • “Blue Blazes”/ “Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

    Jimmie Lunceford—Russell

  • “Blue Heaven” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

  • “I’m Nuts About Screwy Music” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

    Ma Rainey—Fat Cat

  • “Bo Weevil Blues”/ “Last Minute Blues” by Ma Rainey

    Jimmy McPartland—Gian Carlo

  • “Davenport Blues”/ “Use Your Imagination” by Jimmy McPartland and his Sextette

    Jimmie Lunceford—Rich

  • “Uptown Blues”/ “Put it Away” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

    Thelonious Monk—Russell

  • “All the Things You Are”/ “I Should Care” by Thelonious Monk

    D Day—Gian Carlo

  • “Uncle Sam’s Blues” by Hot Lips Page

  • “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

    D Day, Ma Rainey—Fat Cat

  • “Get Happy” by Red Norvo and his Selected Sextet

  • “Rough and Tumble Hand” by Ma Rainey and her Georgia Band

    Jimmie Lunceford, Jimmy McPartland—Rich

  • “Hi Spook” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

  • “Sugar” by McKenzie and Condon’s Chicagoans

    Bo Carter—Russell

  • “All Around Man” by Bo Carter

    Sam Morgan—Fat Cat

  • “Down By the Riverside” by Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band

May 30, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Dee Blues” by the Chocolate Dandies

    Benny Goodman—Fat Cat

  • “This Year’s Kisses” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

  • “This Year’s Kisses” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

  • “Your Mother’s Son-in-Law” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

    85 years after Webb vs. Goodman at the Savoy:

  • “Peckin’” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

  • “Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley!” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “King Porter Stomp”/ “Sometimes I’m Happy” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

  • “King Porter Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Frank Teschemacher—Charles Iselin

  • “Nobody’s Sweetheart” by McKenzie and Condon’s Chicagoans

  • “Bashful Baby” by Ben Pollack and his Orchestra

    Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me—Rich

  • “Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me” by Ted Lewis

  • “Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me” by the Louisiana Five

    Omer Simeon—Russell

  • “The Chant”/ “Congo Love Song” by the Dixie Rhythm Kings

    Benny Goodman—Charles

  • “Indiana”/ “Dinah” by Red Nichols and his Five Pennies

    Buster Bailey and Benny Goodman—Fat Cat

  • “Some of These Days” by Dave Nelson and the Kings Men

  • “As Long as I Live” by the Benny Goodman Sextet

    Wilbur Sweatman—Rich

  • “A Good Man is Hard to Find”/ “That’s Got ‘Em” by Wilbur Sweatman’s Jazz Band

    Jimmie Noone—Russell

  • “Birmingham Bertha”/ “Am I Blue?” by Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orchestra

    Benny Goodman—Charles

  • “Star Dust” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

  • “Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

    Johnny Dodds and Benny Goodman—Fat Cat

  • “When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo” by Johnny Dodds and his Black Bottom Stompers

  • “Blue” by Benny Goodman and his Boys

    Wilbur Sweatman—Rich

  • “Down Home Rag” by the Hoosier Hot Shots

  • “Barkin’ Dog” by Ross Gorman

    Johnny Dodds—Russell

  • “Get ‘Em Again Blues”/ “Brush Stomp” by the Chicago Footwarmers

    Benny Goodman—Charles

  • “Tiger Rag” by the Benny Goodman Quartet

May 16, 2022

Maxine Sullivan—Fat Cat

  • “Loch Lomond”/ “I’m Coming Virginia” by Maxine Sullivan

  • “Annie Laurie”/ “Blue Skies” by Maxine Sullivan

    Edmond Hall—Gian Carlo

  • “Ellis Island”/ “Lonely Moments” by Edmond Hall and his Cafe Society Orchestra

    Maxine Sullivan—Fat Cat

  • “Easy to Love”/ “Nice Work if You Can Get It” by Maxine Sullivan

    Maxine Sullivan—Rich Markow

  • “Hold Tight” by Sidney Bechet

    Clarence Williams—Russell

  • “Whoop it Up”/ “I’m Not Worrying” by Clarence Williams and his Jazz Kings

    Maxine Sullivan—Charles

  • “Dark Eyes”/ “Loch Lomond” by Maxine Sullivan

    [Charles, FC, and GC think it’s the John Kirby Sextet on this one.]

    Edmond Hall—Gian Carlo

  • “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree” by Claude Hopkins and his Orchestra

  • “Dippermouth Blues” by This is Jazz All Star Stompers

    Maxine Sullivan—Fat Cat

  • “When Your Lover Has Gone”/ “My Ideal” by Maxine Sullivan

    Ella Logan—Rich

  • “Take Me to the Fair” by Ella Logan

    Jimmie Noone—Russell

  • “After You’ve Gone”/ “Melancholy Baby” by Jimmie Noone

    John Kirby—Charles

  • “Little Brown Jug”/ “Impromptu” by the John Kirby Sextet

    Memphis—Gian Carlo

  • “Beale Street Blues” by the University Six

  • “In Dat Mornin’” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Chickasaw Syncopators

    Eddie Durham—Fat Cat

  • “Topsy 1 and 2” by Cozy Cole

    Blues—Russell

  • “Sabine River Blues” by Texas Alexander

  • “The Twelves” by Kokomo Arnold

    Slim and Slam—Charles

  • “That’s What You Call Romance”/ “Ti-Pi-Tin” by Slim and Slam

    Benny Carter—Gian Carlo

  • “I’m the Caring Kind” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra with Maxine Sullivan

  • “Daybreak Express” by Duke Ellington

    Maxine Sullivan—Fat Cat

  • “Skylark”/ “Come Rain or Come Shine” by Maxine Sullivan with Ellis Larkins

    Henry Allen—Russell

  • “Singing Pretty Songs”/ “I Fell in Love With You” by Henry Red Allen Jr. and his Orchestra

    Maxine Sullivan—Charles

  • “Every We Say Goodbye” by Maxine Sullivan

May 9, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Blue Light Blues” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Sidney Bechet—Fat Cat

  • “Klook’s Blues”/ “American Rhythm” by Sidney Bechet and Kenny Clarke

  • “Shag” by Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers

  • “Cake Walking Babies from Home” by the Red Onions Jazz Babies

  • “Wild Cat Blues”/ “Kansas City Man Blues” by Clarence Williams’ Blue Five

  • “Baba” Original Haitian Music by Willie the Lion Smith and Sidney Bechet

  • “Magic Island”/ “Ti Ralph” Original Haitian Music by Willie the Lion Smith and Sidney Bechet

  • “En Sens Unique S.V.P.” by Alexandre Stellio

    Sidney Bechet—Charles

  • “One O’Clock Jump” by Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Footwarmers

  • “Muskrat Ramble” by Sidney Bechet and the NBC Chamber Jazz Society of Lower Basin Street

    Sidney Bechet—Rich Markow

  • “Hold Tight” by Sidney Bechet

  • “Cake Walking Babies from Home” by Sidney Bechet

    Sidney Bechet—Russell

  • “I’m So Glad I’m Brownskin”/ “Off and On Blues” by Sippie Wallace

    Sidney Bechet—Charles

  • “Maryland My Maryland”/ “Careless Love” by Sidney Bechet

    Sidney Bechet—Fat Cat

  • “Out of the Gallion” by Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow

  • “Blue Horizon” by Sidney Bechet

    Sidney Bechet—Rich

  • “Really the Blues (Part 1 and 2)” by Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow

    Sidney Bechet—Russell

  • “Laughing in Rhythm”/ “Rip Up the Joint” by Sidney Bechet and the New Orleans Feetwarmers

    Sidney Bechet—Charles

  • “Viper Mad”/ “Sweet Patootie” by Sidney Bechet and

    Chicago Blues—Gian Carlo

  • “ J.B. Lenoir

    Sidney Bechet/Earl Hines—Fat Cat

  • “Quincy Street Stomp”/ “Weary Way Blues” by Sidney

    J.C. Higginbotham—Russell

  • “Give Me Your Telephone Number”/ “Higginbotham Blues” by J.C. Higginbotham and his Six Hicks

    Fats Waller—Charles

  • “Armful O’ Sweetness” by Fats Waller and his Rhythm

    Lionel Hampton—Gian Carlo

  • “Flying Home” by Lionel Hampton Big Band

    Sidney Bechet—Fat Cat

  • “Jail House Blues” by Virginia Liston

    Chris Kenner—Russell

  • “Sick and Tired” by Chris Kenner

    Earl Hines—Charles

  • “Blue Nights” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra

May 2, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “It’s Unbelievable”/”Whisper Sweet” by Bob Howard and his Orchestra

  • “Throwin’ Stones at the Sun”/ “You Fit Into the Picture” by Bob Howard and his Orchestra

    Willie Bryant—Charles

  • “Long Gone from Bowling Green”/ “The Voice of Old Man River” by Willie Bryant and his Orchestra

    Earl Hines—Gian Carlo

  • “Bubbling Over” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra (1933)

  • “Bubbling Over” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra (1933)

    Kid Ory—Rich Markow

  • “Creole Song” by Kid Ory and his Creole Jazz Band

  • “Down Home Rag” by Kid Ory and his Creole Jazz Band

    Julia Lee—Russell

  • “He’s Tall Dark and Handsome”/ “Won’t You Come Over to My House?” by Julia Lee with George E. Lee’s Singing Orchestra

    Willie Bryant/Earl Hines—Charles

  • “Crosspatch” by Willie Bryant and his Orchestra

  • “Grand Piano Blues” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra

    Teddy Grace/Julia Lee—Gian Carlo

  • “Crazy Blues” by Teddy Grace

  • “All I Ever Do is Worry” by Julia Lee and her Boyfriends

    Kid Ory—Fat Cat

  • “Ory’s Creole Trombone”/ “Society Blues” by Kid Ory’s Creole Band

    Mississippi Sheiks—Russell

  • “Jailbird Love Song”/ “Yodeling, Fiddling Blues” by the Mississippi Sheiks

    Fats Waller—Charles

  • “Night Wind”/ “I Believe in Miracles” by Fats Waller and his Rhythm

    Chicago Blues—Gian Carlo

  • “The Mountain”/ “The Mojo” by J.B. Lenoir and his Combo

    Sidney Bechet/Earl Hines—Fat Cat

  • “Blues in Thirds” by Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers

  • “Sweet Ella May” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra

    J.C. Higginbothan—Russell

  • “Give Me Your Telephone Number”/ “Higginbotham Blues” by J.C. Higginbotham and his Six Hicks

    J.C. Higginbothan—Russell

  • “Give Me Your Telephone Number”/ “Higginbotham Blues” by J.C. Higginbotham and his Six Hicks

    Fats Waller—Charles

  • “Armful O’ Sweetness” by Fats Waller and his Rhythm

    Lionel Hampton—Gian Carlo

  • “Flying Home” by Lionel Hampton Big Band

    Sidney Bechet—Fat Cat

  • “Jail House Blues” by Virginia Liston

    Chris Kenner—Russell

  • “Sick and Tired” by Chris Kenner

    Earl Hines—Charles

  • “Blue Nights” by Earl Hines and his Orchestra

April 18, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Poinciana” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Charles Mingus—Fat Cat

  • “Memories of You”/”Merle’s Mood” by Illinois Jacquet (1946)

  • “Deep Meditation” by Howard McGhee

  • “Wise Woman Blues”/ “No Voot, No Boot” by Dinah Washington (1945)

  • “This Subdues My Passion”/ “Honey Take a Chance with Me” by Baron Mingus and his Octet (1946)

  • “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”/ “I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love with Me” by the Red Norvo Trio (1950)

  • “Precognition”/ “Portrait” by Charles Mingus with Jackie Paris (1952)

  • “Edge of Love”/ “Fanny” by Don Senay with Charles Mingus Orchestra (1955)

    Charles Mingus—Charles

  • “Jacquet Mood”/ “Robbins’ Nest” by Illinois Jacquet

    Charles Mingus—Gian Carlo

  • “Voot Rhythm”/ “Baggin’ the Boogie” by Bob Mosley All Stars

    Clarence Williams—Russell

  • “Sweet Emmalina”/ “Log Cabin Blues” by Clarence Williams and his Washboard Five

    Mingus Adjacent—Charles

  • “Body and Soul”/ “Mr. J.B. Blues” by Jimmie Blanton and Duke Ellington

    Ellington bass players—Fat Cat

  • “Freeze and Melt” by Duke Ellington (as Joe Turner and his Memphis Men)

  • “Oscalypso” by Oscar Pettiford and Duke Ellington

    April in Paris—Gian Carlo

  • “April in Paris” by Wild Bill Davis

  • “April in Paris” by Count Basie

    Hot Stuff—Russell

  • “If Dreams Come True” by Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday

  • “I’m Talking About You” by Memphis Minnie

    Duke Ellington—Charles

  • “Hayfoot, Strawfoot”/ “Sherman Shuffle” by Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington—Gian Carlo

  • “Mama’s in the Groove” by Pee Wee Russell

  • “My Gentleman Friend” by Sarah Vaughan

    Tiny Bradshaw—Russell

  • “Shout Sister Shout”/ “I Ain’t Got Nobody” by Tiny Bradshaw

    Frankie Newton—Fat Cat

  • “Who’s Sorry Now” (takes 1 and 2) by Frankie Newton

March 28, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Patience and Fortitude” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Sarah Vaughan—Fat Cat

  • “I’ll Wait and Pray” by Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra (1944)

  • “Signing Off” by Sarah Vaughan and her Orchestra (1944)

  • “Mean to Me” by Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie (1945)

  • “Lover Man” by Dizzy Gillespie Quintet with Sarah Vaughan (1945)

  • “All Too Soon” by Tony Scott and his Downbeat Septet (1946)

  • “We’re Through” by Dicky Wells and his Big Seven (1946)

  • “What a Dif’rence a Day Made” by Sarah Vaughan with Jimmy Jones (1947)

  • “Time After Time” by Sarah Vaughan with Teddy Wilson (1946)

    Sarah Vaughan—Charles

  • “I’ll Wait and Pray”/ “I Get a Kick Out of You” by Sarah Vaughan

    Jimmy Scott—Gian Carlo

  • “I’ll Close My Eyes”/ “Why Do You Cry?” by Little Jimmy Scott

    Sarah Vaughan—Rich

  • “A Hundred Years from Today”/ “You’re Blasé" by Sarah Vaughan

    Blues Vocals—Russell

  • “I’ve Got Ford Movements in My Hips” by Cleo Gibson

  • “The Best Car on the Market is a Ford” by Sloppy Henry

    Pee Wee Russell—Charles

  • “Strut Miss Lizzie”/ “It’s Right Here for You” by Eddie Condon and his Band

    Dave Barbour—Gian Carlo

  • “Interview with Dave Barbour” by Dave Barbour and Gian Carlo

  • “The Mambo” by Dave Barbour and his Orchestra

    Ben Webster—Fat Cat

  • “It’s Right Here for You”/ “Misery” by Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys

    Pee Wee Russell and Sarah Vaughan—Rich

  • “Mama’s in the Groove” by Pee Wee Russell

  • “My Gentleman Friend” by Sarah Vaughan

    Ben Webster—Russell

  • “Tidal Wave” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Cotton Tail” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Ben Webster—Charles

  • “Ten Lessons with Timothy” by Tony Scott and his Downbeat Septet

    Sarah Vaughan–Gian Carlo

  • “What More Can a Woman Do?” by Sarah Vaughan and her Orchestra

    Pee Wee Russell—Fat Cat

  • “Love is Just Around the Corner” by Eddie Condon and his Windy City Seven

    Sarah Vaughan–Rich

  • “Love Me or Leave Me” by Sarah Vaughan

    Asch–Russell

  • “Spooky Drums” by Baby Dodds

    Sarah Vaughan—Charles

  • “It Might as Well be Spring” by Sarah Vaughan with John Kirby

March 21, 2022

Essential Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “I Surrender Dear”/ “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me” by the Chocolate Dandies

  • “Smack” by the Chocolate Dandies

    Lennie Tristano—Gian Carlo

  • “Victory Ball” / “No Figs” by the Metronome All Stars with Lennie Tristano

    Mary Lou Williams—Rich

  • “Baby Dear”/ “Harmony Blues” by Mary Lou Williams and her Kansas City Seven

    Mary Lou Williams/Bessie Smith—Russell

  • “Nite Life” by Mary Lou Williams

  • “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” by Bessie Smith

    Bix—Charles

  • “Medley from Showboat” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

    Lennie Tristano—Gian Carlo

  • “I Can’t Get Started”/ “Out on a Limb” by the Lennie Tristano Trio

    Mary Lou Williams—Fat Cat

  • “Drag ‘Em” by Mary Lou Williams

  • “Little Joe from Chicago” by Mary Lou Williams and her Chosen Five

    Mary Lou Williams with Andy Kirk—Rich

  • “The Big Dipper”/ “Bear Down” by Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy

    Mary Lou Williams—Russell

  • “Drag ‘Em” by Mary Lou Williams

  • “Everybody’s Laughing” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

    Earl Hines—Charles

  • “57 Varieties” by Earl Hines

  • “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South” by Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orchestra

    Esquire Award Winners—Gian Carlo

  • “Long Long Journey” by the Esquire All-American 1946 Award Winners

  • “Gone with the Wind” by the Esquire All American Award Winners

    Mary Lou Williams—Fat Cat

  • “Roll ‘Em” by Mary Lou Williams and her Chosen Five

  • “Mary’s Boogie” by Mary Lou Williams

    Blues–Rich

  • “Until My Baby Comes Home” by Nora Lee King acc. by Mary Lou Williams

  • “Too Evil to Cry” by Champion Jack Dupree

    Swing Classics—Russell

  • “I Can’t Dance I Got Ants in My Pants” by Chick Webb and his Savoy Orchestra

  • “Chimes at the Meeting” by Willie Bryant and his Orchestra

    Bix–Charles

  • “Lovable” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

    Mary Lou Williams–Gian Carlo

  • “Cancer” by Mary Lou Williams

    Mary Lou Williams–Fat Cat

  • “Lullaby of the Leaves” by Mary Lou Williams and her Chosen Five

    Allan Reuss–Rich

  • “I Never Knew” by Peck’s Bad Boys

    Dave Bartholomew–Russell

  • “Ooh La La” by Dave Bartholomew’s Band

    Earl Hines—Charles

  • “Blues in Thirds” by Earl Hines with Sidney Bechet

March 14, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Boppin’ the Blues” by Lucky Thompson

    Jack Kerouac—Fat Cat

  • “T’ain’t What Ya Do” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

  • “Charlie’s Choice (parts 1, 2 and 3)” by Charlie Christian at Minton’s

  • “Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid” by Lester Young

  • “No Eyes Blues” by Lester Young

  • “Hootie Blues” by Jay McShann and his Orchestra

  • “Groovin’ High” by Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

  • “Merry-Go-Round” by Charlie Parker’s All Stars

    Bix—Charles

  • “Medley from Showboat” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

    Hot Lips Page with Lucky Thompson—Gian Carlo

  • “It Ain’t Like That” by Hot Lips Page

  • “Confirmation” by Tempo Jazzmen (Dizzy Gillespie)

    BeBop—Russell

  • “I Want to be Happy” by Sonny Stitt

  • “I Remember April” by Bud Powell Trio

    Erskine Hawkins—Charles

  • “Tuxedo Junction”/ “Gin Mill Special” by Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra

    Tadd Dameron—Gian Carlo

  • “I’ve Never Loved Anyone But You” by Bull Moose Jackson

  • “The Comeback” by Memphis Slim

    Kerouac—Fat Cat

  • “Meeskite” by Allen Eager

  • “Straight, No Chaser” by Thelonious Monk Quartet

    Bessie Smith—Russell

  • “New Orleans Hop Scop Blues” by Bessie Smith

  • “Fats Waller Stomp” by Fats Waller with Morris’s Hot Babies

    Bud Freeman—Charles

  • “Three’s No Crowd”/ “You Took Advantage of Me” by Bud Freeman

    Basie–Gian Carlo

  • “The Comeback (Parts 1 and 2)” by Count Basie

    Kerouac and Bird—Fat Cat

  • “Chasin’ the Bird” by Charlie Parker

  • “Ko Ko” by Charlie Parker

    Blues–Russell

  • “Careless Love” by Lonnie Johnson

  • “Blue Yodel No. 9” by Jimmie Rodgers with Louis Armstrong

    Bird—Charles

  • “Embraceable You” by Charlie Parker Quintet

March 7, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Singin’ the Blues” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

    Bix Beiderbecke—Fat Cat

  • “Singin’ the Blues” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Singin’ the Blues” by Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra

  • “Changes” (takes 2 and 3) by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

    Bix—Charles

  • “Dardanella” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

  • “You Took Advantage of Me” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

    Bix—Gian Carlo

  • “In a Mist” by Bix Beiderbecke

  • “In a Mist” by Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra

    Bix—Colin Hancock

  • “Oh Baby” by the Wolverines

  • “I Didn’t Know” by Jean Goldkette

    Bing—Rich

  • “My Suppressed Desire”/ “Rhythm King” by the Rhythm Boys

    Frisky Foot Jackson—Russell

  • “Good Time Mama”/ “Maxwell Street Stomp” by Frisky Foot Jackson and his Thumpers

    Bix—Charles

  • “I’m Coming Virginia”/ “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” by Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra

    Bix—Colin

  • “Humpty Dumpty”; “Crazy Cat”; “Baltimore” by Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra

    Bix—Gian Carlo

  • “In a Mist” by Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra

  • “In a Mist” by Harry James and his Orchestra

    Bix/Louis Armstrong–Fat Cat

  • “From Monday On” (takes 4 and 6) by Paul Whiteman

  • “Baby, I Can’t Use You No More” by Sippie Wallace

    Bix—Rich

  • “The Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together”/ “Louise” by the Rhythm Boys

    Freddy Taylor–Russell

  • “Blue Drag”/ “Viper’s Dream” by Freddy Taylor and his Swing Men from Harlem

    Bix—Fat Cat

  • “Toddlin’ Blues”/ “Davenport Blues” by Bix and his Rhythm Jugglers

    Bix and Bill Challis—Charles

  • “My Heart Stood Still” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

February 14, 2022

Essential Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “I’m Coming Virginia”/ “Blue Light Blues” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Lester Young—Fat Cat

  • “Sun Showers”/ “Yours and Mine” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

  • “When You’re Smiling” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra

  • “Travlin’ All Alone” by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra

  • “Them There Eyes” by the Kansas City Six

  • “Mary” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

  • “A Sailboat in the Moonlight” by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra

  • “Laughing at Life” by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra

  • “Linger Awhile” by Dicky Wells and his Orchestra

    Lester Young—Gian Carlo

  • “Indiana”/ “I Can’t Get Started” by the Lester Young Trio

    Ethel Waters—Rich

  • “Taking a Chance on Love”/ “Honey in the Honeycomb” by Ethel Waters

    Banjo Ikey Robinson—Russell

  • “My Four Reasons”/ “Rock Me Mama” by Banjo Ikey Robinson and his Bull Fiddle Band

    Lester Young—Gian Carlo

  • “Tea for Two”/ “Body and Soul” by the Lester Young Trio

    Lester Young—Fat Cat

  • “Shoe Shine Boy” takes 1 and 2 by Jones-Smith Inc. featuring Lester Young

    Metronome All Stars—Gian Carlo

  • “Cabin in the Sky”/ “Love Turned the Light Out” by Ethel Waters

    Bennie Moten—Russell

  • “Ya Got Love”/ “I Wanna Be Around My Baby All the Time” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra featuring Jimmy Rushing

    Cabin in the Sky—Gian Carlo

  • “Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe” by Frances Wayne with Woody Herman

  • “Please Send Me Someone to Love” by Percy Mayfield

    Shoe Shine Boy; Rodgers and Hart—Fat Cat

  • “Roseland Shuffle” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

  • “You Took Advantage of Me” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

    Ethel Waters—Rich

  • “Happiness is a Thing Called Joe” by Ethel Waters

    Lester Young—Matthew

  • “Confessin’” by Lester Young

February 7, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Sweet Sue, Just You”/ “How Come You Do Me Like You Do?” by Spike Hughes and his Orchestra

    Variety—Fat Cat

  • “I Surrender Dear”/ “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Jim Mundy and his Swing Club Seven

  • “Louisiana Liza” by Blanche Calloway and her Orchestra

  • “Horse Feathers” by Cliff Jackson and his Krazy Kats

  • “Once in a Lovetime” Dizzy Gillespie with Alice O’Connell Glenn Hardman

    Django Reinhardt—Charles

  • “It Had to Be You”/ “Nocturne” by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli

    Variety—Gian Carlo

  • “The Man is Here Again”/ “Swing, Swing, Swing” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Variety—Rich

  • “Go South Young Man”/ “Mama I Wanna Make Rhythm” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Mississippi Sheiks—Russell

  • “Sittin’ On Top of the World”/ “Lonely One in this Town” by the Mississippi Sheiks

    Chu Berry alternate takes—Charles

  • “Rose Room” takes 1 and 2 by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Metronome All Stars—Gian Carlo

  • “Blue Lou” by the 1939 Metronome All Stars

  • “Local 802 Blues” by the 1951 Metronome All Stars

    Jay McShann—Fat Cat

  • “Hot Biscuits”/ “Slow Drag Blues” by Jay McShann and the Band that Jumps the Blues

    Marsh labs—Rich

  • “Euphonium”/ “The Rhythm Rag” by Willard Robison’s Deep River Boys

    Johnny Dodds; Miles Davis—Russell

  • “Hear Me Talkin’” by Johnny Dodds and his Orchestra

  • “Tune Up” by Miles Davis Quartet

    Louis Armstrong; Earl Hines—Charles

  • “Lonesome Road” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

  • “I Ain’t Got Nobody” by Earl Hines

    Lil Armstrong—Gian Carlo

  • “It’s Murder”/ “Just For a Thrill” by Lil Armstrong and her Orchestra

    Volly De Faut—Fat Cat

  • “Someday, Sweetheart”/ “Mobile Blues” by the Bucktown Five

    Jazz is Where You Find It—Rich

  • “Wabash Blues” by the Hoosier Hot Shots

    Roy Eldridge and Billie Holiday—Russell

  • “What Shall I Say?”/ “It’s Easy to Blame the Weather” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

    Django Reinhardt—Charles

  • “Insensiblement” by Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France

January 24, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Liza” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Rare BeBop—Fat Cat

  • “Who’s Blues”/ “‘Swonderful” by Herbie Nichols

  • “Reverse the Charges”/ “The Man I Love” by Frankie Socolow and his Duke Quintet

  • “I’m in a Rare Sort of Mood”/ “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone” by Jimmy Young and his Orchestra

  • “Musa’s Vision”/ “The Thin Man” by Art Blakey’s Messengers

    Django Reinhardt—Charles

  • “St. Louis Blues”/ “China Boy” by Stephane Grappelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France

    Freddie Webster with Tadd Dameron—Gian Carlo

  • “If You Could See Me Now”/ “You’re Not the Kind” by Sarah Vaughan with Tadd Dameron

    Benny Waters—Fat Cat

  • “The Boy in the Boat” by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orchestra

  • “Hot Beans and Rice” by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orchestra

    Charlie Ventura—Rich

  • “If I Had You”/ “Euphoria” by Charlie Ventura

    Benny Waters, Lonnie Johnson—Russell

  • “Harlem Drag” by Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orchestra

  • “Four Hands are Better than Two” by Lonnie Johnson and Lazy Harris

    Django Reinhardt—Charles

  • “Tornerai”/ “If I Had You” by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli

    Paul Bascomb, Neil Hefti—Gian Carlo

  • “Lady Ginger Snap” by Paul Bascomb

  • “Wake Up Dizzy” by Neil Hefti

    Billie Holiday—Fat Cat

  • “My Man” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra

  • “My Man” by Billie Holiday (Verve version)

    Anita O’Day—Rich

  • “How High the Moon”/“Key Largo” by Anita O’Day with Ralph Burns/Benny Carter’s Orchestra

    Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, Golden Gate Quartet—Russell

  • “Rocks in My Bed” by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell

  • “Stalin wasn’t Stallin’” by the Golden Gate Quartet

    Django Reinhardt—Charles

  • “Solitude” by the Quintet of the Hot Club of France

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe—Gian Carlo

  • “Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Gospel Contd.—Fat Cat

  • “Tell it Over Again” by Rev. D.C. Rice and his Sanctified Congregation

    Harry “The Hipster” Gibson—Rich

  • “The Hipster’s Blues” by Harry “The Hipster” Gibson

    Clarence Williams—Russell

  • “How Could I Be Blue?” by the Bluegrass Footwarmers

    Django Reinhardt—Charles

  • “Brazil” by Django Reinhardt with Hubert Rostaing

January 17, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “What Shall I Say?”/ “It’s Easy to Blame the Weather” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

    Teddy Wilson with Benny Goodman—Fat Cat

  • “Someday Sweetheart” by the Benny Goodman Trio

  • “Body and Soul” by the Benny Goodman Trio

  • “I Wished on the Moon” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra

  • “All My Life” by the Benny Goodman Trio with Helen Ward

  • “Nobody’s Sweetheart” by the Benny Goodman Trio

  • “Sweet Sue” by the Benny Goodman Quartet

  • “Sweet Sue” by Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra

  • “Whispering” by the Benny Goodman Quartet

    Teddy Wilson—Charles

  • “Dinah” by the Benny Goodman Trio

  • “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

    Teddy Wilson, Ethel Waters—Gian Carlo

  • “China Boy” by Teddy Wilson Trio

  • “Blues in My Heart” by Ethel Waters

    Hazel Smith, Bennie Morton—Fat Cat

  • “Get up Off Your Knees” by Hazel Smith with King Oliver

  • “Conversing in Blue” by Bennie Morton’s All Stars

    Clara Smith, Armstrong—Russell

  • “Kitchen Mechanic Blues” by Clara Smith

  • “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love” by Louis Armstrong

    Max Roach—Charles

  • “Stop”/ “Go” by Don Lanphere Quintet

    Duke Ellington—Gian Carlo

  • “Creole Rhapsody (parts 1 and 2)” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Artist-owned labels—Fat Cat

  • “Am I Blue” by Al Hall Quintet

  • “Just One of Those Things” by Max Roach Quartet

    Debut, Specialty—Russell

  • “Precognition” by Charles Mingus Quintet

  • “By and By” by Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes

    Benny Goodman with Basie-ites—Charles

  • “Make Believe”/ “The Blue Room” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

    Duke Ellington—Gian Carlo

  • “Blackbird Medley” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Big Sid Catlett—Fat Cat

  • “She’s Crying for Me” by Wynn’s Creole Jazz Band

  • “Crying My Blues Away” by Albert Wynn and his Gut Bucket Five

    Johnny Hodges test pressing—Russell

  • “Good Queen Bess” by Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra

    Benny Goodman Quartet—Charles

  • “Exactly Like You” by the Benny Goodman Quartet

January 10, 2022

Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Tell All Your Day Dreams to Me” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Frankie Newton—Fat Cat

  • “You Showed Me the Way” by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone” by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “Who’s Sorry Now?” by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “I Found a New Baby” (Take 1) by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “I Found a New Baby” (Take 2) by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “The Brittwood Stomp” by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “There’s No Two Ways About It” by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “‘Cause My Baby Says It’s So” by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “Easy Living” (Take 1) by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “Easy Living” (Take 2) by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “The Onyx Hop” by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

  • “Where or When” by Frankie Newton and his Uptown Serenaders

    Frankie Newton—Charles

  • “Mutiny in the Parlor” by Mezz Mezzrow and his Swing Band

  • “The Panic is On” by Mezz Mezzrow and his Swing Band

    Max Roach—Gian Carlo

  • “Orientation” by Max Roach and his Sextet

  • “Mobleyzation” by Max Roach and his Sextet

    Edison—Rich

  • “Melancholy Baby” by the Original Indiana Five

  • “San” by the Georgia Melodians

    Max Roach—Russell

  • “Un Poco Loco” by Bud Powell Trio

  • “Dexter Digs In” by Dexter Gordon Quintet

    Max Roach—Charles

  • “I’m Lost” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

  • “I Can’t Escape from You” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Max Roach—Gian Carlo

  • “Fine and Dandy” by the Metronome All Stars

  • “St. Louis Blues” by the Metronome All Stars

    Max Roach—Fat Cat

  • “Prince Alber (parts 1 and 2)” by the Max Roach Quintet

    San—Rich

  • “San” by the Alabama Red Peppers

  • “San” by Paul Whiteman

    Sonny Greet and Al Grey—Russell

  • “Beggar’s Blues” by Sonny Greer and his Memphis Men

  • “Good News, Hurry Back” by Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown

    Frankie Newton—Fat Cat

  • “The Blues My Baby Gave to Me” by Frankie Newton and his Orchestra

    Max Roach—Charles

  • “No Figs” by the Metronome All Stars

January 3, 2022

Edison Diamond Discs—Colin Hancock

  • “When You Walked Out Someone Else Walked Right In” by Ernest Stevens’ Dance Orchestra

  • “Copenhagen” by Fry’s Million Dollar Pier Orchestra

  • “Jelly Roll Blues” by the Original Memphis Five

  • “A Bunch of Blues” by the Original Memphis Five

  • “The Great White Way Blues” by the Original Memphis Five

  • “Lucille” by the California Ramblers (as Golden Gate Ramblers)

  • “Collegiate” by the California Ramblers

  • “Here Comes Malinda” by the California Ramblers

  • “What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry” by the California Ramblers

  • “Manhattan” by the California Ramblers

  • “Old Fashioned Love” by Vincent Lopez’s Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra

  • “Open Your Heart” by Charlie Kerr and his Orchestra

  • “Bluin’ the Blues” by Lopez and Hamilton Kings of Harmony Orchestra

  • “Mandy and Me” by the Club DeVingt Orchestra

  • “Me and the Man and the Moon” by Vaughn De Leath with Muriel Pollock

    Fletcher Henderson—Gian Carlo

  • “Linger Awhile” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Unknown Blues” piano solo by Fletcher Henderson

    Edison Diamond Discs—Rich

  • “Black and White Rag” by New York Military Band

  • “My Gal Sal” by Winegar’s Pennsylvania Orchestra

    Johnny Dunn—Russell

  • “Ham and Eggs”/ “You Need Some Lovin’” by Johnny Dunn and his Band

    First Mention of ‘Jas’ on Record—Colin

  • “That Funny Jas Band from Dixieland” by Colins and Harlan

  • “John ‘Jas’ Blues” by Frisco Jass Band

December 20, 2021

Essential Benny Carter

  • “Blues in My Heart” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Fletcher Henderson—Fat Cat

  • “Sud Bustin’ Blues” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Copenhagen” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Stockholm Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Sugar Foot Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “The New King Porter Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Big John’s Special” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Christopher Columbus” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Fletcher Henderson—Charles

  • “Grand Terrace Swing”/ “Stealin’ Apples” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Fletcher Henderson—Gian Carlo

  • “Wrappin’ it Up” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Wrappin’ it Up” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

    Fletcher Henderson—Russell

  • “Where Can That Somebody Be?” by Rosa Henderson

  • “The Stampede” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    King Oliver—Tom

  • “I Must Have It”/ “You’re Just My Type” by King Oliver and his Orchestra

    Fletcher Henderson—Charles

  • “Let’s Go Home” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Limehouse Blues” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    King Oliver and Fletcher Henderson—Gian Carlo

  • “Snag It” by King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators

  • “Snat It” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (as the Dixie Stompers)

    King Oliver and Fletcher Henderson—Fat Cat

  • “Jackass Blues” by King Oliver and his Orchestra

  • “Jackass Blues” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Purple Label OKehs—Russell

  • “Billie’s Blues” by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra

  • “One Day” by Dixie Hummingbirds & Angelic Gospel Quartet

    Fletcher Henderson and King Oliver—Tom

  • “Pretty Ways” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “What You Want Me to Do?” by Clarence Williams Novelty Four

    Fletcher Henderson—Charles

  • “Back in Your Own Backyard” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

December 13, 2021

Essential Benny Carter

  • “Lonesome Nights”/ “Blue Lou” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Jam Session at Victor—Charles

  • “Jam Session at Victor: Honeysuckle Rose”/ “Jam Session at Victor: the Blues”

    Blues/Armstrong—Gian Carlo

  • “Blues in the Basement” by Curtis Jones

  • “Beau Koo Jack” by Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five

    Benny Carter/Bennie Moten—Fat Cat

  • “Lonesome Nights” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

  • “The Blue Room” by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra

    Hot Hawaiian—Rich

  • “Algun dia Querida (Someday Sweetheart)”/ “Hawaiian Blues” by Sam Ku West and his Royal Hawaiians

    Blues, Blanche Calloway—Russell

  • “Don’t Sell it Don’t Give it Away” by Oscar Woods “The Lone Wolf”

  • “Concentratin’ on You” by Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys

    Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith—Charles

  • “Love is the Thing” by Ethel Waters

  • “Florida Bound Blues” by Bessie Smith

    Bud Powell—Gian Carlo

  • “I’ll Keep Loving You”/ “Celia” by Bud Powell

    Bennie Moten, Bud Powell—Fat Cat

  • “Blue Room” by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra

  • “I Should Care” by Bud Powell

    Hot Hawaiian—Rich

  • “Na Alii”/ “Hilo” by Sol Hoopii Novelty Trio with Saxophone Section

    Thomas’ Devils—Russell

  • “Sho is Hot”/ “Boot it, Boy” by Thomas’ Devils

    Eddie South—Charles

  • “By the Waters of Minnetonka”/ “La Rosita” by Eddie South and his Alabamians

    Pianos—Gian Carlo

  • “Over the Rainbow” by Bud Powell

  • “Serenade” by the Herman Chittison Trio

    Fats Navarro, Benny Carter—Fat Cat

  • “Hollerin’ and Screamin’ (Maternity)” by Eddie Davis and his Beboppers

  • “Synthetic Love” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Andy Iona—Rich

  • “Minnehaha” by Andy Iona and his Islanders

    Blue and White labels—Russell

  • “Our Delight” by Tadd Dameron

  • “Moanin’ for my Baby” by Howlin’ Wolf

    Herman Chittison—Charles

  • “All Too Soon” by Mildred Bailey with the Herman Chittison Trio

December 6, 2021

Essential Benny Carter

  • “35th and Calumet” by Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra

    Bessie Smith—Fat Cat

  • “Down Hearted Blues”/ “Gulf Coast Blues” by Bessie Smith

  • “The Gin House Blues” by Bessie Smith

  • “Sorrowful Blues” by Bessie Smith

    Bessie Smith—Rich

  • “Frosty Mornin Blues”/ “Easy Come Easy Go Blues” by Bessie Smith

    Bessie Smith—Russell

  • “Sing Sing Prison Blues” by Bessie Smith

  • “Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair” by Bessie Smith

    Bessie Smith—Charles

  • “Gimme a Pigfoot”/ “Take Me for a Buggy Ride” by Bessie Smith

    Bessie Smith—Gian Carlo

  • “Far Away Blues” by Bessie Smith and Clara Smith

  • “Check up on my Baby” by Sonny Boy Williamson

    Bessie Smith—Fat Cat

  • “Poor Man’s Blues”/ “You Oughta Be Ashamed” by Bessie Smith

    Bessie Smith, Eva Taylor—Rich

  • “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home” by Eva Taylor

  • “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home” by Bessie Smith

    Bessie Smith, Mary Johnson—Russell

  • “Baby Doll” by Bessie Smith

  • “Muddy Creek Blues” by Mary Johnson

    Billie Holiday—Charles

  • “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

  • “A Sunbonnet Blue” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

    Blues—Gian Carlo

  • “Winter Time Blues”/ “Chicago Breakdown” by Big Maceo Merriweather

    Bessie Smith and Lester Young—Fat Cat

  • “Sometimes I’m Happy” by Lester Young Quartet

  • “My Sweetie Went Away” by Bessie Smith

    Alexander’s Ragtime Band—Rich

  • “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” by Collins and Harlan

  • “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” by Bessie Smith

    Blues—Russell

  • “The Right String but the Wrong Yo Yo” by Speckled Red

  • “Cut That Out” by Junior Wells

    Blues—Tom

  • Muddy Waters first record for Library of Congress

  • “In the north they despise me in the south they idolize me”

    Ethel Waters—Charles

  • “Stormy Weather” by Ethel Waters

November 22, 2021

Essential Benny Carter

  • “Out of Nowhere”/ “Sweet Georgia Brown” by Coleman Hawkins All Star Jam Band

    Coleman Hawkins 1931—Fat Cat

  • “My Gal Sal”/ “My Pretty Girl” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “The Darktown Strutters Ball”/ “You Rascal You” by the Mound City Blue Blowers

    Coleman Hawkins—Charles

  • “Sweet Georgia Brown” by Coleman Hawkins All Star Jam Band

  • “Poor Richard” by Jack Purvis and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Gian Carlo

  • “Spotlite” by Coleman Hawkins Orchestra

  • “Feedin’ the Bean” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Rich

  • “Honeysuckle Rose”/ “Crazy Rhythm” by Coleman Hawkins All Star Jam Band

    Coleman Hawkins—Russell

  • “King Porter Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Wherever There’s a Will, Baby” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    Coleman Hawkins—Charles

  • “You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal”/ “My Galveston Gal” by Coleman Hawkins and Henry Red Allen

    Coleman Hawkins—Gian Carlo

  • “I’ll See You Later”/ “What a Difference a Day Made” by Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra (on Parrot label)

    Coleman Hawkins—Fat Cat

  • “Queer Notions”/ “Can You Take It?” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Rich

  • “Queer Notions” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Russell

  • “Jamaica Shout”/ “Heartbreak Blues” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Gian Carlo

  • “Rainbow Mist” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Fat Cat

  • “Aint Cha Got Music?” by Allen-Hawkins Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Russell

  • “It’s the Talk of the Town” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Coleman Hawkins—Charles

  • “Under a Blanket of Blue” by Coleman Hawkins and his All American Five

November 15, 2021

Essential Benny Carter

  • “Krazy Kapers” by the Chocolate Dandies

    Teddy Wilson School for Pianists—Fat Cat

  • “That Old Feeling”/ “That Old Feeling” by Teddy Wilson

  • “Loch Lomond”/ “Tiger Rag” by Teddy Wilson

    Two Sides—Charles

  • “Loot to Boot” by the Erroll Garner Trio

  • “Muskrat Ramble” Mel Powell Septet

    Benny Carter and Duke Ellington—Gian Carlo

  • “Heebie Jeebies” by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band

  • “Creole Love Call” by Duke Ellington with Kay Davis

    Teddy Wilson—Rich

  • “Just a Mood parts 1 and 2” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra

    Blues—Russell

  • “The Dirty Dozens” by Speckled Red

  • “Funny Feathers” by Victoria Spivey with Louis Armstrong

    Count Basie—Charles

  • “Miss Thing parts 1 and 2” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

    Armstrong Airchecks—Gian Carlo

  • “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Dippermouth Blues” by Louis Armstrong on Rudi Blesch’s This is Jazz

    Armstrong and Teddy Wilson—Fat Cat

  • “Lonesome, All Alone and Blue” by Bertha Chippie Hill with Louis Armstrong

  • “I’ll See You in My Dreams” by Teddy Wilson

    Casper Reardon—Rich

  • “Washboard Blues”/ “What is this Thing Called Love?” by Casper Reardon and his Group

    Blues—Russell

  • “Freight Train Blues” by Trixie Smith

  • “Blue Monday” by Smiley Lewis

    Coleman Hawkins—Charles

  • “Kattin’ at Keynote” by

    Ahmad Jamal—Gian Carlo

  • “It Could Happen to You” by the Ahmad Jamal Trio

    Teddy Wilson—Fat Cat

  • “Alice Blue Gown” by Teddy Wilson

    Jazz Adjacent—Rich

  • “Miss Annabelle Lee” by Ambrose and his Orchestra (as the Whispering Orchestra)

    Jazz—Russell

  • “I’ll Remember April” by Howard McGhee All Stars

    Armstrong with Bertha “Chippie” Hill—Charles

  • “Trouble in Mind” by Bertha “Chippie” Hill with Louis Armstrong

November 1, 2021

Essential Benny Carter

  • “Bugle Call Rag”/ “Dee Blues” by the Chocolate Dandies

    Bunny Berigan—Charles

  • “Something Had to Happen” by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

  • “Rhythm Saved the World” by Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra

    Limehouse Blues—Gian Carlo

  • “Limehouse Blues” by the Casa Loma Orchestra

  • “Limehouse Blues” by Billy Hadnott and his Orchestra

    Mildred Bailey—Fat Cat

  • “Prisoner of Love”/ “There’ll be Some Changes Made” by Mildred Bailey and her Oxford Greys

    Mildred Bailey—Rich

  • “Honeysuckle Rose”/ “Willow Rose” by Mildred Bailey and her Alley Cats

    Lou Donaldson—Russell

  • “Bags Groove” by Milt Jackson Quintet

  • “The Woman I Love” by B.B. King

    Joe Marsala/Frankie Newton—Charles

  • “The Atomic Era” by Bud Freeman and Ray McKinley

  • “Where or When” by Frankie Newton and his Orchestra

    Willow Tree—Gian Carlo

  • “Willow Tree” by the Louisiana Sugar Babes

  • “Limehouse Blues” by the Quintet of the Hot Club of France

    King Oliver Test Pressings—Fat Cat

  • “Snag It” Brunswick test pressing

  • “Snag It” Vocalion first take

  • “Snag It” Vocalion second take

    Varsity Seven—Rich

  • “Shake it and Break It”/ “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody” by the Varsity Seven

    Jabbo Smith—Russell

  • “Decatur Street Tutti”/ “Till Times Get Better” by Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces

    Bobby Hackett—Charles

  • “Fidgety Feet” by Bobby Hackett and his Orchestra

  • “Bobby’s Blues” by Bobby Hackett and his Orchestra

    Slam Stewart/Lou Donaldson—Gian Carlo

  • “Somebody Love Me” by Dick Farney with Slam Stewart

  • “Roccus” by Lou Donaldson

    Chicago rarities—Fat Cat

  • “Potato Head Blues” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven

  • “Sweet ‘n Low” by Jabbo Smith and Rhythm Aces

    Willie Bryant—Russell

  • “Steak and Potatoes”/ “Liza” by Willie Bryant and his Orchestra

    Dizzy Gillespie—Charles

  • “Shaw ‘Nuff” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

    Duke Ellington—Gian Carlo

  • “Harlem Airshaft” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    King Oliver—Fat Cat

  • “Too Late” by King Oliver and his Orchestra

    Mary Lou Williams—Russell

  • “Corny Rhythm” by Mary Lou Williams

    Bunny Berigan—Charles

  • “I Can’t Get Started” by Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra

October 25, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “My Buddy” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

  • “My Buddy” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Eddie Lang and Sippie Wallace—Gian Carlo

  • “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra

  • “Bedroom Blues” by Sippie Wallace with Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings

    Calypso—Rich

  • “Unlucky Marriage”/ “Silver Bangles Dipped in Gold” by Bill Rogers (Augustus Hinds) with Felix’s Crazy Cats

    Sippie Wallace—Russell

  • “I’m a Mighty Tight Woman”/ “Bedroom Blues” (1926 version) by Sippie Wallace

    Hersal Thomas—Gian Carlo

  • “Suitcase Blues” by Hersal Thomas

    Benny Carter—Charles

  • “The Man I Love” by Elizabeth Welch with Benny Carter

  • “When Lights are Low” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

    Bud Freeman—Gian Carlo

  • “The Atomic Era” by Bud Freeman and Ray McKinley

    Notte and his Creole Band—Fat Cat

  • “He’s My Secret Passion”/ “I’m Satisfied with You” by Notte’s Creole Band

    More Felix Crazy Cats—Rich

  • “The Four Sides Men”/ “Deuteronomy” by Ralph Fitz Scott with Krazy Katz Orchestra

    Calypso/Bubber Miley—Russell

  • “Louis-Schmeling Fight” by Atilla the Hun and the Lion with Gerald Clark’s Caribbean Serenaders

  • “I Lost My Gal from Memphis” by Bubber Miley and his Mileage Makers

    Dizzy Gillespie—Charles

  • “Hot Mallets” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

  • “Just One More Chance” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

    Hank Duncan—Gian Carlo

  • “Maple Leaf Rag” by Hank Duncan and Trio

  • “Stardust Stomp” by Tut Soper and Baby Dodds

    Hank Duncan—Fat Cat

  • “Make Me Know It”/ “Georgia Bo Bo” by Jelly James and Fewsicians

    Halloween jazz adjacent—Rich

  • “The Ghost Walk” by Borrah Minevitch and his Harmonica Rascals

  • “I Like a Guy What Takes his Time” by Mae West

    Morning Glory—Russell

  • “Morning Glories” [as “Morning Glory” mis-credited to Duke Ellington] by Big Joe Turner and his Band

  • “Morning Glory” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

    Rex Stewart—Charles

  • “Some Saturday” by Rex Stewart and his Orchestra

October 11, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “Skip It”/ “Lazy Afternoon” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Thelonious Monk—Fat Cat

  • “Flyin’ Hawk” by Coleman Hawkins and his Quartet

  • “‘Round Midnight” by Cootie Williams and his Orchestra

  • “I Mean You” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

  • “‘Round About Midnight” by Dizzy Gillespie

  • “Monk’s Mood” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

  • “Straight No Chaser” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

    Thelonious Monk—Gian Carlo

  • “In Walked Bud” by Thelonious Monk

  • “Epistrophy” by Thelonious Monk

    Chicago—Rich

  • “Get ‘Em From the Peanut Man” by Lil Johnson

  • “Take it Easy Greasy” by Lil Johnson

    Thelonious Monk—Russell

  • “Thelonious” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

  • “‘Round About Midnight” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

    Fats Navarro—Charles

  • “Tell Me Pretty Baby” by Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra

  • “Jivin’ with Jack the Bellboy” by Illinois Jacquet and his Orchestra

    Thelonious Monk—Gian Carlo

  • “Melancholy Baby” by Charlie Parker and his Orchestra

  • “I Can’t Get Started” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

    Thelonious Monk—Fat Cat

  • “Ask Me Now” by Thelonious Monk Trio

  • “Willow Weep for Me” by Thelonious Monk Quartet

    Chicago—Rich

  • “Sales Tax on It” by the Harlem Hamfats

  • “The Weed Smokers Dream” by the Harlem Hamfats

    Thelonious Monk—Russell

  • “Well You Needn’t” by Thelonious Monk

  • “Suburban Eyes” by Thelonious Monk

    Dizzy Gillespie—Charles

  • “One Bass Hit Parts 1 and 2” by Dizzy Gillespie Sextet and Orchestra

    Thelonious Monk—Gian Carlo

  • “52nd Street Theme” by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

  • “Bye-Ya” by Thelonious Monk Trio

    Thelonious Monk—Matthew

  • “Who Knows” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

    Chicago—Rich

  • “Chili Blues” by Castle Farms Serenaders

    James P. Johnson—Russell

  • “Bleeding Hearted Blues” by James P. Johnson

    Coleman Hawkins—Charles

  • “Imagination” by Coleman Hawkins

September 13, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “I Never Knew” by the Chocolate Dandies

    Chu Berry—Fat Cat

  • “Bughouse”/ “Blues in E Flat”/ “With All My Heart and Soul” by Red Norvo and his Swing Octet

  • “Ain’t Cha Comin’ Home” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

  • “With a Smile and a Song” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra (test pressing)

  • “Corrine Corrini” by Wingy Manone and his Orchestra

  • “My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms” by Wingy Manone and his Orchestra

    Phil—Gian Carlo

  • “Magic Carpet” by Eddie Durham and his Orchestra

  • “Jive at Five” by Count Basie and his Orchestra

    Midge Williams—Rich

  • “Love is Like Whiskey”/ “I’m in a Happy Frame of Mind” by Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters

    Phil—Russell

  • “When I’m Alone” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “Struttin’ with Some Barbecue” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

    Phil—Tom

  • “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover”/ “Sunny Hawaii” by Gowans’ Rhapsody Makers

    Jo Jones for Phil—Gian Carlo

  • “Bloomdido” by Charlie Parker and his Orchestra

    Jack Purvis for Phil—Fat Cat

  • “Down Georgia Way” by Jack Purvis and his Orchestra

September 6, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “Dream Lullaby”/ “Shoot the Works” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Working Bands—Fat Cat

  • “Shadowland Blues parts 1 and 2” by Troy Floyd and his Plaza Hotel Orchestra

  • “Snag It” by King Oliver’s Jazz Band

  • “I Woke Up Cold in Hand”/ “My Daddy Rocks Me with One Steady Roll” by Charles Creath’s Jazz-O-Maniacs

  • “Blow My Blues Away”/ “What You Want Poor Me to Do?” by Floyd Campbell and his Gang Busters

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love” by Louis Armstrong with the Luis Russell Orchestra

  • “You’re Driving Me Crazy” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    High Waters—Gian Carlo

  • “Rainy Weather Blues” by Bessie Smith

  • “Back Water Blues” by James P. Johnson

    Working Bands—Matthew

  • “Moten Swing” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

  • “The Workers’ Train” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “Kickin’ the Gong Around” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

  • “High Society” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Charlie Parker—Gian Carlo

  • “Bloomdido” by Charlie Parker and his Orchestra

  • “Cheek to Cheek” by Lou Donaldson Quartet

    Sonny Rollins—Fat Cat

  • “Bouncing with Bud” by Bud Powell’s Modernists

  • “Wail” by Bud Powell’s Modernists

    Working Bands—Charles

  • “High Tension” by Luis Russell and his Orchestra

  • “Star Dust” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (as the Chocolate Dandies) with Lonnie Johnson

    Labor Day—Gian Carlo

  • “Levee Camp Blues” by Washboard Sam

  • “W.P.A. Blues” by Big Boy Teddy Edwards

    Working Bands—Fat Cat

  • “KWKH Blues” by Eddie and Sugar Lou’s Hotel Tyler Orchestra

  • “Goofy Dust” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

    Fats Waller and his Rhythm—Charles

  • “I’m a Hundred Percent for You” by Fats Waller and his Rhythm

  • “Ol Grandad” by Fats Waller and his Rhythm

    Sonny Rollins—Gian Carlo

  • “Fox Hunt” by J.J. Johnson’s Boppers

  • “Let’s Cool One” by Arne Domnerus Favourite Five

    Working Bands—Fat Cat

  • “Frankie’s Jump” by Frank Newton and his Cafe Society Orchestra

    Duke Ellington—Charles

  • “I Got it Bad” by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra with Ivie Anderson

August 16, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “I Surrender Dear”/ “Stuffy” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Vinylite 78s—Fat Cat

  • “Stuffy”/ “It’s the Talk of the Town” by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

  • “Nothing but the Soul”/ “Message from Kenya” by Art Blakey

  • “Sittin’ in”/ “Forty Six West Fifty Two” by Chu Berry and his Little Jazz Ensemble

  • “This Heart of Mine”/ “With a Song in My Heart” by Sonny Rollins Quartet

  • “Sweet Substitute” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Seven

  • “Monk’s Mood”/ “Who Knows” by the Thelonious Monk Quintet

    Eddie South—Charles

  • “Body and Soul”/ “Honeysuckle Rose” by Eddie South

    Chick Webb—Gian Carlo

  • “Harlem Congo” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “Baby It’s Up to You” by Karl George Octet

    Art Kahn—Marcelo

  • “When Day is Done”/ “Sometimes I’m Happy” by Art Kahn with Eddie Lang and Frank Lynch

    Red Nichols Audiofile—Rich

  • “Three Blind Mice”/ “Memories of You”/ “Manhattan Rag” by Red Nichols

    Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey on Blue Note—Russell

  • “Straight, No Chaser”/ “Four in One” by Thelonious Monk Quintet

    Jelly Roll Morton on General—Charles

  • “The Naked Dance”/ “King Porter Stomp” by Jelly Roll Morton

    Roy Eldridge—Gian Carlo

  • “Heckler’s Hop” by Roy Eldridge

  • “Embraceable You” by Roy Eldridge and his Orchestra

    Charlie Parker—Marcelo

  • “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”/ “Lover Man” by Charlie Parker Quintet

    Vinylite—Fat Cat

  • “Mamma’s Got a Baby” by Jelly Roll Morton’s Seven

  • “Tenderly” by Lester Young Quintet

    Chick Webb—Rich

  • “Just a Simple Melody”/ “Harlem Holiday” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra with Ella Fizgerald

    Vinyl Test Pressings—Russell

  • “Ballin’ the Jack” by the Chicago Footwarmers

    Bobby Hackett—Charles

  • “Soft Lights and Sweet Music” by Bobby Hackett

August 9, 2021 with Jeff Kaufman

Benny Carter opening

  • “I’m Left with the Blues in my Heart” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

    Chick Webb—Fat Cat and Jeff Kaufman

  • “Liza” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “Let’s Get Together” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “Let’s Get Together” live broadcast from Austin, TX

  • “Vote for Mr. Rhythm” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “Heebie Jeebies” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms” by the Gotham Stompers

    Chick Webb—Charles

  • “Stompin’ at the Savoy” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “Lona” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

    Other big bands—Scout and Evan

  • “T’aint What You Do”/”Cheatin’ on Me” by Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra

    Chick Webb—Fat Cat

  • “Dog Bottom”/ “Jungle Mama” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

    Bix—Charles

  • “My Pretty Girl” by Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra

  • “Clementine” by Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra

    Fletcher Henderson—Evan and Scout

  • “Variety Stomp”/ “St. Louis Shuffle” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Chick Webb—Fat Cat

  • “In a Little Spanish Town”/ “I Ain’t Got Nobody” by Chick Webb and his Little Chicks

    Chick Webb—Charles

  • “I Got Rhythm”/ “Sweet Sue” by Chick Webb and his Little Chicks

    Cab Calloway—Scout and Evan

  • “The Honey Dripper”/ “If This isn’t Love” by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

    Chick Webb—Fat Cat

  • “I Want to be Happy”/ “Hallelujah” by Chick Webb

    Chick Webb—Charles

  • “That Rhythm Man” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “Alabamy Home” by the Gotham Stompers

    Benny Carter—Scout and Evan

  • “Lonesome Nights”/ “Blue Lou” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Benny Carter and Chick Webb—Matthew

  • “35th and Calumet” by Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra

    Benny Carter—Charles

  • “Out of Nowhere” by Coleman Hawkins and his All Star Jam Band

August 2, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “There’ll be Some Changes Made”/ “Royal Garden Blues” by Benny Carter and his Swing Quintet

    Louis Armstrong—Fat Cat

  • “Sweet Lovin’ Man”/ “Sobbin’ Blues” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

  • “How Come You Do Me Like You Do” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “I Miss My Swiss” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

  • “Heebie Jeebies” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

  • “Gut Bucket Blues” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

  • “Chicago Breakdown” by Carroll Dickerson’s Orchestra

  • “Potato Head Blues” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven

  • “West End Blues” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

  • “Weather Bird” by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines

  • “Riverside Blues”/ “Mabel’s Dream” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “Weary Blues”/ “Willie the Weeper” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven

    Louis Armstrong—Gian Carlo

  • “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra OKeh and Decca versions

    Louis Armstrong—Rich

  • “Tiger Rag” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

  • “New Tiger Rag” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “Save it Pretty Mama” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

  • “Knockin’ a Jug” by Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong—Gian Carlo

  • “Black and Blue” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (1947 V-Disc)

    Louis Armstrong—Marcelo

  • “Fireworks”/ “West End Blues” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

    Louis Armstrong—Fat Cat

  • “Star Dust” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (both takes)

    Louis Armstrong—Rich

  • “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”/ “Darling Nelly Gray” by Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “Sweet Sue” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Gian Carlo

    Louis Armstrong—Fat Cat

  • “My Sweet” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    Louis Armstrong—Rich

    Louis Armstrong—Charles

  • “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

July 26, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “Night Hop”/ “O.K. for Baby” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Bands that played the Savoy

  • “Ya Gotta Know How to Love” by Fess Williams Royal Flush Orchestra

  • “Hot Notes” by the Savoy Bearcats

  • “I’m Feelin’ Devilish” by Fess Williams Royal Flush Orchestra

  • “Heebie Jeebies” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “If Dreams Come True” by Chick Webb and his Savoy Orchestra

  • “Don’t be that Way” by Chick Webb and his Orchestra

  • “Don’t be that Way” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

  • “Tuxedo Junction”/ “Gin Mill Special” by Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra

  • “Norfolk Ferry” by Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans

  • “Second Balcony Jump” by Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans

  • “Make me Know It”/ “My Mama’s in Town” by Fess Williams Royal Flush Savoy Orchestra

    Teddy Hill—Charles

  • “Lookie, Lookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie”/ “Got Me Doin’ Things” by Teddy Hill and his Orchestra

    Cats and the Fiddle—Rich

  • “Gangbusters” by the Cats and the Fiddle

  • “Swingin’ the Scales” by the Cats and Fiddle

    Teddy Hill—Charles

  • “A Study in Brown”/ “Twilight in Turkey” by Teddy Hill’s NBC Orchestra

    Teddy Hill—Fat Cat

  • “China Boy” by Teddy Hill’s NBC Orchestra

  • “The Love Bug Will Bite You if You Don’t Watch Out” by Teddy Hill’s NBC Orchestra

    Wilmouth Houdini—Rich

  • “The Cooks in Trinidad” by Wilmouth Houdini

  • “No More Bench and Board” by Wilmouth Houdini

    Horace Henderson—Charles

  • “Rhythm Crazy” by Horace Henderson and his Orchestra / “Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day” by Horace Henderson’s Orchestra

    Teddy Hill—Fat Cat

  • “At the Rug Cutter’s Ball”/ “Blue Rhythm Fantasy” by Teddy Hill’s Orchestra

    Fletcher Henderson—Rich

  • “Big John’s Special”/ “Happy as the Day is Long” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Fletcher Henderson—Charles

  • “Down South Camp Meeting”/ “Tidal Wave” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

    Fletcher Hederson and Sam Morgan—Fat Cat

  • “Tidal Wave” by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (Bluebird version) comparison between Hawk and Webster

  • “Sing On” by Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band

    Cats and the Fiddle—Rich

  • “Nothing” by the Cats and the Fiddle

    Bill Coleman—Charles

  • “You Fit Into the Picture” by Fats Waller and his Rhythm

July 19, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “I’m Coming Virginia”/ “Blue Light Blues” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Focused Listening on guitarist Mary Osborne following her centennial with guest Nick Rossi

  • “Oops My Lady” by the Mary Osborne Trio

  • “It Must Be True” by Mary Lou Williams’s Girl Stars

  • “What to Do” by the Mary Osborne Trio

  • “Blues in Mary’s Flat” by the Mary Osborne Trio

  • “Spotlite” by Coleman Hawkins’s 52nd Street All Stars

  • “Low Flame” by Coleman Hawkins’s 52nd Street All Stars

    Garnet Clarke and Django Reinhardt—Charles

  • “The Object of My Affection” by Garnet Clarke’s Hot Club Four

  • “Body and Soul” by the Quintet of the Hot Club of France

    George Barnes belated centennial—Gian Carlo

  • “Windy City Flash” by the George Barnes Sextet

  • “What’s the Use” by the George Barnes Sextet

    George Barnes belated centennial—Rich

  • “You Gotta See Mama Every Night”/ “Honolulu Lulu” by the Prairie Ramblers

    Cozy Cole with Ben Webster—Charles

  • “Body and Soul”/ “Talk to Me” by Cozy Cole’s All Stars

    Carl Kress and Dick McDonough—Gian Carlo

  • “Chicken a la Swing” / “Heat Wave” by Carl Kress and Dick McDonough

    Mary Osborne and Sam Tall—Fat Cat

  • “Hoodle Addle” by the Mary Osborne Trio

  • “Yazoo Blues” by Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

    Arkansas Blues—Rich

  • “Arkansas Blues” by the Mound City Blue Blowers

  • “Arkansas Blues” by Fred Elizalde and his Hot Music

    Lionel Hampton drumming—Charles

  • “Jack the Bellboy” by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

    Body and Soul—Gian Carlo

  • “Body and Soul” by Jimmie Blanton and Duke Ellington

    Charlie Christian—Fat Cat

  • “Four Days Creep” by Ida Cox All Stars

    Arkansas Blues—Rich

  • “Arkansas Blues” by Mildred Bailey and her Oxford Greys

    Closing record—Charles Iselin

  • “Romance” by Joe Marsala

July 12, 2021

Benny Carter opening

  • “Song of the Plow”/ “Let’s Have a Jubilee” by Alex Hill and his Hollywood Sepians

    Focused Listening on tenor saxophonist Robert Carroll

  • “I Heard” by Don Redman and his Orchestra

  • “Hot and Anxious” by Don Redman and his Orchestra

  • “Doin’ What I Please” by Don Redman and his Orchestra

  • Request for “Two Time Man” by Don Redman and his Orchestra

  • “Let’s Not Fall in Love” by Bob Howard and his Orchestra

  • “The Swampland is Calling Me” by Willie the Lion Smith and his Cubs

  • “More Than That” by Willie the Lion Smith and his Cubs

  • “I Can See You All Over the Place” by Willie the Lion Smith and his Cubs

  • “Born to Swing” by Lil Hardin Armstrong and her Swing Band

  • “Sit Down Strike for Rhythm” by Lil Hardin Armstrong and her Swing Band

  • “Bluer Than Blue” by Lil Hardin Armstrong and her Swing Band

  • “Blue Rhythm Fantasy” by Teddy Hill and his Orchestra

    Blue Rhythm Fantasy—Gian Carlo

  • “Blue Rhythm Fantasy parts 1 and 2” by Gene Krupa and his Orchestra OKeh 5627

    North Carolina territory bands—Marcelo

  • “I’ve Found a New Baby” by Jimmie Gunn and his Orchestra Bluebird 6500

  • “On Your Toes” by Bob Pope and his Orchestra Bluebird 6453

    Women blues singers—Fat Cat

  • “Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues” by Ida Cox on Paramount 12223

  • “Bleeding Hearted Blues” by Bessie Smith on Columbia A3936

    Bob Carroll continued, plus Jimmy Keith and Henry Bridges—Gian Carlo

  • “Shakin’ the Africann” by Don Redman and his Orchestra

  • “Hairy Joe Jump” by Harlan Leonard’s Rockets

    Territory bands—Marcelo

  • “Monia” by Ross De Luxe Syncopators

  • “Be My Baby” by Blue Steele and his Orchestra

    Billie Holiday—Fat Cat

  • “On the Sentimental Side” by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra

  • “Night and the Day” by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra

    Billie Holiday; Bill Doggett—Gian Carlo

  • “Don’t Explain” by Billie Holiday on V-Disc

  • “Sweet Lorraine” by Bill Doggett with Percy France

    Billie Holiday—Fat Cat

  • “Laughing at Life” by Billie Holiday

  • “Loveless Love” by Billie Holiday

    Gian Carlo

  • “Lover Man” by Billie Holiday

  • “Heavy Laden” by the Joe Sullivan Trio on Sunset

    Billie Holiday—Fat Cat

  • “The Very Thought of You” by Billie Holiday with Lester Young on clarinet

  • “If Dreams Come True” by Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra with Billie Holiday

    Gian Carlo

  • “Jacquet and Coat” by Illinois Jacquet

  • “1-2-3 Blues” by the Sid Catlett Quartet

    Sarah Vaughan—Fat Cat

  • “East of the Sun” by Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie

  • “All Too Soon” by Tony Scott and his Down Beat Club Septet with Sarah Vaughan

    Closing record—Gian Carlo subs for Charles

  • “My Romance” by Dave Brubeck

 

 July 5, 2021

Louis Armstrong post-birthday

  • “Muggles” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

  • “Jazzin’ Babies Blues” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

    Benny Carter opening

  • “There’s a Small Hotel”/“Gin and Jive” by Benny Carter and his Orchestra

    Focused Listening on tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards

  • “Deep Meditation” by Howard McGhee and his Orchestra on Modern Music

  • “Intersection” by Howard McGhee

  • “Mad Hype” by Howard McGhee

  • “Blues a la King” by Howard McGhee with James King vocal

  • “High Wind in Hollywood" by Howard McGhee

  • “R.B.’s Wig” by Teddy Edwards

  • “Blues in Teddy’s Flat” by Teddy Edwards

  • “Body and Soul” By Teddy Edwards

    Tenor Saxophonist Jimmy Keith—Gian Carlo

  • “Rockin’ with the Rockets”/”Contact” by Harlan Leonard’s Rockets on Bluebird

    Vaudeville singers and jazz—Rich

  • “Runnin’ Wild”/ “Oh Sister Ain’t That Hot” by Isabella Patricola with the Ambasadors on OKeh

    Count Basie on V-Disc—Gian Carlo

  • “Yeah Man”/”Rhythm Man” by Count Basie and his Orchestra on V-Disc 175

    Wingy Mannone—Marcelo

  • “Swinging at the Hickory House”/“Dallas Blues” by Wingy Mannone and his Orchestra on Montgomery Ward

    Lonnie Johnson playing violin !—Fat Cat

  • “Lonesome Jail Blues”/“When I Was Lovin’, Changed My Mind” by Lonnie Johnson on OKeh

    Vaudeville singers with jazz backing—Rich

  • “Hula Lou”/ “Cross-eyed Papa” by Sophie Tucker

    Armstrong set—Gian Carlo

  • “That Rhythm Man” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

  • “Lord You Made the Night Too Long” by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

    McKinney’s Cotton Pickers set—Marcelo

  • “Words Can’t Express”/ “Travlin’ All Alone” by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    Fat Cat

  • “Indiana” by the KXYZ Novelty Band with Jimmy Johnson, Buddy Bolden’s bass player! on Bluebird

  • “Rhythm Man” by Chick Webb with Taft Jordan quoting the Armstrong solo.. on Decca

    Vaudeville singers and jazz—Rich

  • “Big Boy”/”Someday Sweetheart” by Dolly Kay. Lyrics to song famously recorded by Bix with the Wolverine Orch.

    Closing record—Fat Cat subs for Charles

  • “Charlie’s Idea” by Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders