Jazz Focus

Texas Territory Bands - 1928-31

Bands led by Slim Lamar, Sunny Clapp, Phil Baxter and Mart Britt . . .all Texas and Tennessee musicians (and at least one - Tony Almerico - from New Orleans) playing high

Show- Lester Young 1956

Live recordings from a residence in Washington D.C. that found Lester Young at the end of his career but in remarkably good shape - accompanied by the Bill Potts Trio

Show - Morning with Pops . .Louis back in Chicago November, 1925

Louis Armstrong's first recordings in Chicago after over a year away in New York - the first Hot Fives and accompaniments to Hociel Thomas, Chippie Hill and Blanche Callo

Show - Morning With Pops . . International Louis

Louis Armstrong recorded a little of everything over a career in the studios that spanned almost a half a century.  Here are examples of Cuban, Mexican, French, Irish and

Show - Jazz goes to Hawaii!

Great sides from 1927-34 led by and featuring Hawaiian musicians active in Los Angeles and New York- Andy Iona, Sol K. Bright, Sol Hoopi, King Nawahi and others using tra

Southside Blues and Barrelhouse - Jimmy Blythe band sides

Great sides featuring the largely forgotten pianist with Punch Miller, Darnell Howard, Cicero Thomas, George James, Bill Johnson and W.E. Burton among others!

Show - Dave McKenna and Guests (Joe Venuti, Joe Temperley, Ruby Braff, Bobby Gordon, Buddy DeFranco)

Great selection of duos and rhythm section sides with the great Boston pianist backing major soloists!

Show- Morning With Pops . . Louis Armstrong Autobiography 2

Second set of great recreations of Louis' 1920's small group recordings done in 1956 - with Yank Lawson and George Barnes in addition to the All-Stars (Louis, Trummy Youn

Show - Morning with Pops . .Louis Armstrong Autobiography 1

Great recreations of Louis' 1920's small group recordings done in 1956 - with Yank Lawson and George Barnes in addition to the All-Stars (Louis, Trummy Young, Edmond Hall

Show- Bud Freeman and George Wettling 1954, 55

Two sessions by Freeman (with Dick Cary, George Barnes, Don Lamond) for Capitol and the rest of the George Wettling session featuring Freeman, Jonah Jones, Milt Hinton an

Show - Franz Jackson with the Salty Dogs and Jim Beebe

Two Delmark albums featuring the septuagenarian reed player Jackson with Beebe's Chicago Jazz (Bob Neighbor and others) and the octogenarian Jackson with the Salty Dogs (

Show- Morning with Pops . .Louis and the Hawaiians

Four recordings done by Louis with Andy Iona's Islanders, one ("Song of the Islands") from his Autobiography album and three non-Louis sides by Mannie Klein and His Swing

Show - Morning with Pops . .Louis with Ed Hall and This is Jazz 1947

Live sides with Louis back to his roots leading a New Orleans styled jazz band - Edmond Hall, Albert Nicholas, George Brunies, Pops Foster, Danny Barker, Baby Dodds, Art

Show - Jonah Jones Swing sides - 1954

The great trumpet player in a selection of mainstream sides done for Vogue with Alix Combelle's band (including Jean-Claude Pelletier), his own sextet for Bethlehem (with

Al Sudhalter - Boston Sax ! 1930's and 60's

Al Sudhalter was one of the busiest musicians on the dance band scene in Boston in the 1920's and 30's . . .he refused chances to go to New York or London.  Here is he he

Show - Jonah Jones 1953/54 with Sidney Bechet and others

The great trumpeter Jones is here featured on two sides with Bechet for Blue Note (with Jimmy Archey, Wellman Braud, Manzie Johnson and Buddy Weed) and several for Vogue

Show - Morning With Pops . . Louis Armstrong 1935

Louis' first recordings after his return from Europe in 1935 inaugurated his career as a crooner . . pop tunes featuring him with the Luis Russell band.

Morning with Pops - Louis and the Gershwins

Recordings of a variety of Gershwin tunes featuring Louis Armstrong with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

Show - Barrelhouse Piano Rolls! 1920-31

Many piano players took advantage of player-piano technology to record their own compositions during the Jazz and Blues era of the 1920's.  While the playback didn't give

Fenix Jazz Band - Trad Jazz in Argentina 1978-99

Long-lived band from Buenos Aires, the Fenix Jazz Band recorded frequently during the 1980's and 90's and demonstrated a commitment to 1920's Jazz and Ragtime with drivin