Today’s show takes us back to the 1920s and early 1930s to listen to recordings from jazz artists and dance bands that flourished at the time. We hear Billie Holiday’s first recording from 1933, the start of an amazing career. Benny Goodman and friends join us in a jam session from 1928, and we hear crooner Russ Columbo from 1931 singing his own composition “Prisoner of Love”. In a rare recording from 1932, a young Bing Crosby brings us St Louis Blues, accompanied by the Duke Ellington orchestra. And we hear Frankie Trumbauer’s classic rendition of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Riverboat Shuffle” featuring the cornet of Bix Beiderbecke and the clarinet of Don Murray. Classic jazz!
ARTIST | YEAR | SONG | TIME
01 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 1935 Lullaby of Broadway 2:44
02 Jack Hylton 1929 You’re The Cream In My Coffee 3:11
03 Bix Beiderbecke 1927 Riverboat Shuffle 3:11
04 Benny Goodman’s Boys 1928 Room 1411 2:36
05 Sidney Bechet 1932 I’ve Found A New Baby 3:13
06 Bing Crosby with Duke Ellington 1932 St. Louis Blues4:32
07 Isham Jones orchestra 1934 Dallas Blues 3:33
08 Russ Columbo 1931 Prisoner Of Love 3:39
09 Billie Holiday 1933 Your Mother’s Son In Law 2:48
10 Dick McDonough orchestra 1936 It Ain’t Right 2:39
11 Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 1936 It’s Love I’m After 3:12
12 Artie Shaw 1936 One Two Button Your Shoe 2:52
13 Annette Hanshaw 1932 We Just Couldn’t Say “Goodbye”3:03
14 Dick McDonough orchestra 1936 It Ain’t Right 2:39
15 Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra 1936 It’s Love I’m After 3:12
16 Artie Shaw 1936 One Two Button Your Shoe 2:52
17Annette Hanshaw 1932 We Just Couldn’t Say “Goodbye”3:03