2024-02-IHTSB-February-18 Week three of Black History Month features trumpet player Henry Red Allan, pianist and bandleader Count Basie as well as bandleader Erskine Hawkins are part of this episode.

IHTSB Feb 18, 2024

On today’s show we listen to some of the fabulous bands that were around in the years from the 1920s to the 1940s. Our opening and closing numbers are brought to us by the wonderful band led by Count Basie. Joining us as well are jazz bands from almost one hundred years ago, including Fletcher Henderson from 1926 and King Oliver from 1931. We hear too from the orchestras led by the brilliant drummer Chick Webb, and by Don Redman, in an example of his major contribution to jazz as bandleader, arranger and composer. Erskine Hawkins and his band bring us his classic composition, “Tuxedo Junction” and we hear too from Teddy Wilson with his excellent orchestra from 1939. Enjoy our excellent bands!

IHTSB PLAYLIST Feb 18, 2024

Artist Year Song Time

  1. Count Basie 1937 Panassie Stomp 2:47
  2. Erskine Hawkins 1939 Tuxedo Junction 3:16
  3. Henry Red Allen 1930 Sugar Hill Function 3:02
  4. Teddy Wilson 1939 Sweet Lorraine 3:20
  5. Duke Ellington 1929 Cotton Club Stomp 2:55
  6. King Oliver 1931 Who’s Blue? 3:00
  7. Fletcher Henderson 1926 The Stampede 3:15
  8. Fletcher Henderson 1931 Sugarfoot Stomp 3:19
  9. Lucky Millinder 1941 Apollo Jump 3:27
  10. Cab Calloway 1941 A Smooth One 3:09
  11. Chick Webb 1938 Liza 2:46
  12. Andy Kirk 1937 Walkin’ and Swingin’ 2:51
  13. Don Redman 1935 Doin’ What I Please 2:51
  14. Jimmie Lunceford 1936 Harlem Shout 2:59
  15. Count Basie 1944 Sugar Hill Shuffle 3:44
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