20-04-2021 PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959

20-04-2021 PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959   >>Coleman Hawkins, Antonio Machín, Boswell Sisters, Charlie Spand, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, The Charleston Chasers, Texas Alexander, The Broadway Band, Rosa Henderson, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, The Georgiana Blues, Orquesta Típica Osvaldo Fresedo<<

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A jazz legend and the heavyweight of the tenor saxophone, the first to use the instrument as a serious means of expression.

Coleman Hawkins 

Blue Moments by Connie's Inn Orchestra

Someday, Sweetheart by Hawkins Orchestra

from Selected Sessions (1931-1934)

An operatic tenor who broke the color barrier in one of Cuba's most prestigious orchestras, and a musical ambassador to the United States and Europe, Antonio Machín was a pivotal figure in the history of Cuban music who is not always remembered as such. 

Antonio Machín 

Mujer

Rumba Tambah

from Vol. 2 - 1932-1933

The salient feature of Machín's early life was that his ambition to sing opera was frustrated by that fact that he was born a poor mulatto in Cuba at the turn of the century. There is an operatic sensibility in his best performances -- El Manisero, Lamento Esclavo, Blanca Rosa -- that makes one wonder how he would have handled Verdi. In any case, in 1926 Machín made his way to Havana from Sagua La Grande, his birthplace on the northern part of the island, determined to become a singer. He soon became a featured vocalist at the Casino Nacional of Havana, the first singer of color ever to do so...

Sibling trio whose sophisticated brand of close, jazzy harmony coupled with bluesy inflections made them stars of the 1930s.

Boswell Sisters 

Wha'd Ja Do to Me? (Milton Ager)

Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (James McCaffry / Dave Ringle / Eugene West)

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)

from The Boswell Sisters Collection, Vol. 1: 1931-1932 [Collectors']

Most vocal groups that attempt to sing jazz instead end up in the genre of middle-of-road pop music. The Boswell Sisters (comprised of Connee, Vet, and Martha) were a strong exception, always swinging and, by changing tempos and keys frequently while including some other surprises, performing creative jazz of the early '30s.... With a supporting cast frequently including trumpeters Bunny Berigan and Manny Klein, trombonist Tommy Dorsey, and clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey (all of whom receive a generous amount of solo space), the sisters are heard at their best throughout this consistently exciting set....

17-02-2021 PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959 (1h 43m)

17-02-2021 PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959   >>Sleepy John Estes, Benny Carter,Lionel Hampton, Antobal's Cubans, Ramon Montoya, Big Bill Broonzy, Coleman Hawkins, Antonio Machín, Boswell Sisters, Charlie Spand, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra<<

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Tennessee country blues king who popularized “Drop Down Mama” and “Milk Cow Blues.”

Sleepy John Estes 

Down South Blues

The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair

Black Mattie Blues

from The Complete Recorded Works, 1929-1941

Big Bill Broonzy called John Estes' style of singing "crying" the blues because of its overt emotional quality. Actually, his vocal style harks back to his tenure as a work-gang leader for a railroad maintenance crew, where his vocal improvisations and keen, cutting voice set the pace for work activities. Nicknamed "Sleepy" John Estes, supposedly because of his ability to sleep standing up, he teamed with mandolinist Yank Rachell and harmonica player Hammie Nixon to play the house party circuit in and around Brownsville in the early '20s.

Enduring jazz legend with many talents, including superb solos on alto sax, hundreds of writing and arranging credits, and even film scores.

Benny Carter 

Everybody Shuffle

Blues In My Heart

from The Various Facets of a Genious 1929-1940

To say that Benny Carter had a remarkable and productive career would be an extreme understatement. As an altoist, arranger, composer, bandleader, and occasional trumpeter, Carter was at the top of his field since at least 1928, and in the late '90s, Carter was as strong an altoist at the age of 90 as he was in 1936 (when he was merely 28). His gradually evolving style did not change much through the decades, but neither did it become at all stale or predictable except in its excellence. Benny Carter was a major figure in every decade of the 20th century since the 1920s, and his consistency and longevity were unprecedented.

The legendary Hamp created the benchmarks for the vibraphone, playing for jazz aficianados and presidents into his 90s.

Lionel Hampton 

Jivin' the vibes

Ring 'dem bells

Shufflin' at the hollywood

from Classics 1937-1939

Hampton's RCA Victor dates are a varied lot with the majority of them boasting the best players of whatever big band was blowing through town when he was organizing a date. This disc, with dates from 1937 and 1939, is no exception with stars like Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Krupa, Cozy Cole, Jess Stacy, Milt Hinton, John Kirby, Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges, and Lawrence Brown dotting the various lineups. 

01-12-2020 PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959

T-Bone Walker

01-12-2020 PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959   >>T-Bone Walker, Frank Sinatra, Hazel Scott, Art Tatum, Django Reinhardt, Edgardo Donato, Sleepy John Estes, Benny Carter,Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw,Ella Fitzgerald, Harry James,The Mills Brothers,Louis Armstrong, Antobal's Cubans<<

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During the 1930s through the 1950s, he fused influences of the past--including jazz and swing--and pioneered a harder, funkier style of blues.

T-bone Walker 

No Worry Blues (feat. Jack McVea All Stars) [Recorded in Los Angeles, September 30, 1946]

T-Bone Boogie (feat. Marl Young And His Orchestra) [Recorded in Chicago, May, 1945]

from Classics, 1929-1947

Modern electric blues guitar can be traced directly back to this Texas-born pioneer, who began amplifying his sumptuous lead lines for public consumption circa 1940 and thus initiated a revolution so total that its tremors are still being felt today.

One of the towering figures of the 20th century, the first teen idol and the definitive saloon singer, the latter exemplified on a series of '50s concept albums.

Frank Sinatra 

These Foolish Things Remind Me of You (Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey)

I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) (Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk)

from The Voice of Frank Sinatra 1946

In 1945, Frank Sinatra recorded his first album after a career previously devoted solely to single records. Over two sessions, he performed the eight songs included in The Voice of Frank Sinatra, which Columbia released as a four-LP set of 78-rpm records on March 4, 1946. The collection quickly topped the then-recently established Billboard album chart. The Voice of Frank Sinatra was a precursor to the "concept" albums Sinatra would pioneer at Capitol eight years later, a carefully chosen and arranged selection of songs creating a specific mood...

Though she didn't call it third stream, and it wasn't associated with the genre, Hazel Scott was another musician who found a successful way to blend jazz and classical influences. Scott took classical selections and improvised on them, a practice dating back to the ragtime era.

Hazel Scott 

Calling All Bars (Leonard Feather)

Hazel's Boogie Woogie

from 1939 - 1945

A brilliant pianist who also had a warm singing voice, Hazel Scott gained some recognition in the early '40s for her swinging versions of classical themes. This valuable CD has all of her early recordings through May 1945, most of which have been rarely reissued. Scott is first heard on four songs with a pickup group organized by Leonard Feather called the Sextet of the Rhythm Club of London. While that unit features clarinetist Danny Polo and altoist Pete Brown, the next 16 selections (four of which are V-discs) put the spotlight entirely on Scott, who is backed by either J.C. Heard or Sid Catlett on drums...

19-08-2020 > JAZZ:MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1959-1966

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Paul Chambers

19-08-2020 JAZZ:MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1959-1966 # Paul Chambers, The Joe Newman Quintet, The Curtis Fuller Sextette, Charlie Byrd Trio & Woodwinds. The Tubby Hayes Quartet, Herbie Mann, Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Johnny Hartman, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon

J A Z Z   M U S I C

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1959-1966

One of the top bassists of 1955-1965, Paul Chambers was among the first in jazz to take creative bowed solos (other than Slam Stewart, who hummed along with his bowing). He grew up in Detroit, where he was part of the fertile local jazz scene.
Paul Chambers
Melody (Yusef Lateef)
Retrogress (Yusef Lateef)
Blessed (Yusef Lateef)
from 1st Bassman 1961
As a lead instrument in jazz, the acoustic bass was in many ways liberated by Paul Chambers, and paved the way for many others to follow... 1st Bassman is anchored by rising stars from Detroit such as Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller, and adopted (from Pittsburgh) car city resident Chambers, with trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, pianist Wynton Kelly, and drummer Lex Humphries evenly balancing the session. Interestingly enough, it was recorded not in New York or the Motor City, but Chicago. Lateef wrote all of the material... The small horn inserts of "Melody" give sway to the big bass strut of Chambers, with solos from Turrentine's stoic trumpet, Lateef's advanced tenor, and Fuller's wanton but mushy trombone included... The slightly dour post-bopper "Retrogress" gives Kelly's piano his due diligence...  the ballad "Blessed" features the arco bowed bass of the leader in a mournful mood, brightened up by the effervescent and hopeful flute of the brilliant Lateef....

Joe Newman was a superb, exciting trumpeter whose style echoed the best of Harry Edison, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thad Jones, seasoned with his own flavoring. He was among a select corps who not only enjoyed playing, but communicated that joy and exuberance in every solo.
The Joe Newman Quintet
Wednesday's Blues (Joe Newman)
Jive at Five (Count Basie / Harry "Sweets" Edison)
Taps Miller (Count Basie / Luis Russell)
from Jive at Five 1960
Originally put out on the Swingville label, this CD reissue is very much in the Count Basie vein. That fact is not too surprising when one considers that the quintet includes three members of Basie's men: trumpeter Joe Newman, tenor saxophonist Frank Wess and bassist Eddie Jones. Joined by the complementary pianist Tommy Flanagan and drummer Oliver Jackson, Newman and his friends swing their way through four vintage standards and a couple of the leader's original blues in typical fashion.

17-04-2020 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959

Charlie Christian

17-04-2020 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959   >>Casey Bill Weldon, Cleoma Breaux Falcon, Amédé Breaux, Ségura Frères, Cajun music, Jimmy Rushing, Charlie Christian, Louis Armstrong, Bunny Berigan, Georgius, Sol Hoopii, Kalama's Quartet, Kanui & Lula, Hawaiian Music,  Hazel Scott, Lonnie Johnson<<

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Among the premier "Hawaiian" guitarists, with voicings, fluidity, and tunings that were creative and imaginative.
Casey Bill Weldon
Somebody Changed The Lock On That Door 3:22
Two Timin' Woman
from Slide Guitar Swing (1927-1938)
Steel guitarist Will Weldon is remembered as Casey Bill Weldon, and was also known in his time as Kansas City Bill and Levee Joe. "Casey", like "KC" or "Kaycee," referred to his links with the Kansas City music scene, although he could just as easily have been named after Pine Bluff, AK where he was born in 1909, or Atlanta or Memphis where he made his first recordings in 1927 after performing in medicine shows throughout the south. Inspired directly by the great Peetie Wheatstraw, Weldon was equally adept at expressing himself as a passionate blues singer and as a honky-tonk "country" performer who contributed to the development of Western swing. He was sometimes billed as the Hawaiian Guitar Wizard...

Cleoma Breaux Falcon - Il a Vole Mon Traineau 3:01
Amédé Breaux - Jolie Blonde 3:04
Ségura Frères - A Mosquito Ate Up My Sweetheart 2:58
from Cajun Louisiane 1928-1939
Cajun music
Cajun music (French: Musique cadienne), an emblematic music of Louisiana played by the Cajuns, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based zydeco music, both of Acadiana origin, and both of which have influenced the other in many ways. These French Louisiana sounds have influenced American popular music for many decades, especially country music, and have influenced pop culture through mass media, such as television commercials.

Highly popular blues and jazz vocalist of the 1930s & '40s who fronted the Count Basie band
Jimmy Rushing
Blue Devil Blues 2:47 Walter Page
Boogie Woogie 3:16 Jones-Smith Incorporated
I Left My Baby 3:14 Count Basie
from Jimmy Rushing the Band Singer 1929-1940
Rushing, the daddy of Kansas blues and thus, of R&B, was a singer of power and flexibility. He sang with the Blue Devils, with Benny Moten, even with Benny Goodman, but above all with the greatest of the Count Basie bands. Classic or unknown it's all splendid, both vocally and instrumentally, but the Basie cuts are wealth beyond compare.

26-01-2020 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959

Lucille Hegamin

26-01-2020 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959   >>Lucille Hegamin, Sidney Bechet, The Georgia Melodians. Banda Municipal, Felix Camarano, Quinteto Augusto, Louis Armstrong, The California Ramblers, Blind Lemon Jefferson, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Missississippi Sheiks, Andy Kirk, Pepe Pinto, Charlie Lincoln, Gitfiddle Jim, Fred McMullen, Sexteto Habanero<<

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A classic blues singer from the 1920's, Lucille Hegamin survived long enough to be recorded again in the 1960's. She sang in a church choir and locally before touring at age 15 with the Leonard Harper Revue.
Lucille Hegamin
The Jazz Me Blues 2:36
High Brown Blues 2:48
from Jazz Figures / Lucille Hegamin, (1920 - 1922), Volume 1
She was married to pianist Bill Hegamin from 1914-23. After performing in Seattle for a long period, Hegamin became one of the first blues singers to record... She toured with her Blue Flame Syncopators and later on led the Dixie Daisies. In addition to performing at clubs, Hegamin appeared in several Broadway shows in the 1920's...

A major figure in early jazz, outstanding clarinettist, only soprano saxophonist of consequence for decades, made melodically rich and emotional music.
Sidney Bechet
Wild Cat Blues 3:01
Blind Man Blues 3:11
Achin' Hearted Blues 2:58
from In Chronology - 1923
Sidney Bechet was the first important jazz soloist on records in history (beating Louis Armstrong by a few months). A brilliant soprano saxophonist and clarinetist with a wide vibrato that listeners either loved or hated, Bechet's style did not evolve much through the years but he never lost his enthusiasm or creativity. A master at both individual and collective improvisation within the genre of New Orleans jazz, Bechet was such a dominant player that trumpeters found it very difficult to play with him. Bechet wanted to play lead and it was up to the other horns to stay out of his way.

By the mid-'20s, the Edison phonograph record company had long since abandoned its founder's curmudgeonly policy regarding jazzy entertainment, and the label's catalog was peppered with titles by Mal Hallett, Joe Herlihy, B.A. Rolfe, Frank Winegar, the Piccadilly Players, Oreste & His Queensland Orchestra, and the Georgia Melodians, a sturdy little Southern unit that left about 27 titles for posterity.
The Georgia Melodians
Wop Blues 4:02
Savannah (The Georgianna Blues) 3:40
Red Hot Mamma 3:47
from Wop Blues (The Complete Edison Recordings - New York 1924)
During its three-year existence, the band's lineup included trumpeter Mickey Bloom; cornetist Red Nichols; trombonists George Troupe, Herb Winfield, Charlie Butterfield, Al Philburn, and Abe Lincoln; an unidentified tuba handler; banjoist Elmer "Merry" Morris; pianist Oscar Young (who in 1911 had come to New York from Ohio with vaudevillian Ted Lewis); and drummer Carl Gerrold. Though really led by Hutchins and Intelhouse, the band operated under the nominal leadership of violinist Charles Boulanger...

Banda Municipal - La budinera 2:51
Felix Camarano - Germaine 3:02
Quinteto Augusto - Un petit programa 3:20
from The History of Tango - Anthology of Vintage Recordings (1908 - 1925), Volume 2
Argentine tango
Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires [1] and Montevideo. It typically has a 2
4 or 4 4 rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC. Its lyrics are marked by nostalgia, sadness, and laments for lost love.

24-11-2019 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959

Bessie Smith

24-11-2019 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959   >>Bessie Smith, The Cotton Pickers, María Teresa Vera & Rafael Zequeira, King Oliver, Mamie Smith, Original Dixieland Jazz Band,  Marion Harris, Lucille Hegamin, Sidney Bechet, The Georgia Melodians. Banda Municipal, Felix Camarano, Quinteto Augusto, Louis Armstrong<<

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One of the greatest female blues singers of all time, with a passionate voice and thundering delivery.
Bessie Smith
Careless Love Blues 3:28
Golden Rule Blues 3:06
Squeeze Me 2:53
from Squeeze Me (Original Recordings, 1925-1926)
The first major blues and jazz singer on record and one of the most powerful of all time, Bessie Smith rightly earned the title of "The Empress of the Blues." Even on her first records in 1923, her passionate voice overcame the primitive recording quality of the day and still communicates easily to today's listeners (which is not true of any other singer from that early period). At a time when the blues were in and most vocalists (particularly vaudevillians) were being dubbed "blues singers," Bessie Smith simply had no competition...

Cotton Pickers was the generic band name that Brunswick Records used on its small jazz band recordings made in 1922-1923, 1924-1925, and again in 1929. These were intended to compete with popular dance records issued on other labels by groups such as Ladd's Black Aces, Bailey's Lucky Seven, and the Memphis Five...
The Cotton Pickers
Hot lips (Henry Busse / Benny Davis / Henry Lange) 3:07
Runnin' wild (Arthur Gibbs / Joe Grey / Leo Wood) 3:10
Mama goes where papa goes (Milton Ager / Jack Yellen) 3_05
from The Cotton Pickers 1922-1925 (Jazz Archives No. 173)
Since the band was essentially a studio construct, the membership of the Cotton Pickers was fairly fluid, and Brunswick Records used the moniker to put out several sides of small combo dance music, usually blues foxtrots. The early incarnation of the band featured trumpeter Phil Napoleon and saxophonist Bennie Krueger, whose strong lines and polyphonic arrangements sounded black and Southern to northern audiences, and tunes such as "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" (included here) were particularly popular. By 1924, the Cotton Pickers were almost an entirely different group, with only trombonist Miff Mole held over from the earlier lineup, and were fronted by Frank Trumbauer, whose style was less Dixie and more "cool" pop. More a brand than a band, the Cotton Pickers name allowed mainstream white jazzmen to play blacker and hotter and still keep their day jobs...

The grande dame of Cuban music, Maria Teresa Vera was not only the greatest female trova singer of all time, she was also one of the form's greatest singers, period. Vera became a professional musician and songwriter -- and a mightily popular one at that -- during the early 20th century, when such a career was virtually unheard of for a woman
María Teresa Vera & Rafael Zequeira
Mis Lamentos A Mi Guitarra 2:56
Rayos De Plata 3:28
from Mis Lamentos A Mi Guitarra (Original Cuban Recordings 1916 - 1924)
Her skill at singing trova -- a rural folk song style that predated the son dance craze -- helped lay the groundwork for the explosion of Cuban popular music in the '30s and '40s, and her fame as a trovadora lasted well after the style was eclipsed by other popular trends. Maria Teresa Vera was born in Guanajay, in the province of Pinar del Rio, on February 6, 1895. She began learning the guitar from Jose Diaz, and in 1911, at age 15, performed publicly in Havana at a tribute to Arquimedes Pous. Vera subsequently formed the first of several duos, a format she would favor throughout her career, with Rafael Zequeira; in addition to performing in Cuba, the two traveled to New York several times for recording sessions. Zequeira died in 1924, and after performing for a couple of years both solo and accompanied, Vera formed a new duo...

New Orleans cornetist and band leader was an early jazz architect, and also famously hired a young horn player named Louis Armstrong. Joe "King" Oliver was one of the great New Orleans legends, an early giant whose legacy is only partly on records. In 1923, he led one of the classic New Orleans jazz bands, the last significant group to emphasize collective improvisation over solos, but ironically his second cornetist (Louis Armstrong) would soon permanently change jazz. And while Armstrong never tired of praising his idol, he actually sounded very little like Oliver; the King's influence was more deeply felt by Muggsy Spanier and Tommy Ladnier.
King Oliver
Just Gone (Bill Johnson / King Oliver) 2:41 (04-06-23)
Mandy Lee Blues (Marty Bloom / Walter Melrose) 2:12 (04-06-23)
Dippermouth Blues (King Oliver) 2:31 (04-06-23)
from King Oliver 1923
There are more than a handful of undiluted jazz records that predate King Oliver's sessions of 1923, but few had managed to put it together in a recording studio quite so powerfully or, as it turned out, so very influentially. These primordial artifacts, now digitally remastered and chronologically assembled, form a substantial chunk of the bedrock of early recorded jazz. They're also remarkably liberating if, for just a few minutes, you make yourself into a fly on the wall of the Gennett studios. Note that young Louis Armstrong had to pretty well stand outside of the room so that he wouldn't overpower the rest of the players. Johnny Dodds interacted wonderfully with the brass, weaving wreaths of wooded filigree around the exhortations of Honore Dutrey's deep-voiced trombone. Lil Hardin, when you can hear her, is quite the majestic pianist...

04-09-2019 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959

Mary Lou Williams

04-09-2019 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds / before 1959   >>Mary Lou Williams, Josephine Baker, Casey Bill Weldon, Kostas Karayiannis, Yiorgos Mihalopoulos, Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Paul Robeson, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman, The Wolverine Orchestra, Hitch's Happy Harmonists, Ross Gorman and His Orchestra, The Original Memphis Five, Henry Spaulding, Hi Henry Brown, Jim Jackson, Jelly Jaw Short, Duke Ellington, Annette Hanshaw, Dock Boggs<<

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To say that Mary Lou Williams had a long and productive career is an understatement. Although for decades she was often called jazz's greatest female musician (and one has to admire what must have been a nonstop battle against sexism), she would have been considered a major artist no matter what her sex.

Mary Lou Williams
Tea for Two (Irving Caesar / Vincent Youmans) 2:52
Mary Lou Williams Blues (Mary Lou Williams) 3:20
from The Chronological Mary Lou Williams (1927-1940)
Just the fact that Williams and Duke Ellington were virtually the only stride pianists to modernize their style through the years would have been enough to guarantee her a place in jazz history books. Williams managed to always sound modern during a half-century career without forgetting her roots or how to play in the older styles.

Towering entertainer, expert at chanson, racial barrier breaker, beloved in France, her sensuous banana dance is the stuff of legend. 

Josephine Baker
Lonesome Love Sick Blues 2:53
Mon rêve c'était vous 2:34
from Josephine Baker 1927-1939 (Anthology 36 Songs)
Born into poverty in St. Louis, dancer and singer Josephine Baker progressed from vaudeville to New York theater to the Parisian cabaret scene and became the toast of Europe before the age of 21. Though her later career wasn't quite able to handle such an early peak, Baker spent much of her life working tirelessly against prejudice, during World War II in Europe and the civil rights era in America. She's still one of the most famous expatriates in American history, perfectly epitomizing the hedonistic abandon of the Jazz Age in Paris...

Among the premier "Hawaiian" guitarists, with voicings, fluidity, and tunings that were creative and imaginative.
Casey Bill Weldon
I Believe You're Cheatin' On Me 3:17
The Big Boat 3:12
Round & Round 2:54
from Greatest Blues Licks 1927-1938
Steel guitarist Will Weldon is remembered as Casey Bill Weldon, and was also known in his time as Kansas City Bill and Levee Joe. "Casey", like "KC" or "Kaycee," referred to his links with the Kansas City music scene, although he could just as easily have been named after Pine Bluff, AK where he was born in 1909, or Atlanta or Memphis where he made his first recordings in 1927 after performing in medicine shows throughout the south. Inspired directly by the great Peetie Wheatstraw, Weldon was equally adept at expressing himself as a passionate blues singer and as a honky-tonk "country" performer who contributed to the development of Western swing. He was sometimes billed as the Hawaiian Guitar Wizard...

Kostas Karayiannis, Yiorgos Mihalopoulos
Svarniara (syrto) [1928]
Gainta Karagouna (syrto) (1936) by Yiorgos Mihalopoulos
from The Art of the Greek Folk Clarinet - 78 rpm Recordings 1927-1936
Greek Folk Instruments: Chordophones, Aerophones, and Membranophones
Klarino is what the Greeks call the Greek clarinet, and it is the most popular lead melody instrument in the mainland regions of Greece. It is an Albert (or simple) system clarinet which is an older, more primitive version of the clarinet now common in classical and popular music in most of Europe and America. The Albert system klarino has fewer keys and has a different tone than the modern clarinet. The Greek "klaritzides" also play the klarino with a different style and sound than that used by classical musicians in Europe and America. The klarino in the key of "C" ("do") is a favorite of the old folk klaritzides (clarinet players), although the Albert Bb has become the most popular clarinet in recent years. They also use the A and G clarinets, which are lower pitched instruments, for some music.

Fats Waller & His Rhythm - A Little Bit Independent 2:58
Louis Armstrong - I’m In The Mood For Love 3:11
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Rhythm Is Our Business 3:13
from The Million Sellers Of The 30's - 1935

1935 in Music