Jazz Focus

Teddy Hill and His Orchestra . . interesting but short-lived big band that recorded from 1936-7 or so and featured Roy Eldridge, Chu Berry, Dickie Wells, Cecil Scott, Frankie Newton, Shad Collins, Russell Procope, Howard Johnson, Sam Allen, Bill Beason and, for his first recorded solos, Dizzy Gillespie! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

Sidney Bechet in the 1930's . . .with Noble Sissle's Swingsters, Tommy Ladnier's Orchestra, Sidney Bechet Orchestra . .featuring Ernie Caceres, Mezz Mezzrow, Cliff Jackson, Billy Banks, Clarence Brereton, Leonard Ware --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

Benny Goodman the sideman!  While he was leading the most popular big band in the country, BG still made occasional appearances in the recording studio with other bands - Teddy Wilson, Mel Powell and Gene Krupa's sessions are presented here with BG along with the leaders, Harry James, Jonah Jones, Roy Eldridge, Chu Berry, Ben Webster, Jess Stacy and Israel Crosby among others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

Great concert recordings by Johnny Hodges with the Duke Ellington All Stars at the Sportpalast in March, 1961 . . The Duke was busy composing the music for Paris Blues so Hodges took this group on a short European tour.  Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Al Williams, Aaron Bell and Sam Woodyard play Ellington standards and features for each member. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

Sunset of Swing - the mid 1940's sessions done for Eddie Laguna's Sunset records in Los Angeles . . lots of Willie Smith, Vido Musso, Charlie Ventura, Howard Magee, Arnold Ross, Dave Barbour, Lem Davis, Emmett Berry, Vic Dickenson, Herbie Haymer, Harry Edison and a 16 year old Andre Previn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

Herschel Evans . .Basie's "other" tenor sax player doing sideman sessions with Harry James, Lionel Hampton and Mildred Bailey.  Hear Chris Griffin, Vernon Brown, Benny Carter, Dave Matthews, Charlie Shavers, Teddy Wilson and Jess Stacy among others!  Studio recordings and a jam session from the Bill Savory collection. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

1920's recordings featuring some of the clarinetists active on the scene with just rhythm section accompaniment.  Jimmy Lytell, Wilton Crawley, Boyd Senter, George McClennon, Buster Bailey, Bob Fuller and Tony Parenti in recordings from the 1920's featuring just clarinet and rhythm section (including Louis Hooper, Elmer Snowden, Eddie Lang, Frank Signorelli, Eddie Heywood Sr. and Harry Reser) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

Got No Time - Jane Green . . largely forgotten and unheralded at the time, Jane Green was an accomplished Broadway and Vaudeville singer who made about thirty recordings and a few film appearances during the 1920's.  She incorporated some of the newer blues-styled approaches to singing pop music and was tremendously energetic and fiery in her interpretations of tunes by Donaldson, Gershwin, Isham Jones and others.  Backed by the Virginians (led by Ross Gorman), Nat Shilkret's band and the Victor Recording Orchestra. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald - Live in 1939 and 1940!  One of the most exciting of the Swing Era bands - Chick Webb's group is captured in real life form on two broadcasts in 1939 and one (after Chick's death1940.  Featuring Taft Jordan, Bobby Stark, Sandy Williams, Garvin Bushell, Eddie Barefield, Teddy McRae, Tommy Fulford, Ram Ramirez, John Truehart, Beverly Peer, Webb and Bill Beason with Ella singing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

Jazz from Australia - Lazy Ade Monsbourgh and his recordings during the 1950's - featuring members of the Southern Jazz Group, the Graeme Bell band and Humphrey Lyttleton's band in England . .great and highly original traditional jazz featuring the dean of Australian jazz musicians playing clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone and recorder . . .apologies in advance for some strange electric feedback during a couple of my narrations, but the music is unaffected! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support