Instrumentals

Today instrumentals only, and they deserve a better spotlight than just as background for my talking. So today I'll bring them to the forefront, and my talking will be backed up by... yet more instrumentals.

Today's set spans - as usual - the rocking fifties to the roaring twenties and we end in style with the best trumpeter and the best composer that America brought.

Transcript

Playlist

Paul Bascomb - Jumping At The El Cino
Lynn Hope - Driftin' (Goin' Home)
Joe Lutcher - Bagdad Bebop
Coleman Hawkins - Stuffy
Maxwell Davis - Resistor
Morris Lane - Luke The Spook
Jack McVea - Jack's Boogie
Illinois Jacquet - Illinois Blows The Blues
Sonny Terry - Harmonica Rag
Hot Lips Page - Blooey
Sidney Bechet - Groovin' the Minor
Lionel Hampton - Royal Family
Benny Goodman - AC DC Current
Fats Waller - The Minor Drag
Jelly Roll Morton - Burnin' the Iceberg
Duke Ellington - Washington Wobble
Louis Armstrong - Oriental Strut

Outtro:

Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

The following music served as background music during the spoken parts:

Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
Duke Ellington - Jolly Wog
Hot Lips Page - Pagin' Mr Page
Illinois Jacket - Weary Blues
Joe Lutcher - Strato Cruiser
Lionel Hampton - Doublin' With Dublin
Lynn Hope - Tenderly