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The Legends of the Rocking Dutchman - episode 272

The Session label

The Session label was a Chicago based company that combined re-issue of mid-twenties hot jazz with new recordings of old-fashioned jazz and some more modern sounding stuff. It also features unique recordings of Alonzo and Jimmy Yancey and Cripple Clarence Lofton, mostly piano solos.

In this show you'll find out all about this label and its owner Phil Featheringill, but also the controverse that was going on between the modern jazz enthousiasts and the moldy figs, as they were called, the traditionalists in jazz, at a time when a renewed interest grew for old-style New Orleans jazz.

Transcript

Playlist

  1. Alonzo Yancey - Everybody's Rag (Session 10-015)
  2. Jimmy Yancey - Jimmy's Rocks (10-001)
  3. Jimmy Yancey and Mama Yancey - Pallet On The Floor (12-003)
  4. Cripple Clarence Lofton - In The Mornin' (10-006)
  5. Cripple Clarence Lofton - Policy Blues (10-014)
  6. Trummy Young - Hollywood (12-010)
  7. Mezz Mezzrow - Milk for Mezz (10-008)
  8. Art Hodes - Feather's Lament (10-007)
  9. Richard M. Jones - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (12-006)
  10. Ben Webster - Perdido (10-010)
  11. Sid Catlett - I Found A New Baby (10-009)
  12. Session Six - We Want in the Act (12-009)
  13. Pete Brown - Jim's Idea (12-012)
  14. Punch Miller - Muscle Shoals Blues (12-015)

Outtro:

  • Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
The following music served as background music during the spoken parts:
  • Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
  • Jimmy Yancey - Boodlin' (Session 10-001)
  • Art Rhodes - Mezzin' Around (10-007)
  • Sid Catlett - 1-2-3 Blues (10-009)
  • Richard M. Jones - 29th And Dearborn (12-006)
  • Pete Brown - Pete's Idea (12-012)