Music and stories from "The Jazz Age." Read the full description.
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As musicians migrated north following the close of Storyville, New Orleans infamous red-light district, many found their way to the newly revitalized city on the north shore of the Harlem River. This is selections of their music and stories.
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Red Hot Mama's
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From: Guy Rathbun
The use of the term Red Hot Mama’s supposedly emerged in the early 1920s. In 1929, songsters Jack Yellen and Milton Ager wrote, I’m the Last of the Red Hot Mama’s, which ...
The Golden Gate Orchestra
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From: Guy Rathbun
Whenever bandleader Ed Kirkeby wanted his band to record for another label, he’d tag them with another name. Hence: The Golden Gate Orchestra. An offshoot of the California ...
The Three Majors
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From: Guy Rathbun
New Orleans, Chicago and New York were the primary hubs for jazz by the mid 1920s. The influences from each location enriched the result. Musicians playing in Chicago, like ...
Early Jelly Roll
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From: Guy Rathbun
No one questions the fact that Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton was, in all likelihood, the first arranger of jazz. It’s also true that Jelly Roll was one of the earliest ...
Tesch:
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From: Guy Rathbun
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his younger years he played ...
Harlem Goes Brit:
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From: Guy Rathbun
Jazz Historian Albert McCarthy writes in his book, Big Band Jazz (Exeter Books, NY 1974), “When jazz and dance music began to dominate American popular music, it was ...
Warren's Notes
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From: Guy Rathbun
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prodigious outpouring of music ...
Satchmo
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From: Guy Rathbun
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin and Kid Ory; his years with ...
Mr. Bass Sax
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From: Guy Rathbun
Adrian Rollini was a renaissance man of jazz. Besides being a multi-instrumentalist, he created new ways of performing on existing instruments, inventing hardware for better ...
The Tragedian of Jazz
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From: Guy Rathbun
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up without his orchestra, and ...
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Piece Description
As musicians migrated north following the close of Storyville, New Orleans infamous red-light district, many found their way to the newly revitalized city on the north shore of the Harlem River. This is selections of their music and stories.
Broadcast History
KCBX Public Radio, November 11, 2011
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Like You Were Meant for Boys LIke Me (theme) | Mound City Blue Blowers | 78 RPM recording. | 1930 | 00:00 | |
| Double Check Stomp | Mills Ten Blackberries | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| Hot and Bothered | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Duke Ellington 1927-1934. | ABC | 00:00 | |
| Oh, Mr. Mitchell | Clara Smith | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| Texas Twist | Mattie Hite | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| Horse Feathers | Cliff Jackson’s Krazy Kats | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| Chant of the Weed | Harlan Lattimore & his Connie’s Inn | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| You’se a Viper | Stuff Smith Onyx Club | Viper Mad Bluies. | Mojo | 00:00 | |
| The Viper’s Drag | Thomas "Fats" Waller | Transcriptions. | Stash | 00:00 | |
| My Man O' War | Lena Wilson | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| Keep Your Hands Off My Mojo | Grant & Wilson | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| Corrina, Corrina | Cab Calloway Orchestra | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III | 00:00 | |
| Memories of You | Garland Wilson | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| Oh, Lady Be Good | Buck & Bubbles | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 | |
| Harlem Sounds - Vol. III | Dicky Well’s Shim Shammers | Harlem Sounds - Vol. III. | Columbia (LP) | 00:00 |
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