From a distance of seventy some-odd years, history tends to neglect the fact that there was music before big band swing, but after ‘hot’ jazz. The reasons for this are not too complicated.

Hot jazz is remembered because it represented the ‘birth’ of jazz, while the big band era represents the commercial high point of this music. The bits in between, though, representing a time period from the late ‘20s and early ‘30s, seems to have slipped through the cracks. For this series of shows, we will attempt to convey the history that connected hot jazz to the big band era.

Songs from this show include;

Some of These Days – Ted Lewis & His Band

Castle Walk – Europe’s Society Orchestra

Livery Stable Blues – Original Dixieland Jass Band

Whispering – Paul Whiteman

There Ain’t No Sweet Man – Paul Whiteman

Riverboat Shuffle – The Wolverines

Everybody Loves My Baby – Clarence Williams

East St. Louis Toodle-oo – Duke Ellington

The Peanut Vendor – California Ramblers

My Pretty Girl – Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra

Clementine – Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra

12) Kansas City Shuffle – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra