Posts Tagged ‘1940s’
Jazz Sunday: The Man I Love by Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams performs The Man I Love at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 16, 1978.
Read MoreJazz Sunday: Dr. Jazz by Jelly Roll Morton
Dr. Jazz was recorded by Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers for Victor Records on December 16, 1926.
Read MoreCall Me When You Need Me by T-Bone Walker (With Shakey Jake)
Music video for Call Me When You Need Me by T-Bone Walker with Shakey Jake on vocals.
Read MoreJazz Sunday: Twelfth Street Rag by Fletcher Henderson
A studio recording of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra performing Twelfth Street Rag. Henderson was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer.
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: How High the Moon by Les Paul & Mary Ford
Les Paul & Mary Ford perform How High the Moon on a television show during the 1950s.
Read MoreJazz Sunday: Honeysuckle Rose by Frankie Trumbauer
Studio recording of Honeysuckle Rose by Frankie Trumbauer.
Read MoreJazz Sunday: Emily by Paul Desmond
Alto Saxophonist Paul Desmond performs Emily during a 1975 concert at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Read MoreJazz Sunday: Some Of These Days by Benny Waters
In the summer of 1982 The Hot Antic Jazz Band played a concert in the town of Uzes just west of Avignon in the southern part of France and alto jazz legend Benny Waters joined them.
Read MoreJazz Sunday: Anthropology by Bud Powell
Bud Powell performs Anthropology at the Café Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark, in early 1962. He is accompanied by Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass and Jorn Elniff on drums.
Read MoreJazz Sunday: Jimmie Lunceford & His Dance Orchestra With The Three Brown Jacks & Myra Johnson
Jimmie Lunceford and his Dance Orchestra with The Three Brown Jacks and Myra Johnson perform a medley of Rhythm Coming to Life Again, Rhythm Is Our Business, You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes, Moonlight on the Ganges, Nagasaki, Jazznochracy. Directed by Joseph Henabery.
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