Fishing Music

Songs include: Songs include: Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, God Bless The Child by Billie Holiday, Take the A Train by Duke Ellington and Stardust by Artie Shaw. 

Songs include: Stars and Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa, Tail End Charlie by Glenn Miller, Take Me Out To the Ball Game by Frankie Masters, America by the Boston Pops Orchestra, Bugler's Holiday by Leroy Anderson and Mr. Touchdown USA by Hugo Winterhalter. 

Songs include: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by Glenn Miller, Chiquita Banana by Xavier Cugat, Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong, Beans and Cornbread by Louis Jordan and Huckleberry Duck by Raymond Scott. 

Bob Crosby and His Orchestra carved a pretty unique career for itself in the Swing Era - specializing in tunes from the previous decade done up in swing clothes, the chief arrangers were clarinetist Matty Matlock and bassist Bob Haggart. Here is a selection of Haggart's arrangeme ... Show More

The peripatetic Mr. Wooding led bands in New York in the early 1920's, but left in 1925 to begin a world tour touching Berlin, Paris, Moscow, Scandinavia and even Argentina for the next ten years. His group (which initially accompanied the show Chocolate Dandies) was highly i ... Show More

Great big band led by the pioneer arranger Redman following his tenures with Fletcher Henderson and McKinney's Cotton Pickers. This band features Sidney DeParis, Benny Morton, Ed Inge, Robert Carroll, Horace Henderson, Talcott Reeves, Bob Ysaguirre, Manzie Johnson and Harlan ... Show More

Decca recordings from 1939-40 of the eight piece Bob Cats Dixieland ensemble featuring the great clarinetist Fazola along with Eddie Miller on tenor, Warren Smith on trombone, Nappy Lamare on guitar, Bob Haggart on bass, Ray Bauduc on drums and either Joe Sullivan, Floyd Bean or ... Show More

How does a fish connect us to a story of working women’s rights? Join comedian, writer and history fangirl Amy Matthews and her guests find out about tough and resilient seasonal workers in the Great Yarmouth fishing industry. From frozen fingers to salty cuts and a work hard pla ... Show More

Great and little-recorded clarinetist from the earliest days of the 20th Century in New Orleans . . Big Eye Louis was one of the busiest of the first generation of jazz players and exerted considerable influence on Sidney Bechet and Jimmy Noone, among others. Here are some of his ... Show More

Small group sides led by the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young after his departure from the Basie band. All were done in the middle 1940's on the West Coast and feature Nat "King" Cole, Joe Albany, Irving Ashby, Frank Lacy, Red Callendar, Henry Tucker, Chico Hamilton, Howard M ... Show More

Bruce Turner was a largely self-taught clarinet player who picked up alto sax in the navy during WWII. He became an in demand clarinetist in trad bands (Freddy Randall, Humphrey Lyttleton) but became even more valued for his swinging, Benny Carter styled alto playing. This podcas ... Show More

Four more or less unrelated sessions featuring high quality and professional traditional jazz as it was being performed on 52nd Street . . George Wettling's Rhythm Kings with Ed Hall, Billy Butterfield and Dave Bowman; Bud Freeman's Gang with Bobby Hackett, Pee Wee Russel ... Show More

Brad Gowans was better known as a valve trombonist and arranger, but he was an adept clarinetist who was initially inspired by the first jazz records by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. He brought trombonist Eddie Edwards, pianist Frank Signorelli and drummer/kazoo player Tony S ... Show More