Ladies Sing the Blues 2

Jazz records from the 1930s and 40s that are longer than usual for the time. Music includes: Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman, Concerto For Clairnet by Artie Shaw and Do You Know What It means to Miss New Orleans? by Louis Armstrong. 

Celebrating the 100th Birthdays of: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Julie London, Big Mama Thorton, Buddy Greco, Stan Freberg, Chuck Berry, And Ray Brown. 

Black women have been the heart and soul of blues music since its inception. We talk about some of the mothers, queens and empresses of the blues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

June 12, 1928. The great Blues singer Ma Rainey steps up to the microphone at a studio in Chicago. She’s there to record a scandalous song called “Prove It On Me Blues.” It’s her answer to the rumor that she’d once attended a party with a bunch of other half-clothed women – a par ...  Show more

Todd Wolfe Band – Black Queen – Long Road Back Jon Cleary - Pump It Up – Gogo Juice Clayton Doley - Bayou Billabong - Bayou Billabong Bob Malone - Certain Distance – Mojo Deluxe Loose Moorings - Think I'd Be Blue – Loose Moorings Half Deaf Clatch - Boxcar Bulldogs – The Life And ...  Show more

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12.28.13


Tinsley Ellis - Mouth Turn Dry from Midnight Blue 2013 (4:56)
Hard Garden - Pour Me Another from Blue Yonder 2013 (4:24)
Michael Bram - Drinking Champagne from Suitcase In The Hall 2012 (4:06)