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Jazz Focus

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Show - Morning with Pops . .Louis back in Chicago November, 1925

October 27, 2026 · 30 min

Louis Armstrong's first recordings in Chicago after over a year away in New York - the first Hot Fives and accompaniments to Hociel Thomas, Chippie Hill and Blanche Calloway.
Show - Morning With Pops . . International Louis

October 27, 2026 · 29 min

Louis Armstrong recorded a little of everything over a career in the studios that spanned almost a half a century. Here are examples of Cuban, Mexican, French, Irish and African songs he made his own!
Show - Jazz goes to Hawaii!

October 27, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

Great sides from 1927-34 led by and featuring Hawaiian musicians active in Los Angeles and New York- Andy Iona, Sol K. Bright, Sol Hoopi, King Nawahi and others using traditional steel guitar and string ensembles enlivened by horns in most…
Southside Blues and Barrelhouse - Jimmy Blythe band sides

October 22, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

Great sides featuring the largely forgotten pianist with Punch Miller, Darnell Howard, Cicero Thomas, George James, Bill Johnson and W.E. Burton among others!
Show - Dave McKenna and Guests (Joe Venuti, Joe Temperley, Ruby Braff, Bobby Gordon, Buddy DeFranco)

October 22, 2026 · 57 min

Great selection of duos and rhythm section sides with the great Boston pianist backing major soloists!

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Show- Morning With Pops . . Louis Armstrong Autobiography 2

October 12, 2026 · 27 min

Second set of great recreations of Louis' 1920's small group recordings done in 1956 - with Yank Lawson and George Barnes in addition to the All-Stars (Louis, Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Squire Girsh, Barrett Deems)
Show - Morning with Pops . .Louis Armstrong Autobiography 1

October 12, 2026 · 35 min

Great recreations of Louis' 1920's small group recordings done in 1956 - with Yank Lawson and George Barnes in addition to the All-Stars (Louis, Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Squire Girsh, Barrett Deems)
Show- Bud Freeman and George Wettling 1954, 55

October 12, 2026 · 58 min

Two sessions by Freeman (with Dick Cary, George Barnes, Don Lamond) for Capitol and the rest of the George Wettling session featuring Freeman, Jonah Jones, Milt Hinton and Dave Bowman from 1955.
Show - Franz Jackson with the Salty Dogs and Jim Beebe

October 12, 2026 · 56 min

Two Delmark albums featuring the septuagenarian reed player Jackson with Beebe's Chicago Jazz (Bob Neighbor and others) and the octogenarian Jackson with the Salty Dogs (Lew Green, Tom Bartlett, Kim Cusack, John Cooper, Jack Kuncl, Mike…
Show- Morning with Pops . .Louis and the Hawaiians

September 29, 2026 · 30 min

Four recordings done by Louis with Andy Iona's Islanders, one ("Song of the Islands") from his Autobiography album and three non-Louis sides by Mannie Klein and His Swing-Hulas!
Show - Morning with Pops . .Louis with Ed Hall and This is Jazz 1947

September 29, 2026 · 30 min

Live sides with Louis back to his roots leading a New Orleans styled jazz band - Edmond Hall, Albert Nicholas, George Brunies, Pops Foster, Danny Barker, Baby Dodds, Art Hodes, Ellis Larkins, Wild Bill Davison, Irving Randolph, Henderson…
Show - Jonah Jones Swing sides - 1954

September 29, 2026 · 58 min

The great trumpet player in a selection of mainstream sides done for Vogue with Alix Combelle's band (including Jean-Claude Pelletier), his own sextet for Bethlehem (with George Clarke, Urbie Green, Kenny Kersey, Milt Hinton and Osie…