Starting out with Arhur Pryor's Band from 1910, Accordion great Guido Deiro, Zez Confrey's band and The California Ramblers. We next hear from Ted Lewis, The Original Memphis Five, The Tennessee Tooters and Dolly Kay before leaving the early 1920s white bands for Andy Preer's Cotton Club Orch., The Dixie Stompers (Fletcher Henderson Orch.), Bix, Tony Parenti and ending that set with Edna Winston with the Tom Morris band. Later 20s jazz with Richard M. Jones, The Henderson band again and Clarence Williams before some 1930s swing with Earl Hines, Claude Hopkins and Boots Douglas. Our Modern jazz set includes Chris Connor, some fabulous Duke Ellington work from 1956, Sun Ra, Shirley Scott and bonus title track from Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, Now (Forever Momentary Space).

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A little shorter show this week as I edited out, I think, all the fund drive pitches. If you do wish to donate to support the station that airs the original audio every week, just venmo funds @wozofm, or send a check to WOZO, P.O. Box 746, Knoxville, TN 37901. They could really use the funds!

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