2024-02-IHTSB-February-18 Week three of Black History Month features trumpet player Henry Red Allan, pianist and bandleader Count Basie as well as bandleader Erskine Hawkins are part of this episode.

February 18, 2024 00:56:23
2024-02-IHTSB-February-18 Week three of Black History Month features trumpet player Henry Red Allan, pianist and bandleader Count Basie as well as bandleader Erskine Hawkins are part of this episode.
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2024-02-IHTSB-February-18 Week three of Black History Month features trumpet player Henry Red Allan, pianist and bandleader Count Basie as well as bandleader Erskine Hawkins are part of this episode.

Feb 18 2024 | 00:56:23

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IHTSB Feb 18, 2024 On today’s show we listen to some of the fabulous bands that were around in the years from the 1920s to the 1940s. Our opening and closing numbers are brought to us by the wonderful band led by Count Basie. Joining us as well are jazz bands from almost one hundred years ago, including Fletcher Henderson from 1926 and King Oliver from 1931. We hear too from the orchestras led by the brilliant drummer Chick Webb, and by Don Redman, in an example of his major contribution to jazz as bandleader, arranger and composer. Erskine Hawkins […]

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