This week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night we play tunes from Paris Washboard. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: July 20, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

Clarinetist Benny Goodman liked ending some of his radio programs by stretching out on the Fats Waller tune, “Steel and Apples.” We’ll Shake that Tree as well as explore some neglected tracks by Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, and Ben Webster that surfaced on an obscure compact disc. All that and hot dance music from the 1920’s, this week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night. Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: July 13, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

Hot Jazz Saturday Night celebrates the great American music of the early twentieth century, playing vintage jazz, swing and big band recordings from the ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s. Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: July 6, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

Her mother wanted her to be a music teacher, but this gal born in Baltimore at the turn of the century couldn’t resist performing. In 1923, she was hired for a touring company of Sisle and Blake’s “Shuffle Along” and later taught her younger brother, Cab, all about showmanship. She was Blanche Calloway, singer and bandleader and we’ll hear her records from the 1920s and 1930s. Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: June 29, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

This week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night we hear selections of newly discovered recordings from pianist Art Tatum and his trio at Chicago’s Blue Note from 1953. Plus, Slim Gaillard dropping in on Victor Borge and Benny Goodman. Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: June 22, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

Last week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night, we played a set of vaudeville blues that drew such a response that for this week’s show we’ll spend part of the evening highlighting singer Sara Martin, advertised by her record label as “The Famous Moanin’ Mama.” We’ll hear Sara Martin accompanied by Fats Waller and others – along with other prime hot jazz nuggets for a pre-heat-wave June. Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: June 15, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

This week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night we hear if April showers brought May flowers to June Christy. Plus we hear from cornetist Ruby Braff and we get earthy with some Vaudeville blues. Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: June 8, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

From February of 1937 until April of 1941, Lionel Hampton recorded some of the very best of the small-group records of the 1930s, featuring a really staggering array of talent and showcasing Hampton’s talents not just as a  vibraphonist, but as vocalist, but even as pianist and drummer. We’ll highlight Lionel Hampton’s small group sessions from 1940 and 1941 this week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night.  Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: June 1, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

This week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night we hear records from Benny Carter’s tour of Europe. Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: May 25, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more

This week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night we will play some of the more obscure recordings from Clarence Williams, a pianist and songwriter. Listen from 7 to 10 p.m. on WAMU 88.5. The post Hot Jazz Saturday Night: May 18, 2024 appeared first on WAMU ..read more