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60 minutes | Jul 1, 2016

Host Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "A Java Refill: More Coffee Jazz" including Jack Buchanan and Gertrude Lawrence, Carmen McRae, Ted Weems and The Andrews Sisters.1. Al Bernard - Hot Coffee (1926) Edison2. Jack Buchanan and Gertrude Lawrence - A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You (1925) (From the show 'The Charlot Revue of 1926')3. Helen Clark & Franklyn Baur - A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You (1925)4. Leo Reisman Orchestra - A Cup Of Coffee A Sandwich and You (1925)5. Ella Fitzgerald - Black Coffee (1960)6. Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)7. Carmen McRae - Black Coffee / Sarah: Dedicated to You (1991)8. Manhattan Transfer with Gene Pistilli - Java Jive (1969)9. The Andrews Sisters with The Vic Schoen Orchestra - The Coffee Song (1946)10. The Andrews Sisters - A Proper Cup of Coffee (1958)11. Annette Hanshaw - You're The Cream in My Coffee (1928)12.The Ted Weems Orchestra with vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs - You're The Cream in My Coffee (1929)13. Miff Mole & His Little Molars - You're the Cream in My Coffee (1928)14. Barry Harris Trio - Morning Coffee (1960) This Jazz-O-Rama Hour was recorded live on the air at Pawling Public Radio in Pawling, New York.http://www.pawlingpublicradio.org/listen-live/https://www.mixcloud.com/PawlingPublicRadio/ More about Waterlogg Productions at http://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton

60 minutes | Jun 21, 2016

Copy of Java Jive: Jazz About Coffee

"Java Jive: Jazz About Coffee" 1. You're the Cream in My Coffee - Nat King Cole (1946) 2. You're The Cream In My Coffee - The Ambassadors Orchestra, Frank Sylvano vocal (1928) 3. You're The Cream In My Coffee - The Ray Noble Orchestra, Al Bowlly, vocal (1929) 4. Coffee in the Morning (Kisses at Night) - Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers (1933) 5. Goofin' at the Coffeehouse - Henry Mancini (1959) 6. Java Jive - The Ink Spots (1940) 7. Coffee in the Morning - The Lew Stone Duriam Dance Band, Al Bowlly, vocal (1934) 8. Coffee Pot - J.J. Johnson (1954) 9. Coffee and Cakes - Una Mae Carlisle (1941) 10. Black Coffee - Sarah Vaughan (1949) 11. Black Coffee - Sonny Criss (1966) 12. Black Satin - The Brazilian Jazz Quartet (1958) 13. A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich & You - Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra (1926) 14. Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee (1942) 15. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with refrain by Marion Hutton, Ernie Caceres and The Modernaires ~"Java Jive: Jazz About Coffee" This Jazz-O-Rama Hour was recorded live on the air at Pawling Public Radio in Pawling, New York, on January 5, 2016.http://www.pawlingpublicradio.org/listen-live/https://www.mixcloud.com/PawlingPublicRadio/ More about Waterlogg Productions at http://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD

60 minutes | Apr 28, 2016

Java Jive: Jazz About Coffee

59 minutes | Mar 30, 2016

Jazz-O-Rama Live: More Hard Bop, Vocalese and a little bit of Ballad

Jazz-O-Rama Live: More Hard Bop, Vocalese and a little bit of Ballad... Host Joe Bev spins an hour of classic Jazz, with the help of Lorie Kellogg and Zach Silva, including: Joe's Delight - Philly Joe Jones Septet Minor Mishap - Tommy Flanagan with John Coltrane and Kenny Burrell Sweet 'n' Sour - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers The Two Lonely People - Bill Evans Prince Of Darkness - Miles Davis Quintet Woody'n You - Barry Harris Trio Farmer's Market - Art Farmer Quintet Farmer's Market - Lambert, Hendricks and Ross Dat Dere - Cannonball Adderley Dat Dere - Oscar Brown Jr. I Want to Talk About You - John Coltrane This Jazz-O-Rama Hour was recorded live on the air at Pawling Public Radio in Pawling, New York, on January 5, 2016.http://www.pawlingpublicradio.org/listen-live/https://www.mixcloud.com/PawlingPublicRadio/ More about Waterlogg Productions at http://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD

60 minutes | Feb 23, 2016

Jazz-O-Rama Live: Modal, Free Bop, Piano Jazz and more...

Jazz-O-Rama Live: Modal, Free Bop, Piano Jazz and more... Host Joe Bev spins an hour of classic Jazz, with the help of Lorie Kellogg and Zach Silva, including:Someday My Prince Will Come - Miles Davis QuintetBlowin' the Blues Away - Horace Silver Quintet & TrioSomebody Loves Me - Peggy LeeFootprints - Miles Davis QuintetBags' Groove - Oscar Peterson TrioLocomotive - Thelonious MonkDolphin Dance - Herbie Hancock This Jazz-O-Rama Hour was recorded live on the air at Pawling Public Radio in Pawling, New York, on January 5, 2016.http://www.pawlingpublicradio.org/listen-live/https://www.mixcloud.com/PawlingPublicRadio/ More about Waterlogg Productions at http://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD

60 minutes | Feb 13, 2016

A Jazz-O-Rama Valentine

Lorie Kellogg and her alter ego Mrs. Jazzbo fill in for Joe Bev and Mr. Jazzbo, to play songs about love, including:Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Love Nest (early 1930s)Gene Krupa And His Orchestra ‎– Lover (1945)The Boswell Sisters - Everybody Loves My Baby (1932)Little Jack Little - I'm In The Mood For Love (1935)Pinky Tomlin - A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid (1935)Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You - Orlando & his Gleneagles Hotel Dance Orchestra (1937)Frances Langford - I'm in the Mood for Love (1935)Annette Hanshaw -Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love (1930)Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra - It's Love I'm After (1936)Clifford Brown - Falling in Love With Love (1956)King Pleasure - I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - When Your Lover Has Gone (1960)Anita O'Day - What Is This Thing Called Love (1959)Tal Farlow - The Love Nest (1948) More about Waterlogg Productions at http://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD

61 minutes | Feb 7, 2016

Chicago Dixieland

Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Going to Chicago: "Windy City 78s", including: 1. Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France - Chicago (1937) 2. Tampa Red & The Chicago Five - It's Tight Like That (1928) 3. The Duke Ellington Orchestra, with Adelaide Hall- Chicago Stomp Down (1928) 4. The Tennessee Ten aka The Benson Orchestra Of Chicago, The Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail (1923) 5. The Chicago Rhythm Kings - I've Found A New Baby (1928) 6. Chicago Rhythm Kings - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1928) 7. McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans - Nobody's Sweetheart (1927) 8. Andy Kirk and his Dark Clouds Of Joy - Little Joe From Chicago (1938) 9. Eddie Condon & His Band: Fidgety Feet (late 1920s) 10. Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra - Chicago Blues (1930s) 11. Benson Orchestra Of Chicago as All-Star Orchestra - Maybe This is Love (1928) 12. Bix Beiderbecke - Ostrich Walk (1927) 13. Tampa Red & The Chicago Five - You Got To Learn To Do It (1937) 14. Illinois Jacquet - Illinois Goes To Chicago (late 1940s 15. Jack Teagarden with Bud Freeman & His Famous Chicagoans - That Da Da Strain (late 30s) 16. The Count Basie Orchestra, with Jimmy Rushing - Going To Chicago Blues (1941) More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com.ALSO PRODUCED BY JOE BEV:

60 minutes | Nov 4, 2015

My Favorite LP Cuts of the 1950s & 60s

The Jazz-O-Rama Hour with Joe Bev returns! Veteran award-winning actor, writer, producer, director and radio host Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been busy acting on TV and in film, so he put his podcasts on hold since July. November 4, 2015 marks the return of the popular radio public radio show The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, heard on over 100 stations including Wisconsin Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and Pawling Public Radio, distributed via The Public Radio Exchange (PRX). Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "My Favorite LP Cuts of the 1950s & 60s", including: 1. Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet - Parisian Thoroughfare (self titled, 1955) 2. Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Dat Dere ("The Big Beat", 1960) 3. The Miles Davis Quintet - Seven Steps to Heaven (title track, 1963) 4. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Countdown: T

60 minutes | Jul 15, 2015

Popeye Meets Betty Boop, the 78s of Helen Kane Meets Billy Costello

60 minutes | Jul 1, 2015

Western Swing

Bob Wills, Bill Boyd and Al Dexter will be among the country artists who's 78 RPM records will be heard on the this week's The Jazz-O-Rama Hour.Host Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Early Western Swing", including:Link Davis - Texas SwingMilton Brown - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Who Walks In When I Walk OutLight Crust Doughboys - Blue GuitarsAl Dexter - Saturday Night BoogieCrystal Spring Ramblers - Fort Worth StompJimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys- Ride'em CowboyThe Tune Wranglers - El Rancho GrandeNoel Boggs & His Day Sleepers - Steelin' Home Light Crust Doughboys - Pussy Pussy PussyRed Sovine - Billy Goat BoogieCliffie Stone - Silver StarsAl Dexter - New Broom BoogieBob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Cowboy StompBill Boyd and the California Wranglers - Show Me The Way To Go HomeLink Davis was born in 1914 in Sunset, Montague County, Texas. One of eight children, he formed a trio wi

60 minutes | Jun 20, 2015

Satchmo Meets Pops

For Father's Day, host Joe Bev presents an hour of early and late recordings of one of the Fathers of Jazz: Louis Armstrong, including: Willie The Weeper; Mack The Knife; Down In Honky Tonk Town; Cornet Chop Suey; Kiss Of Fire; Satchelmouth Swing; Gut Bucket Blues; C'est Si Bon; Laughin' Louie; High Society; A Kiss To Build A Dream; and On Mahogany Hall Stomp (four versions). Nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, Armstrong had a long and successful career as a American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly-recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics). On this show: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven May 7, 1927, Chicago, IL Willie The Weeper (Melrose, W.; Rymal, G.D.; Bloom, M.) [master W.80847-C] -- OKeh 8482 Armstrong, Louis (Cornet) Thomas, John (Trombone) Dodds, Johnny (Clarinet) Armstrong, Lil Hardin (Piano) St. Cyr, Johnny (Banjo) Briggs, Pete (Tuba) Dodds, Baby (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong and The All Stars September 28, 1955, Los Angeles, CA Mack The Knife (Weill, Kurt; Brecht, B.; Blitzstein, M.) [master CO 53818] -- Columbia 40587 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Young, Trummy (Trombone) Bigard, Barney (Clarinet) Kyle, Billy (Piano) Shaw, Arvell (Bass) Deems, Barrett (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra May 27, 1940, New York, NY Down In Honky Tonk Town (Smith; McCarron) [master 67819-B] -- Decca 18091 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Jones, Claude (Trombone) Bechet, Sidney (Clarinet, Saxophone) Russell, Luis (Piano) Addison, Bernard (Guitar) Braud, Wellman (Bass) Singleton, Zutty (Drums) One-time gathering of these musicians. --- Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five February 26, 1926, Chicago, Illinois Cornet Chop Suey (Armstrong, Louis) [master 9535-A] -- OKeh 8320 Arm

60 minutes | Jun 12, 2015

Tiger Rag: The Dixieland Originals

The first recording of "Tiger Rag" (1917) is among the tunes that will fill the air on Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour this week.Host Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals", including:1. Tiger Rag - The Original Dixieland Jass Band (1917)2. Tiger Rag - Friar's Society Orchestra (1922)3. Tiger Rag - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (1931)4. Feelin' No Pain - Miff Mole and His Little Molers (1927)5. New Orleans Stomp - Johnny Dodds and his Black Bottom Stompers (1927)6. I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee - Eddie Condon (1929)7. Bugle Call Rag - Billy Banks & His Orchestra (1923)8. The Waffle Man's Call - Johnny Bayersdorffer and his Jazzola Novelty Orchestra (1924)9. Papa's Got The Jim-Jams - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra (1927)10. Piggly Wiggly - Beale Street Washboard Band (1929)11. Wa-Da-Da (Ev'rybody's Doin' It Now)- Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang (1928)12. Ostrich Walk - The Original Dixieland Jass Band (1917)13. Doo Doodle Oom - Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (1923)14. Static Strut - Fletcher Henderson And The Dixie Stompers (1926)15. Who Stole the Lock (On the Hen House Door-) Jack Bland (1932)The Original Dixieland Jass Band were a New Orleans, Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917. Their "Livery Stable Blues" became the first jazz single ever issued. The group composed and made the first recordings of many jazz standards, the most famous being "Tiger Rag". In late 1917 the spelling of the band's name was changed to Original Dixieland Jazz Band.The band consisted of five musicians who previously had played in the Papa Jack Laine bands, a diverse and racially integrated group of musicians who played for parades, dances, and advertising in New Orleans.Nick LaRocca (clarinet), Eddie Edwards (trombone), Larry Shields (clarinet), Henry Ragas (piano), Tony Sbarbaro (drums). Composed by Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro & Larry Shields.ODJB billed itself as the Creators of Jazz, because it was the first band to record jazz commercially and to have hit recordings in the new genre. Band leader and trumpeter Nick LaRocca (composer of "Tiger Rag") argued that ODJB deserved recognition as the first band to record jazz commercially and the first band to establish jazz as a musical idiom or genre.

60 minutes | Jun 6, 2015

The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, Open the Door, Richard: The 78 RPM Records of Count Basie

Cheek to Cheek, Rat Race, and Open the Door, Richard are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Count Basie 78 RM Records will be heard this week's The Jazz-O-Rama Hour. Host Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: Open the Door, Richard: The 78 RPM Records of Count Basie, including: 1. Swingin' The Blues (1938) 2. Swingin' The Blues (1947) 3. Boo Hoo (1937) 4. Topsy (1937) 5. Exactly Like You (1937) 6. Rat Race (1950) 7.Open The Door, Richard 8. Out The Window (1937) 9. Cheek to Cheek (1947) 10.South (1947) 11. Doggin' Around (1938) 12. Solidasa Rock (1950) 13. Swinging At The Daisy Chain (1937) 14. Smarty (You Know It All) (1937) 15. Every Tub (1937) 16. Seventh Avenue Express (1947) William "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother first taught him piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By 16, he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues. In 1924, he went to Harlem, where his performing career expanded; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City, and played with them until Moten's death in 1935. That year Basie formed his own jazz orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, and others. Many notable musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison and singers Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams. Basie's theme songs were "One O'Clock Jump," developed in 1935 in the early days of his band, and "April In Paris". Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the yo

60 minutes | May 27, 2015

Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs

Skater's Waltz, Serenade to a Cuckoo, and Jive Elephant are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs will be heard on this week's edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour, podcast at http://www.waterlogg.com and airing on public radio stations including Wisconsin Public Radio and Pawling Public Radio. This time, Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs" (Kirk’s Work, I Talk with the Spirits, We Free Kings, Domino), including: 1. Skater's Waltz 2. Serenade to a Cuckoo 3. A Sack Full of Soul 4. Rolando 5. Doin' the Sixty-Eight 6. Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Roland Kirk 7. A Laugh for Rory 8. Jive Elephant 9. Three for the Festival 10. E.D. 11. Limbo Boat 12. 3-In-1 Without the Oil 13. Stitt's Tune Rahsaan Roland Kirk was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments. He was renowned for his onstage vitality, during which virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting, and the ability to play several instruments simultaneously. Joe Bev has remastered Kirk's work from his personal LP collection. Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton. More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https

59 minutes | May 5, 2015

The 78s of Illinois

Wailing Tenor Sax will fill the air when the 78 RPM records of Illinois Jacquet on this week's The Jazz-O-Rama Hour.Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The 78s of Illinois", including:1. Flyin' Home part 1 & 22. Hot Rod3. Jacquet and No Vest (Savoy Blip)4. Bottoms Up5. Mutton Leg6. Robbins' Nest7. Big Foot8. Jivin' with Jack the Bellboy9. Black Velvet10. Symphony in Sid11. Big Dog (1947)12. Jacquet Bounce13. 12 Minutes To Go14. Goofin' Off15. King Jacqet---Tenor saxophonist Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet was an best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home" with Lionel Hampton, critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor saxophone that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of early rock and roll, Jacquet was a skilled and melodic improviser, both on up-tempo tunes and ballads. He doubled on the bassoon, one of only a few jazz musicians to use the instrument.Jacquet was born to a Sioux mother and a Creole father in Broussard, Louisiana and moved to Houston, Texas, as an infant, and was raised there as one of six siblings. His father, Gilbert Jacquet, was a part-time bandleader. As a child he performed in his father's band, primarily on the alto saxophone. His older brother Russell Jacquet played trumpet and his brother Linton played drums.At 15, Jacquet began playing with the Milton Larkin Orchestra, a Houston-area dance band. In 1939, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he met Nat King Cole. Jacquet would sit in with the trio on occasion. In 1940, Cole introduced Jacquet to Lionel Hampton who had returned to California and was putting together a big band. Hampton wanted to hire Jacquet, but asked the young Jacquet to switch to tenor saxophone.In 1942, at age 19, Jacquet soloed on the Hampton Orchestra's recording of "Flying Home", one of the very first times a honking tenor sax was heard on record. The record became a hit. The song immediately became the climax for the live shows and Jacquet became exhausted from having to "bring down the house" every night. The solo was built to weave in and out of the arrangement and continued to be played by every saxophone player who followed Jacquet in the band, notably Arnett Cobb

8 minutes | Apr 28, 2015

Fats Waller 78s

The sounds of classic 78 RPM records will fill the air when the music of Fats Waller will be presented on Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.This week, Joe Bev presents Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The 78s of Fats Waller", including: 1. (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places2. Fair And Square3. Abercrombie had a Zombie4. Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister5. All That Meat and No Potatoes6. Breakin' the Ice7. Boo Hoo8. By The Light of The Silvery Moon9. Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)10. Fats Waller - When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful11. Everybody Loves My Baby13. Dem Bones14. Hold My Hand15.Yacht Club Swing16. Shortnin' Bread17. Two Sleepy PeopleThomas Wright Waller was the youngest of four children born to Adaline Locket Waller and the Reverend Edward Martin Waller. He started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to the organ of his father's church four years later. At the age of fourteen he was playing the organ at Harlem's Lincoln Theater and within twelve months he had composed his first rag. Waller's first piano solos ("Muscle Shoals Blues" and "Birmingham Blues") were recorded in October 1922 when he was 18 years old.He was the prize pupil, and later friend and colleague, of stride pianist James P. Johnson. Fats Waller was the son of a preacher and learned to play the organ in church with his mother. Overcoming opposition from his clergyman father, Waller became a professional pianist at 15, working in cabarets and theaters. In 1918 he won a talent contest playing Johnson's "Carolina Shout", a song he learned from watching a player piano play it.Waller composed many novelty swing tunes in the 1920s and 1930s and sold them for relatively small sums. When the compositions became hits, other songwriters claimed them as their own. Many standards are alternatively and sometimes controversially attributed to Waller, including "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby". Waller copyrighted over 400 new songs, many of which co-written with his closest collaborator Andy Razaf. In 1926, Waller began his recording association with Victor Records, his principal record company for the rest of his life.The Zombie cocktail so named for its effects on the partaker was invented by Donn Beach of Hollywood's Don the Beachcomber restaurant

60 minutes | Apr 20, 2015

Hard Bop & Vocalese Jazz

Host Joe Bev presents LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey", including: Farmer's Market - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Down Under - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1961)Cottontail - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Sweet 'n' Sour - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Caravan (1962) Lil Niles - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Blues March - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin' -(1958)Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Crisis - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1961)Moanin' - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958)Moanin' - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were a vocalese trio formed by jazz vocalists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross. The group formed in 1957 and recorded their first album Sing a Song of Basie for Paramount Records. Beginning in 1959, the trio recorded three LPs with Columbia Records. They recorded a version of Ross' 1952 song "Twisted", featuring her lyrics set to a Wardell Gray melody. Their High Flying won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group in 1962. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were voted Best Vocal Group in the Down Beat Readers Poll from 1959 to 1963. (Wikipedia)Arthur "Art" Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, included many young musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. (Wikipedia)Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herm

60 minutes | Apr 14, 2015

The Early Bebop 78s

Early Bebop will fill the air when the 78 RPM records of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Dexter Gordon will be heard on Joe Bev's The Jazz-O-Rama Hour.Host Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Early Bebop 78s of Bird, Diz, Miles & Dexter", including: 1. Charlie Parker's Reboppers With DIZZY Gillespie & Max Roach - Koko 2. Dizzy Gillespie Sextet With Charlie Parker & Slam Stewart - Groovin' High 3. Dizzy Gillespie And His All Stars Quintet With Charlie Parker - Salt Peanuts 4. The Miles Davis All Stars - Half Nelson 5. Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra With Milt Jackson & Al Haig - Antrophology 6. Charlie Parker Septet With Miles Davis & Lucky Thompson - Night In Tunisia 7. Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra - Oop-Pop-A-Da 8. Charlie Parker Septet With Miles Davis & Lucky Thompson - Ornithology 9. Charlie Parker's All Stars With John Lewis & Max Roach - Constellation 10. The Mc Ghee-Navarro Boptet, With Milt Jackson & Kenny Clarke - Boperation 11. Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra - Sid's Delight 12. Dexter Gordon - Dexter Rides Again 13. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido 14. Charlie Parker - Now's the Time Bebop or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s. It first surfaced in musicians' argot some time during the first two years of American involvement in the Second World War. This style of jazz ultimately became synonymous with modern jazz, as either category reached a certain final maturity in the 1960s. Charles "Charlie" Parker, Jr., also known as "Yardbird" and "Bird" was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Miles Davis once said, "You can tell the HISTORY of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong. Charlie Parker." John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. Allmusic's Scott Yanow wrote, "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time (some would say the best), Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up copying Miles Davis and Fats Navarro instead, and it was not until Jon Faddis's emergence

60 minutes | Apr 8, 2015

The 78 Records of Tito Puente

The 78 Records of Tito PuenteEarly Latin Jazz will fill the air on The Jazz-O-Rama Hour as host Joe Bev presents "The 78 Records of Tito Puente", including:Mambo RamaPare CocheroEl mambo diablo

60 minutes | Mar 31, 2015

"Two Guys & Two Gals": Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller & Mildred Bailey

"The Sheik of Araby", "Don't Fence Me In" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" will be among the 78 RPM records heard on the newest edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour. Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Two Guys and Two Gals": Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller and; Mildred Bailey, including: The Sheik of Araby - Fats Waller Don't Fence Me In - Mildred Bailey Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty - Louis Armstrong My Wubber Dolly - Ella Fitzgerald Lulu's Back in Town - Fats Waller Shoutin' in that Amen Corner - Mildred Bailey with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Alexander's Ragtime Band - Louis Armstrong Vote for Mr. Rhythm - Ella Fitzgerald Rhythm and Romance - Ella Fitzgerald I've Got My Fingers Crossed - Louis Armstrong I Put a Four Leaf Clover in Your Pocket - Ella Fitzgerald I've Go a Pocket Full of Dreams - Louis Armstrong When I Got Low, I Ger High - Ella Fitzgerald My Very Good Friend the Milkman - Fats Waller Doin' the Uptown Lowdown - Mildred Bailey with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Swingin' Them Jingle Bells - Fats Waller Fats Waller born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer. Waller was one of the most popular performers of his era, finding critical and commercial success in his homeland and in Europe. He was also a prolific songwriter and many songs he wrote or co-wrote are still popular, such as "Honeysuckle Rose", "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Squeeze Me". Waller contracted pneumonia and died on a cross country train trip near Kansas City, Missouri on December 15, 1943, after making a final recording session with an interracial group in Detroit that included white trumpeter Don Hirleman. He was on his way back to Hollywood for more film work, after the smash success of "Stormy Weather". Coincidentally, as the train with the body of Waller stopped in Kansas City, so stopped a train with his dear friend Louis Armstrong on board. Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross