Golden Age, Part 1

April 8, 2025 #2224


Noteworthy recordings from 1939-1942, as cited in a book authored by Hazen Schumacher.


Playlist

Cherokee
Charlie Barnet
Tuxedo Junction
Erskine Hawkins
Squeeze me
Fats Waller
Nobody’s sweetheart
Eddie Condon
HCQ strut
Hot Club of France
Lester leaps in
Count Basie
When lights are low
Lionel Hampton
High society
Bob Crosby
Body and soul
Coleman Hawkins
Schubert’s serenade
John Kirby
Rosetta
Earl Hines
Dipper mouth blues
Muggsy Spanier
The man I love
Billie Holiday
Lunceford special
Jimmie Lunceford
Mamie’s blues
Jelly Roll Morton
Ko-ko
Duke Ellington