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May 20: (#A4) Memorial Day - "The Return of the V-Disc" Vol. 1 
We honor Memorial Day with the famous V-Discs that brought welcome music from home to Americans fighting WWII in Europe and the Pacific. Forgotten for 60 years, they are historic documents of the great big bands, singers, and soloists of the 40's: Nat King Cole, Glenn Miller, Django Reinhardt, Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Art Tatum, Jack Teagarden, and more.

May 27: (#41: "Violinsanity" Smith, Venuti, Grappelli, etc.
The list of great jazz violin players is small but distinguished. Stuff Smith and Joe Venuti set the style in the 1920's, Ray Nance and Stephane Grappelli took it to another level in the 30's and 40's, and Jean Luc Ponty and Michael Dudziak took it electronic in the 70's.

June 3: (#42) Jam Sessions, Vol. 1: "The Buck Clayton Sessions"
The most famous recorded jam sessions of the 50's were those led by Count Basie trumpet man, Buck Clayton. On both domestic and very rare European sessions, you'll hear swing stars like Coleman Hawkins, Ruby Braff, J. C. Higginbotham, the great Jimmy Rushing, and more.

June 10: (#43) Jam Sessions, Vol. 2: "Miles Davis, Chet Baker & the Lighthouse All-Stars"
On the West Coast, no sessions were cooler than the Sunday all-day jams at the Lighthouse in the early 50's. You'll be sitting on the front row when "Cool" trumpet legends Davis and Baker drop by to battle it out with Shelly Manne, Max Roach, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, and others.

June 17: (#44) Jam Sessions, Vol. 3: "The Prestige Detroit Sessions"
Many great late 50's hard bop recordings were essentially jam sessions, but the Prestige studios hosted so many All-Star jams that their vaults are still yielding surprises. Heaviest hitters were the guys from Detroit, Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Elvin Jones, etc.

June 24: (#45) Jam Sessions, Vol. 4: "The Gene Ammons Sessions"
Of all the great jam session recordings on Prestige, the most popular were led by Gene Ammons in the 1950's. His huge tenor sax sound and relaxed style was the perfect match for frequent guests like John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Pepper Adams, Jackie McLean, Kenny Burrell, Paul Quinichette, Paul Chambers, and Art Taylor.

July 1: (#A5) Independence Day - "The Return of the V-Disc" Vol. 2
Celebrate America's popular July 4th holiday with the second in our series of re-discovered swing-era V-Disc recordings, made to boost the morale and fighting spirit of the troops in WWII. Records you've never heard by Benny Goodman, Nat King Cole, Red Norvo, Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Gene Krupa, and more.

July 8: (#46) Legendary Concerts, Vol. 1: "Spirituals to Swing, 1938-39"
Another great date organized by John Hammond to present jazz history in Carnegie Hall. It's an unforgettable meeting of gospel, ragtime, New Orleans, blues, boogie and swing with Ida Cox, Big Bill Broonzy, James P. Johnson, New Orleans Feetwarmers, Meade Lux Lewis, Benny Goodman with Charlie Christian, and Count Basie with Lester Young, Helen Humes, and more.

July 15: (#47) Legendary Concerts, Vol. 2: "Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940"
Imagine taking your date to a dance in a small North Dakota town, and hearing the Duke Ellington Orchestra that just happens to contain legendary bassist Jimmy Blanton, tenor giant Ben Webster, alto great Johnny Hodges, clarinetist Barney Bigard, Cootie Williams on trumpet, songs by Duke's new arranger, Billy Strayhorn, and the first appearance of trumpet/violinist Ray Nance. 

July 22: (#48) Legendary Concerts, Vol. 3: "First Esquire Jazz Concert, 1944"
Esquire sponsored the first "critics poll" and brought the winners together for an amazing one time concert. You'll hear Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge together, Louis and Coleman Hawkins backed by Art Tatum, plus Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Pettiford, and even Mildred Bailey and Billie Holiday. 

July 29: (#49) Legendary Concerts, Vol. 4: "Birdland All-Stars at Carnegie Hall"
This is the performance that kicked off a cross-country tour of stars who regularly played New York's famed Birdland. Imagine sitting in stately Carnegie Hall to hear the Count Basie Band with vocal legends Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, plus Lester Young and Charlie Parker!!!

Aug. 5: (#50) "Ladies of Jazz – Got Rhythm"
Unfairly ignored during their careers in the 1950's and 60's, we remember 3 great ladies from the rhythm section: Terry Pollard, pianist with Quincy Jones and Terry Gibbs, Mary Osborne, guitarist with Mary Lou Williams and Coleman Hawkins; and Margie Hyams, vibraphonist with Woody Herman and George Shearing.

Aug. 12: (#51) "The Sounds of Memphis"
Since the days of W. C. Handy, Memphis, TN has produced a host of jazz men. Is there a Memphis style? We look for an answer from pianists Phineas Newborn, Harold Mabern and Mulgrew Miller, saxophonists Hank Crawford and Frank Strozier, trumpeters Booker Little, Louis Smith, and Bill Mobley, and others. 

Aug. 19: (#52) "The Sounds of Chicago"
The "Chicago Style" of jazz has evolved from the "Austin High Gang" of the roaring 20's to the avant garde AACM. You'll hear that evolution from swing saxist Bud Freeman, to bebopper Lennie Tristano, to hard bopper Johnny Griffin, to vocalist Jean Carne, plus Von Freeman, Ira Sullivan, Judy Roberts and more.

Aug. 26: (#A6) Labor Day - "The Blindfold Test" 
Remember the popular DownBeat Magazine Blindfold Tests where musicians listened to records commenting on the music without being told what or who it was? With everyone relaxing for the Labor Day weekend, we thought it would be fun to play some interesting tracks from swing to bop to vocals to see if you can guess what they are. Watch out, we may have a few tricks in our bag!

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