Music from the world’s musical melting pot, the cradle of jazz and all its offshoots: New Orleans, the city where the seed of jazz was planted at Congo Square – today’s Louis Armstrong Park.
Naturally, there is also a new episode in Michael Varekamp’s column series The Second Line. This time: part 1 of Cobra and Jazz.
Playlist
- Fletcher Henderson – Shanghai Shuffle
- Dinah Washington – Destination Moon
- Charlie Barnet -Cherokee
- Kid Ory – At A Georgia Campmeeting
- Blind Lemon Jefferson – Matchbox Blues
- Herlin Riley – The Crossbar
- Ben Webster – Bye Bye Blackbird
- Charlie Parker – Ornithology
- Abbie Lincoln – Conversation With A Baby
- Dexter Gordon – Let’s Get Down
