First Song - Sensation Rag
This Is Jazz · March 24, 1947 · 28 min · 1,063 words
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Hey, did you enjoy the guy on Bartle music? Well, just stick around and listen to this Very sweet, isn't it? And that's where the surprise comes in. You remember? I promised you a surprise last week on our last Barry Grey on Broadway program Well, the surprising thing is that those fellas can play like this because they are Rudy Fleches
This is jazz outfit some of the great stars of hot music and this is the man who brings it over to WOR a great authority on jazz and a critic I like. This is Rudy Blake.
Thanks, very great. But there's something awfully wrong going on around here. Now we're going to find out what is going on. I'm going to check with Muggsy. Muggsy, what's going on here? Rudy, didn't you tell us to play like one barter? Oh, no, no, no. I said we follow Lombardo. Our program comes after his.
Well Rudy, let's beat it on hot boy! Now you're... John, that was playing a gag like that on me and on our first Monday night. But in spite of the start, this is jazz, a real American art, a music created without any sheet music.
And here in the studio with me tonight are some of the greatest living players of jazz. I think a role call of our famous artist is in order now. So meet our coronetists from Nixon Greenwich Village, Muggsy Spaniard.
playing with us by Curtis Evetti Condens Club, our Trumbonist George Brunies. Next is our clarinetist Albert Nicholas and our drummer Baby Dodd. And here's our bass player Pops Foster. And meet our guitarist Danny Barker. And now I want you to meet our two guest stars for this evening. First here's the pianist Art Hody's. And last but certainly not least,
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