First Song - The Ostrich Waltz

This is Jazz. Radio's only live talent presentation of authentic improvised Duorley's Jazz. The writer and the writer is Rudy Bletch, famous jazz critic and author of the recent book, Shining Crumpets.

A colorful history of this American music. Each week at this time he and his great jazz band bring you a solid half hour of superb, improvised jazz and seen from its history. So here is Rudy Bletch.

And here we are all set to go on the 17th section of this jazz. A program today is going to be made up of the classic jazz, so standard tunes that have tipped all the tests for the years.

The themes that offer such wonderful materials for improvising genius that every playing by great jazz introduces a new, fresh, and charming composition. Now, one such tune was brought into New York in 1916 by the original Victor Land Jazz Band for New Orleans.

And its brisk tempo and varied strains make it an ideal opener. So settle back and enjoy the ostrich walk. 16 Classic, the ostrich walk, improvised for you in the original New Orleans jazz style,

and did you catch that sensational three-way break between trumpet, clarinet, and trombone? The masters of this American fine and folk art who have just played it are among the men who originally created the art itself.

So let me introduce them, Albert Nicklaus. George Bruni's. Johnny's. Wild Bill Davison. Pop's Foster. Danny Barker. Joe Sullivan. And baby Dodd. Old New Orleans' birthplace of improvised jazz and the year 1916 are going to give us another classic.

One of the popular tunes that were so characteristic of the Delta City. So listen now to the freshness and the appeal of the pre-World War I popular hit, Don't Leave me daddy. Dylan New Orleans hunting for jazz classics.