First Song - Rosetta

This is jazz This is jazz's radio's only live talent presentation of authentic improvised New Orleans jazz The writer and narrator is Rudy Blanche Famous jazz critic and author of the recent book shining trumpets the colorful history of this American music each week at this time He and his great jazz fan bring you a solid half hour of superb improvised jazz and scenes from his history

So here is Rudy Blatt. And here we are all set to go on the 20 second session of This is Jazz. As we announced at our program last Saturday, we are asking all of you listeners to please name our band.

For session after session, these famous jazz artists have been improvising their wonderful New Orleans jazz for you. And we feel that so great an aggregation deserves a name, a name that will be both colorful and descriptive.

So write in all of your suggestions just as many as you wish. And as announced, we're going to give three prizes consisting of choice albums containing records of just this sort of jazz music. The decision of the judges is final, and all entries become the property of the program, and all entries must be mailed on or before July 15th, so don't delay.

Now for our opener, our band is going to get together on a very distinctive and very pretty tune, Earl Hines Rosetta. Jazz man that one of you lucky listeners is going to name. Here's its famous personnel Albert Nicholas clarinet. Come on Albert. Wild Bill Davidson

cornet. Jimi Archie trombone. Danny Barker guitar. Pops foster bass. Johnny Blowers drums. And Ralph Sutton piano. Now here's a famous slow-tuned jazz that was first published almost twenty years ago and was made famous by Louis Armstrong. Save it, Pretty Mama.