First Song - Ballin' the Jack

This is jazz. This is jazz's radio's only live-calent presentation of authentic improvised New Orleans jazz. The writer and narrator is Rudy Bletch, famous jazz critic and author of the recent book, Shining Trumpets, 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 scenes from its history. So here is Rudy Bletch. Thanks Don Frederick and here we are all set to go on our 29th session of this is Jan. Well hello guys. Hello Don. As everybody can tell here I am back in New York after

a flying trip out to the Pacific Coast which produced broadcasts featuring two of the great bands of that locality. These were Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band of Los Angeles and Lou Waters Yarbovoy and a band of San Francisco but it's always good to be back home and especially when and I can greet a fine band of our own, like the all-star stoppers who are right here with me,

the raring to go. So settle back in your chairs and tap your feet as we sail into that old jazz classic, Balling the Jack. The all-time classic, Balling the Jacks by the all-star stoppers, and here, player by player, is its all-star personnel. Wild Bill Davison Cornette, Albert

Nicolas clarinet, Jimmy Archie trombone, Ralph Sutton piano, Pops foster bass, Danny Barker guitar, and Baby Dods drums. Hearing three great bands on successive statuses is a convincing demonstration of the great variety of style that is possible within a single style, New Orleans. Ory's band reflects Ory himself, all easy going and rhythmic. And water's band-like, its leader loop presents