Videos of the week

Big Joe Williams


The Spinners


Art Tatum

Playlist for the show airing on 4/23/08

Big Bill Broonzy - Key to the highway
Robert Johnson - If I had possession over judgment day
John Lee Hooker - I'm bad like Jessie James
Big Joe Williams - Brother James
B.B. King - Three O' clock blues
Luther Allison - Little Red Rooster
Black Keys - Thickfreakness
Johnny Copeland - Tumblin' dice
Buddy Miles - Texas
The Mar-keys - Last Night
Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
The Spinners - The rubberband man
Little Milton - We're gonna make it
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
Performers - Mini Skirt
Otis Redding - I can't turn you loose
James Brown - Night Train
Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools
John Coltrane - My favorite things (Live from the Village Vanguard Version)
The Bad Plus - The empire strikes backwards
Sun Ra - Kingdom of not
Miles Davis - Seven steps to heaven
George Ham - Black Orpheus theme
Art Tatum - Love come back to me

Videos of the week

I am going to try to make these video posts a weekly thing

Magic Sam


Sam and Dave


Tito Puente

Playlist for the show airing on 4/16/08

Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man
Buddy Guy - Damn right i've got the blues
Willie Mabon - Seventh Son
Magic Sam - Love me with feeling
Lowell Fulson - Why don't you write me?
Big Bill Broonzy - Knockin' myself out
Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't nobody's business
Bukka White - Strange Place Blues
Leadbelly - Roberta
Joe Tex - You got what it takes
Jr. Walker and the All-stars - Shake and Fingerpop
Sam and Dave - Soul Man
Gladys knight and the Pips - I wish it would rain
Wilson Pickett - If you need me
Tyrone Davis - How can I forget you?
Sly and the Family Stone - It's a family affair
Etta James - Tell Mama
L. Hollis and the Mackadoos - Bui Bui
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Thelonious Monk - These foolish things
Miles Davis - Move
Duke Ellington - Diminuendo in blue
Dizzy Gillespie - Ornithology
Herbie Hancock - Nefertiti
Tito Puente - Bebop
Billie Holiday - It's easy to blame the weather
Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk
John Coltrane - My favorite things

Playlist for the show airing on 4/9/08

Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Robert Johnson - Hellhound on My Train
Leadbelly - Death Letter Blues
Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
R.L. Burnside - Old Balck Mattie
Little Walter and his Nightcats - Juke
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry - I want some of your Pie
Junior Wells - Little by Little
Mary Wells - Two Lovers
The Mad Lads - I don't want to use your love
The Four Tops - Loving you is sweeter than ever
Stevie Wonder - Fingertips pt. 2
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Heat Wave
Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the grapevine
Arthur Alexander - Anna go to him
Bill Withers - Hello like before
The Miracles - You've really got a hold on me
The Elgins - Darling Baby
Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - King of the road
Charles Mingus Split Kick
Art Blakey - Blues
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Charlie Parker - Summertime
Dave Brubeck - Bluette
Count Basie Rock a bye Basie
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?
Wynton and Ellis Marsallis - Joe Cool's Blues

A few videos

Here are some videos that I found browsing youtube enjoy:

Koko Taylor with Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle


For Those of you wondering how to do the tighten up here it is:


Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jive check out the Nicholas brothers getting down in this one:

Playlist for the show airing on 4/2/08

Jimmy Witherspoon - When I Been Drinking
Magic Sam - Call Me If You Need Me
Lowell Fulson - Worry Worry
Little Johnny Jones - Hoy Hoy
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom, Stomp Boogie
Big Bill Broonzy - Key to the Highway
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Taj Majal - Honky Tomk Women
Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Shotgun
Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour
Rufus Thomas - Do the Funky Chicken
Sugar Pie DeSanto - She's got Everything
Mitty Collier - Help Me
The Marvelletes - Please Mr. Postman
The Chi-lites - Love is Gone
Shorty Long - Devil in the Blue Dress
Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - Round Midnight
Charles Mingus - Spontanious Combustion
Wyton and Ellis Marsallis - Little Red Haired Girl
Billie Holiday - Sugar
Nina Simone - Love me or Leave me
Dinah Washington - Is you is or is you not my Baby
Joe Venuti - Spartacus Theme
Miles Davis - Boplicity, All Blues
Dizzy Gillespie - Oo Pa Pa Da