JAZZ CLUB U.S.A. (Voice of America) Broadcasting dates: Neither Hickerson (1996) nor Paulson (2006) mention this program, even Goldin has only one undated program. On his 4th broadcast Feather himself gives ‘1951’ as the year. Program 11 has a handwritten date on the sleeve ‘March 11th’, program 12 has handwritten ‘March 18th’. So if we take that for the date of the first broadcast and resume that this weekly program was broadcast every Sunday, we get the dates below (at least up to Jazz Club # 26). I am not entirely sure about the first and the second broadcast – that should have been December 24th, 1950, and December 31st, 1950. But I can’t imagine they’d start a new program and already postpone the 3rd and 4th program because of Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, so I consider the dates (1950-12-24 and 1950-12-31) are very likely. Beginning with ‘Jazz Club # 40’ I wasn’t able to give proper dates. Obviously there was a gap in summer 1951. In # 41 Feather talks about a ‘1952 version’ of an Ellington title and says, that Johnny Hodges left the Ellington Band ‘barely two years ago’. Hodges left Ellington early in 1951, last records with Ellington were made in January. This would mean late 1952 for Feather’s 40th broadcast – hard to believe. Used: Tom Lord, The Jazz Discography, CD-ROM 2004 edition. Jazz Club USA # 01 Host: Leonard Feather Date: 1950-12-24 Count Basie & the Benny Goodman Orchestra: The mad Boogie Broadcast, "Benny Goodman Show #7, New York, August 12, 1946 Dale "Mickey" McMickle, Nate Kazebier, John Best, Dick Mains (tp) Cutty Cutshall, Leon Cox (tb) Addison Collins (fhr) Benny Goodman (cl,vcl) Hymie Schertzer, Larry Molinelli (as) Cliff Strickland, Les Clarke (ts) Al Klink (bar) Joe Bushkin (p) Mike Bryan (g) Barney Spieler (b) Louie Bellson (d) special guest : Count Basie (p) Billy Strayhorn Trio: C jam blues New York, October 3, 1950 Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards and his Orchestra: Swing low, sweet chariot Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 1950 Dizzy Gillespie (tp,vcl) Henry Coker, Dick Kenney, Harold Smith (tb) Shirley Thompson (bassoon) Henry Hill, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Jack Shulman, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Victor Arno, John Quadri, Sidney Brokow (vln) Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin (cello) Phil Shuken (fl) Haskell Issenuth (b-fl) Harry Steinfield (oboe) John Grass (fhr) Barbara Whitney (harp) Paul Smith (p) Jack Cascales (b) Charlie Wright (d) Carlos Vidal Bolado (bgo) [ Vidal Bolado (bgo) ] Johnny Richards (arr) Phil Napoleon & the Memphis Five: Milenberg joys Café Society, New York, c. 1950 (VoA original recording) Phil Napoleon (tp) with unknown personal including Tony Sbargo (Sbarbaro) (d, kazoo) Ruth Brown: unknown title Café Society, New York, c. 1950 (VoA original recording) Ruth Brown (voc) with unknown (tp), (p), (dr) and others Eroll Garner Trio: Lover Café Society, New York, c. 1950 (VoA original recording, the trio recorded this title for Columbia on October 7th, 1950) Eroll Garner (p), John Simmons (b), Shadow Wilson (dr) Phil Napoleon & the Memphis Five: South Rampart Street Parade ? Café Society, New York, c. 1950 (VoA original recording – or the Swan record, made on May 17th, 1946, by Phil Napoleon) Phil Napoleon (tp) with unknown personal including Tony Sbargo (Sbarbaro) (d, kazoo) Jazz Club USA # 02 Host: Leonard Feather. Date: 1950-12-31 Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra: Oh babe Los Angeles, October 13, 1950 Benny Bailey, Duke Garrette, Ed Mullens, Leo Shepherd, Walter Williams (tp) Jimmy Cleveland, Al Grey, Paul Lee, Benny Powell (tb) Bobby Plater, Jerome Richardson (as) Gil Bernal, Johnny Board, Curtis Lowe (ts) Ben Kynard (bar) Lionel Hampton (vib) Milt Buckner (p) Billy Mackel (g) Roy Johnson (b) Ellis Bartee (d) Sonny Parker (vcl) Red Norvo Trio: Move Chicago, October 13, 1950 Red Norvo (vib) Tal Farlow (g) Charles Mingus (b) Lucky Thompson and his Orchestra: Slow drag New York, September 15, 1949 Ray Copeland (tp) Henderson Chambers (tb) Lucky Thompson, Pritchard Chessman (ts) Sahib Shihab (bar) Billy Taylor (p) Peck Morrison (b) Al Walker (d) Thelma Thompson (vcl) Louis Armstrong and the All Stars: When it's sleepy time down south Medley: Shadrach / When the Saints I got Rhythm Some Day La vie en rose I cover the Waterfront (excerpt) “Bop City”, New York, 1950 (VoA original recordings) Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Jack Teagarden (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Earl Hines (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Cozy Cole (d Jazz Club USA # 03 – Strings Host: Leonard Feather Date: 1951-01-07 Artie Shaw & his Orchestra: My blue Heaven New York, December 23, 1936 Lee Castle, Zeke Zarchy (tp) Buddy Morrow (=Moe Zudecoff) (tb) Artie Shaw (cl,arr) Tony Pastor (ts,vcl) Joe Lippman (p,arr) Tony Gottuso (g) Jerry Gray (vln,arr) Frank Siegfield (vln) Sam Persoff (viola) Bill Schumann (cello) Ben Ginsberg (b) George Wettling (d) Harry Carney: Frustration New York, 1949 Harry Carney (bar) Billy Strayhorn (p) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (d) Duke Ellington (arr) + strings Oscar Pettiford his Cello and Quartet: Perdido New York, September 13, 1950 Duke Ellington (p) Billy Strayhorn (celeste-1) added, Oscar Pettiford (cello) Lloyd Trotman (b) Jo Jones (d) Billie Holiday with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra: Somebody's on my mind New York, October 19, 1949 Bobby Hackett (tp) Milt Yaner (cl,as) John Fulton (fl,cl,ts) Bernie Leighton (p) Tony Mottola (g) Jack Lesberg (b) Bunny Shawker (d) + five strings Billie Holiday (vcl) Gordon Jenkins (cond) Charlie Parker with Neal Hefti's Orchestra: Repetition New York, December, 1947 Al Porcino, Ray Wetzel, Doug Mettome (tp) Bill Harris (tb) Bart Varsalona (b-tb) Vincent Jacobs (fhr) John LaPorta (cl) Charlie Parker (as-1) Murray Williams, Sonny Salad (as) Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts) Manny Albam (bar) Tony Aless (p) Sam Caplan, Harry Katzman, Gene Orloff, Zelly Smirnoff, Sid Harris, Manny Fiddler (vln) Fred Ruzilla, Nat Nathanson (viola) Joe Benaventi (cello) Curly Russell (b) Shelly Manne (d) Diego Ibarra (cga,bgo) Neal Hefti (arr,cond) Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards and his Orchestra: Lullaby of the leaves Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 1950 Dizzy Gillespie (tp,vcl) Henry Coker, Dick Kenney, Harold Smith (tb) Shirley Thompson (bassoon) Henry Hill, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Jack Shulman, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Victor Arno, John Quadri, Sidney Brokow (vln) Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin (cello) Phil Shuken (fl) Haskell Issenuth (b-fl) Harry Steinfield (oboe) John Grass (fhr) Barbara Whitney (harp) Paul Smith (p) Jack Cascales (b) Charlie Wright (d) Carlos Vidal Bolado (bgo) Johnny Richards (arr) Joe Roland Symphonette: Half Nelson New York, January 17, 1950 Joe Roland (vib) Joe Puma (g) Gus Oberstein, Jules Modlin, Sidney Kasmit (strings) Ismael Ugarte (b) Harold Granowsky (d) Stan Kenton and His Innovations Orchestra: Art Pepper Hollywood, May 18, 1950 Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Maynard Ferguson, Don Paladino (tp) Shorty Rogers (tp,arr) Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick (tb) Bill Russo (tb,arr) Stumpy Brown (b-tb) John Graas, Lloyd Otto (fhr) Gene Englund (tu) Bud Shank, Art Pepper (as,fl) Bob Cooper (ts,oboe,Eng-hrn) Bart Calderall (ts,bassoon) Bob Gioga (bar,b-cl) George Kast, Lew Elias, Jim Cathcart, Earl Cornwell, Anthony Doria, Jim Holmes, Alex Law, Herbert Offner, Carl Ottobrino, David Schackne (vln) Stan Harris, Leonard Selic, Sam Singer, Gregory Bemko (viola) Zachary Bock, Jack Wulfe (cello) Stan Kenton (p,arr) Laurindo Almeida (g,arr) Don Bagley (b) Shelly Manne (d,tymp) Jazz Club USA # 04 - Tenor Sax Host: Leonard Feather Date: 1951-01-14 Lester Young Quartet: Neenah New York, c. June 1950 Lester Young (ts) John Lewis (p) Joe Shulman (b) Bill Clark (d) Coleman Hawkins and his Quartet: You got me cryin' again New York, August 25, 1950 Coleman Hawkins (ts) Billy Taylor (p) John Collins (g) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Woody Herman and His Orchestra: More moon New York, May 26, 1949 Stan Fishelson, Al Porcino, Ernie Royal, Charlie Walp (tp) Shorty Rogers (tp) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson (tb) Bart Varsalona (b-tb) Woody Herman (cl,as) Sam Marowitz (as) Gene Ammons, Buddy Savitt (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (ts) Serge Chaloff (bar) Lou Levy (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Shelly Manne (d) Chubby Jackson and his All Stars Band: Leavin' town New York, March 15, 1950 Howard McGhee, Al Porcino, Don Ferrara (tp) J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb) Charlie Kennedy (as) Zoot Sims, Georgie Auld, Bruce Barnard (ts) Gerry Mulligan (bar,arr) Tony Aless (p) Chubby Jackson (b) Don Lamond (d) Tiny Kahn (arr) Stan Getz Quartet: Too marvellous for words New York, January 6, 1950 Stan Getz (ts) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d) Flip Phillips: Sweet and lovely New York, October 9, 1944 Neal Hefti (tp) Bill Shine (cl) Flip Phillips (ts) Ralph Burns (p) Billy Bauer (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Dave Tough (d) Georgie Auld and his Orchestra: Darn that dream Los Angeles, January 17, 1949 John Anderson (tp) Billy Byers (tb,arr) Georgie Auld (as,ts) John Rotella (as) Pete Terry (ts) Irv Roth (bar) Jimmy Rowles (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d) Karl Kiffe (bgo) Jazz Club # 05 Host: Leonard Feather Date: 1951-01-21 Jimmy McPartland & his Band: Royal garden Blues Chicago, March, 1949 Jimmy McPartland (cnt) Harry Lepp (tb) Jack O'Connel (cl,as) Marian McPartland (p) Ben Carlton (b) Mousie Alexander (d) Charlie Parker and his Orchestra: My melancholy baby New York, June 6, 1950 Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell (b) Buddy Rich (d) Johnny Windhurst Jam Band: Chop Suey Struttin’ with some barbecue Stuyvesant Casino, New York, c.