On me your voice falls as they say love should,
Like an enormous yes. My Crescent City
Is where your speech alone is understood,
And greeted as the natural noise of good,
Scattering long-haired grief and scored pity.
Philip Larkin, "For Sidney Bechet"
Scott Joplin (c. 1867-1917)
Maple Leaf Rag (3'08)
played by Joshua Rifkin
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Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin: September 15, 1932 (2'55)
Sidney's Blues by Sidney Bechet: September 14, 1939 (3'02)
Stompy Jones by Duke Ellington: September 6, 1940 (2'49)
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
Black Bottom Stomp by Jelly Roll Morton: September 15, 1926 (3'10)
Billy Goat Stomp by Jelly Roll Morton: June 4, 1927 (3'28)
Wolverine Blues by Jelly Roll Morton: June 10, 1927 (3'18)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
West End Blues by Clarence Williams and Joseph "King" Oliver: June 28, 1928 (3'17)
Weather Bird by Louis Armstrong: December 5, 1928 (2'42)
Swing That Music by Louis Armstrong: May 18, 1936 (2'49)
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Black and Tan Fantasy by Duke Ellington and Bubber
Miley: October 26, 1927 (3'06)
Ko-Ko by Duke Ellington: March 6, 1940 (2'39)
Drop Me Off At Harlem by Duke Ellington and Campbell
Connolly: February 17, 1933 (2'59)
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Duke Ellington: February 2, 1932 (3'09)
Vocal: Ivie Anderson
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin: January 16, 1938
with the Benny Goodman Quartet in Carnegie Hall