For our first Black History Month program, co-host Jim Reil plays recordings from the 1930s and 1940s featuring bassist John Kirby as sideman and bandleader.
| Dee Blues THE CHOCOLATE DANDIES - Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947 - Mosaic |
| Sweet and Hot FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA - Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947 - Mosaic |
| New King Porter Stomp FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA - Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947 - Mosaic |
| Queer Notions FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA - Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947 - Mosaic |
| I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate COLEMAN HAWKINS ORCHESTRA - Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947 - Mosaic |
| What A Little Moonlight Can Do TEDDY WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Best of Billy Holiday - Columbia Legacy |
| These Foolish Things TEDDY WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Best of Billy Holiday - Columbia Legacy |
| Buzzin' 'Round With The Bee LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-41 - Mosaic |
| Stompology LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-41 - Mosaic |
| Muskrat Ramble LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-41 - Mosaic |
| It Feels So Good JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Effervescent Blues JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Dawn on the Desert JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Anitra's Dance JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Minute Waltz JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Front and Center JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Royal Garden Blues JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Opus 5 JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Rose Room JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| One Alone JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Jumpin' in the Pump Room JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Milumbu JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| You Go Your Way JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| 20th Century Closet JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Temptation JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Chloe JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Can't We Be Friends? JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| I Love You Truly JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Sextet from Lucia JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Coquette JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Zooming at the Zombie JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
| Close Shave JOHN KIRBY SEXTET - Complete Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - Definitive |
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