Down Beat, 10/1/1944
July 7, 2020 #1977
A ragtag issue of Down Beat magazine provides the basis for this episode. It was acquired on eBay from someone who had carefully cut out certain articles of interest to him or her, but there was enough copy left to form the basis for an inside look at the music scene that helped to keep morale high during World War II. Items include a story about Tommy Dorsey being indicted for punching a Hollywood actor, speculation as to the type of band Glenn Miller would lead after the war was over and a poignant report of a jazz concert to benefit Jimmie Noone's wife and children after the death of this pioneering jazz clarinetist.
Playlist
- At a roadside diner
- Charlie Barnet
- The guy with the slide trombone
- Tommy Dorsey
- Apple honey
- Woody Herman
- Oranges and lemons
- Glenn Miller
- Miss you
- Guy Lombardo
- Into each life some rain must fall
- Charlie Barnet
- After you’ve gone
- Benny Goodman
- Black and blue Danube
- Spike Jones
- I’ll buy that dream
- Haymes/Forrest
- Sweet Sue
- Jimmie Noone
- Hippy dippy
- Andy Kirk
- Shadrach
- Larry Clinton
- I guess I’ll have to dream the rest
- Will Bradley
- Dedicated to you
- Eckstine/Vaughan