Survey of the mid to late 1940's recordings of trumpeter Buck Clayton - his own Big Four and Big Eight recording for HRS along with sideman appearances with Benny Carter, Ike Quebec, Charlie Ventura, Teddy Wilson, Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins, J.C. Heard, Sir Charles Thompson and Earl Hines ---...

Classic sessions by Muggsy Spanier's Ragtime Band for Bluebird in 1939 - cornetist Spanier, George Brunies on trombone and vocal, Rod Cless on piano, George Zack and Joe Bushkin on piano, Bob Casey on Bass, Don Carter and Al Sidell on drums . . influential trad jazz! --- Support this podcast:...

Small group sides led by the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young after his departure from the Basie band. All were done in the middle 1940's on the West Coast and feature Nat "King" Cole, Joe Albany, Irving Ashby, Frank Lacy, Red Callendar, Henry Tucker, Chico Hamilton, Howard McGhee, Vic...