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WXDU 88.7 FM
PO Box 90689
Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
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Nina Simone | Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair | Verve Jazz Masters 17 | Verve | honoring MLK Day | |||
Sarah Vaughan | Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child | It's You or No One | Musicraft | ||||
Paul Robeson | My Curly Headed Baby | Songs of Free Men | Sony Classical | ||||
Louis Armstrong | (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue | Hot Fives and Sevens | JSP | rec. 1929 | |||
Duke Ellington | Emancipation Celebration | Black, Brown and Beige | |||||
Billie Holiday | Strange Fruit | Ken Burns' Jazz | |||||
Billy Strayhorn | Lush Life | Lush Life | Red Baron | ||||
Lena Horne | Where or When | The Lady and Her Music | Sony | ||||
The Oscar Peterson Trio | Hymn to Freedom | Night Train | Verve | ||||
Harry Belafonte | Matilda | s/t | Pure Gold | ||||
Andy Kirk & Mary Lou Williams | Dunkin' a Doughnut | Andy Kirk and the 12 Clouds of Joy | ASV | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson | Jump for Joy | Cocktail Hour | Columbia River | ||||
Count Basie Orchestra | Exactly Like You | Complete Decca Recordings | RCA | ||||
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson | What A Little Moonlight Can Do | Lady Day | Sony | this recording featured Benny Goodman on clarinet, was part of a tryout before Goodman hired Wilson for his band, which was the first integration of a major swing orchestra | |||
Billy Holiday o/ Artie Shaw | Any Old Time | The Very Best of Artie Shaw | in 1938 Shaw hired Holiday to sing with his orchestra. their tour was reportedly a horrible experience for Holiday, she was treated very badly by venues & hotels, especially in the south. This recording is the only one that survives from her time with Shaw | ||||
Dinah Washington | I've Got You Under My Skin | Dinah Jams | Emarcy | feat. Max Roach, who was active in the civil rights movement | |||
John Coltrane | Alabama | A retrospective (Impulse Years) | Impulse! | wonderful request, perfect for the day, thank you for making it! | |||
Sammy Davis Jr. w/ Laurindo Almeida | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye | Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays | Reprise | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Cottontail | The Blanton-Webster Band | RCA | thanks for the upbeat request! | |||
Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson | Chocolate Shake | The Blanton-Webster Band | RCA | ||||
Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven | I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) | Sounds of Harlem Vol 1 | Hep | ||||
The Three Keys | Heebie Jeebies | The Human Orchestra | Jasmine | ||||
Fats Waller & His Rhythm | The Joint is Jumpin' | Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4 | JSP | ||||
Count Basie | Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie | The Essential Count Basie, Vol. II | great request! | ||||
Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra | The Peanut Vendor | Satchmo's Classic Vocals | Charly Budget | rec. 1931 while Armstrong was performing at the Sebastian New Cotton Club, a nightclub in LA | |||
Earl Hines & His Orchestra | Ridin' a Riff | Classic Earl Hines Sessions | Mosaic | ||||
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra | New King Porter Stomp | Big Band Jazz, Vol. 1 | rec 1932 | ||||
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Swing Orchestra | Lafayette | THree Great Swing Saxophones | rec 1932 | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Rockin' in Rhythm | The Duke | Columbia | ||||
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band v/ Bessie Smith | St. Louis Blues | Satchmo Ambassador of Jazz | Verve | rec 1925 | |||
Louis Jordan | Juneteenth Jamboree | Let the Good Times Roll | Bear Family |