Best JOE LAURO Podcasts (2024)

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WALL STREET WAIL! 55:00

1h ago55:00

55:00

The great crash of 29' brought on a slew of tunes related to the Stock Market- from jazz to some hysterical comedy and topical recordings - we will play a bunch of them here!

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HAROLD ARLEN: From Buffalo to Harlem 54:45

4h ago54:45

54:45

From his first traveling gig wi the territory band THE BUFFALODIANS to his earliest Harlem and Hollywood years - at the cotton Club and MGM! The songs and singing of HAROLD ARLEN

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THE JAZZ FIDDLERS 54:25

4h ago54:25

54:25

From Joe Venuti and Stuff Smith to the Mississippi Sheiks - a journey through the early records of jazz via fiddle!

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CELEBRATE BIX 54:49

9d ago54:49

54:49

Originally broadcast as a Bix Birthday Bash -we will just call this episode a celebration of the short life of one of Jazz's true early legends

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EDDIE LANG: JAZZ GUITAR PIONEER 54:55

10d ago54:55

54:55

Salvadore Massaro was born in Philadelphia in 1902 -picking up the banjo in the early 1920s by the early 1930s' he became the most sought after recording guitarist - both for jazz and offering accompaniments to a slew of pop and blues singers alike - it all ended to fast- by 1933 he was gone, the victim of a botched tonsillectomy! But he left behin…

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JAZZ ACROSS THE POND 54:49

10d ago54:49

54:49

Many American Jazz musicians travelled across the ocean to Europe and beyond from the earliest years of recording into through the 1930s ( the era we cover here on American Grooves) This episode explores some fine Jazz recorded on the continent!

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THE TRAIN TO CHARLOTTE 54:37

4h ago54:37

54:37

Victor labels budget BLUEBIRD imprint recorded quite extensively in Charlotte North Carolina in the mid-1930s - Iconic "firsts" happened there ( Bill Monroe for one!) and 100s of Hillbilly and some dance and jazz sides by local bands were preserved. We will re-discover some of Charlotte's finest!

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LET's GO COLLEGIATE 54:40

1h ago54:40

54:40

time for the kids to head back to school - time to take a deep dive listening to some of the remarkably HOT recorded College bands of the 1920s - Yale Collegians, Texas Troubadours, Princeton Triangle Club babd and more!

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GOOD OLE' SUMMER TIME 55:26

41m ago55:26

55:26

Beat the heat with some cool pre-war blues, jazz, country and vaudeville from the 1920s-30s -

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BETTY AND POPEYE 54:32

3d ago54:32

54:32

From 1930 into the ealry 1940s MAX FLEISCHER and brother DAVE produced a series of ground breaking animated cartoons that have endured for near a century - popular icons in their day the artists who provided the voices for Betty Boop and Popeye had recording careers on their own and themes from the cartoons were recorded by dance bands of the era -…

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The Victor "Race Records" part 2 54:50

16d ago54:50

54:50

From 1928 to 1932 RCA Victor records had specific series desiganted to the African American recird buying public- The Blues of Tommy Johnson & Frank Stokes, The Jug Band recordings of Gus Cannon and Memphis Jug Band, the sanctified and gospel recordin=gs of Pace JUbilee Singer snd Reverend Gate and the Jazz of the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Duke E…

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THE VICTOR "RACE" RECORDS Part 1 54:44

28m ago54:44

54:44

From 1928 to 1932 RCA Victor records had specific series desiganted to the African American recird buying public- The Blues of Tommy Johnson & Frank Stokes, The Jug Band recordings of Gus Cannon and Memphis Jug Band, the sanctified and gospel recordin=gs of Pace JUbilee Singer snd Reverend Gate and the Jazz of the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Duke E…

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Louis Armstrong Part 2 54:56

6d ago54:56

54:56

We celebrate Louis' first years on record 1923-35 as a sideman, band member and rising jazz star

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG pt 1 54:45

39m ago54:45

54:45

We celebrate Louis' first years on record 1923-35 as a sideman, band member and rising jazz star

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PLAY THAT RAG 55:04

9d ago55:04

55:04

How RAGTIME was a continuing influence in 1920s-30s Blues, Jazz and Country recordings - From Blind Blake to Hoosier Hot Shots!

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DEMON ALCOHOL 54:34

17d ago54:34

54:34

Let's get drunk and TRUCK! - Songs about drinking in blues, jazz and country!

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GENNETT JAZZ 54:26

14d ago54:26

54:26

The stuff that dreams are madeof...JAZZ on Richmond Indiana's GENNETT records - From King Oliver to King Mutt- we take a deep dive into some hot Gennett rarities!

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BLUE BLOWERS 54:52

12d ago54:52

54:52

Blue Blowing- the art of playing jazz on a kazoo or comb was all the rage in Skiffle Bands, Jug Bands and even some Jazz Bands - we will hear some fine and hot examples!

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THANK YOUR FATHER 54:44

12d ago54:44

54:44

For Fathers' Day 2023 - all tunes about Papas and Dad's! From Jimmie Rodgers to Helen Kane!

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SOME OF THESE DAYS 54:52

5d ago54:52

54:52

This Sheldon Brooks pen tune became the theme song for SOPHIE TUCKER back in the teens and never left the playing field as a jazz standard covered by most every hot band in the land - several versions are played on this episode

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ASHEVILLE BASH! 54:58

4h ago54:58

54:58

Brody Hunt's shellac extravaganza held bi-yearly in the lovely Asheville NC brings a multitude of like minded shellac collectors young and old - here's some of the goodies I scored at the awesome event! ( 2023)

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AFTER YOU'VE GONE 54:44

4h ago54:44

54:44

Besides the usual assortment of pre-war goodies, Joe features severa versions of the pre-war perennial AFTER YOU'VE GONE - From Sophie, Bessie and Miff om!

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ROOTS OF THE NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 54:41

4h ago54:41

54:41

Ralph Rinzler, Alan Lomax, John Cohen and Mike Seeger were just a few of the talent scouts that searched the rural south for forgotten pre-war Bles and Country artists to revive at the ealry Newport Folk Festivals - DOCK BOGGS, MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT, ROBERT WILKINS to name a few were given new, late era careers...no to mention SKIP JAMES and SON HO…

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HOLD THAT TIGER 54:54

1h ago54:54

54:54

One of those tunes that most every jazz band played...sort of the Johnny B. Goode of it's day - in this episode we play all kinds of cool pre-1935 versions of.....TIGER RAG!

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THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE Part 2 54:48

4h ago54:48

54:48

some of the eclectic music that helped fuel the cultural explosion known as the Harlem Renaissance - From its earliest days with BERT WILLIAMS and Charles Gulpin to Duke and Cab!

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SLAPPIN' THAT BASS 54:26

4h ago54:26

54:26

We celebrate some jazz's FIRST great bassists - Wellman Braud, Steve Brown Bill Johnson and others will be featured!

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NEW YORK AIN'T NEW YORK ANYMORE 53:29

35m ago53:29

53:29

The "Big Apple" in song from the Bowery to Harlem1920s-30s - from Fanny Brice and Clayton, Jackson & Durante to Red Nichols! Some fun stuff here for sure

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THE WPA: "BUILD BACK BETTER" 1935 54:40

19d ago54:40

54:40

Tunes recorded during Franklin Roosevelts big experiment of getting Great Depression ravaged regular folks back to work - we tap into a slew of topical WPA related Blues, Country and Pop tunes recorded during the dog days of the Great Depression

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August 11, 2024 54:48

19d ago54:48

54:48

Joe plays an eclectic selection of pre-war Jazz, Blues, Gospel and Hillbilly pre-war 78s from his collection and the collection of some of his generous friends .

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LET's HAVE A PARTY 54:14

25d ago54:14

54:14

From Joel Shaw and his orchestra on CROWN to Bessie Smiths final session in 1933 we will have a party and play some fun 1920s-early 30s tunes celebrating good times!

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GOSPEL & SACRED MASTERPIECES 54:40

19d ago54:40

54:40

100s of gospel recordings were recorded and sold to the "race Records" market- sermons, quartet singing, sanctified singing and preaching AND Sacred quartets, duos, fiddle-vocals you name it! - we play a selected set of some of these masterpieces of Americana

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EARLY BING 54:31

19d ago54:31

54:31

We trace the old groaners' career from his first recording in 1926 with Washington State pal Al Rinker and the PAUL WHITEMAN Rhythm Boys to his early solo years!

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SONGWRITERS SING! 54:16

19d ago54:16

54:16

Rare recordings of some of the legendary 1900s-30s songwriters performing thier own songs - from Irving Berlin in 1913 to Willard Robison in 1927 and much more

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EARLY COUNTRY 54:28

19d ago54:28

54:28

In 1923 Ralph Peer recorded Henry Whitter and Fiddlin John Carson - the record executives released there was shellac gold in them thar hills - this episode explores some of the first Hillbilly recording stars

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DANCE CRAZE! 54:19

26d ago54:19

54:19

Joe and his pal Russ Shor present some of the dances that were rage circa 1900-1936 as presented on original 78 rpm recordings! CHARLESTON, BLACK BOTTOM, HEEBIE JEEBIES, LINDY HOP, SUZIE-Q will all be in the house!

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THE QUEER PIONEERS ! 54:43

20d ago54:43

54:43

LGBTQ themed songs were NOT widely recorded in the pre-ww2 era...Gay performers were also certainly not the norm but there was a vibrant underground movement in the adukt nightclubs of Paris, New York and Los Angeles We will present some of those amazing rare recordings!

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HELL's BELLS 53:57

20d ago53:57

53:57

One of the few topics that had more songs written about it than HEAVEN likely has been HELL! - Lets' hear some cool 1920s-30s sermons, blues tunes and HOT jazzers about that place you don't want to go!

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COPULATIN' BLUES 54:29

20d ago54:29

54:29

The 1920s and 30s was not as buttoned up one may think- some of the dirtiest " double entendre " blues tunes made their way to the market by the likes of Bessie Smith ,Ethel Waters, Lucille Bogan and many more - !

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THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE part 1 54:41

20d ago54:41

54:41

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. Its roots actually go back to the turn of the century- In two episodes we will present some of the recordings of the…

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THOSE FABULOUS FIVES 54:40

20d ago54:40

54:40

From 1917 when the Original Dixieland Jass Band waxed their first sides, through the mid-1920s small band jazz was the way to hot town - This episodes featres some of those recordings

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HOT BY REQUEST #3 54:53

20d ago54:53

54:53

Our first listener REQUEST episode of sorts - We asked our online chat group friends to send in their suggestions of the hottest f the hot jazz recordings - we received so many submissions that we created three programs around them - listen in to what your fellow collector pals feel will burn the house down!…

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HOT BY REQUEST # 2 54:57

26d ago54:57

54:57

Our first listener REQUEST episode of sorts - We asked our online chat group friends to send in their suggestions of the hottest f the hot jazz recordings - we received so many submissions that we created three programs around them - listen in to what your fellow collector pals feel will burn the house down!…

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HOT BY REQUEST #1 54:51

26d ago54:51

54:51

Our first listener REQUEST episode of sorts - We asked our online chat group friends to send in their suggestions of the hottest f the hot jazz recordings - we received so many submissions that we created three programs around them - listen in to what your fellow collector pals feel will burn the house down!…

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THOSE WACKY GREY GULLS & VAN DYKES! 54:46

26d ago54:46

54:46

Let's face it, the litany of budget record labels produced by Grey Gull Records in the 1922-30 era were amoungst the worst sounding, cheaply produced and CHEAPEST of all of the popular ealry 120th century Ameriucan record labels. BUT, not only did tey manage to produce some of the hottest records of the era, their loosey goosey approach to A&R left…

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KING PORTER 54:49

26d ago54:49

54:49

The evolution and story behind Jelly Roll Morton's immortal KING PORTER STOMP - some of which as told by Jelly himself!

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LADY BAND LEADER! 54:46

26d ago54:46

54:46

From Ina Ray Hutton to Lil Hardin the 1920s-30s had quite a few lady jazz band leaders and instrumentalists - this episode presents some of the best recordings by these unsung ladies

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DEEP ELLUM 54:42

26d ago54:42

54:42

Deep Ellum was born in 1873 when the Texas and Pacific (T&P) Railroad crossed the Houston and Texas Central (H&TC) Railroad near the intersection of Elm Street and Central Avenue. The area came to be called “Deep Ellum,” derived from “Deep Elm,” Deep Ellum was a place where day laborers were picked up and dropped off, and a thriving entertainment s…

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HEAVEN! 54:51

26d ago54:51

54:51

What's beyond those pearly gates has been a frequent subject of early hillbilly, blues, jazz and gospel tunes for ever! - Joe tries to get to heaven with a variety of pre-war rarities

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RHAPSODY IN BLUE AT 100 54:46

26d ago54:46

54:46

February 12 2024 makes the 100th anniversary of the landmark premier ( at New York's Aeolian Hall) of George Gershwin's' master work A RHAPSODY IN BLUE - we celebrate with some of the tunes played at that legendary concert

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KEEP-A KNOCKIN! 54:53

26d ago54:53

54:53

The blues roots of this barrel-house tune that made it as a perennial in the rock era are explored! From James Wiggins to Lizzie Miles!

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