The first morning slot on a Sunday is usually musical, baroque, but if there is none, then my second thought is Pater Gunn … and there are many awaiting us in the vault … but maybe later. This time, 0900, really needs to be musical, e.g. Vivaldi but we’ve had most of him recently … so a thought started to form (careful, dangerous).

Let’s have the jazz early, not pre-last post. You’ll recall this past week it started shimmying, then jitterbug, zydeco, ragtime, non-vocal jazz, even some Goodman and Peggy Lee swing … there was a long post on Keith Emerson and Oscar Peterson, which brought in boogie, plus modern jazz (not my bag I’m afraid, quite Felonious, I’d rather be a Monk, frankly).

One interesting diversion were the Gennett and Vocalion recordings, inc. jam sessions (the Midnight Rounders below, late 20s) … but first, Jelly Rolls opening of non-vocal jazz to the masses earlier in the 20s.

Those Gennett and Vocalion jam sessions .. players crouded into the studio, see what they could come up with, free form:

And then, past Oscar Peterson asking Keith Emerson why … why go back to early forms, e.g. ragtime and boogie, stride? People like it, that’s why. Even Brendan here had people interested:

Me? I love the more raw sound, the garage rock, early artists. Refined is nice, admirable … but the early years give it all context imho. And voices in the bkgd, showing there were humans present, having a ball.