Great Jazz Cities: Philadelphia - S02E12

We continue our tour of America’s “Great Jazz Cities” with the history of Local 274’s influence on jazz in the city,  music from Hammond B3 organ pioneer Jimmy Smith, and the brilliant and tragic story of Philadelphia favorite son Clifford Brown. We’ll also get to know the Philadelphia guitar-violin duo that beat Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli to the punch, and our chat with historian Diane Turner gets into the details about how union politics shaped the Philly jazz scene. 

Episode Transcript

Host: Jeff Haas

Guests: Diane Turner, Mike Peters, Pete Fallico, Charles Carson

Music

• McCoy Tyner “Contemplation”
• Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet “Step Lightly (Junior’s Arrival)”
• Nina Simone “Love Me or Leave Me”
• Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang “Stringing the Blues”
• Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang “Goin’ Places”
• Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang “Wild Cat”
• Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang “Doin’ Things”
• Melody Gardot “All I Need is Love”
• Jimmy Smith “The Sermon”
• Jimmy Smith “The Champ” 
• Jimmy Smith “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”
• Jimmy Smith “The Organ Grinder’s Swing”
• Jo Jones “Philadelphia Bound” 
• McCoy Tyner “Utopia”
• John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison “After the Rain”
• Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan “I See Your Face Before Me”
• Art Blakey “A Night In Tunisia” 
• Clifford Brown “Brownie Speaks”
• Clifford Brown “Easy Living”
• Clifford Brown “The Scene is Clean”
• Clifford Brown “Brownie Eyes”
• Clifford Brown “Joy Spring”
• Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet “Swingin’” 

Original Air Date: June 9, 2012

Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas

Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon

Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller

Transcripts by Erik Saras

Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In”

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