Phil Schapp (1951–2021)
Ellington on the air, 1932
From Newark’s WBGO-FM: an eight-minute fragment from a 1932 live radio broadcast of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. It’s the earliest known recording of the Ellington band on the air.
“Lush Life” plus
Duke Ellington and the radio personality William B. Williams talk. Billy Strayhorn sings and plays.
Jo Jones Centennial Festival
On WKCR-FM.
The Savory Collection
Jazz radio broadcasts of the late 1930s