So the first episode missed the boat due to technical nincompoopery, it was meant to coincide with Jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke’s 110th birthday, with a phone-in interview with jazz scholar, musician, bandleader, Vince Giordano of Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks.
- “Fung Lai Ee (Appearance of the Phoenix)” by Lu Wong Chung & Deng Yan Shung (1928) from “Rain Dropping on the Banana Tree – An Anthology of Chinese Classical Music”
- “Gazel: makam Neva Hicaz” by Osep efendi & Haci Tetik efendi (1935) from “Turquie – Archives de la musique turque (2)”
- “Osman Taka” by Riza Bybyli (1929) from “Don’t Trust Your Neighbors – Early Albanian Traditional Songs & Improvisations, 1920s-1930s”
- Eastern Chimes Blues by Henry Brown (1929) from “The Paramount Masters”
- “Wiegenlied (I)” by Kate Kühl (1947) from “Hoppla – Wir Leben!”
- “Kuleta Fakira” by Chuba Shee (1938/39?) from “Something Is Wrong – Vintage Recordings from East Africa”
- “Pour Mettre Un Peu d’Entrain” by Orchestre Créole “Kaukira Boys” de C. Martial from “Au Bal Antillais – Créole Biguines from Martinique”
- “Hard Scufflin’ Blues” by Little Buddy Doyle & Walter Horton (1939) from “Masters Of Memphis Blues”
- “No Me Olvides” by Guty Cárdenas y Adolfo Utraro (1928) from ”El Ruiseñor Yucateco”
- “Nashville Stonewall Blues” by Robert Wilkins (1930) from “Masters Of Memphis Blues”
- Kolkhoze Odzhy by A. Ibragimova from “The Secret Museum of Mankind – Central Asia – Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48”
- Cannon Ball Blues by Furry Lewis (1928) from “Masters Of Memphis Blues”
- In A Mist by Bix Beiderbecke (1927) from “Krazy Kat”
- Krazy Kat by Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra (1927) from “Krazy Kat”
- Sorry by Bix Beiderbecke And His Gang (1927) from “Krazy Kat”
- “Sweet Sue – Just You” by Paul Whiteman Orchestra from “That Devilin’ Tune – A Jazz History – [1927 – 1934] – Volume 2 (of 4)”
- “From Monday On” by Paul Whiteman Orchestra (1928) from “Okiz youtube channel”
- Harlem Madness by Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra (1934) from “Wild Party!”
- “Miss Brown To You” by Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra featuring Billie Holiday (1935) from “Original Masters”
- “China Boy” by The Benny Goodman Trio from “The Complete Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert – 1938”
- “In A Mist” by Red Norvo (1933) from “Knockin’ On Wood”
- “Sensation” by Wolverine Orchestra (1924) from “Krazy Kat”
- “Clair De Lune” by Benno Moiseiwitsch (1938) from “Vol. 6 – Delius – Ravel – Debussy“
- “Royal Garden Blues” by Bix Beiderbecke And His Gang (1927) from “Krazy Kat”
- “Buaya Mangap” by Gamelan Gong Kebyar of Belaluan from “Bali 1928 – Gamelan Gong Kebyar – Belaluan – Pangkung – Busungbiu”
- “Sugar” by Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra (1928) from “Krazy Kat”
- “Loved One” by Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang (1930) from “Krazy Kat”
- “Concerto in F – (i) Allegro moderato – cantabile” by Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra from “Music for Moderns – 1927-1928”
- “Irish Black Bottom” by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (1926) from “Original Masters – The Best of … The Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings”