After a great appearance on WURD-900 AM with Aqueelah Jamal last Friday, Feldie's back at you with another 2 hours of jazz, rhythm & blues, and more on Lucky Old Souls.  On today's show... several tracks produced by the former co-owner of Atlantic Records, Jerry Wexler, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 91.  Wexler, who is credited with coining the phrase "rhythm & blues" when he was writing for Billboard in the '40s, produced seminal recordings by Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, and more. 

You'll also hear a few tracks from one of the great trumpeters of the 1940s, Howard McGhee. 

All that and plenty of surprises, too...

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Join Feldie on Lucky Old Souls, and jam with Fletcher Henderson, B.B. King, Buster Smith, the Temptations, and many more.

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Join Feldie for 2 hours of the hottest, swingin-est jazz and rhythm & blues on Lucky Old Souls. 

Today's show will feature highlights from some new additions to the Lucky Old Souls library:

Ahmed Abdul-Malik: The Music Of Ahmed Abdul-Malik

Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan: Goin' Home

The Chance Trio: Marnee Birds

Charles Earland: Black Talk

Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk In Europe, 1934-1937

Etta Jones: Something Nice

Henry Grimes Trio: The Call

Sarah Vaughan: After Hours

And, of course, plenty of musical tangents and surprises as well.  A little something for everyone as long as you got big ears.  Don't miss it... 

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Feldie's back at you with the best jazz, rhythm & blues, and more on Lucky Old Souls.  This week... music from trumpeter/singer Wingy Manone and from Betty LaVette, Fats Waller, Cecil Taylor, Mississippi John Hurt, and many more.  There will also be several tracks from vocalist Jo Stafford, a star of the 1940s and '50s who passed away on July 16th.  Check out Feldie's blog to see a couple video clips of Stafford (including one with Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wison, & Red Norvo!).

All that and more on today's Lucky Old Souls.

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Join Feldie for 2 hours of the best jazz, rhythm & blues, and more on Lucky Old Souls.  On today's show there'll be music from trumpet great Roy Eldridge in small groups with Coleman Hawkins, Artie Shaw, and Billie Holiday and with his own big band.  There'll also be a lot of vocal duets--from Dinah Washington & Brooke Benton, Ruth Brown & Clyde McPhatter, Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine, and many more.

And, of course, some surprises...

Don't miss it. 

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Join Feldie for 2 hours of jazz, rhythm & blues, and more on Lucky Old Souls.  Today's show will feature jazz and early R&B from the '40s and some of the earlier jazz and blues out of which R&B developed.  We'll hear from Wynonie Harris, Louis Jordan, Pee Wee Crayton, Jimmy Rushing, Slim & Slam, Billie Holiday, and many many more.

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Join Feldie today for 2 hours of the hottest, swingin-est jazz and rhythm & blues.  Feldie likes to mix things up on Lucky Old Souls, and today's show will include some rockers & ballads from the '50s & early '60s, along with jazz from pianist Hampton Hawes and tenor greats Coleman Hawkins & Sonny Rollins (playing together!), and a couple tracks from guitarist/vocalist Lonnie Johnson.  All that and much much more, coming up at 2 P.M. EST.

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Feldie brings you 2 hours of the hottest, swingin-est jazz and rhythm & blues--and, today, some gospel, as we celebrate the life of Ira Tucker, who sang with the legendary gospel group the Dixie Hummingbirds for 70 years.  Tucker passed away last week at the age of 83.  If you're in Philly, check out the Dixie Hummingbirds mural at Broad & Poplar.  And check out my blog for some great videos.  Today's show will also include several versions of Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain," one of only a handful of songs that the great singer wrote.  All that and more on Lucky Old Souls, coming up at 2 P.M.

Don't miss it...

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Tune in to Lucky Old Souls today as Feldie is joined in the studio by guitarist Ben "Bananas" O'Neill, formerly of the jazz/funk trio the Mini Qs and a long-time member of Musiq Soulchild's touring band.  Ben, who has also played with Vivian Green, Bilal, and Erykah Badu, will have a a bag full of records and CDs in tow.  Expect music from Albert King, Pink Anderson, Nancy Wilson, Thelonious Monk, and many more.  If we're lucky, Ben might even play a little guitar for us on the air.  Don't miss it...

If you're in Philly, check out Ben's rock band, the MLMs, tonight at Silk City.

The playlist will be posted here during the show...