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.

The playlist will be posted here during the show:

7/15/08 Playlist

Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra with Wynonie Harris - Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well (Rockin' The Blues)

Pee Wee Crayton - Bounce Pee Wee (The Modern Legacy, v.1)

Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll (The Best Of Louis Jordan)

Wynonie Harris - Wynonie's Blues (Rockin' The Blues)

Billie Holiday - Long Gone Blues (Quintessential, v.7)

Benny Goodman Sextet - Grand Slam (Charlie Christian: The Genius Of The Electric Guitar)

Slim & Slam - That's What You Call Romance (Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart: Complete Columbia Master Takes)

Count Basie - Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) (The Best Of Early Basie) (Jimmy Rushing on vocals)

Lester Young Quintet - Jump, Lester Jump (The Lester Young Story)

Hot Lips Page - Down On The Levee (Levee Lullaby) (1938-1940)

Wynonie Harris - Lollipop Mama (Rockin' The Blues)

Illinois Jacquet - Symphony In Sid (Flying Home)

Slim & Slam - Windy City Hop (Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart: Complete Columbia Master Takes)

Pee Wee Crayton - Central Avenue Blues (The Modern Legacy, v.1) 

Dinah Washington - My Lovin' Papa (Mellow Mama)

Dexter Gordon - Dexter Digs In (Dexter Rides Again)

Louis Jordan - Knock Me A Kiss (The Best Of Louis Jordan)

Hot Lips Page - Lafayette (1938-1940)

The Ravens - Ricky's Blues (Be I Bumble Bee Or Not)

Sammy Price & His Texas Bluesicians - Things About Coming My Way (The Lester Young Story)

Wynonie Harris - Rugged Road (Rockin' The Blues)

Lena Horne - Just In Time (Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena, 1941-1958)

Charlie Parker - Dancing In The Dark (Charlie Parker With Strings)

Matt Davis' Aerial Photograph - Struggle (Before The Stars Burn Out)

The Ink Spots - Address Unknown (To Each His Own)

Nina Simone - The Man With The Horn (Nina Simone And Piano!) (for P.)