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.

Click below for the playlist during the show. 

7/29/08 Playlist

The Shirelles - I Met Him On A Sunday (25 All Time Greatest Hits)

Wingy Manone & His Orchestra - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (1935-1936)

Joe Marsala Sextet - Perdido (Dizzy Gillespie: 1945)

Jo Stafford - Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (The Best Of The War Years)

Wingy Manone & His Orchestra - Love And Kisses (1935-1936)

Jo Stafford - I've Got The World On A String (Jo + Jazz)

Rufus Harley - Kerry Dancers (Courage: The Atlantic Recordings)

Wingy Manone & His Orchestra - Rhythm Is Our Business (1935-1936)

Little Walter - My Babe (The Best Of Little Walter)

Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Hours After (Sun Ra: The Singles)

Betty LaVette - Here I Am (bonus track on Child Of The Seventies CD)

Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster - Shine On Harvest Moon (Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster)

Jo Stafford - Just Squeeze Me (Jo + Jazz)

Coleman Hawkins - Stuffy (Phantomesque)

Charlie Parker - Bird's Nest (Bird Of Paradise)

Nat King Cole - Lester Leaps In (The Trio Recordings, v.3)

Fats Waller - Lulu's Back In Town (The Very Best Of Fats Waller)

Fats Waller - Handful Of Keys (The Very Best Of Fats Waller) 

Cecil Taylor - Excursion On A Wobbly Rail (Looking Ahead!)

Nina Simone - Nearer Blessed Lord (Pastel Blues / Let It All Out)

Mississippi John Hurt - Nearer My God To Thee (The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt)

Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers - Nearer To Thee (Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers)

The Staple Singers - Each Day (Glory! It's The...)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rahsaanica (Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata)

Archie Shepp w/ Jeanne Lee - There Is A Balm In Gilead (Blase)

Jo Stafford - I Didn't Know About You (The Best Of The War Years)