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Chamber Music Society: The Birth of The Blues "78"

Item Number
AUC387
Estimated Value
100 USD
Sold
33 USD to barbydoll
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street made its debut on February 11, 1940.  It was a weekly half-hour of jazz, played by leading practitioners of the day.  This collection is the shows tribute to W. C. Handy and includes the weekly bandleader Henry Levine conducting the Dixieland Jazz Group with the late great Lena Horne on Side A and Dixieland Jazz Group performing instrumentals on Side B.  This set is comprised of some of the most famous of the music broadcast by the Society all on four 78's.

Item Special Note

1. A. St. Louis Blues       B. Memphis Blues

2. A. Beale Street Blues  B. Joe Turner Blues

3. A. Careless Love        B. John Henry Blues

4. A. Aunt Hagar's Blues B. East St. Louis Blues(this lp is damaged)

 

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