SORRY FOLKS, MY jazz originals radio show HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE AIR. BUT YOU CAN LISTEN ON DEMAND ANY TIME,

http://www.jazz88.fm/show/jazz-originals/

I really appreciate you, the fans of my show, it's been a great run. Thank you very much for your loyalty and all your emails, As my audience, you could have been a lot worse. You can still email me directly at any time at: butte1@mac.com

*NOTE: The September 11 show is a special one with Christian McBride, but they listed it in my spot anyway. Next show should be mine. Thanks for your patience.

 

The formula for this long-running weekly radio show is simple: Butch plays and discusses vintage jazz recordings. With just enough background and analysis, Butch puts the listener in touch with the music's inventors.

According to the great New Orleans pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941), the music's recipe included everything from blues to opera."

Or as one of the earliest (and best) historians put it:

"At the dawn of this (20th) century, a new music was born in New Orleans. It was a "good time" music, to make the people happy. Its appeal was so immediate that the music soon swept the country and then circled the globe. It was not so much a kind of music as a style of playing. Essentially it was simply a way of "playing a melody with a beat." (William "Bill" Russell, 1905-1992)

Watch YouTube videos of the show on KBEM's YouTube channel.