01/12 – 01/18: Jazz on the Tube Weekly Review

Weekly Review

Monday, January 12, 2026

Jazz Birthdays

* Jay McShann

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/hootie-blues/

* Ronald Shannon Jackson

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/sundays-bells/

* Olu Dara

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/your-lips/

* George Duke

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/rush-hour-road-rage/

* Trummy Young

* Ruth Brown

NEW: Jaco Pastorius and Toots Thielemans – Sophisticated Lady

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/sophisticated-lady-1982/

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Jazz Birthdays

* Danny Barker

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/day-people-night-people/

* Joe Pass

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/satin-doll-2/

* Melba Liston

NEW: Lionel Hampton – Air Mail Special – 1949

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/air-mail-special-1949/

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Jazz Birthdays

* Grady Tate

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/the-jumpin-blues/

* Allen Toussaint

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/southern-nights/

* Jack Jones

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/the-shadow-of-your-smile-and-what-now-my-love/

* Billy Butterfield

* Kenny Wheeler

NEW: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Phobos – 2011

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/phobos-2011/

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Jazz Birthdays

* Gene Krupa

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/sing-sing-sing-with-a-swing/

* Baikida Carroll

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/shadows-and-reflections/

* Hartmut Geerken

Martin Luther King and John Coltrane

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/alabama/

Remembering Rebecca Kilgore (1949-2026)

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/remembering-rebecca-kilgore/

Friday, January 16, 2026

NEW: Veronica Swift – Stars Fell On Alabama – 2025

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/stars-fell-on-alabama-2025/

NEW: Miles Davis – Directions – 1969

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/directions-1969/

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Jazz Birthdays

* Billy Harper

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/blues-to-senegal/

* Cedar Walton

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/bolivia-it-dont-mean-a-thing/

* Big Sid Catlett

* Cyrus Chestnut

NEW: Peter Nero – Tea For Two – 1966

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/tea-for-two-1966/

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Jazz Birthdays

* Al Foster

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/drum-solo/

* Steve Grossman

https://jazzonthetube.com/video/in-a-sentimental-mood-2/

* Johnny Costa

https://www.jazzonthetube.com/hidden-in-plain-sight-the-genius-of-johnny-costa/

Everybody’s Doin’ It – Dale Cockrell

Chroniclers, Jazz on the Tube Interview, Podcasts


 
What was going on before jazz?

A lot of hanky-panky. In fact, a lot more hanky-panky than most of us can imagine.

That’s where Dale Cockrell comes in.

He helps us visualize the pre-1917 sex-crazed world of “dives” and “black and tans” fueled by live music.

Spoiler alert: Some of our great-grandparents might not have been quite as tame as they’ve been made out to be.

Lots of surprises here including the unlikely birthplace of the man who taught Louis Armstrong how to read music and run a band. (Hint: Not New Orleans.)

Everybody’s Doin’ It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917

You can order the book here

– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube

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Thanks.

Cuba Insight – Join the list

Cuba

Cuba is not just another country with music.

It’s nothing less than the Mother Ship of Afro-Latin music.

With its habanera, danzon, changüí, son, son montuno, rumba, mambo, cha-cha-cha, timba, and wide variety of Afro-Cuban spiritual musical forms, Cuba has been as important to the music of the world as the United States has been with its blues, jazz, rock and rock, and gospel music.

But getting information about the Cuban jazz scene is not easy…

It’s scarcely covered by major jazz magazines. Even getting a list of jazz venues in Havana isn’t easy.

Ken’s Cuba List is filling the gap with videos and articles that will help you put Cuba’s music in perspective and educate yourself about its riches past and present.

We’re also sharing practical information including travel tips and a weekly listing of what’s going on in the clubs in Havana (the only source of this particular info on the Internet.)

– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube

P.S. Our unique programming is made possible by help from people like you. Learn how you can contribute to our efforts here: Support Jazz on the Tube
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Great news – Eddie Durham rides again

Jazz on the Tube Interview, Podcasts, Producer-Presenters

Long-time Jazz on the Tube subscribers know we have been dedicated advocates to the idea that arranger/composer/music director/ amplified guitar pioneer/trombone virtuoso Eddie Durham deserves a much higher profile among jazz fans and jazz students than his memory currently enjoys.

How high?

It’s time that he be placed at the level of Duke Ellington and other ESSENTIAL masters of the art.

As an important step in that direction, we’re delighted to announce a MAJOR documentary on Eddie’s life and music that launches tomorrow February 1, 2024.

Details and an informative wide-ranging interview.

Watch the interview above, and for more info on the documentary, click this link.

– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube

P.S. Our unique programming is made possible by help from people like you. Learn how you can contribute to our efforts here: Support Jazz on the Tube
Thanks.

Music credit: The Jazz on the Tube podcast theme song is “Mambo Inferno” performed by The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria from the CD ¡Que Viva Harlem!

 

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