One of America's most under-rated comedians, Eddie Ifft steps off the stage and into the living room of his cottage in Venice Beach to bring his unique brand of comedy to the podcasting community. Talkin' Sh!t is the only podcast to be banned from iTunes for offensive content — it’s his own real-life “Wayne’s World.” Eddie brings together comedian friends, entertainers, celebrities and much more for an hour of raw, uncensored funny. Listen every Tuesday and Thursday on iTunes, your favorite ...
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A focused look at some specific moments in recorded Jazz history Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support
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Comedy from the heart of the Edinburgh Fringe. Live stand-up, interviews, music, features, dirty gossip and more from the Pleasance Courtyard and Pleasance Dome. This Rebranded and relaunched Pleasance Comedy Podcast is a daily show with clips from live 2017 shows. We want you to come down and soak up the atmosphere, and this magazine style show will let you feel like you're already here. Now in it's seventh year, this isn't an hour long conversation with one comedian. This is fast paced, cr ...
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Human beings possess an intrinsic urge for self-improvement, a relentless pursuit of personal development that surpasses simple introspection and delves into understanding the complex weave of human relationships. By unraveling the thought processes and actions of those around us, we can glean transformative insights and elevate our lives to unprecedented levels. Welcome to The Couch Trip with Eddie Reece, MS, LPC, BC-TMH. This is a gateway to fully understanding the intricate psychological ...
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Welcome to 90min Football's weekly transfer podcast. The show in which we break down the latest transfer stories, provide you with exclusives & keep you up-to-date with who is on the move and where!
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Multi-award winning boxing journalist and broadcaster, Gareth A. Davies, hosts Fight Club. Fight Club will air each Tuesday evening, commencing on Tuesday, 13th June, and will see Gareth A. Davies be joined in the studio with high-profile guests in the boxing world. The guests will share their stories, update us on the latest big news, and ultimately supply an insight into the world of boxing that fans do not currently have access to.
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New Orleans tenor sax player in featured recordings with Bob Crosby (transcriptions and live, with Yank Lawson, Muggsy Spanier, Matty Matlock, Hank D'Amico, Jess Stacy, Bob Zurke), the All-Star Band (Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Bunny Berigan, Jess Stacy, Sonny Dunham, Gene Krupa), and his own bands recording for Capitol during the WWII years ---…
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A selection of recordings made by Jelly Roll Morton as part of an archival/folklore project by Alan Lomax at the LOC in 1938 . . Something like six hours of recordings were made of Morton playing, singing, talking and reminiscing about his career and the early days of jazz . . here we have blues, spirituals, ragtime, semi-classical pieces and pop t…
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Bob Crosby and His Orchestra carved a pretty unique career for itself in the Swing Era - specializing in tunes from the previous decade done up in swing clothes, the chief arrangers were clarinetist Matty Matlock and bassist Bob Haggart. Here is a selection of Haggart's arrangements featuring Yank Lawson, Sterling Bose and Billy Butterfield on trum…
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Bruce Turner was a largely self-taught clarinet player who picked up alto sax in the navy during WWII. He became an in demand clarinetist in trad bands (Freddy Randall, Humphrey Lyttleton) but became even more valued for his swinging, Benny Carter styled alto playing. This podcasts presents him leading his Jump Band -John Chilton or Teddy Brown on …
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Decca recordings from 1939-40 of the eight piece Bob Cats Dixieland ensemble featuring the great clarinetist Fazola along with Eddie Miller on tenor, Warren Smith on trombone, Nappy Lamare on guitar, Bob Haggart on bass, Ray Bauduc on drums and either Joe Sullivan, Floyd Bean or Jess Stacy on piano and Billy Butterfield or Yank Lawson on trumpets -…
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Influential band of white jazz musicians - many from New Orleans - active in Chicago in the early 1920's - Paul Mares (c), George Brunies (tbn), Leon Rappolo (clt), Jack Pettis (ts), Mel Stitzel and Elmer Schoebel (p), Lew Black (bjo), Steve Brown (sb), Frank Snyder and Ben Pollack (d). Premier versions of many jazz standards and classic versions o…
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Eddie Ifft and Jason's Understudy Baywatch are back again with a whole new crew of guests for the newest episode of the Talkin' Shit Circus Podcast! This week, internet legend and Fishtank star Airsoft Fatty is here! Airsoft shares his wildest sh*t stories and shows off his wide array of voice acting talent, while adult film star guests Rachel Erin…
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Not to be confused with the more modern altoist of the same name, this John Handy was known as "Capt. John Handy" due to his no-nonsense nature in rehearsals, apparently. He was usually featured in a traditional, dixieland-New Orleans setting during the revivial period, but here are two very mainstream sessions recorded in England in 1966 featuring…
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Practically forgotten but possibly the best US service band in WWII, it was initially led by Artie Shaw in the Pacific Theatre, but when Shaw went home it was taken over by tenor saxophonist Donahue and brought to England for the last few months of the war. These recordings feature this crack unit on VDisc, AFRS transcriptions and a Jubilee broadca…
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Guess what? Viral internet sensation Daddy Long Neck is back! Welcome to another outrageous episode of the Talkin' Sh*t Circus Podcast with your host, Eddie Ifft! Eddie, along with his partner in crime Baywatch, have a set of brand new guests who are here for an episode with plenty of laughs and absolutely no limits! We’re also joined by the hilari…
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Get ready for another epic episode of Talking Shit Circus, the podcast that brings together a phenomenal cast of influencers, YouTube stars, and social media personalities from across the Internet! This episode is packed with engaging anecdotes, hilarious stories, and behind-the-scenes secrets. The dynamic duo of John Ferguson and Ross Smith share …
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Eddie's longstanding podcast "Talkin' Sh*t" is back with a brand new format, in this hilariously unpredictable episode featuring a stellar lineup of guests! Stand-up comedian Eddie Ifft is joined by viral sensation Daddy Long Neck, the irrepressibly funny Sam Tripoli, and OnlyFans superstar Adelia Acker, and introducing Eddie's brand new sidekick (…
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The Jamaican-born Reece was regarded as one of the foremost trumpeters in the UK in the 1950's before moving to the US later in the decade. Here are sideman appearances in both places - first with the Victor Feldman Orchestra and Ninetet (featuring Jimmy Deuchar, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Derek Humble and Phil Seaman) and then with the Duke Jordan…
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Great Condon-styled dixieland made for the war effort via V-discs in 1944, 45 and 48. In addition to Spanier and Hackett are Cutty Cutshall and Lou McGarity (trombone), Pee Wee Russell and Peanuts Hucko (clarinet), Bud Freeman (tenor), Ernie Caceres (baritone), Charlie Queener, Jess Stacy (piano), Eddie Condon and Hy White (guitar), Bob Casey, Irv …
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The Scots-born trumpeter Jimmy Deucher was a force on the British jazz scene from the late 1940's until the 1980's, playing in big bands, arranging and composing. Here are two early (1955, 56) sessions for Tempo featuring his arrangements and playing with trombonist Ken Wray, alto and baritone saxophonist Derek Humble, tenor player Tubby Hayes, pia…
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Great traditional jazz band from the Boston area in the 1970's . . inspired by the two cornet approach of Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, this group had a more varied repertoire, featuring Dave Whitney on trumpet and vocals, Paul Monat on cornet, Bob Connors on trombone, Blair Bettencourt on clarinet and soprano sax, Bob Carroll or Don Bennett o…
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The last sessions by McKinney (led by alto player and arranger Don Redman) leading into his own orchestra - great early swing featuring Ed Inge and Benny Carter on clarinet, Sidney Deparis, Red Allen and Joe Smith on trumpet, Ed Cuffee and Benny Morton on trombones, Prince Robinson and Bob Carroll on tenor sax, Horace Henderson, Todd Rhodes and Jam…
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Four more or less unrelated sessions featuring high quality and professional traditional jazz as it was being performed on 52nd Street . . George Wettling's Rhythm Kings with Ed Hall, Billy Butterfield and Dave Bowman; Bud Freeman's Gang with Bobby Hackett, Pee Wee Russell, Dave Matthews and Jess Stacy; two sessions by George Brunies' Jazz Band wit…
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..Great sessions featuring Davison's cornet and Russell's clarinet along with George Brunies, Lou McGarity and Jack Teagarden on trombone, Gene Schroeder and Dick Cary on piano, Bob Casey and Morrie Rayman on bass, George Wettling, Danny Alvin and Johnny Blowers on drums and of course Eddie Condon on guitar . . Commodore and Decca records under Dav…
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Early Revival - New Orleans bands led by Kid Rena, Wooden Joe Nicholas and John Reid's New Orleans Pioneers
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Several 1940's sessions recorded in New Orleans featuring players who had been active since the first decades of the 20th Century - Kid Rena (with Jim Robinson, Alphonse Picou, Big Eye Louis Nelson, Willie Santiago, Albert Glenny and Joe Rena), The New Orleans Pioneers (with Peter Bocage, Picou, Nelson, Sidney Bechet on piano, Walter Decou, Pops Fo…
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Brad Gowans was better known as a valve trombonist and arranger, but he was an adept clarinetist who was initially inspired by the first jazz records by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. He brought trombonist Eddie Edwards, pianist Frank Signorelli and drummer/kazoo player Tony Sbarbaro from the original group into the World, Commodore and V Disc s…
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Under-appreciated baritone sax player Payne played with practically all the bebop originators and had an active career into the 2000's. Here are two sessions featuring him - the first is by the Kenny Clarke-Ernie Wilkins Septet with Wilkins on alto and tenor, George Barrow on tenor and bari, Eddie Bert and others. The second is the Randy Weston Tri…
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Great and influential black New Orleans dance band recorded twice in 1927 featuring the Morgan brothers with Jim Robinson on trombone, Sidney Brown on bass and Earl Fouche on alto sax. Two recreation sessions featured John Handy on alto and Kid Sheik Cola on trumpet with one session done in London with members of the Barry Martyn band and one in Ne…
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Classic Condon-styled dixieland led by cornetist Wild Bill Davison and featuring George Brunies, George Lugg, Lou McGarity, Joe Marsala, Ed Hall, Albert Nicholas, Bill Miles, Gene Schroeder, Joe Sullivan, Dick Cary, Eddie Condon, Jack Lesberg, Bob Casey, George Wettling and Dave Tough. All recorded for Commodore, 1943-47. --- Support this podcast: …
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Great big band led by the pioneer arranger Redman following his tenures with Fletcher Henderson and McKinney's Cotton Pickers. This band features Sidney DeParis, Benny Morton, Ed Inge, Robert Carroll, Horace Henderson, Talcott Reeves, Bob Ysaguirre, Manzie Johnson and Harlan Lattimore in addition to good sax playing and novelty singing by the leade…
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Trumpeter Scobey did his apprenticeship with the Yerba Buena band, playing second to Lu Waters. By the late 1940's he was itching to start his own group and these 1950-53 recordings for Good Time Jazz show the first flowering of his vision of Traditional Jazz. With Jack Buck, Wally Rose, Burt Bales, Dick Lammi, George Probert and special guests Dar…
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Three great sessions by the pioneering bebop drummer when he was visiting the US from his home in Europe. The first was in Hollywood and features saxophonists Frank Morgan and Walter Benton along with Milt Jackson and Gerald Wiggins. The second is in NY with the Kenny Clarke-Ernie Wilkins Septet featuring the alto and tenor of Wilkins as well as hi…
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Underappreciated alto sax player Ernie Henry's last recordings before his premature death in 1957. . .featuring his Octet (with Lee Morgan, Melba Liston, Benny Golson and Cecil Payne), quintet (with Kenny Dorham) and quartet - also the Kenny Dorham Quartet . . groups including Wynton Kelly, Kenny Drew, Wilbur Ware, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones a…
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First recordings by the legendary band directed by Don Redman and featuring John Nesbitt, Claude Jones, Prince Robinson, Milton Senior, Todd Rhodes, Dave Wilborn, Bob Escudero and Cuba Austin . . great arrangements and fantastic playing! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support…
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Great and little-recorded clarinetist from the earliest days of the 20th Century in New Orleans . . Big Eye Louis was one of the busiest of the first generation of jazz players and exerted considerable influence on Sidney Bechet and Jimmy Noone, among others. Here are some of his very few recordings with Kid Rena's Delta Jazz Band in 1940 (with Alp…
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The Creole culture in New Orleans produced many musicians in the early 1900's who became prominent in jazz as band leaders, soloists and teachers. Violinist Piron led a legendary dance band (his New Orleans Orchestra, with Peter Bocage and Steve Lewis) that made two trips to New York in 1923 and 1924 to play and record. These recordings feature the…
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Sullivan was not well known, except for her classic recording of "Loch Lomond" which stamped her as a semi-classical/folk singer in a jazz style. That wasn't a fair assessment at all, as can be heard from these swinging sides from 1936-40, accompanied by Charlie Shavers, Bobby Hackett, Lloyd ReeseMannie Klein, Frankie Newton, Buster Bailey, Jimmy L…
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Harry Hayes had a long career before beginning to record under his own name in 1944. Tours with Fred Elizalde, Louis Armstrong, Nat Gonella and Geraldo gave him a wide musical perspective and these 1944-47 recordings by Harry Hayes and His Band show a player comfortable playing ballads, up tempos swing, lead parts and even some early bop on alto sa…
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Some of the first records under Turk Murphy's name done for Good Time Jazz in 1950 and 51 . . featuring at various times Bob Scobey, Don Kinch, Bill Napier, Bob Helm. Skippy Anderson, Wally Rose, Burt Bales, Pat Patton, George Bruns, Squire Girshback and others, these were highly influential recordings in the San Francisco traditional jazz style. -…
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The peripatetic Mr. Wooding led bands in New York in the early 1920's, but left in 1925 to begin a world tour touching Berlin, Paris, Moscow, Scandinavia and even Argentina for the next ten years. His group (which initially accompanied the show Chocolate Dandies) was highly influential on the European jazz scene, bringing authentic African-American…
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The pianist extraordinaire in solo and with his Rhythm recording extended and uninhibited tracks for Associated Transcriptions in 1939 . . Waller singing and playing along with John "Bugs" Hamilton on trumpet, Gene "Honeybear" Sedric on clarinet and tenor sax, John Smith on guitar, Cedric Wallace on bass and Slick Jones on drums. --- Support this p…
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Do you ever feel like you're going through the motions but not truly connecting with others? Eddie Reece and Bill Courtright are here to bust the myths about therapy and show you how it can benefit ANYONE. In this episode, they discuss the surprising reasons why therapy is actually awesome, how to build deeper connections, how to manage stress and …
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The virtually forgotten Ernie Henry was considered to be possibly the most accomplished alto sax player in Bebop after Charlie Parker. His career was cut short by addiction and ill health, but he made numerous recordings, including these with James Moody (including Art Blakey, Cecil Payne, Dave Burns and James Forman) and Tadd Dameron (with Fats Na…
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The Dukes had a bad rap among jazz fans by 1961 . . their previous records had been stereotypical "dixieland" novelties with occasional good playing. These 1961/2 sessions feature the Assuntos (Frank, Fred and Jac) along with Jerry Fuller, Gene Schroeder, Jim Atlas, Charlie Lodice and either Jim Hall or Herb Ellis on guitar. Great mainstream dixiel…
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Have you ever considered therapy but felt unsure where to begin? This episode is designed to equip you with the knowledge and confidence to make an informed decision. Today, Eddie Reece and Bill Courtright explore the world of therapy. They answer common questions like "What is therapy?" and "Why might someone consider it?" Eddie also shares valuab…
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Largely forgotten white New Orleans clarinet player Parenti had a long and busy career initially in his hometown, but then in New York and Miami. He was a solid, dependable player whose jazz abilities were overlooked sometimes, but here are on full displace in trios (with Dick Wellstood and Sam Ulano) and quartets (with Hank Duncan, George Wettling…
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Great sessions done in the fall of 1949 and January, 1951 when James Moody was touring Europe. He is featured heavily on both tenor and alto saxes, with help from a variety of unsung Swedish jazz players of the day including Lars Gullin, Arne Domnerus, Gosta Theselius and Leppe Sundvall. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/…
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Muggsy Spanier was a mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene in the 1920's - influenced primarily by King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, he remained true to his style for the rest of his career. Here are some of his first recordings, with the Bucktown Five and Stomp Six (with Volly De Faut on clarinet, Mel Stitzel on piano and Ben Pollack on drums), the Da…
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Immensely influential British big band from the mid 1940's through the 1960's, Ted Heath and His Music was just finding its way in the middle 1940's. Featuring soloists like Kenny Baker on trumpet, Harry Roche and Jackie Armstrong on trombone, Reg Owen on clarinet, Les Gilbert on alto, Johnnie Gray on tenor and a rhythm section of Norman Stenfalt o…
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The short time Johnny Hodges left Duke Ellington's band produced a bounty of recordings from his regular band and studio groups. Here is the regular group with Nelson Williams, Emmett Berry or Harold "Shorty" Baker on trumpets, Lawrence Brown (trombone), Al Sears, Rudy Williams, Flip Phillips or Ben Webster on tenor sax, Leroy Lovett or Teddy Brann…
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The first band Cab Calloway led (on recording at least) had previously been known as the Missourians and before that the Original Cotton Club Orchestra. A relentlessly hot dance band, the group featured R.Q. Dickerson and Lammar Wright on trumpets, DePriest Wheeler on trombone, George Scott and William Thornton Blue dividing the clarinet and alto s…
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New Orleans trumpet player Manone was well-travelled in the 1920's . . here he is featured with his own groups in New Orleans (with Hal Jordy, Arnold Loyocano and Johnny Miller) and Chicago (with Frank Teschemacher, Wade Foster, Bud Freeman and George Wettling). Also with Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (an almost unknown band with Miff Frink - a ver…
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Odd pairing - Assunto founded and led the Dukes of Dixieland which was at the height of its popularity in 1962. These recordings were done for Columbia at the same time as sessions by Herb Ellis and His All-Stars. Ellis was touring with the Dukes (with also included Fred Assunto on trombone, Jac Assunto on trombone and banjo, Gene Schroeder on pian…
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The remainder of the Panassie sessions of 1938 and the Rosetta Crawford Decca session of 1939 featuring trumpeters Tommy Ladnier and Sidney DeParis, clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow, James P. Johnson (piano), Teddy Bunn (guitar), Elmer James or Pops Foster (bass), Zutty Singleton or Manzie Johnson (drums). Two tunes from 1959 feature Mezzrow's Paris-based …
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Two great Savoy sessions by the peerless tenor saxophonist, featuring Teddy Brannon, Sanford Gold, Franklin Skeete and Max Roach . .definitely transition sessions between swing and bebop with superb ballad and uptempo playing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support…
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