Episode 20 was recorded at WWOZ-FM, New Orleans on August 29, 1999 on John Sinclair’s Blues & Roots show with music from the great New Orleans drummer, composer & producer Earl Palmer playing with Shirley & Lee, Amos Milburn, Lee Allen, Smiley Lewis, Roy Montrell, and Tommy Ridgley, plus a birthday salute to Charlie Parker, born this day in 1920, with recordings featuring Bird by the Jay McShann Orchestra, Slim Gaillard, and Tiny Grimes, with Eddie Jefferson closing the show with his immortal lyrics to “Parker’s Mood.”
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
JAM UP
BLUES & ROOTS 20
John Sinclair, WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, August 29, 1999 [JSBR-0020]
Little Walter: Juke with John Sinclair Intro
Earl Palmer: Johnny’s House Party
Shirley & Lee: Rock All Night
Amos Milburn: Chicken Shack Boogie
Lee Allen: Rocking At Cosmos
Smiley Lewis: Shame, Shame, Shame
Roy Montrell: That Mellow Saxophone
Tommy Ridgley: Jam Up
Tommy Ridgley: Come Home Baby
Jay McShann Orchestra with Charlie Parker: Hootie Blues
Jay McShann Orchestra with Charlie Parker: The Jumping Blues
Jay McShann Orchestra with Charlie Parker: Swingmatism
Jay McShann Orchestra with Charlie Parker: Confessing The Blues
Jay McShann Orchestra with Charlie Parker: Hootie Blues
Slim Gaillard with Charlie Parker: Slim’s Jam
Tiny Grimes with Charlie Parker: Romance Without Finance
Jay McShann Orchestra with Charlie Parker: Hootie’s Ignunt Oil
Charlie Parker: Parker’s Mood
Eddie Jefferson: Bless My Soul :
Little Walter: Lights Out with John Sinclair Outro
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Special thanks to Leni & Sunnny Sinclair
© 1999, 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation
