Episode 736 is a special rebroadcast of the first part of John Sinclair’s R&B Christmas Special for the year 2000, just now discovered in a showbx full of cassettes and transferred into the digital domain just in time for the 2017 holidays, with timeless R&B and jazz seasonal music by Louis Armstrong, Milton Batiste, the New Birth Brass Band, Louis Prima, Count Basie & His Orchestra with Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing, Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Bentley, Mabel Scott, Big John Greer, Babs Gonzales, Don Vappie, Wallace Johnson, and James Andrews.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
SANTA’S SECOND LINE
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 736
WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, December 17, 2000 [20-01751]
Little Walter: Juke with John Sinclair Intro
Louis Armstrong: ‘Zat You Santa Claus?
Milton Batiste: Big Fat Santa Is Coming To Town
New Birth Brass Band: Santa’s Second Line
Louis Prima: What Will Santa Claus Say?
Count Basie & His Orchestra & Joe Williams: Good Morning Blues
Ella Fitzgerald: Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Louis Armstrong: The Santa Claus Blues
Count Basie & His Orchestra & Jimmy Rushing: Good Morning Blues
Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers: Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
Eartha Kitt: Santa Baby
Gladys Bentley: Jingle Jangle
Mabel Scott: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Big John Greer: We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo
Babs Gonzales: Bebop Santa Claus
Don Vappie: Too Fat For The Chimney
Wallace Johnson: Christmas Comes But Once A Year
James Andrews: Christmas In New Orleans
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
Sponsored by Hempshopper & Ceres Seeds, Amsterdam
© 2000, 2017 The John Sinclair Foundation