AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

 THE ALL PLAYED THE PALACE!  Vaudeville on record - New York's PALACE THEATER was the mecca of the  "two a day" Vaudeville circuit from 1912 when it opened until the early  1930s' when vaudeville fell out of favor.   We will play rare recordings of well known artists such as SOPHIE  TUCKER and many great artists now lost to the ages such as WILLIE & EUGENE HO...

 Born in Philadelphia in 1902 Eddie Lang switched from banjo to guitar in the mid 1920s and virtually wrote the book on how the instrument should be played in Jazz. We will play some early Lang solo recordings, his corner stone recordings with childhood pal JOE VENUTI,  duets with LONNIE JOHNSON , and some of his brilliant accompaniments with pop singers and orchestras of the day . Tunes...

Just in time for Halloween listen to an amazing array of SPOOKY 1920s Jazz and Blues recordings from the Rube Bloom Bayou Boys MYSTERIOUS MOSE, Bessie Smith's  THEM's GRAVEYARD WORDS, Lonnie Johnson's BLUE GHOST  to Reverend Gates getting into a frenzy about THE DEVIL IN A FLYING MACHINE!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/suppor...

Born  the son of a Cantor in Buffalo New York (1904) Arlen ( Hyman Arluck!)  took a path to Jazz playing in local bands that eventually landed him in  New York ( 1926) where he honed his song writing skills.  This show  will focus on Arlen's pre-Hollywood years ( 1925-33) when he kept busy  writing  songs for  musical reviews, singing with dance bands writin...

American  Ragtime and then  Jazz showed up in England and Europe almost at it's inception in the 1890s-1910s - On this episode you will hear recordings by  American ex-patriots and  some of the  pioneering European "Jazz Bands"  that flourished  in Europe during the music's early years 1916-1939.  Included is FRED ELIZALDE, THE VERSATILE FOUR, ORIGINAL DIXIE...

From  1917 to 1934 Gennett Records, a  small, family owned record label out  of Richmond, Indiana recorded some of the earliest, most eclectic and  most curious mid-west and east coast jazz- From the first recordings of  LOUIS ARMSTRONG, KING OLIVER, BIX BEIDERBECKE , HOAGY CARMICHAEL and  JELLY ROLL MORTON to obscure "territory" bands such as ZACK WHYTE &  H...

THIS SPECIAL GEORGE GERSHWIN EPISODE, IN COMMEMORATION OF HIS SEPT 26TH BIRTHDAY ( 1898!),  WILL PRESENT RARE RECORDINGS OF GEORGE HIMSELF ON THE PIANO - PLAYING SOLO, ACCOMPANYING FRED & ADELE ASTAIRE ( 1926), AND  WITH THE PAUL WHITEMAN ORCHESTRA  ( 1927) AS WELL AS EARLY VERSIONS OF MANY PRE-1934  RECORDED GERSHWIN CLASSICS --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.sp...

VOLUME FOUR OF OUR ONGOING TRIBUTE TO THE LATE  RICH CONATY AND HIS "BIG BROADCAST" PROGRAM OUT OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY THAT FOR FOUR DECADES BROUGHT THE GREAT, JAZZ, DANCE AND PERSONALITY RECORDINGS OF THE PRE-WW2 ERA TO THE AIR . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

MANY HOLLYWOOD STARS FROM THE ERA 192OS-30'S  EITHER BEGAN AS BAND LEADERS, CROONERS AND BLUES SINGERS  OR BECAMES ONES AFTER THEIR FAME ARRIVED - HEAR SOME RARE RECORDINGS BY JIMMY STEWART ( WITH THE HOT  PRINCETON BAND IN 1932!), MEL FERRAR ( LEADING THE PRINCETON BAND IN 1932!), PHIL HARRIS AT THE COCOANUT GROVE, BING CROSBY GETTING HOT WITH THE MILLS BROTHERS, DICK POWELL PLAYIN...

In the pre-television and internet world people were more accustomed to entertaining each other live and in person than they are these days - in rural areas MUSIC reigned supreme handed down from  neighbor to family member - there were countless little bands made up of family members...FAMILY BANDS if you will and quite a few were recorded for regional release by record companies scouring the...

Part 2 of our deep dive into the life and music of Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton. Rare recordings and stories told by the man himself to a young Alan Lomax in 1938. and a special cameo by Papa Lee himself!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

The life  and music of Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton -  from recordings from 1923-40 to anecdotes told by Mr. Jelly himself!  Show 1 or 3! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Part one of a series of American Grooves Radio Hours dedicated to the memory of Rich Conaty - long time host of  New Yorks' longest running  radio program dedicated to the jazz, and pop music if the 1920s-mid-1930s - Each episode will play the type of 78s that Conaty cherished ( and played) on his program - From ealry Bing, Boswell Sisters, Paul Whiteman, Cab Calloway, Annette Hanshaw, F...

Besides the usual assortment of killer pre-1936 jazz, blues and country this episodes explores the great W.C. Handy tune and offers several interesting versions  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

 THE JAZZ  FIDDLER! - some of the hottest and earliest recordings of fiddle jazz.  From Joe Venuti, Eddie South , Stuff Smith , Emilio Caseres to the  Mississippi Sheiks! From 1926-38! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

From 1908-1931 THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES were perhaps the most well known and beloved of the Broadway reviews.  In this episode of American Grooves we will play original cast recordings from some of Ziegfeld's most known performers ( Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Burt Williams, Ruth Etting) and a supersizing assortment of recordings by his most unlikely performers! --- Support this podcast: https://p...

The roots of Skiffle music can be traced to the 1890s. It was first recorded in the 1920s and 1930s and was somehow resurrected in the late 1950s in England. If it weren't for SKIFFLE music there would be no Beatles. This episode explores SKIFFLE'S early roots and recording From wash tub bass, kazoos, tin can drums to cigar box fiddles - the specific brand of American Folk Music helped launch the...

In the "nothing is new under the sun" category hear some desperate and funny tunes from the BIG  1929 Wall Street  bloodbath!  While they were jumping out of windows on Broad & Wall Streets, tin pan alley was churning out an amazing array of related topical tunes! Tune in and hear just a few! ( plus our usual eclectic assortment of pre-war rarities!) you will hear: MY STOPS COME...

From a rare 1935 recording of doomed Governor HUEY P. LONG's campaign song  song  to obscure Bluesman BIG BOY  TEDDY EDWARDS  and  forgotten American songwriter WILLARD ROBISON we will play some fine tunes by groups from Louisiana to songs ABOUT Louisiana  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

Our special FATHER's DAY broadcast covers the spectrum from Blues, Country, Jazz to ancient Pop!  Minstrel ManLEW DOCKSTADER's immortal EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER ( circa 1910) to the FIRST Betty Boop Girl HELEN KANE's 1930 THANK YOUR FATHER..and some surprises from The Washboard Rhythm Kings, Jimmie Rodgers and more --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-g...

Young Irving Berlin made one commercial recording singing his own OH HOW THAT GERMAN COULD LOVE in 1910 - not too long after his stint as a Chinatown Singing Waiter came to an end! Many songwriters in the 1900-30s were pianists AND vocalists - this episode of American Grooves brings you recordings of composers doing their own thing - GEORGE GERSHWIN, CLARENCE WILLIAMS, JAMES P. JOHNSON, HOAGY CARM...

From the first ever recording of Irving Berlin's all time classic EASTER PARADE ( 1933 Meyer Davis & His Orchestra) to  ALABAMA SACRED HARP SINGERS, REVEREND MOSLEY & HIS CONGREGATION, SON HOUSE and many more let us  catapult you you to  broadway  and your favorite "Hot Spot" after a visit to church ! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ame...

American Grooves focuses on the pre-1934, pre Swing Era  recordings of five  Jazz clarinetists - SIDNEY BECHET, OMAR SIMEON, BENNY GOODMAN, JIMMIE NOONE and JOHNNY DODDS  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

From Hoagy Carmichael's immortal GEORGIA to the Georgia Organ Grinders' 1928  GEORGIA MAN  American Grooves heads down south and unearths a surprising array of songs dedicated to the great state of GEORGIA - Country, Blues, Pop and JAZZ all pre 1938  - Tune In !! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support

American Grooves presents an hour of songs dedicated to the old demon alcohol - songs about bootlegging, alcoholism, drinking and all around inebriation! From Tampa Red, Frankie Trumbauer, Lucille Bogan to Chick Bullock - Lost gems like ALCOHOLIC WARD BLUES ( 1930) and SLOPPY DRUNK ( 1935) will be played.. Have one on us! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-g...