The Sunday Best with Nik Thompson: Recent Episodes
Nik Thompson
Two record nerds, generations apart, sharing a collection and stories, amidst a pandemic.
We’re going back to the Dorothy Fields-Jimmy McHugh well, for the lyrically lovely Don’t Blame Me.
We've got the Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh hit in triplicate here, beginning with Annette Hanshaw's 1929 version, followed by the groundbreaking 1931 recording from Louis Armstrong, and finally into 1932 with Duke Ellington's Orchestra fronted by Ethel Waters.
Featuring the old jazz standard, Muskrat Ramble, plus Sidney Bechet, Stuff Smith and a few final Torch Songs as February draws to a close.