The Lost Women of British Jazz
Janine H Jones uncovers the stories of the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history. From 2014.
Janine H Jones uncovers the secret history of women's jazz - and the tragic story of how a burgeoning musical equality was deliberately snuffed out.
Ivy Benson, Gracie Cole and Kathy Stobart became household names in jazz and dancehall, only after battling throughout the 1940s and 50s to gain recognition and respect in a male-dominated industry; a struggle repeated by other women over many decades.
This programme transports us back to Britain after the First World War was over, when women experienced their first taste of emancipation. The UK was becoming a hotbed of music. Bars, clubs and bottle parties hosted bands every night and ladies were jazzing right alongside the men.
In their own words, lady musicians of the Jazz Age tell their stories. Rare archive recordings fill in the skipped beats of their history and Janine reveals how first their careers, and their rightful place in history, was quashed.
Researcher Jen Wilson, historian Val Wilmer and drummer Sheelagh Pearson break fresh ground in this under-researched area and expose the hidden truth about the role of the pioneering women in early jazz.
Producers: Hannah Loy & Janine H Jones
First broadcast on 成人论坛 Radio 4 in September 2014.
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Music Played
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Johnny Green
I Cover the Waterfront
Orchestra: Gracie Cole and Her Orchestra. -
Richard Carpenter
Seven Eleven
Orchestra: Gracie Cole and Her Orchestra. -
Hoagy Carmichael
Stardust
Orchestra: Ivy Benson and Her All Girls Band.- IVY BENSON AND HER ALL GIRLS BAND.
- HARLEQUIN.
- HQCD-149.
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Jen Wilson
This Bread I Break
Orchestra: Jen Wilson Ensemble.- 'Twelve Poems' The Dylan Thomas Jazz Suite.
- Haulwen Records.
- B004A91TI4.
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Bert Lee
Shall I Have it Bobbed or Shingled?
Performer: UNKNOWN. Composer: Robert Patrick Weston. -
Nick LaRocca
Fidgety Feet
Orchestra: Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Composer: Larry Shields.- RCA : 66608.
- RCA.
- 66608.
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Jack Yellen
Lovin' Sam
Orchestra: Gordon Stretton's Orchestre Syncopated Six. Composer: Milton Ager.- Bear Family Records : BCD16095.
- Bear Family Records.
- BCD16095.
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Raymond Hubbell
Poor Butterfly
Performer: Valaida Snow. Composer: John Golden.- Valaida Snow Complete Jazz Series, 1933-1936.
- Complete Jazz Series.
- B002E79N82.
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Harry B. Smith
The Sheik of Araby
Performer: Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, The. Composer: Francis Wheeler. -
Harry Woods
Side By Side
Performer: Unknown. -
John Turner Layton & Henry Creamer
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Performer: Gordon Stretton's Orchestre Syncopated Six.- Bear Family Records : BCD16095.
- Bear Family Records.
- BCD16095.
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Gwen Rogers Musical Dolls
I'd Love You to Love Me
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Gwen Rogers Musical Dolls
My Little House
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Nacio Herb Brown
You Are My Lucky Star
Performer: Unknown. -
Eric Coates
By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- THE GREAT BRITISH EXPERIENCE.
- EMI.
- 7243-5 66676 2 4.
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Humphrey Lyttelton
Kath Meets Humph
Performer: Humphrey Lyttelton. Performer: Kathy Stobart.- Kath Meets Humph.
- Parlophone.
- PMD1052.
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George Bassman
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Performer: Ivy Benson and Her All Girls Band. Composer: Ned Washington.- HMV : BD1071.
- HMV.
- BD1071.
Broadcasts
- Tue 16 Sep 2014 11:30成人论坛 Radio 4
- Sat 20 Sep 2014 15:30成人论坛 Radio 4
- Thu 12 Nov 2020 14:30成人论坛 Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 13 Nov 2020 02:30成人论坛 Radio 4 Extra