Discovering Jazz
Hosted by I · Larry Saidman
4.5from 45 ratings
- 459
- Episodes
- 25
- Transcribed
- 45
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Discovering Jazz
Where you and I discover jazz together!
- Publisher
- Larry Saidman
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Jun 2017
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
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25 of 459 episodes have a transcript.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 384: Jazz Recordings Inspired By Love, Part 2
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 383:Jazz Albums Created Out of Love
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 382: Jazzy Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs, Pt. 2
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Episode 384: Jazz Recordings Inspired By Love, Part 2
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The album is titled And His Mother Called Him Bill, and it came about because Ellington took his band into the studio just months after Billy Strayhorn's death. Ellington had written many amazing tunes with Strayhorn, such as Satin Doll, and he arranged and made famous many other Strayhorn compositions, such as Take the A-Train, Lotus Blossom, Lush Life, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing, and Chelsea Bridge. After Strayhorn's death in 1967, Ellington took his band into the studio to record some of Strayhorn's repertoire. The emotional centerpiece of the album occurred at the end of the session when Ellington sat alone at the piano playing Lotus Blossom while the orchestra packed up in the background. […]
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