The famous southern belle, Jane Green is resurrected by vocalist Ginny Briggs, with Mule Face Blues, Do Something Juicy, Honey Bunch, Somebody Like You, My Castle in the Sand. 

(Isham Jones is the rage in 1926. Jane teams up with him and his orchestra  resulting in a two-year love affair.  Songwriter Isham keeps composing well into the 1940s.)

Joe King Oliver is playing up the street.  Here, Jeff squeezes pure sound out of that large tone vintage cornet with Take her Down Where The Sun Goes Down.

In 1926 the Con Conrad band is touring the country. Ray Smith is 22 years old, the Jesters dedicate Moonlight to Ray's Paramount Band.  (Note: his band will be at the Strongville Ohio EarlyJas Fest September 26-28, and you can join him in the Jazz Decades Sunday evenings on www.wgbh.org radio - after 50 years in broadcasting!) 

Al Jolson is premiering in New York theaters.  Jimmy Mazzy, his heart deep into that era, adds his special touch to Never Again.  Vincent Youmens, destined for great lengths, is composing I Know That You Know,  performed here with mesmerizing clarinets by a pair of talented reed players, John Clark and Craig Ball. 

Here in the summer of 1917 many bands in New Orleans are interested in the klezmer tradition, presented by Lena, Queen of Palastina, with Jeff Hughes on vocal.  It is really fun in the 20s, there is nothing to drink, but somehow.......

.......there are Speakeasies everywhere.

It's 1929, Walter Donaldson writes Men Don't Make Passes at Girls who Wear Glasses, Jimmy asks How Am I To Know? 

Walt Whitman is a household name, inspiration for a mournful When Day is Done, Jimmy on vocal, backed by Jeff's mellow flugel horn, John Clark on alto sax.

Smooth Sailing is anything but, it's a barnburner, with Jimmy Mazzy vocals, and HOT dueling clarinets, and drummer extraordinaire Ed Reynolds' impeccable, energetic beat-keeping.  The evening ends with a nice, tight ensemble for a Ginny & Jim duet on the 1928 Isham Jones I'll See You in my Dreams.