January 30, 2002 - Langston Hughes Centennial
The songs picked were from a listing of Langston Hughes favorite recordings of jazz.

  Year - Title - Group
  1923   Dippermouth Blues - Oliver, King
  1927   At the Jazz Band Ball -  Beiderbecke, Bix
  1925   St Louis Blues -  Smith, Bessie
         Night and Morn -  Hughes, Langston
         Story of the Blues -  Hughes, Langston
  1928   Mooche, The - Ellington
         Negro Speaks of Rivers - Hughes, Langston
  1928   West End Blues -  Armstrong, Louis
  1938   Mamie's Blues - Morton, Jelly Roll
         I too - Hughes, Langston
  1944   Snowy Morning blues - Johnson, James P
         Ma Lord - Hughes, Langston
  1938   Any Old Time -  Holiday, Billie
  1933   Dear Old Southland -  Ellington
  1932   Minnie the Moocher -  Calloway, Cab
         Rhythms of the World - Hughes, Langston
  1940   Bugle Call Rag -  Yancey, Jimmy
  1937   Good Morning blues -  Basie, Count
  1936   Honky Tonk Train Blues - Lewis, Meade Lux
         Struggle, The - Hughes, Langston
  1937   One o clock Jump -  Basie, Count
         Miss Brown to You - Holiday, Billie
         Simple - Hughes, Langston
  1939   Tuxedo Junction - Hawkins, Erksine
  1947   St James Infirmary -  Page, Hot LIps
         Dreams - Hughes, Langston
  1940   After Hours - Hawkins, Erskine
         Weary Blues - Hughes, Langston - Verve
         When the Saints Go Marching In - Johnson, Bunk

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