PRINCE : Red House (PURPLE Version) with Maceo Parker

Rufus Takes On Shakespeare

Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (Okeh Metal Mother)

Wanna hear some clean, crisp, noisefree Louis Armstrong from the 1920s?  Here are a couple of numbers recorded from the Okeh "metal mother".

Read more about Okeh and the metal mother technology here and here.

Ov Sirun Sirun

We've been big Pink Martini fans around here for twenty years or so.  So we pay attention when we hear news of a new album in the offing.  Here is a piece from a recent live studio session:

Billie at 101

Gaelynn Lea

Read the backstory here.

Rhapsody in Blue: Gershwin Plays Gershwin

A recent Open Culture piece explores the original 1924 recording of the Gershwin classic.  Here is a remaster, with Gershwin himself on piano.