The Live Wire is a live album by Woody Guthrie.
It was recorded in Newark, New Jersey in 1949.
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Live Albums Recorded In The 1940s
Louis Armstrong The Complete Town Hall Concert 1947
Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1943
Duke Ellington Live At Carnegie Hall Dec 11 1943
Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker Town Hall New York City June 22 1945
Billie Holiday Jazz at the Philharmonic The Billie Holiday Story vol 1 1945 to 1958
Billie Holiday Banned From New York City Live 1948-1957
Charlie Parker Jazz at the Philharmonic 1946
Charlie Parker Complete Live Performances on Savoy September 29 1947 to October 25 1950
Charlie Parker Best of the Complete Live Performances on Savoy 1948 1949
Charlie Parker Jazz at the Philharmonic 1949
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Diz N Bird at Carnegie Hall 1947
Sarah Vaughan The Town Hall Concert 1947
Various Artists The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve 1944-1949
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The Live Wire is a live album by Woody Guthrie.
It was recorded in Newark, New Jersey in 1949.
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Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You: Live Radio TV and Film Recordings 1934-1958 is a comprehensive collection of live recordings by Billie Holiday.
For the sources of the 44 songs on the album, I’m grateful for the review on Amazon.com by Barry McCanna.
CD ONE
1: Oct 1934. Duke Ellington. Paramount Film Studios (soundtrack from “Symphony in Black”)
2 & 3: 30 June 1937. Count Basie. Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, NY. (broadcast)
4 – 6: 18 Jan 1944. Esquire All-American All-Stars. Met Opera House, NY
7: 3 June 1946. JATP Concert, Carnegie Hall, NY
8&9: late 1946. Louis Armstrong. Hal Roach Studios, Culver City, LA (soundtrack from “New Orleans”)
10: 13 Jan 1947. Arthur Godfrey Time, NY (CBS radio broadcast)
11&12: 27 Aug 1949. Eddie Condon Floor Show. NBC TV broadcast, NY
13: 24 May 1950. Apollo Theatre concert, NY.
14: August 1950. Count Basie. Film short, Hollywood.
15 – 17: 28 Oct 1951. Al Haig 4 + Stan Getz. Storyville Club, Copley Square Hotel, Boston. WMEX radio broadcast.
18 – 22: 28 Oct 1951. Buster Harding Trio. Venue etc. as above
CD TWO
1 – 4: 14 Nov 1952. Duke Ellington 25th Anniversary (2nd concert) Carnegie Hall, NY.
5 – 10: early Oct 1953. Carl Drinkard Trio. Venue etc. as 15 – 22 above.
11: 22 January 1954. ditto Jazz Club USA Concert, Cologne.
12: 6 May 1955. Count Basie. Carnegie Hall concert, NY.
13. 10 Feb 1956. Steve Allen Tonite. NBC TV broadcast, NY.
14: 27 May 1956. Martha Raye charity show. TV broadcast, NY.
15: 29 Aug 1956. Band Stand USA. Radio broadcast, Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ.
16 & 17: 27 Oct 1956. Carl Drinkard Trio. Olivia Davis Patio Lounge. Radio broadcast, Washington DC.
18: 9 Dec 1956. Percy Faith. Woolworth Jazz Hour. Radio broadcast, LA.
19 & 20: 10 July 1958. Art Ford Jazz Party. WNTA TV broadcast, Newark, NJ.
21 & 22: 17 July 1958. Rest as for 19 & 20.
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Live Recordings 1948-1957 is a massive 13 CD collection by Miles Davis.
This is an extremely extensive look at Miles Davis and his live performances. I’ve taken this summary of the performances from Discogs and only 1954 is missing:
For details of how is playing on the album, please see Discogs.
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Live At The Royal Roost 1948 is a live album by Lester Young.
Carnegie Hall Concerts December 1947 is a live album by Duke Ellington.
It was recorded in New York and released on the Prestige label in 1977.
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Live In 1948 is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra.
It was recorded in Paris at the Salle Pleyel on Feb 28, 1948 and at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena on July 19, 1948.
These big band recordings are notable for the Cuban percussion of Chano Pozo on congas and bongas which began a lifelong interest in Latin American and African rhythms.
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Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946 is a live album by Duke Ellington.
It was recorded in New York at the venue where Ellington regularly played and was finally released as an album in 1977 on the Prestige label.
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Liveology is a compilation of live recordings by Charlie Parker from 1948 to 1952.
It includes recordings from:
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Live At The Hollywood Empire 1949 is a live album by Louis Armstrong And His All Stars.
It was recorded in Los Angeles in March 1949 and was broadcast on the radio in April 1949.
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The Duke At Fargo 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition is the latest version of this live recording by Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
It was recorded at the Crystal Ballroom on the second floor of the Fargo City Auditorium in Fargo, North Dakota on 7 November 1940. This captures the band in its Blanton-Webster years, often considered to be the peak period of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
Two fans, Jack Towers and Richard Burris, were given permission to record the performance using technology that transferred the sound to 15 minute long acetate covered, aluminium discs. Part of the concert was also recorded by KVOX, Fargo’s local radio station at the time.
It was only after Ellington’s death that the recording was made available commercially and it has since been released several times.
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