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Celebrating the Birthdays Of Stephane Grappelli And Django Reinhardt

This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthdays of Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt with our special guests Marvin Gruenbaum and Clayton DeLong. Dr. Pearl prescribes some good advice for celebrities and politicians and we all take a language lesson from Serena’s School for Scat.

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Song List:
Thou Swell
Limehouse Blues
Pent-Up House
Liza
Minor Swing
Sweet Georgia Brown
Pennies From Heaven
Makin Whoopee
It Don’t Mean A Thing

Grappelli and Reinhardt founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France as one of the first all string jazz bands.

Chris Prewitt is the Director of Technology and Broadcast Operations for KCUR 89.3. Email him at chris@kcur.org.
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