The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin St - June 16, 1940 - Musical Variety

Published: July 25, 2021, 8:41 p.m.

The NBC Blue Network produced this program that poked fun at "high class" music by having Dixieland, Jazz and Boogie-Woogie musicians pretending to be Professors and Doctors as they poked fun in a delightful and musical way. Bobby Hackett, trumpeter; and Dr. Sharon Pease, Boogie-Woogie piano player, are the guests on this show that aired on NBC on June 16, 1940. Paul Laval and Henry Levine lead the two House Bands. The announcer was "Dr. Gino Hamilton". The series ran from 1940-1944 and returned on June 8, 1950 and ran several seasons as a summer replacement for the Judy Canova Show on NBC. Track is housed in the Soundcloud.com podcast playlist "Big Bands - Jazz"