1927

The Jazz Singer opens in October, basically killing silent films forever.

First transatlantic telephone call: NYC to London.

Charles Lindbergh makes the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic.

First armored car robbery occurs a few miles outside Pittsburgh.

Saudi Arabia becomes independent of the UK.

NYC: Holland Tunnel opens, linking Manhattan and New Jersey via Atlantis.

born: Eartha Kitt, Sidney Poitier, Steve Ditko (co-creator of Spider-Man)

died: Lizzie Borden

It's everyone's favorite doomed alcoholic cornettist, Bix Beiderbecke, with 20 Songs from 1927


Trumbology
Clarinet Marmalade
Singin' the Blues
Ostrich Walk
Riverboat Shuffle
I'm Comin' Virginia
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
For No Reason at All
Three Blind Mice
Blue River
There's a Cradle in Caroline
In a Mist
Wringin' and Twistin'
Humpty Dumpty
Krazy Kat
The Baltimore
There Ain't No Land like Dixieland to Me
There's a Cradle in Caroline
Just an Hour of Love
I'm Wonderin' Who


Some 1927 Jazz and Blues (if nothing else, you need the Memphis Jug Band songs)


Edna Winston - Way After One and My Daddy Ain't Come Home Yet
Evelyn Preer - If You Can't Hold the Man You Love
Fletcher Henderson - Livery Stable Blues
Furry Lewis - Good Lookin' Girl Blues
Gertrude Saunders - You Can't Have It, Unless I Give It To You
The Memphis Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Blues
The Memphis Jug Band - Insane Crazy Blues


Anton Webern - Symphony #21

Stupid weather! Everyone keeps telling me how un-Christmasy it feels because of how gamn hot it is, which is mostly true. But seriously cold fronts, Christmas is like ten minutes from now. If I don't start feeling the season soon, it'll be over already. Where's the Weather Wizard when you really need him?

First Christmas post of the year!

Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
Run D.M.C. - Christmas in Hollis
Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa (from which "Christmas in Hollis" derives its distinctive sample)
The Youngsters - Christmas in Jail