Make Believe Ballroom - 5/15/26 Edition
From Make Believe Ballroom by Jeff Bressler
May 15, 2026 · 58 min
About this episode
This episode features music and stories from the big band and jazz era, including works by Count Basie and Fats Waller.
On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom hosted by Jeff Bressler, Count Basie’s ode to the draft, two first-time-ever-recorded hits for Fats Waller, the mother of boogie woogie, and more records and reminiscences from the big band and jazz era.
People in this episode
Host: Jeff Bressler
Topics covered
- big band
- jazz
- music history
- boogie woogie
- recording history
Keywords
- Count Basie
- Fats Waller
- boogie woogie
- big band
- jazz
- music history
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