WETF Show - Flute! Wayman Carver and Albert Socarras

<p>The flute wasn&#39;t a prominent instrument in jazz or dance bands before the 1950&#39;s, but here are some excellent outliers . . the Cuban Albert Socarras recorded with Bennett&#39;s Swamplanders, Lizzie Miles and Clarence Williams (with Ed Allen, King Oliver, Arville Harris and Cyrus St. Clair) and Wayman Carver was with Benny Carter, Spike Hughes, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald (Taft Jordan, Red Allen, Bobby Stark, Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, Teddy McCrae, Don Kirkpatrick, Teddy Wilson, Sid Catlett and others) and as a bonus, Charles Frazier with Willie Bryant&#39;s Orchestra.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support</a>