WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.
Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
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Today we cruise in the jazz lane of Route 66 as we pay tribute to Sarah Vaughan,
the Queen of Bebop, and tenor sax great Ben Webster.
Sarah Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey, on March 27, 1924.
SARAH VAUGHAN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
National Endowment for the Arts
Ben Webster was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 27, 1909.
BEN WEBSTER RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Ben Webster Foundation
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2026
Song
Artist
Original album or label & date
Goomp Blues
Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Ben Webster
Mercury Records 1951
Perdido
Sarah Vaughan
Columbia Records 1950
Pennies From Heaven
Ben Webster
The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster 1954
I Live My Life Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1951
I’m Ready Van Morrison Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge 2026
Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
Jive At Six
Ben Webster
The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster 1954
Embraceable You
Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown
Sarah Vaughan 1954
Bloodshot Eyes Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
The C-Jam Blues
Duke Ellington w/Ben Webster (no solo)
RCA Victor 1942
Paint It Black Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra Basie Rocks 2025
Skronky Tonk Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing Skronky Tonk 2016
Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole Trio w/ Stan Kenton Capitol Records 1950
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Sarah Vaughan w/ Miles Davis
Columbia Records 1950
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Sarah Vaughan w/ Miles Davis
Columbia Records 1950
Time’s Gettin’ Tougher Than Tough
Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster
Jimmy Witherspoon at the Renaissance 1960
My Rough & Ready Man Annie Laurie Regal Records 1949
She’s Dynamite B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1951
School Days Dizzy Gillespie Regent Records 1951
You’ve Got What It Takes Ledisi & Gregory Porter For Dinah 2025
Fever Ray Charles & Natalie Cole Genius Loves Company 2004
Junior Jumps Roy Milton & The Solid Senders Specialty Records 1949
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
Soulville
Ben Webster
Soulville 2019
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
Sarah Vaughan
Live In Holland 1958
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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