Eddie Durham

And that fostered a tradition of arranging.

Eddie Durham came out of that tradition.

And that's really what Moten lacked.

And so when they played Kansas City, Moten would check them out and recruit band members from the territorial tradition.

Amplifiers let players be heard over a full band.

Early pioneers like Les Paul and Eddie Durham were already experimenting with pickups and pickups, but they still played mostly rhythm parts.

It wasn't until someone could solo on that electric tone that the instrument's role began to shift.

Enter Charlie Christian in 1939.

Well, Count Basie and Jimmy Rushing certainly would be much more satisfying and much more raw blues feeling.

But this cover record of the Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Eddie Durham blues sent for you yesterday worked very well as a popular number for Benny Goodman.

And on the one hand, of course, a whole different kind of vocal, but very meaningful and appreciative and in the spot vocal by Johnny Mercer.

It's a Jimmy Mundy arrangement for Benny Goodman and sent for you yesterday.

Hey, don't forget, come on out tomorrow, 1 to 5, Dunbar Park.

Dunbar Park, Eddie Durham Park, down in the Dunbar neighborhood.

Thank you very much.

And come on out.

So let's take a quick station break here.

We're going to come on back in just a minute.

And again, this is coming up tomorrow, Eddie Durham Jazz Fest.

The Calaboose African American History Museum invites you to join them on Saturday, October the 10th, to celebrate the musical contributions and legacy of San Marcos native Eddie Durham.

Ms.

Rob Burke, we're here talking on a special this afternoon with Topsy Durham about her father, Eddie Durham, and this is in celebration of the Eddie Durham Jazz Fest.

It's going to be this weekend, Saturday, October 10th, from 11 to 5 p.m.

I don't want to keep you too long today because I know you have just been everywhere talking on the radio stations and promoting.

It's under the title Swing in the Blues.

And then there are three books.

The first one was The Virtuosity of Eddie Durham.

The second one...

That's the one I wanted.

Eddie Durham Jazz Fest coming up this weekend.

Thank you.

The Calaboose African American History Museum invites you to join them on Saturday, October the 10th, to celebrate the musical contributions and legacy of San Marcos native Eddie Durham.

This free concert is in Eddie Durham Park, located at 205 Martin Luther King Drive, across from the Calaboose Museum.

Eddie Durham was a gifted jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger in the swing era.

His work contributed to the popularity of Glenn Miller, Benny Moten, Count Basie, and Jimmy Lunsford.

He's credited with being the first person to record an amplified guitar when he was featured on the 1935 Jimmy Lunsford recording of Durham's arrangement of Hittin' the Bottle.