Spats Langham's "Listen to the Banned" - Whitley Bay Jazz Party 2023 Theme 34

The Mike Durham Classic Jazz Party 2023
Theme 34 - Listen to the ‘Banned’
Spats Langham performs some naughty songs, including ‘under the counter’ party records from Cliff ‘Ukulele Ike’ Edwards made in Hollywood, and one from Harry Roy!
Matthias Seuffert (reeds); Spats Langham (banjo, guitar, vocals);
Martin Wheatley (banjo, guitar); Malcolm Sked (tuba, string bass).
Programme notes courtesy of Brian Goggin, editor of VJM magazine.
2023 marks 70 years of Vintage Jazz Mart's record trading.

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I used to play Bessie Smith's version of "Kitchen Man" in my college classes as an example of the range of songs in the 1920s. I would always introduce it with "If you're not laughing after the second verse, you're not thinking dirty enough".