Non-fiction Music

Non-fiction Music – February 12, 2026

A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.

Playlist

Artist Song Album Label
Lil Green Why Don't You Do Right? Chicago 1940-1947 Ideal Music
Billie Holiday Baby Get Lost - Single Version The Complete Commodore/Decca Masters Verve Reissues
Louis Armstrong If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight Louis In Los Angeles 1930 CoolNote
James P. Johnson Snowy Morning Blues (07-?-43) Complete Jazz Series 1943 - 1944 Complete Jazz Series
Louis Armstrong Knockin' A Jug Vol. V: Louis In New York SME
Hazel Smith West End Blues King Oliver in New York 1928 Boisterous
Bessie Smith St. Louis Blues Dynamic Blues - Bessie Smith : 50 Essential Tracks SME
Jeannie Cheatham Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On Sweet Baby Blues Concord Records
Johnny Dodds Perdido Street Blues Johnny Dodds & Kid Ory Hallmark
Dinah Washington Evil Gal Blues Spotlight on Dinah Washington Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Thylacine Satie II Timeless SME
Lester Young Lester Leaps In Lester Young lling
Count Basie Every Day I Have The Blues Every Day: The Best Of The Verve Years Verve
Lester Young & Nat King Cole Trio Back to the Land Dynamic Jazz - Lester Young Verve Reissues
Ella Fitzgerald I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook Verve Reissues
Count Basie My Jug And I Kansas City Shout Fantasy Records
Nina Simone Blues for Mama Nina Simone Sings The Blues SME
Ray Charles I've Got News From You INTEGRAL RAY CHARLES 1949-1962 Fremeaux Heritage
Ernestine Anderson Never Make Your Move Too Soon - Live At The Alley Cat Bistro, Culver City, California / June, 1987 I Love Being Here With You (Live At Kan'i Hoken Hall, Tokyo, Japan / November, 1987 & The Alley Cat Bistro, Culver City, California / June, 1987 & The Concord Pavilion, Concord, California / August 18, 1990) Concord Jazz
Dexter Gordon Lonesome Lover Blues - live The Chase! Fantasy Records
Annie Ross Jumpin' with Symphony Sid - Original Mix The Lady's in Love with You Prestige
Young Aden Cry No More Fight For Independent
Charlie Parker Quartet Laird Baird Greatest Charlie Parker Verve Reissues
Miles Davis K.C. Blues In Person Verve Reissues
Miles Davis Blue 'N' Boogie Milestones of a Jazz Legend - Miles Davis and his favorite Tenors, Vol. 4 Craft Recordings
Carmen McRae Monkery's The Blues - Remastered 2001 Carmen Sings Monk SME
The Modern Jazz Quartet Bags' Groove Bluesology: The Atlantic Years 1956-1988 The Modern Jazz Quartet Anthology Atlantic Jazz
Dexter Gordon Sonnymoon for Two Lullaby of Birdland Black Lion
Teri Thornton Knee Deep (in the Blues) I'll Be Easy to Find Verve
Jimmy Smith Got My Mojo Workin' Jimmy Smith: Finest Hour Verve Reissues
MFCC Motivation Power Motivation Power MFCC