[Dixielandjazz] WWL N.O. Jazz Club Blue Room Broadcast theme songfrom '50s, early '60s?

[Phil Wilking]

The tune is "Congo Square." Johnny Wiggs - Cornet; Lester Bouchon - 
Clarinet; Santo Pecora - Trombone; Armand Hug - Piano; Tony Greco - Bass; 
Freddie King - Drums. New Orleans Records NOR 7206, recorded May 21, 1949. 
New Orleans Records may now be one of the many George H. Buck labels.

Phil Wilking

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hillesheim, Jim" <jwh at ku.edu>


> One of my great discoveries as a young man growing up in Southern 
> California was that our radio could pick up the broadcasts from WWL in New 
> Orleans. I listened to many of these programs during the 1950s into the 
> early 1960s and I can recall the announcer saying something like "Coming 
> to you from the beautiful Blue Room at the Roosevelt Hotel in downtown New 
> Orleans
>
> During these years I believe the same tune was used as the opening and 
> closing theme. Can anyone enlighten me regarding this theme?
>