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Birthday Spotlight: Sam Wooding!
(June 17, 1895–August 1, 1985)
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Birthday Spotlight: Sam Wooding! (June 17, 1895–August 1, 1985)
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June 17, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Birthday Spotlight: Sam Wooding!
(June 17, 1895–August 1, 1985)
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Birthday Spotlight: Sam Wooding! (June 17, 1895–August 1, 1985)
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June 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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1/ Sam Wooding was a pianist and band leader. He toured Europe in 1925 with his orchestra, sparked interest in Jazz in Denmark, recorded in Germany, and on his 2nd tour in France and Spain.

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Sam Wooding: Dreaming of a castle in the air (1926)
GRAMMOPHON 20690 (Berlin 1926) Sam Wooding Band
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August 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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2/ Wooding’s visit to Russia left a deep impression on composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who later composed Jazz Suite No. 1 and 2. Sam Wooding passed away #OTD in 1985.

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Sam Wooding & His Chocolate Kiddies - Bull Foot Stomp
Recorded 1929 - Barcelona, Spain Sam Wooding & His Orchestra were a popular big band in the early '20s, working in a variety of East Coast clubs just as the audience for this type of music began to blossom. His group was chosen to be the orchestra for a musical revue, entitled Chocolate Kiddies,
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