Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post; featuring ten songs and two streaming video recommendations, one from a mainstream service and the other from Kanopy, the library’s free to access streaming service (all you need is a library card!).
This week we’re turning our listening spotlight on classic blues and jazz songs. Enjoy!
First the songs:
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St. Louis Blues (1925) by Bessie Smith
Found on the Album: Smith, Bessie: St. Louis Blues (1924-25) (2003)
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West End Blues (1928) by Louis Armstrong
Found on the Album: Volume IV – Louis Armstrong And Earl Hines (1989)
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Caravan (1936) by Duke Ellington
Found on the Album: Money Jungle (2002)
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Cross Road Blues (1937) by Robert Johnson
Found on the Album: King of the Detla Blues Singers (1937)
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Jumpin’ at the Woodside (1938) by Count Basie & His Orchestra
Found on the Album: The Complete Decca Recordings (1992)
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Key to the Highway (1940) by Big Bill Broonzy
Found on the Album: Vol. 1: The Pre-War Years (2007)
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A Night in Tunisia (1942) by Dizzy Gillespie
Found on the Album: Night In Tunisia: The Very Best Of Dizzy Gillespie (2006)
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I’m In The Mood (1951) by John Lee Hooker
Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of John Lee Hooker (1999)
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I’m Ready (1954) by Muddy Waters
Found on the Album: The Best of Muddy Waters (1957)
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Smokestack Lighting (1958) by Howlin’ Wolf
Found on the Album: Moanin’ In The Moonlight (1958)
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So What (1959) by Miles Davis
Found on the Album: Kind of Blue (1959)
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Take Five (1959) by The Dave Brubeck Quarter
Found on the Album: Time Out (1959)
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Lullaby of Birdland (1955) by Sarah Vaughan
Found on the Album: Lullaby of Birdland (1955)
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All The Things You Are (1963) by Ella Fitzgerald
Found on the Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book (1963)
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Second The videos:
A new title available through one of the mainstream U.S. streaming services, followed by a Kanopy title that you can check out with your library card and stream on-demand.
Mainstream Streaming Pick of the Week
Fallout, Season 2 (2025) (Amazon Prime)
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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week
The Travel Detective, Season 10 (2025)
Trailer
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Have a great weekend!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Information on the four library catalogs
The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.
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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.
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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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