Friday, September 29, 2006

"Radiola Salad" September 29, 2006 @ 7:30 PM

(Week 57)

Tonight's RADIOLA! is a zesty salad consisting of soundfiles from the back of the fridge, LP cuts, 78 transfers (some by Lee Hartsfeld), cylinder downloads from the UCSB Cylinder Collection, and CD tracks featuring the amazing Al Gallodoro (who is still a saxophone virtuoso at 93)!

The show starts at 7:30 PM EDT on WHCL--bring your own croutons.

Eddie Duchin and his Orch. (Patricia Norman, vo.) – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1938) – Brunswick 78
Rudy Vallee and his Conn. Yankees – Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh Ho! – RCA Victor LP
The Happiness Boys –Why Aren’t Yas Eatin’ More Oranges (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Debroy Somers Band – You’re an Old Smoothie (1933) – Best of the British Dance Bands
Ada Jones and Billy Murray – Come Josephine in My Flying Machine (1911) – UCSB Cylinder
Joseph A. Phillips – My Lady of the Telephone (1915) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Lillie Delk Christian – Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me (tr.22) (1928) – Columbia C4K 63527
Oriole Orchestra – Eccentric Rag (1924) – Lee Hartsfeld 78 transfer
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Miss Emmett – I Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard (ca. 1895) – First Successful Recordings LP
Edison Symphony Orch. – Selections from “The Mikado” (1897) – mp3 download
Mose Tapiero – Carnival at Venice (1909) – Bizarre Soloists of the Acoustic Era
Syd Valentine and his Patent Leather Kids – Patent Leather Stomp (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Moten Swing (1932) – Classics 591
Browning and Starr – Let’s Go Ballyhoo (1935) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Hymn to the Sun (1925) – Lee Hartsfeld 78 transfer
Lyn Murray Chorus – Dawn of a New Day (1938) – Tribute to George Gershwin LP
Mary Campbell and Margaret Treat – Government Camp Song (1930s) – Voices from the Dust Bowl
Enric Madriguera and his Orch. – It Was So Beautiful (1932) – Columbia 78 RPM (long-player)
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Rippling Rhythm (1936) – RCA Victor LP
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Nola (1938) – Decca LP
Los Jardineros – Emma (1930) – Yazoo 7018
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Dinah (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Southbound (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – By Heck (1933) – Best of Dorsey Brothers
Al Gallodoro – Beebe (1942) – Infinite Gallodoro CD
Al Gallodoro – Sophisticated Lady (2004) – Infinite Gallodoro CD
Sophie Tucker – That Lovin’ Rag (1910)– UCSB Cylinder Collection
Billy Murray – Texas Tommy Swing (1912)– UCSB Cylinder Collection
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – Learn to Do the Strut (1923) – Parlophone 78 RPM
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Sally of My Dreams (1928) – Canadian Victor 78 RPM
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Stack O’Lee Blues (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Six Jumping Jacks – Send for Our Free Booklet (1930) – Roaring Twenties (Intersound)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Rhapsody in Blue (1938) – Tribute to George Gershwin LP
American Symphony Orch. – Songe d’automne (1918) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – No More Worryin’ (1926) – Victor 78 RPM
Bert Williams – I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (1920) – Archeophone ARCH 5002

Friday, September 22, 2006

"Pluck" September 22, 2006

(Week 56)

This RADIOLA! is devoted to numerous guitarists and banjoists of some renown (and a few of great obscurity). (This playlist should nicely lead in to the "Acoustic" program at 10. How's THIS for acoustic?) Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL.

Frank Crumit – Plink, Plunk (I Pluck My Guitar) (1932) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Roy Smeck – Bugle Call Rag (1937) – Yazoo LP
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Nick Lucas – Playin’ the Guitar (1923) – Brunswick 78 RPM
Ernest Hare (w/Harry Reser) – Lenore (1925) (tr.12) – Take Two TT503CD
George Formby – With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (1933) – CD AJA 5030
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Vine Street Blues (1929) – Classics 578
Eddie South and his Alabamians – By the Waters of the Minnetonka (1927) – Classics 707
Eddie South and his Orch. – My! Oh My! (1933) – Classics 707
Sam Moore – Laughing Rag (1922) – RCA Victor 09026 63206-2
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – King Joe (1928) – King Jazz KJ 152 FS
Mississippi Mud Steppers – Jackson Rag (1930) – Yazoo 2015
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Fickle Fay Creep (1930) (tr18) – JSP CD 323
Carl Kress and Dick McDonough – Danzon (1934) – Retrieval 79015
Joe Paradise and his Music – Limehouse Blues (1935) – Giants of Jazz CD 53173
Vess L. Ossman – Florida Rag (1907) – Archeophone 1001
Van Eps Banjo Orch. – Sans Souci (Maxixe Bresilienne) (1914) – Archeophone 1003
Los Jardineros – Yuca Y Name (1930) – Yazoo 7018
Annette Hanshaw – Under the Moon (1927) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – I’m Confessin’ (1930) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-229-2
Adrian Rollini and his Orch. – Somebody Loves Me (1934) – Decca GRD 609
Lonnie Johnson – Steppin’ on the Blues (1927) – Columbia CK 46221
Blind Willie McTell – Warm it Up to Me (1933) – Columbia/Legacy CK 47060
The Three Keys – Jig Time (1932) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Gut Bucket Blues (1925) (tr.1) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 63527
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Banjoreno (1926) – Yazoo 2032
Elmer Schoebel and his Friars’ Society Orch. – Copenhagen (1928) – Acrobat ACRCD 157
Charlie Polloy – I’m Young and Healthy (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Al Bowlly and Jimmy Mesene – I’m Stepping Out With a Memory (1930s) – Charly CDCD1165
Slim and Slam – Chinatown My Chinatown (1937) – Classics 705
Oscar Aleman Trio – Just a Little Swing (1939) – Acoustic Disc ACD 29
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Mystery Pacific (1937) – Past Perfect 204281-202
Eddie Lang – Prelude in C Sharp Minor (Rachmaninoff) (1927) – CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

Friday, September 15, 2006

"Handle With Care" September 15, 2006 8 PM ET

(Week 55)

"Handle With Care" can be something you stamp on a package--but it also refers to the titles of certain songs in this playlist. This RADIOLA! cautiously covers all the bases. Listen in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL. I'll strive to draw tenuous connections until 10.

Frank Crumit – (What Do I Care?) My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Lil’s Hot Shots – Drop that Sack (1926) (tr.19) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 63527
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
The Washingtonians – Take it Easy (1928) – Decca GRD-3-640
Louisiana Stompers (Henderson) – Rough House Blues (1927) – Quadromania 222440-444
Blue Ribbon Syncopators – Scratch (1927) – Frog DGF32
Annette Hanshaw – What Do I Care (What Somebody Said?) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Tom Smith and Dudd Williamson – My Baby Just Cares For Me (1930) – Harlequin HQ CD 25
Jack Payne and his Band – My Baby Just Cares For Me (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Lee Morse – Mail Man Blues (1924) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Dixie Stompers (Henderson) – Snag it (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-069 JAZZ
Vic Meyers and his Orch. – Shake it and Break it (1923) – Timeless CBC 1-034 JAZZ
Glen Leitzke’s Midnight Serenaders (Glen Lyte) – You’re the One I Care For (1930) – Jazz Oracle 8094
Jimmie Grier and his Orch. – The More You Hurt Me (1932) – Take Two TT421CD
Guy Lombardo and his Orch. – Puh-Leeze! Mister Hemingway! (1932) – Collector’s Choice CCM-299-2
Harry Fay – I Don’t Care if There’s a Girl (1909) – UCSB Cylinder Download
West End Jazz Band – I Don’t Care (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
California Ramblers – Broken Idol (1929) – Diamond Cut DCP-301D
Maynard Baird and his Orch. – Postage Stomp (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs – Shake That Thing (1930) – Classics 774
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Knockin’ a Jug (1929) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
The Little Ramblers – Fallin’ Down (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Tough Breaks (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Charlie Palloy – Try a Little Tenderness (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Annette Hanshaw – I Faw Down and Go “Boom” (1928) – Hanshaw Vol. 5 (Sensation)
Billy Cotton and his Band – I’ve Gone and Lost My Little Yo-Yo (1932) – ASV Living Era CD 5030
Fats Waller – Numb Fumbin’ (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Lonnie Johnson – Steppin’ On the Blues – Columbia CK 46221
Browning and Starr – Truckin’ (1939) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Not That I Care (1931) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Kickin’ the Gong Around (1933) – Jazz Tribune No.58
Stephane Grappelly and Django Reinhardt – Please Be Kind (1938) – London 820 591-2
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

Friday, September 08, 2006

"Nineteen Twenty-Seven" September 8, 2006

(Week 54)

This will be the last three-hour RADIOLA! for a while, so I thought I would make it a special occasion. Tonight I will play a wide variety of recordings from what I consider the supreme year in American music, 1927. The show starts at 7 PM ET on WHCL.

All songs recorded 1927 unless otherwise noted.
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Bugle Call Rag – Quadromania 222464-444
Jesse Stone’s Blues Serenaders – Boot to Boot – Columbia/Legacy CK64855
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Eddie South and his Alabamians – My Ohio Home – Classics 707
Tiny Parham and his “Forty” Five – A Little Bit Closer – Classics 661
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven – Weary Blues (tr.6) – Columbia/Legacy C4K63527
Jessie Matthews with Leslie Hutchinson – My Heart Stood Still – PAST CD 7845
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys – What Do I Care What Somebody Said? – JASCD 646
Annette Hanshaw – Who’s That Knockin’ at My Door? – JASMCD 2542
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Memphis Blues – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Under the Moon – Sensation 769 748 026-2
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – Everything’s Made for Love – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5002
Harry Richman – Blue Skies (tr.4)– Take Two TT502CD
Johnny Marvin – I Can’t Believe that You’re in Love With Me (tr.8) – Take Two TT509CD
Vaughn DeLeath – Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (tr.7) – Take Two TT503CD
Eddie Lang – A Little Love, A Little Kiss – Retrieval RTR 75015
Fats Waller (organ) – Stompin the Bug – Classics 674
Sugar Underwood – Dew Drop Alley Stomp – RCA Victor 09026 63206-2
Louis Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight – To-Wa-Bac-A-Wa – Yazoo 2024
Andy Preer and his Cotton Club Orch. – I Found a New Baby – Yazoo 2025
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch. – Papa’s Got the Jim Jams – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Scrappy Lambert – Me and My Shadow – Rivermont BSW 1141
Gene Austin – My Blue Heaven – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Van and Schenck – Pasta Fazoola (tr.11) – Take Two TT503CD
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Baby Face (1926) – The Old Masters mb119
Ben Bernie’s Hotel Roosevelt Orch. – Rosy Cheeks – Rivermont BDW 1141 (not player #2!)
Ted Weems and his Orch. – She’s Got “It” – Memphis Archives MA7013
Alberta Hunter (w/Fats Waller) – Sugar – Bluebird 07863 66065-2
Sophie Tucker – After You’ve Gone – Take Two TT404CD
Jane Green – I’m Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
The Washingtonians – East St. Louis Toodle-oo – Columbia C2K 46177
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Whiteman Stomp – Quadromania 222440-444
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch – Hop Off – Quadromania 222440-444
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers – Honey – Document DOCD-5603
Lonnie Johnson – Sweet Potato Blues – Columbia CK 46221
Sam Manning – Bongo – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
Wisconsin Roof Orch. – When the Morning Glories Wake Up In the Morning – Jazz Oracle BDW8014
Jackie Souders and his Orch. – Gonna Get a Girl – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Roodles – The Old Masters mb112
Clarence Williams and his Bottomland Orch. (Evelyn Preer, vo.) – Slow River – Frog DGF37
Josephine Baker – Hello, Bluebird – Legacy/Columbia CK 57740
Ruth Etting – Sam, The Old Accordion Man – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers – Melancholy (tr.17) – Columbia/Legacy C4K63527
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – The Pearls – JSP CD 321
Curtis Mosby’ and his Dixieland Blue Blowers – Tiger Stomp – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Kickin’ the Cat – JSPCD 3402
Red Nichols and the Charleston Chasers – Delirium – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Jack Crawford and his Orch. – Hurricane – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Humpty Dumpty – Columbia CK 45450
Bix Beiderbecke – In a Mist – Columbia CD 45450
Richard Tauber – Nessun Dorma (1926) – Great Voices of the Opera CD 9
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

Friday, September 01, 2006

"Rhythm of the Day" September 1, 2006

(Week 53)

The students are back at Hamilton College, Summer vacation for the rest of us is nearly over, and it's time to get back into the rhythm of things. I hope this playlist helps!

This Radiola will air at 7 PM ET on WHCL.

Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Rhythm of the Day (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
King Radio – It’s the Rhythm We Want (1939) – Rounder 1077
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Musical Stevedores – Happy Rhythm (1929) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Roy Johnson’s Happy Pals – Savoy Rhythm (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Foot Scuffle (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Cliff Edwards – Fascinatin’ Rhythm (1924) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57712
Fred and Adele Astaire – Fascinating Rhythm (1926) – Charly CDCD1075
Savoy Orpheans – Fascinating Rhythm (1926) – Conifer CDHD 160
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Grand Terrace Rhythm (1936) – Quadromania 222440-444
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Hocus Pocus (1934) – Quadromania 222440-444
Raymond Scott Quintet – Powerhouse (1937) – HOLD ON (Termite Art CD)
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Rhythm of the Rain (1935) – Circle CCD 20
Ben Pollack and his Orch. (Doris Roberts, vo.) – The Beat of My Heart (1934) – Sony Music A52079
Clyde McCoy and his Orch. – Readin’, Ritin’, and Rhythm (1931) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-155-2
West End Jazz Band – Dardanella (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Quality Shout (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – The Terror (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang – It’s the Rhythm in Me (1934) – JSP CD 339
Nat Gonella and his Georgians – All God’s Chillun’ Got Rhythm (1937) – ASV Living Era AJA 5300
Slim and Slam – Buck Dance Rhythm (1938) – Classics 705
Eddie Lang – Add a Little Wiggle (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Joe Venuti’s Rhythm Boys – The Wolf Wobble (1931) – JSP CD3402
Wisconsin Roof Orch. – Wob-aly Walk (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8014
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
West End Jazz Band – Crazy Rhythm (2004) – Legacy 2K 105
Ross DeLuxe Syncopators – Florida Rhythm (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8011
King Oliver’s Orch. – Rhythm Club Stomp (1930) – JSP CD 3404
Georgia Jumpers – Guitar Rhythm (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8011
Lee Morse – Tain’t No Sin (1930) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Lyda Roberti – College Rhythm (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57711
Carroll Gibbons & Savoy Hotel Orpheans – Broadway Rhythm (1935) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Carlos Molina’s Tango Orch. – La Cumparsita (1931) – Take Two TT507CD
Antobal’s Cubans – Para vigo me voy (1936) – Harlequin CD 123
The Caresser – The More They Try To Do Me Bad (1937?) – Rounder CD 1054
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – By Heck (1935) – Circle CCD 20
Harry Roy and his Orch. – My Girl’s a Rhythm Fan (1936) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5225
Teddy Wilson and his Orch. – Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes (1935) – Columbia 501649
Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy – There’s Rhythm in the River (1931) – Pro Arte Digital CDD3408
Earl Hines and his Orch. – Hines Rhythm (1937) – Portrait Masters RK 44119
The Jungle Band (Duke Ellington) – Rockin’ in Rhythm (1931) – Decca GRD-3-640
Ethel Waters – I Got Rhythm (1930) – Classics 721
Fred Rich and his Orch. (Smith Ballew, vo.) – I Got Rhythm (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Bud Freeman Trio – I Got Rhythm (1938) – Giants of Jazz CD 53272
Ted Wallace and his Orch. – Buffalo Rhythm (1927) – The Old Masters mb110
Paul Tremaine and his Aristocrats – Four Four Rhythm (1929) – Yazoo 2024
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Futuristic Rhythm (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8016
Billie Holiday and her Orch. – He Ain’t Got Rhythm (1937) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – That Rhythm Man (1929) – Columbia CK 46148
Clarence Williams and his Orch. – Gettin’ My Bonus in Love (1934) – Quadromania 222495-444
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539