YOWZAH! #2--The American Dream (July 4, 2007)

In observance of July 4, I offer a four-hour playlist on the dual themes of localities in America and dreams, with nine different renditions of "The St. Louis Blues." Come celebrate with me at 8 PM on WPNR 90.7 FM in Utica, NY.

Carlisle Cousins Trio – America Calling! Medley (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5216
Jack Chapman and his Orch. – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Victor (78) 19969-B
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch – Just Rite (1928) – Frog DGF29
Jimmy Wade and his Dixielanders – Mississippi Wobble (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Missouri Squabble (1928) – Old Masters mb 106
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Georgia on My Mind (1931) – JSP CD 3401
Cliff Edwards – Dream Sweetheart (1932) – Columbia C2K 52942
Blue Steele and his Orch – Because You Are My Dream Girl (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Carl Webster’s Yale Collegians – Dream Child (1930) – Sunbeam BXCD 13
Eddie South and his Alabamians – My Ohio Home (1927) – Frog DGF 36
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – Jersey Walk (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five Orch. – Baltimore (1927) – Frog DGF 37
Bing Crosby – Waltzing in a Dream (1932) – Columbia CK44305
Annette Hanshaw – I’m a Dreamer (Aren’t We All) (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Harold Menning and his Orch. – My Suppressed Desire (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Bessie Smith – St. Louis Blues (1925) – Smithsonian Collection Vol. 1
Fats Waller – St. Louis Blues (1926) – JSP927B
The Mills Brothers – St. Louis Blues (1932) – Columbia CK 57713
Clarence Williams and his Jug Band – Kansas City Man Blues (1930) – Quadromania 222495-444
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – South (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Oklahoma Stomp (1929) – Decca GRD-3-640
Eddie Lang – Melody Man’s Dream (1927) – Retrieval RTR 79015
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Head Hunter’s Dream (1928) – Classics 661
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Sud Buster’s Dream (1929) – Classics 691
Jack Teagarden and his Orch. – Stars Fell on Alabama (1934) – Columbia C2K 52942
Gerradine Dance Orch. – Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia (1932) – Old Masters mb118
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Swanee River (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Halfway House Orch. – Love Dreams (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
Curtis Mosby and his Dixieland Blue Blowers – In My Dreams (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – A Rhythmic Dream (1927) – Quadromania 222440-444
Georgia Jumpers – California Blues (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8011
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch. – Golden Gate (1928) – Old Masters mb122
Claude Hopkins and his Orch. – Washington Squabble (1933) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Fats Waller and Bennie Payne – St. Louis Blues (1930) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Cliff Edwards and the Eton Boys – St. Louis Blues (1934) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – St. Louis Blues (1933) – Document DOCD1016
Casa Loma Orch. – Love is a Dreamer (1929) – Hep CD 1010
Mildred Bailey – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Old Masters mb103
Bing Crosby – Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? – Pro Arte Digital CDD 432
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Hoosier Sweetheart (1927) – RCA Jazz Tribune No.48
Eddie Condon Quartet – Indiana (1928) – Gold Sound DCD-772-1
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Chicago Rhythm (1929) – JSP926B
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – I’m Drifting Back to Dreamland (1930) – JSP926C
Lillie Delk Christian – Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me (1928) – Columbia C4K 63527
Jack Teagarden w/Benny Goodman – I Ain’t Lazy, I’m Just Dreaming (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Kate Smith – Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Orleans (1932) – Classics 591
Art Tatum – St. Louis Blues (1940) – Charly CDCD 1065
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – St. Louis Blues (1935) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 539
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – St. Louis Blues (1930) – Columbia C4K 57176
Cliff Edwards – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band – Mabel’s Dream (1923) – Jazz Heritage 513282W
Joseph Samuels’ Jazz Band – Dreaming Blues (1920) – Timeless CBC 1-085
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Memphis Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
Jimmy Johnson and his Orch. – Chicago Blues (1928) – Frog DGF38
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Dallas Blues (1930) – Columbia CK46996
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Dream a Little Dream of Me (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Cliff Edwards – I’ll See You in My Dreams (1930) – Sony Music Special Products A 26475
Bing Crosby – On the Street of Dreams (1932) – Charly CDCD 2020
The Lion and Atilla the Hun – Guests of Rudy Vallee (1938) – Rounder CD 1054
Al Jolson – Why Do They All Take the Night Boat to Albany? (1930) – Rhino R2 72544
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Manhattan (1925) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120628
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Rhapsody in Blue (1938) – Nostalgia Arts 303 3025
Woody Guthrie – Will Rogers Highway (1940) – Rounder CD 1043
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539