Wednesday, November 20, 2013

"Tight Connections" November 22, 2013

(Week 377)

This RADIOLA! feels the need to loosen some ties--and its belt.

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Tampa Red and Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That No. 2 - (1929) Vocalion 1244
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Lyin' To Myself (1936) - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (Mosaic 243-2)
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Windsor Hotel Orch (Harold Leonard) - You Need Someone To Love (1926) - Vocalion A 15386
Van and his Hotel Half Moon Orch (Scrappy Lambert v) - Without You Sweetheart (1927) - Perfect 14918
The Charleston Chasers - Feelin' No Pain (1927) - Columbia 1229 D
Arthur Fields - Me and My Shadow (1927) - Grey Gull 2344a
Happiness Boys (Jones & Hare w/Dave Kaplan p) - I Love the College Girls (1927) - Okeh 40785 A
Jane Green - You Went Away Too Far (and Stayed Away Too Long) (1927) - Victor 20509 A
Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Aeolian Vocalion A14053
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Oh Joy (1921) - Okeh 4404 A
Joe Candullo and his Orch - Fashionette (1929) Harmony 888-H
Vaughn De Leath - I Wonder Who (1921) - Okeh 4455 B
Tampa Blue Jazz Band (Samuels) (Billy Jones v) - Atta Baby (1921) - Okeh 4522 A
Emmett Miller (Walt Rothrock p) - Anytime (1924) - Okeh 40239 B
Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke (Dalton Ridenhour p) - Loveless Love (2012) - Racine Connection (Rivermont BSW-2225)
Dymitr Markiewicz and his Jazz Band - I Must Have That Man (2010) - Polish-Swedish Connection (Live Augustow - Ilawa - Poland)
Willie Eckstein - Broken Hearted Melody (1923) - Okeh 40041 B
Martha Pryor - Lovey Came Back (1923) - Cameo 448
The Jazz Pilots (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - She Knows Her Onions (1926) - Okeh 40688 B
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Till Times Get Better (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Low Gravy (1930) - JSP CD 323
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch (Jimmy Rushing v) - Now That I Need You (1930) - Band Box Shuffle (Hep CD 1070)
Ruth Etting - I'm Falling In Love (1931) - Columbia 2505 D
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - I'm Needin' You (1930) - Victor 22509 B
Donald Peers - Don't Blame Me (1932) - HMV B 8047
Dick Himber and his Essex House Orch (Joey Nash v) - Smoke Rings (1933) - Renovation 7002
Will Osborne and his Orch - Inka Dinka Doo (1933) - Perfect 15867 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Moonburn (1935) - Victor 25231 A
Shelton Bros (Bob and Joe) - If You Don't Like My Peaches (1939) - Decca 5787A
Danny Polo and his Swing Stars - China Boy (1939) - The Old Masters TOM 41 (LP)
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Tight Like This (1928) - JSP CD 314

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

"Greasy Spooning" November 15, 2013

(Week 376)

This RADIOLA! considers that one might do better to eat at home.

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Coot Grant and Kid Wesley Wilson - Find Me At The Greasy Spoon (tk 2) (1925) - orig Paramount 12337
Fats Waller and his Rhythm and Orch - Fat and Greasy (1935) - mx 98196 unissued
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Charley Straight and his Orch (Williams Sisters v) - Hi-Diddle-Diddle (1926) - That's What I Call Keen (Rivermont BSW 1153)
Art Landry and his Orch - Slippery Elm (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Donald Lindley and his Boys - Slidin' Around (1928) - Columbia 1443 D
Nick Lucas - A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich, And You (1926) - Brusnwick 3052 A
Dixieland Jug Blowers (Lockwood Lewis v) - Don't Give All the Lard Away (1926) - Louisville Stomp (Frog DGF 6)
Lou Gold and his Orch (Jerry Macy Ed Smalle v) - You're the Cream in My Coffee (1928) - It's Tight Like That (Rivermont BSW 1147)
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Slide, Kelly, Slide (1919) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8046
Arthur Lange And His Orchestra - Sweet Butter (1923) - orig Lincoln 2119 (Healey col)
Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch (Billy Murray v) - I Like Pie, I Like Cake (1925) - Rivermont BSW1140
Ada Jones - I'm In Love With the Slide Trombone (1907) - Zon-O-Phone 829
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (LA and May Alix v) - Big Butter and Egg Man from the West (1926) - JSPCD 312
The Harmonians (BHSO) (Selvin) (Irving Kaufman v) - What A Night For Spooning (1928) - orig Harmony 716 H (Healey col)
Al Duvall - Slippery Elm (2013) - Insomnibus
Eddie South - Snowfall (1944) - The Dark Angel of the Fiddle (Soundies SCD 4120)
Brass Quartet - Sweet and Low (c 1901) - Zon-O-Phone 9724
West End Jazz Band (Leah Bezin v) - Coffee In the Morning and Kisses in the Night (2003) - Louder and Funnier (Legacy 2K 103)
Zon-O-Phone Concert Band - Slippery Day (1907) - Zon-O-Phone 655
Bailey’s Lucky Seven (Lanin) (Ernest Hare v) - Everything Is K.O. In K.Y. (1923) - orig Gennett 5078 (Healey col)
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Skid-Dat-De-Dat (1926) - JSPCD 312
Ikey Robinson and his Band (Jabbo Smith v) - Got Butter On It (1929) - Retrieval RTR 79013
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Oil Well (1930) - JSPCD 323
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - All For Grits and Gravy (1930) - Jazz Oracle BDW8041
Bing Crosby with the Mills Bros - Dinah (1932) - Brunswick 1271 A
Dinah - You Can't Stop Me From Lovin' You (1931) - Decca F2593 A
Mills Brothers - Miss Otis Regrets (1934) - Decca 166 B
Ray Nichols and his Four Towers Orch (Billie Hibberd v) - Black Coffee (1935) - orig Bluebird B-6013 (Healey col)
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Joey Nash v) - Butterfingers (1934) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8050
Mike Riley-Eddie Farley and their Onyx Club Boys - Dinner For One Please, James (1936) - orig Champion 40089 (Healey col)
Original Yellow Jackets - Swinging At The Chat And Chew (1937) - Columbia CK 64855
Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights (Donna and her Don Juans v) - A Knife, A Fork, And A Spoon (1941) - orig Columbia 36053 (Healey col)
Fats Waller and his Rhythm (w Deep River Boys) - By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1942) - orig Bluebird B 11569

Wednesday, November 06, 2013

"The Newest Math" November 8, 2013

(Week 375)


This RADIOLA! suspects there's a reason it doesn't quite add up.

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Billy Murray - I Can't Do That Sum (1904) - Columbia cylinder (UCSB collection)
Jelly Roll Morton Seven - Good Old New York (1940) - General 1704 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Howard Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Lucky Day (1926) - Columbia 689 D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Riverboat Shuffle (1927) - UHCA 30
All Star Orch - Add a Little Wiggle (1928) - Victor 21423 B
Fess Williams' Royal Flush Orch - Gambler's Blues (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8041
Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) - He Ain't Never Been To College (1928) - Cameo 9003
Chick Endor - Lady Luck (1929) - Victor 22245 B
Yerkes Blue Bird Orch - Kismet (1920) - HMV (Canada) 216195 B
Nathan Glantz and his Orch (Arthur Hall v) - Love Is Just A Gamble (1924) - orig Edison 51355 (Healey col)
Isham Jones' Orch - Get Lucky (1924) - Brunswick 2678 B
Arthur Moss and Ed Frye - How High Is Up? Pt. 2 (1923) - Victor 19081 B
Bert Williams - Unlucky Blues (1920) - Columbia A 2941
Thomas and West (Jones and Hare) - In the Little Red Schoolhouse (1922) - Regal 9327 A
Eddie South - Daybreak (1944) - The Dark Angel of the Fiddle (Soundies SCD 4120)
Avon Comedy Four - The New School Teacher (1924) - Victor 35750 (Library of Congress)
Sophie Tucker (w/Milo Rega's Orch) - Seven Or Eleven - My Dixie Pair O' Dice (1923) - Jazz Age Hot Mamma (Take Two TT404)
Palace Trio (Wiedoeft) - I'll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) - Victor 18663 A
The Charleston Chasers (Eva Taylor v) - Turn on the Heat (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-040
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Gambling Jack (1930) - JSP CD323
Isham Jones and his Orch (Rita Smith v) - It Isn't Fair (1933) - Shadows on the Swanee (Rivermont BSW 1159)
Frank Crumit - I'm Bettin' the Roll on Roamer (1930) - Victor 22482 A
Buddy Morgan and his Veterans - Don't Get Collegiate (1929) - Columbia 2011 D
New Dixie Demons - Ace In The Hole (1936) - Decca 5257 B
Casani Club Orch (Charlie Kunz) (Harry Bentley v) - Learning (1934) - Sterno 1528
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orch (Bob Eberle v) - I'm A Gambler (1935) - orig Decca 607 (Healey col)
Archie Bleyer and his Orch (Russ Morgan v) - You Are My Lucky Star (1935) - Melotone 35 10 23 A
Fred Astaire - Pick Yourself Up (1937) - Brunswick 7717
Ted Weems and his Orch - Gambler's Blues (1939) - orig Decca 2408 (Healey col)
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers - The Old Apple Tree (1938) - Vocalion 4070