AL GALLODORO'S LAST SEGO GIG SATURDAY!

Owing to the imminent closing of the Sego Cafe at 291 Main St., Oneonta, sax virtuoso Al Gallodoro will be playing his last gig at the venue this Saturday, March 22, 8-11 PM. Arrangements are being made to host Al and his Quartet elsewhere in the vicinity, but this marks the end of his four-year run at the delightful and intimate Sego. (Press release to follow.)

A TRUE LIVING LEGEND AT NEARLY 95, AL GALLODORO will appear with his QUARTET AT SEGO CAFE, SAT MARCH 22nd, 8-11PM. Piano accompanist JoAnn Chmielowski, Tom Wetmore on Bass, and Joe Tokarowski on drums.

Dr. Alfred J. Gallodoro (born June 20, 1913)

At nearly 95 years young Gallodoro continues to thrill his listeners with his impeccable musicianship and incredible mastery of his instruments. His admirers include more than just saxophone aficionados--he recently appeared twice at Cornell University's Weill Medical College for concerts AND as the subject of an extensive interview on longevity and vitality. Gallodoro was called upon in April 2006 to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the NYC Harmonie Ensemble, with conductor Steven Richman, a piece which Al performed many thousands of times with Paul Whiteman during their long association. This Gallodoro 2006 performance of Rhapsody in Blue is in the works, we will sent you a release date in a future e-mail! Also check the web-site for a preview of Al's soon to be released new CD: Moment in Time (Birmingham Live 1969).

Al is one of only 13 artists who recorded before 1940 that is still active and recording, During a professional career spanning an amazing nine decades, Gallodoro has played his saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet in all forms and venues of music--from Vaudeville houses to New Orleans speak-easies, from nightclubs to symphonies, from Carnegie Hall to international jazz festivals (North Sea and Breda, Holland!) and even the Ringling Brothers Circus! In his association of nearly 4 decades with Whiteman, Gallodoro played lead 1st alto sax, as well as clarinet and bass clarinet for the orchestra; hence, the moniker “Triple Threat!” He was a regularly featured “front stage” soloist on live broadcasts spanning from the 1930’s through the 1970’s, and even continues those live radio performances today with regular appearances on Northeast Public Radio! In fact, Gallodoro has done more live on-the-air saxophone and clarinet solos than any other performer in history.

Also a classical performer in his own right, Gallodoro worked for many years under symphonic conductors Arturo Toscanini and Leopold Stokowski. Thus, one can often detect a classical vein running throughout his art of improvisation. Ferde Grofé was so impressed by Gallodoro’s art that he composed Gallodoro’s Serenade for saxophone and piano (1957) to specifically emphasize Al’s style, and showcase his technique. The piece (released on Bridge Records, 2006) had its premier New York City performance and recording when Al was an energetic 91 years old, with pianist Lincoln Mayorga. Perhaps it is his unique ability to bridge jazz and classical idioms that so endears him to a broad variety of fans.

AL GALLODORO was featured in 2002 on CBS’ Sunday Morning, and has also been the topic of a PBS documentary, the Al Gallodoro Story. In 2005 Alfred J. Gallodoro received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Hartwick College in recognition of a lifetime of extraordinary achievement in music performance and teaching. He can arguably be regarded as the greatest saxophone/clarinet virtuoso in history.

As partner with manager/pianist and long term collaborator JoAnn Bertone Chmielowski, Gallodoro’s independent label Chmusic Productions/Golden Rooster Records Al has added 5 CD’s and a music video to his credit. His most recent release DAYBREAK – Lyrical Jazz (April 2007), has a specific goal: to bring a renewed awareness of the lyrical sound of the saxophone to mainstream jazz. With a bit of Southern flair, credited to his Birmingham and New Orleans roots, the Mediterranean influence of his Sicilian heritage, and the sounds attributed to nearly six decades of working in New York City, Dr. Alfred J. Gallodoro (born June 20, 1913) is still absolutely inimitable! More extensive information can be found at www.algallodoro.com

SEGO CAFE TO CLOSE (PRESS RELEASE)

The Sego Café, located at 291 Main Street in Oneonta, will close its doors effective Monday, March 24th.

“When we took over the Sego Café in 2006, our vision was to create a comfortable bistro and music venue for the area’s adult population, to help bring people to downtown Oneonta, and to provide opportunities for local musicians and artists,” said Alan Cleinman, President of SEGO Management, Inc., the restaurant’s owner. “Thanks to the hard work of our team and the support of many, we have been highly successful on almost every front,” he said.

“Unfortunately, while revenue has climbed each month, it has not climbed faster then costs. After nearly two decades of low food inflation, prices for staples such as bread, milk, eggs, and flour are rising sharply, surging in the past year at double-digit rates. Milk prices have increased by 26 percent over last year while egg prices have jumped by 40 percent. Further, we see no end to this inflationary cycle. We believe that our customers will not support the required price increases necessary for the Café to become profitable under its current format. Accordingly, we are closing the Sego Café and will be exploring other operating formats,” he said.

Through an arrangement with Elena’s at 281 Main Street, all outstanding gift certificates and coupons will be honored. Further, the Café’s award-winning coffee brand, Panache, will also be available at Elena’s. The Sego Café will likely continue as an entertainment facility and will be available for special events and catering functions. The facility is for sale or sublease.

Sego Café will wrap up its activities with two incredible nights of music. On Friday, March 21st, the King of New York Blues, Ernie Williams, will be entertaining guests from 8pm to 11pm. Ernie will be followed on Saturday, March 22nd, with the impresario Mr. Al Gallodoro, for the final Sego event.

Mr. Cleinman further stated, “This decision has not come easily and is based solely on current operating economics. I want to thank all of our loyal customers; our great Sego team; our musicians and artist friends, and our vendors, for their support.” he said. “We welcome all of our friends to enjoy a last Sego event this coming weekend.”

"Low Fidelity" March 14, 2008

(Week 114)

In observance of the recent upheaval in our state capital (i.e., Eliot's Mess) I have assembled the following playlist, which will be broadcast tonight (Friday) at 8 PM Eastern Daylight Time on WHCL 88.7 FM (and streamed on WHCL.ORG). Within 24 hours the aircheck should be available on my Live365 station.

Sam Coslow – King for a Day (1928) – Victor 21631-A
Harry Roy and his Orch. – What a Difference a Day Made (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5184
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Fess Williams’ Royal Flush Orch. – Variety Stomp (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8041
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch (1927) – Miss Annabelle Lee – Brunswick 3631-A
Joe Robichaux and his N.O.R.B. – You Keep Me Always Living in Sin (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW8057
Marion Harris – A Good Man is Hard to Find (1919) – Living Era CD AJA 5330
King Oliver’s Jazz Band – Where Did You Stay Last Night? (1923) – Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2
Maggie Jones (w/Henderson’s Hot Six) – Cheatin’ on Me (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-068
Jack Blue’s Texans – Huggable Kissable You (1929) – Banner 6381-B
Fred Elizalde and Music – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5424
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Troubled (1934) (No.4) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5060
Greta Keller – Say It Isn’t So (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5193
Lew Stone & The Msgr. Band (Al Bowlly, v.) – I’ll Never Be The Same (1932) – Living Era CD 5435
The Revelers – Dancing in the Dark (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5190
The Tiger – The Rats (1936) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
The Growler – In The Dew and the Rain (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Frank Guarente and his Orch. – Sweethearts on Parade (1928) – Puritone 1034-S
King Oliver’s Jazz Band – Snake Rag (Okeh version) (1923) – Archeophone OTR-MM6-C2
Fess Williams’ Royal Flush Orch. – Friction (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8041
Ethel Waters – Bring Your Greenbacks (1926) – Columbia 14125-D
Sippie Wallace – I’m a Mighty Tight Woman (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5092
Mamie Smith – Jenny’s Ball (1931) – Timeless CBC 1-068
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Just a Gigolo (1931) – Brunswick 6023
Stew Pletcher and his Orch. – I Don’t Want to Make History (1936) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8055
Paul Hamilton and his Orch. – She Reminds Me Of You (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5060
Annette Hanshaw – Little White Lies (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Hutch (Leslie Hutchinson) – For All We Know (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5184
The Sunshine Boys – My Troubles Are Over (1929) – Columbia 1790-D
Bing Crosby – Just One More Chance (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5190
Paul Robeson – Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5184
Gene Austin – Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5190

"The Pulse of Life" March 7, 2008

(Week 113)

I've assembled a celebratory RADIOLA! tonight to revel in the new issue of Joseph Robichaux's New Orleans Rhythm Boys on Jazz Oracle and to commemorate the life of Jeff Healey, a remarkable musician, broadcaster, reissuer, and enthusiast for the music we love.

Tune in or stream tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL 88.7 FM, or listen in on Live365.

Joe Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – The Riff (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8057
Curtis Mosby and his Dixieland Blue Blowers – Louisiana Bo Bo (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up (1929) – JSP 926B
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Persian Rug (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8004
Tony Parenti’s New Orleanians – When You and I Were Pals (1928) – Frog DGF 4
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Blazin’ (1929) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57596
Sophie Tucker – Oh! You Have No Idea (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5046
Libby Holman – Love For Sale (1931) – Naxos 8.120627
Julia Lee – Won’t You Come Over to My House? (1929) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64855
Guy Lombardo’s R.C.’ns – Under the Moon (1927) – Sensation 769 748 026-2
Annette Hanshaw – That’s You, Baby (1929) – Annette Hanshaw Vol. 6 (Sensation)
Irving Mills and his Orch. – Doin’ the Rhumba (1931) – Sensation 769 748 025-2
Lord Invader – Caro at Point Cumana (1940) – Rounder CD 1054
Atilla the Hun – Woman is Not the Weaker Sex (1941) – Rounder CD 1141
Joe Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Forty-Second Street (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8057
Al Gallodoro and the Beau Hunks – Out of Nowhere (1999) – Basta 30-9092-2
Jeff Healey and Friends – You’re Lucky to Me (2001) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8047
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – The Head Hunter’s Dream (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-022
King Oliver and his Orch. – Struggle Buggy (1930) JSP CD 3404/2
Alex Hill and his Orch. – Toogaloo Shout (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-046
Bing Crosby (w/Guy Lombardo) – Young and Healthy (1933) – Columbia CK 44407
Annette Hanshaw – I Have to Have You (1929) – Annette Hanshaw Vol.7 (Sensation)
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare – You Don’t Like It–Not Much (1926) – Living Era CD AJA 5628
The California Ramblers – Lazy Weather (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-053
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – I Got the Stinger (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Banjoreno (1926) – Frog DGF 6
Sophie Tucker (w/Miff Mole’s Molers) – After You’ve Gone (1927) – Take Two TT404CD
Boswell Sisters – Mood Indigo (1933) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
King Radio – It’s the Rhythm We Want (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Four or Five Times (1935) – Proper P1598
Benny Carter and his Orch. – I Never Knew (1933) – Proper P 1369
Joe Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Sleep Come On and Take Me (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8057

"SHELLAC SPECTACULAR" TONIGHT AT 8 PM ET ON WHCL!!

(Week 112)

Tonight on WHCL will be my first live scheduled RADIOLA! broadcast in ten weeks--and I'll play 31 rare and strange source documents that I've acquired during my long hiatus. It will be a wondrous mix of stuff from 1905 to the late 1930s--some crunchy, some pristine. I'll post the playlist here shortly. Listen locally (Utica NY area) on 88.7 FM or stream from WHCL's SHOUTCAST STREAM at 8 PM Easten time TONIGHT. (And the show will be posted on my Live365 station within a day or so.)

Love 78s? Now's the time to get your share . . .

Charles W. Hamp – Heigh-Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh-Ho! (1929) – Columbia 1792-D
George Olsen and his Music – Hello, Aloha, How Are You? (1926) – Victor 20060-A
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, v.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Col. 1779-D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Trumbology (1927) – Parlophone R 2465 (UK issue)
Frank Crumit – I Married the Bootlegger’s Daughter (1925) – Victor 19739-A
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch. – Moten Stomp (1927) – Bluebird B-6204-A
Collins and Harlan – I’m Dreaming of You (Mullen) (1905) – Victor 4546
Margaret Young – Ukulele Lady (1925) – Brunswick 2861-B
Miss Patricola – Hot Lips (1922) – Victor 18967-A
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Wabash Blues (1921) – Brunswick 5065-B
Louis Panico and his Orch. – Wabash Blues (1930) – Melotone 35-10-27-A
Joie Lichter’s Strand Symphonists – Spanish Shawl (1925) – Silvertone 3502-A
Gene Autry – The Death of Mother Jones (1931) – Conqueror 7702-A
Tampa Red – That Stuff Is Here (1934) – Conqueror 8862
Benson Orch of Chicago – I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (1925) – Victor 19685-B
The Rhythmic Eight – Eleven More Months and Ten More Days, Part 1 (1931) – Zonophone 6041 (UK)
The Rhythmic Eight – Eleven More Months and Ten More Days, Part 2 (1931) – Zonophone 6041 (UK)
Van Eps Trio – Notoriety Rag (Kathryn Widmer) (1914) – Victor 17601-B
Wilbur Sweatman’s Orig. Jazz Band – Ev’rybody’s Crazy ‘Bout the Blues But I’m Happy (1918) – Col. A2528
Brown and Terry Jazzola Boys – Anna in Indiana (1921) – Okeh 8014-A
Sammy Fain – Lovable and Sweet (1929) – Velvet Tone 2014-V
Edith Wilson – I’ll Get Even With You (1930) – Victor V-38624-A
George Olsen and his Music – Let’s Make Up (1926) – Victor 20060-B
Sweet Violet Boys – Hinky Dinky Parley Vous, Part 1 (1936) – Vocalion 03281
Tampa Red and Georgia Tom – It’s Tight Like That, No. 2 (1929) – Vocalion 1244
Five Harmaniacs – Coney Island Washboard (1926) – Victor 20293-B
Jesse Crawford – Dancing Tambourine (1928) – Victor 21171-B
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Thou Swell (1928) – Victor 21346-B
Milt Herth, Willie “The Lion” Smith, O’Neil Spencer – That’s A-Plenty (1937) – Decca 1553-B
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch. – I’ve Got You Under My Skin (1936) – Bluebird B-6592-B
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch. – Swamp Fire (1937) – Perfect 7-07-08
International Novelty Orch. – Show Me The Way To Go Home (1925) – Victor 19809-A

"Get Happy!" February 24, 2008 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 111)

UPDATE: I will be broadcasting this playlist LIVE at 8 PM Eastern TONIGHT (Monday, February 25) on WHCL to "warm up" for my Friday program (and to fill in for Jonathan Mead, who is not able to present "Anywhere But Here" this evening). The Shoutcast stream for WHCL is available HERE.

RADIOLA! will definitely be back on WHCL next Friday night at 8 PM ET--and to celebrate my impending delivery from exile, my Live365 broadcast takes on a markedly upbeat tone.

Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Get Happy (1930) – The Old Masters mb108
Nat Gonella and his Georgians – Jubilee (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5300
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, v.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Col. 1779-D
Tony Parenti’s New Orleanians – You Made Me Like It Baby (1928) – Frog DGF 4
Sam Lanin and his Orch. – I Got Rhythm (1930) – Rivermont BSW-1143
Six Jumping Jacks – She’s Got It (1927) – The Old Masters mb128
Vaughn DeLeath – Sometimes I’m Happy (1927) – Living Era CD AJA 5468
Ruth Etting – Sam, the Old Accordion Man (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
The Happiness Boys – Etiquette Blues (1928) – Living Era CD AJA 5628
Fats Waller – Lenox Avenue Blues (1926) – JSP CD 927B
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Is That Religion? (1930) – Rivermont BSW-1141
Bessie Smith – On Revival Day (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-054
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Ragging the Scale (1930) – JSP CD 3402/2
Edith Wilson – My Man Is Good For Nothing But Love (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-068
The Tennessee Tooters – Hobo’s Prayer (1926) – Hep CD 1081
Eddie Lang – There’ll Be Some Changes Made (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79015
Henry “Red” Allen and his N.Y. Orch. – You Might Get Better (1930) – Classics 540
Bennie Moten and his K.C. Orch. – Tough Breaks (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Mean Dog Blues (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5025
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Tozo! (1927) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57596
Seger Ellis – Cheerful Little Earful (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Ted Lewis and his Band – The Lonesome Road (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Mae West – Sister Honky Tonk (1933) – Columbia/Legacy CK 57711
The Mississippi Sheiks – Driving That Thing (1930) – Columbia/Legacy CK 46783
Lonnie Johnson – Got No More Troubles Now (1930) – Columbia CK 46221
Big Joe and his Washboard Band – I Love You Baby (1940) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52831
Lillie Delk Christian – Lonesome and Sorry (1926) – JSP CD 926A
Cole Porter – The Physician (1935) – Naxos 8.120533
Monette Moore (w/Fats Waller) – A Shine On Your Shoes/Louisiana Hayride (1932) – JSP CD 928C
Fletcher Henderson – Ain’t Cha Glad (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5067
Henry Allen-Coleman Hawkins and their Orch. – Ain’tcha Got Music (1933) – Hep CD 1028
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Sweet Sue, Just You (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5025

"From Here to Obscurity" February 15, 2008 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 110)

Another (surprise!) WHCL-free webcast of RADIOLA! on Live365. This week we delve into recordings (all available on CD) by worthy performers who merely happen not to be household names. Hockey tonight, Basketball next Friday, but perhaps I'll be broadcasting on air again on February 29. Until then, I'll be feeling pretty obscure.

Jesse Stafford and his Orch. – The Spell of the Blues (LA, 1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Slim Lamar and his Southerners – That’s A-Plenty (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79006
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, v.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Col. 1779-D
Andrew Aiona’s Novelty Four – Keko (LA, 1929) – Sunbeam BXCD 13
Leroy’s Dallas Band – Tampa Shout (Dallas, 1928) – Timeless CBC 1-033
Lud Gluskin and his Orch. – March of the Hoodlums (Berlin, 1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045/2
The California Humming Birds – The Whisper Song (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5216
The Harlem Hamfats (Rosetta Howard, v.) – If You’re a Viper (1937) – Document DOCD 5272
Charlie Palloy – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Thelma Terry and her Playboys – Mama’s Gone, Goodbye (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041
Cline’s Collegians – Chicadore Stomp (Dallas, 1929) – Timeless CBC 1-055
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orch. – Ideas (NO, 1928) – Frog DGF5
Wilmoth Houdini – Johnny Take My Wife (1928) – Rounder CD 1054
Sam Manning (w/Adolphe Thenstead’s Mentor Boys) – Emily (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
Browning and Starr – Truckin’ (London, 1935) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Harry Jentes – Blooey Blues (1923) – Document DOCD 5596
Lionel Belasco and his Orch. – Depression-pasillo (1932) – Rounder CD 1077
George Osborne and his Orch. – Brainstorm (St. Paul, 1927) – Timeless CBC 1-048
Henry Halstead and his Orch. – Rosy Cheeks (LA, 1927) – Timeless CBC 1-034
Devine’s Wisconsin Roof Orch. – Tiger Rag (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8014
Lew Bray – We Can’t Use Each Other Anymore (1929) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Tom Smith and Dudd Williamson – My Baby Just Cares For Me (1930) – Harlequin HQ CD 25
The Three Keys – Oh! By Jingo (1933) – Rivermont BSW-1144
Ross DeLuxe Syncopaters – Skad-o-Lee (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8011
Five Hot Chocolates – Alabama Shuffle (1929) – Yazoo 2025
Memphis Stompers – Yea Alabama (1928) – Frog DGF 24
The Tiger – Money is King (1935) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Lord Invader – Saga Boy (1941) – Rounder CD 1077
The Caresser – The More They Try To Do Me Bad (1938) – Rounder CD 1054
Jimmie Dunn and his Orch. – My Blue Heaven (1936) – IAJRC CD 1002
Joe Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Every Tub (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Goodbye Blues (1932) – The Old Masters mb125

MURIEL'S TREASURE--THE REAL MUSIC OF THE CARIBBEAN

Since I've been on WHCL hiatus, I've discovered a number of excellent music programs. One especially worthy of mention is Muriel's Treasure, hosted by WFMU radio host, author, and record producer Irwin Chusid. Muriel's Treasure features plenty of classic Calypso, which I've always enjoyed and have often played on RADIOLA! There are also more modern Caribbean styles, such as Soca. It's fun, witty, joyous music and should be all over the airwaves--but so far this is the only true Caribbean program I've found.

Muriel's Treasure is not currently being broadcast, but there is a wealth of material in the archives, which are also available as a podcast.

LISTEN TO SIR SCRATCHY ON WBCQ!

Sir Scratchy's beHAVior Night--That Famous Funny Old Record show can be heard Fridays at 5pm ET on WBCQ The Planet 7.415 Mhz Short Wave (or or online at www.wbcq.com).

"Ya Got Love" (February 8, 2008) INTERNET ONLY

(Week 109)

RADIOLA!-in-exile continues on Live365 owing to the broadcast on WHCL of Hamilton College basketball games. And I could not let Valentine's Day pass without a suitable tribute. Here it is:

Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orch – I’m In Love Again (1927) – Naxos 8.120533
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch (Jimmy Rushing, vo.) – Ya Got Love (1930) – Hep CD 1070/2
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, v.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Col. 1779-D
George Olsen and his Music – A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) – Living Era CD AJA 5388
Sol S. Wagner and his Orch – You Don’t Like it–Not Much (1927) – Retrieval RTR 79050/2
The Knickerbockers (VDL, v.) – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – Living Era CD AJA5468
Helen Kane – I Wanna Be Loved By You (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Maurice Chevalier – You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Ronald Frankau – I Couldn’t Make Love to the Girl of Today (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5308
Gene Austin – Love Letters in the Sand (1931) – Take Two TT414CD
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – I Love My Baby (My Baby Loves Me) (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Ted Weems and his Orch – Washing Dishes with My Sweetie (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5029
Lilian Roth and Hal Thompson – Why Am I So Romantic? (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Bing Crosby – Try a Little Tenderness (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5183
Ted Lewis and his Band (Fats Waller, v.) – I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby (1931) – ASV CD AJA 5273
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – I’d Love It (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
West End Jazz Band (John Otto, v.) – We Love Us (2006) – Legacy 2K 107 “Singin’ in the Bathtub”
Haydn Quartet – How’d You Like to Spoon With Me? (1905) – Living Era CD AJA 5623
Vaughn DeLeath – Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1927) – Living Era CD AJA 5468
Fred Astaire – My One and Only (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5021
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch (Red McKenzie, v.) – This Time It’s Love (1933) – Hep CD 1005
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch (JR, v.) – Get Goin’ (Get Ready For Love) (1930) – Hep CD 1070/2
Earl Hines and his Orch – I Love You Because I Love You (1933) – Hep CD 1003
Marlene Dietrich – Falling in Love Again (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Russ Columbo – You Call it Madness But I Call it Love (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5234
Jack Hylton and his Orch – They All Fall in Love (1930) – Naxos 8.120533
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You? (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Gene Austin – She’s Funny That Way (1928) – Take Two TT414CD
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly, v.) – Close Your Eyes (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5183
Rudy Vallee – Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (1940) – Naxos 8.120533
Henry Hall and his Orch (Les Allen, v.) – Love is the Sweetest Thing (1932) – Pegasus PGN CD 851

Bryan Wright Plays Beiderbecke

Bryan Wright, proprietor of the excellent reissue label Rivermont, is a gifted pianist. Here he plays three Bix Beiderbecke compositions: "Candlelights," "Flashes," and "In the Dark."

"If I Could Be With You" (January 31, 2008) INTERNET ONLY

(Week 108)

WHCL is back on the air--but (owing to the sports schedule) I'm not. Nonetheless, I'm posting yet another delightful internet-only RADIOLA! on Live365 to keep the content fresh. I even set up an impromptu home studio to get the job done. You may notice a hint of frustration here, also--this too shall pass.

Gene Austin – If I Could Be With You (1930) – Take Two TT414CD
Al Steele and his Orch – Singing the Blues (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW8047
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, v.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Col. 1779-D
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch (Jimmy Rushing, v.) – When I’m Alone (1930) – Hep CD 1070/2
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch – The Blue Room (1933) – Hep CD 1005
Fred Rich and his Orch – The One-Man Band (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79050/2
Peggy Cochrane & Sam Browne – Moon Song (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5308
Nick Lucas and his Crooning Troubadors – All of Me (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5325
The Happiness Boys – I Miss My Swiss (1925) – Living Era CD AJA 5628
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns – So Rare (1937) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5406
West End Jazz Band – So Rare (2007) – Legacy 2K 107 “Singin’ in the Bathtub”
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Zulu Wail (1993) – Stomp Off CD1260 “Quality Shout”
Paul Robeson (w/Ray Noble) – Blue Prelude (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5183
Henry Hall and his Orch. (Flanagan and Allen, v.) – Underneath the Arches (1932) – PGN CD 851
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees – The Drunkard Song (1934) – Living Era CD AJA 5599
Haydn Quartet – Down Where the Silvery Mohawk Flows (1909) – Living Era CD AJA 5623
Eteri Andjaparidze – Fourth Dimension (Zez Confrey, 1959) (1998) – Naxos 8.559016
Frankie Quartell and his Melody Boys – Prince of Wails (1924) – Retrieval RTR 79050/1
Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders – Galion Stomp (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5353
Irving Mills (w/Duke Ellington) – Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now (1925) – Document DOCD 5655
Norman Long – We Can’t Let You Broadcast That (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5308
The Happiness Boys – Twisting the Dials (1928) – Living Era CD AJA 5628
Jazz Pilots – Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up that Old Gang of Mine (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79050/2
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Sweetest Melody (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
West End Jazz Band – Rosy Cheeks (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch (Red McKenzie, v.) – Blue River (1933) – Hep CD 1005
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns – We Just Couldn’t Say “Goodbye” (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5406
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch – Jangled Nerves (1936) – ASV Living CD AJA 5067
Nick Lucas – I’ll Get By (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5329
Carroll Gibbons and his Orch (Harry Bentley, v.) – On the Air (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA5308
Unknown Band – Sweet Sue, Just You (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW8047

AL GALLODORO AT THE SEGO THIS SATURDAY! (JANUARY 26)

UPDATE (from press release): Don't miss Al Gallodoro's live WAMC Northeast Public Radio performance on PERFORMANCE PLACE (a segment of ROUNDTABLE), Monday February 4th. Be sure tune into the show early and enjoy ROUNDTABLE, as Al's segment begins after 11:15 AM ET. (And you wouldn't want to miss it!) He will be playing with accompanist JoAnn Chmielowski, and interviewed by WAMC's Andy Clegg.
THE AL GALLODORO QUARTET with piano accompanist JoAnn Chmielowski, Ryan Cirbus on Bass, and Lou Colone on drums appear at SEGO CAFE, 291 MAIN ST, Oneonta, New York. For Reservations call 607-432-0228.

Dr. Alfred J. Gallodoro (born June 20, 1913)

At 94 1/2 years young Gallodoro continues to thrill his listeners with his impeccable musicianship and incredible mastery of his instruments. His admirers include more than just saxophone aficionados--he recently appeared twice at Cornell University 's Weill Medical College for concerts AND as the subject of an extensive interview on longevity and vitality.

TWO NEW RECORDINGS IN THE WORKS!

Gallodoro was called upon in April 2006 to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the NYC Harmonie Ensemble under conductor Steven Richman. The Rhapsody in Blue is a piece for which he holds the distinction of a world’s record--over 10,000 performances throughout the 1930’s and 40’s with the “King of Jazz” Paul Whiteman. Mr. Richman's release of this Gallodoro 2006 performance of Rhapsody in Blue is now in the works, we will sent you a release date in a future e-mail! Also check Al's website www.algallodoro.com for a preview of Al's soon to be released new CD: Moment in Time (Birmingham Live 1969). You will be treated to a melodically dazzling evening of saxophone and clarinet.

"Send Me a File" January 18, 2008 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 107)

Here's another Live365 presentation to break up the January gloom, consisting of some of the best-loved "files" on my hard drive. ("Send me a file" is a nod to all those music collectors who accumulate their treasures electronically, and without recourse to such archaic detritus as records, tapes, and CDs.) I should be back on WHCL next Friday at 8 PM ET, assuming all goes according to schedule.

Rudy Vallee – Heigh Ho! Everybody, Heigh Ho! (1929) – RCA LP compilation
Bill Wirges and his Orch – Shake that Thing (1925) – Pathe Actuelle 036352
Nat Shilkret and his Orch – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Victor 21976-B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lulu Belle (1926) – Victor 20019-A
Frank Crumit – The Girl Friend (1926) – Victor 20124-A
Ten Freshmen – Bag o’ Blues (1929) – Biograph LP “Benny Goodman: The Great Soloists”
Billy Murray – Profiteering Blues (1920) – Victor 18666
Honey Duke (Johnny Marvin) – Hot Coffee (1926) – Harmony 94-H
The Happiness Boys – Why Aren’t Yez Eatin’ More Oranges? (1925) – Victor 19965
Frank Banta – Nola (1926) – Victor 20667-B
Boswell Sisters – Heebie Jeebies (1930) – Biograph LP (orig. Okeh 41444)
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – A Load of Cole (1930) – JSP CD (orig. Victor 23429)
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – My Window of Dreams (1928) – Victor 21676-B
Enric Madriguera and his Orch. – It Was So Beautiful (1932) – Columbia 78 (50000 series)
Hit of the Week Orch. – La Paloma (1932) – Hit of the Week 78
Felix Arndt – Hacienda–The Society Tango (1914) – Victor 17608-A
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns – I Wanna Be In Winchell’s Column (1937) – Victor 25709-B
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch. – Deep Elm (1925) – Brunswick 2912
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Sally of My Dreams (1929) – Victor 21857-A
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians – We (My Honey and Me) (1927) – Victor 21058-A
Arthur Fields – Let’s Bury the Hatchet in the Kaiser’s Head (1918) – Columbia A2617
Kentucky Serenaders (Sam Lanin) – Shake It and Break It (1921) – Regal 9134
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (H. Weil) – Savage Serenade (1933) – Historical LP (orig Banner 32880)
Reis and Dunn – I Wanna Count Sheep (1932) – Columbia LP set “Stringing the Blues”
Boswell Sisters – That’s How Rhythm Was Born (1933) – Biograph LP (orig. Brunswick 6650)
Steve Washington and his Orch. – Sing a Little Low Down Tune (1933) – Biograph LP “BG”
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Washboard Blues (1926) – Brunswick 3407
Dorsey Bros Orch. – By Heck (1933) – Columbia CD “Best of the Dorsey Brothers”
Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven – If the Man in the Moon (1937) – Victor 25676-B (my edit)
Una Mae Carlisle – Blitzkrieg Baby, You Can’t Bomb Me (1941) – RCA LP (orig. Bluebird 11120)
Clyde McCoy and his Orch. – Tear it Down! (1935) – Decca 381 A
Boswell Sisters – The Gold Diggers’ Song (1933) – Biograph LP (orig. Brunswick 6596)

CARMEN CARAMANICA

Carmen is a jazz guitar legend (playing music slightly more modern than you will hear on RADIOLA!), in addition to being a wonderful guy. He scheduled a rare gig to play for my wife and myself on our 10th anniversary.

"Steal This Record!" January 4, 2008 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 106)

CLARIFICATION: Even though ASV Living Era has been put out of business by the corporate greedheads at Universal Music Group, I need to stress that before you go "stealing" Living Era CDs you should make every effort to purchase them (new or used) from small, independent music dealers who sell through eBay, Amazon, etc., since they really need your monetary support and encouragement. Buying from your local record store (if any still exist in this iPod-blighted land) is better yet. Only if the Living Era CD you are looking for is not available by any other means should you start mooching home-burned copies from your collector friends. And this applies only to Living Era and other defunct labels, not current reissuers who are struggling to stay alive amid this "send me a file" mentality. If you stop buying, they'll stop producing. So spend a buck.
The news that the Universal Music Group took over ASV Living Era with the sole intent of putting the label out of business has already spoiled my new year. I've assembled an internet-only program that celebrates the great budget reissue label and mourns its unnecessary demise. (Therein I also suggest that people freely copy and distribute their Living Era CDs to their friends, since Universal is intent on suppressing all music other than the modern trash it considers profitable.)

The show is now in rotation on my Live365 station.

Lee Morse – Moanin’ Low (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
The Charleston Chasers – After You’ve Gone (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, vo.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Benny Goodman’s Boys – Blue (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5263
Ruth Etting – Mean to Me (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Ted Weems and his Orch. PG – My Troubles Are Over (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5029
Layton and Johnstone – Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
George Olsen and his Music – The Best Things In Life Are Free (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Sam Browne (w/Ambrose and his Orch.) – Here Lies Love (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
The Chocolate Dandies – That’s How I Feel Today (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Phil Harris and his Orch. – What Have We Got to Lose? (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5191
Eddie Lang and his Orch. – March of the Hoodlums (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
Maurice Chevalier – Nobody’s Using It Now (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5016
Annette Hanshaw – Nothin’ (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Charles Coborn – The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Jean Sablon – Cette Chanson Pour Vous (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – When Day is Done (1937) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns – I’m Confessin’ (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Ben Selvin and his Orch. DR – Dancing in the Dark (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Ted Lewis and his Band – Sobbin’ Blues (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Helen Morgan – Just Like a Butterfly Caught in the Rain (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Harry Roy and his Orch. IM – What a Difference a Day Made (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5225
Nat Gonella and his Georgians – All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (1937) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5300
Eddie Lang – I’ll Never Be the Same (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
The Revelers – Among My Souvenirs (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5278
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Ros. Orch. – Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Four Rajahs – Too Busy (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5216
Elsie Carlisle – Pu-leeze! Mister Hemingway! (1933) – AV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees – The Thrill is Gone (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Lee Wiley (w/Victor Young) – Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5417
The Comedian Harmonists – Auf Wiederseh’n, My Dear (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5216
Vaughn DeLeath – Blue Skies (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5468

RADIOLA! NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIAL -- INTERNET ONLY

(Week 105)

UPDATE: After the New Year's Eve Special I'm including a repeat of a RADIOLA! from January 13, 2006--"Say Si Si"--so that listeners on the West Coast can shake a leg, also.

I've assembled a program for New Year's Eve this year even though WHCL is still on break. I'll upload it to my Live365 station tonight (Dec. 31), and I'll restart the broadcast shortly before 11 PM Eastern Time (10 PM Central). This will throw off anyone already streaming, so please re-connect to hear the show. The special will last three hours, so those in the Central Time Zone can celebrate, too.

California Ramblers – Changes (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-053
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra – Fanfare (1933) – Retrieval RTR 79005
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, vo.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – She’s No Trouble (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Sam Lanin and his Troubadors – You Took Advantage of Me (1928) – Rivermont BSW-1143
Curtis Mosby and his Dixieland Blue Blowers – Louisiana Bo Bo (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Bing Crosby – Let’s Try Again (1932) – Columbia CK 44305
Six Jumping Jacks – Gonna Get a Girl (1927) – Take Two TT503CD
Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orch. – I Know that You Know (1928) – King Jazz KJ 152 FS
King Oliver and his Orch. – Struggle Buggy (1930) – Bluebird 2912-2-RB
Alabama Jim and George (W.E.Burton) – Memphis Rhythm (1929) – RST JPCD-1511-2
Frankie Franko and his Louisianans – Somebody Stole My Gal (1930) – Yazoo 2024
Bessie Smith – Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1927) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orch. – The Boy in the Boat (1928) – Jazz Archives No. 78
Jimmy Joy’s Orch. – I Got Worry (1928) – Brunswick 3959 (78)
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Auld Lang Syne – Pickwick LP
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – White Heat (1934) – Proper 1597
Annette Hanshaw – Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1927) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Boswell Sisters – There’ll Be Some Changes Made (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Red Allen-Coleman Hawkins Orch. – Minnie The Moocher’s Wedding Day (1933) – Hep CD 1028
Goofus Five – I’ve Got the Girl (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-017
Fats Waller – Valentine Stomp (1929) – JSP CD928D
New Orleans Owls – That’s A-Plenty (1927) – Frog DGF2
Fred Astaire – Top Hat (1935) – Naxos 8.120718
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians – My One and Only (1927) – RCA 63294-2
Johnny Miller’s New Orleans Frolickers – Panama (1928) – Frog DGF5
King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators – New Wang Wang Blues (1926) – Frog DGF34
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Charleston (1925) – Naxos 8.120628
Savoy Havana Band – Masculine Women, Feminine Men (1926) – Conifer CDHD 160
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – The Peanut Vendor (1931) – JSP CD 3401
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Dinah (1930) – JSP CD 3401
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Futuristic Jungleism (1931) – Hep CD 1008
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – "Still in the '20s" Legacy 2K 102
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns (Bing Crosby) – Young and Healthy (1933) – Columbia CK 44305
George Gershwin – That Certain Feeling (1926) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 433
Husk O’Hare’s Footwarmers – Milenberg Joys (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-055
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Deep Trouble (1929) – Collector’s Classics COCD-12
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Memphis Shake (1927) – Frog DGF6
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces – Decatur Street Tutti (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Henry Allen-Coleman Hawkins Orch. – Heartbreak Blues (1933) – Hep CD 1028
Benny Carter and his Orch. – I Never Knew (1933) – Proper P1369
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – King Kong Stomp (1933) – DOCD-1016
Eddie South and his Int’l Orch. – Hejre Kati (1931) – Frog DGF36
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Glorianna (1928) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Beau Koo Jack (1928) – Columbia C4K 57176
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Doctor Jazz (1926) – JSP CD 321
King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators – Sugar Foot Stomp (1926) – Frog DGF34
Fred Astaire – Let’s Face the Music and Dance (1936) – Naxos 8.120718

"Crunchy Clearance" December 25, 2007 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 104)

Thomas Preston Brooke with Brooke's Chicago Marine Band

While WHCL is on hiatus, I decided to create and upload a RADIOLA! program to my Live365 site to alleviate the monotony, and to clear out some transfers in order to make room for the new (old) 2008 models. They're going very low--right now!

Russell Wooding and his Grand Central Red Caps DR – That’s My Desire (1931) – Victor 22718-A
Willard Young and his Orch. (S. Lanin) – Turn on the Heat (1929) – Cameo 9304
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, vo.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Broadway Nitelites – You’re the Cream in My Coffee (1928) – Columbia 1604-D
Jerry Mason and his Californians – Sweet Jennie Lee (1930) – Harmony 1228-H
Van and his Half Moon Hotel Orch. – Without You, Sweetheart (1927) – Perfect 14918
Columbia Band – Manisot March (Thomas Preston Brooke) (1900) – Columbia A118
William J. Halley – All He Does Is Follow Them Around (1914) – Columbia A1563
Edith Wilson (Johnny Dunn’s Jazz Hounds) – Dixie Blues (1922) – Columbia A3787
Ben Alley – I Surrender, Dear (1931) – Perfect 12716-B
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns (w/Kate Smith) – Too Late (1931) – Columbia 2578-D
Rudy Marlow and his Orch. – If I Were You I’d Fall In Love With Me (1929) – Velvet Tone 1964-V
Pete Wendling – Page Paderewski (1923) – Okeh 4894-A
Ernest Carle’s Society Players – Cry Baby (from “Helen of Troy, NY”) (1923) – Cameo 414
Louisiana Collegians IK – Makin’ Whoopee (1928) – Diva 2794-G
Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys – Good Little, Bad Little You (2004) – “Living in Sin” Coeur de Jeanette
West End Jazz Band – Wedding Bells (2007) – “Singin’ in the Bathtub” Legacy 2K 107
Unknown Columbia Band – Over the Waves (ca. 1920) – Columbia E4173
Yerkes’ S.S. Flotilla Orch. – Blue (1922) – Vocalion B 14389
University Syncopators – Blue Waters (Mosiello) (1930) – Madison 5087 (b)
Alfred Lindsay – Dizzy Fingers (1940s) – Wilcox Gay Home Recording Disc
Van and his Half Moon Hotel Orch. – Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1927) – Perfect 14918-B
Russell Wooding and his Grand Central Red Caps – I Can’t Get Enough of You (1931) – Victor 22718-B
Irving Kaufman – Chinese Blues (1915) – Victor 17919-A
Dixie Daisies – I’ve Got a Song For Sale (1923) – Cameo 414
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Nashville Nightingale (1924) – Victor 19492-B
Lonnie Johnson – Beautiful But Dumb (1931) – Okeh 8898
Roy Smeck and his Tropical Serenaders (Tony Sacco, vo.) – Chasing Shadows (1935) – Banner 350922-B
Henry Busse and his Orch. – Hot Lips (1934) – Banner 33260
Kay Kyser and his Orch. (Ginny Simms, vo.) – You Go to My Head (1938) – Brunswick 8185
Cy Walter and his Orch. (Vincent Curran, vo.) – You Have Cast Your Shadow on the Sea (1939) – Liberty Music Shop L-246
Brunswick Concert Orch. – The Perfect Song (1929) – Brunswick 4632

THIS IS SO SAD

12/27/2007 UPDATE: ELECTRIC COMPANY ANNOUNCES CONCERT TO BENEFIT ELWOOD'S

Dec 27, 2007 @ 04:24 PM
By JESSICA RYEN DOYLE
Observer-Dispatch

UTICA - A benefit concert for Elwood’s Coffeehouse & Roadshow will take place Sunday, Jan. 13 at The Electric Company, Varick Street.

Elwood’s is being torn down Friday after it suffered severe damage in a fire that began next-door at 612 Columbia St. and killed 22-year-old Brittany Platt.

Anthony “Zee” Donaldson, owner of nearby The Electric Company, said he wanted to do what he could to help Elwood’s owner Dan Olah rebuild.

Olah and his girlfriend/business partner also lived upstairs from the coffeehouse.
The concert’s lineup includes Choke Slam, Paul Fullem, Joe Sweet and Jeremy Petrie.

Tickets are a $5 donation, which will go directly to the Elwood’s fund, Donaldson said.


UPDATE: Elwood's will be torn down. The damage was too extensive to the structure, and Dan Olah and Cathy DiCastro are in the process of salvaging what they can from the building. Dan and Cathy lived upstairs, and lost everything in the fire. You can help by contacting the Red Cross in Utica at THIS link, or see the comment section of this post for other options.


Elwood's Coffee House, a wonderful restaurant, cafe, and music venue, burned last night. Even more sadly, there was loss of life in the apartment building next door where the fire started. Elwood's was extensively damaged, and may have to be torn down.

My wife and I ate there numerous times, and found the food and atmosphere delightful. Our thoughts go out to the owners, Dan and Cathy. We loved Elwood's and appreciate all that it contributed to our city. We hope that they will reopen.

"Now's the time to give your share . . ."

Yesterday, I received a copy of the original 1929 sheet music to my RADIOLA! theme, "Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up!" stated as having lyrics by Jo Trent and music by Willard Robison. What is remarkable is that on the Ipana Troubadors recording (Columbia 1779-D) I use as the theme, Willard Robison himself sings, "Love is in power/Now's the time to give your share," while in the printed sheet music and on every other recording of the tune, the lyric is "Now's the time to get your share."

I have to assume that the composition of the song was somewhat more collaborative than otherwise indicated, and that Robison preferred the more "giving" version. Perhaps the change came after the song was published, and it could not be amended. It's a deeply philosophical song, with amazing imagery and a timeless message. Changing the more selfish "get" to the more emotionally mature "give" is a logical--and vast--improvement. (After all, in order to get love you have to give love--which some of my friends in their 40s are still figuring out.)

Robison's change makes the song nearly perfect. I'd have to consider his reading of the lyric to be the definitive version, supplanting even the published version. And it's certainly something to consider in this season of giving.

"A Solstice Garland" December 14, 2007

(Week 103)

This end-0f-season RADIOLA! was compiled hurriedly on Friday after a week of medical appointments and other intrusive aspects of real life. As a special treat, I've included the 1965 interview Richard Lamparski did with Connee and Vet Boswell for his "Whatever Happened To" series. This will be the last new RADIOLA! for about a month--WHCL is on Winter Break until after MLK Day.

Ernest Hare and Co. – Santa Claus at the North Pole (1924) – Cameo 610
Fletcher Henderson – Money Blues (1925) – Columbia 35669
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chillun, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Eddie Cantor and Phil Spitalny – Cheer Up! (1931) – Jass J-CD-639
The Revelers – When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba (1931) – ASV Living Era 5278
Boswell Sisters – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – It’s a Lonesome Old Town (1931) – King Jazz KJ 124 FS
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orch. – Nocturne (1933) – Retrieval RTR 79005
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Margie (1928) – Quadromania 222464-444
Russ Columbo – Sweet and Lovely (1931) – Victor 27635-A
Noah Beery – One Little Drink (“Song of the Flame”) (1930) – Brunswick 2828
Boswell Sisters – Wha’ Dja Do To Me? (1931) – Pro Arte Digital CDD550
The Georgians (IK) – If I Had a Talking Picture of You (1929) – Velvet Tone 2034
Sam Lanin and his Orch. – Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home (1925) – Perfect 14497-B
The Westerners (U6) – The Pay Off (1928) – Harmony 651-H
Al Gallodoro – Manhattan (2003) – “Sarasota Saxes” Golden Rooster Records
West End Jazz Band (Leah LaBrea) – Baltimore (2007) – "Singin' in the Bathtub" Legacy 2K 107
Charlie Straight and his Orch. – Hi Diddle Diddle (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-055
Boswell Sisters – When I Take My Sugar to Tea (1931) – Pro Arte Digital CDD550
Richard Lamparski interview with Connee and Vet Boswell (1965) - www.bozzies.com
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – Get Happy (1930) – Victor 22444-A

THE BIGGEST MUSIC BARGAIN IN AMERICA

A couple of years ago I bought Glen Richards' mp3 CD of Hot Dance and Jazz selections. Since then, he has added many more recordings to his archive, and you can buy something like 600 hot dance sides on three CD-ROMs for $60. (Or buy the CDs individually for $20 apiece.) These discs play in your computer and on mp3-CD players, and you can make CDs of the soundfiles to play on your home stereo or in the car. A deal like this defines the word "bargain." Glen has unearthed some very rare and delightful recordings indeed, and has painstakingly restored them. Here's his newsletter:

Hi everyone!

Just a quick note to let you know that the Archive MP3 CD-ROMs and Audio CDs are now available. The Archive MP3 CD-ROMs consist of 3 CD-ROMs with the MP3 files that were released in 2002-2004, 2005-2006 and all the MP3s released in 2007 (including those that haven't appeared yet on the site for the December release). Each disk is packed in a paper sleeve and is $20US, plus shipping to anywhere in the world.

The Audio CDs consist of 7 volumes, each containing recordings released in 2007, in the Audio CD format (just like you'd purchase in a record store). Each Audio CD is packed in a jewel case with a four-page booklet, and is $14US, plus shipping to anywhere in the world.

I'm selling the disks through CafePress.com, and you can reach the sales page from my site or you can click on this link.

Also, I've added scans of four issues of "The Metronome" magazine from 1926 in the Vintage Images section of the website - there are lots of neat ads, photos and tidbits of information scattered throughout (especially a mention of the Jean Goldkette band playing at the Roseland Ballroom). Be sure to check it out.

I've also added some content to the discussion forums under "Glen's Rant and Raves" - a look back at what's happened over the last year.

Finally, I'll be posting new tunes to the site about December 15th - I may do it sooner, if I can. I'll let everyone know as soon as they're posted!

Thanks!

Glen

Glen Richards (glenster@2multiples.com)
The Hot-Dance & Vintage Jazz Pages

"ROCKIN' CHAIR" FROM MY OCT. 17 GIG

I usually don't push my own music on the program, but I kind of like how this recording turned out. Left-click HERE, and you can either download it or play it with your default media player. (Assuming the link works.) The ambient sound of the cappuccino machine adds that little extra something to the performance.

"Year-End Crunch" December 7, 2007

(Week 102)

I'm back this week to interrupt the hockey season with a new RADIOLA! It's an all-shellac edition this week, and the biscuits start spinning at 8 PM ET on WHCL 88.7 FM.

The Revelers – Lucky Day (1926) – Victor 20111-A
Vincent Lopez and his Casa Lopez Orch – Hello, Bluebird! (1926) – Brunswick 3368-A
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chillun, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Cliff Roberts and his Orch – Breakaway (1929) – Cameo 9193
Ross Gorman and his Orch (Dahlhart, vo.) – The Prisoner’s Song (1926) – Columbia 563-D
Jacques Renard and his Orch (JM) – You Went Away Too Far (1927) – Victor 20487-A
Columbia Band – Liberty Bell March (1901) – Columbia A116
Rhoda Bernard – Roll Your Yiddish Eyes At Me (1916) – Victor 17994-A
Al Jolson – ‘N Everything (1917) – Columbia A2519
Guy Lombardo and his R. C’ns w/Kate Smith – River, Stay ‘Way From My Door (1931) – Col. 2578-D
Noah Beery w/The Vitaphone Orch – The Whip (from “Golden Dawn”) (1930) – Brunswick 4828
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys (SB) – Huggable, Kissable You (1929) – Columbia 1938-D
Miss Patricola w/The Virginians – Lovin’ Sam (1922) – Victor 18976-A
Harry Jentes – The Cat’s Pajamas (1923) – Okeh 4850-B
Lou Gold and his Orch – Sweet and Low Down (1926) – Harmony 98-H
Alfred Lindsay – Valse Lucille (1940s?) – Wilcox-Gay Home Recording Disc
Unknown Singers – The Whiffenpoof (1940s?) – Rock-Ola Safety Rim Home Recording Disc
Henry Busse and his Orch (Richard Barry) – I’m Thru With Love (1931) – Victor 22677-B
Mills’ Merry Makers (Al Shayne) – Moanin’ Low (1929) – Pathe Actuelle 37027A
Kate Smith – Grievin’ (1931) – Clarion 5228-C
Earl Shirkey and Roy Harper – When the Roses Bloom for the Bootlegger (1928) – Col 15326-D
Ruth Etting – If I Could Be With You (1930) – Columbia 2300-D
Nat Shilkret and his Orch (SL) - Susianna (1928) - Victor 21996-B
Edith Clifford – Yes Flo! (1927) – Columbia 901-D
Lonnie Johnson – From a Wash Woman on Up (1931) – Okeh 8898
Duke Wilson and his Ten Blackberries (Henderson) – How Am I Doin’? (1932) – Perfect 15603-A
Leo Reisman and his Orch (FM) – Out of Nowhere (1931) – Victor 22668-A
Hal Kemp and his Orch – Shadows on the Swanee (1933) – Brunswick 6616
Ruby Newman and his Orch – Without My Walking Stick (1938) – Decca 1893-B
Les Brown and his Duke Blue Devils – Swamp Fire (1937) – Decca 1231-A
Vincent Lopez and his Casa Lopez Orch – I’m On My Way Home (1926) – Brunswick 3368-B

WHITHER A-INFOS?

I've made several unsuccessful attempts to log in to the A-Infos Radio Project where I have about two years of programs archived. Does anyone know what happened to this site?

UPDATE: It came up a minute ago--and then was elusive again. It's like freaking Brigadoon. But at least it's out there--with all my old shows--somewhere.

UPDATE 2 (12/8/2007): It seems to be there more reliably now, and I've just uploaded two more RADIOLA! shows.

AL GALLODORO AT THE SEGO THIS SATURDAY!

AND THE BEAT GOES ON......

THE AL GALLODORO TRIO with piano accompanist JoAnn Chmielowski, and Lou Colone on drums appear at SEGO CAFE, Sat November 24, 8-11PM.
SEGO CAFE, Main St, Oneonta, New York. Reservations 607-432-0228

A KEEPER OF THE FLAME

"I like music by dead people," says Nellie McKay on today's edition of Fresh Air. By combining trenchant lyrics with 1920s- and 1930s-style tunes, as well as preforming standards with a high degree of musicianship, Nellie is keeping the music vital and in the public sphere. HERE is her website.

IT'S HIATUS TIME AGAIN!!

Owing to the advent of Hockey season and the break for Thanksgiving, RADIOLA! will not be broadcast for at least the next two Fridays on WHCL.

UPDATE: I'm uploading some 2005 programs to my live 365 site to add a bit of variety to the proceedings during hiatus.

"Odds 'n' Ends" November 9, 2007

(Week 101)

It's time to clean out the RADIOLA! fridge again--and here are more tasty leftovers for your approval: Viva-Tonals, Rare Birds, album cuts, hot jazz, and a 1932 Ellington medley recorded in Stereo (but played in single-channel splendor over monaural WHCL-FM). Tune in to WHCL 88.7 FM (or log in HERE) at 8 PM ET for the best of pot luck!

Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Wherever You Are (1927) – Columbia 1133-D
Majestic Dance Orch. – I’m Through Shedding Tears Over You (1922) – Grey Gull 1136 (b)
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chillun, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators – Deep Henderson (1926) – Frog DGF34 (CD)
Ted Lewis and his Band – Say Arabella (1925) – Columbia 416-D
Clifford Hayes’ Lousiville Stompers – Hey! I Am Blue (take 2) (1929) – Frog DGF10 (CD)
Wendell Hall – A Bird’s Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home (1926) – Brunswick 3331-B
Kate Smith – Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) – Columbia 1132-D
Ford and Glenn – I Told Them All About You (1927) – Columbia 1240-D
Mr. X (Irving Kaufman) – Three O’Clock in the Morning (1922) – Grey Gull 2091 (a)
Metropolitan Dance Players – Sweet Indiana Home (1922) – Grey Gull 1114 (a)
Art Kahn and his Orch. – Back Home in Illinois (1925) – Columbia 468-D
Radio Franks – I Wanna Go Where You Go (1925) – Perfect 12224-A
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch. – Hugo I Go Where You Go (1925) – Columbia 460-D
Memphis Stompers – Hold it Still (take 1) (1928) – Frog DGF24 (CD)
West End Jazz Band – Chloe (1982) – “Positively-Absolutely” Blackbird C4005 (LP)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators – Stayin’ Alive (1980) – Columbia M35824 (LP)
Singing Sophomores w/Vaughn DeLeath –When Honey Sings an Old Time Tune (1927) – Col. 1203-D
Sim Harris (Ernest Stoneman) – Pass Around the Bottle (1927) – Oriole 916 (b)
Clover Trio – Collegiate (1925) – Grey Gull (1925) – 1283 (a)
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Mood Indigo/Hot and Bothered/Creole Love Call (1932) – RCA 63459-2 (CD)
Gerald Marks and his Orch. – Together (1928) – Columbia (1928) – Columbia 1343-D
Max Fisher and his California Orch. – Maybe I’ll Baby You (1927) – Columbia 1226-D
Williamson’s Beale Street Frolic Orch. – Memphis Scronch (take 3) – Frog DGF24 (CD)
Ted Lewis and his Band – Start the Band! (1928) – Columbia 1391-D
Markel and his Orch. – Nobody But Fanny (1925) – Columbia 475-D
Ted White and his Collegians – Where Do You Work-a John? (1926) – Oriole 801(a)
Max Fisher and his California Orch. – Lullaby (1927) – Columbia 1226-D
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators – Sugar Foot Stomp (1926) – Frog DGF34 (CD)
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – East St Louis Toodle-o (1928) – RCA 63459-2 (CD)

"Viva Viva-Tonal!" November 2, 2007

(Week 100)

Tonight I'll again be presenting an all-shellac edition of RADIOLA! I recently acquired a whole slew of nice Columbia Viva-Tonals, as well as a few other items--and here offer a nice selection thereof. Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL:

Ted Lewis and his Band – Oh Baby! (1928) – Columbia 1391-D
The Knickerbockers – Marvelous (1927) – Columbia 1154-D
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chillun, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Al Lentz and his Orch. – When I Ring Your Front Door Bell (1927) –Columbia 1134-D
Shannon Four – Save Your Sorrow (1925) – Columbia 404-D
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Among My Souvenirs (1927) – 1188-D
Nick Lucas – Among My Souvenirs (1928) – Brunswick 3684-A
Mills Brothers – Dirt Dishin’ Daisy (1932) – Melotone M-13222-A
Boston Society Orch. (Tommy Gott) – Glorianna (1928) – Oriole 1396 (a)
Eddie Thomas’ Collegians – Sugar (1927) – Columbia 1154-D
Markel and his Orch. – Sugar Plum (1925) – Columbia 475-D
Gerald Marks and his Orch. – Without You Sweetheart (1928) – Columbia 1343-D
Ford and Glenn – Tin Pan Parade (1927) – Columbia 1240-D
Duncan Sisters – Kinky Kids Parade (1925) – Victor 19987-A
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Playground in the Sky (1927) – Columbia 1133-D
Xylo-Rimba Orch. – Carolina Sweetheart (1925) – Columbia 382-D
Chauncey Olcott – When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1913) – Columbia A-1310 (late 1920s pressing)
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch. – Want a Little Lovin’ (1925) – Columbia 460-D
Paul Ash and his Orch – Love and Kisses (1927) – Columbia 1090-D
Ipana Troubadours – Dream Kisses (1927) – Columbia 1188-D
Elliott Shaw – Are You Thinking of Me To-night? (1927) – Columbia 1159-D
Kate Smith – Just Another Day Wasted Away (1927) – Columbia 1132-D
Broadway Nitelites – Thinking of You (1927) – Columbia 1164-D
Dixie Jazz Band (Toots Mendello) – Dixie Drag (1928) – Oriole 1396 (b)
Ted Lewis and his Band – Angry (1925) – Columbia 416-D
Al Lentz and his Orch. – Oh, Doris! Where Do You Live? (1927) – Columbia 1134-D
Ruth Etting – I Must Be Dreaming (1928) – Columbia 4974 (UK issue)
Nick Lucas – My Blue Heaven (1927) – Brunswick 3684-B
Broadway Nitelites – Up In The Clouds (1927) – Columbia 1164-D
Paul Ash and his Orch. – Just Once Again (1927) – 1090-D
Max Fisher and his Orch. – So Tired (1928) – Columbia 1376-D
Mills Brothers – Good-Bye Blues (1932) – Melotone M-13197-B

"Speak of the Devil" October 26, 2007

(Week 99)

In stark--some would say "diametrical"--contrast to last week's theme, I've constructed the following RADIOLA! playlist for WHCL tonight 8 PM ET, just in time for Halloween. It'll be a lot more fun than it at first may appear, and I just might call in someone with some expertise on this topic to assist with the broadcast.

Robert Johnson – Me and the Devil Blues (take 2) (1937) – Columbia C2T 46222
Benny Carter and his Orch. – Devil’s Holiday (1933) – Proper P1369
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chillun, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Parenti’s Liberty Syncopators – Up Jumped the Devil (1926) – Frog DGF4
Lonnie Johnson – She’s Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight (1930) – Columbia CK 46221
Yacht Club Boys – How Could Red Riding Hood? (II 10) (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Willard Robison – The Devil is Afraid of Music (1926) – Columbia C2K 52942
Wilmoth Houdini – The Devil Behind Me (1935) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
The Boswell Sisters – Shout Sister, Shout (1931) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Ethel Merman – Satan’s L’il Lamb (1932) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 473
Ethel Waters (w/James P. Johnson) – Guess Who’s In Town? (1928) – Classics 688
Broadway Broadcasters (Lanin) – Southbound (1928) – BSW-1143
Henry Burr – Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1915) – Victor 17716 (78)
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey – Hellish Rag (1927) – Giants of Jazz CD 53281
Dixie Stompers (Henderson) – I’m Feelin’ Devilish (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-069
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – Taboo (2007) – Daybreak (Golden Rooster Records)
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – The Terror (1993) – Stomp Off CD1260
Velvetone Dance Orch. – Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil (1922) – Cameo 300 (78)
Jimmy Blythe and his Ragamuffins – Adams Apple (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-015
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Believe it, Beloved (1934) – JSP928D
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Red Devil (1931) – Hep CD 1008
Mamie Smith – Jenny’s Ball (1931) – Timeless CBC 1-068
Walter Page’s Blue Devils – Blue Devil Blues (1929) – Columbia CK 64855
Clarence Williams and his Orch. – There’s Gonna Be the Devil to Pay (1935) – Quadromania 495
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – The Nightmare (1931) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Florence Foster Jenkins – Queen of the Night Aria (Mozart) – Membran 222078-205
Los Jardineros – Endemonaio (Possessed by the Devil) (1931) – Yazoo 7018
Bessie Smith – Devil’s Gonna Get You (1928) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Hell’s Bells (1937) – Proper P1599
Ted Weems and his Orch. – The Man From the South (1929) – CCM-174-2
Ray Noble and his Orch. – Midnight, the Stars, and You (1934) – Rathbone 0351

WE'RE ON THE AIR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA!!

RADIOLA! is truly a bi-coastal, international radio program. If you're in Vancouver BC, you can hear RADIOLA! on the air on CJSF 90.1 FM Fridays at 2:00 AM PT and Sundays at 9:00 AM PT. (CJSF is the radio station of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC.)

HAVE PLANS FOR HALLOWEEN?

Stop by for coffee and jazz--no tricks, only treats.

"Heavens!" October 19, 2007

(Week 98)

Another one of those "metaphysical" themes that RADIOLA! habitues know so well. I explore the more positive aspects of the afterlife, with a few non-thematic selections to keep it interesting. It's now up on Live365. Enjoy!

Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Dancing in the Dark (1932) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-175-2
Gene Krupa and his Chicagoans – The Last Round-Up (1935) – Hep 1077
Dixie Daisies – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Cameo 9160 (78)
Paul Whiteman – I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise (1922) – RCA Victor 09026-63294-2
Royal Troubadours – My Blue Heaven (1927) – Harmony 494-H (78)
Cliff Edwards – Halfway to Heaven (1928) – Sony Music Special Products A 26475
Mildred Bailey – ‘Leven Pounds of Heaven (1931) – The Old Masters mb103
Bing Crosby – My Kinda Love (1929) – Columbia CK 44304
Rudy Vallee – Thank Heaven for You (1934) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Louis Prima – Pennies From Heaven (1936) – Hallmark 300442
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Bird of Paradise (1935) – Proper P 1598
Don Redman and his Orch – Pagan Paradise (1932) – Hep 1001
Charlie Palloy – You’ll Never Get to Heaven That Way (1933) – The Old Masters mb 118
Casa Loma Orch. – Happy Days Are Here Again (1930) – Hep 1010
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Happy Feet (1930) – Collectables COL-CD-6805
West End Jazz Band – Got to Dance My Way To Heaven (2005) – Legacy 2K 105
Al Gallodoro – Stardust (2003) – Sarasota Saxes (Golden Rooster Records)
Fess Williams and his Joy Boys – Drifting and Dreaming (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Emmett Miller – The Pickaninnies’ Paradise (1929) – Columbia CK 66999
Fred Astaire – Cheek to Cheek (1935) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120718
Berkes Bela – Akakos -Ut -Hallgato (1928) – Columbia 10138-F (78)
Tanz Orchester Dajos Bela – Du Blonde Lindenwirtin Vom Rheiu (1930) – Col. G-5225-F (78)
Grand Central Red Cap Quartet – They Kicked the Devil out of Heaven (1931) – Jazz Oracle 8011
Angelina Marco – There’s a New Star in Heaven Tonight (1926) – Harmony 240-H (78)
Tony Martin – When Did You Leave Heaven? (1936) – Readers’ Digest LP Box Set
Bing Crosby – Paradise (1932) – Columbia CK 44304
Dick Powell – I’ll String Along With You (1934) – Columbia CK 66978
Tommy Dorsey – Maybe (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Guy Lombardo’s R. C.’ans – Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven (1934) – Columbia CK 44407
Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band – Over in the Glory Land (1927) – Jazz OracleBDW 8002
California Ramblers – Show Me the Way to Go Home (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-053

RETURN ENGAGEMENT AT CAFE DOMENICO OCT. 17

Last week's piano gig at the Cafe Domenico went very well--and so I'm scheduled to play next Wednesday, October 17. Thanks to everyone who came out to hear me. Next Wednesday should be great, too. Cafe Domenico is at 2011 Genesee Street, Utica, NY. Stop in for coffee and desert--and jazz!

"Lullaby of the Leaves" from Oct. 3 is now posted on my myspace page.

"The REAL Columbus Day?" October 12, 2007

(Week 97)

Ahoy!

Tonight on RADIOLA! I approach the whole "Columbus" thing in a subtle (some would say "cryptic") and balanced manner, with appropriate vintage music selections. Come discover what it's all about on WHCL tonight (Friday) at 8 PM Eastern time.

Relax, it'll be fun. Just bring your Dramamine.

The West End Jazz Band – Every Day’s a Holiday (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
Fred Astaire – We Saw The Sea (1936) – Naxos 8.120718
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D (78 RPM)
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Whenever There’s Will, There’s a Way (1929) – Frog DGF27
Boswell Sisters – Rarin’ to Go (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79009
Lud Gluskin and his Orch. – I Wanna Go Places and Do Things (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045
Fred Van Eps – Silver Heels (1919) – Archeophone 1001
Frank Stanley and Henry Burr – The Big Red Shawl (1909) – Columbia A 609 (78 RPM)
Fanny Brice – I’m an Indian (1921) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 440
Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Band – The Boy in The Boat (1928) – Frog DGF8
The Boswell Sisters – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1932) Collectables Col-CD-6461
Jack Teagarden and his Orch. – A Son of the Sun (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8026
Coon Sanders’ Nighthawks – Indian Cradle Song (1928) – The Old Masters mb112
Russ Columbo – Living In Dreams (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Don Redman and his Orch. – Pagan Paradise (1932) – Hep CD 1001
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – Indian Summer (2007) – Daybreak–Golden Rooster CD
Al Gallodoro Quartet – Cherokee (2007) – Live recording Sept. 22, 2007
U.S.Naval Academy Ten – My Dream Ship (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048
Billy Murray – I’ll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) – Take Two TT509CD
Philip Spitalny and his Orch. – Rippin’ It Off (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-072
Eddie South and his Alabamians – By The Waters of the Minnetonka (1927) – Frog DGF36
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Barnacle Bill the Sailor (1930) – RCA Jazz Tribune No. 48
Julia Moody and her Dixie Wobblers – He’ll Do You Wrong (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-068
Tiny Parham – Now That I’ve Found You (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-022
Bing Crosby – I Found You (1931) – Columbia CK 44304
Alphonso Trent and his Orch. – I Found a New Baby (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Annette Hanshaw – Little White Lies (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Vaughn DeLeath and Irving Kaufman – You Took Advantage of Me (1928) – ASV CD AJA 5468
Alice Faye (w/Freddy Martin’s Orch.) – Nasty Man (1934) – PAST CD 7075
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Christopher Columbus (1936) – RCA 07863-66747-2
The Caresser – Exploiting (1938) – Rounder CD 1141
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Look What I’ve Got (1934) – Rivermont BSW-1141

"Rosebud!" October 5, 2007

(Week 96)

Anachronalgia meets Nostalgia tonight on RADIOLA!

Having found the recording that led me down the path to 1920s and 1930s music, I asked a cross-section of listeners, broadcasters, and vintage music enthusiasts what selections occasioned similar epiphanies. I received many great responses (and have included a few more of my own early favorites)--and it makes for one terrific playlist! Here are the "Rosebud" moments I could fit into two hours of radio--to be broadcast tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL:

(Edited after broadcast)

Orson Welles – “Rosebud” (1941) – Citizen Kane Soundtrack
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Sleep (1928) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-175-2
Eddie Cantor – Palesteena (1920) – Emerson 10292 (78 RPM)
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Jack Chapman and his Orch. – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Victor 19969 (78 RPM)
Benson All Star Orch – To Know You is To Love You (1928) – Columbia 1648-D (78 RPM)
Ted Weems and his Orch. – My Cutey’s Due at Two To Two (1926) – CCM-174-2
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – I’m Comin’ Virginia (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-043
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – West End Blues (1928) – Columbia C4K 57179
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Doctor Jazz (1926) – JSP CD321
T. Marvin Hadley – The Story of Ku-Ku (1982)– Home recording of interview with Randy Skretvedt
Laurel and Hardy (w/Van Phillips Orch.) – Hal Roach Presents L&H (1932) – Pro Arte CDD 509
Dana Suesse – Scherzette – Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era, Vol. 2 (Pearl CD)
Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys – Wa Da Da (1928) – Naxos 8.120696
Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders – Is It Possible? (1927) – Victor 20819-B (78 RPM)
Rudy Wiedoeft – Saxophobia (1919) – Emerson 1043 (78 RPM)
Al Gallodoro – Saxophobia (1959) – Daybreak Lyrical Jazz (Golden Rooster Records)
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – I Love the College Girls (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Roodles (1927) – The Old Masters mb112
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Benny Goodman Quartet – Running Wild (1937) – Victor 25529 (78 RPM)
Art Shaw and his New Music (Peg LaCentra, vo.) – It Ain’t Right (1936) – Vocalion 4637 (78 RPM)
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Blues In The Night (1941) – Okeh 6422 (78 RPM)
Ty Parvis and T. Marvin Hadley – Honolulu Baby (1933) – Recording courtesy Randy Skretvedt
T. Marvin Hadley – The Old Man One Man Band (1982) – Recording courtesy Randy Skretvedt
The Beau Hunks – Bells (1994) – The Beau Hunks Play Original Little Rascals Music (Koch Int’l. CD)
Bing Crosby – Thanks (1933) – Collectables COL-CD-6805
Johnny Marvin – Magnolia (1927) – Victor 20731 (78 RPM)
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Glorianna (1928) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – South (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
“Jiminy Cricket” (Cliff Edwards) – Nineteen Twenty-Five (1956) – Disneyland 3815 (LP)
Waring's Pennsylvanians - Memory Lane (1924) - Collectors' Choice CCM-175-2

Hope to see a few there!

"High and Dry" September 28, 2007

(Week 95)

In honor of our area's first-ever hosepipe ban, I musically implore the Rainmaker to fill our reservoir. (We'd been diverting the drinking water all summer into the canal for the delectation of the recreational boaters, and our dessicated chickens are coming home to roost.) Tune to WHCL in at 9 PM ET for these weather-related gems (and the usual new shellac finds):

Cliff Edwards – Singin’ in the Rain (1929) – ABC 838 215-2
Irving Mills and his Hotsy-Totsy Gang – High and Dry (1929) – JSP918B
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
California Ramblers – It Was Only a Sun Shower (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-053
Bix Beiderbecke and his Orch. – I Don’t Mind Walking in the Rain (1930) – RCA 66540-2
Don Redman and his Orch – Hot and Anxious (1931) – Hep CD 1001
Gene Austin – Someday, Sweetheart (1927) – Victor 20561-B (78)
Wendell Hall – Meadowlark (1926) – Brunswick 3331-A (78)
Bob Haring and his Orch. (Eddy Thomas, vo.) – Huggable Kissable You (1929) – Brunswick 4395 (78)
Fred Rich and his Orch. (IK) – I Get the Blues When it Rains (1929) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines – Weather Bird (1928) – Columbia C4K 57176
Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight – Damp Weather (1929) – Frog DGF 5
Duncan Sisters – Happy-Go-Lucky Days (1925) – Victor 19987-B (78)
Margaret Young – Big Bad Bill (1924) – Brunswick 2736-A
Bostonian Syncopators – Stop Your Kidding (1922) – Grey Gull 1137b (78)
Andy Senior (piano solo) – Maybe (2007) – April 2, 2007 home recording
Al Gallodoro Quartet – The Continental (2007) – Audio from Hi8 video made Sept. 22, 2007
Hal Kemp and his Orch. (IK) – Before the Rain (1929) – Sunbeam BXCD 13
Guy Lombardo R.C.’ans with Al Jolson – April Showers (1932) – Columbia CK 57712
Ethel Waters – Heat Wave (1933) – Columbia CK 57711
Edith Wilson (w/Johnny Dunn) – He Used to Be Your Man (1922) – Columbia A3787 (78)
Jones and Hare – Oh, Say, Can I See You Tonight? (1925) – Harmony 9-H (78)
Zonophone Concert Band – Slippery Day (1907) – Zonophone 655 (78)
Scrappy Lambert – Ready For the River (1928) – Brunswick 3926 (78)
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Misery Farm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon – You Got To Wet It (1929) – Herwin 108 (LP)
Goofus Five – I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain (1927) – Timeless
Bessie Smith – Standing In The Rain (1928) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Art Tatum – Stormy Weather (1937) – Charly CDCD 1065
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Clouds (1935) – JSPCD341
Henry Allen - Coleman Hawkins and their Orch. – Dark Clouds (1933) – Hep CD 1028
California Ramblers – Show Me The Way To Go Home (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-053

PIANO JAZZ AT CAFE DOMENICO IN UTICA OCT. 3

I'm scheduled to play piano at Cafe Domenico, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, NY (phone 315-798-8077) on Wednesday, October 3, at 7 PM. Domenico's is directly across from the Uptown Theatre. You'll hear pop standards played in stride and swing, with a respectful nod to Waller and Tatum.

And yes, this is my first engagement in about five years--I'm back!

RECEPTION TIPS FOR WHCL

WKHR, a radio station in Ohio, has posted these reception tips. WHCL is another notoriously weak station, and these suggestions work just as well here--better, perhaps, since WHCL does not broadcast in stereo. (In essence--buy a good radio, run up an aerial, and keep that switch on "mono.")

(WKHR also hosts a vintage music program that is well worth checking out--Monday nights at 6 PM ET.)

"Rare Birds" September 21, 2007

(Week 94)

The "rare birds" herein referred to are odd Grey Gull and Oriole 78s--although I did manage to work in (subconsciously, perhaps) Walter Davison's Louisville Loons. Not a bad show, and now it's up on Live365:

Emmett Miller – Right or Wrong (1929) – Columbia CK 66999
Grey Gull Studio Orch. (Arthur Fields, vo.) – I’m Lost Without You (1928) – Grey Gull 1594 (78)
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators – Willie the Weeper (1927) – Frog DGF 34
Metropolitan Dance Players (Leroy Smith) – Harlem’s Araby (1924) – Grey Gull 1283b (78)
Clifford Hayes’ Louisville Stompers – Barefoot Stomp (1928) – Frog DGF10
Wright and Bessinger (Radio Franks) – I’m Sittin’ on Top of the World (1925) – Perfect 12224B (78)
Arthur Fields – Dear Old Southland (1922) – Grey Gull 2091b (78)
Vaughn De Leath – When I’m Walking With My Sweetness (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5468
Parenti’s Liberty Syncopators – Weary Blues (1926) –Frog DGF4
Bob Green’s Dance Orch. (Adrian Schubert) – You and Me and You (1926) – Oriole 801b (78)
California Ramblers – Changes (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-053
Ada Jones and Billy Murray – When Priscilla Tries to Hit High C (1916) – Victor 18100-B (78)
Collins and Harlan – The Cannibal King (1917) – Columbia A-2441 (78)
Metropolitan Dance Players – Wake Up, Little Girl, You’re Dreaming (1922) – Grey Gull 1114b (78)
Baker-Baldwin Radiogram Washboards – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1992) – Stomp Off CD1243
Alfred Gallodoro – Oodles of Noodles (1948) – “The Many Sides of Alfred Gallodoro” Golden Rooster CD
Paul Whiteman’s Sax Soctette – Blue Skies (1939) – Hep CD 1082
Benny Goodman’s “Rhythmakers” – King Porter Stomp (1935) – Jasmine JASCD 409
Horace Henderson and his Orch. – Happy Feet (1933) – Hep CD 1028
Sam Ash – Who’ll Take My Place (1922) – Grey Gull 2093b (78)
Sim Harris – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1927) – Oriole 916a (78)
Grey Gull Studio Orch. (Irving Kaufman, vo.) – If I Had You (1929) – Grey Gull 1594 (78)
Louis Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight – Red Onion Drag (1927) – Frog DGF5
Dick Holmes (Jack Kaufman) – Let’s Play House (1928) – Oriole 1465b (78)
Walter Davison’s Louisville Loons – South Wind (1927) – Rivermont BSW 1141
West and Thomas (Jones and Hare) – All By Yourself in the Moonlight – Oriole 1465a (78)
Annette Hanshaw – The Right Kind of Man (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Mamie Smith – Golfing Papa (1931) – Timeless CBC 1-068
Carl T. Sprague – Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1926) – Montgomery Ward M-4060-B (78)
Fisk U. Jubilee Singers – I Ain’t Goin’ to Study War No More (1920) – Columbia A-3596 (78)
Django Reinhardt and his Quintet – Songe D’automne (1947) – DRG 8473

AL GALLODORO IS BACK THIS SATURDAY!

KEEPING THE BEAT! THE AL GALLODORO QUARTET with JoAnn Chmielowski, piano; Ryan Cyrbus, Bass; and Lou Colone, drums; at SEGO CAFE, ONEONTA, NY, Saturday September 22, 8-11PM.

Here's the incomparable Al with his talented student Erin Johnston at the Sego this April at a show we attended:



Dr. Alfred J. Gallodoro (born June 20, 1913) is still keeping the beat with his new state of the art Pacemaker implant! At over 94 years young, Gallodoro continues to thrill his listeners with his impeccable musicianship and incredible mastery of his instruments. His admirers include more than just saxophone aficionados--he recently appeared twice at Cornell University's Weill Medical College for concerts and as the subject of an extensive interview on longevity and vitality.

Al is one of only 13 artists who recorded before 1940 that is still active and recording, During a professional career spanning an amazing nine decades, Gallodoro has played his saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet in all forms and venues of music.

Al was called upon in April 2006 to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the NYC Harmonie Ensemble, a piece for which he holds the distinction of a world’s record--over 10,000 performances throughout his association of nearly four decades with the “King of Jazz” Paul Whiteman.

For more information, please visit the Official Al Gallodoro Website.

SEGO CAFE, Main St, Oneonta, New York. Reservations 607-432-0228

"I Believe In Miracles" September 14, 2007

(Week 93)

Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET to WHCL 88.7 for a show that materialized miraculously when a nice bundle of new CDs arrived in today's mail. The rest of the program delves into the theme in typical RADIOLA! fashion.

Fats Waller and his Rhythm – I Believe in Miracles (1935) – Bluebird 07863-66618-2
Willie Bryant and his Orch. – The Voice of Old Man River (1935) – Bluebird 9683-2-RB
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Benny Goodman’s Boys – A Jazz Holiday (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5263
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry (1926) – CCM-175-2
California Ramblers – Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-053
Al Bernard – Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes (1928) – Archeophone 1006
Vaughn De Leath – Banana Oil (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5468
Bessie Smith – Cake Walking Babies From Home (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-068
Parenti’s Liberty Syncopators – Cabaret Echoes (1925) – Frog DGF 6
Slim Lamar and his Southerners – That's a Plenty (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79006
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators – Wa Wa Wa (1927) – Frog DGF 34
Irene Gibbons – Jeanine, I Dream of Lilac Time (1928) – Frog DGF 14
Emmett Miller – She’s Funny That Way (1929) – Columbia CK 66999
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (1927) – RCA Jazz Tribune No. 48
Mel Powell and his Orch. – When Did You Leave Heaven? (1942) – Commodore 543 (78 RPM)
Baker-Baldwin Radiogram Washboards – How High the Moon (1992) – Stomp Off CD 1243
Jones-Collins Astoria Hot Eight – Tip Easy Blues (1929) – Frog DGF 5
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Wherever There’s a Will, There’s a Way (1929) – Jazz Archive No. 26
Harris Brothers’ Texans – The Pay Off (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-055
Bing Crosby – Love in Bloom (1934) – Columbia CK 57712
The Boswell Sisters – Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Ethel Waters and her Jazz Band – Heebie Jeebies (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-068
Busse’s Buzzards – Deep Elm (You Tell ‘Em I’m Blue) (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-072
Guy Lombardo and his R. C.’ans – Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? (1933) – CCM-299-2
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Because My Baby Don’t Mean Maybe Now (1928) – Columbia 1441-D
Leslie Hutchinson – You Go to My Head (1939) – Prism PLATCD 566
Annette Hanshaw – We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye (1932) – ASV Living CD AJA 5220
Isham Jones and his Orch. (Eddie Stone, vo.) – Believe it, Beloved (1934) – Rivermont BSW-1144
Johnny Johnson and his Orch. – In a Little Gypsy Tearoom (1935) – Oriole 3163-B (78)
Coleman Hawkins – Stardust (1935) – Timeless CBC 1-006
California Ramblers – Show Me The Way To Go Home (1925) – CBC 1-053
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1942) – Reader’s Digest LP Box Set

"Back to Shellac" September 7, 2007

(Week 92)

An all-78RPM edition of RADIOLA! to open the new fall season at 8 PM ET tonight on WHCL--with lots of acoustic biscuits for those who love 'em:

Flanagan and Allen – Music Maestro Please (1938) – Columbia (UK) FB 2046
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch. – Halleleujah! (1927) – Victor 20599-B
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Paul Whiteman – It Had to Be You (1924) – Victor 19339
Roy Bargy – Knice and Knifty (1922) – Victor 18969-B
The Revelers – Bam Bam Bammy Shore (1925) – Victor 19848-A
The Duncan Sisters – Baby Sister Blues (1923) – Victor 19050-B
Gene Rodemich and his Orch. – Cry Baby Blues (1922) – Brunswick 2159-B
Benson Orch. of Chicago – Sobbin’ Blues (1923) – Victor 19130
Paul Whiteman – Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky (1928) – Columbia 1441-D
George Olsen and his Music – Meadow Lark (1926) – Victor 20599-A
Rudy Vallee – Huggable, Kissable You (1929) – Victor 21983-B
Ted Lewis and his Band – If You See Sally (1926) – Columbia 844-D
The Troubadors – Dream Kisses (1928) – Victor 21000-B
Joe Venuti and his Orch. – Cheese and Crackers (1933) – Melotone M 12831
Giovanni Martinelli – Vesti La Giubba (1928) – Victor Red Seal 6754-A
Herbert L. Clarke – Bride of the Waves (1904) – Victor 16194-B
Tennessee Ten – Gulf Coast Blues-Sugar Blues (1923) – Victor 19094-A
Anglo-Persians – Dancing Tambourine (1928) – Brunswick 3655-A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – That’s My Weakness Now (1928) – Columbia 1444-D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – Columbia 1444-D
Gene Austin – Dear Old Southland (1937) – Decca 1656-B
Flanagan and Allen – How Do You Do, Mister Right? (1938) – Columbia (UK) FB 2046
Roy Bargy – Pianoflage (1922) – Victor 18969-A
Benson Orch of Chicago – Oklahoma Indian Jazz (1924) – Victor 19257-B
Ted Lewis and his Band – Ah Ha! (1925) – Columbia 311-D
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch. – Sweet Thing (1926) – Victor 20599
Joe Venuti and his Orch. – Moonglow (1933) – Melotone M 12831
Johnny Johnson and his Orch. (Vi Mele, vo.) – Every Little Moment (1935) – Oriole 3163-A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Tschaikowskiana (1928) – Columbia 50113-D
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors Band – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Avid AVC539