Wednesday, December 30, 2015

"New Year's Dance Party 2016" December 31, 2015

(Week 447)

This RADIOLA! faces the changing of the calendar with an uncharacteristic absence of dread.

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Will Osborne and his Orch (WO v) - I Knew We Two Were One (1929) - Columbia 2044 D
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins (HR v) - Jazz Me Blues (1936) - Decca 1095 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Jacques Renard and his Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - You Went Away Too Far and Stayed Away Too Long (1927) - Victor 20487 A
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - I'd Climb the Highest Mountain If I Knew I'd Find You (1926) - Victor 20045 B
New Orleans Wanderers - Perdido Street Blues (1926) - Columbia DB 2860 (Holland)
Milton Paisant - It's Tight Like That (1929) - Brunswick 4295
Chester Gaylord - Reaching For Someone (1929) - Brunswick 4427
Slatz Randall and his Orch (Joe Roberts v) - Bessie Couldn't Help It (1929) - Brunswick 4331
Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators (Scrappy Lambert v) - The One That I Love Loves Me (1929) - Brunswick 4329
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - My Fate Is In Your Hands (1929) - Columbia 2017 D
Napoleon's Emperors - You Can't Cheat a Cheater (1929) - HMV B 4955
Jan Garber and his Orch (Fritz Heilbron v) - Just Once Too Often (1934) - Victor 24731 B
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona Davies v) - You're an Old Smoothie (1932) - Victor 24202 B
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - She Reminds Me Of You (1934) - Victor 24591 B
Carroll Gibbons and his Boy Friends - Sugar Rose (1936) - Columbia 3161 D
Enric Madriguera and his Orch (Tony Sacco v) - Midnight in Paris (1935) - Victor 25154 B
Jan Garber and his Orch (Mull Downey v) - 'Round Evening (1928) - Columbia 1550 D
Blue Steele and his Orch (George Marks v) - Coronado (1929) - Victor V 40140 B
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Franklyn Baur v) - Lonely Little Bluebird (1928) - Victor 21510 B
Roy Evans - The New St Louis Blues (1929) - Columbia 1697 D
Weary Willie - A Gay Caballero (1928) - Perfect 12497
New Orleans Wanderers - Gatemouth (1926) - Columbia DB 2860 (Holland)
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Why Was I Born (1929) - Victor 22187 A
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Revelers v) - Got a Rainbow (1928) - Victor 21795 B
King Oliver and his Orch - The Trumpet's Prayer (1929) - Bluebird B 7705 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona Davies v) - Eadie Was a Lady (1932) - Victor 24202 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - I Won't Dance (1935) - Victor 24871 A
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - It's De-Lovely (1936) - Bluebird B 6639 A
Jan Garber and his Orch (Lee Bennett) - Wild Honey (1934) - Victor 24731 A
Henry Busse and his Orch - Changes (1937) - Decca 1207 B
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins - Fate (1937) - Decca 1547 B
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins (HR v) - Cheerful Blues (1936) - Decca 1095 B
Jacques Renard and his Orch - Lonely (J'ai Pas Su y Faire) (1927) - Victor 20487 A
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch (Frankie Marvin v ) - You're a Real Sweetheart (1928) - Victor 21510 A
Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators (trio v) - Honest (1929) - Brunswick 4329
Milton Paisant - I Want My Rib (1929) - Brunswick 4295
Blue Steele and his Orch (Clyde Davis v) -You're So Different (1929) - Victor V 40140 A
Chester Gaylord - I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (1929) - Brunswick 4427
Slatz Randall and his Orch (Oscar Gross v) - I Get the Blues When It Rains (1929) - Brunswick 4331
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Here Am I (1929) - Victor 22187 B
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Lewis James v) - Feeling I'm Falling (1928) - Victor 21795 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - May I (1934) - Victor 24591 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Durelle Alexander v) - There's a Small Hotel (1936) - Victor 25270 B
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bob Goday v) - Wintertime Dreams (1936) - Bluebird B 6639 B
Carroll Gibbons and his Boy Friends - Breakin' In a Pair of Shoes (1936) - Columbia 3161 D
Henry Busse and his Orch - Aunt Hagar's Blues (1937) - Decca 1207 A
Vernon Geyer - My Melancholy Baby (1938) - Bluebird B 10147 A
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins (Ray Ellington and HR v) -Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (1937) - Decca 1547 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - A Little Kiss Each Morning (1929) - Columbia 2017 D
Will Osborne and his Orch (WO v) - They All Fall In Love (1929) - Columbia 2044 D
Napoleon's Emperors - Anything (1929) - HMV B 4955
Enric Madriguera and his Orch (Tony Sacco v) - Here's to Romance (1935) - Victor 25154 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Jerry Cooper v) - Too Marvelous For Words (1937) - Victor 25517 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Johnny Hauser v) - It's Got To Be Love (1936) - Victor 25270 A
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Bob Allen v) - Whispers in the Dark (1937) - Victor 25589 A
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bobby Goday v) - South Wind (1937) - Bluebird B 6953 B
Ted Fio Rito and his Orch (Muzzy Marcellino and The Debutantes v) - Vieni Vieni (1937) - Decca 1450 A
Eddy Duchin and his Orch (Lew Sherwood v) - Lovely To Look At (1935) - Victor 24871 B
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Pee Wee Hunt v) - Whoa Babe (1937) - Decca 1159 A
Edgar Hayes and his Orch - Sophisticated Swing (1938) - Decca 1748 A
Vernon Geyer - Stardust (1938) - Bluebird B 10108 A
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenneth Sargent v) - The Champagne Waltz (1934) - Brunswick 6858
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - Stay As Sweet As You Are (1934) - Decca 274 B

Friday, December 11, 2015

"Timely Safari" December 11. 2015

(Week 446)

This RADIOLA! suggests there may be an alternate future in the past.

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Arthur Fields - Just Like a Butterfly (1927) - Bell 529 A
Chicago Rhythm Kings - Stompin' at the Savoy (1936) - Bluebird B-6412
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Jan Garber and his Orch - Steppin' Around (1926) - Victor 20367 B
Fats Waller - Stompin' the Bug (Take 2) (1927) - The Complete Recorded Works Vol.1 (JSP927B) (orig Victor 20655)
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - Steppin' On The Gas (1927) - Breakin'  Out of New Orleans (JSP) (orig Columbia 14258 D)
Ed Smalle and Dick Robertson - Wob-a-ly Walk (1928) - Brunswick 3816 B
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Scrappy Lambert v) - Poor Butterfly (take 1) (1928) - Brunswick 20062 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (v) - Changes (Take 2) (1927) - Bix Restored Vol. 2 (orig Victor 25370)
Harold Veo's Orch - The Zoo Step (1917) - Victor 18372 B
All Star Trio - Poor Little Butterfly Is a Fly Gal Now (1919) - Victor 18641 A
Louisiana Five - Thunderbolt (1919) - Emerson 1026
Byron G. Harlan - Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy (1911) - Aretino D710
Victor Military Band - Everybody Two Step (1913) - Victor 17271 A
California Ramblers - Take a Little One Step (1924) - Columbia 91 D
Tom McDermott and Connie Jones - King Porter Stomp (2007) - Creole Nocturne (Arbors ARCD 19366)
Rob Fisher and the Coffee Club Orchestra - Stampede (1991) - Shaking The Blues Away (Angel CDC 7 54390)
Bennie Krueger's Orch - Everybody Step (1921) - Brunswick 2151 A
Eddie Elkins and his Orch - Little Butterfly (1923) - Okeh 4976 A
The Arkansas Travellers - Stompin' Fool (1927) - Harmony 459 H
Miff Mole and his Little Molers - Original Dixieland One Step (1927) - Columbia 36010
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Crazy Chords (1930) - JSP CD 323 (orig Victor 23307)
Fred Gardner's Texas University Troubadours - No Trumps (1930) - Jazz in Texas 1924-1930 Timeless CBC 1-033 (orig Okeh 41458)
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees - I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (1932) - Columbia 2700 D
The Boswell Sisters - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1932) - Columbia 36521
Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) - Changed Ways Blues (1934) - Melotone 6 02 64
Dick McDonough and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - The Scene Changes (1936) - Perfect 6 08 08
Milt Herth Trio - Toy Trumpet (1938) - Decca 25066 B
Boots and his Buddies - Lonely Moments (1938) - Bluebird B-7669 B
Edgar Hayes and his Orch - Edgar Steps Out (1937) - Decca 1338 B
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Your Feet's Too Big (1939) -  The Complete Works Vol 5 JSP (orig Bluebird B-10500)
The Bostonians (Ernie Golden) - Indian Butterfly (1927) - Vocalion A 15533

Thursday, December 03, 2015

"Enumerating Poultry" December 4, 2015

(Week 445)

This RADIOLA! is brooding, but in a good way.

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Agnes Lynn - Jazz Baby (1919) - Columbia A2745
Horace Henderson and his Orch - I'm Rhythm Crazy Now (1933) - Decca 18171 B
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - I'm Sitting On Top of the World (1925) - Columbia 498 D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Ostrich Walk (1927) - UHCA 29
Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch (Abby Foster v) - Papa's Got The Jim-Jams (1927) - Jazz Oracle BDW8002
Charles Kaley Abe Lyman Orch - Don't Wake Me Up Let Me Dream (1926) - Brunswick 3071 B
Bessie Brown - Chloe (1928) - Brunswick 3817 A
Tampa Red's Hokum Jazz Band (Frankie Jaxon v) - Boot It Boy (1929) - British Rhythm Society 994
The Great White Way Orch - I'm All Alone (1922) - Victor 18992 B
Carl Fenton's Orch - Fascinating Rhythm (1924) - Brunswick 2790 B
Bert Lown and his Loungers - The Jazz Me Blues (1929) - Harmony 974 H
Sterling Trio - Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia (1918) - Columbia A2623
Jane Gray (Peggy English) - There's Everything Nice About You (1927) - Harmony 435 H
Bessie Smith - Cake Walking Babies (1925) - Columbia 35673
Ed Clute and his Dixie Five Plus - Rosetta (2015) - rec Syracuse, NY November 15, 2015
Ed Clute and his Dixie Five Plus - South (2015) - rec Syracuse, NY November 15, 2015
Victor Military Band - Swanee Ripples Rag (1914) - Victor 17585 B
International Novelty Orch (May Singhi Breen uke) - Ukulele Blues (1924) - Victor 19369 B
Harry Reser - Ukulele Lady (1925) - Columbia 409 D
The Rhythmic Eight - Heigh Ho, Ev'rybody (1929) - 48 Of The Best (Retrieval RTR79059)
Louisiana Sugar Babes - Thou Swell (1928) - Victor 21346 B
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces - Decatur Street Tutti (1929) - (Retrieval RTR79013)
George Olsen and his Music (Ethel Shutta v) - A Precious Little Thing Called Love (1929) - Victor 21832 B
Ben Selvin and his Orch (Eubie Blake ?  v) - Dancing in the Dark (1931) - Columbia 2473 D
Jan Garber and his Orch (Maxwell Covert v) - Puttin' On The Ritz (1930) - Columbia 2115 D
Bessie Smith - Gimme a Pigfoot (1933) - Columbia 37574
Cliff Edwards with The Eton Boys - Love Is Just Around The Corner (1934) - Perfect 13093 A
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Troubled (1934) - Victor 24834 A
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Anne Lenner v) - Please Be Kind (1938) - Columbia FB 1958 (UK)
Billie Holiday and her Orch - I Can't Get Started (1938) - Columbia 37494
Joan Edwards - Let's Begin (1940) - Liberty Music Shop L-303a

Friday, November 27, 2015

"Calm Oddities" November 27, 2015

(Week 444)

This RADIOLA! is keeping its hands in its pockets on Slack Friday.

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Frank Richardson - I've Got a Song For Sale (1923) - Cameo 431
Larry Adler - With Plenty of Money and You  (1937) - Columbia FB 1703 (UK)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
International Novelty Orch (E. J. Daly v) - Medley Fox Trot from “A Sale and a Sailor” (1926) - Victor 19982 B
The Vanderbilt Orch (Harry Archer) (Ernie Cutting dir) - A Little Bungalow (1926) - Vocalion A 15233
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch - Down and Out Blues (1925) - Victor 19866 A
Mask and Wig Glee Chorus (U Penn) - Gems from "A Sale and a Sailor" (1926) - Victor 19982 A
Crescent Trio (J. Melton L. James E. Shaw) - Our Bungalow of Dreams (1928) - Victor 21230 A
Genevieve Davis - Haven't Got a Dollar to Pay the House Rent Man (1927) - Victor 20648 A
Benson Orch of Chicago (Bestor) - Easy Melody (1923) - Victor 19147 A
University Six (Arthur Fields v) - Lazy Weather (1927) - Velvet Tone 1433 V
Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Buy, Buy for Baby (1928) - Velvet Tone 1814 V
Marion Harris - Beside a Babbling Brook (1923) - Brunswick 2421 A
WMCA Broadcasters (Irving Kaufman v) - At Peace With The World (1926) - Harmony 175 H
Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (1929) - Columbia 37577
Stephanie Trick - Nothin' (Luckey Roberts) (2010) - Live (TRCD004)
Gary Lawrence and his Sizzling Syncopators (Frank Scafuri v) - Lazy (1980) - Columbia M 35824
Joe Hayman - Cohen Buys a Wireless Set (1922) - Columbia A3832
The Lion - I Am Going To Buy A Bungalow (1938) - Calypso Carnival (Rounder CD 1077)
The Caresser - The More They Try to Do Me Bad (1938) - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Al Katz and his Orch (Bill Brookins v) - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Columbia 1971 D
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) - Columbia 2482 D
Willie Creager and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Ten Cents a Dance (1930) - Perfect 15328 B
Gene Austin - Peace of Mind (1929) - Victor 22068 B
Rudy Vallee - Here It Is Monday And I've Still Got A Dollar (1932) - Columbia 2730 D
Frankie Half Pint Jaxon and his Hot Shots - Fifteen Cents (1933) - Sound of Chicago III (Columbia CL 2146)
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Paul Small v) - I've Got Five Dollars (1931) - Velvet Tone 2331 V
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Harry Bentley v) - Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) - Columbia CD 773
Slim Green - It's Easy To Remember (1935) - Decca 7105 B
Willie “The Lion” Smith and his Cubs - Peace Brother Peace (1937) - Timeless CBC 1-012
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Smoothies v) - Love For Sale (1939) - Victor 27285 A
Chick Endor - Let's Call It A Day (1926) - Vocalion A 15382

Friday, November 20, 2015

"Shellac Happens" November 20, 2015

(Week 443)

RADIOLA! is inevitable except when it's not.

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Bert Lown and his Orch (Irving Kaufman) - Tomorrow's Violets (1929) - Harmony 863 H
Don Redman and his Orch - Hot and Anxious (1932) - Parlophone R 2955
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Hymn to the Sun (1925) - Victor 19862 A
Jack Hylton and his Orch (trio v) - Gonna Get a Girl (1927) - HMV B 5358
William F. Wirges and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - Afraid of You (1928) - Brunswick 3910 B
Art Gillham - Mean Blues (1925) - Columbia 550 D
Williams Sisters (Wayne Allen p) - Sam, The Old Accordion Man (1927) - Victor 20452 A
National Cavaliers - My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (1928) - Victor 21794 A
Emerson Military Band - The Alcoholic Blues (1919) - Emerson 1025
The Benson Orch of Chicago - Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (1922) - Victor 18954 A
Mike Speciale and his Orch - Mammy Chasing Blues (1925) - Perfect 14526 B
Harry Lauder - Don't Let Us Sing Anymore About War, Just Let Us Sing of Love (1918) - Victor 70122
Helen Clark and Lewis James - Tea For Two (1924) - Victor 19463 A
Carolina Club Orch (Kemp) (Arthur Fields v) - I'm Marching Home to You (1929) - Velvet Tone 1852 V
Ed Clute - Laura (2004) - I Feel a Song Comin' On
Banu Gibson - Let's Begin - Let's Face the Music and Dance (Swing Out CD 112)
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Angry (1925) - Victor 19786 A
William F Wirges and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Laugh Clown, Laugh (1928) - Brunswick 3910 A
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Someday You'll Say OK (1927) - Victor 20919 B
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - My Fate is in Your Hands (1929) - Columbia 2017 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Jack Fulton v) - When My Dreams Come True (1929) - Columbia 1822 D
King Oliver and his Orch - Call of the Freaks (1929) - HMV JF 36
Joe Wilbur - Sunshine (1928) - Perfect 12420
Frank Ferera's Hawaiians (Walter Neff v) - Charmaine (1928) - Perfect 11260
Four Rajahs - Too Busy (1928) - Victor 21550 A
Joe Venuti's Blue Four - Put and Take (1930) - Parlophone R 973
Rex Allan (Neo Bechstein p) - Young and Healthy (1933) - HMV B 4432
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Maori (1932) - Columbia 2700 D
Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orch - You Shall Reap What You Sow (1938) - Decca 1788 A
Kay Kyser and his Orch (Ginny Simms v) - St. Louis Blues (1939) - Columbia 35563
The Cavaliers - Trail of Dreams (1926) - Columbia 805 D

Monday, November 16, 2015

Prognostication

I can't concern myself with the present and its discontents. I'm looking 50 years down the road. People will still be making music, listening, and dancing. I won't be here to see them do it, but I am assured that it will be just as I say.

Friday, November 13, 2015

"Listen to the Hot" November 13, 2015

(Week 442)

This RADIOLA! detects some sizzling despite the season.

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This month's Vanity Fair features an excellent article by Will Friedwald, who celebrates some of our favorite young musicians: These Millennials Are Shaking Up the Jazz World.

Cogert and Motto (The Human Jazz Band) (Fred Hall p) - Ev'rything Is Hotsy Totsy Now (1925) - Okeh 40406 B
Monette Moore and her Swing Shop Boys - Rhythm For Sale (1936) - Decca 7161 A
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - Somebody's Crazy About You (1925) - Columbia 459 D
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - At The Jazz Band Ball (1927) - Okeh 3042
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Saratoga Swing (1929) - HMV B 8828
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Take Me To The Land of Jazz (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Ruth Etting - Happy Days and Lonely Nights (1928) - Columbia 1454 D
Umbrian Glee Club - Swing Along! (1926) - Vocalion A 1012
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Clarinet Marmalade Blues (1918) - Victor 18513 B
Jazzazza Jazz Band (Samuels) - That's Got 'Em (1919) - Operaphone 31117 A
King Oliver's Jazz Band - I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (1923) - HJCA shellac test (mx IRSM 2)
Ed Morton - Trolley Car Swing (1912) - United A1147
Tampa Blue Jazz Band (Samuels) (Billy Jones v) - Atta Baby (1921) - Okeh 4522 A
Palmetto Jazz Quartette - My Jazz Gal (1921) - Okeh 8011 B
Eli and The Hot Six (Ted Casher v) - Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (2014) - Comtemporary Classic Jazz
Banu Gibson and Harry Shearer - A Fine Romance - Let's Face the Music and Dance (Swing Out CD 112)
Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds - Halleleujah Blues (1923) - Columbia A3839
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Oh Joy (1921) - Okeh 4404 A
Missouri Jazz Band (Lou Gold) - I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston (1925) - Banner 1644 B
White City Jazzers - Talking Picture Lou (1930) - Madison 5058 B
Grey Gull Studio Band (Irving Kaufman v) - Swingin' in a Hammock (1930) - Madison 5081 A
Casa Loma Orch - White Jazz (1931) - Brunswick 6092 B
Joe Venuti and his Blue Six - Jazz Me Blues (1933) - Decca 18168 A
The Delta Four - Swingin' on The Famous Door (1935) - Decca 737 A
Quintette of the Hot Club of France - Swing Guitars (1937) - Victor 25601 B
Joseph Robechaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys - Just Like a Falling Star (1933) - Vocalion 2881 A
Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy - Moten Swing (1936) - Decca 3517 B
Vincent Lopez and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Swing High Swing Low (1937) - Perfect 7 04 07
Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters - The Lady Is a Tramp (1937) - Vocalion 3865
Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing - (Jack Teagarden v) - Jeepers Creepers (1938) - Decca 2222 A
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - New Tiger Rag (1932) - Columbia 2631 D

Friday, November 06, 2015

"Move or Die" November 6, 2015

(Week 441)

This RADIOLA! asserts that motion is better than its alternative.

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On this program I mention that I am writing for The American Rag, a monthly publication dedicated to ragtime and early jazz. (Subscribe here to read it--it's print-only.)

Required reading: my recent profile on Eli Newberger (originally published in The American Rag), and an excellent article by Peter Gerler that is most encouraging: What It Means That We Are Lindy Hopping Again.

Unless otherwise noted, the recordings used in this program are from Jeff Healey's American Dance Band collection database, with my own minor audio restoration.

Bailey's Lucky Seven (Jack Kaufman v) - Static (1926) - orig Gennett 3249 (Healey)
Eddie DeLange and his Orch - Muskrat Ramble (1938) - orig Bluebird B-10035 (Healey)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Willard Robison and his Orch (Deep River Five v) - Five Step (1927) - orig Perfect 14887 (Healey)
Hal Kemp and his Orch - Peg Leg Stomp (1926) - orig Columbia 671-D (Healey)
Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orch - Nervous Charlie Stomp (1926) - orig Banner 1800 (Healey)
Ben Bernie and his Orch (Speed Boys v) - Rhythm King (1928) - orig Brunswick 4085 (Healey)
Missouri Jazz Band (Billy James) (Jack Kaufman v) - Oh! How She Could Shake Her Tambourine (1928) - orig Banner 7199 (Healey)
Tom Gerun and his Orch (Jack Denny v) - The New Step (1929) - orig Brunswick 4519 (Healey)
All Star Trio - Keep Movin' (1919) - orig Victor 18643 (Healey)
Abe Small and his Melody Men - I Wish I Could Shimmie Like My Sister Kate (1923) - orig Strong 10002 (Healey)
Vic Meyers and his Hotel Butler Orch - Shake It and Break It (1923) - orig Brunswick 2501 (Healey)
Original Dixie Rag Pickers (Emerson Studio Orch) - Strut Your Jones (1925) - orig Globe 1296 (Healey)
Varsity Eight - Static Strut (1926) - orig Cameo 975 (Healey)
Abe Lyman's California Orch - Shake That Thing (1926) - orig Brunswick 3069 (Healey)
Baby Soda - Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (2011) - Live at Radegast
Eli and The Hot Six - Tiger Rag (2014) - Comtemporary Classic Jazz
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Twelfth Street Rag (1917) - orig Columbia A2298 (Healey)
Emerson Xylo-Phiends (Green Bros) - Sensation Rag (1919) - orig Emerson 9165 (Healey)
Gene Rodemich and his Orch - Tenth Interval Rag (1924) - orig Brunswick 2599 (Healey)
Ipana Troubadours (Irving Kaufman v) - Steppin' Along (1929) - orig Columbia 1947-D (Healey)
Hollywood Dance Orch (A Schubert) (Tom Dowd and Roy Carlson v) - Ain't Life A Load Of Happiness? (1930) - orig Banner 0691 (Healey)
Universal Syncopators - Stomp Along (1929) - orig Van Dyke 71749 (Healey)
Ben Bernie and his Orch (Eddy Thomas v) - Glad Rag Doll (1928) - orig Brunswick 4168 (Healey)
The New Yorkers (Carl Fenton) (Joe Reis v) - Shake It Down (1930) - orig QRS Q-1023 (Healey)
Victor Arden and Phil Ohman - Maple Leaf Rag (1930) - orig Victor 22608 (Healey)
Glen Gray and his Orch - Casa Loma Stomp (1933) - orig Victor 24256 (Healey)
Tom Coakley and his Orch (Dudley Nix v) - Rhythm Is Our Business (1935) - orig Victor 25062 (Healey)
Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers - Intoxicating Rhythm (1937) - orig Brunswick 7946 (Healey)
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (Jimmy Brown v) - Swing Is Here To Sway (1937) - orig Vocalion 3849 (Healey)
Eddie DeLange and his Orch (Elise Cooper v) - My Kid's Singing Swing Songs (1938) - orig Bluebird B-10003 (Healey)
Ben Pollack and his Orch (Paula Gayle v) - This Is The Life / The International Rag (1938) - orig Decca 1891 (Healey)

Friday, October 30, 2015

"Unexcused Presence" October 30, 2015

(Week 440)

This RADIOLA! hasn't got a note.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. "We're here because we're here"-cast here. Each RADIOLA! program is sent to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

On this program I mention that I am writing for The American Rag, a monthly publication dedicated to ragtime and early jazz. (Subscribe here to read it--it's print-only.)

Gracie Fields - Looking on the Bright Side (1932) - Naxos Nostalgia 8 120524
Woody Herman and his Orch - Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar (1940) - orig Decca 3454 (Healey)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch (Knecht) (SMT v) - Moonbeam! Kiss Her For Me (1927) - Victor 20419 A
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Back Beats (1927) - Brunswick 3490 B
Bill Haid's Cubs (J. Allen v) - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Broadway 1206 B
Frank Crumit - 'Swonderful (1927) - Victor 21029 B
Madeline Beatty -  Who's Blue Now? (1928) - Okeh 41034
Paul Specht and his Orch (Johnny Morris v) - Hittin' The Ceiling (1929) - orig Columbia 1836-D (Healey)
Carl Fenton's Orch - Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil (1922) - orig Brunswick 2353 (Healey)
Garber-Davis Orch - Steamboat Sal (1923) - Victor 19175 A (Bryan Wright collection)
Isham Jones Orch - Foolin' Around (1923) - orig Brunswick 2420 (Healey)
Lee Morse - Bring Back Those Rock-A-Bye Baby Days (1924) - Perfect 12165
George Olsen and his Music (Billy Murray v) - My Papa Doesn't Two-Time No Time (1924) - Victor 19419 A (Bryan Wright collection)
Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Pinafore Pt 2 (1914) - Victor 35386 B
Ed Clute - The Better to Love You, My Dear (2004) - I Feel a Song Comin' On
Ed Clute - Body and Soul (2004) - I Feel a Song Comin' On
Sousa's Band - Narcissus Intermezzo (Nevin) (1909) - Victor 16525 A
Marcia Freer - Lewis James (w Manhattan Merrymakers) - Linger Awhile (1924) - Victor 19259 A (Bryan Wright collection)
Rev. J. M. Gates - I'm Gonna Die With The Staff In My Hand (1926) - Okeh 8388 A
Billy Artz and his Orch - Hittin' The Bottle (1930) - Philco Program 11
Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) - My Mother (1932) - HMV B 6191
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch - Rockin' Chair (1930) - HMV B 4897
Annette Hanshaw - My Sin (1929) - Velvet Tone 1910 V
Derickson and Brown - Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long (1932) - HMV B 4204
Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra (Lew Sherwood v) - Close Your Eyes (1933) - Victor 24376 (Jeff Healey col)
Richard Himber and his Ritz-Carlton Orch (Stuart Allen v) - You Hit The Spot (1935) - orig Victor 25189 (Healey)
King Radio - Old Men Come Back Again (1939) - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Beat It Out (1940) - orig Bluebird B 11155 (Healey)
Bob Crosby and his Orch (Kay Weber v) - Whispers in the Dark (1937) - Decca 1346 A
Patricia Norman (w Music by Meakin) - Shadows (1939) - Vocalion 5037
String Symphony - Caprice Viennois (Kreisler) (c 1940) - Donald Novis Sings 16 (mx 09536-1)

Monday, October 19, 2015

My American Rag profile on Eli Newberger

Eli Newberger has posted the text of my recent American Rag profile on his website: Eli Newberger: Tuba Virtuoso. Here's the clip of Eli rejoining his high school band in 1960 on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour:

Friday, September 18, 2015

"We Can Doom It!" September 18, 2015

(Week 439)

This RADIOLA! contemplates feckless hubris and the romance of (self?) destruction.

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J. W. Myers - Come Take a Trip in My Airship (1904) - Columbia A320
Gene Kardos and his Orch (Chick Bullock v) - Ooooh Boom (1938) - orig ARC 8-05-01 (Healey)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Essex Club Orch (Ray Miller) - Dreaming of a Castle In The Air (1926) - Vocalion A 15224
International Novelty Orch - Tango Fate (Valentino) (1926) - Victor 20454 B
Varsity Eight (Irving Kaufman v) - Glorianna (1928) - Cameo 9007
Kitty O'Connor - I'm Walkin' On Air (1927) - Columbia 1174 D
Ethel and Dorothea Ponce - I Faw Down and Go Boom (1929) - Columbia 1698 D
Elder J. H. Burch - Life and Death (1927) - Victor 21476 A
Harold Leonard and his Red Jackets - Fate (1922) - Gennett 5024 A
Varsity Eight - T.N.T. (1925) - orig Cameo 870 (Healey)
The Night Club Orch (Reser) (Tom Stacks v) - I'll Fly To Hawaii (1926) - Harmony 266 H
John Steel - While Others Are Building Castles in the Air (1919) - Victor 18635 B
Billy Murray - I Was Married Up in the Air (1922) - Victor 18991 B
The Melody Man (Joe Davis) - After My Laughter Came Tears (1928) - Harmony 597 H
Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band - Wabash Blues (1997) - Toe-Tapping Dixieland Jazz (Merry Makers  MMRC-CD-13)
The Hot Jazz Alliance - Clarinet Marmalade (2014) - Bandstand Diplomacy (HJA 2015)
The Synco Jazz Band - Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) (1919) - Columbia A2783
Six Black Diamonds (Samuels) - Bang! (On Your Tambourine) (1923) - Banner 1206 B
WMCA Broadcasters (Charles Hart v) - When Day Is Done (1927) - Diva 2460 G
Coon-Sanders Orch (JLS v) - Ready For The River (1928) - Victor 21501 A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Rhythm Boys v) - There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears (1928) - Victor 21464 A
The Washingtonians - Move Over (1928) - Romeo 829
Chester Gaylord - My Troubles Are Over (1929) - Brunswick 4269
Gene Austin - I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (1929) - Victor 22033 B
Libby Holman - I'm One Of God's Children Who Hasn't Got Wings (1931) - Moanin' Low (Take Two TT415CD)
Julia Sanderson-Frank Crumit - Would You Like to Take a Walk? (1932) - Victor 22630 A
Don Bestor and his Orch (Neil Buckley v) - The Last Round-Up (1933) - Victor 24391 A
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Tear It Down (1933) - Melotone M 13409 B
Harry Wilson and his Orch (Jacques Renard) (Paul Small v) - Close Your Eyes (1933) - Edison Bell Winner W64 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (trio v) - Boom! (1939) - orig Decca 2449 (Healey)
Kitty O'Connor (The Girl Baritone) - Mister Aeroplane Man (1928) - Columbia 1140 D

Friday, September 11, 2015

Forget it

I've decided I can't possibly do a show today. I'm feeling iconoclastic and rude and it's not the day for it. So, carry on without me.

Friday, September 04, 2015

"Seasonally Dimmer" September 4, 2015

(Week 438)

This RADIOLA! is moving away from the light.

RADIOLA! streams continuously through my Live365 station. Spring ahead, Fall on your face-cast here. Each RADIOLA! program is sent to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

On this program I mention that I am writing for The American Rag, a monthly publication dedicated to ragtime and early jazz. (Subscribe here to read it--it's print-only.)

Lou Gold and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - When Summer is Gone (1928) - Diva 2768 G
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - White Heat (1937) - 50 Years of Jazz Guitar (Columbia CG33566)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Sam Lanin and his Famous Players (Les Reis v) - Summertime Sweethearts (1927) - Okeh 40913
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch - When Day is Done (1927) - Victor 20456 B
Charlie Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orch (Lewis James v) - Happy Days and Lonely Nights (1928) - Victor 21610 A
Cliff Edwards - Give Me a Night in June (1927) - Perfect 11649 B
Jack Smith - When Autumn Leaves Are Falling (1926) - Victor 19959 B
National Cavaliers - Dear On a Night Like This (1927) - Victor 21112 B
Guyon's Paradise Orch - I'm Through (Shedding Tears Over You) (1922) - Okeh 4737 B
Lyman's California Ambassador Orch (Charles Kaley v) - Midnight Rose (1923) - Brunswick 2478 A
NML Dance Orch (Joseph Samuels) (Billy Jones v) - When It's Night Time in Italy (1923) - National Music Lovers 1051 B
Quartette - It's Going to Be a Cold Cold Winter (1914) - Little Wonder 84
Collins and Harlan - When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam' (1912) - Victor 17246 B
Aileen Stanley and Billy Murray - I'll Stand Beneath Your Window To-night and Whistle (1922) - Victor 18943 B
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies - Cold Cold Winter Blues (1923) - Cameo 415
Paolo Alderighi and Stephanie Trick - East St. Louis Toddle-O (2014) - Sentimental Journey (ATCD002)
The Hot Jazz Alliance - Oh Baby (2014) - Bandstand Diplomacy (HJA 2015)
Lee Sims - Falling In Love With You (1927) - Brunswick 3551 A
Arthur Fields - The Song is Ended (1927) - Grey Gull 2367 A
Hollywood Dance Orch (A. Schubert) (Irving Kaufman v) - One Summer Night (1927) - Domino 3911 B
All Star Orch (Melody Three v) - Waiting at the End of the Road (1929) - Victor 22073 A
Casino Dance Orch (Lanin) (William Robyn v) - I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (1929) - Perfect 15164 B
Horace Heidt and his Californians (trio v) - Turn On the Heat (1929) - Victor 22195 A
Bing Crosby - Dancing in the Dark (1931) - Brunswick 80056 B
Gertrude Lawrence - You're My Decline and Fall (1931) - Decca F 2577 B
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long (1932) - Parlophone R 1207
Meyer Davis' Hotel Astor Orch (Joe Moss dir) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Blue is the Night (1930) - Brunswick 4748
Ben Bernie and his Orch (Pat Kennedy v) - A Faded Summer Love (1931) - Brunswick 6193
Layton and Johnstone - Night and Day (1933) - Columbia FB 1218
The Sophisticates (Malneck) - Dark Eyes (1938) - Decca 1883 A
Billy Kyle - Finishing Up a Date (1939) - Decca 2740 A
Anne Jamison w Victor Young Orch - Summertime (1939) - Decca 2876 A

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

"Beyond the Blue Horizon": a new video by Molly Ryan


Molly Ryan has produced a marvelously clever and delightful video in connection with the release of her new album, Let's Fly Away. (I just find it difficult to imagine Molly in any line of work that doesn't involve a rhythm section!)



At the 3:18 mark on the video there's a cameo appearance of Molly's father, Richard Ryan, reading the May 2015 issue of The American Rag. We're famous!

Friday, August 28, 2015

"Spare the Prod" August 28, 2015

(Week 437)

This RADIOLA! requires neither a carrot nor a stick.

RADIOLA! streams continuously through my Live365 station. Slog on-cast here. Each RADIOLA! program is sent to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

On this program I mention that I am writing for The American Rag, a monthly publication dedicated to ragtime and early jazz. (Subscribe here to read it--it's print-only.)

Sam Moore (octacorda) - Laughing Rag (1921) - Okeh 4412 B
Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Early Mornin' Blues (1936) - Decca 3521 B
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Edwin J. McEnelly's Orch (Henry Burr v) - That Night in Araby (1926) - Victor 20259 B
Carl Fenton and his Orch (Frank Munn v) - Following The Sun Around (1927) - orig Brunswick 3472 (Healey)
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Slide Mr. Jelly, Slide (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8041
Irving Kaufman - Sick and Tired (1927) - Regal 8372 B
Nick Lucas (Sammy Stept p) - Let Me Live and Love You Just For To-night (1926) - Brunswick 3283 B
Ruth Etting - Say Yes Today (1928) - Columbia 1352 D
Jack Shilkret's Orch - No One Knows What's It's All About - orig Victor 19507 (Healey)
Five Birmingham Babies - Down And Out Blues (1925) - Heart Breakin' Baby (Frog DGF58)
Georgia Melodians - Hangin' Around (1926) - orig Edison test mx 10914 (Healey)
Singin' Sam - Cheyenne (1939) - Refreshment Time B 685 (World Tx)
Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne ann) - Ambrose's Jubilee Cavalcade Pt.1 (1935) - Decca K 750 A
Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne ann) - Ambrose's Jubilee Cavalcade Pt.2 (1935) - Decca K 750 B
Cell Block 7 - In a Persian Market (KetĆØlbey arr Jim Maihack) (2014) - Guilty As Charged
Tom McDermott and Connie Jones - Creole Nocturne (Chopin Op. 9 No. 2 arr Tom McDermott) (2007) - Creole Nocturne (Arbors ARCD 19366)
Orkiestra Akc Tow Janus - Na szancach Manzurji (On the Hills of Manchuria) (Shatrov) (1910) - Janus Record 441
Arthur Fields with Peerless Quartet - When I Send You a Picture of Berlin (1918) - Victor 18474 A
Five Birmingham Babies - Deep Sea Blues (1924) - Heart Breakin' Baby (Frog DGF58)
Victor Arden Phil Ohman and their Orch (Frank Luther v) - Dancing the Devil Away (1929) - Victor 22383 A
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Paul Small v) - Sing You Sinners (1930) - Diva 3118 G
Henry Busse and his Orch (Richard Barry v) - Got the Bench, Got the Park (1931) - Victor 22651 B
Ray Noble New Mayfair Orchestra (Dorothy Carless v) - Nasty Man (1934) - HMV B649
Vincent Rose and his Orch (Freddy Martin) (Russ Morgan v) - What About Me? (1934) - Melotone M 13144 A
Harry Richman - If I Should Lose You (1936) - Decca 702 B
Casa Loma Orch - Stompin' Around (1934) - orig Decca 286 (Healey)
Kitty Gray and her Wampus Cats - Baton Rouge Rag (1937) - Columbia CG 33566
Johnny Hodges and his Orch - Rent Party Blues (1939) - Vocalion 5100
Eddie Delange and his Orch (Elisse Cooper v) - What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1938) - orig Bluebird B 7855 (Healey)
Una Mae Carlisle - Oh! I'm Evil (1941) - Bluebird B 11159 B
Bob Crosby's Bob Cats - Slow Mood (1938) - Decca 2011 B

Friday, August 21, 2015

"Phoning From the Office" August 21, 2015

(Week 436)

This RADIOLA! puts you on hold, but with better music.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Busy signal-cast here. Each RADIOLA! program is sent to listeners on my mailing list (email here).

On this program I mention that I am writing for The American Rag, a monthly publication dedicated to ragtime and early jazz. (Subscribe here to read it--it's print-only.)

Jesse Crawford (Chicago Theatre) - All Alone (1924) - Autograph 4005 A
The Wanderers - Tiger Rag (1935) - HMV JF 26
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Gus C. Edwards and his Orch (Cliff Covert v) - Alabama Stomp (1926) - Victor 20230 B
Bob Haring and his Orch (Arthur Hall v)  From Monday On (1928) - orig Perfect 15004 (Healey)
Dallas String Band - Dallas Rag (1928) - New World NW 235
Nick Lucas - High High High Up In The Hills (1927) - Brunswick 3439 B
Ruth Etting - When You're With Somebody Else (1928) - Columbia 1288 D
Fred Sugar Hall and his Sugar Babies (Arthur Fields v) - I Lift Up My Finger And Say Tweet Tweet (1929) - orig Okeh 41310 (Healey)
Varsity Eight - No-One Knows What It's All About (1924) - orig Cameo 806 (Healey)
Herb Wiedoeft and his Cinderella Roof Orch - Roamin' Around (1925) - orig Brunswick 2893 (Healey)
The Dixie Stompers (Henderson) - I'm Feelin' Devilish (1928) - Harmony 974 H
American Quartet - Mocking Bird Rag (1912) - Victor 17204 B
Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Oh Lady! Lady! (Bolton-Wodehouse-Kern) (1918) - Victor 35672 A
Esther Walker - Whatcha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz? (1920) - Victor 18680 B
Butch Thompson (piano) Eli Newberger (tuba) Jimmy Mazzy (banjo v) - Sweet Music (1999) - The Men They Will Become (Stomp Off CD 1352)
Butch Thompson (piano) Eli Newberger (tuba) Jimmy Mazzy (banjo v) - Everybody Loves My Baby (1999) - The Men They Will Become (Stomp Off CD 1352)
Arthur Pryor's Band - That Flying Rag (1911) - Victor 17021 A
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Russian Rag (1918) - Columbia A2649
Handy's Orch of Memphis - Fuzzy Wuzzy Rag (1917) - Columbia A2421
Ben Bernie and his Orch (Pat Kennedy v) - It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around) (1930) - orig Brunswick 4943 (Healey)
Seger Ellis - Shivery Stomp (1930) - Parlophone R 714
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five - Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929) - Columbia 35879
The Revelers - Blue Shadows (1928) - Victor 21765 B
Bing Crosby with the Mills Bros - Dinah (1932) - Brunswick 1271 A
The Boswell Sisters - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) - Columbia 36520
Clyde McCoy and his Orch -  Roseland Stomp (1936) - Decca 833 B
Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings - Mile-Or-No Bird Rag (1936) - Decca 975 B
Henry Red Allen and his Orch - Algiers Stomp (1936) - Vocalion 3302
Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band - Someday Sweetheart (1939) - Bluebird B 10384 B
Mark Warnow and his Orch (Hit Paraders v) - The Music Goes 'Round And Around (1942) - orig Victor 27868 (Healey)
California Ramblers - Dreaming Of A Castle In The Air (1925) - Columbia 527 D (Healey)

Friday, August 14, 2015

Sisyphus Takes a Holiday; Massive Boulder Destroys Village

No RADIOLA! today. I'll be back on the oblivious treadmill next week. In the meantime, there's this.

Thursday, August 06, 2015

"Underthrow" August 7, 2015

(Week 435)

This RADIOLA! is hardly revolting at all.

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Willie Creager and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Revolutionary Rhythm (1929) - orig Harmony 1006-H (Healey)
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1935) - Bluebird B 10322 A
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Johnny Ringer and his Rosemont Ballroom Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Who's That Knockin' At My Door (1927) - Gennett 6264 A
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - Rhythm of the Day (1925) - Columbia 498 D
International Novelty Orch - Song of the Vagabonds (1925) - Victor 19901 A
Nick Lucas - Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (1926) - Brunswick 3283 A
California Ramblers - Changes (1927) - 1925-1928 (Timeless CBC 1-053) (orig Columbia 1275 D)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jazz Band (Frankie Jaxon v) - My Daddy Rocks Me (1929) - British Rhythm Society 994 (orig Vocalion 1274)
Casino Dance Orch - Canadian Capers (1921) - Pathe 20619
Ray Miller and his Orch - Canary Isle (1922) - Gennett 4859 A
Georgia Melodians - Tea Pot Dome Blues (1924) - Edison 51347 R
Billy Murray - Indianola (1918) - Victor 18474 B
National Quartet - Jubilee Days (1925) - Harmony 40 H
Lewis James - The Ten Commandments of Love (1924) - Victor 19473 B
The Hot Jazz Alliance - After I Say I'm Sorry (2014) - Bandstand Diplomacy (HJA 2015)
The Hot Jazz Alliance - Crazy Rhythm (2014) - Bandstand Diplomacy (HJA 2015)
Violin Solo - The Prelude from The Deluge (Saint-Saƫns) (1905) - American Record Co 031159
Five Birmingham Babies - Hard Hearted Hannah (1924) - Heart Breakin' Baby (Frog DGF58)
Don Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's Vanities Orch (Harold Yates v) - Muddy Water (1927) - Edison 51927 R
 Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Rhythm King (1928) - Brunswick 8242
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - I Wouldn't Change You For the World (1931) - Columbia 2547 D
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - What Is This Thing Called Love (1930) - Victor 22282 A
University Orch (Lanin) (Irving Kaufman v) -  Miss Wonderful (1929) - Gennett 7011
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I Got Rhythm (1931) - Parlophone R 1207
Washboard Rhythm Boys - Tiger Rag (1932) - HMV B 6289
Vernon Geyer - You Turned the Tables on Me (1936) - Bluebird 6652 A
Bunny Berigan and his Boys (Chick Bullock v) - Rhythm Saved The World (1936) - Vocalion 3225
Milt Herth Trio - Rockin' In Rhythm (1938) - Decca 2046 B
Milton Mezz Mezzrow and Orch - Revolutionary Blues (1938) - HMV B 9470
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - 2:19 Blues (1940) - Decca 18090 A
Joseph Robechaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys (Walter Williams v) - Sleep, Come On and Take Me (1933) - Vocalion 2881 B

Friday, July 31, 2015

"Exceeding One's Grasp" July 31, 2015

(Week 434)

This RADIOLA! is not so much about multi-tasking as it is about juggling.

RADIOLA! streams continuously from my Live365 station. Rusty sabre dance-cast here. Each RADIOLA! is sent to subscribers on my mailing list (email here).

On this program I mention that I am writing for The American Rag, a monthly publication dedicated to ragtime and early jazz. (Subscribe here to read it--it's print-only.)

Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four - Aunt Hagar's Children Blues (1921) - Okeh 8011 A
Joe Marsala and his Delta Six - Twelve Bar Stampede (1939) - Decca 18111 A
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Harry Reser's Jazz Pilots (Tom Stacks v) - Pretty Lips (1926) - Okeh 40730 A
Ben Selvin and his Orch - After I Say I'm Sorry (1926) - Vocalion B 15258
Harry Raderman's Dance Orch (Jimmy Kern v) - Halleleujah (1927) - Okeh 40829
Chick Endor - Precious (1926) - Vocalion B 15382
The Record Boys (Al Bernard, Frank Kamplain, and Sam Stept) - When a Kid Who Came from the East Side Found a Sweet Society Rose (1926) - Vocalion B 15265
Evelyn Thompson - Someday Sweetheart (1926) - Vocalion A 1075
Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band - No Wonder I'm Blue (1921) - Okeh 4233 A
The Tennessee Tooters - Deep Elm (1925) - Vocalion A 15109
Night Club Orchestra (Reser) - Ah-Ha! (1925) - Vocalion A 15031
Esther Bigeou (acc bt Ricketts' Stars) - Aggravatin' Papa (1923) - Okeh 8053 A
Richard B Gilbert (Taro Patch accomp) - Because of You (1925) - Okeh 40401 A
Umbrian Glee Club - Rain Song (1926) - Vocalion B 1013
Eli Newberger (piano and tuba) - Prelude in C Sharp Minor (Gershwin) (1985) - Shake It Down (Stomp Off SOS 1109)
The Hot Jazz Alliance - San (2014) - Bandstand Diplomacy (HJA 2015)
Louisiana Five Jazz Orch - Slow and Easy (1919) - Columbia A2949
The Original Memphis Five - That Barking Dog - Woof! Woof! (1922) - Vocalion B 14461
Banjo Bill Bowen (Charles Baumshlag p) - Nifty Notes (1926) - Okeh 40553 A
Jay Richards and his Orch (unk v) - Used To You (1929) - Vocalion B 15812
Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lewis Levin v) - Lucky Me Lovable You (1929) - Victor 22221 A
The High Hatters (Leonard Joy) (Frank Luther v) - I'm In Love With You (1929) - Victor 22141 A
Sophie Tucker (Ted Shapiro p) - ('Cause I Feel) Low Down (1928) - Okeh 41058
The Lonesome Cowboy - Take Care of the Farmer (1930) - Perfect 12616 B
The Piano Twins (Dick Robertson v) - Lazy Day (1932) - Perfect 11334 A
Adrian Schubert and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Sing, You Sinners (1930) - orig Oriole 1883 (Healey)
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch (Kenny Sargent v) - We Were the Best Of Friends (1933) - Brunswick 6708
Ambrose and his Orch - Limehouse Blues (1935) - Decca 660 A
Joe Marsala and his Orch - Bulls Eye (1941) - Decca 3715 A
Casa Loma Orch with Connie Boswell - Washboard Blues (1932) - Brunswick 20108
Jimmy Mazzy (banjo) and Eli Newberger (tuba) - When You Wish Upon a Star (1985) - Shake It Down (Stomp Off SOS 1109)

Friday, July 24, 2015