Hot Music and Hotter Weather (June 24, 2005)

(Week 3)

Week three went very well, indeed–I actually had my playlist completed before I walked out the door. Not only that, I played proportionately more 78s than before–and they didn’t sound nearly as scratchy as they did through earphones on my computer. Also, my long-lost friend Dave (now working at the college) stopped by for part of the gig. Dave said I didn’t sound “too nasal.” (Thanks, Dave!) Not a bad little two-hour excursion, even if the heat was getting to me.

Here ‘tis:

Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh Ho! – Charles W, Hamp – Columbia 78
Afraid of You – William F. Wirges and his Orch. – Brunswick 78
Oriental Moonlight – Paul Specht and his Orch. – Columbia 78
We (My Honey and Me) – Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennylvanians – Victor 78
Dynamite – Atilla the Hun – Calypso Breakaway (Rounder CD 1054)
Four Mills Brothers – The Lion – Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder CD 1142)
Sedition Law – King Radio – Calypsos from Trinidad (Folklyric CD 7004)
The New King Porter Stomp – Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – The Fletcher Henderson Story (Columbia Legacy C3K 57576)
I Would Do Anything for You – Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Sing, Sing, Sing (Bluebird 5630-2-RB)
Blue Room – Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall (Columbia G2K 40244)
Sugar Blues – Lillian Harris – Regal 78
Chile Bean – Paul Biese Trio with Frank Crumit – Columbia 78
Mindin’ My Business – The Virginians with Frank Crumit – Victor 78
Snowy Morning Blues – James P. Johnson – Classics 657
There’ll Be Some Changes Made – Eddie Lang – Pioneers of Jazz Guitar (Retrieval RTR 79015)
Maybe – George Gershwin – S’Wonderful (Pro Arte CDD 455)
Blue Turning Grey Over You – Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – Victor 78
Sweet Lorraine – Johnny Johnson’s Statler Pennsylvanians – Victor 78
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders – Victor 78
Big City Blues – Annette Hanshaw – The Girl Next Door (Take Two TT408 CD)
Rainy Days – Boswell Sisters – Air Shots and Rarities (Retrieval RTR 79009)
Who’s That Knockin’ at My Door – Annette Hanshaw – Twenties Sweetheart (Jasmine JASMCD 2542)
Sweetheart of T.K.O. – Oscar “Papa” Celestin – Jazz Oracle BDW 8000
Squeeze Me – Halfway House Orchestra – Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
Forty Second Street – Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Document DOCD 1016
When I’m Cleaning Windows – George Formby – That Ukulele Man (Hallmark 300282)
She’s Wonderful – Harry Shalson – They Called it Crooning (ASV CD AJA 5026)
Midnight, the Stars, and You – Ray Noble with Al Bowlly – “What a Perfect Combination” (Rathbone 0351)
Save Your Sorrow – Ray Miller and his Orch. – Brunswick 78
Drifting and Dreaming – George Olsen and his Music – Victor 78
Dreaming of a Castle in the Air – Jack Chapman and his Orch/ – Victor 78
Sweet Sue – Venuti and Lang – JSP (JSPCD 34082)
Wake Up Chillun, Wake Up – Ray Starita – Best of the British Dance Bands (AVID AVC539)