A Thorough Shellacking (July 29, 2005)

(Week 8)

This week's program was mostly from 78s--a good portion of which have not been reissued anywhere. For contrast, I played a few numbers by the West End Jazz Band to soothe the ears abraded by all that surface noise.

Victor Light Opera Company – Gems from “No, No, Nanette” – Victor 78
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Charles W. Hamp – Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh Ho! – Columbia 78
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Under the Moon – Victor 78
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – You’re Wonderful – Victor 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – That Certain Party – Victor 78
Irving Kaufman – Oh, Susie Behave – Columbia 78
Cliff Edwards (“Samuel Spencer”) – Where the Lazy Daisies Grow – National Music Lovers 78
Miss Patricola – I’ve Got My Habits On – Victor 78
Adrian Schubert and his Orch. (“Al Alberts”) – Loving You – Cameo 78
Cliquot Club Eskimos – My Sunday Girl – Columbia 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – I Wish’t I Was in Peoria – Victor 78
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok – Still in the 20s (Legacy 2k CD)
Johnny Marvin and Ed Smalle – Blue Skies – Victor 78
Four Aristocrats – I Gotta Get Myself Somebody to Love – Victor 78
Al Jolson and Bing Crosby – The Spaniard that Blighted My Life – Decca 78
Johnny Hamp and his Orchestra – Tomorrow is Another Day – Bluebird 78
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Bluebird 78
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Swamp Fire – Bluebird 78
Johnny Marvin – There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder – Victor 78
Babs and her Brothers – Swing It – Decca 78
Good Old New York – Jelly Roll Morton Seven – General 78
Dennis Scott (organ) with Leah LaBrea (vocal) – I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling – Sweet & Hot Dance Movie Palace Style (Legacy 2k CD)
Wilbur C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band – Rainy Day Blues – Columbia 78
Original Memphis Five – Memphis Glide – Pathe Actuelle 78
California Ramblers (“Golden Gate Orchestra”) – Dustin’ the Donkey – Perfect 78
West End Jazz Band – The Pay-Off – We’re In the 20s (Legacy 2k CD)
Harry Roy and his Orch. – Lullaby of Broadway – Best of the British Dance Bands (Avid CD)
Harry Reser and his Orch. – Our Bungalow of Dreams – Pathe Actuelle 78
Seattle Harmony Kings – How Many Times? – Victor 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – I Wanna Go Where You Go – Victor 78
Ray Starita and his Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up – Best of the British Dance Bands (Avid CD)

A little of everything (July 22, 2005)

(Week 7)

Week seven and still going strong! Here 'tis:

Red McKenzie -- Swing It -- Timeless CD
Earl Hines and his Orch. -- Beau Koo Jack -- Alex Hill, Vol. 2 (Timeless CD)
Dixieland Jug Blowers -- Banjoreno -- "Lousiville Stomp" (Frog CD)
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians -- A Cottage for Sale -- The Best of Guy Lombardo: The Early Years (Collectors' Choice CD)
The West End Jazz Band -- My Cutey's Due at Two to Two Today -- Live at the Blue Lantern on Hudson Lake -- (Legacy 2k 104)
The West End Jazz Band -- Crazy Rhythm -- Movie Palace Style (Legacy 2k 105)
Al Lentz and his Orch. -- Who-oo? You-oo, that's Who-oo! -- Columbia 78
Anonymous Romanian Ocarina Player -- William Tell Overture -- Columbia 78
Charles W. Hamp -- Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh-Ho! -- Columbia 78
Ben Pollack and his Orch. -- Memphis Blues -- Ben Pollack Vol. 1 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. -- Humpty Dumpty -- "Singin' the Blues" (Columbia CD)
Elmer Schoebel and his Friars Society Orch. -- Prince of Wails -- Chicago White Small Bands (Acrobat CD)
Nick Lucas -- My Blue Heaven -- Brunswick 78
"Al Foster" (Sid Garry) -- Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips -- Banner 78
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers -- My Heart's at Ease -- Perfect 78
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers -- We Just Couldn't Say Good-Bye -- Perfect 78
Wilmoth Houdini -- War Declaration -- Calypso Pioneers (Rounder CD)
The Executor -- My Reply to Houdini -- Calypso Pioneers (Rounder CD)
George Clark -- Walter Winchell -- Calypso Calaloo (Rounder CD)
Phil Spitalny's Music -- The One I Love Can't Be Bothered With Me -- Victor 78
Horace Heidt and his Orch. -- Hello Cutie -- Victor 78
Don Bestor and his Orch. -- Charleston Baby of Mine -- Victor 78
Annette Hanshaw -- If You Want the Rainbow, You Must Have the Rain -- Sensation CD
Mildred Bailey -- Trav'lin' All Alone -- The Old Masters CD
Teddy Wilson and his Orch. (Billie Holiday vocal) -- These 'n' That 'n' Those -- Columbia CD
Lionel Hampton and his Orch -- Judy -- Classics CD
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys -- I Would Do Anything For You -- Document CD
Henry Burr -- Stay Down Here Where You Belong -- Victor 78
Morton Harvey -- I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier -- Victor 78
Peerless Quartet with Billy Murray -- My Dream of the Big Parade -- Victor 78
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five -- Muggles -- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Columbia CD set)
Henry "Red" Allen and his New York Orch. -- You Might Get Better, But You'll Never Get Well -- Classics CD
Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orch. -- I Know that You Know -- King Jazz CD
Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and his Orch. -- Dinner at Eight -- "What a Perfect Combination" Rathbone CD
Richard Tauber -- Indian Summer -- Master Sound CD
George Metaxa -- Sweet Sue -- They Called it Crooning (ASV CD)
Ray Starita (Betty Bolton, vocal) --Wake Up, Chill'un, Wake Up -- Best of the British Dance Bands (AVID CD)

A Tribute to Dorothy Fields (July 15, 2005)

(Week 6)

This was a particularly good program. It's up on Live 365 right now, along with an extra hour that I hadn't even planned on. Here are the two planned hours, containing a good chunk of Dorothy Fields material, since the show took place on her centenary:

Hal Kemp (Skinnay Ennis vocal) -- Happy Times -- Brunswick 78
Charles W. Hamp -- Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh Ho! (THEME) -- Colmubia 78
Waring's Pennsylvanians -- Collegiana -- The Roaring Twenties (Flapper CD)
Ben Pollack and his Orch. (as "Louisville Rhythm Kings") -- In a Great Big Way -- Ben Pollack Vol. 2 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Casa Loma Orch. -- Exactly Like You -- Casa Loma Stomp (HEP CD)
The Lion and Atilla the Hun -- Guests of Rudy Vallee -- Calypso Breakaway (Rounder CD)
The Tiger -- Money is King -- Calypsos from Trindad (Folklyric CD)
Wilmoth Houdini -- Song No. 99 -- Poor But Ambitious (Folklyric CD)
Annette Hanshaw -- I Can't Give You Anything But Love -- The Girl Next Door (Take Two CD)
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys -- I Must Have that Man -- Columbia 78
The Mills Brothers (with Duke Ellington's Orch.) -- Diga, Diga, Doo -- Four Boys and a Guitar (Columbia Legacy CD)
Lonnie Johnson -- 6/88 Glide -- Steppin' on the Blues (Columbia CD)
Joe Venuti's Blue Four -- Tempo di Modernage -- JSP CD set
Benny Goodman Sextet -- Soft Winds -- Columbia CD
Oliver Cobb -- Cornet Pleadin' Blues -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP)
Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs -- Big Butter and Egg Man -- Wingy Mannone and his Orch. (Classics CD)
Goofus Five -- Heebie Jeebies -- Timeless CD
Lillie Delk Christian -- Baby -- Armstrong & Hines 1928 (Smithsonian LP set)
Charleston Chasers -- Cinderella Brown -- ASV CD
Louis Armstrong -- Sunny Side of the Street -- Portait of the Artist as a Young Man (Columbia CD set)
Riley Puckett -- In a Little Gypsy Tea Room -- Montgomery Ward 78
Johnny Marvin -- Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon -- Victor 78
"David Harris" (Ernie Hare? Wendell Hall?) -- My Papa Doesn't Two Time No Time -- National Music Lovers 78
Frances Langford -- I'm in the Mood for Love -- Those Were The Days (Columbia CD set)
Billie Holliday -- A Fine Romance -- Giants of Jazz (LP set)
Fred Astaire -- The Way You Look Tonight -- Song and Dance Man (Charly CD)
Chick Bullock -- Should I? -- Perfect 78
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees -- Outside -- Velvet Tone 78
Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orch. -- Sweet Sue -- King Jazz CD
Ray Starita (Betty Bolton vocal) Wake Up, Chill'un, Wake Up -- Best of the British Dance Bands (AVID CD)

Yowzah! (July 8, 2005)

(Week 5)

This radio adventure is turning out much better than I thought it would. I am so used to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, but I haven't stepped on that particular banana peel yet. And now we have Continuous Streaming at Live 365! I am pleasantly astonished. I played an extra impromptu hour Friday (availiable on the web at the above link) but I am too tired (or too lazy) to reconstruct that miscellany. Here is what I played during the two hours of Radiola proper with a slight format difference--artist, then selection, then source (if available)--and no catalogue numbers (you guys gotta meet me halfway here!):

The Chocolate Dandies -- Stardust -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP)
Charles W. Hamp -- Heigh Ho, Ev'rybody (THEME) -- Columbia 78
Ted Weems and his Orch. -- Climbing Up the Ladder of Love -- Marvelous (Memphis Archives CD)
Danny Altier and his Orch. -- I'm Sorry Sally -- The Chicago Hot Bands (Timeless CD)
Frankie Trumbauer and his Orch. (Irving Kaufman, vocal) -- I'm Wondering Who -- Bix Beiderbecke Vol. 1 (Columbia CD)
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake -- Crazy Blues -- Regal 78
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra -- Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now -- Brunswick 78
The Dixie Stompers (Fletcher Henderson) -- Alabama Stomp -- Harmony 78
Wilmoth Houdini -- Sweet Like a Honey Bee -- Poor But Ambitious (Folklyric CD)
The Lion and Atilla the Hun -- Modern Times -- Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder CD)
King Radio -- It's the Rhythm We Want -- Calypso Carnival (Rounder CD)
Ted Lewis and his Jazz Band -- Lonesome Road -- The Jazzworthy Ted Lewis (Retrieval CD)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. -- Lonesome Road -- The Big Band Recordings 1930-1932 (JSP CD set)
Riley Puckett -- When I Grow Too Old to Dream -- Mongomery Wards 78
Fats Waller and his Rhythm -- Jitterbug Waltz -- Bluebird 78
Eliot Everett and his Orch. -- Little Man You've Had a Busy Day -- Bluebird 78
Ethel Waters -- Dinah -- Those Wonderful Thirties (Decca LP set)
Ruth Etting -- Happy Days and Lonely Nights -- Columbia 78
Frances Faye -- No Regrets -- Those Wonderful Thirties (Decca LP set)
Irving Kaufman -- Mr. Jazz Himself -- Columbia 78 (1917)
Bert Lown and his Orch. (Irving Kaufman, vocal) -- Tomorrow's Violets -- Harmony 78
Broadway Bellhops (Irving Kaufman, vocal) -- Under the Moon -- Harmony 78
Lousiana Sugar Babes -- Persian Rug -- Fats and his Buddies (Bluebird CD)
King Oliver and his Orch. -- Stuggle Buggy -- Body and Soul (RCA CD)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. -- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal, You -- The Big Band Recordings 1930-1932 (JSP CD set)
Angelina Marco (Vaughn DeLeath) -- There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight--Rudolph Valentino -- Harmony 78
Aunt Jemima (Tess Gardella) -- Can't Help Lovin' That Man -- Columbia 78
The Revelers -- Gems from "Oh, Kay!" -- Victor 12" 78
Mills Brothers -- Sleepy Head -- Four Boys and a Guitar (Columbia Legacy CD)
Eddie Lang -- Perfect -- Pioneers of Jazz Guitar (Retrieval CD)
Bing Crosby -- Sweet Sue -- The Crooner (Columbia CD set)
Ray Starita (Betty Bolton, vocal) -- Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up (CLOSING THEME)-- Best of the British Dance Bands (AVID CD)

(Note: some of the above selections are not available on archive because of minor techical difficulties.)

Radiola archives at Live 365--continuous play at a dial-up friendly bitrate!

This weekend I finally got my studio recordings of Radiola up on the web for the convenience of those who would prefer not to adhere to their computers Friday nights. (Some of you apparently have lives!) It is also a boon for those who have dial up, which chokes on the 40k shoutcast of WHCL. The sound is really not bad at 24 k, either--not bad at all. Here is the deal, all for you at Live 365. Enjoy!

From New York to Chicago (and possibly elsewhere) (July 1, 2005)

(Week 4)

Week four was the best yet, in both terms of host preparedness (!) and in increased listenership. The Midwest is now streaming Radiola, in addition to Toronto and New Jersey. Leah LaBrea of Chicago's West End Jazz Band sent a wonderful note of support. (Visit their site! The WEJB plays the real stuff, and they play it magnificently.)

I want this great music to bring joy to as many people as possible, to Red States, Blue States, Purple States--wherever. Rhythm may not actually save the world, but if we stop beating up on each other long enough to listen, we might ease up and gain a bit of perspective. The music of the 20s and 30s didn't take itself too seriously, never saw itself as anything other than ephemeral, yet still lifts the spirit with its unparalleled cheer and excellence. We could stand a little more of its levity and wit. We can save the world by forgetting ourselves for a cotton-pickin' minute.

The playlist for July 1, 2005:

Gems from "Sunny Side Up" -- Victor Light Opera Company -- Victor 78
Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh Ho! -- Charles W. Hamp -- Columbia 78
Lovey Lee -- Original Memphis Five -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP H-16)
There's Something New 'Bout the Old Moon Tonight -- Dixie Daisies (Dick Morgan, vocal) -- Benny Goodman and the Whoopee Makers (Sunbeam LP SB-114)
Four or Five Times -- Majestic Dance Orchestra (Irving Kaufman, vocal) -- Benny Goodman and the Whoopee Makers (Sunbeam LP SB-114)
Uncle Jo, Gimme Mo' -- Wilmoth Houdini -- Poor But Ambitious (Folklyric CD 7010)
Miss Maria's Advice -- The Tiger -- Calypsos from Trinidad (Rounder CD 7004)
Edward the VIII -- The Caresser -- Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder CD 7114)
Doin' Things -- Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers -- The Jazz Arranger Vol. 1 (Columbia CK45143)
What Can a Poor Fellow Do? -- Duke Ellington -- The Okeh Ellington (C2K 46177)
Moten Swing -- Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra -- Bluebird Sampler (CD 2912-2-RM)
Flying Home -- Benny Goodman Sextet -- Giants of Jazz Benny Gooman (STL-J05)
Rose Room -- Benny Goodman Sextet -- Giants of Jazz The Guitarists (STL-J12)
That Certain Feeling -- Josephine Baker -- Breezin' Along (Columbia Legacy CK57740)
Out Where the Blues Begins -- Mills Musical Clowns (Mildred Roselle, vocal) -- Benny Goodman and the Whoopee Makers (Sumbeam LP SB 114)
Tia Juana Man -- Ada Brown -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP H-16)
Me and the Man in the Moon -- Cliff Edwards -- Ukulele Ike (Sony Special Products CD A 26475)
What is It? -- Bing Crosby, Loyce Whiteman, Gus Arnheim's Orch. -- Echoes from the Cocoanut Grove (Take Two TT 410 CD)
The Peanut Vendor -- Louis Armstrong -- The Big Band Recordings 1930-1932 (JSP CD 3401)
Nashville Nightingale -- Charleston Seven -- Hill and Dale Rarities (LP IAJRC 49)
Feelin' Good -- Piccadilly Players -- Hill and Dale Rarities (LP IAJRC 49)
Symphonic Raps -- Al Lynn's Music Masters -- Hill and Dale Rarities (LP IAJRC 49)
Trav'lin' All Alone -- Ethel Waters -- Classics 721
Little White Lies -- Annette Hanshaw -- Hits of '30 (ASV CD AJA 5195)
Do Something -- Zelma O'Neal -- Flappers, Vamps, and Sweet Young Things (ASV CD AJA 5015)
Sing You Sinners -- Willard Robison and his Little Symphony -- Columbia (?) 78
When I Take My Sugar to Tea -- Harry Reser and his Orch. -- Hit-of-the-Week 78
When the Morning Glories Wake Up in the Morning -- Jacques Renard and his Cocoanut Grove Orch. -- Victor 78
Toogaloo Shout -- Alex Hill -- Ain't it Nice (Timeless CBC 1-050-JAZZ)
Somebody Stole My Gal -- Frankie Franko's Louisianans -- Jazz the World Forgot Vol. 1 (Yazoo 2024)
Si, J'aime Suzy -- Jean Sablon and Elaine De Creus -- Rare Django (Disques Swing CDSW 8419)
Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up -- Ray Starita and his Orch. -- Best of British Dance Bands (AVID AVCD 539)