A Tribute to Glucose (December 2, 2005)

(Week 19)

This Friday's program will be a pancreatic panegyric and an enticement to your musical sweet tooth. I've devoted to the whole shebang to a celebration of "Sugar" (five recordings of four songs by that title) and all manner of variants on the theme. I have decidedly mixed feelings on the topic, but I've decided to confront it squarely, and with extra insulin. To make the show even sweeter, I've included cuts from the new West End Jazz Band album (please scroll down for details!) as well a couple of "jams" from earlier releases. Tune in to WHCL at 8 PM ET and get your just desserts!

Update: this show is now on Live 365. Enjoy!

Alberta Hunter with Fats Waller – Sugar – Bluebird 07863 66065-2
West End Jazz Band – Camel Walk – Legacy 2K 106
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – So Sweet – Classics 641
Doc Cook’s Dreamland Orch. – Brown Sugar – Disky DO 999872
Henry “Red”Allen and his New York Orch. – Sugar Hill Function – Classics 540
Al Bowlly – My Sweet – Rathbone 0351
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – My Sweet – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Piccadilly Revels Band – Ain’t She Sweet – Music & Memories MMD 1007
West End Jazz Band – Down Among the Sugar Cane – Legacy 2k 101
West End Jazz Band – Sugar Babe I’m Leavin’ – Legacy 2K 103
West End Jazz Band – Dardanella – Legacy 2K 106
Al Bernard – Sugar – Brunswick 78
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Sugar – Columbia CK 46175
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sugar – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57596
Wilmoth Houdini – Sweet Like a Honey Bee – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
The Lion – Vitalogy – Rounder CD 1077
Antobal’s Cubans – El Maraquero – Harlequin HQ CD 123
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – My Sweeter than Sweet – The Old Masters mb108
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – My Sweet Tooth Says “I Wanna” – The Old Masters mb102
Clyde McCoy and his Orch. – Sugar Blues – Sony Special Products A2 23671
Musical Stevedores – Honeycomb Harmony – Frog DGF32
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Butterscotch Treat – The Old Masters mb 106
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Clarinet Marmalade – Columbia CK 45450
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Armful O’ Sweetness – Bluebird 08763 66618-2
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Sweetie Pie – Bluebird 08763 66618-2
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Honeysuckle Rose – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Sugar – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sugar Foot Stomp – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Louis Armstong and his Savoy Ballroom Five – Sugar Foot Strut – Columbia CK 63851
The Wolverines – When My Sugar Walks Down the Street – Gold Sound DCD-772
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – She’s Sweeter than Sugar – Classics 549
Fats Waller – Sweet Sue – Stash ST-CD-539