"It's the Animal in Me" (January 27, 2006)

(Week 26)

This week's theme needs no explanation, and I won't offer any justification. (Why animals? Why not!) Strangely, despite the Demento-esque topic, there is plenty of good jazz to be heard, along with the mandatory novelties. The RADIOLA! "Carnival of the Animals" begins promptly at 8 PM EST on WHCL-FM.

Ethel Merman – It’s the Animal in Me (1935) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 473
Irving Aaronson & his Commanders – I’m Just Wild About Animal Crackers (1926) – Take Two 503CD
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture (pre 1920?) – Columbia 78
Lonnie Johnson – Mean Old Bedbug Blues (1927) – Columbia CK 46221
Wilmoth Houdini – Cousin, Cousin, Scratch So Here For Me (1940) – RCA Camden CAL 360 (LP)
Grupo Nacional – La Cucaracha (1930s) – EPM 995822
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Poor Butterfly (1928) – Quadromania 222464-444
The Six Jumping Jacks – I’m Gonna Let That Bumble Bee Be (1926) – The Old Masters mb120
Blue Steele and his Orch. – Shooin’ Flies (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79006
Memphis Jug Band – Spider’s Nest Blues (1930) – EPM Blues Collection 159622
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels – It’s Tight Like That (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Jerry Drake – Googie and Scogie (2002) – Songs From My Heart
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang – Bull Frog Moan (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band – Snake Rag (1923) – Jazz Heritage 513282W
Eddie Condon and his Orch. – The Eel (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Loose Like a Goose (1929) – Classics 578
Josephine Baker – Hello, Bluebird (1927) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57740
Cliff Edwards – Night Owl (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Chicago Loopers – Three Blind Mice (1927) – Columbia CK 46175
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Weary Weasel (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Benny Goodman’s Boys – Muskrat Scramble (1928) – Classics 693
Frank Crumit – I’m Bettin’ the Roll on Roamer (1930) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Cow Cow Davenport – Cow Cow Blues (1928) – Javelin CWNCD2008
West End Jazz Band – Camel Walk (2005) – "Gold Diggers of Broadway" Legacy 2K 106
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (1933) – Sony Music A2 23671
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Tiger Rag (1930) – JSP CD3401
Cliff Edwards – I’m a Bear in a Lady’s Boudoir (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Kickin’ the Cat (1927) – JSP CD3402
Ed Lang and his Orch. – Walkin’ the Dog (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – My Dog Loves Your Dog (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK 48908
King Radio, The Lion, The Tiger – Monkey (1936) – Rounder CD 1141
Joseph Robichaux & his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – King Kong Stomp (1933) – Document CD 1016
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1938) – Past Perfect 204268-202

REGULAR SEASON BEGINS FRIDAY, JAN 27 @ 8 PM!

RADIOLA! begins the Winter-Spring 2006 season this Friday at 8 PM EST with a two-hour broadcast on WHCL 88.7 FM, Clinton, New York.

The three-hour extravaganza broadcast last week is now up and running on Live365.

The playlist for this week's program is still steeping in my subconscious. Tune in Friday and we'll both be surprised!

"I'm Nobody--Who Are You?" (January 20, 2006)

(Week 25)

This broadcast is dedicated to and features great jazz and hot dance recordings by those who passed through obscurity on their way to oblivion. The name of the bandleader might be known, or perhaps that of the vocalist, but the majority of these musicians remain anonymous. Alternating with the sets of unattributed pieces are songs by known performers about Nobody, Somebody, or Whomever. The star of this presentation (you might say its Lodestar) is the Ocarina soloist we all know and love.

The show begins tonight at 7:00 EST on WHCL-FM 88.7. Here is the tentative playlist:

Bessie Smith – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out – Charly CDCD 1030
Warner’s Seven Aces – Who’d be Blue (1926) – Timeless 1-038 JAZZ
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture (pre-1920?) – Columbia 78
Checker Box Boys – I’m Dreaming Dreams (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Lloyd Turner and his Villa Venice Orch. – My Mama’s in Town (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-041 JAZZ
George Warmack and his Orch. – Shanghai Shuffle (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Fred Norman (Claude Hopkins Orch.) – Somebody Else Not Me (1935) – Hep CD 1049
Josephine Baker – Who? (1926) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57740
The Lion – Four Mills Brothers (1936) – Rounder CD 1142
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Foor-Robinson Carolina Club Orch. – Collegiate (1925)– Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Joseph Gish and his Orch. – Milenberg Joys (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-076
George Gershwin – Someone to Watch Over Me (1926) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 433
Ted Lewis and his Orch. – Somebody Loves You (1932) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Eddie South – Somebody Loves Me (1937) – Classics 707
Ernest Loomis’ Orch. – Sweet Someone (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Zackie Moore’s Illi-Noisy Seven – Blue River (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Aaron Steele and his Orch. – Me (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1924) – Memphis Archives MA7014
McKenzie & Condon’s Chicagoans – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1928) – Gold Sound DCD 772-1
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Nobody’s Sweetheart (1930) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Isa Foster and her Ambassadors – Black and Tan Fantasy (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Slue Foot (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Palledo Orch. Of St. Louis – What-Cha-Call-‘Em Blues (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-036 JAZZ
McKenzie’s Candy Kids – What Do I Care What Somebody Said? (1927) – Gold Sound DCD 772-2
California Ramblers – Guess Who (1929) – Diamond Cut DCP 301D
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – I’m Wondering Who (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Triangle Harmony Boys – Canned Heat Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Blue Grass (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Smyth-West Orch. – You’ve Got Me In The Palm of Your Hand (1932) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Annette Hanshaw – I Gotta Get Somebody to Love (1927) – Jasmine JASCD 2542
Gus Arnheim’s Orch. (Fred Mac Murray, voc.) – All I Want is Just One (1930) – Pro Arte CDD 484
Six Jumping Jacks – Gonna Get a Girl (1927) – TT503CD
Al Handler and his Alamo Café Orch. – Cryin’ For The Moon (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-041 JAZZ
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Me and The Man in The Moon (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Bud Spaight’s Harmony Kings – Good Feeling Blues (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Checker Box Boys – Jealous (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Bill Haid’s Cubs – I’m Walking Between Raindrops (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Doc Wilson and his Orch. – Ooh That Kiss (1932) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Mae West – My Old Flame (1934) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Red McKenzie – I Don’t Know Your Name (1936) – Timeless CBC 1-019 JAZZ
Fats Waller – Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness if I Do – Newsound 2000 nst065
Eddie Miles and his Florentine Orch. – Is It Possible (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Tain’t So Honey Tain’t So (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Lietzke’s Midnight Serenaders – Maybe It’s Love (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Fats Waller (organ) – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1927) – Classics 689
Fats Waller (piano) – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1937) – Bluebird 2482-RB
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – I Ain’t Got Nobody (1935) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Glen Lyte and his Orch. – When I Take My Sugar to Tea (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Isa Foster and her Ambassadors – Lady Be Good (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Michel Warlop – Sweet Sue (1937) – Past Perfect 204283-202

RADIOLA! RETURNS FRIDAY 1/20/06 @ SEVEN PM

This Friday, January 20 at 7 PM, RADIOLA! returns to WHCL-FM 88.7 at Hamilton College in Clinton for THREE hours (as opposed to the usual two) of 1920s and 1930s jazz and pop. A playlist will be posted at this site within 36 hours, and the entire broadcast will be on my Live365 station this weekend. This week's theme: ANONYMITY. (C'mon, it'll be GREAT!)

"Say Si Si" January 13, 2006 INTERNET ONLY

(Week 24)

I've always been one to push more envelopes than the Postal Service. This Live 365 only RADIOLA! is yet another chance I'm taking--that a Latin/Caribbean themed program will appeal to those who listen mainly for classic 20s and 30s jazz and pop. I've always loved the calypso of the 1930s, and Lou Danziger, who listens from California, suggested I delve into some of the delightful early Cuban material that has been reissued. I have included generous portions of both, along with US music that has been inspired and influenced by points South of the border. Enjoy!

Antobal’s Cubans – Para vigo me voy (1936) – Harlequin HQ CD 123
King Radio – Man Smart, Woman Smarter (1936) – Rounder CD 1141
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Eddie South and his Int’l Orch. – Mama, yo quiero una novia (1931) – Frog DGF36
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – The Peanut Vendor (1930) – JSP CD3401
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – Mama Inez (1930) – The Old Masters mb106
The Lion – Love Thy Neighbor – Rounder CD 1054
Atilla the Hun – Freddo (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Felix and his Krazy Kats – Bei Mir Bist du Schoen – Rounder CD 1054
Antobal’s Cubans – Songo Songo (1937) – Harlequin CD 123
Codallo’s Top Hatters Orch. – I Want to Build a Bungalo (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Oscar Aleman and Orch. – Besame Mucho (1943) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Lucille Hegamin – Senorita Mine (1926) – Frog DGF14
John Boles – It Happened in Monterey (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Lonnie Johnson – Got the Blues for Murder Only (1930) – Columbia CK 46221
Orq de Tomas Ponce – Ay, que Victrola! (1916) – Harlequin HQ CD 131
Lionel Belasco and his Orch. – Depression–pasillo (1932) – Rounder CD 1077
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Rumba Negro (1929) – Classics 578
Rico’s Creole Band – Con picante y sin picante (1931) – Harlequin HQ CD 41
Antobal’s Cubans – Mammy Bong (1937) – Harlequin HQ CD 123
Codallo’s Top Hatters Orch. – Tropical Heat–paseo – Rounder CD 1054
The Growler – Calypso Behind the Wall (1938) – Rounder CD 1141
The Caresser – Exploiting (1938) – Rounder CD 1141
King Radio – Sedition Law (1939) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Frank Crumit – A Gay Caballero (1928) – Pro Arte Digital 3407
Frank Crumit – The Return of the Gay Cabellero (1929) – Pro Arte Digital 3407
West End Jazz Band – Hernando’s Hideaway (2004) – Legacy 2K 104
Eddie South and his Int’l Orch. – Se va la vido (1931) – Frog DGF36
Pedro Flores – Tortitas (1936) – Harlequin HQ CD 72
Oscar Aleman – Tico Tico No Fuba (1943) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. – She Went to Havana (1931) – Take Two TT410CD
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – When Yuba Plays the Rumba (1931) – The Old Masters mb102
Irving Mills and his Orch. – Doin’ the Rumba (1931) – Sensation 769 748 025-2
Oscar Aleman – Sweet Sue (1938) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29

First Summer Special Encore -- (January 6, 2006)

(Week 23)

Last Summer, on about the hottest day of the year, I sat in for WHCL World Music host Jonathan Mead ("Anywhere But Here") and went abroad at home, as it were. I hope this rebroadcast (available only on Live 365) makes it seems more like July in January, no matter where you might be:

Jean Sablon – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture (pre-1920?) – Columbia 78
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Dinah (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – My Sweet (1938) – Jazz Archives 45
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Mystery Pacific (1937) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 549
Sam Manning – Sly Mongoose (1925) – Rounder CD 1039
Wilmoth Houdini – No Mo’ Bench and Board (1931) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
The Tiger – The Rats (1936) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Slim and Slam – African Jive (1941) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Oscar Aleman – You Made Me Love You (1944) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Slim and Slam – Matzoh Balls (1939) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Richard Tauber – Indian Love Call (1929) – Gala GL 314
Josephine Baker – J’ai Deux Amours (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Leon Monosson – Night and Day (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Ray Noble and his Orch., Al Bowlly vocal – Time on My Hands (1931) – Classic Popular CDCD 1136
George Formby – It’s Turned Out Nice Again (1939) – Hallmark 300282
Zarah Leander – For det will han sa garna (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Germain Sablon – Chanson du Large (1934) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Harry Roy and his Orch. – Bugle Call Rag (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5225
Nat Gonella and his Georgians – Chicago (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5300
Eddie South and his International Orch. – Hejre Kati (1931) – Classics 707
Lotte Lenya – Alabama Song (1955) – Sony Classical MHK 63222
Marlene Dietrich – Blonde Women (1930?) – Cocktail Hour Double Take CRG 218015
Zarah Leander – My Wife is On a Diet (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Oscar Aleman – Limehouse Blues (1938) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Ultrafox (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Slim and Slam – Lady Be Good (1938) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Lucienne Boyer – Parlez-Moi D’Amour – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Jean Sablon – Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (Life is a Song, 1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Charles Trenet – Boum! (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Petit Mirisha – Vieni, Vieni (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Jean Sablon – The Continental (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Edith Piaf – La Vie en Rose (1946) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Savoy Orpheans – The Blue Room (1927) – Conifer CDHD 160
Noel Coward – Dance, Little Lady (1928) – Flapper PAST CD 7845
Savoy Orpheans – Charleston (1925) – Conifer CDHD 160