Friday, July 28, 2006

"Johnson Smith" July 28, 2006

(Week 49)

This is one of those "cryptic-theme" shows that you've come to expect from RADIOLA! Plenty of good music here, despite the conceit being too clever by half.

The fun starts at 7 PM EDT on WHCL--X-Ray specs optional.

Ted Brownagle and his Orch. – The Lovin’ Johnson Rag (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Six Jumping Jacks – The Village Blacksmith Owns the Village Now (1926) – The Old Masters mb120
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Ben Selvin and his Orch. (Smith Ballew, vo.) – Am I Blue? (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Whispering Jack Smith with the Whispering Orch. – Miss Anabelle Lee (1926) – PAST CD 7845
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians – We (1928) – Victor 78 RPM
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Willow Tree (1928) – Classics 689
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Fidgety Feet (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-069
Bennett’s Swamplanders – Big Ben (1930) – Frog DGF32
Kate Smith – Maybe, Who Knows? (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orch. (Monette Moore, vo.) – Don’t You Leave Me Here (1927) – Jazz Archives No. 78
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Hot Cha Medley (1932) – The Old Masters mb102
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys – Love Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (1929)– The Old Masters mb110
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Love Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (1929) – The Old Masters mb108
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Happy Feet (1930) – The Old Masters mb108
Red Norvo – Dance of the Octopus (1933) – Portrait Masters PK 44118
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Hyena Stomp (1927) – JSP CD 324
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – The New Tiger Rag (1932) – JSP CD 3401
Fats Waller – Carolina Shout (1941) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Jimmy Johnson and Clarence Williams – How Could I Be Blue? (1930) – Frog DGF17
Savoy Orpheans – Charleston (1925) – Past CD 7845
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – What Can a Poor Fellow Do? (1927) – Columbia C2K 46177
Charlie Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten – Birmingham Black Bottom (1927) – Jazz Archive No. 78
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Ready Hokum (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Texas Alexander – Work Ox Blues (1928) – Columbia/Legacy CK 47060
Bessie Smith – It Makes My Love Come Down (1929) – Columbia/Legacy Ck 52831
Merline Johnson – Love Shows Weakness (1938) – Columbia/Legacy CK 52831
Arnold Johnson and his Orch. – Hymn to the Sun (Rimsky-Korsakov) (1937) – Circle CCD-20
Arnold Johnson and his Orch. – Copenhagen (1937) – Circle CCD-20
Arnold Johnson and his Orch. – The Bee (Schubert) (1937) – Circle CCD-20
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Orch. – After You’ve Gone (1936) – Giants of Jazz CD 53173
Whispering Jack Smith – Me and My Shadow (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Kate Smith – Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Smith Ballew and his Orch. – To Whom it May Concern (1931) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Betty Boop (Mae Questel) – The Music Goes ‘Round and Around (1936) – Pro Arte CDD 440
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Ice Cream (1928) – Past CD 7845
George Olsen and his Music – Taint No Sin to Dance Around in Your Bones (1929) – Take Two 503CD
Whispering Jack Smith – Glad Rag Doll (1929) – Take Two TT509CD
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Love Letters in the Sand (1931) – Classics 719
Fred Rich and his Orch. – Cheerful Little Earful (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four – Blue Blood Blues (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5061
Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds – What’s the Use of Being Alone (1928) – Classics 658
Jimmy Johnson and his Orch. – Chicago Blues (1928) – Frog DGF38
Blind Willie Johnson – When the War Was On (1929) – Columbia/Legacy CK 47060
Lonnie Johnson – It Feels So Good (1929) – Hold On!
Bessie Smith – Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1927) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Ed Loyd and his Orch. – I May Be Wrong, But I Think You’re Wonderful (1929) – TOM mb110
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Sally of My Dreams (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8004
“Art Jasper and his Orch.” – Swamp Fire (1937) – Circle CCD-20
Pete Johnson – Blues on the Downbeat (1940) – Javelin CWNCD 2008
Pine Top Smith – Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie (1929) – Javelin CWNCD 2008
George Metaxa – Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026

Friday, July 21, 2006

"Summer Smorgasbord" July 21, 2006

(Week 48)

The hot weather demands an array of lighter fare, a musical version of one of those family picnics where everyone brings a variation on three-bean salad. There is no heavy theme to oppress us this week--only cool drinks, badminton, and maybe a song from that crazy aunt of yours who always wanted to sing opera.

The fun begins at 7 PM EDT on WHCL.

McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – I’d Love It (1929) – Giants of Jazz CD 53220
Ted Weems and his Orch. – What a Day! (1929) – Memphis Archive MA 7013
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
The Knickerbockers – Steppin’ in Society (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-089
The Little Ramblers – My Cutey’s Due at Two to Two (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Ray Miller and his Orch. – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041
Annette Hanshaw – Would You Like to Take a Walk (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Mildred Bailey and her Orch. – Slumming on Park Avenue (1937) – Proper Box 57
Duke Ellington and his Orch. (Ivie Anderson, vo.) – Truckin’ (1935) – Sabam Crescendo 7207
The Chocolate Dandies – Stardust (1928) – JSP 918A
Fowler’s Favorites – Hot Strut (1927) – Frog DGF32
Blue Ribbon Syncopators – Scratch (1927) – Frog DGF32
Mantovani and his Orch. – Where Are You? (1937) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Jack Payne and his BBC Dance Orch. – Do Something (1929) – Avid AVC539
Harry Roy and his Orch. – Red Pepper (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5225
John J. Kimmel – Cakewalk (1907) – Archeophone 1001
Florence Foster Jenkins – Der Holle Rache (Queen of the Night) (Mozart) – Membran 222078-205
Bert Williams – O Death, Where is Thy Sting? (1918) – Archeophone 5003
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Jersey Joe (1929) – JSP CD322
New Orleans Bootblacks – Flat Foot (1926) – Giants of Jazz CD 53077
Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers – New Orleans Stomp (1927) – Giants of Jazz CD 53077
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – I’m More Than Satisfied (1928) – Sensation 769 748 026-2
The New York Syncopators – Cobblestones (1927) – The Old Masters mb110
The Knickerbockers – Manhattan (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Cliff Edwards – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Annette Hanshaw – Big City Blues (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Billy Murray and Walter Scanlon – My Wife is On a Diet (1929) – Take Two TT503CD
Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five – What is there to Say? (1935) – Giants of Jazz CD 53272
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang – I’m Living in a Great Big Way (1935) – JSP CD339
Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band – At the Jazz Band Ball (1939) – Giants of Jazz CD 53222
Mildred Bailey and her Alley Cats – Willow Tree (1935) – Proper Box 57
Ethel Waters – Bread and Gravy (1939) – JSP 918D
Ivie Anderson (w/Duke Ellington) – All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (1937) – Sabam Crescendo 7207
Barbara Rosene and her New Yorkers – Get Out and Get Under the Moon (2005) – Stomp Off CD1405
West End Jazz Band – Buffalo Rhythm (2004) – Legacy 2K 104
Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys – I’ve Got a Feelin’ I’m Falling (1929) – The Old Masters mb110
Will Osborne and his Orch. – You’ll Get By (With a Twinkle in Your Eye) (1932) – IAJRC CD 1013
Clyde McCoy and his Drake Hotel Orch. – Tear It Down (1933) – Sony Music Special Products A31939
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – That Too, Do (1930) – Giants of Jazz CD 53293
Count Basie and his Orch. – Pennies From Heaven (1937) – Giants of Jazz CD 53293
Earl Hines and his Orch. – Cavernism (1933) – Portait Masters RK 44119
We Three – Trumpet Sobs (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
California Ramblers – Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now (1925) – Biograph BCD 154 ADD
Jay C. Flippen and his Gang – How Could Red Riding Hood (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
The Tennessee Tooters – Crazy Quilt (1926) – Hep CD 1081
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Hot and Bothered (1928) – Columbia C2K 46177
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – I Got Rhythm (1931) – JSP CD3401
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Two Sleepy People (1938) – JSP 918D
Duke Ellington and his Orch. (Ivie Anderson, vo.) – Jump For Joy (1941) – Sabam Crescendo 7207
Bechet-Spanier Big Four – Sweet Sue, Just You (1940) – Giants of Jazz CD 53222
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

Friday, July 14, 2006

"CHENEYPALOOZA!" July 14, 2006

(Week 47)

UPDATE: Here are photos just taken of Cheney's "Welcoming Committee" in Utica:

In observance of the honor (?) of the Vice President's visit to Utica, NY on Bastille Day (!) I have constructed the following playlist. Whatever its juxtaposition, this music will (mostly) appeal even to the Loyal Oppo. (They may not like some of my French songs. And? So?) The fun begins tonight at 7 PM EDT on WHCL-FM. (No Kool-Aid allowed in the studio!)

The Choir of the Red Army – La Marseillaise (1941) – Columbia 78 RPM
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Billy Murray, vo.) – Ah-Ha! (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Jean Sablon – Prenez Garde au Grande Mechant Loup! (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (1933) – Sony A 23673
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – March of the Hoodlums (1928) – JSP 918 A
Lonnie Johnson – Nothing But a Rat (1939) – Bluebird 07863 66064-2
Carl Kress and Dick McDonough – Chicken a la Swing (1937) – Retrieval RTR 79015
Slim and Slam – Chicken Rhythm (1939) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Germain Sablon – La Chanson du Large (1934) – Swing CDSW 8419
Leon Monosson – Tout le Jour, Tout la Nuit (1935) – Swing CDSW 8419
Maurice Chevalier – Valentine (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Annette Hanshaw – Little White Lies (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Mildred Bailey – Lies (1931) – The Old Masters mb103
Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Orpheans – I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin (1935) – PBXCD 422/3
The Lion – Ba Boo La La (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Atilla the Hun – Dynamite (1937?) – Rounder CD 1054
The Carpal Tunnel Kid – Building 7 on 9/11 (2006) – CD Single
King David’s Jug Band – Tear it Down (1930) – Yazoo 2032
Speckled Red – The Dirty Dozen (1929) – Javelin CWNCD2008
Bob Miller – The Rich Man and the Poor Man (1932) – Bluebird 82876 50958-2
Philip Spitalny and his Orch. – Rippin’ it Off (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
George Hall and his Orch. – Remember My Forgotten Man (1933) – Bluebird 82876 50958-2
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Chick-Chick-Chick-Chick-Chicken (1926) – Memphis Archive MA7013
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band – Krooked Blues (1923) – Jazz Heritage 513282W
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band – Snake Rag (1923) – Jazz Heritage 513282W
The Bourbon Street Stompers – Snake Rag (2003) – Those Struttin’ Syncopators
Damia – La Guinguette a Ferme Ses Volets (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Frehel – Tel Qu’il Est, Il Me Plait (1936) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Ultrafox (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Joe “Wingy” Manone and his Club Royale Orch. – Downright Disgusted (1928) – Classics 774
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Jack Teagarden and his Orch. – I Swung the Election (1939) – Giants of Jazz CD 53287
Moxy Fruvous – The Greatest Man in America (1996) – WEA CD 15223
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Bad Businessman (1996) – Mammoth MR0137-2
Tom Lehrer – We Will All Go Together When We Go (1959) – Rhino R2 72776
Napoleon’s Emperors – Mean to Me (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049 JAZZ
Jimmie Grier and his Orch. (Margaret Lawrence, vo.) – Was That the Human Thing to Do? (1932) – Take Two TT421CD
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. (Kay Weber, vo.) – Nasty Man (1934) – Columbia/Legacy CK48908
Henry Allen and his Orch. – You Might Get Better But You’ll Never Get Well (1930) – Classics 540
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Curse of an Aching Heart (1936) – RCA Victor 07863 66747-2
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You (1931) – JSP 3401
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Smile, Darn Ya, Smile (1931) – The Old Masters mb117
Tommy Dorsey – You Can’t Cheat a Cheater (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Oil Well (1930) – JSPCD 323
Morton Harvey – I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (1915) – Victor 78 RPM
Henry Burr – Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1915) – Victor 78 RPM
Moxy Fruvous – Gulf War Song (1993) – Atlantic 82563-2
Michel Warlop and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1937) – Giants of Jazz CD 53173

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Special RADIOLA! this Friday--Bastile Day/Dick Cheney Extravaganza



This week on Bastile Day (!) Dick Cheney will be visiting my hometown of Utica, NY. You can be sure that I will give him the full RADIOLA! treatment. (Even as I write, a "Shock and Awe" playlist is taking shape in my mind, thoroughly calculated to warm the cockles of his Jarvik.) Also, I'll intersperse plenty of vintage French music in case the joy gets too intense. (You'll want to tell the planes to "stand down" until it's all over.)

The fun starts at 7 PM EDT Friday, July 14, on WHCL-FM 88.7--tune in for many an extraordinary rendition!

Friday, July 07, 2006

"Sweet, Hot, and Sorry" (July 7, 2006)

(Week 46)

Tonight's program features plenty of my favorite hot jazz, leavened with Lombardo and other mellowing agents, and spiced with a strange leitmotiv of remorse. I feel good, but I seldom have feelings that aren't mixed. (I promise that it all ends on a positive note.) Please tune in at 7 PM ET on WHCL-FM 88.7 to find out what this Summer salad consists of.

UPDATE: The program is now up and running on my Live 365 site.

The Boswell Sisters – Was That the Human Thing to Do? (1932) – Collectables Col-CD-6461
Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang – Sorry (1927) – Columbia CK 46175
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Sugar (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Isham Jones and his Orch. – What’s the Use? (1930) – Memphis Archives MA 7014
Larry Abbot and his Orch. – I’m More than Satisfied (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Eddie Condon and his Footwarmers – I’m Sorry I Made You Cry (1928) – Gold Sound DCD-772
McKenzie’s Candy Kids – What Do I Care What Somebody Said? (1927) – Gold Sound DCD-772
Johnnie Miller’s New Orleans Frolickers – Panama (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-001 JAZZ
Josephine Baker – What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry? (1926) – Legacy/Columbia CK 57740
Sophie Tucker – Old King Tut (1923) – Intersound CDC 1012
Isabelle Patricola – Somebody Loves Me (1924) – Take Two TT502CD
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Now That You’re Gone (1931) – Sony Music A 52079
Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers – It’s the Natural Thing to Do (1937) – Sony Music A 52079
Bert Lown and his Orch. – Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (1931) – The Old Masters mb105
Joseph Robichaux & his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Stormy Weather (1933) – Document DOCD1016
King Oliver and his Orch. – Shake It and Break It (1930) – JSPCD 3404
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Just Rite (1928) – Frog DGF29
Annette Hanshaw – In a Great Big Way (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Helen Kane – Get Out and Get Under the Moon (1928) – Intersound CDC 1012
Ethel Merman – You’re a Builder Upper (1934) – Pro Arte CDD 473
Napoleon’s Emperors – Anything (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049 JAZZ
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Manhattan Rag (1929) – The Old Masters mb108
Ben Selvin and his Orch. (Irving Kaufman, vo.) – Mona (1930) – The Old Masters mb116
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) – Columbia CK 46148
Charlie Johnson and his Paradise Orch. – The Boy in The Boat (1928) – Jazz Archives No. 78
Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Futuristic Jungleism (1931) – Hep CD 1008
Bing Crosby – I’m Sorry, Dear (1931) – Columbia CK 44304
Red McKenzie and his Music Box – My Syncopated Melody Man (1927) – Giants of Jazz CD 53173
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Dinah (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Ethel Waters – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1929) – Classics 271
Mae West - They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk (1933) - Columbia/Legacy CK 57711
The Boswell Sisters – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) – Collectables Col-CD-6462
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Who’s Sorry Now? (1929) – Quadromania 222464-444
The Goofus Five – Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Six Jumping Jacks – Lo-Do-De-O (1926) – The Old Masters mb120
King Oliver and his Orch. – Struggle Buggy (1930) – Bluebird 2912-2-RB
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Ring Dem Bells (1930) – Charly CDCD 1156
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Beau Koo Jack (1928) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Shanghai Lil (1933) – Columbia CK 44407
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Puttin’ on the Ritz (1930) – The Old Masters mb119
Ted Lewis and his Orch. – Dip Your Brush in Sunshine (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Decatur Street Tutti (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Rocky Mountain Blues (1927) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57596
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Banjoreno (1926) – Yazoo 2032
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band – Papa’s Got the Jim Jams (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Alex Hill and his Orch. – Toogaloo Shout (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-046
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) – King of Jazz KJ 152 FS