"Running a Temperature" July 13, 2007

(Week 84)

The worst effects of the heat wave have eased, locally. Even so, I have some musical commentary on the warm weather, along with a few selections from recently acquired CDs and box sets honoring worthy bandleaders. Tune in tonight at 8 PM EDT on WHCL 88.7 FM (Hamilton College Radio). No sweat (I hope):

Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Running a Temperature (1936) – Proper P1599
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Blazin’ (1928) – The Old Masters mb112
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! – JSP926B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sweet and Hot (1931) – Quadromania 222440-444
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch. – Red Hot Pepper (1928) – JSP CD322
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch. – Red Hot Band (1928) – Decca GRD-3-640
Ben Selvin – Red Hot Mama (1924) – Timeless CBC 1-089
Coon Sanders’ Nighthawks – Flamin’ Mamie (1925) – The Old Masters mb111
Sophie Tucker – I’m the Last of the Red Hot Mammas (1929) – Take Two TT404CD
Louisiana Sugar Babes – ‘Sippi (1928) – JSP 927C
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Henderson Stomp (1926) – JSP927A
Jimmy Johnson Orch. – You’ve Got to Be Modernistic (1929) – JSP928B
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – The Lady With the Fan (1933) – RCA 07863 66496-2
Ross and Sargent – Nellie the Nudist Queen (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1931) – JSPCD3404
Casa Loma Orch. (Mildred Bailey, vo.) – Heat Wave (1933) Proper P1325
Carl Kress and Dick McDonough – Heat Wave (1937) – Retrieval RTR 79015
Barbara Rosene – Moonburn (2005) – Stomp Off CD1405
Jimmy Blythe and his Owls – Hot Stuff (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-015
Casa Loma Orch. – Dust (1930) – Hep CD1010
Lud Gluskin and his Orch. – There’s a Wah-Wah Gal in Agua Caliente (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW8045
Bing Crosby – I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933) – Columbia CK 44306
The Boswell Sisters – Down on the Delta (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Ethel Merman – Red, Hot, and Blue (1936) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
The Chocolate Dandies (Benny Carter) – Blue Interlude (1933) – Proper P1369
Chick Webb and his Orch. – If Dreams Come True (1934) – Chestnut CN1009
Lucky Millinder and his Orch. (Rosetta Tharpe, vo.) – That’s All (1941) – Proper PVCD115
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Hot-Cha Medley (1932) (tr.7) – The Old Masters mb102
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Sizzling One-Step Medley (1932) – The Old Masters mb109
Ruben Reeves and his River Boys – Yellow Fire (1933) – Gold Sound DCD-772-1
Woody Guthrie – Dusty Old Dust (1940) – Bluebird 82876-50958-2
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1938) – Proper P1599