YOWZAH! #10 "Hello, I Must Be Going" August 29, 2007

Hail and farewell!

My 10-week summer stint at WPNR 90.7 FM comes to an end this evening as community broadcasters give way to the students of Utica College. (My Friday night WHCL 88.7 FM show RADIOLA! continues on the air and on-line indefinitely.) At any rate, the YOWZAH! gig was fun, and I may be back for more next summer.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM on WPNR 90.7 FM in Utica, NY for the last YOWZAH! in the current series. The program will be uploaded to my Live365 site within the next week.

For all those who listened (or tried to listen) this year, thanks!

Andy


Groucho Marx and Company – Hooray for Captain Spaulding (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011

Gus Arnheim and his C.G. Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.) – One More Time (1931) – Naxos 8.120697
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, vo.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Col. 1779-D (78)
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Hello! (1930) – Jazz Archives No.26
B.A.Rolfe and his Lucky Strike Orch. – Hello Sweetie (1929) – Diamond Cut DCP 202D
Garland Wilson – Just One of Those Things (1936) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Julia Gerity and her Boys – Sittin’ on a Rubbish Can (1931) – Bluebird 82876 50958-2
Eddie Walters – H’lo Baby (1929) – ABC 838 215-2
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Papa’s Gone Bye-Bye (1930) – JSP918B
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – The Last Time (1927) – Columbia CK 44422
Mound City Blue Blowers – Hello Lola (1929) – Bluebird 9683-2-RB
Philip Spitalny and his Orch. – Hello, Baby (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-072
Bing Crosby – Linger a Little Longer in the Twilight (1932) – Columbia CK44305
Ethel Waters – Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (1931) – Classics 721
The Boswell Sisters – We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
The Goofus Five – Farewell Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-017
The West End Jazz Band – Now That Summer is Gone (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
Bert Lown and his Orch. – Bye Bye Blues (1930) – The Old Masters mb105
Chocolate Dandies – Goodbye Blues (1930) – Proper P1369
Sam Lanin Dance Ensemble – Hello Beautiful (1931) – Rivermont BSW 1143
Nat Shilkret and the V. Orch. (F. Crumit, vo.) – Just a Night for Meditation (1928) – ASV 5002
Annette Hanshaw – Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love (1933) – Sounds of Yester Year DSOY614
George Olsen and his Music. – Doin’ the Raccoon (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Roses of Yesterday (1928) – Collectors’ Choice Music CCM-175-2
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (1927) – Columbia C2K 46177
Blue Steele and his Orch. – Sugar Babe, I’m Leavin (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79006
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Something to Remember You By (1930) – JSP926C
Sophie Tucker – After You’ve Gone (1927) – Take Two TT404CD
The Boswell Sisters – Fare Thee Well, Annabelle (1935) – Retrieval RTR 79009
The Missourians – You’ll Cry For Me But I’ll Be Gone (1929) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Wingy Mannone and his Orch. – I’m Alone Without You (1934) – Tomato R2 70384
Eddie South and his Intl. Orch. – Gotta Go! (1933) – Frog DGF36
Frank Crumit – My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) – Victor 78 RPM
Freddy Martin’s Orch. (Joey Nash, vo.) – The Last Round-Up (1933) – Renovation 7002
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Eadie Was a Lady (1932) – Columbia CK 57712
Guy Lombardo and his R.C. – Going, Going, Gone (1933) – Collectors’ Choice Music CCM-299-2
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Until Today (1936) – Quadromania 222440-444
Golden Gate Orch. – After You’ve Gone (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-090
Bing Crosby – If Ever You Should Need Me (1931) – Master Classics 8070
Leslie Hutchinson (“Hutch”) – No Regrets (1936) – Prism PLATCD 566
King Radio – Old Men Come Back Again (ca. 1938) – Rounder CD 1054
Bix Beiderbecke and his Orch. – I’ll Be a Friend With Pleasure (1930) – Jazz Tribune No.48
Ben Pollack and his Californians – He’s the Last Word (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
Jos. Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – I Would Do Anything For You (1933) – DOCD 1016
Lee Wiley (w/Johnny Green’s Orch.) – Easy Come, Easy Go (1934) – Columbia C2K 52943
Jimmie Rodgers – Any Old Time (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Goodbye Blues (Take 1) (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – When Day Is Done (1927) – Naxos 8-120505
Al Gallodoro (w/The Beau Hunks) – The Hour of Parting (1999) – “Out of Nowhere” Basta 30-9092-2
Eddie Lang – There’ll Be Some Changes Made (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79015
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Blue Prelude (1933) – Hep CD 1083
Irving Mills and his H.T. Gang (H. Carmchael, vo.) – High and Dry (1930) – Sensation 769 748 025-2
Fred Astaire – The Way You Look Tonight (1936) – Naxos 8.120718
Sidney Bechet and his N.O. Feetwarmers – Indian Summer (1940) – Bluebird 2192-2-RB
Lonnie Johnson – The Last Call (1942) – Bluebird 66064-2
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Goodbye (1935) – Bluebird 5630-2-RB
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch. – You Made Me Happy (1930) – Classics 578
Willie Bryant and his Orch. – ‘Long About Midnight (1935) – Timeless CBC 1-054
Ruth Etting – Stay as Sweet as You Are (1934) – Take Two TT403CD
Bing Crosby – Thanks (1933) – Collectables COL-CD-6805
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross – Thanks for the Memory (1938) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509
Al Bowlly – Goodnight, Sweetheart (1931) – Charly CDCD1136
Joe Venuti- Eddie Lang and their All Star Orch. – Farewell Blues (1931) – Decca GRD-609
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941) – Readers’ Digest LP Box Set

"She's Not Bad" August 24, 2007

(Week 90)

My theme-creating brain cells are on vacation this week, so I've compiled this playlist from a number of recently acquired CDs, some old favorites, and one very odd request. It's not a bit bad. Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL.

Don Redman and his Orch – She’s Not Bad (1933) – Hep CD 1004
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – March of the Hoodlums (1929) – Bluebird ND 88333
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D (78 RPM)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lonely Melody (1928) – RCA Jazz Tribune No.48
Broadway Broadcasters – Do Something (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143
Ted Lewis and his Band – San (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Vaughn De Leath – There Ain’t No Sweet Man (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5468
Gracie Fields – I Took My Harp to a Party (1933) – Naxos 8.120503
Leslie Hutchinson (“Hutch”) – All I Do Is Dream of You (1935) – Prism PLATCD 566
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch. – Thick Lip Stomp (-2) (1926) – Frog DGF29
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Hop Off (1928) – Columbia C3K 57596
Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orch. – Stomp Off, Let’s Go (-41) (1926) – Frog DGF 39
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees – Was That the Human Thing to Do? (1932) – Rivermont BSW1144
Annette Hanshaw – Telling it to the Daisies (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Harlan Lattimore and his Connie’s Inn Orch. – I Heard (1932) – Hep CD 1004
Gracie Fields – The Biggest Aspidistra in the World (1938) – Naxos 8.120503
Guy Marks – Loving You Has Made Me Bananas (1968) – Century CD-R 10301
Coleman Hawkins – Lost in a Fog (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-006
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Moon Country (1934) – Bluebird ND 88333
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Wild Party (1934) – Quadromania 222440-444
Jay C. Flippen and his Gang – How Could Red Riding Hood? (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Annette Hanshaw – Would You Like to Take a Walk? (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Leslie Hutchinson – Anything Goes (1935) – Prism PLATCD 566
Lil’s Hot Shots – Georgia Bo Bo (1926) – Frog DGF39
Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers – Weary Blues (1927) Frog DGF39
Harlan Lattimore and his Connie’s Inn Orch. – Reefer Man (1932) – Hep CD 1004
Vaughn DeLeath – Mighty Lak’ a Rose (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5468
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Rockin’ Chair (1929) – Bluebird ND88333
Vincent Lopez and his Orch – Everything’s Made for Love (1927) – ASV CD 5002
Gracie Fields – Home (1932) – Naxos 8.120503
Don Redman and his Orch – Mommy, I Don’t Want to Go to Bed (1933) – Hep CD 1004
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Sweet Sue-Just You (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015

YOWZAH! #9 "1926 through 1929" August 22, 2007

For the penultimate YOWZAH! on WPNR 90.7 FM (Utica College Radio) I decided to celebrate the last four years of the 1920s.

Don Clark and his L.A. Biltmore Hotel Orch. – I’ve Got the Girl (1926) – Naxos 8.120696
Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orch. – Static Strut (1926) – Frog DGF39
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, vo.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Col. 1779-D (78)
Whitey Kaufman and his Orch. – Deep River Blues (1926) – Memphis Archives MA 7004
Goofus Five – Heebie Jeebies (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-017
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Muskrat Ramble (1926) – Columbia CK 44049
Miss Lee Morse – The Little White House (1926) – Jasmine JASCD646
Nick Lucas – How Many Times (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Irving Kaufman – Masculine Women-Feminine Men (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Dinah (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-084
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – The Chant (1926) – JSP CD321
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – The Stampede (1926) – Columbia C3K 57596
Gertrude Lawrence – Do Do Do (1926) – RCA Victor 09026 63294 2
Ethel Waters – I’m Comin’ Virginia (1926) – Classics 688
Sophie Tucker (w/Ted Lewis) – Some of These Days (1926) – Take Two TT404CD
Tennessee Tooters – Crazy Quilt (1926) – Hep CD 1081
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Bugle Call Rag (1927) – Quadromania 222464 444
Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers – Melancholy (1927) – Frog DGF39
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Under the Moon (1927) – Sensation 769748026 2
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch. – Papa’s Got the Jim-Jams (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Scrappy Lambert – Me and My Shadow (1927) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Annette Hanshaw – Who That Knocking at My Door? (1927) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Vaughn DeLeath – Blue Skies (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5468
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Just a Memory (1927) – Naxos 8.120628
Traymore Orch. (Duke Ellington) – Soliloquy (1927) – Decca GRD-3-640
Eddie South and his Alabamians – La Rosita (#2) (1927) – Frog DGF36
Johnny Marvin – I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me (1927) – Take Two TT509CD
Kate Smith – Clementine (From New Orleans) (1927) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Jane Green – I’m Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Bix Beiderbecke – In a Mist (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
McKenzie’s Candy Kids – What Do I Care What Somebody Said? (1927) – Gold Sound DCD 772-2
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Ostrich Walk (1927) – CK 45450
Benny Goodman’s Boys – Blue (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5263
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – South (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Carmichael’s Collegians – Walkin’ the Dog (1928) – JSP918A
Helen Kane – I Wanna Be Loved By You (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Al Jolson – There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Frank Crumit – The Song of the Prune (1928) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Mills’ Merry Makers – Stardust (1928) – JSP918A
Jesse Stafford and his Orch. – A Precious Little Thing Called Love (18) (1928) – TOM mb122
Ted Weems and his Orch. – You’re The Cream in My Coffee (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5029
Emmett Miller – Anytime (1928) – Columbia CK 66999
Mona Motor Oil Twins – Etiquette Blues (II 14) (1928) – Take Two TT503CD
Whispering Jack Smith – Miss Annabelle Lee (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Persian Rug (1928) – JSP927C
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Sugar (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Carroll Dickerson’s Orch. – Symphonic Raps (1928) – C4K 57176
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Four or Five Times (1928) – RCA 09026 68734 2
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Decatur Street Tutti (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees – Makin’ Whoopee (1929) – Pro Arte CDD 484
Eddie’s Hot Shots – I’m Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee (1929) – Gold Sound DCD 772-2
Fats Waller and his Buddies – Minor Drag (1929) – JSP928A
Ed Lowry – Mama’s Gone Young–Papa’s Gone Old (II 18) (1929) – Take Two TT503CD
Charles King – Broadway Melody (1929) – PAST CD 7845
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (w/Duke Ellington) – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) – Decca GRD-3-640
Napoleon’s Emperors – Anything (1929) – Jazz Archives No.28
Leo Reisman and his Orch. – Liza (1929) – RCA 09026 63294 2
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – That Rhythm Man (1929) – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Leslie Hutchinson – What Is This Called Love? (1929) – Prism PLATCD 566
Franklin Baur – With a Song in My Heart (1929) – Take Two TT502CD
Chick Endor – Sunny Side Up (1929) – Take Two TT509CD
King Oliver and his Orch. – West End Blues (1929) – JSPCD 3404
The Missourians – Ozark Mountain Blues (#5) (1929) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Ben Bernie – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941) – Reader’s Digest LP Box Set Compilation

"Chores" August 17, 2007

(Week 89)

This RADIOLA! is dedicated to all those little things we do (for whatever reasons) that seem like work. Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL 88.7 FM.

Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Lazy Bones (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang – Doin’ Things (1928) – RCA Victor 09026-68734-2
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D (78 RPM)
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – I’ve Got to Get Up and Go to Work (1933) – Jass J-CD-639
Annette Hanshaw – When I Am Housekeeping for You – “Annette Hanshaw vol. 7" Sensation CD
Miss Lee Morse – Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love (1930) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Leon Nash and his Orch. (Charlie Palloy, vo.) – Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ for Baby (1933) – TOM mb118
Texas Alexander (w/Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson) – Work Ox Blues (1929) – Columbia CK 47060
George Formby – When I’m Cleaning Windows (1936) – Hallmark 300282
Sam Lanin and his Orch. – Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon (1927) – Rivermont BSW-1143
Ed Lang and his Orch. – Walkin’ the Dog (1929) – JSPCD 918B
Bernie Stevens and his Orch. – Wipin’ the Pan (1928) – Diamond Cut DCP 202-D
Mildred Bailey (w/ Ed Lang’s Orch.) – I Like to Do Things For You (1929) – TOM mb103
Lily Morris – Only a Working Man (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
The Travelers – I Can Make Most Anything But I Can’t Make a Man (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Washboard Blues (1927) – Naxos 8.120520
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (1929) – Classics 661
Edna Winston – Pail in My Hand (1926) – Yazoo 2025
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Washing Dishes with My Sweetie (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5029
The Roving Romeos (Reser) – If My Baby Cooks as Good as She Looks (I 17) (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Eddie Walters – Makin’ Whoopee (1929) (II 8)– Take Two TT502CD
Sophie Tucker – You’ve Got to See Mamma Ev’ry Night (1923) – Take Two TT404CD
Bessie Smith – Do Your Duty (1933) – Charly CDCD 1030
Bing Crosby – Try a Little Tenderness (1933) – Columbia CK 44305
Lonnie Johnson – Lazy Woman Blues (1941) – Bluebird 07863-66064-2
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid (1934) – JSP928C
Eddie Condon and his Orch. – Home Cooking (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-050
Ethel Waters – My Handy Man (1928) – Classics 688
Lil Johnson – My Stove’s In Good Condition (1936) – Columbia CK 46783
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – I’m Doin’ What I’m Doin’ For Love (1929) – JSP926B
Ted Lewis and his Band – Dip Your Brush in Sunshine (1931) – Retrieval RTR 79014
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Sweet Sue-Just You (1933) – RCA 09026-68682-2

YOWZAH! #8 "Ain't We Got Fun?" August 15, 2007

I decided to do a "light" show after going through the wringer of emotional catharsis with "The Voyage of Life" program. It was a fun, frothy playlist--except for part one of the 1938 Christmas Concert by Paul Whiteman, which seemed to drag a bit. For that reason, I'm omitting the concert from my Live365 upload, though I may include it in my archives later. It's excellent music, but it really takes itself too seriously--unlike everything else I played that night. 20s and 30s music was generally un-selfconscious, and was serious without being solemn.

There are going to be two more YOWZAH! programs before the students return to class at Utica College. Since WPNR is the student station, it's only right that we community broadcasters hit the road until next June. RADIOLA! will continue as ever, since WHCL at Hamilton College has a year-round community broadcasting policy. It's been a lot of work--but it's been great bringing the music I love to the Utica airwaves.

Harmonizers Quartet – Ain’t We Got Fun (1920) – Take Two TT503CD
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Laughin’ Louie (1933) (II 3)– RCA Victor 09026-68682-2
Ipana Troubadors (Willard Robison, vo.) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Col. 1779-D (78)
Fred Rich and his Orch. – Cheerful Little Earful (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Six Jumping Jacks – Cock-a-Doodle, I’m Off My Noodle (1926) – The Old Masters mb128
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Sugarfoot Strut (1928) – Columbia CK 63851
Jack Teagarden and his Orch. – That’s What I Like About You (1931) – JSP928C
Alice Faye – Nasty Man (1934) – PAST CD 7075
Boswell Sisters – Crazy People (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Dixieland Jug Blowers – House Rent Rag (1926) – Frog DGF6
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Glorianna (1928) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Get Happy (1930) – TOM mb108
Gertrude Lawrence – The Physician (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – I Got a Code in My Dose (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch. – You Might Get Better (1930) – Classics 740
Yacht Club Boys – How Could Red Riding Hood? (II 10) (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Six Jumping Jacks – Gonna Get a Girl (1927) – Take Two TT503CD
Harry Shalson – She’s Wonderful (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys – Louise (1929) – Naxos 8.120696
The Three Keys – Jig Time (1932) – Rivermont BSW 1141
Carroll Dickerson’s Savoyagers – Savoyagers’ Stomp (1928) – Gold Sound DCD 772-2
Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians – Puh-leeze! Mr. Hemingway! (1932) – CCM-299-2
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – The Sheik of Araby (1930) – Decca GRD 609
Annette Hanshaw – In a Great Big Way (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Emmett Miller – Lovesick Blues (1928) – Columbia CK 52831
Mae West – A Guy What Takes His Time (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Doin’ Things (1927) – JSP CD3402
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Goin’ Places (1927) – JSP CD3402
Jesse Stafford and his Orch. I Wanna Go Places and Do Things (21) (1928) – TOM mb122
Lyda Roberti – College Rhythm (1934) – Columbia CK 57711
Six Jumping Jacks – I Love the College Girls (1927) – TOM mb128
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Carnegie Hall Concert, Pt. 1 (12/25/1938) – Nostalgia Arts 303 3025
Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orch. – Chloe (1928) – Naxos 8.120520
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Keep Your Undershirt On (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Just Rite (1928) – Frog DGF 29
Six Jumping Jacks – Lo-Do-De-O (1926) – TOM mb120
Six Jumping Jacks – Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (1927) – TOM mb128
Savoy Orpheans – Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (1927) – Avid AVC 539
Bubbling Over Five – Get Up Off That Jazzophone (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-048
The Lion – Vitalogy (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – The Lonesome Road (1931) – JSP CD3401
Jerry Colonna – On The Road to Mandalay (1938) – Legacy JK 64640
Slim Gaillard and his F.F.F. Boys – Chicken Rhythm (1939) – Classics 724
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (1936) – RCA 07863-66747-2
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch. – Dawn Patrol (1934) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8051
Slim Gaillard and his F.F.F. Boys – Matzoh Balls (1939) – Classics 724
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941)

"Extremities" August 10, 2007

(Week 88)

Here I felt like going to extremes--but only those at hand (and foot). Tune in tonight at 8 PM EDT on WHCL for these finger foods and tootsie rolls:

Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans – From the Top of Your Head (1935) – Avid AVC539
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sugar Foot Stomp (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – JSPCD926B
Charles Creath’s Jazz-O-Maniacs – Butter Finger Blues (1927) – Yazoo 2025
New Orleans Bootblacks – Flat Foot (1926) – Disky DO999872
The Georgia Jumpers – The Big Feet Rag (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8011
Nick Lucas – Tiptoe Through the Tulips (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Whispering Jack Smith – Clap Yo’ Hands (1926) – RCA Victor 09026-63294-2
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Happy Feet (1930) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
The Red Heads – Fallen Arches (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Sam Lanin and his Orch. – Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley! (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – I Lift Up My Finger and I Say “Tweet Tweet” (1929) – TOM mb106
Ethel Waters – Weary Feet (1927) – Classics 688
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Al Bowlly, vo.) – Hold My Hand (1934) – PAST CD 7075
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Hold My Hand (1938) – Buddha 74465996032
Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang – Hot Fingers (1929) – Columbia CK 47060
Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang – A Handful of Riffs (1929) – Columbia CK 47060
Helen Morgan – I’ve Got Sand in My Shoes (1934) – Columbia C2K 52943
Cliff Edwards – I Got Shoes–You Got Shoesies (1935) – Rivermont BSW 1144
Henry Allen-Coleman Hawkins and their Orch. – Swingin’ Along on a Shoe String (1933) – Classics 540
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Kickin’ the Gong Around (1932) – JSPCD 3404
George Formby – With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (1933) – Hallmark 300282
Bessie Smith – Gimme a Pigfoot (1933) – Charly CDCD1030
Bing Crosby – I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (1929) – Sony Special Products W2K 75003
The Boswell Sisters – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6462
Slim and Slam – The Flat Foot Floogie (1938) – Classics 705
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Slue Foot (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8039
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Fidgety Feet (1927) – Quadromania 222440-444
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Foot Scuffle (1933) – Document DOCD 1016
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Fractious Fingering (1936) – RCA Victor 07863 66747-2
Fats Waller – Your Feets too Big (1943) – Archives of Jazz 3801072
Fats Waller – A Handful of Keys (1943) – Archives of Jazz 3801072
Bing Crosby – Sweet Sue-Just You (1932) – Sony Special Products W2K 75003

YOWZAH! #7 "The Voyage of Life" August 8, 2007

This week on YOWZAH! I offer a musical tribute to the four-painting series "The Voyage of Life" completed by Thomas Cole in 1840. The first version of this series hangs in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute in Utica, and is a moving allegory of the sweep of an individual's existence.
I am programming selections that refer to elements within the paintings, the ages they represent, and the theme of rivers generally. Each hour will refer to a different painting and the "age" it represents. Most Uticans have seen the paintings and are familiar with them, but if you'd like to refresh your memory of them, you may do so at this link.

(The paintings reproduced in this link are the second set completed by Cole in 1842, which now hang in the National Gallery of Art.) This show will be uploaded to my Live365 RADIOLA! site (see link below) as soon as I can digitize the recording.

Tune in Wednesday, August 8, at 8 PM to WPNR-FM 90.7 in Utica, NY. The full playlist will be available after the broadcast.


Rudy Vallee and his Conn. Yankees – As Time Goes By (1931) – Sony Special Products A2 23671
George Gershwin – Someone to Watch Over Me (1926) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 433
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Doctor Jazz (1926) – JSPCD321
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Slow River (1927) – Jazz Tribune No. 48
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – My Angel (1928) – Naxos 8.120628
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – I’ve Found a New Baby (1930) – JSPCD3402
Mildred Bailey (w/Paul Whiteman) – ‘Leven Pounds of Heaven (1931) – TOM mb103
Jan Garber and his Orch. (Benny Davis, vo.) – Baby Face (1926) – TOM mb119
Ray Miller and his Orch. – Cradle of Love (1929) – Sunbeam BXCD 13
Miss Lee Morse – Bring Back Those Rock-a-Bye Baby Days (1924) – Jasmine JASCD646
Cliff Edwards – Sweet Child (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Everybody Loves My Baby (1924) – Columbia C3K 57596
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Lazy River (1930) – JSPCD918B
Fred Rich and his Orch. – Baby’s Birthday Party (1930) – TOM mb101
Mae Questel – Animal Crackers in My Soup (1935) – PAST CD 7075
Paul Robeson – Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day (1934) – History of Pop Radio, Vol. 5


Ernest Hare and Billy Jones – In the Little Red Schoolhouse (1922) – Archeophone 9007
The Boswell Sisters – Down the River of Golden Dreams (1930) – Retrieval RTR 79009
Jack Chapman and his Orch. – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Victor (78) 19969
Ethel Waters – We Don’t Need Each Other Anymore (1926) – Classics 688
Thelma Terry and her Playboys – Mama’s Gone, Goodbye (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Imagination (1927) –Quadromania 222464-444
Bing Crosby (w/Guy Lombardo) – Young and Healthy (1932) – Columbia CK44305
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Rollin’ Down The River (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW8026
Irving Mills and his Hotsy-Totsy Gang – Harvey (1929) – Sensation 769 748 025-2
Jesse Stafford and his Orch. – Campus Capers (1928) – TOM mb122
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Dreaming of Tomorrow (1925) – TOM mb111
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Collegiate (1925) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-175-2
The Boswell Sisters – Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (1931) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 550
Gertrude Lawrence – Someone to Watch Over Me (1926) – RCA Victor 89026-63294-2
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Imagination (1932) – Classics 592
Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orch. – The Boy In The Boat (1928) – Jazz Archives No.78


Ruth Etting – Laughing at Life (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Henry Allen-Coleman Hawkins and their Orch. – The River’s Takin’ Care of Me (1933) – Classics 540
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – Let’s Misbehave (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5002
Jimmy Johnson and his Orch. – You’ve Got to be Modernistic (1929) – JSPCD928B
Annette Hanshaw – Big City Blues (1929) – Columbia C2K 52943
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Heartaches (1933) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-174-2
Red Norvo – In a Mist (1933) – Portrait Masters RK 44118
Rudy Vallee and his Conn. Yankees – The Thrill is Gone (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Ruben “River” Reeves and his Tributaries – River Blues (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Solitude (1937) – JSPCD 349
Fred Astaire – Never Gonna Dance (1936) – 8.120718
Hal Kemp and his Orch. (Deane Janis, vo.) – Remember My Forgotten Man (1933) – JASS J-CD-639
The Boswell Sisters – Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Dick Himber and his Essex House Orch. – It Isn’t Fair (1933) – Renovation 7002
Savoy Orpheans – Someone to Watch Over Me (1927) – Conifer CDHD 160
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Trav’lin’ All Alone (1930) – Jazz Archives No.26


Marlow Hardy and his Alabamians – Song of the Bayou (1929) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.) – High Water (1928) – Naxos 8.120520
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – What Can a Poor Fellow Do? (1927) – Columbia C2K 46177
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – The Old Man of the Mountain (1932) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Albert Chevalier – My Old Dutch (1911) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5363
Mildred Bailey and her Orch. – Old Folks (1938) – Proper P1327
Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys – That’s Grandma (1928) – Naxos 8.120696
Fats Waller – Deep River (1939) – QED015
The Lion – Death (1939) – Rounder CD 1141
Art Tatum – Elegie (1940) – Charly CDCD 1065
Annette Hanshaw – The Song is Ended (1927) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Bing Crosby – Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day (1931) – MCS 8070-2
George Olsen and his Music – Beyond the Blue Horizon (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.) – Great Day (1929) – Biograph LP (CDR)
Bert Williams – When I Return (1918) – Archeophone ARCH 5003
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941) – Reader’s Digest LP Box Set

"Contrast in Black and White" August 3, 2007

(Week 87)

I couldn't upload this playlist before the broadcast owing to electrical storms (which play havoc with our DSL connection). I featured selections recorded by both black and white artists, some using the same arrangements, showing the influence--and the genuine respect--going both ways. It was a good show--and it's up on Live365 for the next few weeks.

Jelly Roll Morton Trio – Wolverine Blues (1927) – JSP CD 321
Benny Goodman’s Boys – Wolverine Blues (1928) – Classics 693
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up (1929) – JSP 926B
Europe’s Society Orchestra – Castle House Rag (1914) – Archeophone 1003
Lloyd Finlay and his Orch. – Mysterious Blues (Castle House Rag) (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-033
The Red Heads – Brown Sugar (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Doc Cook’s Dreamland Orch. – Brown Sugar (1926) – Disky DO 999872
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Whiteman Stomp (1927) – C3K 57596
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Whiteman Stomp (1927) – Naxos 8.120628
Ethel Waters – Am I Blue? (1929) – Classics 688
Annette Hanshaw – Am I Blue? (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – If I Could Be With You (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8026
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – If I Could Be With You (1930) – Jazz Archives No. 26
Cornell Smelser and his Orch. – Accordion Joe (1930) – Proper P 1553
The Jungle Band – Accordion Joe (1930) – Proper P 1553
Duke Ellington and his Orch. – Mood Indigo (1930) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 482
Clyde McCoy and his Orch. – Mood Indigo (1931) – Collectors’ Choice – CCM-155-2
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Singin’ the Blues (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Singin’ the Blues (1931) – Sunbeam BX CD 13
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Confessin’ (1930) – JSP CD 3401
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – I’m Confessin’ (1930) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Sleep, Come On and Take Me (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Joseph Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Sleep, Come On and Take Me (1933) – DOCD-1016
Irving Mills and his Hotsy Totsy Gang – St. James Infirmary (1930) – Sensation 769 748 025-2
Harlem Hot Chocolates – St. James Infirmary (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Casa Loma Orch. – Casa Loma Stomp (1930) – Hep CD 1010
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Casa Loma Stomp (1932) – Columbia CK 54143
Don Redman and his Orch. – How’m I Doin? (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – How’m I Doin? (1932) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Blue Room (1934) – Hep CD1083
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Blue Room (1932) – Classics 591
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Sue-Just You (1934) – Hep CD1083

YOWZAH! #6 -- "It's a Great Life!"

I'm sick of people acting like babies and hiding under the bed. Here's a little musical tough love, broadcast on Wednesday, August 1st:

Freddy Martin’s Orch. – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (1933) – Renovation 7002
Maurice Chevalier – It’s a Great Life (If You Don’t Weaken) (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5016
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Doctor Jazz (1926) – JSP CD321
Leroy Tibbs and his Connie’s Inn Orch. – I Got Worry (1928) – Frog DGF32
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Nervous Tension (1930) – Classics 691
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Don’t Jive Me (1928) – Columbia CK 44422
Miss Lee Morse – What Do I Care (What Somebody Said?) (1927) – Jasmine JASCD646
Miss Annette Hanshaw – Ain’t That a Grand a Glorious Feeling? (1927) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – It Ain’t No Fault of Mine (1929) – The Old Masters mb106
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Misery Farm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Mysterious Mose (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5029
Arnold Johnson and his Orch. – Swamp Fire (1937) – Circle CCD-20
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Till Times Get Better (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79013
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – The Way I Feel Today (1929) – JSP928B
Benny Carter and his Orch. – I Never Knew (1933) – Proper P1369
West End Jazz Band – Dardanella (2005) – “Gold Diggers of Broadway” Legacy 2K 106
Al Gallodoro and Tucker Antell (2003) – “Sarasota Saxes” Golden Rooster Records
Helen Kane – Button Up Your Overcoat (1929) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Crosby, vo.) – I’m Afraid of You (1928) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Eddie Cantor with Phil Spitalny’s Music – Cheer Up! Smile! Nerts! (1931) – JASS J-CD-639
Tommy Dorsey – Maybe (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Indian Cradle Song (1930) – JSP CD3401
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Waiting at the End of the Road (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Heebie Jeebies (1925) – Columbia CK 44049
Don Redman and his Orch. – Got the Jitters (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Jangles Nerves (1936) – Quadromania 222440-444
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Have a Little Faith in Me (1929) – CCM-229-2
Fred Astaire – Let’s Face the Music and Dance (1936) – Naxos 8.120718
Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys – The Blackbirds and the Bluebirds (1929) – Sony A-52341
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – How Am I To Know? (1929) – The Old Masters mb108
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – I Heard (1932) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Phil Napoleon and his Orch. – Take Your Finger Out of Your Mouth (1926) – Jazz Archives No.28
West End Jazz Band – Stampede (2003) – “Louder and Funnier” Legacy 2K 103
Various Artists – Saturday Night Swing Club 1st Anniversary Pt.2 (1937) – Memphis Archives MA 7002
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – My Pretty Girl (1989) – Circle CCD-118
Willard Robison – The Devil is Afraid of Music (1926) – Columbia C2K 52942
The Boswell Sisters – Shout, Sister, Shout (1931) – Collectables Col-CD-6461
Harlem Hot Chocolates – Sing You Sinners (1930) – Archeophone 3002
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings – I Can’t Get Started (1936) – Timeless CBC 1-019
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang – Chasing Shadows (1935) – JSPCD339
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Jitterbug (1934) – RCA Jazz Tribune No. 58
Maude Mills (Fats Waller, piano) – Anything That Happens Just Pleases Me (1927) – Classics 674
Ipana Troubadors (Crosby, vo.) – I’ll Get By (1928) – Sony Special Products W2K 75003
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – I’m More Than Satisfied (1928) – Sensation 769 748 026-2
Billie Holiday and her Orch. – One Never Knows, Does One? (1937) – Columbia C3K 47724
Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five – What is There To Say? (1935) – Giants of Jazz CD 53272
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Don’t Let it Bother You (1934) – Bluebird 66618-2
George Formby – It’s Turned Out Nice Again (1939) – Hallmark 300282
Ben Bernie and his Orch. – Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams (1941) – Reader’s Digest LP Box Set