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)