"(Fed) Up With People" October 31, 2008

(Week 144)

"DJ Hannibal" fills in this week with a humanitarian theme.

Tune in tonight to WHCL at 8 PM Eastern (with streaming HERE). The show should be available this weekend on my Live365 station.

Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly) – Dinner at Eight (1933) – The One and Only Al Bowlly
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – Get Cannibal (1931) – Brunswick 6219 (ToNY)
Whispering Jack Smith – Miss Annabelle Lee (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Smith Ballew and his Orch – You’re Simply Delish (1930) – Venuti & Lang Mosaic Box Set
Arthur Roseberry Kit Kat Band (Len Lees, v) – Nobody’s Fault But Your Own (1929) – UK 78 (ToNY)
Arden-Ohman Orch (Frank Luther, v) – Out of Breath (1930) – Victor 22481
Helen Clark and Franklyn Baur – A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich, and You (1925) – Victor 19903
Art Gillham – I Crave You (1927) – Columbia 1007-D
Bessie Smith – You’ve Got To Give Me Some (1929) – Venuti & Lang Mosaic Box Set
Whoopee Makers – Hungry For Love (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8042
Clevelanders (F. Luther, v) – I’m Thirsty For Kisses, Hungry For Love (1929) – Brunswick 4252
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Low Gravy (1930) – Victor 23334
Jim Jackson – I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop Say (1928) – Good For What Ails You
Clifford Bros – Sal’s Got a Meatskin (1933) – Vocalion 2740 (ToNY)
Blind Boy Fuller – If You See My Pigmeat (1937) – Decca 7330
Broadway Cast of “Threepenny Opera” – Army Song (1954) – MGM LP
Catherine Russell – Kitchen Man (2008) – Sentimental Streak
Eddie Cantor – I’m Hungry For the Beautiful Girls (1922) – Columbia A-3682
Collins and Harlan – The Cannibal King (1917) – A-2441
Frank Crumit (w/Paul Biese Trio) – Chili Bean (1920) – Columbia A-2952
William F. Wirges and his Orch – Afraid of You (1928) – Brunswick 3910
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly, v) – Snowball (1933) – HMV Sessions, Vol. 6
Nick Lucas and his Crooning Troubadors – Lady Play Your Mandolin (1930) – Brunswick 6013
Mills Brothers – The Love Bug Will Bite You (1937) – Decca 1227
Putney Dandridge and his Orch – Dinner For One Please, James (1936) – Vocalion 3189
Lavaida Carter – Jo-Jo The Cannibal Kid (1936) – Harlem Comes to London
Rudy Vallee – Sing For Your Supper (1938) – Decca 2246 B
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – All That Meat and No Potatoes (1941) – Bluebird 11102
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – You’re My Meat (1939) – 7719
Jelly Roll Morton – The Crave (1939) – Commodore 589
Raymond Scott and his New Music – Dinner Music For a Pack of Hungry Cannibals (1937) – Brunswick 8000
Billy Cotton and his Band – For All We Know (1934) – UK 78 (ToNY)

"Unfair and Biased" October 24, 2004

(Week 143)

The special election edition of RADIOLA! Listen tonight at 8 PM Eastern on WHCL (with streaming HERE)--and send all your hate mail to the usual address.

CBS Guy Lombardo Intro and Announcement
William Jennings Bryan – Imperialism (1908)
Band of His Majesty’s Coldstream Guards – Entry of the Gladiators (1930s) – HMV 78
Arden-Ohman Orch – I Am Only Human, After All (1930) – Victor 78 RPM
Vincent Lopez and his Orch – Should I? (1929) – Romeo 1162-A
Chick Bullock – I Know You’re Lying (1932) – Banner 32399
Ford and Glenn – There’s a Little White House (1926) – Columbia 826-D
The Detroiters – Maybe Yes, Maybe No (1928) – Cameo 8149
Duke Ellington and his Orch – Washington Wobble (1927) – Masters of Jazz CD
Irving Kaufman – You Can’t Make a Fool Out of Me (1923) – Vocalion A-14731
Mound City Blue Blowers – You Ain’t Got Nothin’ I Want (1924) – Brunswick 2648-B
Lou Gold (Irving Kaufman, v.) – Song of the Vagabonds (1926) – ToNY
Ruth Etting – I Must Be Dreaming (1928) – UK Columbia 4974
Sid Garry – I’m A Dreamer Aren’t We All? (1929) – Perfect 12573-B
Jack Chapman and his Orch – Dreaming of a Castle in the Air (1925) – Victor 19969
Reinald Werrenrath – Pirate Song (1924) – Victor Red Seal 78
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orch – John Silver (1938) – Decca 1860 B
Lonnie Johnson – Beautiful But Dumb (1931) – Okeh 8898
Ted Weems and his Orch – Siberia (1925) – Victor 78
Eddie Cantor – It Goes Like This (1928) – The Best of Eddie Cantor (BMG)
Jack Miller and the New Englanders – Lies (1931) – Columbia 2572-D
Annette Hanshaw – You Wouldn’t Fool Me, Would You? (1929) – Good News (Happy Days CD)
Cunard Dance Band (Irving Kaufman, v.) – Little White Lies (1930) – Grey Gull 78
Marion Harris – You Do Something To Me (1930) – Brunswick 4806
Guy Lombardo R.C.’ns – My Fate is in Your Hands (1929) – Columbia 2017-D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – That’s My Weakness Now (1928) – Columbia 1444-D
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Undecided (1939) – Fats Waller 1938-1939 (Classics CD)
Bunny Berigan’s Boys (Chick Bullock, v.) – Rhythm Saved the World (1936) – Brunswick 7949
Chick Webb and his Orch (E. Fitzgerald, v.) – Vote For Mr. Rhythm (1936) – Decca 1032 B
Emil Coleman and his Rivera Orch – Let ‘Em Eat Cake (1933) – Columbia 2831-D
Jack Teagarden and his Orch – I Swung the Election (1939) – Columbia 35206
Jack Kaufman – The Pump Song (1926) – Silvertone 3836-B

NO RADIOLA! THIS WEEK

RADIOLA! will not be broadcast this week owing to Fall Break at Hamilton College--or something of the sort. In connection with this matter, I received the following two messages:

October 9, 2008
Hey Guys:
Just to give you a heads-up. Hamilton has fall break next week. There will be no classes on Thursday and Friday and there's a pretty good chance you won't be able to get into the building for your shows (Thurs-Sun).

Jonathan

And then, this:

October 13, 2008
Hey DJs,

We're off the air starting after the last show on tomorrow night (or very early Wednesday morning), and then we're back for the first show on Monday, October 21. If you'll be around and desperately want to have a show, please let me or Jonathan Mead know (rpavach and jmead, respectfully). Community DJs may continue to do their shows as usual.

--Rory


Based on this resounding unanimity, I'm taking the night off. (Speaking respectfully, of course.)

"Infinite Gallodoro" October 10, 2008

(Week 142)


This special RADIOLA! is a tribute to a wonderful man and an incredible musician, Al Gallodoro, who died Saturday, October 4, at the age of 95. Jimmy Dorsey called Al "the best saxophone player who ever lived." Tune in Friday night at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL-FM 88.7, in Clinton, NY, with internet streaming HERE. The Golden Rooster and Basta CDs played on this program are all available from Al's website.

Al Gallodoro (w/Paul Whiteman) – Nola (1946) – “Infinite Gallodoro” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro Quartet – The Nearness of You (2007) – Sept 22, 2007 private recording
Paul Whiteman’s Sax Soctette – Blue Skies (1939) – Hep CD 1082
Al Gallodoro – Sweet Georgia Brown (1969) – “A Moment in Time” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – Body and Soul (2008) – “Performance Place” WAMC-FM
Jill Corey (w/Glenn Osser Orch) – Bye Bye Blues (1957) – “Sometimes I’m Happy” Columbia CL 1095
Al Gallodoro –– Liza (1951) – Saxophone Contrasts “Golden Rooster Records”
Al Gallodoro w/The Beau Hunks – Smoke Rings (1999) – “Out of Nowhere” Basta 30-9092-2
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – Sophisticated Lady (2004) – “Infinite Gallodoro” Golden Rooster
Al Gallodoro – It Had To Be You (2006) – “Dancing on the Air” WAMC-FM
Al Gallodoro and Tucker Antell – Limehouse Blues (2003) – “Sarasota Saxes” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro – The Bee (Francois Schubert) (1947) – “Infinite Gallodoro” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro – Flight of the Bumble Bee (1948) – “Daybreak” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro – Stardust (2003) – “Sarasota Saxes” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro – Tico Tico (1969) – “A Moment in Time” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro – Indian Summer (1951) – “Saxophone Contrasts” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro Quartet – What Is This Thing Called Love (2007) – Sept 22, 2007 private recording
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – Close Your Eyes (2004) – “Infinite Gallodoro” Golden Rooster
Al Gallodoro – Oodles of Noodles (1948) – “The Many Sides of Al Gallodoro” Golden Rooster Records
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – Rhapsody In Blue (1938) – Nostalgia Arts 303 3025
Al Gallodoro Quartet – Cherokee (2007) – Sept 22, 2007 private recording
Al Gallodoro w/The Beau Hunks – The Hour of Parting (1999) – “Out of Nowhere” Basta 30-9092-2
Al Gallodoro – Runnin’ Wild (2006) – “Dancing on the Air” WAMC-FM

AL GALLODORO (1913-2008)

Al Gallodoro passed away last weekend at the age of 95. His prophecy that "I was born with the horns and I will die with the horns" was borne out by the fact that he played brilliantly at the Corning Jazz and Harvest Festival two weeks before he died. When we saw him at the Empire House Restaurant in Gilbertsville this July, he played as beautifully as ever--but he sensed that we would not meet again.

My wife and I knew his health was failing, and on last Friday's show I played his 1969 recording of "Indian Summer." His years spent in Oneonta were an Indian Summer, but they ended all too soon for those who loved him.

I will play a program of Al's music in tribute this Friday, October 10, at 8 PM Eastern on WHCL.

Accompanist/manager JoAnn Chmielowski, pictured with Al in the above photo (taken March 22), wrote a moving tribute you may read on Al's home page.

Here is Al's obituary in the Oneonta Daily Star.

"Depression!" October 3, 2008

(Week 141)

This RADIOLA! concedes that something is really up (or down) with the economy.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern tonight to WHCL (with free streaming HERE). My Live365 station will host the program by this weekend.

Frank Crumit – The Tale of the Ticker (1929) – Bluebird 82876-50958-2
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch – Awful Sad (1928) – Decca GRD 3-640
Ipana Troubadors (W. Robison, v) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Dance, Little Lady (1928) – Retrieval RTR-79011
Ipana Troubadors (Bing Crosby, v) – I’ll Get By (1928) – Sony Music Special Products WK 75004
The Little Ramblers – Fallin’ Down (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-037
Charlie Palloy – Stormy Weather (1933) – The Old Masters mb118
Gertude Lawrence – Poor Little Rich Girl (1925) – Columbia CK57111
Bessie Smith – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (1929) – Charly CDCD1030
The Orginal Jazz Hounds – All I Had is Gone (1927) – Classics 658
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch – Ready For The River (1928) – JSP 926A
Jesse Stone’s Blues Serenaders – Starvation Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-036
Lionel Belasco and his Orch – Depression-pasillo (1932) – Rounder CD 1077
Lord Executor – I Don’t Know How The Young Men Living (1937) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD7004
Louis Armstrong and his Orch – Just a Gigolo (1931) – Columbia CK 48828
Al Gallodoro – Indian Summer (1969) – “A Moment In Time” Golden Rooster Records
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks – Raisin’ the Rent (2005) – “Cotton Club Revisited”
Fannie Brice – Second Hand Rose (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Annette Hanshaw – We Love It (1928) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Eddie Cantor – Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz! (1931) – JASS J-CD-639
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees – Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (1932) – Columbia CK 57712
Ethel Merman – Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor (1936) – Naxos 8.120533
Don Redman and his Orch – Got the Jitters (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Casa Loma Orch – The Dance of the Lame Duck (1932) – Hep CD 1051
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys – I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket (1936) – JAZ 1013
Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Oooh, Boom! (1938) – Hep CD 1084
Harold Arlen (w Arthur Schutt, piano) – Ill Wind (1934) – Living Era CD AJA 5603
Guy Lombardo and his RC’ns – A Cottage For Sale (1930) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
Arden-Ohman and their Orch – Who Cares? (1932) – RCA Victor 09026-63294-2
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch – Rhythm is Our Business (1934) – Proper P1598
Chick Webb and his Orch – If Dreams Come True (1934) – Hep CD 1023
Teddy Wilson and his Orch – The Hour of Parting (1937) – Brunswick 7943