Thursday, July 30, 2009

"No Pigeon Holes" July 31, 2009

(Week 172)

This RADIOLA! can't be categorized. So why even try?

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). It will be uploaded to my Live365 station posthaste.

Chick Bullock - Should I? (1930) - Perfect 12583 (ToNY)
Buck and Bubbles - Sweet Georgia Brown (1936) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Art Landry Orch (“Dinty” Curtis v) - Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Georgia Melodians - I've Found a New Baby (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Abe Lyman and his Orch - Pal of My Lonesome Hours (1926) - Brunswick 3325 (ToNY)
Arthur Fields - Dear Old Southland (1922) - Grey Gull 2091b
Grey Gull studio orch. (Arthur Fields, v) I'm Lost Without You (1928) - Grey Gull 1594
Harmony Dance Orch (Arthur Fields v) Wishing and Waiting (1927) - Grey Gull 1441-b
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Hello! (1930) - 1930-1931 (Classics CD)
Maurice Winnick and his Orch - Indian Love Call - Pennies From Heaven (Disc 2)
Bob Causer’s Cornelians (Paul Small v) - My Silent Love (1932) - Oriole 2486 A
Kitty Gray and her Wampus Cats - Baton Rouge Rag (1937) - Document DOCD 5143
Big Bill Broonzy - Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down (1935) - Bluebird 6230
The Rhythm Rascals (Sam Costa v) - My Sweetie Went Away (1936) - Timeless CBC 1-047
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (1998) - Blue Roses of Far and Near
Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet (Molly Ryan v) - Silhouetted in the Moonlight (2008) - Four on the Floor
Mamie Smith Jazz Hounds - Jazzbo Ball (1921) - Okeh 4295 A
The Cotton Pickers - Prince of Wails (1924) - Timeless CBC 1-029
Eddie Frazier and his Plantation Orch - Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-061
Helen Morgan - It's Home (1934) - Brunswick 7329
George Dewey Washington - High Water (1929) - Columbia 2085 D
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Pent Up In A Penthouse (1939) - Fats Waller Live: A Handful Of Keys
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Chatter-Box (1937) - 1937 Vol 2 Classics
Original Yellow Jackets - Swinging At The Chat And Chew (1937) - The Real Kansas City (Columbia)
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns - Fu Manchu, Why Can’t You Behave? (1935) - Sandy Hook S.H.2023 (LP)
Freddy Gardner - Japanese Sandman - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Willie “The Lion” Smith and his Cubs - Harlem Joys (1935) - Timeless CBC 1-012
Shep Fields’ Rippling Rhythm Orch - Alexander's Ragtime Band (1937) - Bluebird B 7345 B
Fats Waller - My Very Good Friend the Milkman (1935) - Complete Recorded Works Vol 3 (JSP)
Buck and Bubbles - Indiana (1936) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Bert Firman's Quintuplets of Swing - Keep Goin' (1937) - Harlequin HQ CD 118

Friday, July 24, 2009

"Incommunicado" July 24, 2009

(Week 171)

This RADIOLA! asks the musical question "Why must we always communicate?"

Tune in 8 PM Eastern Friday July 24 to WHCL (with direct streaming here). I'll post the program on my Live365 station soon.

Joe Howard - Hello, My Baby/Goodbye My Lady Love (1936) Vocalion 3357
The High Hatters - Web of Love (1929) - Vic 22141 (ToNY)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
The Record Boys (Al Bernard) - Hello! Are You There? Hello! (1926) - Harmony 154 H (ToNY)
Elida Morris and Sam Ash - Hello Frisco (1915) - Columbia A 1801
Billy Murray - Hello, Hawaii, How Are You? (1916) - Victor 19744 A (ToNY)
Bix Beiderbecke Orch - I'll Be A Friend With Pleasure (Take 3) (1930) - Bix Restored Vol 4 (Sunbeam)
Eddie Condon's Footwarmers - Makin' Friends (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-024
George Goebel - A Cowboy's Best Friend Is His Horse (1933) - Conqueror 8157
Joseph A. Phillips - My Lady of the Telephone (1915) - Edison Blue Amberol 2536 cusb-cyl0170d
Eddie Morton - You Ain't Talking To Me (1909) - You Ain’t Talkin’ To Me
Cliff Edwards - I Don't Mind Being All Alone (1926) - Complete Red Nichols (ToNY)
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns - I Wanna Be In Winchell’s Column (1937) - Victor 25709-B
Fats Waller - I Hate To Talk About Myself (1935) - Fats Waller 1935 (Classics)
Alice Faye - Speaking Confidentially (1935) - Alice Faye In Hollywood (1934-1937)
Gene Austin - How I Love Her And She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business (1925) -Victor Electrics (ToNY)
Chris Bouchillon - Let It Alone (1928) - Columbia 15178 D (ToNY)
Marion Harris - Tea For Two (1924) - Brunswick 2747 (ToNY)
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (Joe Sanders v) - Alone At Last (1925) - The Old Masters mb115
Roy Fox and his Band (Al Bowlly v) - When We're Alone (1932) - Whispering (ASV Living Era)
The Masqueraders (Gibbons) - Actions Speak Louder Than Words (1932) - Rare British LPs (ToNY)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Chatterbox (1939) - Bluebird 10528
Fats Waller - You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business (1940) - FW 1940-1943 The Last Years
Wilton Crawley and his Orch - Keep Your Business To Yourself (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8020
The Hot Airmen (Reser) - Chinnin' and Chattin' With May (1930) - Columbia 2175 D (ToNY)
Lee Morse - 'Tain't No Sin (to Dance Around in Your Bones) (1930) - Jasmine JASCD 646/2
Sammy Williams Trio (Mary McHugh v) - All Alone (1938) - Vocalion 4197
Raymond Paige and his Orch - Talkin' To Myself (1934) - Victor 24703 (ToNY)
Washboard Rhythm Kings (Steve Washington v) - Hummin' to Myself (1932) - orig Victor 24065
Carter Family - No Telephone In Heaven (1929) - When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland (orig Vic 40229)
Sid Peltyn and his Orchestra (D Robertson v) - Hell's Bells (1933) - Halloween Stomp (orig Vic 24247)
Walter Huston - Lost in the Stars (1944) - Decca DU 40001

Monday, July 20, 2009

RAY SMITH'S JAZZ DECADES ARCHIVE STREAM NOW AVAILABLE

My friend Chris received this email today, and it's worth posting here:

Dear Friends, Devotees and Dabblers:

The Music of the JAZZ DECADES is now ONLINE, globally, available 24/7, 365. There is no choice or selection of artists, groups or program themes ... simply, a couple hundred hour-long programs (of the 1,828 aired since 1972) on a continuous loop.

WGBH-BOSTON is running preliminary tests now but, if you so desire, you should be able to lock on to it by using the following link.

http://streams.wgbh.org:8010/listen.pls

If you get a "Network Error", click on OK and then click PLAY on your media reader; repeat if necessary.

For those who don't have it, the current JD can heard ONLINE each Sunday, 7:00 PM - EASTERN TIME - ( 00:01 AM GMT) - with the following link:

http://streams.wgbh.org/wgbh.m3u

I'd be interested in any reaction. Be Well...

Ray Smith

Friday, July 17, 2009

"Staycation!" July 17, 2009

(Week 170)

This RADIOLA! risks a charge of recluse endangerment as it celebrates Staying Put.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). The show will be uploaded to Live365 this weekend--I'm not going anywhere.

Judy Garland and Billie Burke - There's No Place Like Home (1939) - Wizard of Oz soundtrack
Henry Burr - Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1915) - Victor 17716
Billy Murray - I Love to Stay at Home (1915) - Victor 17855A (ToNY)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Vincent Lopez Casa Lopez Orch - I'm On My Way Home (1926) - Brunswick 3368-B
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (JS v) - I Want To Go Home (1932) - Coon-Sanders Vol 4 (Victor 22972 B)
Joe Venuti Blue Four - Goin' Home (1928) - Mosaic MD8-213/4
The Revelers - My Ohio Home (1928) - Columbia 1257 D (ToNY)
Gene Austin w Candy & Coco - I'm Coming Home (1930s) - Standard Transcriptions Vol 1 (ToNY)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch- That's My Home (Alt) (1932) - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Eddie Condon Quartet - Indiana (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-024
Duke Ellington - Home Again Blues (1930) - Brunswick 6003
Louisville Rhythm Kings (SB) - Shout Hallelujah! 'Cause I'm Home (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8016
Sophie Tucker - Make Yourself At Home (1931) - Suprbatone 733 Disc 4 (orig. Broadcast 674)
Ruth Etting - Lazy Day (1932) - Conqueror 8042 (ToNY)
Gus Arheim and his Orch (Bing Crosby & Loyce Whiteman v) - Ho Hum (1931) - Renovation 7006
Flanders and Swann - The Sloth (1963) - The Bestiary of Flanders and Swann (Angel 36112)
Martha Wright - The Great Indoors (1955) - “Censored” (Jubilee JGM 1028)
Marion Harris - Homesickness Blues (1920) - Columbia A-2944 (ToNY)
Billy Murray - My Old New Jersey Home (1921) - Victor 18748-B (ToNY)
Porter's Blue Devils - I'm Sitting Pretty In A Pretty Little City (1923) - Gennett 5305B (ToNY)
Jelly Roll Morton Trio - My Little Dixie Home (1929) - Jelly Roll Morton Vol 2 (JSP)
Johnny Johnson - The Grass Grows Greener ('Way Down Home) (1928) - Victor 21276 (ToNY)
Gus Arnheim (Russ Columbo v) - Back in Your Own Back Yard (1928) - Renovation 7006
Mildred Bailey - Home (1931) - The Old Masters mb 103
Bing Crosby - Let's Spend An Evening At Home (1933) - The Chronological Bing Crosby Vol. 14 (Jonzo)
Sophie Tucker - Stay At Home Papa (1934) - Suprbatone 733 - Disc 4 (orig. Parlophone R-1851)
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - Bringing Home The Bacon (1937) - Decca 5334 (ToNY)
Chick Webb - Down Home Rag (1935) - Decca 785 B
Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band - When I Went Back Home (1937) - Decca 1388 (ToNY)
Kate Smith - (In The Gloaming) By The Fireside (1932) - Columbia 2637 D
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Stayin' At Home (1940) - 1940-1943 The Last Years (Disc 1) RCA
Dick Todd and his Orch - Guess I'll Go Back Home This Summer (1939) - Bluebird 10327

Thursday, July 09, 2009

"Timeless Rhythm" July 10, 2009

(Week 169)

This RADIOLA! celebrates a much-loved jazz label and an epoch-making Calypso box set--and throws in a few odd 78s to grout this musical mosaic.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming here). I'll upload the show to my Live365 station shortly thereafter.

Black Prince - I Want a Radio at Home (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD4)
Bill Haid's Cubs - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Broadway 1206 B
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Jackie Taylor Orch (Boswell Sisters v) - We're On The Highway To Heaven (1930) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Boyd Senter and his Senterpedes - Sister Kate (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-032
Fred Elizalde and his Cinderella Roof Orch - That Certain Feeling (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-061
Bob and Alf Pearson - Roll On Mississippi Roll On (1932) - Broadcast Twelve 3072 A
The Executor - My Troubles With Dorothy (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD1)
Gorilla - Appetite (1939) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD8)
Ladd's Black Aces - Shake It And Break It (1921) - Timeless CBC 1-077 CD1
The Cotton Pickers - Jacksonville Gal (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-029
Georgia Melodians - Spanish Shawl (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Carol Wynn (Emil Velaszco) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Just a Night for Meditation (1928) - Diva 2765 G
Frank Black and his Orch - Don't Be Angry With Me (1926) - Brunswick 3338 A
Miami Bell Boys - At Sundown (1927) - Broadway 1074 B
Vick Meyers' Atlanta Melody Artists - Save Your Sorrow (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-060
Vic Meyers' Music - Rose Room (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-060
Eddie Condon and his Footwarmers - I'm Sorry I Made You Cry (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-024
Horace Heidt's Orch - Golden Gate (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orch (Bill Carlsen, director) - Tiger Rag (1927) - Broadway 1140 B
BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Les Allen v) - How Could We Be Wrong ? (1933) - Columbia CB 663
Atilla the Hun - The Banning Of Records (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD2)
Codallo’s Top Hatters Orch - Bastardy (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD1)
Georgia Melodians - Rhythm of the Day (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Vincent Rose and his Montmartre Orch - Helen Gone (1924) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Lada's Louisiana Five - Everybody Stomp (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-061
Boyd Senter (with Eddie Lang g, Jack Russell p) - Eniale Blues (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-032
Willie “The Lion” Smith and his Cubs - The Swampland Is Calling Me (1937) - Timeless CBC 1-012
The Rhythm Rascals - I'm Tickled to Death I'm Me (1936) - Timeless CBC 1-047
Atilla the Hun - The Horrors of War (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD2)
Willie “The Lion” Smith and his Cubs - Peace Brother Peace (1937) - Timeless CBC 1-012
The Caresser - Time For Man To Go Home (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD5)

Friday, July 03, 2009

"Shellac for a Summer Night" July 3, 2009

(Week 168)

This RADIOLA! proffers more rare and delightful selections to enhance a summer evening.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming here). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station soon thereafter.

Goody and his Good Timers (Irving Mills’ Hotsy-Totsy Gang) - Stardust (1928) - Perfect 15084 B
Alfredo Brito and his Siboney Orch - Siboney (1931) - Victor 22685 A
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Here Comes the Sun (1931) - Banner 32035 A
Lee Sims - Some of These Days (1928) - Brunswick 3764 A
Anon. Radiex Orch (Sannella Mosiello) - Old Man Sunshine (1928) - Radiex 1540
George Dewey Washington - Poor Punchinello (1929) - Columbia 1700 D
Vaughn DeLeath - Sometimes I'm Happy (1927) - Brunswick 3608 B
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Cheer Up (Good Times Are Comin') (1930) - Victor 22442 A
Golden Gate Orch (Billy Murray v) - Me and the Man in the Moon (1928) - Diva 2778 G
The Harmonians (Irving Kaufman v) - I'm Afraid of You (1928) - Diva 2626 G
Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds - “U” Need Some Loving Blues (1921) - Okeh 4295 B
Smilin' Tubby Johnson - I'm a Stern Old Batchelor (1927) - Champion 15247 B
Mississippi Music Makers (Haring) (IK) - How About Me (1928) - Pathe Actuelle 36904
Snooks' Memphis Stompers - That's My Desire (1931) - Romeo 1647 A
Jack Hylton and his Orch - Gilbert and Sullivan Medley Pt. 1 (1933) - Decca 15029 A
Jack Hylton and his Orch - Gilbert and Sullivan Medley Pt. 2 (1933) - Decca 15029 B
Fred Van Eps - Omena (Intermezzo) (1913) - Columbia A 1281
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Shake Your Feet (1923) - Edison 51276 R
Eddie Peabody, banjo (Arthur Hall v) - Paddlin' Madelin' Home (1925) - Banner 1647 B
Frank Black and his Orch - The Two of Us (1926) - Brunswick 3338 B
Lyall Bowen and his Philadelphians (Billy Welsh v) - Will You Be Sorry? (1928) - Perfect 14965
Arnold Frank and his Roger's Cafe Orch (Swanny Swenumsen c) - Black Maria (1927) - Okeh 40896
George Dewey Washington - Dreary Night (1929) - Columbia 2085 D
Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - Moonlight Madness (1928) - Brunswick 4043
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Chester Hale v) - Song of the Moonbeams (1929) - Perfect 15197
Glen Gray and his Orch (Casa Loma Orch) - Dardanella (1933) - Victor 24256 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Anything That's Part of You (1934) - Oriole 3002 A
Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - Dixiana Brown (1937) - Bluebird B 7035 A
Victor Young and his Brunswick Orch (DR v) - In the Candlelight (1931) - Brusnwick 6116
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Summer Night (1936) - Victor 25477 A
Frank Luther and his Orch (Joe Green) - Little Man You've Had a Busy Day (1934) - Perfect 15934 A