"Last Blast" August 28, 2009

(Week 176)

UPDATE: For a limited time, download this program in 128k here: HOUR 1 and HOUR 2.

This RADIOLA! mourns the end of summer--but is determined to go out swinging.

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

Jay C. Flippen and his Gang – Hello Bluebird! (1926) – Perfect 12308 (Toast of NY)
The Rhythmic Eight – Cornfed (1927) – “Hot British Dance Bands” (Timeless CBC 1-005)
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orch – Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1928) – Collector’s Classics COCD-12
Spike Hughes and his Decca-Dents – Like a Ship Without a Sail (1930) – Vol. 1 (KCM001)
The Chocolate Dandies – Stardust (1928) – Hoagy Carmichael: First of the Singer-Songwriters (JSP)
Ben Bernie and his Orch – Borneo (1928) – Brunswick 3887 (Toast of NY)
Ethel Waters – Heat Wave (1933) – Columbia CK 57711
Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy (Pha Terrell v) – September in the Rain (1938) – Classics 598
Molly Ryan - There's Something in the Air (2008) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG1003)
Earl Burtnett and his LA Biltmore Orch – Turn on the Heat (1929) – Brunswick 4573 (Toast of NY)
Don Voorhees and his Orch (IK) – Clementine (1927) – Columbia 1180-D (Toast of NY)
The Missourians – Ozark Mountain Blues (1929) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Putney Dandridge and his Orch – Why Was I Born? (1936) – Vocalion 3269
Boots and his Buddies (Cora Woods v) – Ain't Misbehavin' (1937) – 1937-1938 (Classics)
Peter Davis' Lindy Hop Heaven – Say it With Your Feet (2002) – “Goin' to Lindy Land” (KMMO102)
Dan Levinson's Canary Cottage Dance Orch – At the Ball, That's All (2004) – Crinoline Days (Stomp Off)
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band – Palesteena (1998) – Salutes the ODJB (Loup-Garous LG1001)
Pierre Lord (w/Quintet of HCF) – Cocktails Pour Deux (1935) – orig Ultraphon AP-1478
Carlos Molina's Tango Orch – La Cumparsita (1930) – “Latin Sounds of the Past” (Take Two)
Jean Sablon & Elaine De Creus – Si, J'aime Suzy (1933) – Rare Django (Disques Swing CDSW 8419)
Al Lentz and his Orch – Who-oo? You-oo, That's Who-oo! (1927) – Columbia 1072-D (Toast of NY)
Johnny Johnson and his Statler PA'ns – We (My Honey and Me) (1927) – Victor 21058 (Toast of NY)
West End Jazz Band – Stockholm Stomp (2008) – “Sunny Side Up” (Rivermont BSW-2208)
Coleman Hawkins (Stanley Black, piano)– Lost in a Fog (1934) – 1934-1937 (Classics)
James P. Johnson – What Is This Thing Called Love? (1930) – “Snowy Morning Blues” (GRP-MCA)
New Orleans Feetwarmers – I Found a New Baby (1932) – Complete Sidney Bechet 1932-1941 (RCA)
Garland Wilson & Nina Mae McKinney – Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day (1932) – Classics CD
Phil Ohman and his Orch – Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails (1935) – Columbia 3077-D (Toast of NY)
Duke Ellington and his Orch – Drop Me Off in Harlem (1933) – orig Brunswick 6527
Steve Washington and his Orch – Blue River (1933) – Benny Goodman 1930-33 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8059)
Slim and Slam – The Lady's In Love With You (1939) – 1938-1939 (Giants of Jazz)
Edgar Hayes and his Orch – In The Mood (1938) – 1938 (Classics) orig Decca 1882 B