"Lapse Dancing" August 1, 2014

(Week 394)

This RADIOLA! is morally relaxed and ethically limber.

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Les Reis - Positively Absolutely (1927) - Okeh 40804
New Dixie Demons - Was I Drunk? (1936) - Decca 5257 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Paul Whiteman and his Orch - Rhythm Rag (1925) - Victor 19773 B
The Knickerbockers (Selvin) (Johnny Marvin v) - The Kinkajou (1927) - Columbia 893 D
Levee Loungers (Haring) (IK v) - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Perfect 15030
Lowe Stokes and his North Georgians - Take Me To The Land of Jazz (1928) - Columbia 15367 D
Helen Kane - I Want To Be Bad (1929) - Victor 21863 B
Libby Holman - I May Be Wrong (1929) - Brunswick 4506
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Pork and Beans (C. Luckeyth Roberts) (1917) - Columbia A2370
Isham Jones' Orch - Get Lucky (1924) - Brunswick 2678 B
The Arkansaw Travelers - Copenhagen (1924) - Okeh 40236 B
Addy Britt (Arthur Fields) - Where's My Sweetie Hiding? (1924) - Cameo 607
Sally Freeman (Dolly Kay) - I Love My Baby (1926) - Harmony 107 H
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Don't Forget to Mess Around (1926) - Okeh 8343 A
Dalton Ridenhour - The Crave (2012) - Eccentricity (Rivermont BSW 2220)
Bria Skonberg and Jim Fryer's Borderline Jazz Band - Struttin' With Some Barbecue (2007) - Over Easy
Theodore Morse and Abe Frankel - Jazzin' Around (1917) - Pathe 20430 B
Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams p) - Oh Daddy Blues (1923) - Columbia A3888
The Georgians - You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (1923) - Columbia A3857
Van Phillips and his Band (Maurice Elwin, v) - Dancing on the Ceiling (1930) - Columbia CB 172
Dave Harman and his Orch (George Marks v) - Live And Love Tonight (1934) - Bluebird B 5437 B
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Shim Me Sha Wabble (1930) - Brunswick 4885
Russ Columbo - Call Me Darling (1931) - Victor 22861 A
Belle Baker - Overnight (1931) - Brunswick 6051
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Kardos) (Harry Goldfield v) - Pu-leeze Mister Hemingway! (1932) - Melotone 91452 A
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Grinzing (1934) - Victor 24771 B
The Royal Castilians (Terig Tucci) - In The Madness Of The Rhumba (1934) - Perfect 15977 B
The Lion (w Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders) - Netty Netty (1937) - Decca 17297 A
Johnny Green (with Dave Terry) - Medley of Shall We Dance Selections Pt 1 (They All Laughed, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Shall We Dance) (1937) - Brunswick 7892
Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy (Mary Lou Williams p) - Moten Swing (1936) - Decca 3517 B
George Bias - Ain't Mishehavin' (1929) - Columbia 14470 D

"Any Number Can Play" July 25, 2014

(Week 393)

This RADIOLA! is game but not quite gamey.

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Billy Murray - Come On And Play With Me (1919) - Columbia A2836

Ceelle Burke Orch - A Moment in Sorrento (1940) - Decca 3315 A

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Charley Straight and his Orch (Keller Sisters and Lynch v) - Side By Side (1927) - Brunswick 3516 A

Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Hugo, I Go Where You Go (1925) - Columbia 460 D

Colonial Club Orch (Haring) (Dick Robertson v) - Maine Stein Song (1930) - Brunswick 4748

Jack Smith - Then I'll Be Happy (1925) - Victor 19856A

The Singing Sophomores - Chloe (1927) - Columbia 1257 D

Jane Green - Hard To Get Gertie (1926) - Victor 20323 A

Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch - Song of Omar (1920) - Okeh 4092 A

Zez Confrey and his Orch - Are You Playing Fair? (1922) - Victor 18921 B

Charles Dornberger and his Orch - Nobody's Sweetheart (1924) - Victor 19346 B

Billy Jones and Ernie Hare - I Like It (1921) - Okeh 4325 B

Wendell Hall - Comfortin' Gal (1924) - Victor 19270 B

Helen Clark and Lewis James - Tea For Two (1924) - Victor 19463 A

The Singapore Slingers (Matt Tolentino v) - T'ain't No Sin (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)

StephanieTrick - Valentine Stomp (Waller) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC4387)

Arthur Fields - Let's Bury The Hatchet (1918) - Columbia A2617

The Happy Six - Dance-O-Mania (1920) - Columbia A2949

Bob Haring's Velvetone Orch - Sittin' In a Corner (1923) - Cameo 420

Leo Reisman and his Orch (Lew Conrad v) - She's Such a Comfort to Me (1930) - Victor 22282 B

The Waltz Kings (Ken McComber dir) - Wine, Woman and Song [sic] (1934) - Bluebird B 5685 B

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (Wingy Manone v) - Corrine Corrina (1930) - Brunswick 6058

Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys - A Bench in the Park (1930) - Columbia 2223 D

Morton Downey - Two Cigarettes in the Dark (1934) - Rex 8307 A

Steve Washington and his Orch - We Were the Best of Friends (1933) - Benny Goodman (Jazz Oracle BDW 8059)

Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol - I'll Stand By (1936) - Bluebird B 6381 B

Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - If You Ever Should Leave (1937) - Bluebird B 7023 B

Clyde McCoy and his Orch (Wayne Gregg v) - A Lonely Gondolier (theme song) (1938) - Decca 2737 B

Mildred Bailey and her Orch - Loving You (1937) - Vocalion 3758

Ray Noble and his Orch (Howard Phillips v) - You're So Desirable (1938) - Brunswick 8262

Dick Himber and his Essex House Orch (Joey Nash v) - Everything I Have Is Yours (1933) - Complete Vol.1 (Renovation 7002)

A worthy Kickstarter project by Emily Asher merits your support

As you probably know even if you're not a musician, producing an album is an increasingly expensive enterprise. If you play vintage or traditional jazz, the support from the major labels (the ones that still exist, that is) is not forthcoming. Musicians don't delight in going hat-in-hand to their friends and fans but the expense involved requires an infusion of cash. And musicians need current albums to represent their work to those who may otherwise never hear of their music.

Emily Asher is a world-class trombonist who has recorded with the Baby Soda Jazz Band and her own Garden Party. Emily and her band have a new project in the works that merits your support, with a very limited time to achieve a financial goal that will only partially cover basic expenses.

We're living in a day and age where listeners expect music to be free. But new music comes into to the world not only out of the musician's skill and love of creating and playing but also out of pocket and at considerable expense. There will be worthy new music only as long as we support it with our money as well as our kind attention.

"Nowhere But Up" July 18, 2014

(Week 392)

This RADIOLA! has begun to rebound.

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To our great delight, the brand new CD from The Singapore Slingers, The Frank Skinner Project, arrived this week. Matt Tolentino and his dedicated group of time-travelers have created a marvelous album of vintage Skinner arrangements reminiscent of the great Hotel Band sound of the 1920s and 1930s. This is the real music of that era. Congratulations to Matt and the Slingers for getting it right! (To purchase this CD, contact Matt through this page on his website. Or buy a full download of the album from CD Baby here.)

(Cover art by Danielle Bennignus)

Irving and Jack Kaufman - I Ain't'en Got'en No Time To Have the Blues (1919) - Columbia A 2745

Ben Pollack and his Orch - I'm Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (1938) - Decca 2057 B

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orch (Radio Franks v) - Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) - Vocalion B 15333

Don Voorhees and his Orch - Soliloquy (1927) - Columbia 1129 D

Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (F Baur v) - I Haven't Told Her She Hasn't Told Me (1927) - Victor 20823 B

Kitty O'Connor - I'm Walkin' On Air (1927) - Columbia 1174 D

The Revelers - Blue Shadows (1928) - Victor 21765 B

Johnny Marvin - Old Man Sunshine (1928) - Victor 21609 A

Jockers' Dance Orch - Yama Yama Blues (Intro You're Some Pretty Doll) (1919) - Columbia A 2741

The Cotton Pickers - Got To Cool My Doggies Now (1922) - Brunswick 2338 B

The Georgians (Johnny Morris v) - Let's Do It (1928) - Static Strut (Rivermont BSW 1162)

Palmetto Jazz Quartette - Home Again Blues (1921) - Okeh 8023 A

Shelton Brooks - It Takes Money to Cure the Blues (1923) - Okeh 4823 A

Miss Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys - Yes, Sir, That's My Baby (1925) - Perfect 11580

The Singapore Slingers (Matt Tolentino v) - Breezin' Along With the Breeze (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)

The Singapore Slingers (Matt Tolentino v) - My Cutie's Due at Two-to-Two Today (2014) - The Frank Skinner Project (buy a full download here)

Ada Jones - That Dreamy Barcarolle Tune (1910) - Victor 16682 B

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Sari (Cushing-Heath-Kalman) (1914) - Victor 35365 B

Victor Military Band - Ha-Za-Za (from Sari) (Kalman) (1914) - orig Victor 17559 (LoC)

Oceanic Dance Orch - A Cottage For Sale (1930) - Madison 5058 A

Bob Effros (Frank Signorelli p) - Sweet & Hot (Mosiello) (1929) - Brunswick 4620

Louis Armstrong and his Orch - I Got Rhythm (1931) - Parlophone R 1207

Jack Miller - Should I (1930) - Harmony 1115 H

Bessie Smith - Keep It To Yourself (1930) - Any Woman's Blues (Columbia G 30126 LP)

Wingy Mannone and his Orch - Shake That Thing (1930) - Champion 40054 B

Smith Ballew and his Orch - Gigolette (1934) - Oriole 3037 B

Isham Jones' Juniors (Virginia Verrill v) - Tormented (1935) - Decca 770 A

Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings - Moon Rose (1936) - Decca 734 B

Clyde McCoy and his Orch (Wayne Gregg v) - The Gypsy in My Soul (1938) - Decca 1766 A

The Caresser - The More They Try to Do Me Bad (1938) - Calypso Breakway1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)

Richard Himber and His Orchestra (Joey Nash v) - Tea For Two (1934) - Complete Vol.2 (Renovation 7007)

"Time Past in a Teapot" July 11, 2014

(Week 391)

This RADIOLA! is tapping the barometer (among other things).

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The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) - If I Get a Sweetie Now (1926) - Columbia 972 D

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Speaking of the Weather (1936) - Melotone 7-01-04

Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D

George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey v) - I've Got the Girl (1926) - Victor 20359 B

Seattle Harmony Kings - Breezin' Along With the Breeze (1926) - Victor 20142 A

Fred Hamm and his Orch - Sugar Foot Stomp (1925) - Victor 20023 A

Gene Austin (Dave Franklin p May Singhi Breen uke) - Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue (1925) - Victor 19899 B

Lee Morse - Side By Side (1927) - Columbia 974 D

Jessica Dragonette - Italian Street Song (from Naughty Marietta) (Young-Herbert) (1929) - Brunswick 7444

Okeh Syncopators (Reser) - The Black Sheep Blues (1923) - Okeh 4978 A

Dixie Daisies - Bees Knees (1923) - Cameo 312

Consolidated Club Orch (Specht) - Static Strut (1926) - Static Strut (Rivermont BSW 1162)

Irving Kaufman - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar (1919) - Emerson 9184

Ernest Hare - Oh Brother, What a Feelin'! (1921) - Okeh 4422 B

Carolina Club Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Guess Who? (1929) - Static Strut (Rivermont BSW 1162)

Stephanie Trick - Keep Your Temper (Smith, arr. Lambert and Mazetier) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC 4387)

The Fat Babies - Oh Baby (2013) - 18th and Racine (Delmark DE 255)

Ragtime Jazz Band with Carling's Family - Bix Stomp (Dymitr Markiewicz) (2009) - Coco 51

William H. Reitz - Buffalo News March (Lampe) (1913) - Victor 17357 A

Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Robin Hood Pt 2 (Smith-DeKoven) (1921) - Victor 35413 B

Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Clarinet Marmalade Blues (1918) - Victor 18513 B

Wayne King and his Orch (Burke Bivens v) - Swamp Ghosts (1930) - Victor 22600 B

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (CL v) - 'Twas Only a Summer Night's Dream (1932) - Brunswick 6390

Arthur Lally and the Million Airs - Sing a Little Jingle (1931) - Decca F 2612

Russ Columbo - Paradise (1932) - Victor 22976 A

Ruth Etting - Lazy Day (1932) - Conqueror 8042

The Melotone Boys (Joe and Dan Mooney) - Mary Jane (1931) - Melotone M 12159

Garland Wilson - China Boy (1933) - Brunswick 01692 B (UK)

Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch - Corrine Corrina (1934) - Brunswick 7427

Milt Herth Trio (O'Neil Spencer v) - The Campbells Are Swinging (1938) - Decca 1736 B

Sterling Young and his Orch (Billy Mozet v) - Top of the Town (1936) - Melotone 7-01-12

Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Bojangles of Harlem (1936) - Melotone 6-10-11

Connie Boswell (w Bob Crosby's Bob Cats) - Gypsy Love Song (from The Fortune Teller) (Smith-Herbert) (1937) - Decca 1678 A

"In Gratitude" July 4, 2014

(Week 390)

This RADIOLA! approaches being thankful.

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Irving Kaufman - Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You (1915) - Victor 17942 B
Mound City Blue Blowers - High Society (1935) - Decca F 7808 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - from Columbia 1779 D
Ross Gorman and his Earl Carroll Orch - Somebody's Crazy About You (1925) - Columbia 459 D
Original Washboard Beaters (Clarence Williams) - Cushion Foot Stomp (1927) - Parlophone R 3383
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Oh Gee! Oh Joy! (1928) - Victor 21224 A
Annette Hanshaw (as Gay Ellis) - High Up On a Hilltop (1928) - Diva 2734 G
Frank Crumit - I Wish't I Was In Peoria (1926) - Victor 19937 B
Frank Farrell and his Orch (Sammy Fain Artie Dunn v) - Magnolia (1927) - Romeo 405
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Crazy Blues (1921) - Victor 18729 B
Benson Orch of Chicago (Bargy dir) - Say it While Dancing (1922) - Victor 18938 A
The Cotton Pickers - Those Panama Mamas (1925) - Brunswick 2879 B
Victor Light Opera Co - Gems from Robin Hood Pt. 1 (Smith-DeKoven) (1914) - Victor 35413 A
Margaret Young - Too Tired (1924) - Brunswick 2673 A
The Georgians (Specht) (Johnny Morris v) - Glorianna (1928) - Static Strut (Rivermont BSW 1162)
Cecile McLorin Salvant - Nobody (2013) - Woman Child (Mack AvenueMAC 1072)
Stephanie Trick (w Danny Coots d and Jay Hungerford b) - The Minor Drag (Waller, arr. Hyman) (2011) - Something More (Victoria VC 4837)
Columbia Band - Any Rags (Schottiche) (1903) - Columbia A 64
Rega Dance Orch - Peggy (1919) - Okeh 4001 B
Isabella Patricola - Away Down East in Maine (1922) - Victor 18976B
Lee Sims - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) - Brunswick 4650
Lloyd Keating and his Music (Spitalny) (Paul Small v) - Sing You Sinners (1930) - Diva 3118 G
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orch - Dinah (1930) - Victor 23005 B
Tom Waring - Here We Are (1929) - Brunswick 4441
Arthur Cavendish - Love Me Tonight (1932) - Sterno 1059
The Boswell Sisters - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1932) - Columbia 36521
Ray Noble and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - Isle of Capri (1934) - Victor 24771 A
Bill Staffon and his Orch (Bennett Sisters v) - Lost My Rhythm Lost My Music Lost My Man (1935) - Bluebird B 6049 B
Red McKenzie - It's All Forgotten Now (1934) - Decca 243 A
Alice Faye (w Cy Feuer Orch) - I Love to Ride the Horses (1936) - Perfect 6-03-09
Bob Causer and his Cornellians (Dick Robertson v) - Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934) - Perfect 15889 A
Connie Boswell (w Woody Herman Orch) - Thanks For Ev'rything (1939) - Decca 2259 A