"Turn on the Heat" (October 21, 2005)

(Week 15)

It's getting a bit brisk here in upstate NY. The music was played with the intention of warming things up a bit; undoubtedly it must have. As for me, I was a bit off kilter, for sundry reasons. Since it should be all about the music anyway--and the music was great--I'll let the music suffice. (I've managed to edit out most of my rambling for the Live 365 archive version, which is now posted.) There's much to enjoy here:

Russ Carlson and the High Steppers – Everyone Says “I Love You” – The Old Masters mb115
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Turn on the Heat – The Old Masters mb108
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – I Believe in Miracles – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Imagination – Classics 591
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Wang Wang Blues – Columbia/Legacy C3K57596
Clyde McCoy and his Orch. – Smoke Rings – Collectors’ Choice CCM-155-2
Ted Weems and his Orch. – My Baby Just Cares for Me – Collectors’ Choice CCM-174-2
Jimmie Grier and his Orch. – Ooh, That Kiss – Take Two TT421CD
George Gershwin – Clap Yo’ Hands – Pro Arte Digital CDD443
James P. Johnson – All That I Had is Gone – Classics 658
Charles “Cow Cow” Davenport – State Street Jive – Javelin CWNCD2008
Annette Hanshaw – (I’m a Dreamer) Aren’t We All? – Take Two TT408CD
Vaughn de Leath – I Wanna Be Loved By You – ASV Living Era CD AJA5002
Bessie Smith – On Revival Day – Timeless CBC 1-054 JAZZ
Savoy Orpheans -- Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues -- Avid AVC539
Jimmy Johnson and his Orch. -- Chicago Blues -- FROG DGF35
Jimmy Johnson and his Orch. – Put Your Mind Right on It – FROG DGF35
Lord Invader – Caro at Point Cumana – Rounder CD 1054
The Lion – The Vendor’s Song – Rounder CD 1142
King Radio – John O’Carr – Rounder CD 1077
West End Jazz Band – A Sailboat in the Moonlight – Legacy 2K 105
Casa Loma Orchestra – The Dance of the Lame Duck – Hep CD 1051
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – He Ain’t Got Rhythm – Bluebird 5630-2-RB
Southern Negro Quartette – Anticipatin’ Blues – Columbia 78
Emmett Miller – Lovesick Blues – Columbia/Legacy CK52831
Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No. 9 – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
King Oliver and his Orch. – I’ve Got that Thing – JSP CD3404
Bessie Smith – I’m Wild About that Thing – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Abe Lyman’s California Orch. – Shake that Thing – ASV Living Era CD AJA5002
Charles Fulcher and his Orch. – My Pretty Girl – Timeless CBC 1-038 JAZZ
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Keep Your Undershirt On – Jazz Oracle BDW8026
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – It Looks Like Susie – Masters of Jazz MJCD182

"Happy Feet" (October 14, 2005)

(Week 14)

This was a four-hour broadcast that almost wasn't. Owing to car troubles--my wife's Toyota wouldn't start and so I had to borrow lawn mower gas to propel my Ford Fiasco (aka The Clown Car)--I got to the station several minutes late. Add to that elevated blood sugar and general tiredness, and it might have been much, much worse. Actually, it turned out pretty good. My apologies to those who tuned in at 6 PM expecting to hear me and got only dead air. The whole show is now posted on Live 365 for those who missed it:


Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Happy Feet – The Old Masters mb108
Pine Top Smith – Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie – Javelin CWNCD2008
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Sam Lanin and his Orch. (Bing Crosby) – Susianna – Sony Special Products WK75004
Dorsey Bros. and their Orch. (Bing Crosby) – My Kinda Love – Jazz Oracle BDW8005
Bing Crosby – Sweet Georgia Brown – Sony Special Products WK75005
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Love (Your Spell is Everywhere) – Classics 632
Fowler’s Favorites – Percolatin’ Blues –Frog DGF32
Georgia Jumpers – The Big Feet Rag – Jazz Oracle BDW8011
Ruth Etting – Penthouse Serenade – Take Two TT403CD
Kate Smith – Clementine (from New Orleans) – Pro Arte Digital CDD483
Sophie Tucker – I Ain’t Got Nobody – Take Two TT404CD
Benny Carter Trio – Rambling in C – Jazz Portraits CD14583
Benny Goodman Quartet – Melancholy Baby – LaserLight Digital 15 726
Benny Goodman Sextet – Flying Home – Archives of Jazz 3891232
Clarence Lofton – I Don’t Know – Javelin CWNCD2008
Ray Noble and his Orch. – Lazy Day – Pulse PBXCD422/4
Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Orpheans – Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Pulse PBXCD422/3
Ray Noble and his Orch. – Oh, You Nasty Man – Pulse PBXCD422/4
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – I’m Comin’ Virginia – Columbia CK45450
Jabbo Smith and his Rhythm Aces – Croonin’ the Blues – Retrieval RTR79013JAZZ
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Some of These Days – Columbia CK46148
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Weary River – The Old Masters mb119
West End Jazz Band w/Dennis Scott – I’d Love to Call You my Sweetheart –Legacy 2K105
West End Jazz Band – Forty-Second Street – Legacy 2K105
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Sweet Violets – The Old Masters mb121
Six Jumping Jacks – When You Dunk a Doughnut, Don’t it Make it Nice? – T.O.M. mb120
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies – ‘Taint no Sin – The Old Masters mb106
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – I Wish I Could Be Blue – Classics 578
Lousiana Sugar Babes – Thou Swell – Bluebird CD 61005-2
Fats Waller and his Buddies – The Minor Drag – Classics 689
The Cotton Club Orchestra – Everybody Stomp – Frog DGF32
Ethel Waters – When Your Lover Has Gone – Classics 721
Julia Lee w/George E. Lee –Won’t You Come Over to My House?– Columbia/Legacy CK64855
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – She’s One Sweet Show Girl – Jazz Oracle BDW8015
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – It’s Hard to Laugh or Smile – Classics 558
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers – Load of Coal – JSP JSPCD323
New Orleans Wanderers – Gatemouth – Disky DO999872
Bing Crosby – Love Me Tonight – Columbia CK44305
Bing Crosby – Can’t We Talk it Over? – Columbia CK44304
Bing Crosby – My Honey’s Loving Arms – Columbia CK44306
Busse’s Buzzards – Deep Elm (You Tell ‘em I’m Blue) – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Brainstorm – The Old Masters mb112
West End Jazz Band – Brainstorm – Legacy 2K 102
Keskidee Trio – Don’t Le’ Me Mother Know – Rounder CD1054
The Tiger – Movie Stars – Rounder CD 1142
The Growler – In the Dew and the Rain – Rounder CD1077
Sugar Underwood – Dew Drop Alley Stomp – RCA Victor 09026 63206-2
Ruben “River” Reeves and his Tributaries – River Blues – Timeless CBC 1-039 JAZZ
King Oliver and his Orch. – West End Blues – JSP JSPCD3404
Louis Armstrong – West End Blues – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176 DISC 3
Gertrude Lawrence – The Physician – ASV Living Era CD AJA5030
Claude Hulbert – Clap Yo’ Hands – Flapper PAST CD7845
The Yacht Club Boys – How Could Red Riding Hood? – Take Two TT503CD
Roy Johnson’s Happy Pals – Happy Pal Stomp – Timeless CBC 1-046 JAZZ
West End Jazz Band – Happy Pal Stomp – Legacy 2K 101
Frankie Franko’s Louisianans – Somebody Stole My Gal – Yazoo 2024
Napoleon’s Emperors – Anything – Jazz Archives 28
The Big Aces – Cherry – ASV Living Era CD AJA5110
Slim Lamar and his Southerners – That’s a Plenty – Retrieval RTR 79006
Fats Waller – Two Sleepy People – Collector’s Choice V-Disc
Frances Day & Bud Flanagan – But in the Morning, No – Charly CDCD1165
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You – RCA Victor 09026-68682-2
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! –Avid AVC539

Four Hour Radiola on WHCL, Friday Oct. 14

Starting at 6 PM ET, I'm doing a special four-hour Radiola. Tune in at WHCL-FM 88.7 or stream at WHCL.ORG. Just like regular Radiola, but twice as much--Yowzah!

The show will be posted in its entirety on my Live 365 station within a few days.

"Let's Misbehave" (October 7, 2005)

(Week 13)

There's something about October that makes me feel good--really good--and the show reflects that. Music is (or should be) all about the joy of being alive. Enjoy!

Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – Let’s Misbehave – Living Era ASV CD AJA5002
The Goofus Five – Clementine (From New Orleans) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Ocarina Dude – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Fred Rich and his Orch. – Singin’ in the Rain – Take Two TT502CD
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Thank Your Father – Living Era ASV CD AJA5318
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Glorianna – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees – My Song – Living Era ASV CD AJA5017
Frank Crumit – Ukulele Lady – Pro Arte Digital CCD 3407
Irving Kaufman – Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue – Take Two TT502CD
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – That’s What I’m Talking ‘Bout – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
King Oliver and his Orch. – My Good Man Sam – JSP JSPCD3404
The Missourians – Swingin’ Dem Cats – Media 7 MJCD105
Mildred Bailey – I Like to Do Things For You – The Old Masters mb103
Helen Kane – Dangerous Nan McGrew – Living Era ASV CD AJA5015
Annette Hanshaw – Is There Anything Wrong in That? – Sensation CD (Vol. 5)
Frank Crumit – Abdul Abulbul Amir – Pro Arte Digital CCD 3407
B.A. Rolfe and his Palais D’or Orch – No Parking – IAJRC 49 (LP)
B.A. Rolfe and his Palais D’or Orch. – Buffalo Rhythm – IAJRC 49 (LP)
West End Jazz Band – Buffalo Rhythm – Legacy 2K 104
Atilla the Hun – Roosevelt in Trinidad – Rounder CD 1142
Sam Manning – Lieutenant Julian – Rounder 1039
The Caresser – Fire, Fire in Port of Spain – Rounder CD 1142
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Red Hot Mama – The Old Masters mb111
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Flamin’ Mamie – The Old Masters mb111
West End Jazz Band –Vladivostok – Legacy 2K 102
The Cotton Pickers – Do Yo Dooty Daddy – Disky DO999872
Johnny De Droit and his New Orleans Orch. – Panama – Disky DO999872
Joie Lichter’s Strand Symphonists – I’m All Broke Out With the Blues – Timeless CBC 1-076
Fats Waller – You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It – QED015
Bessie Smith (with Eddie Lang) – You’ve Got to Give Me Some – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Midnight Serenaders – When Sweet Susie Goes Stepping By – Timeless CBC 0-0176

"Rhythm Saved the World" (Sept. 30, 2005)

(Week 12)

That may be, but with gremlins on the studio board and other disruptive factors, I doubt if it can save my sanity. Nonetheless, it was a decent show, musically:


Johnny Johnson and his Orch. – Rhythm Saved the World– Melotone 78
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Just Rite – Classics 558
Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Ted Weems – She’ll Never Find Another Fellow Like Me – Memphis Archives MA7013
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – You Said It – The Old Masters mb117
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Roodles – The Old Masters mb112
Criterion Quartet – Lucky Jim – Brunswick 78
The Harmonizers Quartet – Ain’t We Got Fun – Take Two TT503CD
The Brox Sisters – Red Hot Momma – ASV Living Era CD AJA5015
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Waitin’ for Katie – Sensation 769 748 026-2
Busse’s Buzzards – The Monkey Doodle Doo – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
West End Jazz Band – Skinner’s Sock – Legacy 2K 103
Wilmoth Houdini – Teacher Nose Gay the Shouter – Arhoolie Folklyric CD7010
King Radio – Old Men Come Back Again – Rounder CD1054
Lord Invader – Saga Boy’s in Town – Rounder CD1077
George Olsen and his Music – Varsity Drag – ASV Living Era CD AJA5388
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues – Timeless CBC 1-065 JAZZ
Chick Bullock – Junk Man – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Red McKenzie – Double Trouble – Timeless CBC 1-019 JAZZ
King Oliver and his Orch. – Edna – JSPCD3404
Howard’s Quality Serenaders – Cuttin’ Up – Timeless CBC 1-034 JAZZ
The Missourians – Ozark Mountain Blues – Media7 MJCD105
Annette Hanshaw – If I Had a Talking Picture of You – Sensation CD (Vol. 7)
Annette Hanshaw – You’re the Cream in My Coffee – Sensation CD (Vol. 5)
Annette Hanshaw – I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling – Sensation CD (Vol. 6)
Manila String Circle – Bigay Na Pagibig – BMG 09026 63206-2
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra – Tough Breaks – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Banjoreno – Frog DGF6
Louis Armstrong – Sweet Savannah Sue – Columbia CK46148
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Farewell Blues – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! - Avid AVC539

"Let's Face the Music" (Sept. 23, 2005)

(Week 11)

Here is the tentative playlist for tonight's program. The actual show will contain more music, since I'm signing off tonight--it should run until 10:30-10:45. Enjoy!

Fred Astaire – Let’s Face the Music and Dance – NAXOS Nostalgia CD 8.120718
Jack Crawford and his Orch. – Hurricane – Timeless CBC 1-072 JAZZ
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
The Little Ramblers – Cross Words Between My Sweetie and Me – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Bubbling Over Five – Get Up Off that Jazzophone – Timeless CBC 1-048 JAZZ
Syd Valentine’s Patent Leather Kids – Patent Leather Stomp – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Atilla the Hun – Treasury Scandal – Arhoolie Folklyric 7004
Lionel Belasco and his Orch. – The Treasury Fire – Rounder CD 1142
The Caresser – The More They Try to Do Me Bad – Rounder CD 1054
Irving Mills and his Hotsy-Totsy Gang – Stardust – Sensation 769 748 025-2
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Singin’ the Blues – Sony RD 033-1 A5 19477
Bee Palmer – Singin’ the Blues – The Old Masters mb107
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – The Man I Love – The Old Masters mb 107
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – I Can’t Give You Anything but Love – ASV CD AJA 5318
Vaughn de Leath – Blue Skies – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Ted Weems and his Orch. – Miss Annabelle Lee – BMG DMK 12725
The Chocolate Dandies – That’s How I Feel Today – ASV CD AJA 5110
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – South – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Mills’ Blue Rhythm Band – Futuristic Jungleism – Hep CD 1008
Annette Hanshaw – Who-oo? You-oo, That’s Who-oo! – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Sophie Tucker – Oh! You Have No Idea! – ASV CD AJA 5017
Irving Kaufman – Masculine Women, Feminine Men – Take Two TT503CD
Red Nichols’ Stompers – Make My Cot Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows – T. O. M. mb107
R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders – Make My Cot Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows – Shanachie 6002
West End Jazz Band – Make My Cot Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows – Legacy 101
Guy Lombardo and his Orch. – Puh-leeze! Mister Hemingway! – Sony CCM-229-2
Benny Goodman and his Orch/ – Keep On Doin’ What You’re Doin’ – Timeless CBC 1-065
Bessie Smith – Gimme a Pigfoot – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Richard Tauber – Indian Summer – MasterSound 502262
Frank Crumit – Gum Tree Canoe – Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Jack Shilkret’s Orchestra – If You Knew Susie – Take Two TT502CD

"Latch On!" (September 16, 2005)

(Week 10)

Gremlins on the console notwithstanding, the new season is proceeding smoothly. This week I took note of the passing of Albert Casey, Fats Waller's guitarist from 1934-1943, and a true great in his every respect. The Fats Waller set was included as a tribute to Al, and features a few of his many wonderful performances with the Rhythm:

Victor Light Opera Company – Gems from “No, No, Nannette” – Victor 78
Romanian Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Bill Haid’s Cubs – Shake it Down – Timeless CBC 1-076
The Little Ramblers – Could I? I Certainly Could – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Charles Creath and his Jazz-O-Maniacs – She’s Crying for Me – Timeless CBC 1-036 JAZZ
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Jitterbug Waltz – Giants of Jazz LP set (Time Life)
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Latch On – Giants of Jazz LP set (Time Life)
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Buck Jumpin’ – Giants of Jazz LP set (Time Life)
Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders – Is it Possible? – Victor 78
George Olsen and his Music – Just a Little Thing Called Rhythm – Victor 78
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – What Do We Do On a Dew, Dew, Dewy Day? – Victor 78
Wilmoth Houdini – Trinidad Hurricane – Rounder CD 1142
Atilla the Hun – Graf Zeppelin – Rounder CD 1039
King Radio – Sedition Law – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Charles W. Hamp – Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh Ho! – Columbia 78
Irving Kaufman – I’d Climb the Highest Mountain – Perfect 78
Irving Kaufman – Wedding Bells are Breaking Up that Old Gang of Mine – 78
Lou Gold and his Orch. (vocal, I. Kaufman) – Climbing Up the Ladder of Love – Harmony 78
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – St. Louis Blues – Pro Arte Digital CDD 549
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Memphis Shake – Frog DGF6
West End Jazz Band – Zulu Wail – Legacy 101 CD
Green-Arden Orchestra – Marcheta – Victor 78
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Since I found You – Victor 78
Johnny Johnson’s Statler Pennsylvanians – We (My Honey and Me) – Victor 78
Vernon Dalhart – Way Out West in Kansas – Edison Diamond Disc Record
Vernon Dalhart (as “Mack Allen”) – Farm Relief Blues – Harmony 78
Carson Robinson – 1942 Turkey in the Straw – Bluebird 78
Benny Goodman’s Boys – Blue (and Broken Hearted) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5263
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Sweet Sue, Just You – JSP CD 3402
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! – AVID AVC539

Homage to New Orleans (September 9, 2005)

(Week 9)

This was a deeply emotional program for me, and that more than comes through toward the end of the broadcast. ("Over in the Glory Land" by Sam Morgan was the breaking point.) Here follows some of the best New Orleans jazz ever recorded, music by New Orleans musicians who "made good," and contemporary (1920s and 1930s) tributes to the City that was our Soul:


Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Columbia CK45450 CD
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – New Orleans – Classics 591
Charles W. Hamp – Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh Ho! – Columbia 78
Luis Russell and his Orch. – Louisiana Swing – JSP CD 308
Henry “Red” Allen and his N.Y. Orch. – Roamin’ – Classics 540
King Oliver and his Orch. – New Orleans Shout – JSP CD 3404
John Hyman’s Bayou Stompers – Alligator Blues – Frog DGF 2
Jones’ & Collins’ Astoria Hot Eight – Damp Weather – Frog DGF 5
New Orleans Owls – Meat on the Table – Frog DGF 2
Genevieve Davis – I Haven’t Got a Dollar to Pay the House Rent Man – Frog DGF 5
Lillie Delk Christian – Too Busy – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Boswell Sisters – Shout, Sister, Shout – Col-CD-6461 Sony A-30320
King Oliver’s Jazz Band – Sobbin’ Blues – Yazoo 2025
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five – Skid-Dat-De-Dat – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sugar Foot Stomp – Columbia/Legacy C4K 57176
Halfway House Orchestra – I Hate Myself for Loving You – Jazz Oracle BDW 8001
Oscar “Papa” Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch. – Ta Ta Daddy – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra – King Joe – King Jazz KJ 152 FS
Monk Hazel and his Bienville Roof Orchestra – Sizzling the Blues – Frog DGF 5
Sharkey and his Sharks of Rhythm – Mudhole Blues – Timeless CBC 1-001-JAZZ
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – The Riff – Document DOCD-1016
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch. – New Orleans Bump [Monrovia] – JSP CD 325
Jelly Roll Morton – Freakish – JSP CD 322
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch. – Burnin’ the Iceberg – JSP CD 325
Henry “Red” Allen and his N.Y. Orch. – Make a Country Bird Fly Wild – Classics 540
Joseph Robichaux and his N. O. Rhythm Boys – Stormy Weather – Document DOCD-1016
Oscar Celestin’s Orig. Tuxedo Jazz Orch. – Papa’s Got the Jim-Jams – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band – Over in the Glory Land – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Louis Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight – Pretty Audrey – Frog DGF 5
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Sweet Sue – King Jazz KJ 152 FS
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! – AVID AVC-539

The Return of Radiola!

Dear Friends,

Nailed down to the floor, set in stone, immutable and inevitable, now it can be told: RADIOLA! returns to WHCL-FM 88.7 this Friday at 8 PM ET with a celebration of New Orleans Jazz.

I started Radiola! this summer with the intention of presenting a tangy miscellany of 20s and 30s jazz and popular music, with some ventures into early Calypso, the British Music Hall, and a few recordings that don't easily fit into any category. My objective is to keep the proceedings light and fun--the music shimmers with levity and wit and beats with the pulse of life. Radiola is a spirit medium for the raucous ghosts of voices from more than 70 years ago, communicating back to us the joy of being alive.

No city lived more fully than New Orleans. Throughout its history there was a sense of the sweetness and precariousness of life. The music reflected this deep joy, made all the deeper through its awareness that nothing is permanent. This is the spirit I hope to convey on this Friday's program, with recordings by Oscar Papa Celestin, The Halfway House Orchestra, The New Orleans Owls, Sam Morgan's Jazz Band, Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight, Joseph Robichaux's New Orleans Rhythm Boys, and many others.

So, to summarize--Radiola! this Friday (September 9) at 8 PM ET on WHCL-FM 88.7 and http://www.whcl.org.

Diamond Disc Extravaganza (August 26, 2005)

I've just uploaded a Live 365-only edition of Radiola, featuring a selection of Edison Diamond Disc recordings from my childhood stash. I recorded them on cassette tape in the late 1980s, and they are presented with no audio adjustments other than Dolby B noise reduction. It's a short program (65 minutes) but it's all-new, previously unheard material. (Except of course for the Anonymous Ocarina Man, but he's earned a place in our hearts.) All these are Edison records, except where noted:

Duke Yellman and his Orchestra -- Oh! If I Only Had You
Ocarina Man -- William Tell Overture (Columbia 78)
Green Bros Novelty Band -- Whispering
Green Bros Novelty Band -- Yes! We Have No Bananas
Gladys Rice and Betsy Lane Shepherd -- Cry Baby (From "Helen of Troy, New York")
Al Bernard -- Who's That Knockin' At My Door?
Ernest Stevens' Trio -- Why?
All Star Trio -- Shimmee Town
Criterion Quartet -- Honey Babe
Vernon Dalhart and Frank M. Kamplain -- Ukulele Lou
Broadway Dance Orchestra -- Ka-Lu-A
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra -- Shuffle Along Medley
Vernon Dalhart -- Way Out West in Kansas
Jack Kaufman -- You Can't Walk Back From an Aeroplane
Polla's Clover Garden Orchestra (Will Provost, vocal) -- Travelling Blues (An Indigo Wail)

Playlist for RADIOLA SPECIAL No.2

Here is the playlist for the second Monday program of RADIOLA! (as a substitute for Jonathan Mead's "Anywhere But Here"):

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California Ramblers – Magnolia (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Savoy Bearcats – Hot Notes (1926) – Frog DGF8
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – I’ve Had My Moments (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Leroy Smith and his Orch. – St. Louis Blues (1928) – Frog DGF8
Jean Sablon – Par Correspondance (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Zavaidoc Teodorescu – Dragostea e ca si o raie (1928?) – Columbia 78
Zarah Leander – En juvel i malardrottingens krona (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Lotte Lenya – Pirate Jenny (1954) – MGM LP
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Sensation (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-069
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – Four or Five Times – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
West End Jazz Band – Please Don’t Cut Out My Sauerkraut (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Little Ramblers – Swamp Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-037 JAZZ
Goofus Five – Wang Wang Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Memphis Shake (1926) – Frog DGF6
Guy Lombardo – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (1928) – Sony A-59749
West End Jazz Band – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (2004) – Legacy 2K 104
West End Jazz Band – Forty-Second Street (2004) – Legacy 2K 105
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Stormy Weather (1933) – Document CD 1016

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The Lion – I am Going to Buy a Bungalo (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Attila the Hun – I Don’t Want No Bungalo (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Bill Rogers – West Indian Weed Woman (1934) – Rounder CD 1039
George Robey – Archibald, Certainly Not! (1914?) – Empress RAJCD 834
George Formby – The Lancashire Toreador (1937) – Hallmark 300282
Nellie Wallace – Three Times a Day (1920?) – Empress RAJCD 834
Savoy Orpheans – Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (1927) – Avid AVC 539
Percival Mackey & Band – Time on My Hands (1931) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Oscar Rabin & Band – Could Be (1939) – Music & Memories MMD 1007
Zarah Leander – Falling in Love Again (Swedish, 1930) – ZYX 11116-2
Marlene Dietrich – Falling in Love Again (German 1930) – Cocktail Hour Double Take CRG 218015
Jean Trenchant – Mademoiselle Adelaine (1936) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (1928) – ASV CD AJA 5318
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Singapore Sorrows (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
West End Jazz Band – Tin Ear (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Leroy Smith and his Orch. – Rhapsody in Blue (1928) – Frog DGF8
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5318
Louis Armstrong – Mahogany Hall Stomp (1929) – Columbia CK 46148
Ray Miller and his Orch. – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041 JAZZ
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Sweet Sue (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015

Playlist for RADIOLA SPECIAL No.1

Here is the playlist for the first Radiola Special, recorded as I was subbing for Jonathan Mead last July:

RADIOLA! SPECIAL 1a
Jean Sablon – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Ocarina Soloist – William Tell Overture (pre-1920?) – Columbia 78
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Dinah (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – My Sweet (1938) – Jazz Archives 45
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Mystery Pacific (1937) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 549
Sam Manning – Sly Mongoose (1925) – Rounder CD 1039
Wilmoth Houdini – No Mo’ Bench and Board (1931) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7010
The Tiger – The Rats (1936) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Slim and Slam – African Jive (1941) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Oscar Aleman – You Made Me Love You (1944) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Slim and Slam – Matzoh Balls (1939) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Richard Tauber – Indian Love Call (1929) – Gala GL 314
Josephine Baker – J’ai Deux Amours (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Leon Monosson – Night and Day (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Ray Noble and his Orch., Al Bowlly vocal – Time on My Hands (1931) – Classic Popular CDCD 1136
George Formby – It’s Turned Out Nice Again (1939) – Hallmark 300282
Zarah Leander – For det will han sa garna (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Germain Sablon – Chanson du Large (1934) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419

RADIOLA SPECIAL 1b
Harry Roy and his Orch. – Bugle Call Rag (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5225
Nat Gonella and his Georgians – Chicago (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5300
Eddie South and his International Orch. – Hejre Kati (1931) – Classics 707
Lotte Lenya – Alabama Song (1955) – Sony Classical MHK 63222
Marlene Dietrich – Blonde Women (1930?) – Cocktail Hour Double Take CRG 218015
Zarah Leander – My Wife is On a Diet (Swedish, 1930?) – ZYX 11116-2
Oscar Aleman – Limehouse Blues (1938) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Ultrafox (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5138
Slim and Slam – Lady Be Good (1938) – Columbia/Legacy CK 64898
Lucienne Boyer – Parlez-Moi D’Amour – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Jean Sablon – Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (Life is a Song, 1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Charles Trenet – Boum! (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Petit Mirisha – Vieni, Vieni (1935) – Disques Swing CDSW 8419
Jean Sablon – The Continental (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5167
Edith Piaf – La Vie en Rose (1946) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5364
Savoy Orpheans – The Blue Room (1927) – Conifer CDHD 160
Noel Coward – Dance, Little Lady (1928) – Flapper PAST CD 7845
Savoy Orpheans – Charleston (1925) – Conifer CDHD 160

Radiola Specials on Live 365!

Both Monday programs are on line at my Live 365 Radiola site. Lots of good stuff to be heard there! Still no word on the WHCL live broadcast--check back for further developments.

Hiatus! (The Musical)

There will be no broadcast of Radiola on WHCL-FM this week (August 5). WHCL is on summer hiatus until further notice. HOWEVER, archived shows are still available on Live 365 --and the site WILL BE UPDATED with new material each week. (I recorded both Monday programs I did while subbing for the World Music host, and will be adding them to the rotation. These "Radiola Extras" have a distinctly international flair.) If the hiatus lasts longer than two weeks, I will create programs on my computer to add to my Live 365 station at weekly intervals. No worries!

My deepest thanks to Jonathan Mead, Danny Klag, Alan Clark, and everyone else at WHCL for letting me get started on this broadcasting adventure. The initial eight weeks just FLEW by.

Keep watching this site for further developments.

A Thorough Shellacking (July 29, 2005)

(Week 8)

This week's program was mostly from 78s--a good portion of which have not been reissued anywhere. For contrast, I played a few numbers by the West End Jazz Band to soothe the ears abraded by all that surface noise.

Victor Light Opera Company – Gems from “No, No, Nanette” – Victor 78
Anonymous Ocarina Player – William Tell Overture – Columbia 78
Charles W. Hamp – Heigh Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh Ho! – Columbia 78
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Under the Moon – Victor 78
Nat Shilkret and his Orch. – You’re Wonderful – Victor 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – That Certain Party – Victor 78
Irving Kaufman – Oh, Susie Behave – Columbia 78
Cliff Edwards (“Samuel Spencer”) – Where the Lazy Daisies Grow – National Music Lovers 78
Miss Patricola – I’ve Got My Habits On – Victor 78
Adrian Schubert and his Orch. (“Al Alberts”) – Loving You – Cameo 78
Cliquot Club Eskimos – My Sunday Girl – Columbia 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – I Wish’t I Was in Peoria – Victor 78
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok – Still in the 20s (Legacy 2k CD)
Johnny Marvin and Ed Smalle – Blue Skies – Victor 78
Four Aristocrats – I Gotta Get Myself Somebody to Love – Victor 78
Al Jolson and Bing Crosby – The Spaniard that Blighted My Life – Decca 78
Johnny Hamp and his Orchestra – Tomorrow is Another Day – Bluebird 78
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Bluebird 78
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Swamp Fire – Bluebird 78
Johnny Marvin – There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder – Victor 78
Babs and her Brothers – Swing It – Decca 78
Good Old New York – Jelly Roll Morton Seven – General 78
Dennis Scott (organ) with Leah LaBrea (vocal) – I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling – Sweet & Hot Dance Movie Palace Style (Legacy 2k CD)
Wilbur C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band – Rainy Day Blues – Columbia 78
Original Memphis Five – Memphis Glide – Pathe Actuelle 78
California Ramblers (“Golden Gate Orchestra”) – Dustin’ the Donkey – Perfect 78
West End Jazz Band – The Pay-Off – We’re In the 20s (Legacy 2k CD)
Harry Roy and his Orch. – Lullaby of Broadway – Best of the British Dance Bands (Avid CD)
Harry Reser and his Orch. – Our Bungalow of Dreams – Pathe Actuelle 78
Seattle Harmony Kings – How Many Times? – Victor 78
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – I Wanna Go Where You Go – Victor 78
Ray Starita and his Orch. – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up – Best of the British Dance Bands (Avid CD)

A little of everything (July 22, 2005)

(Week 7)

Week seven and still going strong! Here 'tis:

Red McKenzie -- Swing It -- Timeless CD
Earl Hines and his Orch. -- Beau Koo Jack -- Alex Hill, Vol. 2 (Timeless CD)
Dixieland Jug Blowers -- Banjoreno -- "Lousiville Stomp" (Frog CD)
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians -- A Cottage for Sale -- The Best of Guy Lombardo: The Early Years (Collectors' Choice CD)
The West End Jazz Band -- My Cutey's Due at Two to Two Today -- Live at the Blue Lantern on Hudson Lake -- (Legacy 2k 104)
The West End Jazz Band -- Crazy Rhythm -- Movie Palace Style (Legacy 2k 105)
Al Lentz and his Orch. -- Who-oo? You-oo, that's Who-oo! -- Columbia 78
Anonymous Romanian Ocarina Player -- William Tell Overture -- Columbia 78
Charles W. Hamp -- Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh-Ho! -- Columbia 78
Ben Pollack and his Orch. -- Memphis Blues -- Ben Pollack Vol. 1 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. -- Humpty Dumpty -- "Singin' the Blues" (Columbia CD)
Elmer Schoebel and his Friars Society Orch. -- Prince of Wails -- Chicago White Small Bands (Acrobat CD)
Nick Lucas -- My Blue Heaven -- Brunswick 78
"Al Foster" (Sid Garry) -- Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips -- Banner 78
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers -- My Heart's at Ease -- Perfect 78
Chick Bullock and his Levee Loungers -- We Just Couldn't Say Good-Bye -- Perfect 78
Wilmoth Houdini -- War Declaration -- Calypso Pioneers (Rounder CD)
The Executor -- My Reply to Houdini -- Calypso Pioneers (Rounder CD)
George Clark -- Walter Winchell -- Calypso Calaloo (Rounder CD)
Phil Spitalny's Music -- The One I Love Can't Be Bothered With Me -- Victor 78
Horace Heidt and his Orch. -- Hello Cutie -- Victor 78
Don Bestor and his Orch. -- Charleston Baby of Mine -- Victor 78
Annette Hanshaw -- If You Want the Rainbow, You Must Have the Rain -- Sensation CD
Mildred Bailey -- Trav'lin' All Alone -- The Old Masters CD
Teddy Wilson and his Orch. (Billie Holiday vocal) -- These 'n' That 'n' Those -- Columbia CD
Lionel Hampton and his Orch -- Judy -- Classics CD
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys -- I Would Do Anything For You -- Document CD
Henry Burr -- Stay Down Here Where You Belong -- Victor 78
Morton Harvey -- I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier -- Victor 78
Peerless Quartet with Billy Murray -- My Dream of the Big Parade -- Victor 78
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five -- Muggles -- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Columbia CD set)
Henry "Red" Allen and his New York Orch. -- You Might Get Better, But You'll Never Get Well -- Classics CD
Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orch. -- I Know that You Know -- King Jazz CD
Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and his Orch. -- Dinner at Eight -- "What a Perfect Combination" Rathbone CD
Richard Tauber -- Indian Summer -- Master Sound CD
George Metaxa -- Sweet Sue -- They Called it Crooning (ASV CD)
Ray Starita (Betty Bolton, vocal) --Wake Up, Chill'un, Wake Up -- Best of the British Dance Bands (AVID CD)

A Tribute to Dorothy Fields (July 15, 2005)

(Week 6)

This was a particularly good program. It's up on Live 365 right now, along with an extra hour that I hadn't even planned on. Here are the two planned hours, containing a good chunk of Dorothy Fields material, since the show took place on her centenary:

Hal Kemp (Skinnay Ennis vocal) -- Happy Times -- Brunswick 78
Charles W. Hamp -- Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh Ho! (THEME) -- Colmubia 78
Waring's Pennsylvanians -- Collegiana -- The Roaring Twenties (Flapper CD)
Ben Pollack and his Orch. (as "Louisville Rhythm Kings") -- In a Great Big Way -- Ben Pollack Vol. 2 (Jazz Oracle CD)
Casa Loma Orch. -- Exactly Like You -- Casa Loma Stomp (HEP CD)
The Lion and Atilla the Hun -- Guests of Rudy Vallee -- Calypso Breakaway (Rounder CD)
The Tiger -- Money is King -- Calypsos from Trindad (Folklyric CD)
Wilmoth Houdini -- Song No. 99 -- Poor But Ambitious (Folklyric CD)
Annette Hanshaw -- I Can't Give You Anything But Love -- The Girl Next Door (Take Two CD)
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys -- I Must Have that Man -- Columbia 78
The Mills Brothers (with Duke Ellington's Orch.) -- Diga, Diga, Doo -- Four Boys and a Guitar (Columbia Legacy CD)
Lonnie Johnson -- 6/88 Glide -- Steppin' on the Blues (Columbia CD)
Joe Venuti's Blue Four -- Tempo di Modernage -- JSP CD set
Benny Goodman Sextet -- Soft Winds -- Columbia CD
Oliver Cobb -- Cornet Pleadin' Blues -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP)
Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs -- Big Butter and Egg Man -- Wingy Mannone and his Orch. (Classics CD)
Goofus Five -- Heebie Jeebies -- Timeless CD
Lillie Delk Christian -- Baby -- Armstrong & Hines 1928 (Smithsonian LP set)
Charleston Chasers -- Cinderella Brown -- ASV CD
Louis Armstrong -- Sunny Side of the Street -- Portait of the Artist as a Young Man (Columbia CD set)
Riley Puckett -- In a Little Gypsy Tea Room -- Montgomery Ward 78
Johnny Marvin -- Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon -- Victor 78
"David Harris" (Ernie Hare? Wendell Hall?) -- My Papa Doesn't Two Time No Time -- National Music Lovers 78
Frances Langford -- I'm in the Mood for Love -- Those Were The Days (Columbia CD set)
Billie Holliday -- A Fine Romance -- Giants of Jazz (LP set)
Fred Astaire -- The Way You Look Tonight -- Song and Dance Man (Charly CD)
Chick Bullock -- Should I? -- Perfect 78
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees -- Outside -- Velvet Tone 78
Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orch. -- Sweet Sue -- King Jazz CD
Ray Starita (Betty Bolton vocal) Wake Up, Chill'un, Wake Up -- Best of the British Dance Bands (AVID CD)

Yowzah! (July 8, 2005)

(Week 5)

This radio adventure is turning out much better than I thought it would. I am so used to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, but I haven't stepped on that particular banana peel yet. And now we have Continuous Streaming at Live 365! I am pleasantly astonished. I played an extra impromptu hour Friday (availiable on the web at the above link) but I am too tired (or too lazy) to reconstruct that miscellany. Here is what I played during the two hours of Radiola proper with a slight format difference--artist, then selection, then source (if available)--and no catalogue numbers (you guys gotta meet me halfway here!):

The Chocolate Dandies -- Stardust -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP)
Charles W. Hamp -- Heigh Ho, Ev'rybody (THEME) -- Columbia 78
Ted Weems and his Orch. -- Climbing Up the Ladder of Love -- Marvelous (Memphis Archives CD)
Danny Altier and his Orch. -- I'm Sorry Sally -- The Chicago Hot Bands (Timeless CD)
Frankie Trumbauer and his Orch. (Irving Kaufman, vocal) -- I'm Wondering Who -- Bix Beiderbecke Vol. 1 (Columbia CD)
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake -- Crazy Blues -- Regal 78
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra -- Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now -- Brunswick 78
The Dixie Stompers (Fletcher Henderson) -- Alabama Stomp -- Harmony 78
Wilmoth Houdini -- Sweet Like a Honey Bee -- Poor But Ambitious (Folklyric CD)
The Lion and Atilla the Hun -- Modern Times -- Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder CD)
King Radio -- It's the Rhythm We Want -- Calypso Carnival (Rounder CD)
Ted Lewis and his Jazz Band -- Lonesome Road -- The Jazzworthy Ted Lewis (Retrieval CD)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. -- Lonesome Road -- The Big Band Recordings 1930-1932 (JSP CD set)
Riley Puckett -- When I Grow Too Old to Dream -- Mongomery Wards 78
Fats Waller and his Rhythm -- Jitterbug Waltz -- Bluebird 78
Eliot Everett and his Orch. -- Little Man You've Had a Busy Day -- Bluebird 78
Ethel Waters -- Dinah -- Those Wonderful Thirties (Decca LP set)
Ruth Etting -- Happy Days and Lonely Nights -- Columbia 78
Frances Faye -- No Regrets -- Those Wonderful Thirties (Decca LP set)
Irving Kaufman -- Mr. Jazz Himself -- Columbia 78 (1917)
Bert Lown and his Orch. (Irving Kaufman, vocal) -- Tomorrow's Violets -- Harmony 78
Broadway Bellhops (Irving Kaufman, vocal) -- Under the Moon -- Harmony 78
Lousiana Sugar Babes -- Persian Rug -- Fats and his Buddies (Bluebird CD)
King Oliver and his Orch. -- Stuggle Buggy -- Body and Soul (RCA CD)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. -- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal, You -- The Big Band Recordings 1930-1932 (JSP CD set)
Angelina Marco (Vaughn DeLeath) -- There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight--Rudolph Valentino -- Harmony 78
Aunt Jemima (Tess Gardella) -- Can't Help Lovin' That Man -- Columbia 78
The Revelers -- Gems from "Oh, Kay!" -- Victor 12" 78
Mills Brothers -- Sleepy Head -- Four Boys and a Guitar (Columbia Legacy CD)
Eddie Lang -- Perfect -- Pioneers of Jazz Guitar (Retrieval CD)
Bing Crosby -- Sweet Sue -- The Crooner (Columbia CD set)
Ray Starita (Betty Bolton, vocal) -- Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up (CLOSING THEME)-- Best of the British Dance Bands (AVID CD)

(Note: some of the above selections are not available on archive because of minor techical difficulties.)

Radiola archives at Live 365--continuous play at a dial-up friendly bitrate!

This weekend I finally got my studio recordings of Radiola up on the web for the convenience of those who would prefer not to adhere to their computers Friday nights. (Some of you apparently have lives!) It is also a boon for those who have dial up, which chokes on the 40k shoutcast of WHCL. The sound is really not bad at 24 k, either--not bad at all. Here is the deal, all for you at Live 365. Enjoy!

From New York to Chicago (and possibly elsewhere) (July 1, 2005)

(Week 4)

Week four was the best yet, in both terms of host preparedness (!) and in increased listenership. The Midwest is now streaming Radiola, in addition to Toronto and New Jersey. Leah LaBrea of Chicago's West End Jazz Band sent a wonderful note of support. (Visit their site! The WEJB plays the real stuff, and they play it magnificently.)

I want this great music to bring joy to as many people as possible, to Red States, Blue States, Purple States--wherever. Rhythm may not actually save the world, but if we stop beating up on each other long enough to listen, we might ease up and gain a bit of perspective. The music of the 20s and 30s didn't take itself too seriously, never saw itself as anything other than ephemeral, yet still lifts the spirit with its unparalleled cheer and excellence. We could stand a little more of its levity and wit. We can save the world by forgetting ourselves for a cotton-pickin' minute.

The playlist for July 1, 2005:

Gems from "Sunny Side Up" -- Victor Light Opera Company -- Victor 78
Heigh Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh Ho! -- Charles W. Hamp -- Columbia 78
Lovey Lee -- Original Memphis Five -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP H-16)
There's Something New 'Bout the Old Moon Tonight -- Dixie Daisies (Dick Morgan, vocal) -- Benny Goodman and the Whoopee Makers (Sunbeam LP SB-114)
Four or Five Times -- Majestic Dance Orchestra (Irving Kaufman, vocal) -- Benny Goodman and the Whoopee Makers (Sunbeam LP SB-114)
Uncle Jo, Gimme Mo' -- Wilmoth Houdini -- Poor But Ambitious (Folklyric CD 7010)
Miss Maria's Advice -- The Tiger -- Calypsos from Trinidad (Rounder CD 7004)
Edward the VIII -- The Caresser -- Roosevelt in Trinidad (Rounder CD 7114)
Doin' Things -- Joe Venuti and his New Yorkers -- The Jazz Arranger Vol. 1 (Columbia CK45143)
What Can a Poor Fellow Do? -- Duke Ellington -- The Okeh Ellington (C2K 46177)
Moten Swing -- Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra -- Bluebird Sampler (CD 2912-2-RM)
Flying Home -- Benny Goodman Sextet -- Giants of Jazz Benny Gooman (STL-J05)
Rose Room -- Benny Goodman Sextet -- Giants of Jazz The Guitarists (STL-J12)
That Certain Feeling -- Josephine Baker -- Breezin' Along (Columbia Legacy CK57740)
Out Where the Blues Begins -- Mills Musical Clowns (Mildred Roselle, vocal) -- Benny Goodman and the Whoopee Makers (Sumbeam LP SB 114)
Tia Juana Man -- Ada Brown -- Jazz Bands 1926-1930 (Historical LP H-16)
Me and the Man in the Moon -- Cliff Edwards -- Ukulele Ike (Sony Special Products CD A 26475)
What is It? -- Bing Crosby, Loyce Whiteman, Gus Arnheim's Orch. -- Echoes from the Cocoanut Grove (Take Two TT 410 CD)
The Peanut Vendor -- Louis Armstrong -- The Big Band Recordings 1930-1932 (JSP CD 3401)
Nashville Nightingale -- Charleston Seven -- Hill and Dale Rarities (LP IAJRC 49)
Feelin' Good -- Piccadilly Players -- Hill and Dale Rarities (LP IAJRC 49)
Symphonic Raps -- Al Lynn's Music Masters -- Hill and Dale Rarities (LP IAJRC 49)
Trav'lin' All Alone -- Ethel Waters -- Classics 721
Little White Lies -- Annette Hanshaw -- Hits of '30 (ASV CD AJA 5195)
Do Something -- Zelma O'Neal -- Flappers, Vamps, and Sweet Young Things (ASV CD AJA 5015)
Sing You Sinners -- Willard Robison and his Little Symphony -- Columbia (?) 78
When I Take My Sugar to Tea -- Harry Reser and his Orch. -- Hit-of-the-Week 78
When the Morning Glories Wake Up in the Morning -- Jacques Renard and his Cocoanut Grove Orch. -- Victor 78
Toogaloo Shout -- Alex Hill -- Ain't it Nice (Timeless CBC 1-050-JAZZ)
Somebody Stole My Gal -- Frankie Franko's Louisianans -- Jazz the World Forgot Vol. 1 (Yazoo 2024)
Si, J'aime Suzy -- Jean Sablon and Elaine De Creus -- Rare Django (Disques Swing CDSW 8419)
Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up -- Ray Starita and his Orch. -- Best of British Dance Bands (AVID AVCD 539)