"Strange As It Seems" July 18, 2008

(Week 131)

This incredulous RADIOLA! looks with mild skepticism upon the bizarre and anomalous statements made in popular songs. We don't know what to believe anymore--and so we don't even try. (Speaking of anomalies, I've also included a very old recording by a unique vocalist.)

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern tonight to WHCL (with streaming HERE). The program will be uploaded to my Live365 station in due course--believe it or not!

Adelaide Hall – Strange As It Seems (1932) – Past Perfect 205461-202
Red Nichols and his Five Pennies – They Didn’t Believe Me (1929) – Quadromania 222464-444/3
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Annette Hanshaw – You Wouldn’t Fool Me, Would You? (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5220
Benny Carter and his Orch. – Synthetic Love (1933) – Proper P1369
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Believe It, Beloved (1934) – JSP CD928CD
Merritt Brunies and his Friars Inn Orch – Masculine Women-Feminine Men (1926) – Columbia CK52855
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Misery Farm (1928) – Retrieval RTR 79011
Johnny Marvin – There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder (1928) – ABC 838 215-2
Gracie Fields – The Biggest Aspidistra In The World (1938) – Naxos 8.120503
Gloria Swanson – I Love You So Much That I Hate You (1932) – Pro Arte CDD 509
Jack Buchanan – Everything Stops For Tea (1936) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5184
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Queer Notions (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5067
Phil Harris and his Orch. – Pink Elephants (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5191
Hal Kemp and his Orch (Skinnay Ennis, v) – Got a Date With an Angel (1937) – TIM CD 205604-202
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks – Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day – “Cotton Club Revisited”
Guy Marks – Loving You Has Made Me Bananas (1966) – Century 10301
Alessandro Moreschi – Ave Maria (1904) – unknown matrix
Vernon Dalhart – Way Out West in Kansas (1924) – Edison Diamond Disc
Wendell W. Hall – It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More (1923) – CDC 1012
Gene Austin – Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? (1933) – Take Two TT414CD
Jessie Matthews – Dancing on the Ceiling (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5184
Julia Gerity and her Boys – Sittin’ On a Rubbish Can (1931) – Bluebird82876-50958-2
Annette Hanshaw – My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (1928) – Flapper PAST CD 7075
The Rhythm Boys – The Blackbirds and the Bluebirds Got Together (1928) – Collectables COL-CD-6805
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare – Pardon Me While I Laugh (1925) – Take Two TT503CD/1 (9)
Nick Lucas – Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5329
Mound City Blue Blowers – I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me (1931) – Col C2K 52942
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Six or Seven Times (1931) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 182
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Ramona, v) – We’re Out of the Red (1934) – The Old Masters mb116
Martha Raye – Stairway to the Stars (1939) – Legacy JK64640
Dick Powell – ‘Cause My Baby Says It’s So (1937) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020

NOW MORE SHOWS ON LIVE365 THAN EVER!

CORRECTION: My Live365 station has been upgraded to 300 megabytes, which means almost 30 hours of programming on the stream.

Yesterday I uploaded a few more shows owing to what seemed a 500 mb capacity. This corrected itself to the actual 300 mb storage limit. Nonetheless, I've left up a couple of YOWZAH! shows (broadcast in July and August 2007 over Utica College station WPNR). Included in this batch is my "Voyage of Life" show--a musical interpretation of Thomas Cole's four-painting allegory of human existence.

This still means that there is more programming on RADIOLA! on Live365 than ever before. The simultaneous free listener limit has been lowered to ten by Live365, so in order to insure access to the stream you may have to invest in a Live365 VIP membership. Doing so through this link will also help offset my costs in broadcasting on Live365, which have increased substantially since last year.

VINCE GIORDANO ON BROADWAY!

"Mood Hollywood" July 11, 2008

(Week 130)

This RADIOLA! honors the recent film shoot in Utica by an independent movie production company. It must be true that everyone in now in show business--your host sat in a bar where the filming was taking place, and personally introduced the lead actor to the joys of Saranac Pomegranate Wheat Beer.

Tune in tonight to WHCL at 8 PM ET (with streaming HERE). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station forthwith.

Harold Lang – If I Had a Talking Picture of You (1929) – Perfect 12573
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch – Mood Hollywood (1933) – Hep CD 1005
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
The Tiger – Movie Stars (1936) – Rounder CD 1142
Jimmie Grier and his Orch (Donald Novis, v.) – Stardust (1932) – Take Two TT421CD
Fred Astaire – Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails (1935) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5185
Paul Whiteman (w/Rhythm Boys) – Happy Feet (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Sophie Tucker – He’s a Good Man to Have Around (1929) – Take Two TT404CD
Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders – California Swing (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-034
Mae West – I Want You, I Need You (1933) – Living Era CD AJA 5604
Ramona – Come Up and See Me Sometime (1933) – The Old Masters mb116
Betty Boop – Highlight from “Stopping the Show” (1932) – Pro Arte CDD 440
Rudolph Valentino – El Relicaro (1923) – Pro Arte Digital CDD509
Russ Columbo – I See Two Lovers (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5234
Lyda Roberti – College Rhythm (1934) – Columbia CK57711
Jay C. Flippen and his Gang – South Wind (1927) – Fountain FV-204 LP
West End Jazz Band – For No Reason at All (2005) – Legacy 2K 106
Irving Kaufman – Take Your Girlie to the Movies (1919) – Archeophone ARCH 5504
Billy Murray – Ever Since the Movies Learned to Talk (1928) – Take Two TT503CD/2 (4)
The Happiness Boys – I Can’t Sleep in the Movies Any More (1929) – Living Era CD AJA 5628
Claudette Colbert – Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love (1934) – Pro Arte CDD509
Joan Crawford (w/Gus Arnheim) – How Long Will it Last? (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Cliff Edwards – Singin’ in the Rain (1929) – Sony Music Special Products A 26475
The Lion – Bing Crosby (1939) – Rounder CD 1142
Bing Crosby – Temptation (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5183
Charlie Palloy – Learn to Croon (1933) – The Old Masters mb118
Rudy Vallee – Thank Heaven for You (1934) – Rivermont BSW-1141
Dick Powell – With Plenty of Money and You (1936) – Great Movie Themes CD 60020
Al Jolson – I Love to Sing-a (1936) – Rhino Movie Music R2 72544
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, v.) – Out of Nowhere (1931) – Take Two TT410CD
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. (Bing, Loyce Whiteman, v.) – What Is It? (1931) – Take Two TT410CD
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross – Thanks for the Memory (1938) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 509

AMAZING DJANGO VIDEO!

(Thanks to Pat Zelenka.)

THAT'S MY BROTHER!

My brother Bob Hubbard is playing a show with sax great Bob Feldman at John Zorn's club The Stone down in NYC Sunday, July 13. And here Bob is with the Catherine Sikora Trio (with Francois Grillot on bass) last week at NYC's Living Theater.

"The Seven Deadly Sins" July 4, 2008

(Week 129)

This RADIOLA! offers you Seven Deadly Sins for the price of five. (And, if you act today, we'll include a stainless-steel, digital ready potato peeler at no extra cost.) Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with streaming HERE). The show will be uploaded to Live365 this weekend.

(I know this show has absolutely nothing to do with Independence Day, John Philip Sousa, George M. Cohan, or bombs bursting in air, but every once in a while I like to go counter-intuitive. Plus we're all sinners--even Americans!)

Ethel Merman – Pack Up Your Sins and Go To The Devil (1938) – Alexander’s Ragtime Band sdtrk
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – Let’s Misbehave (1928) – Naxos 8.120533
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
The Lion – Fall of Man (1936) – Rounder CD 1141
Napoleon’s Emperors – Gettin’ Hot (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-049
The Tennessee Tooters – You’re Burnin’ Me Up (1926) – Hep CD 1081
Johnny Marvin and Ed Smalle – Just Another Day Wasted Away (1927) – Living Era CD AJA 5453
Bing Crosby – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931) – Master Classics MCS 8070-2
Annette Hanshaw – Ho Hum (1931) – Take Two TT408CD
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – S.O.L. Blues (1927) – Columbia CK 44422
The Tiger – The Gold in Africa (1936) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Benny Morton and his Orch. – The Gold Diggers’ Song (1933) – JASS J-CD-639
Sophie Tucker – The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else (1924) – Take Two TT404CD
Curtis Mosby D.B.B. – In My Dreams I’m Jealous of You (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Bing Crosby – Happy Go Lucky You (and Broken-Hearted Me) (1932) – Columbia CK 44229
Henry “Red” Allen Orch – You Might Get Better, But You’ll Never Get Well (1930) – Classics 540
Catherine Russell – Kitchen Man (2008) – “Sentimental Streak”
The Roving Romeos – If My Baby Cooks as Good as She Looks (1926) – Take Two TT503CD/1 (17)
Al Lentz Orch – Every Night I Bring Her Frankfurter Sandwiches (1927) – Take Two TT503CD/2 (5)
Slim and Slam – Matzoh Balls (1939) – Classics 724
Emmett Miller – Sweet Mama (Papa’s Getting Mad) (1929) – Columbia CK 66999
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – Beatin’ the Dog (1927) – JSP CD 3402
Louis Armstrong Orch – I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (1931) – Columbia CK48828
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – My Suppressed Desire (1928) – The Old Masters mb113
Clara Smith – Jelly, Jelly, Look What You Done Done (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5092
Ronald Frankau and Monte Crick – Everyone’s Got Sex Appeal for Someone (1933) – ASV CD AJA 5030
Jean Goldkette and his Orch – I’m Proud of a Baby Like You (1927) – RCA Jazz Tribune No.48
Carl Webster’s Yale Collegians – Puttin’ On the Ritz (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8055
Phil Spitalny’s Music – Give Yourself a Pat on the Back (1930) – Archeophone ARCH 3002
Annette Hanshaw – My Sin (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Cast Your Sins Away (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
The Five Spirits of Rhythm – I’ll Be Ready When the Great Day Comes (1933) – Retrieval RTR 79004

CATHERINE RUSSELL AT THE STANLEY MONDAY, JULY 7 AT 8 PM!!

Catherine (or "Cat") Russell is going to appear in Utica at the recently renovated Stanley Theatre for Utica Monday Night at 8 PM on July 7. This is a must-see performance. Cat is the daughter of the legendary Luis Russell, who worked with King Oliver, Red Allen, and Louis Armstrong, to name but a few. Cat's new album "Sentimental Streak" features her delightful interpretations of many jazz standards, with appropriate accompaniment. As part of Utica Monday Night, this performance is free and open to the public. Listen to Cat's interview with Terry Gross HERE. And here's her excellent rendition of Bessie Smith's "Kitchen Man":

"Summer Shellac" June 27, 2008

(Week 128)

This felt like a good week to transfer some 78s for an all-shellac RADIOLA! I've programmed selections from a couple of seemingly random piles that nonetheless managed to configure themselves thematically in my playlist. Most of this material has not been on CD, with a few notable exceptions.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL 88.7 FM (with streaming HERE). The program will be uploaded to Live365 soon.

The Sunflower Girl of WBAP (Bessie Coldiron) – You Went Away Too Far (1927) – Columbia 1107-D
Harmony Dance Orch (Arthur Fields, v.) – Wishing and Waiting (1927) – Grey Gull 1441-b
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Phil Ohman and Victor Arden and their Orch. – South Wind (1927) – 3481-B
Prince’s Dance Orch (Irving Kaufman, v.) – Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1922) – Grey Gull 1141-a
Frisco Syncopators – Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (1921)– Puritan 11116-B
Hall and Ryan – Don’t Bring Lulu (1923) – Grey Gull 2187-a
Cliff Edwards – How She Loves Me is Nobody’s Business (1925) – Perfect 11594
Al Bernard – A Little Something, That’s All (1927) – Grey Gull 2332-b
The Benson Orch of Chicago – Keep On Dancing (1924) – Victor 19470-B
Paul Bolognese and his Orch – The Doll Dance (1927) – Grey Gull 1441-a
Irving Weiss and his Ritz-Carlton Orch – Canadian Capers (1921) – Famous 3090-A
Aileen Stanley-Billy Murray – It Had to Be You (1924) – Victor 19373-B
Gene Austin – Without You, Sweetheart (1928) – Victor 21374-A
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch – The One Girl (Hammerstein-Youmans) (1929) – Victor 21931-B
Rudy Wiedoeft – Valse Erica (1919) – Emerson 1043
Al Gallodoro – Summertime (1969) – “A Moment in Time” Golden Rooster Records (2008 release)
Irving Kaufman (w/ Selvin’s Orch) – You Can’t Make a Fool Out of Me (1923) – Vocalion A14731
Bee Kerwin and her Happy Six – No One’s Fool (1921) – Puritan 11092-A
The Benson Orch Chicago – Don’t Bring Me Posies (When it’s Shoesies I that Need) (1922) – Victor 18931-A
Henry Burr – I Know What it Means to Be Lonesome (1919) – Victor 18538-B
Cliff Edwards – The Lonesomest Girl in Town (1925) – Perfect 11594-B
Harmony Dance Orch (Westell Gordon, v.) – Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1927) – Grey Gull 1448-a
George Gordon – City of Dreams (From "Oh, My Dear!") (Wodehouse-Hirsch) (1918) – Emerson 9134
Sid Garry – (I’m a Dreamer) Aren’t We All? (1929) – Perfect 12573-B
Johnny Johnson’s Statler PA’ans – Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me (1928) – Victor 21498-A
International Novelty Orch. – To Die Dreaming (Morir Sonando) (1926) – Victor 21877-B
Rigo’s Hungarian Gypsy Orch – The Last Respects (1919) – Emerson 02025XP
Velvetone Dance Orch – Pack Up Your Sins (and Go to The Devil) (1922) – Cameo 300
Phil Ohman and Victor Arden and their Orch. – At Sundown (1927) – Brunswick 3481-A
The Revelers – The Blue Room (1926) – Victor 20082-B
The Benson Orch of Chicago – Copenhagen (1924) – Victor 19470-A

AL GALLODORO'S 95th BIRTHDAY!

UPDATE: Al played brilliantly to a packed house at his birthday celebration. On the way home, we listened to his new CD (of a 1969 performance) and he sounds as good as he did 40 years ago.






On Saturday, June 21, the Sego Cafe (291 Main St., Oneonta, NY) will reopen for one night only: Al Gallodoro will be entertaining guests at from 8pm to 11pm on the occasion of this 95th birthday. Doors open at 7pm. There will be a $9.50 cover charge which includes your first drink. Joining Al will be long-time piano accompanist, JoAnn Bertone Chmielowski, Larry Trott on Bass, and Lou Colone on drums, and other fine guest musicians. Doors will open at 7PM. Appetizers will be available (and of course birthday cake will be served). No reservations accepted, first come, first served.

This special evening will also celebrate the release of a new CD, A MOMENT IN TIME, which captures a live performance Al made in Birmingham Alabama in 1969.

Al Gallodoro holds the distinction of of playing more on-the-air live clarinet and saxophone solos than other player in history. Beginning his career at the age of 13, he has played for Vaudeville to Symphonies, Carnegie Hall to small cafes, from Europe's North Sea to New Orleans Jazz Festivals, and even continues the live radio performances he was known for during his long career to this day. And even more amazingly, at 95 he is one of the longest continually performing musicians in the world. As a member of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, radio staff orchestras, and playing under the batons of Arturo Toscanini and Leopold Stokowski, and more currently, conductor Steven S. Richman, in addition to freelance work, Gallodoro's fine playing, the majority of it taken from live performances, has been included on countless recordings.

Gallodoro's latest CD, A Moment In Time captures a live performance made in 1969, at the Roma Country Club in Birmingham Alabama. A southern flair, credited to Al Gallodoro's Birmingham and New Orleans roots and the Mediterranean influence of his Sicilian heritages gives this live concert a unique spark. At the pinnacle of clarinet and saxophone technique, Gallodoro achieves a seemingly impossible flow of double and triple tonguing, with phrasing that is embellished in a highly ornate, yet understandable style. This melodically dazzling evening on saxophone and clarinet will enchant the listener with its Minute Waltz, jazz standards, as well as ethnic pieces such as the Beer Barrel Polka and When Irish Eyes are Smiling. What particularly stands out is Al's "My Father's Italian Polka", which he never knew the name for, so he has titled it as such, in memory of Antonio Gallodoro. without written music, the melody was passed to Al, then a young child in Birmingham, by his father, himself a clarinet player. The CD will transport the listener right into a steamy southern country club evening.

The CD will be available at the concert and at Al's web-site www.algallodoro.com. A Moment in Time was produced by Oneonta based Chmusic Productions, a small local independent production company co-owned by JoAnn Chmielowski and Al Gallodoro, recordings courtesy of Golden Rooster Records. Chmusic Productions has the distinction of producing many of Al Gallodoro's finest older recordings with the expertise of Dryhill Studio's engineer Andris Balins, who specializes in preservation and remastering. Dryhill Studios is also located in Oneonta, New York.

Do not miss this wonderful opportunity to witness yet another live Gallodoro performance!

"Duty and Tribute" June 20, 2008

(Week 127)

This RADIOLA! is in observance of my jury summons (and my utter unwillingness to send anyone to the pokey), and in celebration of Al Gallodoro's 95th birthday (as well as Vol. 3 of "The Big Broadcast" CDs). It's all about mixed feelings--but who am I to judge?

Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern (7 PM Central) to WHCL (with streaming HERE). At 10 PM, owing to what I'm told is overwhelming popular demand, "Hammond Bacon" will return for a special broadcast.

UPDATE: Though it's not for the faint of heart, you can download the latest installment of Hammond Bacon HERE.

Bing Crosby – Just One More Chance (1931) – Master Classics MCS 8070-2
Jack Pettis’ Pets – A Bag of Blues (1929) – Rivermont BSW-1145
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Miff Mole’s Molers – I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling (1929) – Living Era CD AJA 5632
Annette Hanshaw – In a Great Big Way (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Pletcher’s Eli Prom Trotters – That’s Where You’re Wrong (1930) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8055
Emmett Miller – Take Your Tomorrow (1928) – Columbia/Legacy CK 66999
The Western Brothers – The People Upstairs (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5308
Joe Sanders and his Orch – Weary (1935) – Rivermont BSW-1145
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch – Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe (1933) – Hep CD 1005
Earl Hines and his Orch – Have You Ever Felt That Way? (1929) – Frog DGF55
Isham Jones and his Orch – Junk Man (1934) – Living Era CD AJA 5320
Whispering Jack Smith – That’s My Weakness Now (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5372
Hannah Williams – Get Happy (1933) – Soundtrack of “The Audition”
Bessie Smith – Do Your Duty (1933) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Al Gallodoro – Nola (1946) – Golden Rooster “Infinite Gallodoro”
Al Gallodoro w/ The Beau Hunks – Chicago (1999) – Basta 30-9092-2 “Out of Nowhere”
Bennie Moten’s K.C. Orch – Thick Lip Stomp (1926) – Frog DGF29
Gus Arnheim and his Orch – Back in Your Own Backyard (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5234
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – Sweet and Low Down (1925) – Naxos 8.120628
Willie “The Lion” Smith – Fading Star (1939) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5272
Greta Keller – They Can’t That Away From Me (1937) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5193
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys – Robins and Roses (1936) – Hep CD 1085
Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson – You’re Blase (1932) – Prism Leisure PLATCD 172
Red McKenzie w/The Spirits of Rhythm – As Long as I Live (1934) – Retrieval RTR 79004
Teddy Wilson and his Orch – You Turned the Tables on Me (1936) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5090
Peggy Hill – Was I? (1932) – Rivermont BSW-1145
Ruth Etting – Guilty (1931) – Living Era CD AJS-2012/2
Russ Columbo – Prisoner of Love (1931) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5234
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orch – What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasin’ You (1937) – Living Era CD AJA 5599
Flanagan and Allen – Free (1937) – Prism Leisure PLATCD 172
Layton and Johnstone – Auf Wiederseh’n, My Dear (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5182

"Dicta" June 13, 2008

(Week 126)

This RADIOLA! explores categorical statements made by incontrovertible authorities: songwriters. (We beg to differ, but then we always do.) Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL 88.7 FM (with streaming HERE). The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station this weekend--of that you can be certain.

Six Jumping Jacks – Positively-Absolutely (1927) – The Old Masters mb128
Oscar Rabin and his Band (Beryl Davis, v.) – Could Be (1939) – Music & Memories MMD1007
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
George Olsen and his Music – The Best Things In Life Are Free (1927) – Living Era CD AJA5388
Tom Dorsey and his Novelty Orch – You Can’t Cheat a Cheater (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW8005
Vincent Lopez and his Orch – Everything’s Made For Love (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA5002
Lee Morse – There Must Be a Silver Lining (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646/2
Maurice Chevalier – It’s a Great Life (If You Don’t Weaken) (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA5016
Sophie Tucker – Take Off Your Mask and Be Yourself (1929) – Take Two TT404CD
Ted Weems and his Orch – Highways are Happy Ways (1927) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-174-2
Chic Nelson’s Collegians – Ya Gotta Know How to Love (1926) – Rivermont BSW-1143
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch – Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
The Tiger – Money is King (1935) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
Lord Beginner and Atilla the Hun – Women Are Good and Women Are Bad (1935) – Rounder CD1141
Hoagy Carmichael – Hong Kong Blues (1938) – Legacy JK 64640
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Who Wouldn’t Be Jealous of You? (1928) – The Old Masters mb113
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Charleston is the Best Dance After All (1993) – Stomp Off CD1260
Clementine Smith – Nobody Knows What a Red Head Mama Can Do (1924) – Memphis Archive MA7017
Irving Kaufman (w/Bailey’s Lucky Seven) – Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923) – Archeophone 5504
Broadway Bellhops – There Ain’t No Land Like Dixieland to Me (1927) – Columbia CK 45450
Louis Armstrong and his Orch – When You’re Smiling (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings (Eva Taylor, v.) – You’ve Got to Be Modernistic (1929) – Frog DGF17
Claude Hopkins and his Orch – Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town (1935) – Hep CD 1049
Bessie Smith – A Good Man is Hard to Find (1927) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Vaughn DeLeath – There’s Ain’t No Sweet Man (1928) – Living Era CD AJA5468
Ramona Davies – The Heart is Quicker than the Eye (1936) – The Old Masters mb116
Orlando and his Gleneagles Orch (EDall) – Love is Good For Anything that Ails You (1937) MMD 1007
Duke Ellington and his Orch (Ivie Anderson, v.) – It Don’t Mean a Thing (1932) – ASV CD AJA 5420
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch – Tain’t What You Do (1939) – Proper P1599
Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson – Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries (1931) – ASL Living Era CD AJA 5190
Paul Robeson – It Ain’t Necessarily So (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5276
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees – As Time Goes By (1931) – Sony Music Special Projects A2 23671

"A Question of Paternity" June 6, 2008

(Week 125)

And that question is "Where's Poppa?" Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with streaming HERE) as we sift clues. Identity parade, anyone?

The show will be uploaded to my Live365 station this weekend.

Spirits of Rhythm – My Old Man (1933) – Retrieval RTR 79004
Benny Meroff and his Orch. – I’m Wondering Who (1927) – Columbia CK45450
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Orch. – Papa’s Got The Jim-Jams (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Bill Carlsen and his Orch. – You Forgot Your Gloves (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8049
Eddie Lang’s Orch. (Mildred Bailey, v.) – What Kind o’ Man is You? (1929) – TOM mb103
Sophie Tucker (w/ Rega Orch.) – Papa Better Watch Your Step (1923) – Take Two TT404CD
Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys – Poor Papa (1926) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – Come Back, Sweet Papa (1926) – Columbia CK 44049
George Olsen and his Orch. – Who? (1925) – Living Era CD AJA 5388
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch. – Papa’s Gone Bye-Bye Blues (1930) – JSP CD 918B
Miff Mole and his Molers – Wild Oat Joe (1928) – Living Era CD AJA 5632
Sam Manning – Bouncing Baby Boy (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8029
The Lion – Send Your Children to the Orphan Home (1936) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7004
The Growler – Calypso Behind the Wall (1938) – Rounder CD 1141
Gracie Fields – Walter, Walter (Lead Me to the Altar) (1938) – Naxos 8.120503
Mantovani and his Orch. George Barclay, v. – Where Are You? (1937) – Music & Memories MMD1007
Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band – Think of Me, Little Daddy (1920) – Jazz Oracle BDW8046/2
Lucille Hegamin – Papa, Papa (1923) – Memphis Archive MA7017
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Loud Speakin’ Papa (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-089
Ruben Reeves and his River Boys – Papa Skag Stomp (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-046
Earl Hines and his Orch. – Good Little, Bad Little You (take 3) (1929) – Frog DGF55
Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings – Papa De Da Da (1931) – Quadromania 222495-444/2 (tr.18)
Harry Richman – Thank Your Father (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Annette Hanshaw – Daddy, Won’t You Please Come Home? (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Boswell Sisters – Was That the Human Thing to Do? (1932) – Collectables COL-CD-6461
Bessie Tucker – Better Boot That Thing (1929) – Bluebird 66065-2
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – I’m a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas (1930) – Columbia CK46996
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Somebody Loves Me (1930) – Columbia C3K 57596
Benny Goodman and his Orch. (Mildred Bailey, v.) – Ol’ Pappy (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065
Louis Prima and his N.O. Gang – Chasing Shadows (1935) – JSP CD 339
Paul Robeson – Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5184

Utican Bob Hubbard on French Radio!!

Not just because Bob is my brother (and is brilliant) but this was pretty damn impressive:

Hello All,

I'll be on French radio on Friday - it will be available on 99.1 FM in France or as podcast. See attached flyer - solo drum improv I did as well as something with Catherine and Francois. Also at "The Living Theater" with Catherine Sikora and Francois Grillot on July 2 . Then John Zorn's Club "The Stone" with Ken Filiano and Bob Feldman on July 13.

Bob

This program will be airing live at 1:30 PM Eastern this Friday on Radio HDR 99.1.

"Railroad Rhythm" May 23, 2008

(Week 124)

This RADIOLA! celebrates that antique mode of transportation that seems a pretty fair alternative to four-dollar gas. (Thanks to William for the theme idea.) Tune in tonight to WHCL at 8 PM Eastern (with streaming here)--I'll upload the show to my Live365 station this weekend.

Clarence Williams and his Jazz Kings – Railroad Rhythm (1929) – Quadromania 222495-444
Cliff Edwards – California, Here I Come (1924) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5017
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orch – Tank Town Bump (1929) – JSP CD 322
Ethel Waters – Georgia Blues (1929) – Classics 721
Vic Meyers’ Atlanta Melody Artists – Flag That Train (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-046
Horace Smith – Clickety-Clack Blues (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8009
Six Jumping Jacks – Where Do You Work-a John? (1926) – The Old Masters mb120
The Revelers – Bam Bam Bammy Shore (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5278
Oscar Papa Celestin’s Orginal Tuxedo Jazz Band – Stations Calls (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Ted Weems and his Orch – My Cutey’s Due at Two-to-Two (1926) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-174-2
Al Lentz and his Orch – Hello, Swanee, Hello (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5002
Claude Hopkins and Orch (Fred Norman, v.) – Traffic Was Terrific (1935) – Hep CD 1049
Fats Waller (organ) – Waiting at the End of the Road (1929) – JSP 928A
Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band – Steppin’ on the Gas (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8002
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Stoppin’ the Traffic (1993) – “Quality Shout” Stomp Off CD 1260
West End Jazz Band – Third Rail (2003) – “Louder and Funnier” Legacy 2K 103
Ada Jones & Billy Murray – There’s Lots of Stations on My Railroad Track (1914) – UCSB Cylinder
Collins and Harlan – When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam (1913) – UCSB Cylinder
American Quartet – On the 5:15 (1914) – Living Era CD AJA 5623
Charlie Troutt’s Melody Artists – Transportation Blues, Pt.1 (1927) – Columbia 1030-D
Mills’ Musical Clowns (Dick Morgan,v.) – Railroad Man (1928) – Sunbeam SB-114
James P. Johnson and his Orch – Chicago Blues (1928) – Frog DGF38
Lonnie Johnson – Long Black Train (1930) – Proper P1423
Trixie Smith – Freight Train Blues (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA
Louis Armstrong and his Orch – Hobo, You Can’t Ride this Train (1932) – RCA 68682-2/1 (tr.2)
Billy Jones – Bringin’ Home the Bacon (1924) – Take Two TT503CD/1 (tr.7)
Ruben Reeves’ River Boys – Texas Special Blues (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Kamil Behounek Hot Harmonica – Choo Choo (Prague, 1936) – Proper P1553
Al Jolson – Toot, Toot, Tootsie (1927) – Rhino R2 72544
Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli - Alabama Bound (1937) - JSP CD349
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Mystery Pacific (1937) – JSP CD349
Jeanette MacDonald – Beyond the Blue Horizon (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195

"Anatomically Correct" May 16, 2008

(Week 123)

This RADIOLA! is dedicated to all those components which make up our entirety, though some of them are not specifically named. Tune in tonight to WHCL 88.7 FM at 8 PM Eastern, stream the program live HERE, or listen later on my Live365 station.

Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Mildred Bailey, v.) – All of Me (1931) – Sony Special Products A 23672
Lee Morse and her Blue Grass Boys – Tain’t No Sin (1930) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Lanin’s Red Heads (Art Gillham, v.) – Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (1925) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Eddie South and his Alabamians – That’s What I Call Keen (1928) – Frog DGF 36
Ted Weems and his Orch – She’s Got “It” (1927) – Jasmine JASMCD 2574
Henry Starr – Blue Eyes (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8003
Al Jolson – Dirty Hands, Dirty Face (1928) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 436
Seger Ellis – Cheerful Little Earful (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5026
Genevieve Davis – I’ve Got That Something (1927) – Frog DGF5
King Oliver and his Orch – I’ve Got That Thing (1929) – JSP CD 3404
Buddy Moss – You’ve Got to Give Me Some of It (1935) – Columbia CK 46783
Gus Arnheim and his Orch (Rhythm Boys, v.) – Them There Eyes (1930) – Naxos 8.120696
Irene Dunne – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5184
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Armful o’ Sweetness (1934) – JSP CD 928C
Joe Robichaux and his N.O. Rhythm Boys – Foot Scuffle (1933) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8057
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Sugar Foot Stomp (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Bessie Coldiron – I Hold the World in the Palm of My Hand (1927) – Columbia 1107-D
Dick Robertson and his Orch – You’ve Got Me in the Palm of Your Hand (1932) – Varsity 8117
Paul Whiteman and his Orch (Peggy Healy, v.) – Look What I’ve Got (1933) – Rivermont BSW 1141
King Radio – Ribs (1936) – Rounder CD 1141
Lord Executor – How I Spent My Time at the Hospital (1938) – Rounder CD 1054
The Lion – Vitalogy (1938) – Rounder CD 1077
Fats Waller (organ solo) – Tanglefoot (1929) – JSP CD928A
Fred Astaire – Crazy Feet (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5021
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch – Happy Feet (1930) – The Old Masters mb108
Dorsey Bros’ Orch – Annie’s Cousin Fanny (1934) – Living Era CD AJA 5599
Don Redman and his Orch – Shakin’ the Africann (1931) – Hep CD 1001
The Cats and the Fiddle – Nuts to You (1939) – Living Era CD AJA 5475
Gene Austin – Everything I Have is Yours (1933) – Columbia CK 57712
Lee Wiley (w/Victor Young Orch) – I’ve Got You Under My Skin (1937) – Naxos 8.120627
Lew Stone and his Band (Al Bowlly, v.) – Close Your Eyes (1933) – Living Era CD AJA 5435

"Potent Potables" May 9, 2008

(Week 122)

This RADIOLA! is a virtual bender in honor of a station-wide email sent last week by WHCL's General Manager: We will NOT be airing on Friday evening. It is ILLEGAL to be on the air when one is intoxicated, so don't even try it.

First of all, RADIOLA! will be on, as usual, at 8 PM Eastern on WHCL (with streaming HERE)--and the evening broadcasters tend to be "sober men and true." Although tonight anything might happen. I'll upload the broadcast to Live365 once the room stops spinning.

Also, we toast the memory of Chicago tenor sax legend Franz Jackson, who died May 6.

Paul Whiteman and his Orch – Just a Little Drink (1925) – Naxos 8.120628
Ruben “River” Reeves and his River Boys – Screws, Nuts, and Bolts (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch – Hittin’ the Bottle (1935) – Proper P1598
Gene Kardos and his Orch – A Hot Dog, a Blanket, and You (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Doin’ the Jug-Jug (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-022/2
Una Mae Carlisle – Hangover Blues (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5092
Harlem Hamfats (Joe McCoy, v.) – You Drink Too Much (1937) – Document DOCD 5272
Bessie Smith – Gimme a Pigfoot (1933) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – A Mug of Ale (1927) – JSP CD 3402/1
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Hello, Montreal! (1928) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Miff Mole and his Molers – Feelin’ No Pain (1927) – Living Era CD AJA5632
Frank Crumit – I Married the Bootlegger’s Daughter (1925) – Victor 19739-A
Noah Beery – One Little Drink (1930) – Brunswick 4828
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Sid Garry, v.) – Stein Song (1930) – Velvet Tone 2120-V
Ruben “River” Reeves and his River Boys – Zuddan (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Al Gallodoro – Manhattan (2003) – “Sarasota Saxes” Golden Rooster Records
George Broderick – Down Deep Within the Cellar (1900) – Berliner 01053
Billy Murray – Under The Anheuser Bush (1904) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Arthur Collins – Schooners that Pass in the Night (1909) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Vernon Dalhart – Alcoholic Blues (1919) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Duke Ellington – Cocktails for Two (1934) – Victor 24617
Gene Gifford and his Orch – Squareface (1935) – Hep CD 1077
Eddie’s Hot Shots – I’m Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee (1929) – Gold Sound DCD-772-2
Ethel Merman – Make it Another Old Fashioned Please (1940) – Naxos 8.120627
Paul Whiteman (Ramona Davies, v.) – I Get a Kick Out of You (1934) – Victor 24769
Phil Harris and his Orch. – Pink Elephants (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5191
Ruben “River” Reeves and his River Boys – Yellow Fire (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Adrian Rollini and his Orch – Tap Room Swing (1936) – ASV Living Era CD AJA CD AJA 5424
Larry Clinton and his Orch (Bea Wain, v.) – You Go To My Head (1938) – Victor 25849
The Andrews Sisters – Beer Barrel Polka (1939) – Decca 2462A
California Ramblers – Show Me The Way to Go Home (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-053

AL GALLODORO AT THE EMPIRE HOUSE, GILBERTSVILLE, NY

Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski are scheduled to play Saturday, May 10 (6-9 PM) and Sunday, May 11 (5-8 PM, with Dennis Turechek) at the newly restored Empire House Restaurant, located at the Corner of Routes 8 and 51 in Gilbertsville, NY (Telephone 607-783-2859).

"Over The Hill?" May 2, 2008

(Week 121)

This RADIOLA! is in observance of my odometer kicking over another year. But I feel pretty good--honest I do. Age is just a number, isn't it? (Of course, that number is about to get larger by one.)

Tune in tonight to WHCL at 8 PM Eastern (with Shoutcast streaming HERE) and I'll be uploading the show to my Live365 station this weekend.

Charlie Palloy – Young and Healthy (1933) – The Old Masters mb 118
Harry Richman – King For a Day (1928) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 483
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
The Chocolate Dandies – That’s How I Feel Today (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Joe Venuti’s Blue Five – Hey! Young Fella (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5424
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – Changes (1927) – ABC 838 215-2
Ramona Davies – I Hate to Think That You’ll Grow Old, Baby (1933) – The Old Masters mb 116
Lonnie Johnson and Clara Smith – You’re Getting Old On Your Job (1930) – Proper P1423
Jack Coakley and his Orch – My Future Just Passed (1930) – Harlequin HQ CD 25
Tony Parenti – Old Man Rhythm (1929) – Frog DGF 4
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch – Old Man Harlem (1933) – Hep CD 1005
Red Perkins and his Dixie Ramblers – Old Man Blues (1931) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
Ed Lowery – Mama’s Gone Young–Papa’s Gone Old (1929) – Take Two TT503CD/2 (tr.18)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch – Blue, Turning Grey Over You (1930) – Columbia CK 46996
Clarence Williams’ Novelty Band – You’re Bound to Look Like a Monkey When You Get Old (1930) – Quadromania 222495-444
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns – What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasin’ You (1935) – ASV CD AJA 5406
Tom Lehrer – When You Are Old and Gray (1953) – Rhino R2 72776
Cal Stewart – I’m Old But I’m Awfully Tough (1901) – Archeophone ARCH 9004
Irving Kaufman – When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 5504
Bessie Smith – You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon (1925) – Charly CDCD 1030
California Ramblers – Nothing Does-Does Like it Used to Do-Do-Do (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-053
Hoagy Carmichael and his Orch – Rockin’ Chair (1930) – JSP 918B
Ted Weems and his Orch – Heartaches (1933) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-174-2
Lord Executor and the Caresser – Old Ginger (1937) – Rounder CD 1077
King Radio – Old Men Come Back Again (1939) – Rounder CD 1054
Big Bill Broonzy – Getting Older Every Day (1940) – Columbia CK 47060
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns – I Still Get a Thrill (1930) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – When There’s a Will There’s a Way (1929) – King Jazz KJ 124 FS
J.C. Cobb and his Grains of Corn – Once or Twice (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-050
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Fit as a Fiddle (1932) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Greta Keller – So Little Time (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5193
Bing Crosby – Dancing in the Dark (1931) – Master Classics MCS 8070-2
Jean Shepherd - The Human Comedy (1959) - "Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles" Collectors' Choice CCM-343-2

Flanders & Swann: The Epitome of Songwriting

As a dabbler in the art of lyric-writing, I never cease to be amazed by the work of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. Though a bit newer than most of my RADIOLA! material, this selection is a classic and is guaranteed to delight.