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"Sing" April 27, 2007

(Week 76)

This has been a hectic week--and it ain't over. But I managed to put together this playlist for broadcast tonight at 8 PM ET on WHCL, with some nice new acquisitions of great 78s, a stab at fixing other peoples' mistakes, and a few recent recordings by worthy musicians. Enjoy!

National Cavaliers – Sing (1930) – Victor (78) 22559-A
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Hymn to the Sun (1925) – Victor (78) 19862-A
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Harold Yates and Cooper Lawley – Back in Your Own Backyard (1928) – Victor (78) 21394-B
Correll and Gosden – No Wonder I’m Happy (1927) – Victor (78) 20908-A
The Four Rajahs – Waitin’ For Katie (1928) – Victor (78) 21550-B
Blue Steele and his Orch. – Because You Are My Dream Girl (1928) – VMP 0101 (re-eq by me)
Miss Annabelle Lee – Mike Speciale and his Orch. (1927) – Swing Time 9906 (re-eq by me)
Paul Whiteman and his Orch – I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight (1925) – Victor (78) 19902-A
Cooper Lawley – Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) – Victor (78) 21390-A
The Okeh Laughing Record (1922) – Okeh (78) 4678
Rudy Vallee and his Conn. Yankees – Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1937) – Bluebird (78) B-7135-B
Frank Crumit – My Lady (1927) – Victor (78) 20486-A
Helen Clark and Franklyn Baur – A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You (1925) – Victor (78) 19903-B
West End Jazz Band – Singin’ in the Bathtub (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
The Sweetback Sisters – Kansas City Star (2006) – Sweetback Sisters Bang! The EP
Tin Cup Serenade – Manitoba (2007) – Tin Cup Serenade
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell – What Do You Say? (1928) – Victor (78) 21390-B
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell – What Do We Do (On a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day)? (1927) – Victor (78) 20906-A
The Four Rajahs – Too Busy! (1928) – Victor (78) 21550-A
Orquesta Internacional – Teresita (Pasillo) (Lionel Belasco) (ca. 1923) – Victor (78) 73530-A
Carlisle St. Stephen’s Brass Band – Mephistopheles (March) (ca. 1927) – Regal (78) MR 18 (UK)
Band of H.M. Grenadiers – The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (ca. 1936) – Columbia M-394
Henry Burr – Don’t Steal Daddy’s Medal (1926) – Victor (78) 20025-B
Willard Robison and his Orch. – Tain’t So, Honey, Tain’t So (1928) – Victor (78)
Whispering Jack Smith (w/Carroll Gibbons) – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5342
Lane’s Dance Orch. (Bob Haring) – Sometimes I’m Happy (1928) – Lincoln (78) 2639
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Baby (1928) – Columbia (78) 1721-D
Varsity Eight (California Ramblers) – Glorianna (1928) – Cameo (78) 9007
Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orch. (Robison, vo) – I’m Crazy Over You (1929) – Victor (78) 21976-B
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders – Waffles (1926) – Victor (78) 20094-B
Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Sweet Sue, Just You (1935) – JSP CD341

"And Now, Tin" April 20, 2007

(Week 75)

Every year I have to get clever. This year I decided to go cryptic as well. Tune in Friday at 8 PM ET on WHCL to hear what it's all about.

Cliff Edwards – It’s Only a Paper Moon (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C2K 52942
Victor Young and his Orch. (Boswell Sisters) – I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1932) – Sony A 23673
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Joe Jordan’s Ten Sharps and Flats – Senegalese Stomp (1926) – Frog DGF 14
Red Nichols’ Stompers – Make My Cot (Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows) (1927) – TOM mb107
Bennie Moten’s K. C. Orch. – Moten Stomp (1927) – Frog DGF 29
Bing Crosby – Try a Little Tenderness (1933) – Charly CDCD 2020
Louis Prima and his N. O. Gang – Put On an Old Pair of Shoes (1935) – JSP CD339
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orch. – A Shine on Your Shoes (1932) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8013
Lud Gluskin et son Jazz – Ten Little Miles From Town (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Moonlight and Roses (1929) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120520
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Stealin’ Apples (1937) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 57586
Ruth Etting – Ten Cents a Dance (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5008
Boswell Sisters – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1932) – Collectibles COL-CD-6462
Frances Langford – Rap Tap on Wood (1936) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels – West End Blues (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8008
West End Jazz Band – Tennessee Lazy (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
Connie Boswell – Under a Blanket of Blue (1933) – Columbia/Legacy C3K 52943
Charleston Chasers – Five Pennies (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Mills’ Ten Blackberries – Double Check Stomp (1930) – Columbia C2K 46177
Fats Waller – Smashing Thirds (1929) – Bluebird 2482-2-RB
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Here Comes the Show Boat (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
Charlie Palloy and his Orch. – Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Irving Kaufman – Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (1921) – Archeophone ARCH 5504
Louisiana Sugar Babes – Willow Tree (1928) – Bluebird 07863-61005-2
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee (1932) – BMG DCM12762
Ted Lewis and his Band – Tin Roof Blues (1925) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5273
Jan Garber and his Orch. – Tin Ear (1928) – The Old Masters mb119
Thelma Terry and her Playboys – When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin’ By (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-041
Pearl Trio – Roll Me Over (1946) – Pearl (78) 50-A
Bud Flanagan and Frances Day – But in the Morning, No (1941) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Dicky Wells and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1937) – Topaz TPZ 1023

Do Not Hesitate to Download

We're in for the long haul on this Copyright Royalty Board thing--and there is a possibility now more than ever I will have to pull the plug on my Live365 stream by this July. (The WHCL broadcast and webcast will continue as before.) Therefore, I would urge you to download all the RADIOLA! programs you can HERE. They're now up to date through last Friday's show.

(And though it's a free download, I encourage you to donate to the upkeep of their server--they gratefully accept one-off donations through PayPal.)

"Persons of Color" April 13, 2007

(Week 74)

Tonight at 8 PM on RADIOLA! we explore color--but in a nice way. (I expect various persons afflicted with Political Correctness will be offended that I even suggested such a topic. They probably won't even examine the playlist below and will certainly be too livid to listen. Fine. They can go bask in the exhalations of some dessicated folksinger after they write WHCL to say what I villain I am.)

Fred Astaire – I Used to Be Color Blind (1938) – Charly CDCD1075
George Olsen and his Music – Where’s That Rainbow (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5388
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia (78) E-1177
Varsity Eight – Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-062
Speckled Red – Wilkins Street Stomp (1929) – Javelin CWNCD 2008
Lou Weimer’s Gold and Black Aces – Merry Widow’s Got a Sweetie Now (1928) – Yazoo 2025
Annette Hanshaw – Am I Blue? (1929) – Take Two TT408CD
Ethel Waters – True Blue Lou (1929) – Classics 721
Lee Morse – Old Man Sunshine, Little Boy Bluebird (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646
The Red Heads – Brown Sugar (1926) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Russ Carlson and the High Steppers – Just a Blue-Eyed Blonde (1931) – The Old Masters mb115
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Red-Headed Baby (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
Bing Crosby – When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day (1931) – Master Classics 8070-2
Irving Kaufman – Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (18) (1925) – Take Two TT502CD
Louis Prima – The Lady in Red (1935) – Columbia Legacy CK 57712
West End Jazz Band – Looking at the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
West End Jazz Band – Rosy Cheeks (2007) – Legacy 2K 107
Bennie Goodman’s Boys – Blue (1928) – Sunbeam BX CD 13
Charleston Chasers – Cinderella Brown (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang – Two Tone Stomp (1929) – Properbox 81
Jane Green – Hard to Get Gertie (3) (1926) – Take Two TT503CD
Annette Hanshaw – Little White Lies (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5195
Ruth Etting – I’ll Be Blue, Just Thinking of You (1930) – Take Two TT403CD
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Ukulele Lady (1925) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120628
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. – Dinah (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
The Goofus Five – Sadie Green (The Vamp of New Orleans) (1926) – Timeless CBC 1-017 JAZZ
Cab Calloway and his Orch. – Yaller (1930) – Media7 Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Jimmy Johnson and Clarence Williams – How Could I Be Blue? (1930) – Frog CD DGF17
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Copper Colored Gal (1936) – RCA Victor 07863-66747-2
Phil Harris and his Cocoanut Grove Orch. – Pink Elephants (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5191
Teddy Wilson and his Orch. (Billie Holiday) – Miss Brown to You (1935) – Columbia C3K47724
Louisiana Rhythm Kings – Sweet Sue, Just You (1930) – BDW 8024

NEW! "Singin' in the Bathtub" CD by the WEJB!

I just received this CD in the mail today from my friends Mike and Leah Bezin of the West End Jazz Band. It's an absolute delight. The music is stellar, and the re-creation of a Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks band remote is lots of fun. You can buy the CD HERE. (And, of course, I'll be playing a couple of tracks on RADIOLA! this week.)

"Shellac Attack" April 6, 2007

(Week 73)

Lots of crunchy goodness (and a few minty specimens) here for those who need their surface noise. 8 PM EDT on WHCL, of course.

Tracy-Brown’s Orch. – Chloe (1928) – Columbia 1344-D
Leo Reisman and his Orch. – Without that Gal (1931) – Victor 22746-A
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia E 1177
Vincent Lopez and his Orch. – Should I? (1929) – Romeo 1162-A
Smith Ballew and his Piping Rock Orch. – I Love Louisa (1931) – Columbia 2503-D
Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orch. – La Rosita (1931) – Victor 22618-B
Marion Harris – Take Me To That Land of Jazz (1919) – Victor 18593-B
Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators – State Street Blues (1922) – Regal 9318-A
Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds – Shim-Me-King’s Blues (1921) – Okeh 4254-A
Sam Lanin and his Orch (IK) – I’m Walking Around in Circles (1926) – Banner 1769-A
Irving Combs (Kaufman) – Bye Bye Blackbird (1926) – Silvertone 2818-A
Curt Philips (Ernie Hare) – My Dream of the Big Parade (1926) – Silvertone 2818-B
The Detroiters – Sally of My Dreams (1928) – Cameo 8373
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lulu Belle (1926) – Victor 20019-A
Ted Lewis – New St. Louis Blues (1926) – Columbia 697-D
Irving Kaufman – Chinese Blues (1915) – Victor 17919-A
Jack Kaufman – The Pump Song (1926) – Silvertone 3836-B
Charles Dickson (IK) – Skies of Gray (1927) – Oriole 1047-B
Frank Westphal and his Orch. – Oh, Sister, Ain’t That Hot? (1923) – Columbia 22-D
Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds – Royal Garden Blues (1921) – Okeh 4254-A
Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators – I’ve Got The Wonder Where He Went and When He’s Coming Back Blues (1922) – Regal 9318-B
Gene Austin – How Am I to Know? (1929) – Victor 22128-A
Gene Austin – I’ve Got the Girl (1926) – Victor 20397-A
Johnny Marvin – Deed I Do (1926) – Victor 20397-B
Dale’s Dance Orch. – I’ve Got a Feeling for Ophelia (1924) – Lincoln 2216
Sam Lanin and his Orch. – Where’d You Get Those Eyes (1926) – Banner 1769-B
Ray Miller and his Orch. – In a Great Big Way (1929) – Brunswick 4223
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Lady of the Evening (1939) – Decca 2690 A
Ruby Newman and his Orch. – Rainbow in the Night (1937) – Decca 1848 B
Ruby Newman and his Orch. – Music, Maestro, Please (1937) – Decca 1848 A
Paul Smith and Band – Rhymes, Pts. 1 & 2 (1932) – Varsity 5024
Ray Noble and his Orch. (Bowlly) – Little Man, You’ve Had a Busy Day (1934) – HMV B 6491

AL GALLODORO AT THE LITTLE FALLS LIBRARY!!

Al Gallodoro, the legendary reedman whom Jimmy Dorsey called "the best saxophone player who ever lived," will be playing with his quartet at 7 PM this Thursday, April 5, at the Little Falls Public Library (10 Waverly Pl. Little Falls, NY 13365-1517; phone 315-823-1542).

Copies of Al's excellent new CD, "Daybreak: Lyrical Jazz" will be available for sale at the concert. Scroll down this page for more information on Al Gallodoro. Or, check out Al's new website.

"There's Something in the Air" March 30, 2007

(Week 72)

Indeed, there's something on the air tonight--RADIOLA! What's in the air could be Spring, music, or a bit of dread--or perhaps all three. I'll attempt to clear the air at 8 PM EDT on WHCL-FM.

Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – There’s Somethiug in the Air (1936) – Bluebird 78 B-6683-A
Dixie Stars – My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) – Columbia 78 389-D
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 E 1177
Jean Goldkette and his Orch. HC – So Tired (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-084 JAZZ
Paul Mills and his Merry Makers – I’m Rollin’ In Love (1928) – Cameo 78 8373
Gotham Troubadors IK – Chloe (1928) – Okeh 78 40992
Marion Harris – Tea for Two (1924) – Past CD 7075
Harry Reser's Syncopators (Tom Stacks, vo.) – Crazy Rhythm (1928) – Past CD 7075
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. (Ramona) – Are You Makin’ Any Money? (1933) – Jass J-CD-639
Golden Gate Orch. – Farewell Blues (1927) – Timeless CD CBC 1-090
Tracy-Brown’s Orchestra – Beautiful (1928) – Columbia 78 1344-D
Ipana Troubadors – Glorianna (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143
Arthur Fields – My Dream of the Big Parade (1926) – Perfect 78 12265
Dixie Stars – New York Ain’t New York Any More (1925) – Columbia 78 389-D
Ford and Glenn – There’s a Little White House (1926) – Columbia 78 869-D
Al Gallodoro and JoAnn Chmielowski – Flat Top (2007) – Daybreak (Golden Rooster Records)
West End Jazz Band – By Special Permission of the Copyright Owners (2002) – Lecacy 2K 102
The Carpal Tunnel Kid – Impending Doom is Getting Me Down (2007) – Home Recording
Gotham Troubadors – Sunshine (1928) – Okeh 78 40992
Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orch. – Let’s Talk About My Sweetie (1925) – Victor 78 19989-A
Lud Gluskin and his Orch. – I Wanna Go Places and Do Things (1929) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8045
Sir Henry Lytton – If you give me your attention (1932) – Conifer CD 75605 52275 2B
Cole Porter – The Kling-Kling Bird on the Divi-Divi Tree (1935) – Koch C-7171-2H1
Noel Coward – The Stately Homes of England (1937) – Chestnut CN 1015
Totem Lodge Orch. – I Only Have Eyes For You (1934) – Montgomery Ward 78 M-4504-A
Jack Shilkret and his Orch CB – One Hamburger for Madame (1936) – Banner 78 6-06-03
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees – The Glory of Love (1936) – Melotone 78 6-06-09
Dick Robertson and his Orch. – You’ve Got Me in the Palm of Your Hand (1932) – Varsity 78 8117
Eddie Duchin and his Orch. – What About Me? (1934) – Victor 78 24709-A
Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – Never Gonna Dance (1936) – Bluebird 78 B-6505-B
Eddie Cantor & Phil Spitalny’s Music – Cheer Up! (1931) – Jass J-CD-639
Sam Lanin and his Troubadors – Sweet Sue–Just You (1928) – Rivermont BSW 1143

COPYRIGHT PERVERTED INTO CASH COW FOR GREEDHEADS

Here's the story of how Copyright went wrong (thanks to Rich Conaty).

AL GALLODORO at the WATERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIDAY!

Al Gallodoro, the legendary reedman whom Jimmy Dorsey called "the best saxophone player who ever lived," will be playing with his quartet at 7 PM this Friday, March 23, at the Waterville Public Library (206 White Street, Waterville, NY 13480 Ph. 315 841-4651).
Performing will be Al Gallodoro, sax, bass clarinet, clarinet; JoAnn Chmielowski, piano; Harry Aceto, Bass; and Dave Perazone, Drums.

Al started playing professionally in 1926, and worked with such bandleaders as Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman through the 1930s. Today at 93, Al Gallodoro is still an incredible player. One of only 14 musicians and singers who recorded before 1940 and are still active (along with Svend Asmussen, Johnny Blowers, Lena Horne, Franz Jackson, Herb Jeffries, Lawrence Lucie, Buddy Morrow, Les Paul, George Shearing, Kay Starr, Gerald Wilson, Snooky Young and Zeke Zarchy), Gallodoro is still at 95% of his playing peak, playing phrases that sound completely impossible.

Don't pass up this rare opportunity to hear Al Gallodoro play!

THE "BIG BROADCAST" ARCHIVE IS DEAD

Thanks mostly to this Copyright crackdown, online archives of Rich Conaty's "Big Broadcast" dating back to December 2001 have been removed from the server. That's five years of great programs of salubrious, lovely 20s and 30s pop and jazz gone for--what? So the ravening RIAA/ASCAP ghouls at SoundExchange can throw their weight around? The whole purpose of this equine feces is to actively suppress our cultural heritage and prevent priceless music from being heard. (And there is no price that can be put on it.) It truly and utterly micturates me off.

By that token, I'd advise all readers of this blog to download all my RADIOLA! programs HERE before the jackals get around to killing that archive as well. Those old shows will be all you have after the Copyright Police chase me off Live365.

THE END OF RADIOLA!?

UPDATE: Congress is likely to sit on its hands. Why did we elect these dorks?

I don't normally like to use this page for polemical essays, but I think this matter is something that concerns anyone who listens to and relies on internet radio. The Copyright Royalty Board has announced its plan to raise internet royalty rates--charging internet broadcasters on a per-song, per-listener basis. And these charges will be retroactive through the beginning of last year. This will effectively shut down all programs like RADIOLA! that operate on a tiny (or nonexistent) budget.

What is astonishing--and to my mind unjust--is that 80-year-old recordings should be subject to copyright control at all. The even more appalling fact is that all sound recordings will be kept from the Public Domain until the year 2067. Certainly no artists who recorded in the 1910s and 1920s--and very few who recorded in the 1930s--are in any position to enjoy their royalty payments. The main result of this quirk of the law is to actively suppress the music that we love.

This music clearly belongs in the Public Domain. It is not only a major part of our cultural heritage, it should enrich and inform new music as it emerges. If it utterly disappears, music will wither and become even more banal than it is now. Imagine putting Beethoven or Schubert back under copyright. What would that serve? Similarly, what purpose does it serve (besides enriching the vampires in the moribund music industry) to suppress the music of 80 years ago--music that is vital to our national culture?

I have no problem with living performers and composers demanding some measure of compensation. Yet it has been my experience that many artists are happy just to have their music promoted so they can sell recordings and get people out to their concert venues. Such avenues of exposure would be closed to the less well known and new performers as the self-referential dreck offered on radios throughout the land would prevail.

I've loved the music of the 1920s and 1930s since I was a child, once I was lucky enough to discover its existence. Everyone thought I was weird for loving it, but I knew it was best for me. It wasn't a matter of nostalgia, or of longing for some other time. The music was simply excellent, and better than anything else available to me.

I have to assume that a certain percentage of people are similarly moved, or would be if they had access to these recordings. Rather than being sequestered in a vault somewhere, or on the dusty shelves of a few record collectors, they should be freely broadcast so that they find their audience. And I have a suspicion that their audience would be immense if they were widely available. They shimmer with wit and levity, brim with deep joy, and beat with the pulse of life. And charging admission to them enriches no one except those who would keep them quiet so they can push today's mediocre crud as the real deal.

This may be a lost cause, but those are always the ones worth fighting for. Write your representative in Congress to change this wretched state of affairs, and urge for the repeal of the horrid DMCA itself. There are now so many important matters before Congress (such as the war and civil liberties) that Internet Radio seems minor in comparison. Nonetheless, it is important, personally, to millions--and the death of independent online music stations would make our already bleak lives that much more dreary.

Yes, RADIOLA! will go on--as a radio program. Those who want to hear it will have to stream WHCL on Friday nights (Hamilton College can afford the absurdly high fees) or move to the Utica, NY area and try to pick up the 320 watt station on their FM radios. (That's assuming there's no sporting event and the station is even on the air, which it frequently isn't.) And I'll try to hang in there on Live365 as long as possible. But when the RIAA types start pounding on my door, I'm not going into hock over this--not that I have anything worth pawning.

"Last Ditch Effort" March 2, 2007

(Week 71)

Owing to some weather anomalies, I didn't even know if I was going to do a program tonight. This is one of those "The Dog Ate My Playlist" shows, but it features mostly CDs that I have recently acquired. RADIOLA! begins at 8 PM ET on WHCL, but I'll be in the studio from 7 to play some classic Jean Shepherd for those who might be interested.

Stanley Holloway – The Lion and Albert (1932) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120715
Groucho Marx and Company – Hooray for Captain Spaulding! (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
The Radiolans (with Willie Lewis) – Who Taught You That? (1932) – Classics 822
Willie Lewis and his Entertainers – Nagasaki (1935) – Classies 822
Isham Jones and his Orch. – The Blue Room (1934) – Hep CD 1083
Joan Crawford – How Long Will it Last? (1932) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
Bing Crosby – Can’t We Be Friends? (1929) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Why Don’t You Get Lost (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Arden-Ohman Orchestra – S’wonderful (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63194-2
O Gee! O Joy! – Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63194-2
Jesse Stafford and his Orch. – Glorianna (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Libby Holman – Love For Sale (1930) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Maurice Chevalier – You’ve Got That Thing (1930) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5011
George Olsen and his Music (Fran Frey, vo.) – Pink Elephants (1933) – Obscure Novelty Songs
Al Gallodoro Quartet – L’Argentina (2004) – Infinite Gallodoro
Russ Wilson and his Nouveau-Passe Orch. – China Boy (2006) – Wondertone WGC 20061
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – I’d Love It (1993) – Stomp Off CD 1260
Andy Iona and the Islanders – Na Pua (1934) – The Old Masters mb132
Andy Iona and the Islanders – What A Brownskin Maiden Taught Me (1936) – The Old Masters mb132
King Radio – It’s The Rhythm They Want (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. –A Picture of Me Without You (1935) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120627
Marion Harris – The Man I Love (1927) – RCA Victor 09026 63294-2
Marion Harris – Singin the Blues – (1934) – Sunbeam BXCD13
Night Club Kings – Allah’s Holiday (1930) – Sunbeam BXCD13
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Whiteman Stomp (1927) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120168
Herb Wiedoeft and his Orch. – Golden Gate (1928) – The Old Masters mb122
Ernest Hare and Billy Jones – In the Little Red Schoolhouse (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Fanny Brice – Second Hand Rose (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Irving Kaufman – Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (1925) – Archeophone ARCH 5504
Stanley Holloway – Albert Comes Back (1934) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120715
Gus Arnheim and his Orch. (Bing Crosby, vo.)– One More Time (1931) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Isham Jones and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1934) – Hep CD 1083
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Avid AVC539

STATE OF THE ART CYMBAL WORK, 1928

I love this video, even the karaoke-grade vocal from Miss Flynn. "Jazzmania," indeed. It's what I'm currently being treated for. Many more great clips at THIS SITE. (Thanks to Leah of the West End Jazz Band.)

Jazzmania 1928
Uploaded by sirarnold

AL GALLODORO in the Mohawk Valley!!

We made the trip to Oneonta last night to see Al Gallodoro at the Sego Cafe, and wound up staying to the end of his show. He killed me on "Sleepy Time Down South." Amazing.

Al started playing professionally in 1926, and worked with such bandleaders as Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman through the 1930s. Today at 93, Al Gallodoro is still an incredible player. One of only 14 musicians and singers who recorded before 1940 and are still active (along with Svend Asmussen, Johnny Blowers, Lena Horne, Franz Jackson, Herb Jeffries, Lawrence Lucie, Buddy Morrow, Les Paul, George Shearing, Kay Starr, Gerald Wilson, Snooky Young and Zeke Zarchy), Gallodoro is still at 95% of his playing peak, playing phrases that sound completely impossible.

I found out that Al is going to be playing in the Mohawk Valley for two dates (which turn out to have been arranged by WHCL colleague Monk Rowe) here pasted from the Al Gallodoro website:

FRIDAY MARCH 23, WATERVILLE, NY 7PM, GALLODORO QUARTET with JoAnn Chmielowski piano, Tom Wetmore bass. More details to follow! Just put it on your calendar! Thanks! [This will be at the Waterville Public Library.]

THURSDAY, APRIL 5th 7PM Little Falls NY, Al Gallodoro Quartet, Details to follow, but put it on your calendar NOW! Thanks! [This will be at the Little Falls Public Library.]

The Waterville date, unfortunately, is the night I do my show, but I decided to black out my show that night, with the proviso that I expect every Radiola listener within the scope of the FM signal to attend the concert. This man must be heard.

I'll definitely hit both those shows, and probably the March 24th gig at the Sego Cafe as well. It's a great way to deal with the cabin fever.

"A Radiola! Winter Carnival" MONDAY, February 19, 2007

(Week 70)

RADIOLA! sneaks into the studio tonight (in lieu of Jonathan Mead's excellent "Anywhere But Here") for two hours of great old music making some reference to our current picturesque natural disaster. The roads seem passable, so we'll chance it by car rather than by dogsled. (The pug is recalcitrant, at best.)

The tunes start at 8 PM EST on WHCL.

Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120520
Joseph Robichaux and his New Orleans Rhythm Boys – Stormy Weather (1933) – Document DOCD1016
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Alex Bartha’s Traymore Hotel Orch. – Hot Biscuits (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Roane’s Pennsylvanians – Sleep Come On and Take Me (1932) – The Old Masters mb125
Adrian Rollini and his Tap Room Gang – Weather Man (1935) – Hep CD 1077
Lee Morse – Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Boswell Sisters – Shuffle Off to Buffalo (1933) – Collectables CD Col-CD-6462
The Rhythm Boys – The Blackbirds and The Bluebirds Got Together (1929) – Collectables Col-CD-6805
Gilmore’s Band – The Thunderer March (ca. 1899-1900) – Archeophone 9004
Pathe Freres Orchestre – Tobbogan (1910) – Jazz In Europe box set
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – Goofy Dust (1924) – Classics 549
Atilla the Hun – Woman is Not the Weaker Sex (1941) – Rounder CD 1141
The Caresser – Exploiting (1938) – Rounder CD 1141
The Growler – In The Dew and The Rain (1939) – Rounder CD 1077
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks – Stoppin’ the Traffic (1993) – Stomp Off 1260
West End Jazz Band – Persian Rug (2003) – Legacy 2K 103
West End Jazz Band – Vladivostok (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Ross and Sargent – Nellie, The Nudist Queen (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5030
Libby Holman – Am I Blue? (1929) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015
Irving Kaufman and Vaughn DeLeath – You Took Advantage of Me (1928) – Archeophone 5504
Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra – Button Up Your Overcoat (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Hello Montreal! (1928) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – Shivery Stomp (1929) – The Old Masters mb107
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Snowball (1933) (disc 1, tk.16) – RCA Victor 09026-68682-2
Lloyd Smith and his Gut-Bucketeers – Rub Me Some More (1930) – Biograph BCD 152 ADD
Jabbo Smith and his Orch. – How Can Cupid Be So Stupid (1938) – History 20.3015-HI
Al Bowlly (w/Ray Noble’s Orch.) – By the Fireside (1932) – Rathbone 0351
Boswell Sisters – We’ve Got to Put That Sun Back in the Sky (1932) – Collectables Col-CD-6461
Lee Morse – We (My Honey and Me) (1928) – Jasmine JASCD 646
Fred Rich and his Orch. – The Little Things in Life (1930) – The Old Masters mb101
Bing Crosby – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120697
Paul Whiteman and his Orch. – When Day is Done (1927) – Naxos Nostalgia 8.120505

VINCE GIORDANO SWINGS and COMFORT FOOD UPDATE

From the current New Yorker:

NEW YORK SWING DANCE SOCIETY
Feb. 25: Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks get folks moving at the society’s monthly dance party. Manning the most unwieldy of instruments (bass, tuba, bass saxophone), as well as a bulbous vintage Kellogg microphone, Giordano leads a tuxedo-clad band whose ease with early jazz and swing breathes life into a long-gone era. (St. Cyril and St. Methodius Croatian Church, 502 W. 41st St. For more information, visit www.nysds.org.)
Since we sadly won't be able to attend, we must console ourselves with yet more comfort food--such as this excellent mushroom stew (made by me):

WHAT MAKES WINTER TOLERABLE

The perfect steak, bacon, and cheese omelet (made by me)
makes it much easier to deal with this grim reality:
I'll be on the air Monday if the pug (pictured) is able to navigate College Hill with the sled (not pictured).

SPORTS FRIDAY, RADIOLA! MONDAY

Every so often, RADIOLA! pops up on WHCL like Brigadoon, or perhaps the recurrence of some mild skin irritation. Hypothetically, it airs Fridays from 8-10 PM US Eastern Time--but this has rarely been observed in the Hamilton College world where breaks proliferate and constant sporting events demand to be heard.

Nonetheless, a special edition of RADIOLA! will be broadcast Monday, February 19 from 8-10 PM ET. I've managed to book airtime using the ruse of pretending I'm a hockey game. Since very few people will be tuned in, I expect I can get away with playing a couple of hours of nice 1920s and 1930s jazz and pop before anyone catches on. I may stage a bout of high-sticking and put myself in the penalty box to add to the verisimilitude.

And then, there are always the fridge-fresh old programs on my Live365 station. They'll tide you over!