JAZZ GIANTS FRIDAY AT HAMILTON!!

Fallcoming Jazz

Friday October 2, 9pm
(two sets)
Fillius Events Barn
Free Admission

Fallcoming Jazz 2009 will feature a unique gathering
of world class musicians.

Pianist/composer Dick Hyman, H'02, will lead the
group in a program of classic jazz amidst the glorious
acoustics of the Fillius Events Barn. The stellar
supporting performers include guitarist Bucky
Pizzarelli, H'03, bassist Nicki Parrott, trumpeter Randy Sandke and clarinetist
Evan Christopher.

Sponsored by the Hamilton College Jazz Archive
and the Office of Alumni Programs.

Unfortunately, drummer Eddie Locke who was supposed to appear with this amazing group of musicians died September 7, 2009 at 79.

REGARDING THIS FRIDAY

(Week 180 "Pete's Turn")

As stated during my show last week, I will not be broadcasting Friday, September 25. However, I have found a capable substitute in the person of Pete Bianco, who will be playing an array of music that should be congenial to all RADIOLA! listeners. I'll try to make an aircheck of the show and will possibly upload it to my Live365 station.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL FM (with direct streaming here) for Pete's program.

"Stomp Off--Let's Go!" September 18, 2009

(Week 179)

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

This RADIOLA! is a medley of yet more recently acquired shellac and a few delightful selections by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (who will be appearing at the Jazz 'N Caz Festival Friday, Sept. 25) and The Moonlighters.

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

The Cotton Pickers - Stomp Off–Let's Go (1925) - Brunswick 2981 A
Original Indiana Five - Spanish Mamma (1926) - Harmony 217 H
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Coon-Sanders Orch - Mine All Mine (1927) - Victor 21148 A
Jewel Dance Orch (Fred Rich) - I Get The Blues When it Rains (1929) - Challenge 999 A
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - Trickeration (2005) - “Cotton Club Revisited” Nighthawks CD
Bessie Smith (F Henderson) - Outside of That (1923) - Columbia A 3900
Mobile Trio (Vernon Dalhart) - Last Night on the Back Porch (1923) - Gennett 5246 A
Club Royal Orch - Who'll Take My Place When I'm Gone (1922) - Victor 18919 A
Blue Diamond Orch - Forgive Me (1927) - Challenge 239 B
Ted Lewis and his Band - A Jazz Holiday (1928) - Columbia 1525 D
Coon-Sanders Orch - Is She My Girl Friend (1927) - Victor 21148 B
Vess L Ossman - St Louis Tickle (1910) - Columbia A 937
Chicago De Lux Orch (Boyd Senter) - St Louis Blues (1924) - Paramount 20341 A
Duke Ellington - East St Louis Toodle-Oo (1927) - Brunswick 80000 A
The Moonlighters - Race Track Papa (2009) - “Enchanted” World Sound WOR-CD-9003
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - Sugar Foot Stomp (1993) - “Quality Shout!” (Stomp Off CD 1260)
Boyd Senter - Mobile Blues (1924) - Paramount 20341 B
Original Indiana Five - Deep Henderson (1926) - Harmony 217 H
The Cotton Pickers - Carolina Stomp (1925) - Brunswick 2981 B
Marcia Freer and Henry Burr - What'll I Do (1924) - Victor 19301 A
Sibyl Sanderson Fagan - L'Ardita–Magnetic Waltz (1919) - Edison 80453 L
Club Royal Orch - Georgette (1922) - Victor 18919 B
Dixie Jazz Band (Eddie Condon) - Makin' Friends (1929) - Challenge 999 B
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Tiger Rag (1931) - Varsity 6016
Duke Ellington - Twelfth Street Rag (1931) - Brunswick 80001 B
Frank Luther - The Bum's Rush (1928) - Banner 6229 A
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch (Claude Jones v) - You Rascal You (1931) - Varsity 6016
The Moonlighters - Blue Angel Medley (2009) - “Enchanted” World Sound WOR-CD-9003
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - The Terror (1993) - “Quality Shout!” (Stomp Off CD 1260)
The Columbians - When Summer Is Gone (1928) - Columbia 1605 D

"Blues Edition" September 11, 2009

(Week 178)

This RADIOLA! goes somewhat bluesy, mostly acoustic--and (excepting the middle set) all pre-1930.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). I'll upload the show to my Live365 station this weekend.

Bob Haring and his Orch - Mr Radio Man (1924) - Cameo 517
Int'l Novelty Orch - Always (1925) - Victor 19970 A
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours - Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Art Landry and his Orch - For My Sweetheart (1926) - Victor 20126 B
Fenwick's DO (Harry Pollack's Orch) - There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes (1927) - Challenge 239 A
Ted Weems and his Orch (Parker Gibbs v) - My Cutey's Due at Two-to-Two Today (1926) - Victor 20120 A
Walter Woolf - Blue Skies (1927) - Gennett 6043 A
Bessie Smith (F Henderson p) - Mama's Got The Blues (1923) - Columbia A 3900
Al Bernard - Stavin' Change (1923) - Edison 51199
Rudy Wiedoeft - Saxophone Sobs (1918) - Edison 50454
Lyman's California Ambassador Orch - Midnight Rose (1923) - Brunswick 2478 A
Twin City Dance Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Could I? I Certainly Could! (1926) - Challenge 148 A
Harlem Trio - The Funny Blues (1924) - Okeh 8158 A
The Georgians - Snakes Hips (1923) - Columbia A3864
Mound City Blue Blowers - Tiger Rag (1924) - Brunswick 2804 A
Baby Soda Jazz Band - Tiger Rag (2007) - Cures Everything But The Blues (Brown Bag Records)
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Satanic Blues (1998) - Salutes the ODJB (Loup-garous LG 1001)
Handy's Orch of Memphis - A Bunch of Blues (1917) - Columbia A 2418
Joseph C Smith's Orch - Yellow Dog Blues (Intro: Hooking Cow Blues) (1919) - Victor 18618 B
Majestic Dance Orch - The Sneak (1922) - Banner 1088 A
Frosini - New York Blues (Rag Classical) (1918) - Edison 50454
California Ramblers - That Old Gang of Mine (1923) - Columbia A3970
Dixie Stars (Bernard and Robinson) - New York Ain't New York Any More (1925) - Columbia 389-D
Virginia Liston (Clarence Williams p) - You Don't Know My Mind Blues (1923) - Okeh 8115 B
Harlem Trio - The Poor Man's Blues (1924) - Okeh 8158 B
Walter Woolf - Play Gypsies Dance Gypsies (1927) - Gennett 6043 A
Mound City Blue Blowers - Deep Second Street Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2804 B
Lyman's California Ambassador Orch (1923) - Havana - Brunswick 2478 B
Twin City Dance Orch (Arthur Fields v) - Say it Again (1926) - Challenge 148 B
Vincent Richards and his Orch - Broadway Melody (1929) - Cameo 9086
Ben Selvin and his Orch - There's a Rainbow Round My Shoulder (1928) - Columbia 1605 D
The Georgians - Farewell Blues (1923) - Columbia A3864

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"Back to Work!" September 4, 2009

(Week 177)

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

This RADIOLA! admits it's time to get cracking again--right after Labor Day, that is. Also, we sample the new Sophie Tucker compilation on Archeophone, and enjoy a few selections by the excellent Baby Soda Jazz Band.

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

Paul Robeson w/Brunswick Concert Orch – Ol' Man River (1932) – orig Brunswick 20114
Mills Bros – Bugle Call Rag (1932) – orig Brunswick 6357
Willard Robison w/Ipana Troubadours – Wake Up! Chill'un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Jimmy Joy's Orch – I Got Worry (1928) – Brunswick 3959
Rudy Wiedoeft (Oscar Levant p) – Song of the Volga Boatmen (1926) – “Kreisler of the Saxophone”
Baby Soda Jazz Band – The Minor Drag (2007) – “Cures Everything But The Blues” (Brown Bag CD)
Sophie Tucker – My Husband's in the City (1910) – Origins of the Red Hot Mama (Archeophone 5010)
Frank Crumit (w The Virginians) – Mindin' my Business (1923) – Victor 19259
Les Stevens and his Orch – Where Do You Work-a, John? (1926) – orig Columbia 841-D
Adrian Rollini and his Orch (Red McKenzie v) – I Gotta Get Up And Go To Work (1933) – orig Melotone M-12756
Tommy Dorsey and his Orch – Gotta Go To Work Again (1936) – orig Victor 25256
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (BH) – Nice Work If You Can Get It (1937) – orig Brunswick 8015
Texas Alexander – Work Ox Blues (1928) – Venuti and Lang Box Set (Mosaic MD8-213-4)
Noah Beery w/Vitaphone Orch – The Whip (1930) – Brunswick 4828
Six Jumping Jacks – The Coat And The Pants Do All The Work (1926) – The Old Masters mb128
Baby Soda Jazz Band – Creole Love Call (2007) – “Cures Everything But The Blues” (Brown Bag CD)
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing – Ten Cents a Dance (2008) – At The Codfish Ball (Loup-garous LG 1004)
Lew Dockstader – Everybody Works But Father (1905) – orig Silvertone 3251 (ToNY)
Bob Roberts – Moving Day (1905) – Columbia A299
Sophie Tucker – That Lovin' Rag (1910) – Origins of the Red Hot Mama 1910-1922 (Archeophone 5010)
Lily Morris – E's Only a Working Man (1930) – “Ellstree Calling” (soundtrack)
Dorsey Bros Orch (Smith Ballew v) – She's Funny That Way (1928) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8004
Baby Soda Jazz Band - I Found a New Baby (2007) - “Cures Everything But The Blues” (Brown Bag CD)
Billy Murray – I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now (1919) – orig Victor 18604 A (ToNY)
Sophie Tucker - Please Don't Take My Harem Away (1919) - Origins of the Red Hot Mama (Arch. 5010)
John Steel – Lady of the Evening (1922) – Victor 18990
Lonnie Johnson – From a Wash Woman on Up (1931) – Okeh 8898
Mills Bros – Dirt Dishin' Daisy (1932) – Melotone 13222-A
Bert Block and his Orch – Whistle While You Work (1938) – orig Vocalion 3958 (ToNY)
Carter Family – I Ain't Going To Work Tomorrow (1928) – Rounder CD 1064
Kay Kyser and his Orch (HB) – Hey! Pop! I Don't Wanna Go To Work (1939) – Columbia 35383
Putney Dandridge and his Orch – Ol' Man River (1936) – Vocalion 3269

GREAT ARTICLE ON SOPHIE TUCKER IN TODAY'S NY TIMES!

UPDATE (9-3-2009): I received this disc today, and it is most excellent. The transfers, in keeping with Archephone's standards, are superb. (There's hot stuff here. Anyone who thinks recorded jazz began in 1917 should hear Sophie's 1910 Edison recording of "That Lovin' Rag.") And the book-package with liner notes and photographs is delightful. Buying just the mp3s means you're missing plenty.

Here it is, celebrating Soph and the new Archeophone release of her early recordings.

"Last Blast" August 28, 2009

(Week 176)

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

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

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

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

"Didn't He Ramble!" August 21, 2009

(Week 175)

This RADIOLA! celebrates guitarist Lawrence Lucie, who died this past week at age 101.

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

Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen - Oh, Didn’t He Ramble! (1939) - orig Bluebird B-10429
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Down South Camp Meeting (1934) - orig Decca 213
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orch - Firebird (1933) - orig Decca F-3717
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (BH) - It’s Too Hot For Words (1935) - orig Brunswick 7511
Putney Dandridge and his Orch - That’s What You Think (1935) - orig Vocalion 3007
Mills Blue Rhythm Band (Chuck Richards v) - In a Sentimental Mood (1936) - Col 3148-D
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch - I Wished on the Moon (1935) - orig Vocalion 2997
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen - Buddy Bolden’s Blues (1939) - orig Bluebird 10434
Benny Carter and his Orch - Swing It! (1933) - orig Columbia CB-628
Chu Berry and his Stompy Stevedores - Now You’re Talking My Language (1937) - orig Variety 532
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Moten Stomp (1938) - orig Vocalion 4180
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (BH) - These Foolish Things (1936) - orig Brunswick 7699
Henry Red Allen and his Orch - You (1936) - orig Vocalion 3244
Putney Dandridge and his Orch - Shine (1935) - orig Vocalion 3024
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Until The Real Thing Comes Along (1936) - orig Columbia 3147-D
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - Ev’rything’s Been Done Before (1941) - orig Decca 3825
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orch - How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (1933) - orig Decca F-3972
The Chocolate Dandies - I Never Knew (1933) - orig Columbia 2875-D
Benny Carter and his Orch - Symphony in Riffs (1933) - Columbia 2898-D
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen - Winin’ Boy Blues (1939) - orig Bluebird 10429
Teddy Wilson and his Orch (BH) - It’s Like Reaching For the Moon (1936) - orig Vocalion 7702
Putney Dandridge and his Orch - Isn’t It a Lovely Day? (1935) - orig Vocalion 3006
Chu Berry and his Stompy Stevedores - Indiana (1937) - orig Variety 587
Henry “Red” Allen and his Orch - Rug Cutters’ Swing (1934) - orig Banner 22178
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - St. Louis Wiggle Rhythm (1936) - orig Columbia 3135-D
Pete Johnson and his Boogie Woogie Boys (Joe Turner v) - Cherry Red (1939) - orig Columbia 35959
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orch - Music at Midnight (1933) - orig Decca F-3836
The Chocolate Dandies - Krazy Kapers (1933) - orig Okeh 41568
Billie Holiday and her Orch - Body and Soul (1940) - orig Columbia 37836
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - In The Gloaming (1941) - orig Decca 3825
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Wrappin’ It Up (1934) - orig Decca 157

"Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?" August 14, 2009

(Week 174)

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

Good question. The RADIOLA! comes through with a pile of shellac and several selections by those who keep this music alive in performance.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). I'll upload the program to my Live365 station soon.

Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orch (Bobby Goday) - Bob White (1937) - Bluebird B 7345 B
Les Brown and his Duke Blue Devils - Dance of the Blue Devils (1937) - Decca 1231 A
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
California Ramblers - Sittin' in a Corner (1923) - Col A3994
Original Memphis Five - How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (1924) - Victor 19480 A
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Swanee (1998) - Salutes the ODJB (Loup-garous LG1001)
Jack Smith - Precious (1926) - Victor 20254 B
Annette Hanshaw - Calling Me Home (1926) - Perfect 12301
Vaughn DeLeath - Baby Feet Go Pitter Patter (1927) - Brunswick 3608 A
Jack Payne Band - Lazy Rhythm (1934) - UK 78 RPM
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Blue Sugar (1936) - Decca 833 A
Bob Causer’s Cornelians (Paul Small) - If I Could Call You My Sweetheart (1932) - Oriole 2486 B
Ukulele Hughes - Look Who's Here (1925) - Vocalion B 15095
Vernon Dalhart - Casey Jones (1927) - Victor 20502 B
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - I Got Rhythm (1931) - Banner 32035 A
Molly Ryan - Hooray For Love (2008) - Songbird In The Moonlight (Loup-garous LG1003)
Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks - Shall We Dance? (1986) - Cheek to Cheek (Nighthawks TRCD52130)
Original Memphis Five - Meanest Blues (1924) - Victor 19480 B
The Harmonians (Irving Kaufman v) - Laugh Clown Laugh (1928) - Diva 2626 G
Golden Gate Orch (Billy Murray v) - Cross Roads (1928) - Diva 2778 G
Dubin's Dandies (A Schubert) (Strollers Quartet v) - She Stole My Heart (1930) - Romeo 1243 B
Jack Payne Band - Tiger Rag (1934) - UK 78 RPM
West End Jazz Band - St Louis Shuffle (2008) - Sunny Side Up (Rivermont BSW 2208)
Charlie Barnet Glen Island Casino Orch (Joe Hostetter v) - Where Is My Heart (1936) - Bluebird 6432 A
Vincent Rose and his Orch (Dorothy Brent v) - On The Good Ship Lollypop (1934) - Perfect 16051 A
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing - At The Codfish Ball (2008) - At The Codfish Ball (LG 1004)
Johnny Noble Hawaiians (Emma Bush v) - Alekoki (1929) - Brunswick 80051 B
Claude Hopkins and His Orch - California, Here I Come (1933) - Rivermont BSW-1148
Les Brown Duke Blue Devils - Swamp Fire (1937) - Decca 1231 A
Paul Whiteman Orch, Judy Garland, Les Paul Trio - Kern Medley (1944) - Paul Whiteman Philco Show
Hans Bund mit Seinem Tanz-Orchester - Get Hot Foot (1934) - Rivermont BSW-1148
Johnny Johnson and his Statler Pennsylvanians - Thou Swell (1927) - Rivermont BSW-1148

"The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" August 7, 2009

(Week 173)

This RADIOLA! is not a Spaghetti Western--but is otherwise self-explanatory.

Tune in tonight at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). The show will be available on Live365 as soon as possible.

Cliff Edwards - Good Little Bad Little You (1928) - Mosaic MD8-213 Disc 3
Fats Waller and his Buddies - Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad (1929) - orig Victor V 38086
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Alfredo and his Band - Good News (1928) - UK 78 (ToNY)
Ted Weems and his Orch (Parker Gibbs-Dusty Rhodes v) - Miss Annabelle Lee (1927) - Victor 20846
Arden-Ohman Orch (Johnny Marvin v) - 'S Wonderful (1927) - Victor alternate take (41152-_) (ToNY)
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1927) - Bix-Tram-Tea Mosaic Box
Annette Hanshaw - I Want A Good Man (And I Want Him Bad) (1930) - Clarion 5017 C
Sophie Tucker - My Extraordinary Man (1934) - Suprbatone 733 Disc 4
Nat Star Band - What Good Am I Without You? (1931) - UK 78 (ToNY)
Montmartre Mad Hatters - I Never Thought You Wonderful (ca. 1929) - UK 78 (ToNY)
Jack Leon's Symphonic Dance Band - I Want to Be Bad (1929) - UK 78 (ToNY)
Eddie Lang - Perfect (1927) - Mosaic MD8-213 Disc 2
Wilton Crawley - My Perfect Thrill (1928) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8020
West End Jazz Band - What A Perfect Combination (2005) - “The Gold Diggers of Broadway”
Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orch - Pretty Baby (2004) - “Crinoline Days” (Stomp Off)
Dan Levinson and his Swing Wing - Oh Peter (2008) - “At The Codfish Ball” (Loup-garous LG 1004)
Eddie Cantor - I Never Knew I Had A Wonderful Wife (1920) - Eddie Cantor: The Early Days
Harry Salter and his Willys Kighters - She's a Great Great Girl (1928) - Lincoln 2817 (ToNY)
Paul Specht's Georgians - Not Too Good - Not Too Bad (1927) - Columbia 1333 D (ToNY)
Cliff Carlisle - That Nasty Swing (1936) - A Country Legacy 1930-1939
Ray Noble New Mayfair Orch (Dorothy Carless v) - Nasty Man (1934) - HMV B649 (ToNY)
Sophie Tucker - Aren't Women Wonderful? (1928) - Suprbatone 733 - Disc 3
Cliff Edwards - My Dog Loves Your Dog (1934) - Songs of Ray Henderson (ASV Living Era CD)
Sam Robbins Hotel McAlpin Orch - Sittin' On a Log (Pettin' My Dog) (1933) - Bluebird B-5268 (ToNY)
George Brunies and his Jazz Band - Ugly Child (take 2) (1943) - Commodore 43-11-29
Chick Webb (Taft Jordan v) - I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) (1935) - Decca 640 A
Bob Wills Texas Playboys - Oh, Lady Be Good (1937) - Bob Wills Bear Box One San Antonio Rose
Chu Berry and his Stompy Stevedores - Too Marvelous For Words (1937) - 1937-1941 (Classics)
Claude Thornhill and his Orch (Bob Jenney v) - The Bad Humor Man (1940) - orig Okeh 5838
Jack Leon's Band - Great Day (1930) - UK 78 (ToNY)

"No Pigeon Holes" July 31, 2009

(Week 172)

This RADIOLA! can't be categorized. So why even try?

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). It will be uploaded to my Live365 station posthaste.

Chick Bullock - Should I? (1930) - Perfect 12583 (ToNY)
Buck and Bubbles - Sweet Georgia Brown (1936) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Art Landry Orch (“Dinty” Curtis v) - Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Georgia Melodians - I've Found a New Baby (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Abe Lyman and his Orch - Pal of My Lonesome Hours (1926) - Brunswick 3325 (ToNY)
Arthur Fields - Dear Old Southland (1922) - Grey Gull 2091b
Grey Gull studio orch. (Arthur Fields, v) I'm Lost Without You (1928) - Grey Gull 1594
Harmony Dance Orch (Arthur Fields v) Wishing and Waiting (1927) - Grey Gull 1441-b
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Hello! (1930) - 1930-1931 (Classics CD)
Maurice Winnick and his Orch - Indian Love Call - Pennies From Heaven (Disc 2)
Bob Causer’s Cornelians (Paul Small v) - My Silent Love (1932) - Oriole 2486 A
Kitty Gray and her Wampus Cats - Baton Rouge Rag (1937) - Document DOCD 5143
Big Bill Broonzy - Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down (1935) - Bluebird 6230
The Rhythm Rascals (Sam Costa v) - My Sweetie Went Away (1936) - Timeless CBC 1-047
Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band - Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (1998) - Blue Roses of Far and Near
Dan Levinson's Palomar Quartet (Molly Ryan v) - Silhouetted in the Moonlight (2008) - Four on the Floor
Mamie Smith Jazz Hounds - Jazzbo Ball (1921) - Okeh 4295 A
The Cotton Pickers - Prince of Wails (1924) - Timeless CBC 1-029
Eddie Frazier and his Plantation Orch - Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-061
Helen Morgan - It's Home (1934) - Brunswick 7329
George Dewey Washington - High Water (1929) - Columbia 2085 D
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Pent Up In A Penthouse (1939) - Fats Waller Live: A Handful Of Keys
Duke Ellington and his Orch - Chatter-Box (1937) - 1937 Vol 2 Classics
Original Yellow Jackets - Swinging At The Chat And Chew (1937) - The Real Kansas City (Columbia)
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns - Fu Manchu, Why Can’t You Behave? (1935) - Sandy Hook S.H.2023 (LP)
Freddy Gardner - Japanese Sandman - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Willie “The Lion” Smith and his Cubs - Harlem Joys (1935) - Timeless CBC 1-012
Shep Fields’ Rippling Rhythm Orch - Alexander's Ragtime Band (1937) - Bluebird B 7345 B
Fats Waller - My Very Good Friend the Milkman (1935) - Complete Recorded Works Vol 3 (JSP)
Buck and Bubbles - Indiana (1936) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Bert Firman's Quintuplets of Swing - Keep Goin' (1937) - Harlequin HQ CD 118

"Incommunicado" July 24, 2009

(Week 171)

This RADIOLA! asks the musical question "Why must we always communicate?"

Tune in 8 PM Eastern Friday July 24 to WHCL (with direct streaming here). I'll post the program on my Live365 station soon.

Joe Howard - Hello, My Baby/Goodbye My Lady Love (1936) Vocalion 3357
The High Hatters - Web of Love (1929) - Vic 22141 (ToNY)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
The Record Boys (Al Bernard) - Hello! Are You There? Hello! (1926) - Harmony 154 H (ToNY)
Elida Morris and Sam Ash - Hello Frisco (1915) - Columbia A 1801
Billy Murray - Hello, Hawaii, How Are You? (1916) - Victor 19744 A (ToNY)
Bix Beiderbecke Orch - I'll Be A Friend With Pleasure (Take 3) (1930) - Bix Restored Vol 4 (Sunbeam)
Eddie Condon's Footwarmers - Makin' Friends (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-024
George Goebel - A Cowboy's Best Friend Is His Horse (1933) - Conqueror 8157
Joseph A. Phillips - My Lady of the Telephone (1915) - Edison Blue Amberol 2536 cusb-cyl0170d
Eddie Morton - You Ain't Talking To Me (1909) - You Ain’t Talkin’ To Me
Cliff Edwards - I Don't Mind Being All Alone (1926) - Complete Red Nichols (ToNY)
Guy Lombardo and his R.C.’ns - I Wanna Be In Winchell’s Column (1937) - Victor 25709-B
Fats Waller - I Hate To Talk About Myself (1935) - Fats Waller 1935 (Classics)
Alice Faye - Speaking Confidentially (1935) - Alice Faye In Hollywood (1934-1937)
Gene Austin - How I Love Her And She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business (1925) -Victor Electrics (ToNY)
Chris Bouchillon - Let It Alone (1928) - Columbia 15178 D (ToNY)
Marion Harris - Tea For Two (1924) - Brunswick 2747 (ToNY)
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (Joe Sanders v) - Alone At Last (1925) - The Old Masters mb115
Roy Fox and his Band (Al Bowlly v) - When We're Alone (1932) - Whispering (ASV Living Era)
The Masqueraders (Gibbons) - Actions Speak Louder Than Words (1932) - Rare British LPs (ToNY)
Ozzie Nelson and his Orch - Chatterbox (1939) - Bluebird 10528
Fats Waller - You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business (1940) - FW 1940-1943 The Last Years
Wilton Crawley and his Orch - Keep Your Business To Yourself (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8020
The Hot Airmen (Reser) - Chinnin' and Chattin' With May (1930) - Columbia 2175 D (ToNY)
Lee Morse - 'Tain't No Sin (to Dance Around in Your Bones) (1930) - Jasmine JASCD 646/2
Sammy Williams Trio (Mary McHugh v) - All Alone (1938) - Vocalion 4197
Raymond Paige and his Orch - Talkin' To Myself (1934) - Victor 24703 (ToNY)
Washboard Rhythm Kings (Steve Washington v) - Hummin' to Myself (1932) - orig Victor 24065
Carter Family - No Telephone In Heaven (1929) - When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland (orig Vic 40229)
Sid Peltyn and his Orchestra (D Robertson v) - Hell's Bells (1933) - Halloween Stomp (orig Vic 24247)
Walter Huston - Lost in the Stars (1944) - Decca DU 40001

RAY SMITH'S JAZZ DECADES ARCHIVE STREAM NOW AVAILABLE

My friend Chris received this email today, and it's worth posting here:

Dear Friends, Devotees and Dabblers:

The Music of the JAZZ DECADES is now ONLINE, globally, available 24/7, 365. There is no choice or selection of artists, groups or program themes ... simply, a couple hundred hour-long programs (of the 1,828 aired since 1972) on a continuous loop.

WGBH-BOSTON is running preliminary tests now but, if you so desire, you should be able to lock on to it by using the following link.

http://streams.wgbh.org:8010/listen.pls

If you get a "Network Error", click on OK and then click PLAY on your media reader; repeat if necessary.

For those who don't have it, the current JD can heard ONLINE each Sunday, 7:00 PM - EASTERN TIME - ( 00:01 AM GMT) - with the following link:

http://streams.wgbh.org/wgbh.m3u

I'd be interested in any reaction. Be Well...

Ray Smith

"Staycation!" July 17, 2009

(Week 170)

This RADIOLA! risks a charge of recluse endangerment as it celebrates Staying Put.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). The show will be uploaded to Live365 this weekend--I'm not going anywhere.

Judy Garland and Billie Burke - There's No Place Like Home (1939) - Wizard of Oz soundtrack
Henry Burr - Stay Down Here Where You Belong (1915) - Victor 17716
Billy Murray - I Love to Stay at Home (1915) - Victor 17855A (ToNY)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Vincent Lopez Casa Lopez Orch - I'm On My Way Home (1926) - Brunswick 3368-B
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (JS v) - I Want To Go Home (1932) - Coon-Sanders Vol 4 (Victor 22972 B)
Joe Venuti Blue Four - Goin' Home (1928) - Mosaic MD8-213/4
The Revelers - My Ohio Home (1928) - Columbia 1257 D (ToNY)
Gene Austin w Candy & Coco - I'm Coming Home (1930s) - Standard Transcriptions Vol 1 (ToNY)
Louis Armstrong and his Orch- That's My Home (Alt) (1932) - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Eddie Condon Quartet - Indiana (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-024
Duke Ellington - Home Again Blues (1930) - Brunswick 6003
Louisville Rhythm Kings (SB) - Shout Hallelujah! 'Cause I'm Home (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8016
Sophie Tucker - Make Yourself At Home (1931) - Suprbatone 733 Disc 4 (orig. Broadcast 674)
Ruth Etting - Lazy Day (1932) - Conqueror 8042 (ToNY)
Gus Arheim and his Orch (Bing Crosby & Loyce Whiteman v) - Ho Hum (1931) - Renovation 7006
Flanders and Swann - The Sloth (1963) - The Bestiary of Flanders and Swann (Angel 36112)
Martha Wright - The Great Indoors (1955) - “Censored” (Jubilee JGM 1028)
Marion Harris - Homesickness Blues (1920) - Columbia A-2944 (ToNY)
Billy Murray - My Old New Jersey Home (1921) - Victor 18748-B (ToNY)
Porter's Blue Devils - I'm Sitting Pretty In A Pretty Little City (1923) - Gennett 5305B (ToNY)
Jelly Roll Morton Trio - My Little Dixie Home (1929) - Jelly Roll Morton Vol 2 (JSP)
Johnny Johnson - The Grass Grows Greener ('Way Down Home) (1928) - Victor 21276 (ToNY)
Gus Arnheim (Russ Columbo v) - Back in Your Own Back Yard (1928) - Renovation 7006
Mildred Bailey - Home (1931) - The Old Masters mb 103
Bing Crosby - Let's Spend An Evening At Home (1933) - The Chronological Bing Crosby Vol. 14 (Jonzo)
Sophie Tucker - Stay At Home Papa (1934) - Suprbatone 733 - Disc 4 (orig. Parlophone R-1851)
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - Bringing Home The Bacon (1937) - Decca 5334 (ToNY)
Chick Webb - Down Home Rag (1935) - Decca 785 B
Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band - When I Went Back Home (1937) - Decca 1388 (ToNY)
Kate Smith - (In The Gloaming) By The Fireside (1932) - Columbia 2637 D
Fats Waller and his Rhythm - Stayin' At Home (1940) - 1940-1943 The Last Years (Disc 1) RCA
Dick Todd and his Orch - Guess I'll Go Back Home This Summer (1939) - Bluebird 10327

"Timeless Rhythm" July 10, 2009

(Week 169)

This RADIOLA! celebrates a much-loved jazz label and an epoch-making Calypso box set--and throws in a few odd 78s to grout this musical mosaic.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming here). I'll upload the show to my Live365 station shortly thereafter.

Black Prince - I Want a Radio at Home (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD4)
Bill Haid's Cubs - Crazy Rhythm (1928) - Broadway 1206 B
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Jackie Taylor Orch (Boswell Sisters v) - We're On The Highway To Heaven (1930) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Boyd Senter and his Senterpedes - Sister Kate (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-032
Fred Elizalde and his Cinderella Roof Orch - That Certain Feeling (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-061
Bob and Alf Pearson - Roll On Mississippi Roll On (1932) - Broadcast Twelve 3072 A
The Executor - My Troubles With Dorothy (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD1)
Gorilla - Appetite (1939) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD8)
Ladd's Black Aces - Shake It And Break It (1921) - Timeless CBC 1-077 CD1
The Cotton Pickers - Jacksonville Gal (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-029
Georgia Melodians - Spanish Shawl (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Carol Wynn (Emil Velaszco) (Scrappy Lambert v) - Just a Night for Meditation (1928) - Diva 2765 G
Frank Black and his Orch - Don't Be Angry With Me (1926) - Brunswick 3338 A
Miami Bell Boys - At Sundown (1927) - Broadway 1074 B
Vick Meyers' Atlanta Melody Artists - Save Your Sorrow (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-060
Vic Meyers' Music - Rose Room (1929) - Timeless CBC 1-060
Eddie Condon and his Footwarmers - I'm Sorry I Made You Cry (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-024
Horace Heidt's Orch - Golden Gate (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Devine's Wisconsin Roof Orch (Bill Carlsen, director) - Tiger Rag (1927) - Broadway 1140 B
BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Les Allen v) - How Could We Be Wrong ? (1933) - Columbia CB 663
Atilla the Hun - The Banning Of Records (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD2)
Codallo’s Top Hatters Orch - Bastardy (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD1)
Georgia Melodians - Rhythm of the Day (1926) - Timeless CBC 1-031
Vincent Rose and his Montmartre Orch - Helen Gone (1924) - Timeless CBC 1-078
Lada's Louisiana Five - Everybody Stomp (1925) - Timeless CBC 1-061
Boyd Senter (with Eddie Lang g, Jack Russell p) - Eniale Blues (1928) - Timeless CBC 1-032
Willie “The Lion” Smith and his Cubs - The Swampland Is Calling Me (1937) - Timeless CBC 1-012
The Rhythm Rascals - I'm Tickled to Death I'm Me (1936) - Timeless CBC 1-047
Atilla the Hun - The Horrors of War (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD2)
Willie “The Lion” Smith and his Cubs - Peace Brother Peace (1937) - Timeless CBC 1-012
The Caresser - Time For Man To Go Home (1938) - West Indian Rhythm (Bear Family Box Set CD5)

"Shellac for a Summer Night" July 3, 2009

(Week 168)

This RADIOLA! proffers more rare and delightful selections to enhance a summer evening.

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

Goody and his Good Timers (Irving Mills’ Hotsy-Totsy Gang) - Stardust (1928) - Perfect 15084 B
Alfredo Brito and his Siboney Orch - Siboney (1931) - Victor 22685 A
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Irving Kaufman v) - Here Comes the Sun (1931) - Banner 32035 A
Lee Sims - Some of These Days (1928) - Brunswick 3764 A
Anon. Radiex Orch (Sannella Mosiello) - Old Man Sunshine (1928) - Radiex 1540
George Dewey Washington - Poor Punchinello (1929) - Columbia 1700 D
Vaughn DeLeath - Sometimes I'm Happy (1927) - Brunswick 3608 B
Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell - Cheer Up (Good Times Are Comin') (1930) - Victor 22442 A
Golden Gate Orch (Billy Murray v) - Me and the Man in the Moon (1928) - Diva 2778 G
The Harmonians (Irving Kaufman v) - I'm Afraid of You (1928) - Diva 2626 G
Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds - “U” Need Some Loving Blues (1921) - Okeh 4295 B
Smilin' Tubby Johnson - I'm a Stern Old Batchelor (1927) - Champion 15247 B
Mississippi Music Makers (Haring) (IK) - How About Me (1928) - Pathe Actuelle 36904
Snooks' Memphis Stompers - That's My Desire (1931) - Romeo 1647 A
Jack Hylton and his Orch - Gilbert and Sullivan Medley Pt. 1 (1933) - Decca 15029 A
Jack Hylton and his Orch - Gilbert and Sullivan Medley Pt. 2 (1933) - Decca 15029 B
Fred Van Eps - Omena (Intermezzo) (1913) - Columbia A 1281
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch - Shake Your Feet (1923) - Edison 51276 R
Eddie Peabody, banjo (Arthur Hall v) - Paddlin' Madelin' Home (1925) - Banner 1647 B
Frank Black and his Orch - The Two of Us (1926) - Brunswick 3338 B
Lyall Bowen and his Philadelphians (Billy Welsh v) - Will You Be Sorry? (1928) - Perfect 14965
Arnold Frank and his Roger's Cafe Orch (Swanny Swenumsen c) - Black Maria (1927) - Okeh 40896
George Dewey Washington - Dreary Night (1929) - Columbia 2085 D
Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - Moonlight Madness (1928) - Brunswick 4043
Sam Lanin and his Orch (Chester Hale v) - Song of the Moonbeams (1929) - Perfect 15197
Glen Gray and his Orch (Casa Loma Orch) - Dardanella (1933) - Victor 24256 A
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Anything That's Part of You (1934) - Oriole 3002 A
Ken Drake and his Orch (Jimmy Ray v) - Dixiana Brown (1937) - Bluebird B 7035 A
Victor Young and his Brunswick Orch (DR v) - In the Candlelight (1931) - Brusnwick 6116
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - Summer Night (1936) - Victor 25477 A
Frank Luther and his Orch (Joe Green) - Little Man You've Had a Busy Day (1934) - Perfect 15934 A

"I Hate Music!" June 26, 2009

(Week 167)

Well, not really. This RADIOLA! is an animadversion on too much of what our neighbors think is a good thing.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct streaming here). This show will by uploaded to my Live365 station if I can get five minutes of quiet to hear myself think.

Irving Kaufman - Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (1927) - Harmony 424-H (Toast of New York)
King Radio - Neighbor (1936) - Calypso Carnival 1936-1941 (Rounder CD 1077)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Lew Stone and his Band (AB v) - Mama, I Want To Make Rhythm (1938) - Living Era CD AJA 5435
Henry Allen and his NY Orch - Patrol Wagon Blues (1930) - Classics 540
Noble Sissle and his Swingsters - Jungle Drums (1938) - Mosaic Select 22
Six Brown Brothers - Bull Frog Blues (1916) - Those Moaning Saxophones (Archeophone ARCH 6002)
Lonnie Johnson-Eddie Lang - Bull Frog Moan (1929) - Mosaic MD8-213/5
Louis Armstrong and his Orch - That Rhythm Man (1929) - Hot Fives and Sevens (JSP 315/4)
Revelers - Strike Up The Band (1930) - Victor 22401
Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake 7 (Edythe Wright v) - Rhythm Saved the World (1936) - Victor 25314
The Tune Twisters - I’m Against Rhythm (1938) - Decca 78 (Toast of New York)
James P Johnson - You've Got To Be Modernistic (1930) - Snowy Morning Blues (Decca CD)
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch - Futuristic Rhythm (1929) - Bix-Tram-Tea Mosaic Box Set CD 3
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Futuristic Jungleism (1931) - Hep CD 1008
D'oyly Carte Opera Co - So Please You Sir (1936) - Gilbert & Sullivan Historic Recordings (BOMC LP)
Eric Roberts - As Some Day It May Happen (1990) - The Mikado (CD 1) Sony Classical S2K 58880
Allan Sherman - Headaches (1963) - My Son The Nut (Warner Brothers LP)
Belle Baker w/The Virginians - I've Got The “Yes! We Have No Bananas” Blues (1923) - Victor 19135 A
Frank Crumit - What Kind of Noise Annoys an Oyster? (1930) - Pro Arte Digital CDD 3407
Henry Allen and his Orch. - He Ain't Got Rhythm (1936) - Vocalion 3432
Irving Mills and his Hotsy-Totsy Gang - Barbaric (1929) - Irving Mills Vol 2 (Sensation)
George Olsen and his Orch (Bob Rice, Jack Gifford, Bob Borger v) - Savage Serenade (1933) - Col. 2810-D
Cab Calloway and his Orch - Savage Rhythm (1937) - Vocalion 3796
Phil Spitalny and his Orch (Chick Bullock, v) - My Song (1931) - Banner 32282 (Toast of New York)
Arden-Ohman Orch (Frank Luther v) - The Cop on the Beat (1932) - Victor 24171 (Toast of New York)
Geraldo and his Orch (Al Bowlly v) - You’re a Sweet Little Headache (1939) - Al Bowlly Story Vol 3
Bing Crosby - Love Thy Neigbor (1934) - Chronological Bing Crosby Vol 14 (Jonzo JZCD-14)
The Lion - Love Thy Neighbor - Calypso Breakway 1927-1941 (Rounder CD 1054)
Slim and Slam - African Jive (1941) - Groove Juice Special (Columbia/Legacy CK 64898)
Henry King and his Orch (Joseph Sudy v) - Just a Quiet Evening (1937) - Decca 1178 (Toast of NY)
Mildred Bailey - It’s So Peaceful in the Country (1941) - The Rockin’ Chair Lady (Decca CD)
Washboard Rhythm Kings - My Silent Love (1932) - Washboard Rhythm Kings, Vol 2

"The Joy of Sax" June 19, 2009

(Week 166)



This RADIOLA! is in tribute to Al Gallodoro's 96th birthday anniversary. Al, who died last October at 95, was one of our favorite people. We'll celebrate with some rare radio recordings and other Gallodoro gems, plus performances by Rudy Wiedoeft, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Carter, and Freddy Gardner.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern Friday to WHCL (with direct stream link here). I'll upload the show to my Live365 station as soon as possible.

Rudy Wiedoeft with Jack Shilkret - Saxema (1927) - Victor 21152 B (Toast of New York)
Al Gallodoro - Rubenola (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Louisiana Rhythm Kings - Karavan (1930) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8024
Freddy Gardner - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (1936) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Paul Whiteman’s Sax Soctette - I Kiss Your Hand Madame (1939) - Hep CD 1082
Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians - Song of India (1922) - Brunswick 2191 A (Toast of New York)
Rudy Wiedoeft with George Olsen and His Orchestra - Sax-O-Phun (1924) - RCA LPV-549 (ToNY)
Al Gallodoro - Sax-O-Phun (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Cliff Edwards and his Hot Combination - I Know That You Know (1926) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8043
Buck and Bubbles - I Ain't Got Nobody (1936) - Freddy Gardner and his Swing Orchestra 1937-1939
Al Gallodoro with The Beau Hunks - Chicago (1999) - “Out of Nowhere” Basta 30-9092-2
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - I'd Love It (1929) - Frog DGF 25
Jimmy Dorsey - Beebe (1929) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8005
Al Gallodoro - Bye Bye Blues (1969) - “A Moment In Time” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro with The Beau Hunks - Out of Nowhere (1999) - “Out of Nowhere” Basta 30-9092-2
Dan Levinson's Trans-Atlantic Saxtette - Peter Gink (2009) - “Ghosts of the Saxophone”
Bert Firman's Quintuplets of Swing - Blue Strings (1936) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Dorsey Brothers’ Orch - By Heck (1935) - Circle CCD-20
Al Gallodoro - Dizzy Fingers (1946)- NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra - Lonesome Nights (1933) - Retrieval RTR 79005
Freddy Gardner - Someday Sweetheart (1939) - Harlequin HQ CD 118
Paul Whiteman’s Sax Soctette - After You've Gone (1939) - Hep CD 1082
McKinney's Cotton Pickers (Don Redman, v) - Gee, Ain't I Good to You? (1929) - Frog DGF 25
Jimmy Dorsey - Oodles of Noodles (take B) (1932) - Jazz Oracle BDW 8006
Al Gallodoro - Gigue (1958) - “Saxophone Contrasts” Golden Rooster Records
Al Gallodoro - Valse Vanite (1946) - NBC Thesaurus 1290 (“Music Hall Varieties” program)
Al Gallodoro (Lincoln Mayorga, p) - Gallodoro's Serenade (Grofe) (2004) - Bridge 9212
Bert Ambrose and his Orch (Sam Browne v) -Masquerade (1932) - 1932 HMV sessions (ToNY)
Al Gallodoro - Harlem Nocturne (1958) - “Saxophone Contrasts” Golden Rooster Records
Victor Young Brunswick Orch (Dick Robertson v) - The Hour of Parting (1931) - Brusnwick 6116

"Rare Bits" June 12, 2009

(Week 165)


This RADIOLA! goes back to shellac--and what shellac! Here are 30 rare and strange delights from recent record auctions, eBay coups, and serendipitous stumblings. Most of this stuff has never been on CD--and never will be on CD. Nonetheless, it has the fresh tanginess of music you've probably never heard before.

Tune in Friday at 8 PM Eastern to WHCL (with direct streaming here). This program will be uploaded to my Live365 station shortly.

UPDATE: Thanks to Jane and Jacques for separately revealing the significance of the title of the first selection, "Dream of the Rarebit Fiend." It turns out to have been an early comic strip by the brilliant Winsor McCay, with further details here and an archive of strips linked below. I don't know how I lived on this planet for so long without knowing of McCay's wonderful creation.

Guido Deiro - Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1912) - Columbia A 1281
Ken Drake and his Orch - Musical Moments (1937) - Bluebird B 7035 B
Willard Robison (w/Ipana Troubadours) - Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) - Columbia 1779-D
Snooks' Memphis Stompers - One More Time (1931) - Romeo 1647 A
Arnold Frank and his Roger's Cafe Orch (Stan Thompson v) - Rain (1927) - Okeh 40896
Golden Gate Orch (Irving Kaufman, v) - Glorianna (1928) - Perfect 15084
Gloria Swanson - Love (Your Spell is Everywhere) (1929) - Victor 22079 A
George Dewey Washington - The Spell of the Blues (1929) - Columbia 1700 D
Jim Miller-Charlie Farrell - There's a Wah-Wah Gal in Agua Caliente (1930) - Victor 22442 B
Eddie Davis Orch - Hot Lips (1922) - Grey Gull 1120
Harry Denny and his Notre Dame Orch - Dearest (1924) - Autograph mx 267
Mound City Blue Blowers - Blue Blues (1924) - Brunswick 2581 B
Four Hawaiians - Was It a Dream? (1928) - Oriole 1270 A
Johnny Noble and his Hawaiians (Claude Malani feat. v) - Sassy (1929) - Brunswick 80052
Alfredo Brito and his Siboney Orch - Maria, My Own (1931) - Victor 22685 B
Al Bowlly - The Very Thought of You (1934) - “Romantic Voice” (Sunflower SUN 2178)
Charlie Barnet and his Glen Island Casino Orch - Long Ago and Far Away (1936) - Bluebird B 6432 B
Ukulele Hughes - Oh! Boy, What a Girl! (1925) - Vocalion A 15095
Bob Haring and his Orch (Arthur Fields, v) - My Sweetie Turned Me Down (1925) - Cameo 795
Harry Denny and his Notre Dame Orch (Lacava Deeter Koch Raub v) - Fight Song and Hike Song (1924) - Autograph mx 268
Ernest Rogers - Willie, The Chimney Sweeper (1927) - Victor 20502 A
Ed Smalle - Horses (1926) - Brunswick 3147 B
Lyall Bowen and his Philadelphians (Billy Welsh v) - Nothin' on My Mind (1928) - Perfect 14965
Bob and Alf Pearson - Lazy Day (1932) - Broadcast Twelve 3072 B (UK)
Sid Phillips and his Rhythm (Jack Cooper v) - Woe is Me (1936) Rex 8742 B (UK)
Clyde McCoy and his Orch - Roseland Stomp (1936) - Decca 833 B
Gloria Swanson - Serenade (Toselli) (1929) - Victor 22079 A
Frank Mater and his Collegians (Rudy Vallee) - The Song I Love (1928) - Harmony 811 H
Harold “Scrappy” Lambert - Revenge (1928) - Brunswick 4043
Lee Sims - Meditation (1927) - Brunswick 3764 B
BBC Dance Orch (Henry Hall) (Les Allen v) - Experiment (1933) - Columbia CB 663 (UK)
Willie Bryant and his Orch (TW p) - It's Over Because We're Through (1935) - Victor 24858 A