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Playlist for January 2, 2006 from 09:00AM - 11:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Tue, 7:21pm
Show Host(s): The Minister of Swing

Playlist Date & Time: 1/2/2006 9:00AM - 11:00AM

Program: Archived Playlist for The Minister of Swing

Playlist Tracks
Mason Daring
"The Busher"
Eight Men Out Soundtrack
Varese Saraband
1988
King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators
"I'm Watching the Clock"
King Oliver 1928-30
Classics
1991
September 12, 1928. I always lead the show with Joe Oliver, Louis Armstrong's mentor and my favorite horn player.
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers
"That'll Never Do"
Jelly Roll Morton 1929-30
Classics
1992
March 5, 1930.
Johnny Dodds Trio
"Blue Piano Stomp"
Johnny Dodds 1927-28
Classics
1991
July 5, 1928.
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
"Deep Henderson"
Everything's Hotsy Totsy Now
ASV
1996
March 9, 1926.
Red Allen and his Orchestra
"Singing Pretty Songs"
Red Allen 1929-33
Classics
1990
July 15, 1930.
New Orleans Feetwarmers
"Maple Leaf Rag"
Sidney Bechet 1923-36
Classics
1991
September 15, 1932. New Orleanian Bechet featured on soprano sax. Love this tune. It's actually my cell phone ring tone. I wish it sounded as good as Bechet does.
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
"Tiger Rag"
Louis Armstrong 1930-31
Classics
1990
May 4, 1930. Played this one for LSU Tiger fans in celebration of their bowl game drubbing of the Miami Hurricanes.
James P. Johnson
"Snowy Morning Blues"
James P. Johnson 1921-28
Classics
1992
March 7, 1927. Another great piano solo from the Harlem stride master.
The Fabulous Dorseys
"Doggone, I've Done It"
Bunny Berigan: The Key Sessions
JSP
2003
June 17, 1932. Bunny Berigan trumpet, Boswell sisters vocals. My parents got me this fine Bunny Berigan collection for Christmas 2004.
The Jungle Band
"Maori (A Samoan Dance)"
Duke Ellington 1930
Classics
1991
March 20, 1930. Duke is tops in my book.
Red Nichols and his 5 Pennies
"By the Shalimar"
Red Nichols 1929-30
Classics
1991
August 27, 1930. Red Nichols on trumpet leading a who's who of future bandleaders: Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman and Adrian Rollini.
Blue Steel Orchestra
"Girl of My Dreams"
Original Dance Music of the 1920s-1930s
Swing Time
August 26, 1927. Kenny Sargent vocal. Leading off this week's Sweet Interlude.
Ray Noble and his New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
"On With the Show (TWO)"
Ray Noble and Al Bowlly in London 1930-1934
Rathbone
2003
March 29, 1931. Al Bowlly vocal. Sweet Interlude song 2. This is disc 3 of a 10 disc set Rathbone put out fetauring all the Noble/Bowlly tracks.
Jimmy McHugh's Bostonians
"Baby!"
Ben Pollack Vol. 1
Jazz Oracle
November 27, 1928. There you have it, our last Sweet Interlude selection.
Benny Goodman's Boys with Jim and Glenn
"A Jazz Holiday"
Benny Goodman 1928-31
Classics
1993
January 23, 1928. Fun early Goodman with Jimmy McPartland trumpet and Glenn Miller trombone.
Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra
"Just a Little Dance Mam'selle"
Jack Teagarden 1930-34
Classics
1993
October 1, 1930. Teagarden can play, folks. This was for Reg in Milwaukee who actually wanted Stars Fell on Alabama, but I forgot to bring that CD.
Mason Daring
"Do or Die"
Eight Men Out Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande
1988
You've reached the mid-point in this show!
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"Basin St. Blues"
Cab Calloway 1931-32
Classics
1990
July 9, 1931. I don't think Cab sings any actual words in the vocal he adds to this version.
Mound City Blue Blowers
"Darktown Strutter's Ball"
Red McKenzie Vol 2.
Sensation
2001
June 30, 1931. Coleman Hawkins sits in on this session. Diffrent lineup from the usual Blue Blowers: No Lang and Venuti, but this one has Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey.
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
"Put it There"
McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1928-30
BMG
1990
July 11, 1928. Don Redman featured.
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
"Terrific Stomp"
Bennie Moten 1927-29
Classics
1990
July 16, 1929.
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
"What-Cha-Call-em Blues"
Fletcher Henderson 1924-25
Classics
1992
May 29, 1925. Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins and Don Redman in the lineup.
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
"Livery Stable Blues"
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Milestone
1992
August 30, 1922. George Brunies and Ropollo featured.
Frankie Half-Pint Jaxon
"Hit-A-Ditty-Low Down"
New Orleans Giants Vol. 2
Hot N Sweet
1993
October 1928. Possibly Freddie Keppard cornet.
Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters
"When the Jazz Band Starts to Play"
Thomas Morris 1923-27
Classics
1995
April 1923.
Clarence Williams
"Mixing the Blues"
Clarence Williams 1921-24
Classics
1992
May 1923. Piano solo.
Jelly Roll Morton's Kings of Jazz
"High Society"
Jelly Roll Morton 1924-26
Classics
1991
September 1924.
The Red Heads
"Trumpet Sobs"
The Red Heads 1925-27
Classics
2002
March 24, 1926. Red Nichols trumpet.
The Goofus Five
"Sadie Green (Vamp of New Orleans)"
The Goofus Five
Timeless
1994
September 15, 1926. Rollini on bass sax and the goofus, which looks a bit like a tiny sax and sounds like a harmonica.
Tiny Parham and his Musicians
"Jogo Rhythm"
Tiny Parham 1926-29
Classics
1992
July 2, 1928.
Broadway Bell Hops
"There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland"
Bix 1924-27
Classics
1994
September 29, 1927. Bix on cornet.
Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians
"Hop Head"
Duke Ellington 1924-27
Classics
1990
March 22, 1927. Duke became famous in Harlem, NYC, but he and his band were originally from Washington, D.C.
Louis Armstrong and his Hot 7
"Gully Low Blues"
Louis Armstrong 1926-27
Classics
1991
May 14, 1927.
Mason Daring
"Reporter"
Eight Men Out Soundtrack
Varese Saraband
1988
Closing Theme. Why have you not rented Eight Men Out yet? Get to the video store!