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

Current New Orleans Time: Wed, 10:58pm

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!