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Playlist for January 9, 2006 from 09:00AM - 11:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Mon, 8:35am
Show Host(s): The Minister of Swing

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

Program: Archived Playlist for The Minister of Swing

Playlist Tracks
Mason Daring
"The Busher"
Eight Men Out Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande
1988
Opening theme. Sadly, this soundtrack is out of print. Best baseball movie ever.
King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band
"High Society Rag"
King Oliver 1923
Classics
1992
June 22, 1923.
Cookie's Gingersnaps
"High Fever"
New Orleans Giants Vol. 1
Hot n Sweet
1992
June 1926. Freddie Keppard on cornet.
Jelly Roll Morton
"Bucktown Blues"
Jelly Roll Morton 1923-24
Classics
1991
June 9, 1924. Piano solo.
Dixieland Jug Blowers
"House Rent Rag"
Johnny Dodds 1926
Classics
1991
December 11, 1926. New Orleanian Johhny Dodds on clarinet. Amen.
Halfway House Orchestra
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
As Good As It Gets
Disky
2000
1925. Features Albert Brunies.
The Red Heads
"Fallen Arches"
The Red Heads 1925-27
Classics
2002
November 13, 1925. Red Nichols on cornet.
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
"Money Blues"
Fletcher Henderson 1924-25
Classics
2002
May 19, 1925. Featuring Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins and Don Redman.
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
"Save It, Pretty Mama"
McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1928-29
Classics
1991
April 8, 1929. Redman sings and plays.
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"Stack O' Lee Blues"
Cab Calloway 1931-32
Classics
1990
November 18, 1931. Cab sings, naturally. An interesting interpretation of a song many New Orleanians are familiar with.
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra
"Sweet Jazz O' Mine"
Duke Ellington 1930
Classics
1991
June 4, 1930.
Red Allen and his Orchestra
"Biff'ly Blues"
Red Allen 1929-33
Classics
1990
July 16, 1929. Trumpeter Henry Red Allen was an Algiers native.
Tiny Parham and his Musicians
"Steel String Blues"
Tiny Parham 1929-40
Classics
1993
October 25, 1929.
Phil Spitalny's Orchestra
"If I Had A Girl Like You"
Hit of the Week Orchestra Vol. 1 1930
Archeophone
2004
June 12, 1930. In the 40's, Phil famously led an all girl band. Song 1 in our weekly Sweet Interlude.
Phil Romano and his Orchestra
"I'm Goin' Out if Lizzie Comes In"
Hot Aire
Halcyon
September 18, 1925. Sweet Interlude song 2.
The High Hatters
"There Ought to be a Moonlight Savings Time"
Dance Bands Vol. 2
Tomcat
May 11, 1931. Frank Luther vocal. Our Sweet Interlude finale. This one prompted an e-mail afterword. It is catchy.
Thomas Morris and his 7 Hot Babies
"Ham Gravy"
Thomas Morris 1923-27
Classics
1995
August 17, 1926. Morris on cornet. A great tune that I picked for it's title, because I do love ham gravy. Good stuff.
Dixie Washboard Band
"King of the Zulus"
Clarence Williams 1926-27
Classics
1993
October 22, 1926. Features some amusing dialog between Williams and Clarence Todd.
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
"Shine"
Louis Armstrong 1930-31
Classics
1990
February 9, 1931. One of my favorite Armstrong numbers; I played this one because I had seen a TV commercial the night before for \\
Fats Waller and his Rhythm
"Armfrul of Sweetness"
Fats Waller 1929-34
Classics
1993
May 16, 1934. Fats is always fun. You can't listen to his music without grinning like an idiot.
Mason Daring
"Do or Die"
Eight Men Out Soundtrack
Varese Saraband
1988
You made it halfway thru another playlist.
Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy
"Corky Stomp"
Andy Kirk 1929-31
Classics
1992
November 11, 1929. Kirk's band was another example of the fantastic Kansas City music scene during this period that lasted well into the 40's.
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
"Professor Hot Stuff"
Bennie Moten 1930-32
Classics
1991
October 30, 1930. The K.C. band Basie cut his teeth with. These guys were hot. Speaking of which, Hot Lips Page on trumpet.
Julia Lee with George E. Lee's Novelty Singing Orchestra
"Won't You Come Over to My House?"
The Real Kansas City of the 20's, 30's and 40's
Columbia
1996
November 7, 1929. Lee on vocals. The last of a brief Kansas City set. This CD seemed to come out in reaction to the Robert Altman film soundtrack, which featured modern jazz artists performing interpretations of songs from K.C. bands.
Blue Ribbon Boys
"Low Down on the Bayou"
Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931
Classics
1992
May 12, 1931. The wonderful Mills Blue Rhythm Band (playing here under a pseudonym) followed in the footsteps of Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway as house band at the legendary Cotton Club in Harlem.
Benny Carter and his Orchestra
"Six Bells Stampede"
Benny Carter 1929-33
Classics
1990
March 14, 1933. Carter only recently passed away and was regularly touring and leading an outfit in NYC until the end.
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
"Blue Ramble"
Duke Ellington 1932-33
Classics
1992
May 18, 1932.
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
"Sugar"
Fletcher Henderson 1931-32
Classics
1990
October 16, 1931.
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
"We Can Live on Love"
Benny Goodman 1928-31
Classics
1993
February 5, 1931. Glenn Miller on trombone and Gene Krupa on drums. A really sugary sweet number that is not to be confused with the song by the same name Glenn Miller recorded some 8 years later.
Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces
"Weird and Blue"
Jabbo Smith 1929-1938
Classics
1992
April 17, 1929.
Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
"As You Like It"
Pop Celestin/Sam Morgan Complete Recordings in Chronological Order
Jazz Oracle
April 11, 1927. Great one by New Orleans band led by Pop Celestin.
Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs
"Tar Paper Stomp"
Wingy Manone 1927-34
Classics
1994
August 28, 1930. Features New Orleans trumpeter Wingy Manone.
Red McKenzie and his Music Box
"My Baby Came Home"
Chicago Jazz 1924-28
Village
May 28, 1928. McKenzie singing, playing comb and leading the band that would later become the Mound City Blue Blowers: Condon, Venuti, Lang.
The Goofus Five
"Crazy Quilt"
The Goofus Five
Timeless
1994
September 15, 1926. Rollini on bass Sax.
Karl Schroder
"The Amish Buggy Chase"
Farm Girl Blues
Starr
2004
Piano solo from Mississippi boy now living in Missouri.
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!