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Playlist for January 9, 2006 from 09:00AM - 11:00AM
Current New Orleans Time: Wed, 2:39pm
Playlist Date & Time: 1/9/2006 9:00AM - 11:00AM
Program: Archived Playlist for The Minister of Swing
Playlist Tracks
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Mason Daring
The Busher
Eight Men Out Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande
1988
Opening theme. Sadly, this soundtrack is out of print. Best baseball movie ever.
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King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band
High Society Rag
King Oliver 1923
Classics
1992
June 22, 1923.
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Cookie's Gingersnaps
High Fever
New Orleans Giants Vol. 1
Hot n Sweet
1992
June 1926. Freddie Keppard on cornet.
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Jelly Roll Morton
Bucktown Blues
Jelly Roll Morton 1923-24
Classics
1991
June 9, 1924. Piano solo.
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Dixieland Jug Blowers
House Rent Rag
Johnny Dodds 1926
Classics
1991
December 11, 1926. New Orleanian Johhny Dodds on clarinet. Amen.
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Halfway House Orchestra
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
As Good As It Gets
Disky
2000
1925. Features Albert Brunies.
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The Red Heads
Fallen Arches
The Red Heads 1925-27
Classics
2002
November 13, 1925. Red Nichols on cornet.
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Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
Money Blues
Fletcher Henderson 1924-25
Classics
2002
May 19, 1925. Featuring Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins and Don Redman.
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McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Save It, Pretty Mama
McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1928-29
Classics
1991
April 8, 1929. Redman sings and plays.
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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.
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Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra
Sweet Jazz O' Mine
Duke Ellington 1930
Classics
1991
June 4, 1930.
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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.
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Tiny Parham and his Musicians
Steel String Blues
Tiny Parham 1929-40
Classics
1993
October 25, 1929.
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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.
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Phil Romano and his Orchestra
I'm Goin' Out if Lizzie Comes In
Hot Aire
Halcyon
September 18, 1925. Sweet Interlude song 2.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 \\
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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.
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Mason Daring
Do or Die
Eight Men Out Soundtrack
Varese Saraband
1988
You made it halfway thru another playlist.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
Blue Ramble
Duke Ellington 1932-33
Classics
1992
May 18, 1932.
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Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
Sugar
Fletcher Henderson 1931-32
Classics
1990
October 16, 1931.
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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.
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Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces
Weird and Blue
Jabbo Smith 1929-1938
Classics
1992
April 17, 1929.
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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.
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Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs
Tar Paper Stomp
Wingy Manone 1927-34
Classics
1994
August 28, 1930. Features New Orleans trumpeter Wingy Manone.
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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.
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The Goofus Five
Crazy Quilt
The Goofus Five
Timeless
1994
September 15, 1926. Rollini on bass Sax.
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Karl Schroder
The Amish Buggy Chase
Farm Girl Blues
Starr
2004
Piano solo from Mississippi boy now living in Missouri.
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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!
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