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Playlist for January 16, 2006 from 09:00AM - 11:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Tue, 10:56am
Show Host(s): The Minister of Swing

Playlist Date & Time: 1/16/2006 9:00AM - 11:00AM

Program: Archived Playlist for The Minister of Swing

They were working on the transmitter, so this was an internet only broadcast and MLK day, so I decided to play my favorite tunes. Usually I'm a freak about not playing the same song twice, but these are too good to shelve for any extended period. Got a call from a sweet lady in New Orleans who wanted to know why we weren't on the radio. She said she listened every Monday from 10-11AM and she needed her old music. I told her about the transmitter and asked if she had a computer. She said "Honey, I'm 76 years old, which is too old to be learning how to work one of those things and keep up with it. Besides, if I had one, it'd just be another thing gone now, too." Indeed. Even though she couldn't hear it this week, it made doing the show worthwhile and I'll be back next Monday with that old time music.

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
"Dipper Mouth Blues"
King Oliver 1923
Classics
1992
April 6, 1923. I always start the show with Joe Oliver as he is my favorite horn player and a real New Orleans jazz hero. This song later became known as \
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
"Shanghai Shuffle"
Fletcher Henderson 1924/1927
Jazz Archives
1991
October 13, 1924. Fletcher Henderson's 20's outfits were absolutely amazing, and this one is no exception. Don Redman, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, need I say more?
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
"Doctor Jazz"
Jelly Roll Morton 1926-28
Classics
1991
December 16, 1926. King Oliver wrote this song, but Jelly made it famous.
James P. Johnson
"Riffs"
Harlem Joys
Memoir
January 29, 1929. Solo by the master of Harlem stride piano.
Johnny Dodds Black Bottom Stompers
"Melancholy"
South Side Chicago Jazz
MCA
1990
April 22, 1927. Dodds is an amazing clarinet player no matter what anybody says. He is sometimes ragged on because he didn't practice a whole lot, but he always comes to play. Here he is leading his own group with Barney Bigard also playing.
Fred Elizade and his Music
"Crazy Rhythm"
Swing Time!
Columbia
1993
November 16, 1928. This is a really fun tune especially notable for the amazing bass sax work of Adrian Rollini.
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
"Nighthawk Blues"
Everything is Hotsy Totsy Now
Living Era
1996
April 5, 1924. Underrated white band that could really heat it up. When Coon and Sanders start to play...
Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy
"Blue Clarinet Stomp"
Andy Kirk 1929-31
Classics
1992
November 7, 1929. This may have been the first time I played this song publicly that no one called and asked who it was.
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
"Moten Swing"
Bennie Moten 1930-32
Classics
1991
December 13, 1932. I consider this the best jazz song of all time. Part of an unforgettable session that marks the advent of the big band swing style. Count Basie piano, Hot Lips Page horn.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
"Got Everything But You"
Duke Ellington 1928
Classics
1990
March 26, 1928. My favorite artist. Great muted trombone from Tricky Sam Nanton.
Ted Weems Orchestra
"She's Got It"
Original Dance Music of the 1920's
Swing Time
July 28, 1927. Parker Gibbs vocal. The first song in this week's Sweet Interlude.
Ben Pollack and his Park Central Orchestra
"She's One Sweet Show Girl"
Ben Pollack Vol. 1
Jazz Oracle
October 15, 1928. Sweet Interlude song 2. Belle Mann vocal. Jimmy McPartland horn, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden.
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
"There Ain't No Sweet Man Worth the Salt in My Tears"
Bix Lives!
BMG
1989
February 8, 1928. Sweet Interlude finale. Whiteman the self-proclaimed King of Jazz. He did have some fine lineups and this one featured Bix on cornet, Frankie Trumbauer and Bing Crosby.
Eddie Condon and his Footwarmers
"Makin' Friends"
Eddie Condon 1927-1938
Classics
1994
October 30, 1928. requested Eddie Condon, which is very cool. Jack Teagarden plays trombone and sings.
Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra
"I Just Couldn't Take it Baby"
Jack Teagarden 1930-34
Classics
1993
November 11, 1933. Jack sings and plays.
Bud Freeman and his Orchestra
"Craze-o-logy"
Chicago Jazz
Village
December 3, 1928. The coolness factor goes thru the roof on this track when they cut into Ain't She Sweet halfway thru. Gene Krupa on drums.
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
"The Lady With the Fan"
Cab Calloway 1932-34
Classics
1990
November 2, 1933. Who sold the most records in the 1930's? They couldn't all have been Minnie the Moocher.
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra
"Hot Feet"
Duke Ellington 1929
Classics
1991
March 7, 1929. I really like this song because of the breaks where Sonny Greer hits the high hat cymbal.
Thomas Morris and his 7 Hot Babies
"The Chinch"
Thomas Morris 1923-27
Classics
1995
November 24, 1926. Morris on horn.
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"Reefer Man"
Cab Calloway 1932
Classics
1990
June 9, 1932. Requested from a listener in Ohio.
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
"Muggles"
Louis Armstrong 1928-29
Classics
1991
December 7, 1928. Keeping with the theme from the previous number.
New Orleans Feetwarmers
"Shag"
Sidney Bechet 1923-36
Classics
1991
September 15, 1932. Sidney Bechet soprano sax.
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
"Crying and Sighing"
McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1928-29
BMG
1990
July 11, 1928. Don Redman's post-Fletcher Henderson band.
Tiny Parham and his Musicians
"Head Hunter's Dream (An African Fantasy)"
Tiny Parham 1926-28
Classics
1992
July 2, 1928. When you think of jazz pianists, Tiny Parham probably doesn't come to mind, which is a real shame. he does some of the best spooky jazz songs.
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchestra
"Burnin' the Iceberg"
Jelly Roll Morton 1928-29
Classics
1992
July 9, 1929. I have an alternate version of this on another label that I forgot to bring with me. Charlie Irvis does some fantastic muted trombone work. He's even better on the other take.
The Fabulous Dorseys
"I Thank You Mr. Moon"
Bunny Berigan: The Key Sessions 1931-37
JSP
2003
December 4, 1931. Jimmy Dorsey sax. Tommy Dorsey trombone. Bunny Berigan trumpet. Boswell sisters vocals.
Bobby Dixon's Broadcasters
"Mysterious Mose"
the Complete Hit of the Week Recordings Vol. 1
Archephone
2004
1930. This particular version (recorded by Dick Robertson under a pseudonym)was never actually released and less than 10 original copies exist of this pressing. Mose was a character in a Betty Boop cartoon.
Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces
"Jazz Battle"
Jabbo Smith 1929-1938
Classics
1992
January 29, 1929. Jabbo is such an incredible trumpet player it's a mystery why he never exploded on the scene. He needed a better publicist. He reminds me of a cross between Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge.
Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra
"Song of the Cotton Field"
Duke Ellington 1924-27
Classics
1990
February 3, 1927. Opens with Bubber Miley doing the greatest muted cornet solo on record.
Mound City Blue Blowers
"My Syncopated Melody Man"
Red McKenzie Vol. 2
Sensation
2001
June 21, 1927. I had just found out about this CD when it went out of print. If anyone has volume 1, let me know. Red on the vocals and comb, Eddie Lang guitar, Eddie Condon banjo and Joe Venuti violin.
Red Nichols and his 5 Pennies
"Cornfed"
Red Nichols 1927-28
Classics
2002
June 20, 1927. Red deserves more respect than he gets. This lineup features Red, Miff Mole, Jimmy Dorsey, Adrian Rollini, Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang among others.
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
"Variety Stomp"
Fletcher Henderson 1924/27
Jazz Archives
1991
1927. It was the end of the show and I was rushing when I said Louis Armstrong played on this track. Armstrong's days with the Henderson Orchestra ended in 1925; however, the lineup was still great with Tommy Ladnier playing trumpet! Redman and Hawkins were still around too!
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!