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

Current New Orleans Time: Thu, 5:35am
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!
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