Playlist for August 11, 2006 from 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Playlist Date & Time: 8/11/2006 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Program: Archived Playlist for The Minister of Swing

Joe Jackson's birthday this day 1954. He does our opening theme so expect a brief tribute here. Enjoy.

Playlist Tracks

Joe Jackson "Rhythm Delivery" Tucker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack A&M 1988 Opening theme.
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Dorsey Stomp" Stop, Look and Listen Jasmine 2002 October 10, 1935.
Charlie Barnet and his Glenn Island Casino Orchestra "Make-Believe Ballroom" 1936-1937 Classics 2000 August 3, 1936.
Jimme Lunceford and his Orchestra "Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass" 1930-1934 Classics 1990 May 15, 1933.
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra "Frisco Flo" 1934-1937 Classics 1990 September 15, 1936.
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra "Prelude in C Sharp Minor" Cotton Club Anthology 1938 Stardust 2001 1938 recorded live.
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra "If Dreams Come True" Cotton Club Anthology 1938 Stardust 2001 1938 Live recording with Ivie Anderson vocal.
Earl Hines and his Orchestra "'Gator Swing" 1937-1939 Classics 1990 October 6, 1939.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra "Warmin' Up" 1935-1936 Classics 1990 May 14, 1936. Roy Eldridge trumpet, Chu Berry tenor sax and Teddy Wilson piano.
The American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force conducted by Major Glenn Miller "Tuxedo Junction" The Lost Recordings Conifer 1995
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra "One Foot in the Groove" 1939 vol. 2 Classics 1999 March 17, 1939.
Don Redman and his Orchestra "Redman Blues" Complementary Tracks Classics 1999 November 12, 1943.
Billie Holiday "I'm All for You" 1940-1942 Classics 1993 September 12, 1940. Roy Eldridge trumpet, Teddy Wilson piano, Don Redman alto sax, Don Byas tenor sax.
Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra "I'm Taking My Time with You" 1939-1940 Classics 1994 August 23, 1939. Kitty Kallen vocal.
Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra "The Blues" 1939-1940 Classics 1994 February 1940.
Count Basie and his Orchestra "Dark Rupture" 1938-1939 Classics 1990 November 16, 1938. Helen Humes vocal.
Fats Waller and his Rhythm "It's the Tune that Counts" 1939 Classics 1997 August 10, 1939.
Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra "Chop-Chop" Lionel Hampton Story Proper 2000 March 2, 1944.
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra "The Kingdom of Swing" The INdispensable Benny Goodman vol 5 & 6 BMG 1994 April 7, 1939.
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang "(Looks Like I'm) Breaking the Ice" 1934-1935 Classics 1999 November 1, 1934.
Art Tatum "I Ain't Got Nobody" 1932-1934 Classics 1990 October 9, 1934. Piano solo.
Luis Russell and his Orchestra "African Jungle" 1926-1929 Classics 1991 April 15, 1929. Russell had a birthday this week, August 6 and he kicks off our 20's set.
Richard M. Jones Jazz Wizards "Hollywood Shuffle" 1923-1927 Classics 1995 June 13, 1927.
Clarence Williams Blue Seven "Would Ja?" 1927-1927 Classics 1993 December 10, 1936. Tommy Ladnier trumpet, Jimmy Harrison trombone, Coleman Hawkins tenor sax.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra "Blue Bubbles" 1927-1928 Classics 1990 December 19, 1927.
Walter Page's Blue Devils "Squabblin'" Complementary Tracks Classics 1999 November 10, 1929 closing the 20's set.
Jay McShann and his Jazz Men "Hard-Working Man's Blues" 1944-1946 Classics 1997 1945. Jimmy Witherspoon vocal.
Billie Holiday with the All-Star Jam Band "I Love My Man" 1944 Classics 1995 January 18, 1944. V-Disc featuring Holiday vocal, Roy Eldridge trumpet, Barney Bigard clarinet and Art Tatum piano.
Kansas City Five "Laughing at Life" 1938-1944 Classics 1996 March 18, 1938.
Joe Jackson "No Chance Blues" Tucker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack A&M 1988 Birthday tribute to Joe Jackson born this day in 1954.
Joe Jackson "It Pays to Advertise" Tucker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack A&M 1988
Joe Jackson "Tiger Rag" Tucker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack A&M 1988
Les Brown and his Orchestra "Leap Frog" Best of the Big Bands Capitol 1989
Ziggy Elman and his Orchestra "You're Mine, You" 1938-1939 Classics 1996 June 8, 1939.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Song of India" Alive and Kickin' Turner 1997 1945 from the film "Thrill of Romance."
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra "Esquire Swank" 1945-1946 Classics 1998 January 16, 1946. V-Disc with Leonard Feather intro.
Django Reinhardt "Echoes of Spain" 1939-1940 Classics 1995 June 30, 1939. Guitar solo.
Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra "Do You Wanna Jump, Children?" The Complete Erskine Hawkins 1938-1939 BMG 2002 October 20, 1934.
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra "It's the Little Things that Count" 1937-1938 Classics 1990 May 28, 1938.
Bud Freeman and his Gang "What's the Use?" 1928-1938 Classics 1994 July 12, 1938. Freeman tenor sax, Condon guitar.
Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters "Paper Picker" The Uncollected Jan Savitt Hindsight 1985 1939. Bon Bon vocal.
Carl Stalling and the Warner Bros. Orchestra "Powerhouse and Other Cuts from the Early 1950's" Carl Stalling Project Warner Bros 1990 Staring our 50's set.
Harry James and his Orchestra "I May Be Wrong" Things Ain't What They Used to Be KEM 1991 Broadcast only.
Coleman Hawkins Quartet "Stuffy" 1950-1953 Classics 2004 September 16, 1950. Live at Carnegie Hall.
Dizzy Gillespie Plays Joe Carroll Sings "I'm In A Mess" 1951-1952 Classics 2003 August 16, 1950. Closing the 50's set.
Una Mae Carlisle "Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me)" Lester Young vol. 2 Media 7 1993 March 10, 1941. Lester Young tenor sax, Shad Collins trumpet.
Wingy Manone and his Orchestra "Walking the Streets (Until My Baby Comes Home)" 1927-1934 Classics 1993 May 2, 1934. Wingy trumpet and vocal--our featured New Orleans artist for the week.
Floyd Ray and his Orchestra "3:00 in the Morning" Tea Pad Songs Stash 1976 February 1939. Closing theme.