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

Current New Orleans Time: Thu, 9:17am

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.