Playlist for April 11, 2008 from 12:00AM - 03:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Sat, 2:02am

Playlist Date & Time: 4/11/2008 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Program: Archived Playlist for The Minister of Swing

This week featured birthday tributes to Helen Forrest, Johnny Dodds and Billie Holiday.

Playlist Tracks

Joe Jackson
Rhythm Delivery
Tucker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
A&M
1988

Opening theme.
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
Are You Sticking?
1940-1941
Classics
1995

June 5, 1941.
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Benny Rides Again
1940-1941
Classics
2000

November 13, 1940.
Bud Freeman and his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra
Easy to Get
1939-1940
Classics
1995

July 19, 1939.
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
I'm Speaking My Mind
Mezz Nezzrow 1947
Classics
1999

December 19, 1947. Mezz and the great Sidney Bechet.
Miff Mole's Molers
Luck Little Devil
1928-1937
Classics
2003

February 6, 1930. Jimmy Dorsey, Adrian Rollini and Miff Mole with Scrappy Lambert vocal.
Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra
The Laziest Gal in Town
1936-1946
Classics
2003

March 1940. Freddie Gibson vocal.
Albert Ammons
Bass Goin' Crazy
Anthology of Boogie Woogie Piano
Primo
2007

1938.
Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt
Blues Up and Down
1949-1950
Classics
2003

March 5, 1950.
Rex Stewart's Big Four
Flim Flam
1946-1947
Classics
1998

1946.
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
I Won't Tell a Soul
The Uncollected 1938
Hindsight
1979

December 2, 1938. Helen Forrest vocal as we celebrate her birthday April 12, 1917 with a set of her singing in front of the Shaw outfit.
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
Thanks for Everything
The Uncollected 1938
Hindsight
1979

December 6, 1938. Helen Forrest vocal.
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
Between a Kiss and a Sigh
The Uncollected 1938
Hindsight
1979

December 20, 1938. Helen Forrest vocal.
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
All the Things You Are
1939-1940
Classics
1999

October 21, 1939. Helen Forrest vocal.
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
I Didn't Know What Time it Was
1939-1940
Classics
1999

November 9, 1939. Helen Forrest vocal.
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
Do I Love You?
1939-1940
Classics
1999

November 9, 1939. Helen Forrest vocal.
King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band
Alligator Hop
1923
Classics
1992

October 5, 1923. On we go with a birthday tribute to New Orleanian Johnny Dodds--a pioneering jazz clarinetist. Dodds born April 12, 1892.
King Oliver's Jazz Band
Buddy's Habit
1923-1926
Classics
1992

October 25, 1923.
King Oliver's Jazz Band
Riverside Blues
1923-1926
Classics
1992

October 26, 1923.
Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards
47th Street Stomp
Johnny Dodds 1926
Classics
1991

September 16, 1926.
Blythe's Washboard Ragamuffins
Ape Man
Johnny Dodds 1926
Classics
1991

October 1926.
Johnny Dodds
Oh, Lizzie!
South Side Chicago Jazz
MCA
1991

April 21, 1927.
Johnny Dodd's Black Bottom Stompers
Melancholy
South Side Chicago Jazz
MCA
1990

April 22, 1927.
Jimmy Blythe's Owls
Have Mercy
South Side Chicago Jazz
MCA
1990

October 5, 1927.
The Chicago Footwarmers
Grandma's Ball
Johnny Dodds 1927-1928
Classics
1991

December 3, 1927.
The Chicago Footwarmers
Get 'Em Again Blues
Johnny Dodds 1927-1928
Classics
1991

July 2, 1938.
Johnny Dodds Trio
Blue Clarinet Stomp
Johnny Dodds 1927-1928
Classics
1991

July 5, 1928.
Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys
29th and Dearborn
Johnny Dodds 1928-1940
Classics
1992

January 21, 1938.
Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys
Blues Galore
Johnny Dodds 1928-1940
Classics
1992

January 21, 1938.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
Miss Brown to You
1934-1935
Classics
1990

July 2, 1935. Billie Holiday vocal, Roy Eldridge trumpet, Benny Goodman clarinet, Ben Webster tenor sax and Teddy Wilson piano. We close the show with all Holiday celebrating her birthday April 7, 1915.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
What a NIght, What a Moon, What a Girl
1934-1935
Classics
1990

July 31, 1935. Billie Holiday vocal.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
It's Too Hot For Words
1934-1935
Classics
1990

July 31, 1935. Billie Holiday vocal.
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
No Regrets
1933-1937
Classics
1991

July 10, 1936. Bunny Berigan trumpet, Artie Shaw clarinet and Billie Holiday vocal.
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
One, Two, Button Your Shoe
1933-1937
Classics
1991

September 29, 1936. Bunny Berigan and Billie Holiday.
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
Born to Love
1933-1937
Classics
1991

June 15, 1937. Billie Holiday with Buck Clayton trumpet, Freddy Green guitar, Walter Page bass, Jo Jones drums and Lester Young tenor sax.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
You Let Me Down
1935-1936
Classics
1990

December 3, 1935. Billie Holiday vocal.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
Spreadin' Rhythm Around
1935-1936
Classics
1990

December 3, 1935. Billie Holiday vocal.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
Life Begins When You're In Love
1935-1936
Classics
1990

January 30, 1936. Billie Holiday vocal.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
Pennies from Heaven
1936-1937
Classics
1990

November 19, 1936. Billie Holiday vocal, Jonah Jones trumpet, Ben Webster tenor sax, John Kirby string bass, Benny Goodman clarinet and Cozy Cole drums.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
The Mood I'm In
1936-1937
Classics
1990

February 18, 1937. Billie Holiday with Henry Red Allen trumpet, Teddy Wilson piano and Prince Robinson clarinet.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
Sun Showers
1937
Classics
1990

May 11, 1937. We finish our birthday salute to Billie Holiday with her singing behind Wilson and Buck Clayton trumpet, Lester Young tenor sax and Johnny Hodges alto sax.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
Yours and Mine
1937
Classics
1990

May 11, 1937. As above.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
Mean to Me
1937
Classics
1990

May 11, 1937. As above.
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
He's Funny That Way
1937-1939
Classics
1991

September 13, 1937. Billie with Lester Young tenor sax, Buck Clayton trumpet, Buster Bailey clarinet and Walter Page bass.
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
If I Were You
1937-1939
Classics
1991

May 11, 1938.
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
You're Too Lazy to Last
1937-1939
Classics
1991

January 6, 1938. Billie with Hot Lips Page trumpet.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
My First Impression of You
1937-1938
Classics
1990

Billie with Buck Clayton trumpet, Lester Young tenor sax, Walter Page, bass, Freddy Green guitar and Benny Morton.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
When You're Smiling
1937-1938
Classics
1990

As above.
Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
If Dreams Come True
1937-1938
Classics
1990

As above.
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
Laughing at Life
1939-1940
Classics
1991

June 7, 1940.