Playlist for January 17, 2009 from 8:00AM - 10:00AM
Current New Orleans Time: Sat, 5:44am
Playlist Date & Time: 1/17/2009 8:00AM - 10:00AM
Program: Traditional Jazz & New Orleans Music with Ryan Casey
This is the playlist for my Danny Barker Special, in honor of his 100th birthday anniversary earlier this week (Jan. 13). This documentary radio show was broadcast live on the culminating weekend of the Danny Barker Centennial Festival in the French Market area.
Playlist Tracks
Jelly Roll Morton "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say" Big Ol' Box of New Orleans Shout Factory 2004 Quotes were read on the air from Danny Barker's book Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville. |
Danny Barker "Ham and Eggs" Save the Bones Orleans 1988 Composed by Danny Barker. |
Danny Barker "Save the Bones" Save the Bones Orleans 1988 Composed by Danny Barker and Steve Graham. Quotes were read regarding Danny's first "spasm band" from his book A Life in Jazz. The next few songs were some this childhood band performed on kazoo, ukelele, etc. |
Milton Batiste and His All-Star Gumbo Band "The Bucket's Got a Hole in It" New Orleans Reborn! Jazz Crusade none |
Preservation Hall Jazz Band "Careless Love" Shake That Thing Preservation Hall Records 2004 |
Gregg Stafford and the Easy Riders Jazz Band "Walking With the King" New Orleans Reborn! Jazz Crusade none Gregg Stafford was one of the children in the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, under the direction of Danny Barker. |
Albert Nicholaus, James P. Johnson, Danny Barker, "Pops" Foster and Baby Dodds "Creole Blues" Jazz A' La Creole GHB 2000 Quotes were read from Danny Barker's book A Life in Jazz about this 1947 recording session. |
Albert Nicholaus, James P. Johnson, Danny Barker, "Pops" Foster, Freddy Moore "Salee Dame" Jazz A' La Creole GHB 2000 |
Danny Barker, Don Kirkpatrick, Haywood Henry, Johnny Williams, Freddy Moore "Tootie Ma is a Big Fine Thing" Jazz A' La Creole GHB 2000 The last four tracks on this cd are Danny Barker's versions of Mardi Gras Indian songs. |
Danny Barker, Don Kirkpatrick, Haywood Henry, Johnny Williams, Freddy Moore "My Indian Red" Jazz A' La Creole GHB 2000 |
Danny Barker "Eh La Bas" Eh La Bas! Orleans 2002 |
Milton Batiste's All-Star Gumbo Band "They All Asked For You" New Orleans Reborn! Jazz Crusade none One of Danny Barker's "tall tales" was read, regarding the capture of an Anaconda in uptown New Orleans, which then went to live at the Audubon Zoo. |
Danny Barker "Bill Bailey" Save The Bones Orleans 1988 |
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, with Danny Barker and Eddie Bo "Don't You Feel My Leg" Big Ol' Box of New Orleans Shout Factory 2004 Composed by Danny Barker. Quotes were read from A Life in Jazz, regarding Danny's wife, singer "Blue Lu Barker," auditioning the song at the Cotton Club with Danny in 1931. |
Danny Barker "I'm a Cowboy" Save the Bones Orleans 1988 A Danny Barker composition. |
Danny Barker "Hard Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah" Save the Bones Orleans 1988 |
Danny Barker "St. James Infirmary" Save the Bones Orleans 1988 My favorite version of this song - the funniest rendition ever - in a distinctly New Orleans vernacular. |
New Orleans Helsinki Connection "Palm Court Strut" At Last New Orleans Helsinki Connection Records 2004 Leroy Jones sings and plays on this Danny Barker composition honoring the club where he loved to perform during his later years. Leroy Jones was the first child to be recruited by Danny Barker for what became the historically and culturally pivotal Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band. |
Danny Barker "You've Got the Right Key But the Wrong Keyhole" Save the Bones Orleans 1988 |
Danny Barker "When You're Smiling" Save the Bones Orleans 1988 |
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