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Playlist for February 20, 2009 from 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Sun, 9:09am
Show Host(s): The Minister of Swing

Playlist Date & Time: 2/20/2009 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Program: Swing and Big Band with The Minister of Swing

This one's for you, Snooks. I hope you're listening up there.

Playlist Tracks
Joe Jackson
"Rhythm Delivery"
Tucker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
A&M
1988
Opening theme.
Barney Bigard and his Orchestra
"Mardi Gras Madness"
Duke Ellington 1939-1940
Classics
1994
February 14, 1940.
Harry James and his Orchestra
"Sweet Georgia Brown"
Harry James 1937-1939
Classics
1996
February 20, 1939.
Bud Freeman and his Orchestra
"Ol' Man River"
Bud Freeman 1945-1946
Classics
1997
1945. Freeman tenor sax.
Ziggy Elman and his Orchestra
"Am I Blue?"
Ziggy Elman 1938-1939
Classics
1996
August 29, 1939.
Boswell Sisters with Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
"You Ought to Be in Pictures"
Boswell Sisters vol. 4
Nostalgia Arts
2001
March 23, 1934.
Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra
"Never Never Land Fantasy"
Frankie Trumbauer 1936-1946
Classics
2003
March 1940. Tram plays the C-melody sax.
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
"Out of a Dream"
Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1933-1934
Classics
1993
October 4, 1934. Henry Red Allen trumpet, Chuck Richards vocal.
Casa Loma Orchestra
"Royal Garden Blues"
Maniac's Ball
Hep
1996
January 16, 1933.
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
"On the Sunny Side of the Street"
The Stan Kenton Story
Proper
2006
November 27, 1945. June Christy vocal.
Count Basie and his Orchestra
"Take Me Back, Baby"
Count Basie 1943-1945
Classics
1995
January 11, 1945. Jimmy Rushing vocal.
Rex Stewart and his Orchestra
"Run to the Corner"
Rex Stewart 1947-1948
Classics
1999
December 9, 1947. Rex cornet.
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"The Jungle King"
Cab Calloway 1942-1947
Classics
1998
May 1, 1947. Cab vocal.
Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra
"Let's Have Another Cigarette"
Bunny Berigan 1936-1937
Classics
1994
June 18, 1937. Ruth Bradley vocal.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Ya Got Me"
Tommy Dorsey 1938 vol. 2
Classics
2000
August 17, 1938. Edythe Wright vocal.
Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters
"It's a Wonderful World"
It's Time to Jump and Shout
Vintage
2001
November 5, 1939. Bon Bon vocal.
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Julia"
The Uncollected Jimmy Dorsey
Hindsight
1977
Jay McShann and his Sextette
"Gone With the Blues"
Jay McShann 1944-1946
Classics
1990
November 13, 1946. Jimmy Witherspoon vocal.
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra
"Time's-A-Wastin'"
Jimmie Lunceford 1937-1939
Classics
1990
January 3, 1939. this set goes out to Snooks Eaglin. these were his favorite songs, which he would call and request. Snooks, you will be missed.
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra
"Well, All Right Then"
Jimmie Lunceford 1939
Classics
1990
May 17, 1939.
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra
"I Got It"
Jimmie Lunceford 1939-1940
Classics
1991
May 9, 1940.
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra
"You Ain't Nowhere"
Jimmie Lunceford 1940-1941
Classics
1992
July 9, 1940.
Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra
"Tuxedo Junction"
Erskine Hawkins 1938-1939
BMG
2002
July 18, 1939. Last one for Snooks. One of his favorites.
Cootie Williams and his Orchestra
"That's The Lick"
Cootie Williams 1945-1946
Classics
1998
January 29, 1946. Out by request to Key West, Florida.
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
"Restless"
The Birth of Swing
BMG
1991
April 19, 1935. Helen Forrest vocal by request.
Dixie Washboard Band
"King of the Zulus"
Clarence Williams 1926-1927
Classics
1993
October 22, 1926.
Dixie Washboard Band
"The Zulu Blues"
Clarence Williams 1926-1927
Classics
1993
October 22, 1926.
King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band
"Zulus Ball"
King Oliver 1923
Classics
1992
October 5, 1923.
Clarence Williams and his Bottomland Orchestra
"Zulu Wail"
Clarence Williams 1927
Classics
1993
June 7, 1927.
New Orleans Blue Five
"The King of the Zulus"
Thomas Morris 1923-1927
Classics
1995
November 2, 1926. Thomas Morris cornet.
Adrian Rollini and the Golden Gate Orchestra
"Zulu Wail"
1924-1927
Timeless
2006
May 27, 1927. Rollini baritone sax, Tommy Dorsey trombone.
Yma Sumac
"Wimoweh-The Zulu Song"
The Sun Virgin
ASV
2006
April 21, 1952.
Red Norvo and his All Star Septet
"I Got Rhythm"
Red Norvo 1944-1945
Classics
2004
October 10, 1944. Norvo vibes, teddy Wilson piano, Slam Stewart bass.
Charlie Ventura and his Sextet
"Fine and Dandy pts. 1-2"
Charlie Ventura 1947-1949
Classics
2000
February 5, 1949.
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five
"Old Stack O' Lee Blues"
Sidney Bechet 1945-1946
Classics
1997
February 12, 1946.
Billie Holiday
"Body and Soul"
Billie Holiday 1939-1940
Classics
1991
February 29, 1940. Billie vocal with Roy Eldridge trumpet.
Lester Young and his Orchestra
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"
Lester Young 1947-1951
Classics
2002
September 17, 1949.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
"The Mood to Be Wooed"
Duke Ellington 1942-1944
Classics
1996
May 26, 1944.
Al Jolson
"I'm Goin' South"
Hits of '24
ASV
2006
1923. Jolson with Isham Jones and his Orchestra out by request to Southern California.
Fats Waller
"Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be?"
Fats Waller 1929
Classics
1993
August 29, 1929. Pipe organ solo.
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang
"Show Me the Way To Go Home"
Louis Prima 1937-1939
Classics
2000
December 12, 1938. Prima vocal and trumpet.
Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra
"Plantation Moods"
Jack Teagarden 1930-34
Classics
1993
July 29, 1933. Teagarden trombone, Bud Freeman tenor sax.
Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra
"Muskrat Ramble"
Mezz Mezzrow 1951-1953
Classics
2005
February 5, 1952. Requested Mezz.
Cow Cow Davenport
"Cow Cow Blues"
An Anthology of Boogie Woogie Piano
Primo
2007
Will Bradley and his Orchestra
"Down the Road A Piece"
Beat Me Daddy, to a Boogie-Woogie Beat
Jasmine
1999
August 12, 1940.
Noble Sissle and his Orchestra
"Loveless Love"
Sidney Bechet 1923-1936
Classics
1991
February 24, 1931.
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
"Don't Forget to Mess Around"
Louis Armstrong 1925-1926
Classics
1991
June 16, 1926.
Tiny Parham and his Orchestra
"Head Hunter's Dream"
The Alternative Takes
Neatwork
2002
July 2, 1928.
Jelly Roll Morton
"The Naked Dance"
Jelly Roll Morton 1939-1940
Classics
1992
December 14, 1939. Piano solo.
Jelly Roll Morton's Seven
"Sweet Substitute"
Jelly Roll Morton 1939-1940
Classics
1992
January 4, 1940. JRM piano and vocal.
Floyd Ray and his Orchestra
"Three O'Clock in the Morning"
Tea Pad Songs
Stash
1977
February 1939. Closing theme. Happy Mardi Gras, everybody!