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

Current New Orleans Time: Thu, 1:00pm

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!

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