Playlist for August 15, 2011 from 9:00AM - 11:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Sat, 6:35am

Playlist Date & Time: 8/15/2011 9:00AM - 11:00AM

Program: Traditional Jazz with Dan Meyer or Jeff "Snake" Greenberg

Today's show features music from The Great Depression. The years 1929 - 1941 were a very prolific and creative period in songwriting. Much of the standard repertoire was written during this time. For this show, I'll be exploring the themes of being broke, having money, hope, despair and defiance.

Playlist Tracks

Fred Astaire Puttin' On The Ritz Fred Astaire: Can't Sing, Can't Act, Balding, Can Dance A Little 2000
Ambrose & His Orchestra Happy Days Are Here Again On Saturday Night 2011
Billie Holiday God Bless The Child The Billie Holiday Songbook 1952
Rudy Vallee Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? The Great Depression - American Music of the 30s 1993
Charlie Barnet Heigh-Ho Sophisticated Swing 2007
Ted Lewis There's A New Day Comin' The Great Depression - American Music in the 30s 1993
The Boswell Sisters We're In The Money Boswell Sisters 2011
Mel Torme Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Luck Be A Lady 1983
Charlie Spivak Orchestra I Got Plenty Of Nothin' What's Cookin' Charlie? 1999
Ethel Waters I Can't Give You Anything But Love The Jazz Singers (Disc 2) 1932
Teddy Wilson I've Got The World On A String Teddy Wilson 1998
The Pfister Sisters Putting All My Eggs In One Basket Puttin' It On 2008
Ella Fitzgerald They Can't Take That Away From Me The Silver Collection: The Songbooks 1997
Nat King Cole Boulevard Of Broken Dreams The Nat King Cole Trio 2005
Ted Lewis In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town Top Hits of the 1930s 2011
Banu Gibson Pick Yourself Up Let's Face The Music And Dance 2007
Art Tatum Gone With The Wind The Art Tatum Group Masterpieces (Vol. 8) 1956
Fred Astaire Nice Work If You Can Get It Top Hits of the 1930s Vol 1 2011
Ruth Etting Ten Cents A Dance Top Hits of the 1930s Vol. 2 2011
Coleman Hawkins On The Sunny Side of the Street Good Time Blues - The Ultimate Tenor Sax Collection 1993
Artie Shaw And His New Music Whistle While You Work The Great Depression - American Music In The 1930s 1993
Erroll Garner Over The Rainbow The Erroll Garner Story
Django Reinhardt Prenez Garde Au Grand Mechant Loup DJango Reinhardt and the Singers with Jean Sablon 2001
Nat King Cole It's Only A Paper Moon Essential Masters Of Jazz 1999
Ethel Waters Bring Your Greenbacks The Copulatin' Blues 2009
Ben Webster Pennies From Heaven Verve Jazz Master: 43 Ben Webster 1995
Louis Armstrong A Kiss To Build A Dream On The Definitive Collection 206
Duke Ellington Perdido Sophisticated Lady 1996
Billie Holiday Easy Livin' Easy Livin' 2011
Fats Waller Yacht Club Swing
Louis Armstrong When You Wish Upon A Star Disney Songs The Satchmo Way 1968