This list was cobbled together intuitively on Sunday evening

The actual broadcast coordinates might well resemble what you see here

Pat Flowers was a Fats Waller follower who was based in Detroit

Alligator Crawl was written by Thomas Waller - this version resonates wonderfully

Rosa Henderson will make a reference to "cake eaters" - coded language for effeminate men

The Norfolk Jazz Quartet was usually just billed as the Norfolk Jazz 

They also cut a lot of spirituals and gospel recordings as the Norfolk Jubilee Quartet

The arrangement used on Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Stomp may create a disturbance in your mind

Shanghai Shuffle is a masterpiece of restlessness that first erupted during the middle 1920s

Jimmy Yancey's use of bass line rhythms always suggests to me a subtle Afro-Caribbean influence

Speaking of which: Barbados might well be one of charlie Parker's most attractive melodies

For this reason I look forward to putting it across for you on Thursday evening 

face the music 8.09.12                                   

Blue Danube                                                    Pat Flowers                                                      1945

Alligator Crawl                                                 Louis Armstrong & his Hot Seven                     1927

Ain’t Got No Mama Now                                Four Pods of Pepper                                        1929

Michigan Water Blues                                      Clarence Williams                                            1930

Muddy Water Blues                                         Jelly Roll Morton & his Orchestra                   1923

Shreveport Blues                                             Clarence Williams Blue Five                            1923

Congo Love Song                                            Omer Simeon & his Dixie Rhythm Kings         1929

Gator Wobble                                                  Memphis Jug Band                                          1934

Driftwood                                                        Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra                1924

Can’t Be Bothered With No Sheik                   Rosa Henderson & James P. Johnson              1931

Get Hot                                                            Norfolk Jazz Quartet                                       1921

Wa Da Da                                                        Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang                           1927

Duet Stomp                                                      Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight                    1929

Cotton Club Stomp                                          Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra     1929

Shanghai Shuffle                                               Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra                 1934

Bechet’s Steady Rider                                      Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Quartet                  1940

Janie’s Joys                                                      Jimmy Yancey                                                 1939

Barbados                                                         Charlie Parker All Stars                                   1948