Thursday, April 25, 2013




Face the Music
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Crazy Rhythm

Fascinating Rhythm
Dick Hyman & Tom Pletcher 2003

Crazy Rhythm
Cliff Jackson 1961

Crazy Rhythm
Roger Wolfe Kahn & his Orchestra 1928

Crazeology
Bud Freeman & his Chicago Five 1928

Radio Rhythm
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1931

I'm Rhythm Crazy Now
Horace Henderson & his Orchestra 1933

Crazy Rhythm
Coleman Hawkins' All Star Jam Band 1937

Rendezvous with Rhythm
Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra 1937

Spreadin' Rhythm Around
Billie Holiday 1935

Mr. Rhythm Man
Tampa Red 1938

Laughin' in Rhythm
Slim & Slam 1938

Drum Stomp (Crazy Rhythm)
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1937

I Got Rhythm
Bud Freeman Trio 1938

Circus in Rhythm
Lester Young with Earl Warren's Orchestra 1944

Rockin' in Rhythm parts 1 & 2
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1946

Crazy Rhythm
Coleman Hawkins 1943

Crazy Rhythm
Django Reinhardt 1953

 Crazy Rhythm {alt take}
Cliff Jackson 1961



Crazy Rhythm
Cliff Jackson 1961

Monday, April 15, 2013


Face the Music 4/18/13
potentials & probabilities
Fascinating Rhythm   

Fascinating Rhythm
Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra 1924

Florida Rhythm
Ross De Luxe Syncopators 1927

Futuristic Rhythm
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra 1929

Four Four Rhythm
Paul Tremaine & his Aristocrats 1929

That Rhythm Man
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1929

Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

Grand Terrace Rhythm
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1936

I’m On a Sit-Down Strike for Rhythm
Lil Hardin Armstrong & her Orchestra 1937

Rhythm of the Tambourine
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1937

Rhythm, Rhythm
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1937

Buck Dance
J.W. Jones & Ephram Carter
body percussion, field recording 1970

Buck Dance Rhythm
Slim & Slam 1938

I Got Rhythm
Red Feather Trio live in Milwaukee 1943

I Got Rhythm
Lester Young with Dickie Wells 1943

Play House No.2 {I Got Rhythm}
Buddy Tate with Count Basie’s Orchestra 1945

Estrad Swing {Roy’s Got Rhythm}
Roy Eldridge in Stockholm 1951

I Got Rhythm
Dick Hyman, Tom Pletcher & their Gang 2003

All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
Bud Powell Trio 1949

Monday, April 8, 2013


Face the Music 4/11/13: Rhythm Venture

Rhythm Venture
written by Zez Confrey {1935}
played by Eteri Andjaparidze

Blue Rhythm Fantasy
Teddy Hill & his NBC Orchestra 1937

Rhythm Saved the World
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra 1936

Rhythm King
Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang 1928

Rhythm of the Day
Red Nichols with Ross Gorman & his
Earl Carroll Orchestra 1925

Old Man Rhythm
Tony Parenti, clarinet
Vick Briedis, piano 1929

Chicago Rhythm
Earl Hines & his Orchestra 1928

Ridin’ in Rhythm
Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1933

Rock It in Rhythm
Tampa Red & the Chicago Five 1938

Rockin’ In Rhythm
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1931

I Got Rhythm
The Spirits of Rhythm 1933

More Rhythm
Lonnie Johnson 1941

He Ain’t Got Rhythm
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson 1937

Rhythm and Romance
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

Mr. Rhythm Man
The Cats & the Fiddle 1940

I Got Rhythm
Gene Sedric & his Honeybears 1946

Rhythm Boogie
Albert Ammons 1947

Rhythm-a-ning
Thelonious Monk 1963


Tuesday, April 2, 2013


Face the Music 4.04.13
for Richard Whiting {1891-1938}
& Hoagy Carmichael {1899-1981}

Cosmics
Hoagy Carmichael piano solo 1933

Riverboat Shuffle {Carmichael 1924}
Bix Beiderbecke & the Wolverines 1924

Boneyard Shuffle {Carmichael 1925}
Red Nichols & his Five Pennies 1926

Gather Lip Rouge While You May {Whiting 1933}
Joe Venuti & his Orchestra 1933

Miss Brown to You {Whiting 1935}
Billie Holiday 1935

Lazy River {Carmichael 1931}
Bechet-Spanier Big Four 1940

Small Fry {Carmichael 1938}
Hot Lips Page 1938

Two Sleepy People {Carmichael 1938}
Fats Waller 1943

Sleepy Time Gal {Whiting 1925}
Jimmie Lunceford’s Orchestra 1935

Japanese Sandman {Whiting 1920}
Dicky Wells et son Orchestre
avec Django Reinhardt 1937

Ukulele Lady {Whiting 1925}
Jim Kweskin Jug Band 1965

She’s Funny That Way {Whiting 1928}
Bud Freeman-Jess Stacy Duo 1939

Louise {Whiting 1929}
Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet 1956

Too Marvelous For Words {Whiting 1937}
Lester Young Quartet live at Birdland 1951

Beyond the Blue Horizon {Whiting 1930}
Coleman Hawkins Quintet 1944