Monday, August 26, 2013

Face the Music 8.29.13
Anamule Dance No. 2

Frog-I-More Rag
Jelly Roll Morton piano solo 1924

Livery Stable Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1917

Snakes Hips
The Georgians 1923

Snake Eyes
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1928

Snake Hip Dance
The Harlem Footwarmers 1929

Hen Party Blues
Dixieland Jug Blowers 1926

Pussy Cat Rag
Halfway House Orchestra 1925

Three Blind Mice
The Chicago Loopers 1928

Tom Cat Blues
Jelly Roll Morton & King Oliver duo 1924

Salty Dog
Freddie Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals 1926
vocal by Papa Charlie Jackson

Mule Face Blues
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1930

Walkin’ the Dog
James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen 1944

Jack the Bear
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1940

Skunk Hollow Blues
Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra 1939

Yard Dog Mazurka
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1941

Jim Dawgs
Ike Quebec All Stars 1945

Bigheaded Woman
(Got Eyes Like a Rattlesnake)
Sonny Boy & Lonnie 1945

The Blues Jumped the Rabbit
Hot Lips Page & his Band 1944

Cow Cow’s Stomp
Cow Cow Davenport 1945



Monday, August 12, 2013


Face the Music 8.22.13
Anamule Dance part one

Anamule Dance
Jelly Roll Morton 1938

Alligator Crawl
Louis Armstrong Hot Seven 1927

Bull Frog Moan
Lonnie Johnson &
Blind Willie Dunn 1929

Turtle Twist
Jelly Roll Morton Trio 1929
with Barney Bigard &
Zutty Singleton

Gator Wobble
Memphis Jug Band  1934

Mule Get Up in the Alley
Cannon’s Jug Stompers 1929

Boar Hog Blues
Richard M. Jones Jazz Wizards 1927

Ape Man
Johnny Dodds with
Blythe's Washboard Ragamuffins 1926 

Buffalo Blues
Johnny Dunn & his Band  1928

Bull Foot Stomp
Sam Wooding’s Chocolate Dandies
in Barcelona 1929

War Horse Mama
Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra 1924

Horse Feathers
Cliff Jackson’s Krazy Kats  1930

Krazy Kat
Bix Beiderbecke with
Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra 1927

Jackass Blues
Thomas Morris’ Hot Babies 1926

Billy Goat Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers  1927

Bow Wow Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1921

Tiger Rag
Sam Wooding’s Chocolate Dandies
in Barcelona 1929

Muskrat Ramble
Sidney Bechet 1940



Face the Music 8.15.13 – Birds!

Weather Bird
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines 1928

Nashville Nightingale
Waring’s Pennsylvanians 1924

I’m a Little Blackbird, Looking for a Bluebird
Clarence Williams Blue Five 1924
vocal by Eva Taylor

Bye Bye Blackbird
Josephine Baker 1927

Bird of Paradise
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1935

Pigeon Walk
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1937

Ostrich Walk
Bix Beiderbecke with
Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra 1927

Loose Like a Goose
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1929

Cuckoo Blues
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1928

Wild Geese Blues
Gladys Bentley accompanied by Eddie Lang 1928

Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon
Frank Stokes 1927

As An Eagle Stirreth Up Her Nest
Calvin P Dixon aka “Black Billy Sunday” 1925
{the first African American preacher to record a sermon}

Under the Double Eagle
Wilbur de Paris c. 1955-1958

The Buzzard
Bud Freeman’s Windy City Five 1935

Chicken Rhythm
Slim Gaillard 1945

Chasin’ the Bird
Charlie Parker 1947

Oiseaux des Iles
Django Reinhardt 1940

Blue Bird
Charlie Parker 1947

Flirtibird
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1959




Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Face the Music 8.08.13 – Bugs!

Bee’s Knees
Ralph Sutton with George Wettling 1952

Boll Weevil
Jaybird Coleman 1927

Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Bessie Smith 1927

Never Swat a Fly
Jim Kweskin Jug Band 1967

I Can’t Dance {I Got Ants in My Pants}
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band 1973

Save the Roach for Me
Buck Washington 1944

La Cucaracha
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra 1935

The Mosquito Song
Wingy Manone & his Orchestra 1940

The Love Bug Will Bite You
Teddy Hill & his NBC Orchestra 1937

Glow Worm
The Mills Brothers

Poor Butterfly
Fats Waller piano solo 1939

Jitterbug Waltz
Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1942

The Spider and the Fly
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Ain’t No Flies On Me
Roy Eldridge with Anita Love - Paris 1950

Sweet Like a Honey Bee
Wilmoth Houdini 1928

Shufflebug Shuffle
Benny Carter & his Orchestra 1939

The Hornet
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra 1946

June Bug
Lester Young 1949