Monday, July 25, 2016


Face the Music 7.28.16 

A Monday Date 
Louis Armstrong & his Hot Five 1928 

I’m Somebody’s Somebody Now 
Annette Hanshaw with “Four Instrumental Stars”
{Adrian Rollini, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang & Vic Berton} 1927 

Russian Rag 
{George L. Cobb adaption of a theme by Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1918} 
Dan Levinson’s Trans-Atlantic Saxtette 2008 

Afghanistan 
Zez Confrey player piano roll 1920 

Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula 
Ciro’s Club Coon Orchestra, London England 1916 

Stratford Hunch 
Jelly Roll Morton piano solo 1924 

In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree 
Natty Dominique’s Creole Dance Band 1953 

Jerry the Junker 
Clarence Williams & his Orchestra 1934 

A Strange Fact 
Coleman Hawkins & the Ramblers, Laren 1937 

Stockholm 
Django Reinhardt & orchestra billed as “Django’s Music” Paris 1940 

Linger Awhile 
Ben Webster with the Sidney Catlett Quartet 1944 

Blue, Turning Grey Over You 
Ike Quebec Quintet 1945 

Body and Soul 
Lester Young, Red Callender & Nat Cole 1942 

Body and Soul 
James Moody 1956 

Commercial Eyes 
Dodo Marmarosa Quartet featuring Lucky Thompson 1946 

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Potentials & probabilities for Thursday's art fair programme Bayrische POLKA played by a gang of tubas with automotive sound effects - Bahnfahrt - played by unidentified German novelty orchestra - George Graham Advertising Plant's Baking Powder, 1896 - CakeWalk played by Swedish regimental band 1899 - Broken Idol played by the California Ramblers - The Lion and Albert recited by Stanley Holloway - Fine Artiste Blues by R Crumb's Cheap Suit Serenaders - Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic - by the Kamikaze Ground Crew - The Match Parade by Billy Mayerl featuring xylophonist Rudy Starita - I'm Gonna Steal You by Frankie Half Pint Jaxon - Mortgage Blues Part 1 by Frankie Half Pint Jaxon - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out by Clarence Pinetop Smith - Draw You a Picture by John Wayne - Money is King by calypso singer The Tiger - Save the Roach for Me by Buck Washington - T'ain't No Sin by the Marty Grosz-Dick Wellstood Quintet - Gettin' Much Lately? by Fats Waller - Downtown by Petula Clark - Sound effects of breaking plate glass and helicopters - Philip Glass' Strung Out played by Paul Zukofsky
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Monday, July 11, 2016

Face the Music 7.14.16

Harlem Blues
{W.C.Handy 1923}
played by Carl Wolfe’s Orchestra 1999

Chicago Slow Drag
Natty Dominique’s Creole Dance Band
Saber Room, Darbell Springs Hotel
Chicago 1953

Summertime
Sidney Bechet Quintet 1939

The Crave
Jelly Roll Morton piano solo 1938

Mazurk
{Louis Moreau Gottschalk}
Robert De Gaetano 1989

Mystery
The Versatile Four
London, England 1920

Was It a Dream? - waltz
Lillie Delk Christian with
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Four 1928

Farewell Waltz
Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts
Richmond, Indiana 1928

Del Rio Waltz
East Texas Serenaders
Dallas, Texas 1937

La Valse des Yeux Bleu
{Blue Eyes Waltz}
Breaux Freres 
San Antonio, Texas 1934

Waltz Mirage
Zez Confrey player piano roll 1926

Tom Brown’s Saxophone Waltz
played by Dan Levinson’s
Trans-Atlantic Saxtette 2009

Nuages
Django Reinhardt & the
Quintette of the Hot Club de France 1940

Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me
James Moody 1958




Saturday, July 2, 2016

Face the Music 7.07.16 - Waltzing in Eccentricity

Valse Boston - {from the ballet
“Les Millions d‘Arlequin”
or “Harlequinade” - Riccardo Drigo}
Joan Sawyer's Persian Garden Orchestra 1914

Evening Chimes Waltz {Carl Heins}
Herve Duerson piano solo 1929

The Waltz You Saved For Me
{Emil Flindt, , }
George Lewis & Don Ewell 1966

Eccentricity – syncopated waltz {J.P. Johnson}
James P. Johnson player piano roll 1921

Honeymoon Waltz {R.R. Robinson}
Reginald R. Robinson piano solo 1993

Blue Danube {Johann Strauss II}
Ivelee Pat Flowers piano solo
with bass accompaniment 1945

Swaltzing With Faust {Charles Gounod}
Fats Waller piano solo 1939

Inner Space {L. Roberts}
Luckey Roberts piano solo 1958

Jitterbug Waltz {Thomas Waller}
Fats Waller & his Orchestra 1942

The Sheik of Araby {Ted Snyder}
Budapest Ragtime Band 1985

Minute Waltz {Fryderyk Chopin}
John Kirby & his Orchestra 1939

Little Niles {Randy Weston}
Donald Bird & Gigi Gryce
Jazz Lab Orchestra 1957



Face the Music 7.07.16 - Waltzing in Eccentricity

Valse Boston
Joan Sawyer's Persian Garden Orchestra 1914

Evening Chimes Waltz
Herve Duerson piano solo 1929

Waltz You Saved For Me
George Lewis & Don Ewell 1966

Eccentricity
James P. Johnson player piano roll 1921

Honeymoon Waltz
Reginald R. Robinson piano solo 1993

Blue Danube
Ivelee Pat Flowers piano solo
with bass accompaniment 1945

Swaltzing With Faust (Gounod)
Fats Waller piano solo 1939

Inner Space
Luckey Roberts piano solo 1958

Jitterbug Waltz
Fats Waller & his Orchestra 1942

The Sheik of Araby
Budapest Ragtime Band 1985

Minute Waltz (Chopin)
John Kirby & his Orchestra 1939

Little Niles (Randy Weston)
Donald Bird & Gigi Gryce
Jazz Lab Orchestra 1957