Sunday, January 28, 2018


Face the Music 20118: 
NOTHING!

Nothin’
Luckey Roberts piano solo 1958

Poor Papa (He’s Got Nothin’ At All)
The Goofus Five 1926

Nuthin’ But
Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra 1923

Nothin’ Does Does Like It Used To Do-Do-Do
The Goofus Five 1927

She’s Nothing But Nice
Wilton Crawley 1927

I Ain’t Givin’ Nothin’ Away
Eliza Christmas Lee & her Jazz Band
with clarinetist Garvin Bushell 1921

My Man Is Good For Nothing But Love
Edith Wilson 1929

Good For Nothin’ But Love
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Nothin’, Nothin’, Baby
Jimmy Grissom with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1953

Nothin’ But The Blues
Gene Gifford’s Orchestra
with Wingy Manone, Bunny Berigan & Bud Freeman 1935

Ain’t Nobody Got Nothin’
Lovin’ Sam Theard accompanied by pianist H. Benton Overstreet 1929

Nothing in Rambling
Washboard Sam
featuring tenor saxophonist Eddie “Sugarman” Peniger,
pianist Bob Call, guitarist Willie Lacey & bassist Ransom Knowling 1949

I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues
Al Hibbler with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1944

Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me
Al Hibbler with Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1972

All Or Nothing At All
Billie Holiday with Ben Webster & Harry Sweets Edison 1956

I Got Plenty O’Nuttin’
Pearl Bailey 1959






Tuesday, January 23, 2018




Face the Music 1.25.18 - Jellies & Jams

Original Jelly Roll Blues
Jelly Roll Morton player piano roll

Mr. Jelly Lord
Jelly Roll Morton’s Steamboat Four 1924

Nobody In Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
Bessie Smith 1923

Selling the Jelly
Noah Lewis Jug Band 1930

Jelly Bean Blues
Ma Rainey & her Georgia Jazz Band 1924

I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None O’ This Jelly Roll
Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band 1919

Whip It to a Jelly
Jimmy Gordon & his Vip Vop Band 1938

Mr. Jelly Roll Baker
Leon Redbone 1977

You Know Jam Don’t Shake
Frankie Half Pint Jaxon 1940

It’s a Jam Up
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Orchestra 1927

Jambled Blues
Sonny Clay’s Plantation Orchestra 1925

Papa’s Got the Jim Jams
Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Orchestra 1927

Black Raspberry Jam
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Dinah’s in a Jam
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1938

C Jam Blues
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1942

Jammin’ in Four
Edmond Hall’s Celeste Quartet 1941

White Jam
Captain Beefheart 1972




Saturday, January 13, 2018


Face the Music 1.18.18
Callin’ Names

Sweet Savannah Sue
Fats Waller piano solo 1929

Battleship Kate
Wilbur Sweatman Trio 1930

Oh! Peter You’re So Nice
Red Nichols & his Five Pennies 1931

Little Willie Blues
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces 1929

Everybody Likes My Fanny
Benny Bell 1975

Margie
Hoosier Hot Shots 1936

Shout, Lula with the Red Dress On
Ephram Carter vocal; J.W. Jones fife;
James Jones bass drum & Floyd Bussey, bass drum
Waverly Hall, Georgia 1970

Irene
Leadbelly (Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola) 1934

Trombone Cholly
Bessie Smith & her Blue Boys featuring Big Charlie Green 1927

Frankie and Johnny
King Oliver & his Orchestra featuring Roy Smeck 1929

Hello Lola
Mound City Blue Blowers with Coleman Hawkins 1929

Jerry the Junker
Clarence Williams & his Orchestra with James P. Johnson 1934

Poor Richard
Jack Purvis & his Orchestra with Coleman Hawkins 1930

Poor Bubber
Rex Stewart & his Orchestra 1941

Jimmy’s Rocks
Jimmy Yancey piano solo 1944

Barney’s Bounce
Zutty Singleton Trio featuring Barney Bigard 1944

Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid
Lester Young Sextet 1946

Donna Lee
Charlie Parker All Stars 1947



Monday, January 8, 2018


Face the Music 1.11.18
Dressing Up and Dressing Down
Index of Potentials & Probabilities

The Coat and the Pants do all the Work
Hoosier Hot Shots

Oh, Dem Golden Slippers
Fats Waller

From the Indies to the Andes in his Undies
Hoosier Hot Shots

Short Dress Gal
Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band

Got a Bran’ New Suit
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra

Got a Bran’ New Suit
Fats Waller & his Rhythm

Where My Shoes At?
Ishman Bracey & Charley Taylor

Lock and Key
Bessie Smith with James P. Johnson

Look Out Papa Don’t Tear Your Pants
Papa Charlie Jackson

You Done Tore Your Pants With Me
Palooka Washboard Band

Silent Partner
Champion Jack Dupree

Little Hat Blues
Little Hat Jones

Head Rag Hop
Romeo Nelson

A Jacquet for Jack the Bellboy
Illinois Jacquet

A Zoot Suit
Dorothy Dandridge

My Little Suede Shoes
Charlie Parker

Where’s Your Overcoat Boy?
Johnny Griffin

Monday, January 1, 2018


Face the Music 1.04.18
PERSONAL HYGIENE & TAP DANCE REVUE

Wash Your Hands, Brush Your Teeth
Voco children’s picture disc 1948

Keep a Twinkle in Your Eye
The Nicholas Brothers

Brush Your Teeth With Colgate
Buffalo Bob Smith live at the Fillmore East

I’m Dancing and I Can’t Be Bothered Now
Fred Astaire

Shaving Cream
Benny Bell

My Four Reasons
Ivory Chittison & Banjo Joe

Doin’ the New Low Down
Bill Bojangles Robinson

Wipe ‘Em Off
Seven Gallon Jug Band

Gettin’ Dirty Just Shakin’ That Thing
Romeo Nelson

Buddy Bolden’s Blues
Jelly Roll Morton

I Got Your Bath Water On
Butterbeans and Susie

The Half Of It Dearie Blues
Fred Astaire with George Gershwin

They Say He Ought To Dance
The Nicholas Brothers

No Soap
Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra

Close Shave
John Kirby Sextet

Chartreuse
Fletcher Henderson Sextet

Concerto in Taps
Baby Laurence

Tap dancing recorded live
on the street in New York City