Sunday, February 25, 2018


Face the Music 4/01/18:

You Too

If I Could Be With You
James P. Johnson-Fats Waller
player piano roll 1927

How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
Coleman Hawkins-Henry Red Allen Orchestra 1933
vocal by Henry Red Allen
flute solo by Wayman Carver

Won’t You Be My Baby?
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1930
vocal by Jimmy Rushing

Out of Breath and Scared to Death of You
Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers 1930
vocal by Scrappy Lambert

You, You and Especially You
Bobby Hackett & his Orchestra 1938
vocal by Lola Bard

Exactly Like You
Glenn Hardman’s Hammond Five 1939
featuring Lester Young

You Hit the Spot
Putney Dandridge 1935

With Plenty of Money and You
Art Tatum & his Swingsters 1937

Exactly Like You
played on the oboe by Yusef Lateef 1967

I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Pearl Bailey 1963

You Came a Long Way From St. Louis
Ada Moore 1954

You Did It, You Did It
Roland Kirk 1961

Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Charlie Shavers 1970

The Way You Look Tonight
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers 1961



Monday, February 19, 2018


Face
the Music
2.22.18
YOU
You Can’t Get Away From It
Bert Williams 1914


I’m Gonna Steal You
Frankie Half Pint Jaxon 1927


Oh You Devil You
Oliver Brown 1935


You Don’t Know My Mind
Jamaica Jazzers 1924


Can I Do It For You?
Memphis Minnie 1930


It’s Right Here For You
Tommy Dorsey 1928


Exactly Like You
Bud Freeman Trio 1938


I’d Rather Call You Baby
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937


You’re The Top
Louis Armstrong 1954


Keepin’ Myself For You
Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five 1940


I Didn’t Know About You
Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1972


I Would Do Anything For You
Art Tatum 1934


I Only Have Eyes For You
Coleman Hawkins Quintet
with Roy ‘Little Jazz’ Eldridge 1944


Are You Sticking?
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra
featuring Barney Bigard 1941


Just You, Just Me
Lester Young Quartet 1943


All The Things You Are
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
with Charlie Parker & Slam Stewart 1945


Well You Needn’t
Thelonious Monk Trio 1947

You Came a Long Way From St. Louis
Johnny Costa 1990

Saturday, February 10, 2018


Face the Music 2.15.18:
Tearing It Up For The People
{potentials and probabilities}

Turn On The Heat
Fats Waller piano solo 1929

A Monday Date
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five 1928

Atlanta Rag
Cow Cow Davenport

Don’t Drink It In Here
Frankie Half Pint Jaxon with
Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band 1929

Give Me Your Telephone Number
J.C.Higginbotham’s Six Hicks 1930

I Got Rhythm
Bud Freeman Trio 1938

Stompy Jones
Sidney Bechet & his
New Orleans Feetwarmers
featuring Rex Stewart 1940

Hot and Bothered
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1928
hot vocal by Baby Cox

Nagasaki
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra 1935

Nagasaki
Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis 1939

Jack the Bellboy
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1940

Harlem Rhumbain’ the Blues
Hot Lips Page & his Band 1940

Special Delivery Stomp
Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five 1940

It’s Only a Paper Moon
John Kirby Sextet 1941

It’s Only a Paper Moon
Lester Young 1946

Blue’ n’ Boogie
Dizzy Gillespie 1945

Roll ‘Em Pete
Coleman Hawkins 1959

Monday, February 5, 2018


Face the Music 20818:
Featuring Nobody


Nobody
Bert Williams 1913


I Ain’t Got Nobody
Monarch Jazz Quartet 1929


Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
Alberta Hunter & the Red Onion Jazz Babies 1924


Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Bessie Smith 1929


Tain’t Nobody’s Business
Frank Stokes 1928


It Ain’t Killed Nobody Yet
Al Miller 1929


It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Blind Willie Johnson 1927


Nobody’s Blues But Mine
Bessie Smith & her Band 1925


I Don’t Love Nobody (So I Don’t Have No Blues)
Clara Smith 1924


I Ain’t Gonna Tell Nobody
King Oliver’s Jazz Band 1923


Nobody’s Sweetheart
McKenzie & Condon’s Chicagoans 1927


Nobody’s Sweetheart
Tampa Red 1931


I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll
Mezzrow-Ladnier Quintet 1938


Ain’t Nobody Home But Me
Memphis Minnie 1936

I Ain’t Got Nobody
Art Tatum 1934


I Ain’t Got Nobody
Count Basie 1939


Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940


Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own
Taj Mahal 1976