Face the Music 6.21.18

Summer Solstice Poem

Sunflower Slow Drag

{Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden 1901}

played by Richard Zimmerman

The Rocks

Mary Lou Williams 1938

Skunk Hollow Blues

Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra 1939

Bullfrog Moan

Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang 1929

Mole in the Ground

Holy Modal Rounders 1964

Blueberry Rhyme

James P. Johnson 1943

Back to the Land

Lester Young Trio 1946

with Nat King Cole & Buddy Rich

Summertime

Billie Holiday & her Orchestra 1936

with Bunny Berigan & Artie Shaw

Nuages {Clouds}

Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France 1940

avec Hubert Rostaing et Alix Combelle

I’m Looking for a Little Bluebird

Jelly Roll Morton & his Red Hot Peppers 1930

tuba solo by Billy Taylor

Swamp Blues

Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1927

At Sundown

Bud Freeman Trio 1938

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

Frankie Newton & his Orchestra 1939

with James P. Johnson at the piano

Warmin’ Up

Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra 1936

with Roy Eldridge, Buster Bailey,

Chu Berry & Big Sid Catlett

June Bug {Lester Digs}

Lester Young Sextet 1949

with 24 year old drummer Roy Haynes

Robbins’ Nest

Illinois Jacquet & his All-Stars 1947

featuring composer & pianist Sir Charles Thompson

East of the Sun {West of the Moon}

Wardell Gray with Joe Swanson & his Orchestra 1946