Face the Music 10.31.19:

Ninth Nines - Midnight Call

King Porter Stomp

Jelly Roll Morton 1939

Damp Weather
Jones-Collins Astoria Hot Eight 1929

Harlem Drag
Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten 1929

Harlem Fuss

Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929

Squeezin’ the Blues

George Shearing  {accordion} 1939

Midnight Call

Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang 1929

Freakish Light Blues

King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

Going to Chicago Blues

Basie's Bad Boys with Jimmy Rushing 1939

Effervescent Blues

John Kirby Sextet 1939

You Took Advantage Of Me

Art Tatum 1949

Mahogany Hall Stomp

Louis Armstrong & his Savoy Ballroom Five 1929

It Should Be You

Henry Red Allen & his Orchestra 1929

You’re a Pain in the Neck to Me

Merline Johnson the Yas Yas Girl 1939

Beezum Blues

Jimmy Yancey 1939

Boogie Woogie Blues

Albert Ammons 1939

The Moon Is Low

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Early Session Hop

Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1939

Adams’ Alley

Illinois Jacquet 1949

Face the Music 10.24.19

“Blues and Roots” 1929-1959

Naptown Special

Herve Duerson 1929

Hastings Street

Charlie Spand & Blind Blake 1929

Don’t Drink It In Here

Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band

with Frankie Half Pint Jaxon 1929

Don’t Leave Me Here

Henry Thomas 1929

Little Hat Blues

Little Hat Jones 1929

Riding the Blinds

Eddie Mapp 1929

Baby You Win

Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats 1939

Diggin’ My Potatoes

Washboard Sam 1939

Breakin’ Em Down Tonight

Merline Johnson, the Yas Yas Girl 1939

Let ‘Em Jump

Pete Johnson 1939

Burnin’ Hell

John Lee Hooker 1949

Just Tell Me Baby

Big Maceo Merriweather 1949

Cryin’ Blues

Moanin’

Pedal Point Blues

Charles Mingus 1959

Face the Music 10.17.19:

Focus on 1949

note - this program was sabotaged by turntable settings configured for mixology rather than traditional record spinning
i gave up trying to follow the plan about half way through
will attempt to present these great recordings later in the series

Face the Music 10.17.19

Eighth Bag O’ Nines

Focus on 1949

St. Louis Blues

Babs Gonzales 1949

Casbah

Tadd Dameron Orchestra 1949

Pennies from Heaven

Stan Getz-Al Haig /Sextet  1949

Yesterdays

Lennie Tristano Quartet 1949

Godchild

Chubby Jackson & his Orchestra 1949

Judy

Lennie Tristano Quartet 1949

Afternoon in Paris

J.J. Johnson’s Boppers 1949

Marshmallow

Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh 1949

Tea Pot

J.J. Johnson Quintet 1949

Fishin’ Around

Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh 1949

John’s Delight

Tadd Dameron & his Orchestra 1949

Elevation

Elliot Lawrence & his Orchestra

arrangement by Gerry Mulligan 1949

Skull Buster

Stan Getz-Al Haig /Sextet  1949

Focus

Tadd Dameron’s Big Ten 1949

Lemon Drop

Gene Krupa & his Orchestra 1949

Poop Deck

Stan Getz-Al Haig /Sextet  1949

Wail

Fats Navaro’s Modernists 1949

Prelude to a Nightmare

Babs Gonzales 1949

FTM 10.10.19 "Iambic Pentameter" 

seventh program coordinated with the numeral nine

I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling

Fats Waller 1929

Can I Tell You?

King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

Relaxin’ at the Touro {take one}

Muggsy Spanier’s Ragtime Band 1939

Take Me to the River

Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces 1929

Suitcase Blues

Albert Ammons 1939

Police Dog Blues

Blind Blake 1929

Hot Dog Man

Lovin’ Sam Theard with

Cow Cow Davenport & Tampa Red 1929

Mama Stayed Out

Barrelhouse Five Orchestra 1929

Squeeze Me

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

The Way You Look Tonight

Erroll Garner Trio 1949

Just Friends

Charlie Parker with Strings 1949

Dardanella

Art Tatum 1949

Vamp

Frankie Newton & his Cafe Society Orchestra 1939

Blues ‘n Bells {take three}

Lester Young Sextet 1949

Iambic Pentameter Hubert Fol et ses Be-Bop Minstrels

featuring Kenny “Klook” Clarke 1949

Indiana

Lennie Tristano Quintet

featuring Warne Marsh live at Birdland 1949

Victory Ball

Metronome All Stars

under the influence of Lennie Tristano 1949