Friday, November 29, 2019


Face the Music 12.05.19
core sample: 1909-1949

Maple Leaf Rag
United States Marine Band 1909

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

That’s Got ‘Em
James Reese Europe’s 369th Infantry Hellfighters Band 1919

Tickle Britches Blues
Richard M. Jones Jazz Wizards 1929

Frank Stokes’ Dream
Frank Stokes 1929

Blind Arthur’s Breakdown
Blind Blake 1929

Pennsylvania Woman Blues
Six Cylinder Smith 1929

Pratt City Blues
Bertha Chippie Hill 1929

Hot Lovin’
Barrelhouse Five Orchestra 1929

Duet Stomp
Jones-Collins Astoria Hot Eight 1929

Seattle Hunch
Jelly Roll Morton piano solo 1929

New Orleans Shout
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

At the Jazz Band Ball
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen 1949

Black and Blue
Muggsy Spanier’s Ragtime Band 1939

After You’ve Gone {No.2}
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Cole Slaw
Louis Jordan’s Tympany Five 1949

Cole Slaw
Lou Donaldson 1964

Euphoria
Ted Heath & his Music 1949


Thursday, November 28, 2019

Face the Music 11.28.19
as actuated - two hour program of historic marvels

St. Louis Blues
Babs Gonzales 1949

Elevation
Elliott Lawrence Orchestra
arrangement by Gerry Mulligan 1949

After You’ve Gone
Lester Young at the Royal Roost 1949

Oh! Well
James Moody 1949

Ko Ko
Charlie Parker at Carnegie Hall 1949

Cherokee
Bud Powell Trio 1949

The Bird
Charlie Parker 1949

Marshmallow
Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz 1949

Tea Pot
J.J. Johnson 1949

Lemon Drop
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra 1949

Small Black
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1929

Aunt Jemima Stomp
Kansas City Tin Roof Stompers 1929

New Goofy Dust Rag
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1929

Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin 1899 - Eubie Blake 1969

Semper Fidelis
Eubie Blake 1969

New Era Rag
James Scott 1919 - William Bolcom

Grace and Beauty Rag
James Scott 1909 - Turk Murphy’s Jazz Band

Buffalo Rag
by Tom Turpin - Vess L. Ossman’s 1909 realization

Clarinet Squawk
Louisiana Five 1919

Toboggan
Premier régiment de Guides de Bruxelles 1909

‘Round the Corner
Dabney’s Band 1919

Broken Idol
California Ramblers 1929

The Moon Shines on the Moonshine
Bert Williams 1919

Sunburst: Rag Two-Step
James Scott player piano roll 1909  

It’s Tight Like That
West End Blues
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels 1929

Moonlight Blues
Charlie’s Idea {Tiger Rag}
Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders 1929

Do Shuffle
Fess Williams’ Royal Flush Orchestra 1929

Havin’ a Ball
James P. Johnson & his Orchestra 1939

Dzhosef {Joseph, Joseph}
A.N. “Bob” Tsfasman Orkestr, Leningrad 1939

Pol Volman {Over the Waves}
Leonid Utjesov Orkestr, Moscow 1939



Friday, November 15, 2019


Face the Music 11.21.19
Tootin’ Through The Roof


Untitled Ammons Original
Albert Ammons 1939


Jimmy’s Stuff
Jimmy Yancey 1939


Atlanta Rag
Cow Cow Davenport 1929


Hello Lola
Mound City Blue Blowers 1929


Sau-Sha Stomp
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces 1929


That Rhythm Man
Louis Armstrong 1929


The Minor Drag
Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929


Black Maria
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940


The Darktown Strutters Ball
My Melancholy Baby
Coleman Hawkins with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra 1939


A Study in Scarlet
Larry Clinton & his Orchestra 1939


Tootin’ Through The Roof
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1939


Rose Room
John Kirby & his Orchestra 1939


Somebody Loves Me
Art Tatum - Los Angeles 1949


Haven’t Named It Yet
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1939


Lyon’s Roar
Baron Mingus & his Rhythm - San Francisco 1949


Big Foot
Illinois Jacquet 1949








Tuesday, November 12, 2019


Face the Music 11.14.19
 ‘Til Times Get Better

Pounding Heart Blues
Port of Harlem Seven 1939

The Crave
Jelly Roll Morton 1939

Frankie & Johnny
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

That’s All
Fats Waller pipe organ solo 1929

Turn On The Heat
Charleston Chasers with Eva Taylor 1929

‘Til Times Get Better
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces 1929

My Feelings Are Hurt
Fats Waller piano solo 1929

Back Water Blues
Albert Ammons piano solo 1939

Way Low
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1939

Blue and Sentimental
Erroll Garner Trio 1949

Yesterdays
Billie Holiday & her Orchestra 1939

Everything Happens To Me
Charlie Parker with Strings 1949

Moonlight Blues
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers 1949

Tuxedo Junction
Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra 1939

Rock a Bye Basie
Count Basie & his Orchestra 1949

Bouncing With Bud
Bud Powell’s Modernists 1949






Saturday, November 2, 2019


Face the Music 11.07.19
Solid Old Man

Boll Weevil Song
Alf “Chicken Dad” Valentine 1939

Tired Chicken Blues
Cannon’s Jug Stompers 1929

There is a Hole in the Wall
Reverend J.F. Forest 1929

That’s No Way To Get Along
Robert Wilkins 1929

What You Want Me To Do?
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

It’s Right Here For You
Eddie Condon & his Band 1939

Don’t You Leave Me Here
Jelly Roll Morton 1939

Waiting at the End of the Road
Fats Waller 1929

Basin Street Blues
Port of Harlem Seven 1939

Easy Rider Blues
Albert Ammons 1939

Down Home
Clarence Profit Trio 1939

Memories of You
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra
{members of the Duke Ellington & John Kirby bands} 1939

Love Me Or Leave Me
Fats Waller 1929

Love Me Or Leave Me
Basie’s Bad Boys 1939

Solid Old Man
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1939

Gin Mill Special
Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra 1939

Black Velvet
Illinois Jacquet 1949