Friday, November 23, 2018


Face the Music - Fifth Survey of Eights - 11.29.18
2nd 90-minute program 6:30 - 8:00 PM
potentials & probabilities:


Fig Leaf Rag
composed by Scott Joplin in 1908
played by William Albright


Dill Pickles Rag
Chris Chapman 1908


Down at Jasper’s Barbecue
Frankie Half Pint Jaxon 1928


Pig Ankle Strut
Cannon’s Jug Stompers 1928


Stealin’ Apples
Wardell Gray with Benny Goodman’s Sextet 1948


Cornbread
Hal Singer 1948


Swedish Pastry
Wardell Gray with Benny Goodman’s Sextet 1948


Railroad Blues
Luckey Roberts 1958


Weather Bird
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines 1928


Bugle Call Rag
Cannon’s Jug Stompers 1928


Stealin’, Stealin’
Memphis Jug Band 1928


Cuckoo Blues
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1928


Tishomingo Blues
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1928


Detroit Bound Blues
Blind Blake 1928


What’ya Want Me To Do?
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four 1928


Parker’s Mood
Charlie Parker 1948


Chant in the Night
Sidney Bechet & his Orchestra 1938


Countless Blues
Lester Young & Eddie Durham
with the Kansas City Six 1938


Skull Duggery
Hot Lips Page & his Band 1938


Mingus Fingers
Baron Mingus & his Rhythm 1948


Cu-Ba
James Moody’s Modernists 1948


Boperation
Fats Navarro 1948


Tiny’s Blues
Allen Eager with Tadd Dameron’s Band
live at the Royal Roost, NYC 1948


Scamparoo
Suede Jacquet
Sonny Stitt with Russell Jacquet’s All Stars 1948



Friday, November 16, 2018


Face the Music 11.22.18
Fourth Circle of Eights
90 minute program 6:30-8:00
potentials & probabilities


Pineapple Rag
Scott Joplin 1908
played by William Albright


Hot Potatoes
Johnny Dodds, Blind Blake & Jimmy Bertrand 1928


Sugar Foot Strut
Louis Armstrong 1928


Clarinet Marmalade Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1918


When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1938


Hot Biscuits
Jay McShann & the Band That Plays the Blues 1948


Krum Elbow Blues
Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra 1938


In the Gloaming
Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1938


When You’re With Somebody Else
Shilkret’s Rhythmelodists 1928


Lonely Melody
Bix Beiderbecke with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra 1928


Lazy Daddy
Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1918


Regretful Blues
Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band 1918


Wildflower Rag
Clarence Williams 1928


Uncle Joe, Gimme Mo’
Wilmoth Houdini 1928


Tenor Guitar Stomp
Clifford Hayes’ Louisville Stompers 1928


Stuttering Blues
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1928


Ol’ Man River
Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang 1928


My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
Bud Freeman Trio 1938


A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Fats Waller & his Continental Rhythm 1938


Boogie Woogie Prayer 1&2
Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis & Pete Johnson 1938


Mary’s Idea
Wardell Gray with Benny Goodman’s Sextet 1948


Anthropology
Fats Navarro with Tadd Dameron’s Band 1948


Oh Henry
James Moody’s Modernists 1948

Saturday, November 10, 2018


Face the Music 111518
A Third Parcel of Eights

West End Blues
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five 1928

Yellow Dog Blues
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1928

Bull Fiddle Blues
Johnny Dodds Washboard Band 1928

Hot Waters Blues
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1928

Viola Lee Blues
Cannon’s Jug Stompers 1928

Mournful Serenade
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1928

I Don’t Believe It
Bud Freeman Trio 1938

Jeep’s Blues
Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra 1938

Slow Drag Blues
Jay McShann & ‘The Band That Jumps The Blues’ - October 1948

The Wail of the Scromph
Gene Sedric & his Honeybears 1938

Flat Foot Floogie
Slim & Slam 1938

Flat Foot Floogie
Fats Waller & his Continental Rhythm 1938

Braggin’ in Brass
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1938

King Porter Stomp
Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra 1938

Roll Em Pete
Joe Turner 1938

Boogie Chillen
John Lee Hooker 1948

Red Shoes
Sonny Stitt Sextet 1948

Evidence
Thelonious Monk Quartet 1948


Friday, November 2, 2018


Face the Music 11.08.18
Second Core Sample of Eights
choice cuts from 1928, 1938 & 1948


It’s Right Here For You
Tommy Dorsey {playing cornet}
& his Novelty Orchestra 1928


South Bound Rag
Blind Blake, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Bertrand 1928


Black Beauty
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1928


Squeeze Me
Louis Armstrong & his Hot Five 1928


Four Or Five Times
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra 1928


Blue Clarinet Stomp
Johnny Dodds Trio 1928


Blue Trombone Stomp
Clifford Hayes’ Louisville Stompers 1928


Hollywood Rag
Cannon’s Jug Stompers 1928


Kokomo Blues
Scrapper Blackweell 1928


Bull Doze Blues
Henry Thomas 1928


Ma & Pa Poorhouse Blues
Ma Rainey & Papa Charlie Jackson 1928


Shoe Shiner’s Drag
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1928


Vol Vist Du Gaily Star
Slim & Slam 1938


I Let a Song Go Out Of My Heart
Hot Lips Page & his Band 1938


Don’t Be That Way
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1938


Stuffy
Michel de Villers 1948


Moody’s All Frantic
James Moody’s Modernists 1948