Saturday, January 26, 2019


Face the Music 1.31.19: Just Hot

Turn on the Heat
Fats Waller 1929

Turn on the Heat
Charleston Chasers with Eva Taylor 1929

There’ll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Bessie Smith & her Band 1927

Red Hot
Mound City Blue Blowers 1924

Hot Lips
The Cotton Pickers 1922

Just Hot
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1923

Hot Mittens
Bucktown Five 1924

You’ve Got to Get Hot
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1923

Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man
Cook & his Dreamland Orchestra 1926

Hotter Than That
Louis Armstrong & his Hot Five 1927

Hot Lovin’
Barrelhouse Five Orchestra 1929

Red Hot Pepper
Jelly Roll Morton & his Orchestra 1928

Sho’ is Hot
Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band 1929

Hotter Than Fire
Old Ced Odom & Lil Diamonds Hardaway 1936

Oh! Sister, Ain’t That Hot
Eddie Condon & his Band with Fats Waller 1940

White Heat
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1934

Steamin’ and Beamin’
Edmond Hall Swingtet 1944

Bop Bop Sizzle
Todd Rhodes & his Orchestra 1947


Sunday, January 20, 2019




Face the Music 1.25.19: Long Time Ago


Suitcase Blues
Hersal Thomas 1925


Stomp That Thing
Frank Stokes 1928


Log Camp Blues
Ma Rainey & her Tub Jug Washboard Band 1928


Who Stole De Lock Off De Hen House Door?
Bryant’s Jubilee Quintette 1928


That’s Got ‘Em
Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band 1919


El Ritmo
Swingin’ With Lee
Long Time Ago
Woman That I Love
Little Brother Montgomery Quintet with Lee Collins 1947


Bechet’s Steady Rider
Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet 1940


Tin Roof Blues
Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band 1954


Blook’s Dues
Dick Wellstood's Wallerites 1961


Algiers Bounce
Henry Red Allen’s All Stars
with Coleman Hawkins & Pee Wee Russell 1957

Sunday, January 13, 2019





Face the Music 1.17.19
Loose Wig


King Porter Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton player piano roll


Kansas City Stomp
Dink Johnson 1950


London {Cafe} Blues
King Oliver’s Jazz Band 1923


I Got The Stinger
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces 1929


Non-Skid Tread
Bertha Chippie Hill 1929


Mama’s Got a Baby
Jelly Roll Morton's Hot Seven 1940


Really the Blues
Tommy Ladnier’s Orchestra 1938


Rompin’ in 44
Edmond Hall’s Blue Note Jazzmen 1944


Boogie Me
Lil Hardin Armstrong 1961


Liza
Dick Wellstood 1954


Rockin’ in Rhythm
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1931


Boogie Woogie
Jones-Smith, Inc. {Count Basie group} 1936


I Want To Be Happy
Lester Young Trio 1946


Tush
Earl Warren & his Orchestra
{Count Basie big band, with Lester Young}1944


Movin’ with Lester
Lester Young "and band" 1947


Loose Wig
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1944


Loose Wig
Randy Weston Quintet 1956


Fly By Night
Roland Kirk 1967

Saturday, January 5, 2019



Face the Music 1.10.19: for David Smith

Crazy Rhythm
Cliff Jackson 1962

Crazy Rhythm
Django Reinhardt 1953

Dance of the Octopus
Red Norvo 1933

Mamlish Blues
Ed Bell 1927

A Spoonful Blues
Charley Patton 1929

Providence Help the Poor People
Big Joe Williams 1935

What’s the Matter Blues
Frank Stokes 1928

It’s Tight Like That
Tampa Red 1929

Call of the Freaks
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

Del Rio Waltz
East Texas Serenaders 1927

Steel String Blues
Sylvester Weaver 1925

O Sole Mio
Blind John Davis 1952

Mr. Freddie Blues
Mary Lou Williams 1938

Vicksburg Blues
Little Brother Montgomery 1949

Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Duke Ellington Trio 1953

Ask Me Now
Pee Wee Russell 1963

Red Boy at the Mardi Gras
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers 1949

Living My Life
Don Byas Quintet 1946


Thursday, January 3, 2019


Pandora’s Lunchbox & Face the Music 1.03.19

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice {for player piano}
Gyorgy Ligeti 1948

Butter Scotch
Willy White 1925

Sugar
Bix Beiderbecke with Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra 1928

Rolling Mill Stomp
State Street Ramblers 1928

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Sukiyaki Cha Cha
Walkin’ and Cookin’ Blues
How High the Moon
Slim Gaillard 1958


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Face the Music - Dedicated to the memory of Rachel Brett & Ted Harley

Jack the Bear
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra featuring Jimmy Blanton 1940

Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton 1940

Black & Tan Fantasy
Thelonious Monk Trio 1955

Fleurette Africaine
Ellington, Mingus & Roach 1962

Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones 1994

Lullabye of the Leaves
Wilbur Ware Quintet 1957

Festive Minor
Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1959

Heartaches
Dexter Gordon 1965

A Jackson in Your House
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Paris 1969

East Virginia, West Memphis
Charles Lloyd 2002