the tin pan alley ticket that exploded

Face the Music 7.04.13

playlist coordinated by jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley pop references

discovered in William S. Burroughs’ “The Ticket That Exploded”

{filtered through my own experiential consciousness}

East St. Louis Toodle-oo

Duke Ellington & his Kentucky Club Orchestra 1926

Old Black Joe’s Blues

Fletcher Henderson’s “Club Alabam” Orchestra 1923

Dead Man Blues

Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1926

Make Me a Pallet on the Floor

Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1977

Old Blue

Furry Lewis 1961

Keeps On Rainin’

Bessie Smith 1923

St. Louis Blues

Billie Holiday 1940

Lover Man

Charlie Parker 1946

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Georgie Auld 1954

I Found a Million Dollar Baby

Al Sears live at Minton’s Playhouse 1941

All the Things You Are

Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie 1945

Lover Come Back to Me

Billie Holiday 1944

Jelly Jelly

Billy Eckstine

with Earl Fatha Hines & his Orchestra 1940

Always True to You Darling in My Fashion

Pearl Bailey 1960

Who’s Sorry Now?

Cliff Jackson 1962

When the Saints Go Marching In

Albert Ayler 1964

Face the Music 6.27.13

Fats Waller {Chapter 9}

Tea for Two

piano solo 1937

Honeysuckle Rose

“a la Bach/Beethoven/Brahms/Waller”

piano solo 1941

San Anton {instrumental take}

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Original E Flat Blues

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Buck Jumpin’

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Dry Bones

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Until the Real Thing Comes Along

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Abercrombie Had a Zombie

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Pantin’ in the Panther Room

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Mamacita

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Yacht Club Swing

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1938

How Ya Baby?

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Black Raspberry Jam

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Buckin’ the Dice

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Pent Up in a Penthouse

Fats Waller & his Continental Rhythm 1938

Hold Tight

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Flat Foot Floogie

Fats Waller & his Continental Rhythm 1938

'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Chant of the Groove

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1941

Face the Music 6.20.13

Fats Waller {Chapter 8}

Viper’s Drag

Fats Waller piano solo 1934

What Will I Do in the Morning?

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Blues

Jam Session at Victor 1937

{Fats Waller, Bunny Berigan, Tommy Dorsey

Dick McDonough, George Wettling}

Sugar Blues

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

How Can I?

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Paswonky

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

You’ve Got Me Under Your Thumb

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

My Very Good Friend the Milkman

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

You’re My Dish

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

A Good Man is Hard to Find

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Why Do Hawaiians Sing Aloha?

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1938

Truckin’

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

I’d Rather Call You Baby

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Honeysuckle Rose {long instrumental}

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Everybody Loves My Baby

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Twenty Four Robbers

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Blue, Turning Grey Over You

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

There’ll Be Some Changes Made

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

Face the Music 6.13.13 - Fats Waller VII

This list contains some of his

finest solo and ensemble recordings

from the middle 1930s.

"Dream Man" is a love song which gradually

morphs into a refusal to pay the landlady.

Dream Man

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

African Ripples

Fats Waller piano solo 1934

If It Isn’t Love

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

I’m a Hundred Per Cent for You

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Believe It, Beloved

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

I Believe In Miracles

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

I’m Growing Fonder of You

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Clothesline Ballet

Fats Waller piano solo 1934

Breakin’ the Ice

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Spring Cleaning

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Alligator Crawl

Fats Waller piano solo 1934

Boo Hoo

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

I Ain’t Got Nobody

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

The Love Bug Will Bite You

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

You Fit Into the Picture

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

Sweet Heartache

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Oh Susannah, Dust Off That Old Pianna

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

Honeysuckle Rose

Jam Session at Victor 1937 with Fats Waller,

Bunny Berigan, Tommy Dorsey,

Dick McDonough & George Wettling

Face the Music 6.06.13

The Fats Waller Story Part VI

This broadcast will mainly feature the first of many recordings made by Fats Waller & his Rhythm.

A Shine on Your Shoes/Louisiana Hayride

the pianist accompanies Monette Moore 1932

Smashing Thirds

piano solo 1929

A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Armful of Sweetness

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

I Wish I Were Twins

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Georgia May

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Do Me a Favor

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Mandy

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Gladyse

piano solo 1929

My Fate is In Your Hands

piano solo 1929

Then I’ll Be Tired of You

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Let’s Pretend There’s a Moon

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

I’m Sorry Dear

Fats Waller with

Jack Teagarden’s Orchestra 1931

vocal by Gene Austin

You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Basin Street Blues

piano solo 1937

Have a Little Dream on Me

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Honeysuckle Rose

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Serenade for a Wealthy Widow

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1934

Face the Music 5.30.13  Fats Waller - chapter V

The fifth installment in your extended tour of Fats Waller’s humongous recorded output finds Mr. Waller on the cusp of two fully loaded decades. The playlist contains recordings from the years 1929-1932; note that Waller didn't begin recording as leader of his famous Victor/Bluebird "Rhythm” band until 1934. In addition to several tasty piano solos, (one of which indicates where he was heading as a vocalist) this playlist traces Tom Waller’s peregrinations as sideman & featured “character” in Billy Banks’ Rhythmakers, Red McKenzie’s Mound City Blue Blowers and the jazz band/orchestras of piano wizard Jimmy Johnson, vaudevillian Ted Lewis & trombone ace Jack Teagarden. All of this manifests as an exciting prologue to Waller’s better-known and well-loved material from the middle 1930s.

Draggin’ My Heart Around

Fats Waller piano & vocal 1931

I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby

Fats Waller with the Ted Lewis Orchestra 1931

That’s What I Like About You

Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & his Orchestra 1931

Dallas Blues

Fats Waller with the Ted Lewis Orchestra 1931

I Got the Ritz from the One I Love

Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & his Orchestra 1931

Valentine Stomp

Fats Waller piano solo 1929

Chances Are

Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & his Orchestra 1931

Egyptian Ella

Fats Waller with the Ted Lewis Orchestra 1931

Mean Old Bedbug Blues

Fats Waller with Billy Banks’ Rhythmakers 1932

Royal Garden Blues

Fats Waller with the Ted Lewis Orchestra 1931

I Would Do Anything For You

Fats Waller with Billy Banks’ Rhythmakers 1932

You Rascal You

Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & his Orchestra 1931

Yellow Dog Blues

Fats Waller with Billy Banks’ Rhythmakers 1932

Arkansas Blues

Fats Waller with Red McKenzie’s

Mound City Blue Blowers 1931

China Boy

Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & his Orchestra 1931

Turn On the Heat

Fats Waller piano solo 1929

You’ve Got to be Modernistic

Fats Waller with Jimmy Johnson

& his Orchestra 1929

vocal by the Keep Shufflin’ Trio

Tiger Rag

Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & his Orchestra 1931

Face the Music

5.23.13

Fats Waller IV

This installment focuses exclusively on the year 1929. The playlist includes Thomas Waller’s first recordings as leader of his own groups, his historic collaborations with Don Redman and McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, an orchestra led by his mentor James P. Johnson and a fine ensemble billed as the Chocolate Dandies. A piano solo and a pipe organ solo were added in order to round out this portrait of young Fats Waller.

Ridin’ But Walkin’

Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929

Harlem Fuss

Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929

Gee, Ain’t I Good To You?

Mc Kinney’s Cotton Pickers 1929

vocal by Don Redman

Six or Seven Times

The Chocolate Dandies 1929

That’s All

Pipe Organ Solo 1929

Looking For Another Sweetie

Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929

vocal by Orlando Roberson

{shortly afterwards, this song was hijacked &

retooled as “I’m Confessin’ That I Love You”}

Waiting At the End of the Road

piano solo 1929

The Way I Feel Today

The Chocolate Dandies 1929

That’s How I Feel Today

Mc Kinney’s Cotton Pickers 1929

vocal by Don Redman

Wherever There’s a Will, There’s a Way

Mc Kinney’s Cotton Pickers 1929

vocal by Don Redman

I Need Someone Like You

Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929

vocal by the Four Wanderers

I’d Love It

Mc Kinney’s Cotton Pickers 1929

Lookin’ Good But Feelin’ Bad

Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929

vocal by the Four Wanderers

Peggy

Mc Kinney’s Cotton Pickers 1929

Won’t You Get Up Off It Please?

Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929

You Don’t Understand

Jimmy Johnson’s Orchestra 1929

vocal by the Keep Shufflin’ Trio

Minor Drag

Fats Waller & his Buddies 1929

Plain Dirt

Mc Kinney’s Cotton Pickers 1929