“The creature
vibrated like a radio”
{quote from page 93 of William S.
Burroughs’
experimental novel “The Ticket That
Exploded”}
Face
the Music 7-8 PM on WCBN FM: 7.18.13
No Parking
The Cotton
Pickers 1929
We're in the Money
from the soundtrack
of the Busby Berkeley film
Gold Diggers of 1933
spoken introduction
by George Raft
We're in the Money
from the soundtrack
of the Busby Berkeley film
Gold Diggers of 1933
spoken introduction
by George Raft
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Bing
Crosby 1932
Bye Bye Empire
parody of “Bye Bye Blackbird”
Charlie
& his Orchestra 1941
big band working for the Nazi propaganda
ministry
The Blue Danube
Pat
Flowers 1945
Detroit-based pianist and Fats
Waller devotee
Mack the Knife
from Kurt Weill & Bertolt
Brecht’s
Die Dreigroschenoper 1928
performed
by the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
under
the direction of Arthur Weisberg
On a Slow Boat to China
Al
Hibbler 1956
bracingly backed by the Jack
Pleis Orchestra
Garbage
Pete
Seeger 1979
written in 1969 by Bill Steele
Money, Money, Money
Slim
Gaillard Trio 1947
with pianist Dodo Marmarosa
& bassist Bam Brown
St. Louis Blues
Jaki
Byard Trio 1967
with bassist David Izenzon
& Elvin Jones playing the
tympani!
It Hurts So Good
played
by St. Louis trombonist Ike Rodgers
&
barrelhouse pianist Henry Brown 1929
with spoken encouragements by
Alice Moore
Meningitis Blues
Memphis
Minnie
with
the Memphis Jug Band 1930
Bring Me Flowers While I’m Living
Peetie
Wheatstraw 1941
Pay Day
Mississippi
John Hurt 1966
Interview with Mr. Martin
William
S. Burroughs 1963
backed by Ry Cooder’s
soundtrack from Paris Texas
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Charlie
Parker 1954
Muskrat Ramble
Humphrey
Lyttelton’s Paseo Band 1953
with a brace of live bongos!
