Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Face the Music 9.05.13
Anamule Dance No.3

Mule Walk
James P. Johnson piano solo 1943
Originally released on a
twelve inch 78 rpm Blue Note record

Frog Tongue Stomp
Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders 1926

Wolverine Blues
Jelly Roll Morton Trio
with Johnny & Warren “Baby” Dodds 1927

I’m Looking for a Little Bluebird
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1930

Bull Frog Blues
Charles Pierce Orchestra 1928

Black Horse Stomp
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra 1926

Camel Hop
Red Nichols with the Hottentotts 1925

Buffalo Rag
Vess L. Ossman banjo solo 1909

Yellow Dog Blues
W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues Band 1922

Cat’s Head
Joe Manone’s Harmony Kings 1927

Three Blind Micesky
Slam Stewart Trio 1945
with Erroll Garner &
Harold “Doc” West

That’s What the Bird Sang to Me
Fats Waller on V-Disc September 1943
{note that Waller clearly says & sings the word “sang”, not “said”}

Dance of the Octopus
Red Norvo, marimba 1933
with Benny Goodman blowing bass clarinet

Crawfish Blues
Barney Bigard with
Zutty Singleton’s Creole Band 1944

Kat’s Fur
Ben Webster 1944

Viper’s Dream
Quintette of the Hot Club de France 1937

Swinging the Elks
Jelly Roll Morton’s Hot Seven 1940

Tiger Rag
Washboard Rhythm Kings 1932


Monday, August 26, 2013

Face the Music 8.29.13
Anamule Dance No. 2

Frog-I-More Rag
Jelly Roll Morton piano solo 1924

Livery Stable Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1917

Snakes Hips
The Georgians 1923

Snake Eyes
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1928

Snake Hip Dance
The Harlem Footwarmers 1929

Hen Party Blues
Dixieland Jug Blowers 1926

Pussy Cat Rag
Halfway House Orchestra 1925

Three Blind Mice
The Chicago Loopers 1928

Tom Cat Blues
Jelly Roll Morton & King Oliver duo 1924

Salty Dog
Freddie Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals 1926
vocal by Papa Charlie Jackson

Mule Face Blues
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1930

Walkin’ the Dog
James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen 1944

Jack the Bear
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1940

Skunk Hollow Blues
Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra 1939

Yard Dog Mazurka
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1941

Jim Dawgs
Ike Quebec All Stars 1945

Bigheaded Woman
(Got Eyes Like a Rattlesnake)
Sonny Boy & Lonnie 1945

The Blues Jumped the Rabbit
Hot Lips Page & his Band 1944

Cow Cow’s Stomp
Cow Cow Davenport 1945



Monday, August 12, 2013


Face the Music 8.22.13
Anamule Dance part one

Anamule Dance
Jelly Roll Morton 1938

Alligator Crawl
Louis Armstrong Hot Seven 1927

Bull Frog Moan
Lonnie Johnson &
Blind Willie Dunn 1929

Turtle Twist
Jelly Roll Morton Trio 1929
with Barney Bigard &
Zutty Singleton

Gator Wobble
Memphis Jug Band  1934

Mule Get Up in the Alley
Cannon’s Jug Stompers 1929

Boar Hog Blues
Richard M. Jones Jazz Wizards 1927

Ape Man
Johnny Dodds with
Blythe's Washboard Ragamuffins 1926 

Buffalo Blues
Johnny Dunn & his Band  1928

Bull Foot Stomp
Sam Wooding’s Chocolate Dandies
in Barcelona 1929

War Horse Mama
Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra 1924

Horse Feathers
Cliff Jackson’s Krazy Kats  1930

Krazy Kat
Bix Beiderbecke with
Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra 1927

Jackass Blues
Thomas Morris’ Hot Babies 1926

Billy Goat Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers  1927

Bow Wow Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1921

Tiger Rag
Sam Wooding’s Chocolate Dandies
in Barcelona 1929

Muskrat Ramble
Sidney Bechet 1940



Face the Music 8.15.13 – Birds!

Weather Bird
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines 1928

Nashville Nightingale
Waring’s Pennsylvanians 1924

I’m a Little Blackbird, Looking for a Bluebird
Clarence Williams Blue Five 1924
vocal by Eva Taylor

Bye Bye Blackbird
Josephine Baker 1927

Bird of Paradise
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1935

Pigeon Walk
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1937

Ostrich Walk
Bix Beiderbecke with
Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra 1927

Loose Like a Goose
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1929

Cuckoo Blues
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1928

Wild Geese Blues
Gladys Bentley accompanied by Eddie Lang 1928

Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon
Frank Stokes 1927

As An Eagle Stirreth Up Her Nest
Calvin P Dixon aka “Black Billy Sunday” 1925
{the first African American preacher to record a sermon}

Under the Double Eagle
Wilbur de Paris c. 1955-1958

The Buzzard
Bud Freeman’s Windy City Five 1935

Chicken Rhythm
Slim Gaillard 1945

Chasin’ the Bird
Charlie Parker 1947

Oiseaux des Iles
Django Reinhardt 1940

Blue Bird
Charlie Parker 1947

Flirtibird
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1959




Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Face the Music 8.08.13 – Bugs!

Bee’s Knees
Ralph Sutton with George Wettling 1952

Boll Weevil
Jaybird Coleman 1927

Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Bessie Smith 1927

Never Swat a Fly
Jim Kweskin Jug Band 1967

I Can’t Dance {I Got Ants in My Pants}
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band 1973

Save the Roach for Me
Buck Washington 1944

La Cucaracha
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra 1935

The Mosquito Song
Wingy Manone & his Orchestra 1940

The Love Bug Will Bite You
Teddy Hill & his NBC Orchestra 1937

Glow Worm
The Mills Brothers

Poor Butterfly
Fats Waller piano solo 1939

Jitterbug Waltz
Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1942

The Spider and the Fly
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Ain’t No Flies On Me
Roy Eldridge with Anita Love - Paris 1950

Sweet Like a Honey Bee
Wilmoth Houdini 1928

Shufflebug Shuffle
Benny Carter & his Orchestra 1939

The Hornet
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra 1946

June Bug
Lester Young 1949

Tuesday, July 30, 2013


Face the Music 8.01.13
Lammas Mix

Punta Arenas*
Heinz Huppertz Orchester 1936

In My Garden: Jasmine-White Heather-
Sweet William-Marigold
Billy Mayerl 1939

Lullabye of the Leaves
Art Tatum 1940

Sweet Patootie
Doug Suggs 1956

Chili Pepper
Fred Longshaw 1925

Apple Sauce
Original Capitol Orchestra 1923


Maple Leaf Rag
United States Marine Band 1909

Weather Bird Rag
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band 1923

Silver Rose
Johnny Dunn & the Plantation Orchestra 1923

Golden Lily
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1929

Chant of the Weed
Don Redman’s Orchestra 1932

Michigan Water Blues
Lena Wilson accompanied
by Fletcher Henderson 1923

Put It Right Here
Bessie Smith 1928

I’m Sittin’ On Top of the World
Robert “Rob” Robinson
accompanied by Meade Lux Lewis 1930

There’s Honey on the Moon Tonight
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1938

Stealin’ Apples
Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra 1936

It’s Only a Paper Moon
Lester Young Septet 1946

Royal Garden Blues
John Kirby Sextet 1939

Opus Five
John Kirby Sextet 1939


*Punta Arenas (English: "Sandy Point") is a commune and the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena. The city was officially renamed Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to Punta Arenas. It is the largest city south of the 46th parallel south. As of 1977 Punta Arenas has been one of only two free ports in  Chile .
Located on the north shore of the Strait of Magellan, Punta Arenas was originally established in 1848 as a tiny penal colony. During the remainder of the 1800s Punta Arenas grew in size and importance due to the increasing maritime traffic and trade destined to the west coast of both South and North America. This period of growth also coincided with the a gold rush and sheep farming boom in the 1880s and early 1900s. Chile used Punta Arenas to firm up its sovereignty in this southernmost part of South America, which led to the Strait of Magellan being recognized subsequently as Chilean territory in the Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina. The geopolitical importance of Punta Arenas has remained high in the 20th and 21st centuries because of its logistic importance in accessing the Antarctic Peninsula.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Face the Music 7.25.13

Dill Pickles
Ralph Sutton 1949

Butter Scotch
Willy White 1925

Tomato Sauce
Fred Longshaw 1925

So What
Sam Nowlin 1934

Dry Bone Shuffle
Blind Blake 1927

Pink Elephants
Venuti-Lang Blue Five 1933

Marbles
Herman Waldman’s Orchestra 1929

Mojo Strut
Pickett-Parham Apollo Syncopators 1926

Shufflin’ Sadie
Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra 1927

Shufflin’ Mose
The Cotton Pickers 1923

Big Fat Ham
Jelly Roll Morton’s Orchestra 1923

Stack O’Lee Blues
The Washingtonians 1928

Rumba Negro
William “Count” Basie with
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1929

Rosa Mia
Adalbert Lutter Orchester 1934

Love Me Forever/South American Joe
Larry Adler - mouth organ virtuoso – 1935

In a Little Spanish Town, ‘Twas On a Night Like This
Albert Ammons & his Rhythm Kings 1949

Bechet’s Steady Rider
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen 1940

Topsy
Ike Quebec’s Swing Seven
featuring Buck Clayton - July 1945