Face the Music 3.04.15

In which arwulf arwulf and Weston Hughes
initiate a series dedicated to 78 rpm platters
largely or entirely drawn from WCBN's
Chris Daley 78 rpm Endowment

Cocoanut Dance
Fred Van Eps with orchestra accompaniment
Vocalion

Moonlight Memories
Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra
Brunswick

Four O'Clock Blues
Memphis Five
Puritan

In My Gondola
Waring's Pennsylvanians
Victor

Und Die Musik Spielt
"German Instrumental" - Zither und Klavier
Odeon electric

My Ohio Home
Nick Lucas - "The Crooning Troubador"
Brunswick

I'll Say She Does {from Sinbad - introducing "'N' Everything"}
Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
Columbia

Get Lucky
Isham Jones & his Orchestra
Brunswick

Alligator Crawl
Fess Williams & his Royal Flush Orchestra
Vocalion

Side By Side
The Dixie Daisies - vocal by Herb Hobbs
Perfect

Ain't We Got Fun
Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra
Puritan - America's Best Record

Zowie
Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band
Okeh

Hawaiian Eyes
Frank Ferera's Hawaiians
Regal

Nagasaki
Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees
featuring guitarist Frank Staffa
Bluebird

Heartaches
Ted Weems & his Orchestra
incidental whistling by Elmo Tanner
Decca

Sweetheart Swing {Nobody's Sweetheart Now}
Locke Brothers Rhythm Orchestra
Bluebird

Sportree's Jump
Todd Rhodes Orchestra
King

Face the Music 2.26.15

Color Field Radio

Brown Sugar

Cook & his Dreamland Orchestra 1926

Silver Rose

Johnny Dunn & the Plantation Orchestra 1926

Indigo Stomp

Johnny Dodds Trio 1929

White Jazz

Casa Loma Orchestra 1931

White Heat

Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1934

Blue River

Bix Centennial All-Stars 2003

Baby Brown

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

Blue Lou

Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1936

Brown Suede

Barney Bigard & his Orchestra 1941

Blue Serge

Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1941

Mood Indigo

Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra 1934

Deep Purple

Larry Clinton & his Orchestra 1938

Pastel Blue

John Kirby & his Onyx Club Boys 1938

Basically Blue

Ike Quebec Swing Seven 1945

Sepian Bounce

Jay McShann & his Orchestra 1942

Red Cross

Tiny Grimes Quintet with Charlie Parker 1944

Blue Boy

Lennie Tristano Trio 1947

Face the Music 2.19.15

Shreveport Stomps
Jelly Roll Morton player piano roll 1924

Pianoflage
Fate Marable's Society Syncopators 1924

Wa Wa Wa
King Oliver & his Dixie Syncopators 1926

Fuzzy Wuzzy Rag
Handy's Orchestra of Memphis 1917

Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra
London 1916

That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune
(written by Irving Berlin - published 1909)
Ian Whitcomb & the White Star Orchestra 1997

Eccentricity - Waltz
James P. Johnson player piano roll 1921

Dardanella
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
with Bix Beiderbecke 1928

Parkway Stomp
Al Wynn & his Gutbucket Five
scat vocal by cornetist Punch Miller 1928

I'm a Little Blackbird
Looking for a Bluebird
Clarence Williams Blue Five
with Louis Armstrong
Sidney Bechet
Charlie Irvis & Eva Taylor 1924

Arnold Wiley Rag
Arnold Wiley piano solo 1929

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
(popular song hit of 1918)
George Barnes Quartet 1940

Persian Rug
Herman Chittison Trio 1944

Basie English
Johnny Guarnieri's All Star Orchestra
with Lester Young 1944

I Only Have Eyes For You
Coleman Hawkins Quintet
with Roy Eldridge 1944

Cotton Tail
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra
with Ben Webster 1940

Jim Dawgs
Ike Quebec All-Stars 1945

Ornithology
Charlie Parker
live at the Open Door
Greenwich Village NYC 1953

Face the Music

Fundraiser Show

2/12/15

Smashing Thirds

Fats Waller piano solo 1929

Don't Tear My Clothes

Washboard Sam 1936

It's Tight Like That

Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band 1928

Washboards Get Together

Washboard Rhythm Kings 1930

Variety Stomp

Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1927

Hot and Bothered

Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra 1928

Merry Go Round

Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1933

If Love Makes You Give Up Steak and Potatoes

(Then I Don't Want Love)

Willie Bryant & his Orchestra 1935

Where Can I Find a Cherry for My Banana Split?

Wingy Manone & his Orchestra 1945

Willie the Weeper

George Lewis & his New Orleans Jazz Band 1950

King Porter Stomp

Teddy Hill & his NBC Orchestra 1937

Manteca

Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra 1957

Victory Stride

Concordia Orchestra, Marin Alsop 1992

Open Letter to Duke

Hal Willner Presents

Hollerin' and Screamin'

Fats Navarro & Eddie Lockjaw Davis 1946

Swanee River Boogie
Albert Ammons

Face the Music 2.05.15

Sugar Blues
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 1955

Aunt Hagar's Blues
Art Tatum piano solo 1949

'Til Times Get Better
Fat Babies 2013

New Block and Tackle Blues
Rhythm Willie & his Gang 1940

Snowy Morning Blues
James P. Johnson piano solo 1927

Jet Black Blues
Blind Willie Dunn's Gin Bottle Four 1929

Tip Easy Blues
Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight 1929

Monte Carlo Joys
Vicksburg Blowers 1927

Charlie My Boy
Kentucky Blowers 1924

Black Rag (aka Down Home Rag)
Original Tuxedo Jazz Band 1925

Carolina Shout
Jimmie Johnson's Jazz Boys 1921

Carolina Bound
Five Harmaniacs 1926

Fourth Avenue Stomp
Frank Bunch & his Fuzzy Wuzzies 1927

Breathtakin' Blues (aka St. Louis Blues)
Rhythm Willie & his Gang 1940

Chop Chop Boogie
Hadda Brooks Trio with Pete Johnson 1958

I've Found a New Baby
Dexter Gordon Quintet
with Sweets Edison & Nat Cole 1943