Saturday, September 14, 2019


Face the Music 91919: Rollin’
fourth program coordinated by the numeral nine

The Blues, Part Four
Meade Lux Lewis 1939

West End Blues
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

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

House Dance Blues
Speckled Red 1929

Rolled From Side to Side Blues
Little Hat Jones 1929

Rollin’ the Stone
Jimmy Yancey 1939

Rockin’ the Blues
Port of Harlem Jazzmen 1939

The Duke Steps Out
Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra 1929

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Frankie Newton’s Orchestra with James P. Johnson 1939

You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Stomp in F
George Shearing 1939

Twelfth Street Rag
Count Basie & his Orchestra 1939

You’re a Lucky Guy
Billie Holiday, Lester Young & the Basie band 1939

Grand Terrace Shuffle
Earl Hines & his Orchestra 1939

Okiedoke
Charlie Parker with Machito & his Orchestra 1949

Marionette
Lennie Tristano Sextet 1949

Sid’s Delight
Dexter Gordon with Tadd Dameron & his Orchestra 1949


Monday, September 9, 2019


Face the Music 9.12.19  - "Wow"
third program coordinated by the numeral nine

Original Rags
Scott Joplin 1899
played by William Albright 1989

Sleepy Time Blues
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces 1929

Daybreak Blues
Port of Harlem Jazzmen 1939

The Blues, Part 3
Meade Lux Lewis 1939

One Hour
Mound City Blue Blowers
with Coleman Hawkins 1929

Numb Fumblin’
Fats Waller 1929

Pencil Papa
Johnny Dodds Hot Six 1929

Blue Melody Blues No.2
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1929

Old Fashioned Love
James P. Johnson & his Orchestra 1939

Ja-Da
Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band 1919

My Good Man Sam
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

Doin’ the Voom Voom
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra 1939

Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra 1939

Anitra’s Dance
John Kirby Sextet 1939

B-Yot
Illinois Jacquet 1949

Wow
Lennie Tristano Sextet
with Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh 1949


Friday, August 30, 2019

Face the Music 90519 - Like It Ought To Be
second playlist coordinated by the numeral nine

The Blues, Part Two
Meade Lux Lewis 1939


Tip Easy Blues
Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight 1929


I’m Wild About That Thing
Bessie Smith 1929


Last Chance Blues
Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods 1929


Boot It Boy
Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band 1929


Mississippi Blues
Clarence Williams Washboard Band 1929


Knockin’ a Jug
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra
with Jack Teagarden & Eddie Lang 1929


I Must Have That Man
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1929


Voodoo
Tiny Parham & his Musicians 1929


That’s Like It Ought To Be
Jelly Roll Morton Trio 1929


A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band 1919


A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939


I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll
Eddie Condon & his Band 1939


High Society
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra 1939


Rose Room
Benny Goodman Sextet
with Lionel Hampton, Charlie Christian
& Fletcher Henderson 1939


Blue Mode No.2
Sonny Stitt & J.J. Johnson 1949


Boppin’ in Boston
Baron Mingus & his Rhythm 1949
scat vocal by Charles Mingus


Crosscurrent
Lennie Tristano Sextet 1949

Thursday, August 22, 2019


Face the Music 82919:
First of Eighteen Playlists
Coordinated by the Numeral Nine

Maple Leaf Rag
composed by Scott Joplin 1899
played by William Albright 1989

Handful of Keys
Fats Waller 1929

Selling That Stuff
The Hokum Boys
{Tampa Red & Georgia Tom} 1929

I’ve Got That Thing
King Oliver & his Orchestra 1929

Sloppy Joe
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1929

Dallas Blues
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra 1929

Little Willie Blues
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces 1929

Buddy Bolden’s Blues
Jelly Roll Morton 1929

The Blues, Part One
Meade Lux Lewis 1939

The Mellow Blues
Jimmy Yancey 1939

Nobody Knows How I Feel
Merline Johnson, the Yas Yas Girl
& her Jazz Boys 1939

Stormy Weather
Willie the Lion Smith 1939

I Cover the Waterfront
Art Tatum 1949

Soft Winds
Jay McShann & Band 1949

This Can’t Be Love
Erroll Garner Trio 1949

Ding Dong {take two}
{variations on Slow Boat to China}
Lester Young 1949

Tautology
Subconscious Lee
Lennie Tristano Quintet 1949


Tuesday, August 20, 2019


Face the Music 8.22.19
Historic Treasures

Baltimore Buzz/In Honeysuckle Time
Eubie Blake piano solo 1921

Dearborn Street Blues
Bernie Young’s Creole Jazz Band 1923

Trombone Blues
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians featuring Charlie Irvis 1925

Bass Ale Blues
Original Memphis Five 1925

Lots O’Mama
Original Memphis Five 1924

Deep Blue Sea Blues
The Little Ramblers 1924

Blue River
The California Ramblers 1927

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
The California Ramblers 1925

Chime Blues
Fletcher Henderson piano solo 1923

Yazoo Blues
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1926

Gulf Coast Blues
Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra 1923

Muscle Shoals Blues
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 1926

Maple Leaf Rag
Willie the Lion Smith piano solo 1957

Three Little Words
Barney Bigard-Art Hodes All Star Stompers 1968

China Boy/Dear Old Southland
Sidney Bechet Quartet
with James P. Johnson, Pops Foster & Baby Dodds 1946


Sunday, August 11, 2019


Face the Music 8.15.19 - Like I Want To Be

North Gulfport Boogie
Roosevelt Sykes 1962

Like I Want To Be
Noah Lewis {harmonica solo} 1930

Talkin’ to Myself
Casey Bill Weldon 1936

Empty Bed Blues {parts 1 & 2}
Bessie Smith with Porter Grainger & Big Charlie Green 1928

Leaving on the Morning Train Blues
Leadbelly 1938

Don’t Ease Me In
Henry Thomas 1928

You Got To Go Down
Reverend Blind Gary Davis 1935

Blues in Englewood Cliffs
Cliff Jackson’s Washboard Wanderers 1961

Dumaine Street Drag
George Lewis with Kid Shots Madison 1944

Easy Rider
James P Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen 1944

Blue Lester
Lester Young Quintet with Count Basie 1944

Blue Interval
Edmond Hall’s All Star Quintet with Red Norvo 1944


Sunday, August 4, 2019


taking the evening off - which i almost never do
for  quality time with Lindsay
we'll be in excellent hands with guest host Yalcin
asked him to air "hopelessly outmoded music"
his response: "I'd love to"