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Sunday, March 16, 2025

The Sound Gallery Volume One and Volume Two

 


These releases are compilations of mood music mostly originating from EMI's flagship "Studio Two"label, augmented by offerings from the United Artists label and the KPM Recorded Music Library. 

"The Sound Gallery" features tracks recorded over an eight year period from 1968 to 1976. They were recorded using the best available studios (more often EMI's Abbey Road Studio Two) and the best session men, and using the most advanced recording techniques of the day. The music is generally in the style of lounge/easy listening/jazz/pop-rock.

Vol.One

The Dave Pell Singers– Oh Calcutta 2:18

Mandingo – Black Rite 4:09

Alan Parker– Punch Bowl 1:39

Alan Hawkshaw– The Night Rider 2:01

Neil Richardson– The Riviera Affair 1:31

John Gregory– Jet Stream 2:49

John Cameron – Half Forgotten Daydreams 4:06

John Gregory– Jaguar 3:41

Keith Mansfield– Life Of Leisure 2:01

Alan Hawkshaw– Girl In A Sportscar 1:39

Keith Mansfield– Young Scene 1:21

Alan Hawkshaw– It's All At The Co-Op Now 1:13

Alan Morehouse And His Bond Street Brigade*– Funky Fever 2:46

Denny Wright And The Hustlers– Shout About Pepsi 2:23

Mandingo – The Headhunter 3:05

Alan Hawkshaw– Blarney's Stoned 1:51

Paddy Kingsland– The Earthmen 3:17

John Keating– I Feel The Earth Move 3:40

Syd Dale– The Penthouse Suite 1:54

Mandingo – The Snake Pit 3:11

Brian Bennett– Boogie Juice 1:35

Alan Tew– The Detectives 1:32

John Keating– Jesus Christ Superstar 3:54

Joe Loss Concertium*– Music To Drive By 2:48


The Sound Gallery Volume One 


1 Laurie Johnson– Jason King Theme 2:03

2 Keith Mansfield– Powerhouse Pop 2:30

3 The Scottmen– The Good Word 2:48

4 James Clarke– Two Lane Blacktop 1:53

5 David Lindup– Zodiac 3:07

6 Alan Moorhouse– That's Nice 2:14

7 Lord Sitar– I Can See For Miles 3:41

8 Paris Studio Group*– Accroche Toi, Caroline 2:50

9 Francis Lai– Marseillaise Generique 2:09

10 Franck Pourcel– Francais Francais 2:09

11 The Noveltones– Left Bank 2 2:26

12 John Andrews Tartaglia*– Light My Fire 5:17

13 Laurie Johnson– Avengers Tag 1:58

14 Brian Fahey– Open House 2:04

15 E. Cap*– Mama Elephant 3:02

16 David Snell – International Flight 1:55

17 The Simon Park Orchestra– Up To Date 1:47

18 Mike Vickers– On The Brink 2:23

19 Johnny Pearson– Sports Car Special 1:33

20 Brian Fahey– Countdown 2:27

21 Syd Dale– Miss World 1:36

22 Jack Parnell & His Orchestra– Enter The Dragon 2:17

23 The Steve Karmen Big Band– Breakaway 3:49

24 Laurie Johnson– Caesar Smith 2:12

25 Johnny Pearson & His Orchestra– The Rat Catchers 2:41

26 Brian Fahey– At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal 2:33

27 George Martin– Theme One 2:25


The Sound Gallery Volume Two

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

It's A Scandal! Songs For Soho Blondes - various artists compilation

 


Compiled by Bob Stanley and Martin Green, It's A Scandal! harks back to the heady world of Soho clubland in the years immediateley before Swinging London, an environment evoked on record through risqué material sung by the likes of Diana Dors, Shirley Bassey and Elke Sommer. This was the milieu for many of the characters caught up in the Profumo Affair, satirised by the Miss X single and further exploited by Mandy Rice-Davies. Most of this material is hard to find on CD, and all will appeal to the aficionados of burlesque.

1 Miss X– Christine

2 Mandy Rice-Davies– Close Your Eyes

3 Shirley Bassey– Sex

4 Lucille Mapp– Chinchilla

5 Diana Dors– Roller Coaster Blues

6 The Knightsbridge Chorale– Make Mine Mink

7 Elke Sommer– Be Not "Notty"

8 Anne Heywood– Love Is

9 Maxine Daniels– Lola's Heart

10 The Barry Sisters– Why Don't You Do Right

11 Eric Winstone Orchestra*– Picadilly Third Stop

12 Sheila Buxton– Shakedown

13 Lynn Cornell– Demon Lover

14 Jeri Southern– Run

15 The Beverley Sisters– The Sphinx Won't Tell

16 Valerie Masters– Say When

17 The Jazz Stars– The Jazz Scene

18 Beryl Bryden– Moanin'

19 Linda Laurie– Ooh, What A Lover

20 Marion Ryan– An Occational Man

21 Anita Lindblom– Mr Big Wheel

22 Toni Eden– Send Me

23 Sylvia Sands– Love Me Now! Love Me Now! Love Me Now!

24 Eve Boswell– Wimoweh Cha Cha

25 Miss X– S-E-X


 It's A Scandal! Songs For Soho Blondes

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Esquivel And His Orchestra – Other Worlds Other Sounds

 



Mexican bandleader Juan Garcia Esquivel enjoyed a resurgence in popularity and, more importantly, hipness in the ’90s, thanks in large part to a lounge culture revival and his influence on bands like Stereolab. In the exotica pantheon, Esquivel has a unique place, bringing together big band, Latin jazz and space age pop sounds in a big, campy explosion. His music is at times cartoonish, with dramatic brass competing with a silly “zu zu zu” and a Hawaiian guitar that sounds like the opening of a “Looney Tunes” cartoon. That said, it’s an infectious and delightful kind of cartoonish-ness. 

Esquivel sets a space age bachelor pad scene stylishly and with a smirk on Other Worlds, Other Sounds, nicely matching the vixen-in-space cover art with his own set of rocket age mambo and cha-cha. Certainly, his take on “Night and Day” is a bit cheesy, but “That Old Black Magic” is more on the romantic side of the spectrum, and “Nature Boy” actually lives up to the promise of something exotic. 

And since I brought up Stereolab, those lovable kraut-lounge experimentalists actually borrowed elements of “Magic is the Moonlight” on their Dots and Loops album. But perhaps the most impressive piece of all here is the arrangement of “It Had to Be You,” which has the nastiest use of a trombone mute I think I’ve ever heard. Bravo, Esquivel. Bravo. (https://www.treblezine.com/hold-on-to-your-genre-exotica/)

1 Granada 4:10

2 Begin The Beguine 3:12

3 Night And Day 2:40

4 Poinciana 3:05

5 Playfully 2:57

6 Adios 3:08

7 That Old Black Magic 2:36

8 Nature Boy 2:42

9 Magic Is The Moonlight 2:37

10 Speak Low 2:42

11 Ballerina 3:04

12 It Had To Be You 3:10


Esquivel And His Orchestra – Other Worlds Other Sounds





Sunday, February 9, 2025

Henry 'Red' Allen 1929-1936 - Jazz Classics In Digital Stereo

 


Henry James "Red" Allen Jr. (January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist, born in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of the bandleader Henry Allen Sr.

Allen's trumpet style has been described by Joachim-Ernst Berendt and others as the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong, and to develop an emphasis on phrasing. Allen's recordings received much favorable attention. His versatility is shown by his winning of DownBeat awards in both the traditional jazz and the modern jazz categories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Allen

1 Fats Waller And His Buddies– Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad

2 Luis Russell And His Orchestra– Jersey Lightning

3 Luis Russell And His Orchestra– The (New) Call Of The Freaks

4 Luis Russell And His Orchestra– Feelin' The Spirit

5 Walter Pichon*– Doggin' That Thing

6 Henry Allen And His Orchestra*– Roamin'

7 Henry Allen And His Orchestra*– Spring Pretty Songs

8 Henry Allen And His Orchestra*– Patrol Wagon Blues

9 Henry Allen And His Orchestra*– I Fell In Love With You

10 Billy Banks And His Orchestra– Bugle Call Rag

11 Spike Hughes And His Negro Orchestra– Sweet Sorrow Blues

12 Spike Hughes And His Negro Orchestra– Sweet Sue

13 Horace Henderson And His Orchestra– Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day

14 Benny Morton And His Orchestra– Get Goin'

15 Henry Allen And His Orchestra*– Whos Honey Are You?

16 Mills Blue Rhythm Band*– Ride, Red, Ride

17 Mills Blue Rhythm Band*– Yes! Yes!

18 Mills Blue Rhythm Band*– Barrel House


Henry 'Red' Allen 1929-1936

Friday, January 31, 2025

Louis Armstrong - The Very Best of Louis Armstrong

 


Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello, Dolly! in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972. His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others.

Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920's as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, he was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. Around 1922, Armstrong followed his mentor, Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. Armstrong earned a reputation at "cutting contests", and his fame reached band leader Fletcher Henderson. Armstrong moved to New York City, where he became a featured and musically influential band soloist and recording artist. By the 1950's, Armstrong was an international musical icon, appearing regularly in radio and television broadcasts and on film. Apart from his music, he was also beloved as an entertainer, often joking with the audience and keeping a joyful public image at all times.

Disc 1:

MY HEART

MUSKRAT RAMBLE

YES, I'M IN THE BARREL

GUT BUCKET BLUES

COME BACK SWEET PAPA

HEEBIE JEEBIES

CORNET CHOP SUEY

ORIENTAL STRUT

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

SOME OF THESE DAYS

HE LIKES IT SLOW

ST LOUIS BLUES

SHANGHAI SHUFFLE

TEXAS MOANER BLUES

EVERYBODY LOVE MY BABY

MANDY, MAKE UP YOUR MIND

PAPA DE DA DA

MONEY BLUES

SUGAR FOOT STOMP

WILD MAN BLUES

DISC 2:

BODY AND SOUL

JUST A GIGOLO

WHEN YOU'RE SMILING

I'M A DING DONG DADDY

IF I COULD BE WITH YOU, ONE HOUR TONIGHT

I SURRENDER DEAR

DON'T FORGET TO MESS AROUND

SWEET LITTLE PAPA

SKID-DAT, DE-DAT

YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU

SAVOY BLUES

BASIN ST BLUES

HOBO, YOU CAN'T HIDE THIS TRAIN

PUBLIC MELODY NUMBER ONE

ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND

ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET

IT'S WONDERFUL'

JEEPERS CREEPERS

WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME

LOVE WALKED IN


The Very Best of Louis Armstrong



Thursday, January 23, 2025

Ann-Margret – The Very Best Of Ann-Margret

 


Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941), credited as Ann-Margret, is a Swedish-American actress, dancer, and singer with a career spanning seven decades. Initially gaining notoriety in 1961 as a singer with a sultry, vibrant contralto voice, she quickly rose to Hollywood stardom.

Her many screen roles include Pocketful of Miracles (1961), State Fair (1962), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Train Robbers (1973), Tommy (1975), The Return of the Soldier (1982), 52 Pick-Up (1986), Newsies (1992), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Any Given Sunday (1999), Taxi (2004), and Going in Style (2017).

Her accolades include five Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award in addition to two Academy Award nominations and two Grammy nominations. She released Born to be Wild, her first classic-rock album, in April 2023.

Ann-Margret began recording for RCA Victor in 1961, first recording "Lost Love". Her debut album And Here She Is ... Ann-Margret was recorded in Hollywood, arranged and conducted by Marty Paich. Later albums were produced in Nashville with Chet Atkins on guitar, the Jordanaires (Elvis Presley's backup singers), and the Anita Kerr Singers, with liner notes by mentor George Burns. She had a sexy, throaty contralto singing voice,[14] and RCA Victor attempted to capitalize on the "female Elvis" comparison by having her record a version of "Heartbreak Hotel" and other songs stylistically similar to Presley's. She scored a minor success with "I Just Don't Understand" (from her second LP), which entered the Billboard Top 40 in August 1961 and stayed six weeks, peaking at number 17; the song was later performed by the Beatles in 1963. In 1962, Ann-Margret was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

This 39 track compilation is an essential collection of her recording career.

The Very Best Of Ann-Margret

Monday, January 13, 2025

La Vie Parisienne - Great French Stars Of The 30s & 40s

 


1 Edith Piaf– La Vie en Rose 3:12

2 Charles Trenet– Boum! 2:37

3 Yves Montand– Clopin-clopant 3:17

4 Josephine Baker– Si J'Étais Blanche 2:47

5 Jean Sablon– Rendez-Vous Sous La Pluie 2:40

6 Maurice Chevalier– Toi et Moi 2:59

7 Django Reinhardt & His American Swing Band– Ultrafox 3:23

8 Edith Piaf– Monsieur Lenoble 3:30

9 Tino Rossi– J'Attendrai 2:58

10 Jean Sablon– La Dernière Bergère 3:06

11 Georges Ulmer– Pigalle 3:01

12 Yves Montand– Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves) 3:24

13 Josephine Baker– J'Ai Deux Amours 3:16

14 Charles Trenet– Le Retour des Saisons 3:13

15 Edith Piaf– Les Amants de Paris 3:15

16 Jean Sablon– Un Baiser 3:22

17 Maurice Chevalier– Bouquet de Paris 3:06

18 Tino Rossi– Poème (In Your Eyes) 3:09

19 Charles Trenet– Vous Êtes Jolie 2:20

20 Lucienne Boyer– Parlez-Moi d'Amour 3:02

21 Django Reinhardt– My Sweet 2:58

22 Charles Trenet– La Mer 3:23

23 Yves Montand– C'est Si Bon 2:36

24 Edith Piaf– C'est Merveilleux 3:08

25 Jean Sablon– Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (Life Is a Song) 3:08


 La Vie Parisienne

Friday, January 3, 2025

George Shearing – The Very Best Of

 


George Shearing was an Anglo-American blind jazz pianist and composer. (born: Aug. 13th, 1919 in Battersea, London, UK - died: Feb. 14th, 2011 in NYC, NY.)

He moved to the US in 1947, and was amongst the first post-war British jazz musicians to make a solid career there. He was appointed OBE in 2007, and then knighted in 2007, both by Queen Elizabeth II.

He became known for a piano technique known as "The Shearing Sound", a type of double melody block chord, with an additional fifth part that doubles the melody an octave lower. With the piano playing these five voices, Shearing would double the top voice with the vibraphone and the bottom voice with the guitar to create his signature sound.

1 Midnight In The Air 2:26

2 Have You Met Miss Jones 2:06

3 Cuban Love Song 2:44

4 The Folks Who Live On The Hill 4:30

5 Pawn Ticket 2:19

6 Cheek To Cheek 2:41

7 Kinda Cute 2:54

8 September In The Rain 3:14

9 Estampa Cubana 2:55

10 A Ship Without A Sail 2:47

11 Bernie's Tune 3:37

12 Laura 2:54

13 Lullaby Of Birdland 2:20

14 One Note Samba 2:43

15 Promises, Promises 2:36

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang – Great Original Performances 1926 - 1933

 


1 Stringing The Blues

2 Bugle Call Rag

3 Four String Joe

4 Krazy Kat

5 Sensation

6 My Baby Came Home

7 The Wild Dog

8 Church Street Sobbin' Blues

9 Shivery Stomp

10 Running Ragged

11 Hot Heels

12 Put And Take

13 Oh! Peter

14 Beale Street Blues

15 Vibraphonia

16 Eddie's Twister


Great Original Performances 1926 - 1933

Sunday, December 22, 2024

A Merry Christmas With Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

 


Happy Holiday 2:27

Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling 2:56

Twelve Days Of Christmas 3:23

The First Snowfall 3:08

I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus 3:02

Poppa Santa Claus 3:15

You're All I Want For Christmas 3:13

The Christmas Tree Angel 3:10

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town 2:41

O, Fir Tree Dark 3:03

Christmas Candles 2:41

Jingle Bells 2:35

Christmas In Killarney 2:44

Winter Wonderland 2:42

Here Comes Santa Claus 3:03

Looks Like A Cold, Cold Winter 3:06

Merry Christmas Polka 2:52

Mele Kalikimaka 2:54

Is Christmas Only A Tree? 2:14

Christmas Island 2:35


A Merry Christmas With Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Bessie Smith – Jazz 'n' Blues

 


1 Lady Luck Blues 3:08

2 Outside Of That 3:29

3 Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) 3:08

4 Down Hearted Blues 3:26

5 Oh Daddy Blues 3:06

6 Midnight Blues 3:18

7 Baby Won't You Please Come Home 2:57

8 Aggravatin' Papa 3:18

9 If You Don't, I Know Who Will 3:36

10 Jail House Blues 3:14

11 Sam Jones Blues 2:48

12 Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine 3:32

13 Yodling Blues 3:12

14 Bleeding Hearted Blues 3:06

15 Mama's Got The Blues 2:57

16 Taint Nobody's Business' If I Do 3:27

17 Gulf Coast Blues 3:06

18 Beale Street Mama 3:35

19 Frosty Morning Blues 3:13

20 Mean Old Bedbug Blues 3:12

21 Sweet Mistreater 3:02


Saturday, December 7, 2024

Clarence Williams - Great Original Performances 1927 To 1934

 


Clarence Williams (1898-1965) was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.

Williams ran away from home at age 12 to join Billy Kersand's Traveling Minstrel Show, then moved to New Orleans. At first Williams worked shining shoes and doing odd jobs, but soon became known as a singer and master of ceremonies. By the early 1910s he was a well regarded local entertainer also playing piano, and was composing new tunes by 1913. Williams was a good business man and worked arranging and managing entertainment at the local African-American vaudeville theater as well as various saloons and dance halls around Rampart Street, and clubs and houses in Storyville.

Williams started a music publishing business with violinist/bandleader Armand J. Piron 1915, which by the 1920s was the leading African-American owned music publisher in the country. He toured briefly with W.C. Handy, set up a publishing office in Chicago, then settled in New York in the early 1920s. In 1921, he married blues singer and stage actress Eva Taylor with whom he would frequently perform. He supervised African-American recordings (the 8000 Race Series) for New York offices of Okeh phonograph company in the 1920s in the Gaiety Theatre office building in Times Square. He recruited many of the artists who performed on that label. He also recorded extensively, leading studio bands frequently for OKeh, Columbia and occasionally other record labels.

He mostly used "Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings" for his hot band sides and "Clarence Williams' Washboard Five" for his washboard sides. He also produced and participated in early recordings by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith, Virginia Liston, Irene Scruggs, and many others. King Oliver played cornet on a number of Williams' late 1920s recordings. He was the recording director for the short-lived QRS Records label in 1928.

Most of his recordings were songs from his publishing house, which explains why he recorded tunes like "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Close Fit Blues" and "Papa De-Da-Da" numerous times.

In 1933, he signed to the Vocalion label and recorded quite a number of popular recordings, mostly featuring washboard percussion, through 1935. In 1943 Williams sold his extensive back-catalogue of tunes to Decca Records for $50,000 and retired.

Clarence Williams' name appears as composer or co-composer on numerous tunes, including a number which by Williams' own admission were written by others but which Williams bought all rights to outright, as was a common practice in the music publishing business at the time. Clarence Williams hits include "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (as publisher - not composer), "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Royal Garden Blues", "Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do", "Shout, Sister, Shout" and many others. In 1970, Williams was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

This compilation:

1 Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings– Candy Lips 2:43

2 Clarence Williams And Washboard Band*– I Can't Beat You Doin' What You're Doin' Me 2:42

3 Williams' Jug Band*– Chizzlin' Sam 3:07

4 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Log Cabin Blues 3:11

5 Clarence Williams' Novelty Band– You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old 3:03

6 Clarence Williams And His Jazz Kings*– A Pane In The Glass 3:00

7 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Walk That Broad 2:59

8 Clarence Williams And Washboard Band*– Trouble 3:13

9 Williams' Jug Band*– You Ain't Too Old 3:05

10 Clarence Williams' Blue Seven– Close Fit Blues 2:56

11 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band*– Lazy Mama 3:11

12 Clarence Williams' Novelty Band– He Wouldn't Stop Doin' It 2:57

13 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band*– Worn Out Blues 3:10

14 Clarence Williams And His Orchestra– Chocolate Avenue 2:55

15 Clarence Williams' Washboard Five– Have You Ever Felt That Way 3:09

16 Clarence Williams And His Orchestra– Organ Grinder Blues 3:09


Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Arthur Lyman – The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman - featuring Yellow Bird and Taboo


 Arthur Hunt Lyman (February 2, 1932 – February 24, 2002) was a Hawaiian jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His group popularized a style of faux-Polynesian music during the 1950's and 1960's which later became known as Exotica. His albums became favorite stereo-effect demonstration discs during the early days of the stereophonic LP album for their elaborate and colorful percussion, deep bass and 3-dimensional recording sound-stage. Lyman was known as "The King of Lounge music."

1 Yellow Bird 2:49

2 Taboo 4:59

3 Quiet Village 3:47

4 Love For Sale 3:01

5 Ye Lai Sian 2:59

6 Moon Over A Ruined Castle 3:21

7 Brazilleros 2:44

8 Dahil Sayo 2:31

9 Hava Nagila 2:36

10 Bwana A 4:38

11 Pele 3:24

12 Sweet Leilani (Queen Seranade) 1:56

13 Aloha Amigo 2:17

14 Polynesia 3:00

15 Taboo Tu 2:09

16 Aphrodisia 2:31

17 Hii Lawe 1:12

18 Tropical Night 2:30

19 Drums Of Hawaii 2:15

20 Honolulu Nites 2:31


Saturday, November 23, 2024

Fats Waller – A Handful Of Fats - Original 1929-1942 Recordings

 


Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.

Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf. Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy". It is likely that he composed many more popular songs than he has been credited with. When in financial difficulties, he had a habit of selling songs to other writers and performers who claimed them as their own.

1 Handful Of Keys

2 Ain't Misbehavin'

3 I'm Crazy About My Baby

4 Viper's Drag

5 Twelfth Street Rag

6 Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now

7 Tea For Two

8 The Joint Is Jumpin'

9 Two Sleepy People

10 Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)

11 Honey Hush

12 Your Feet's Too Big

13 Squeeze Me

14 Darktown Strutter's Ball

15 Honeysuckle Rose

16 Georgia On My Mind

17 Rockin' Chair

18 Carolina Shout

19 The Jitterbug Waltz

20 Come And Get It


Fats Waller – A Handful Of Fats

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Swing Groups 1931 To 1936 - various artists

 


1 The Benny Goodman Quartet– My Melancholy Baby

2 The Charleston Chasers– Beale Street Blues

3 Red Nichols And His Five Pennies– Fan It

4 Wingy Manone & His Orchestra– Never Had No Lovin'

5 Red Norvo And His Swing Sextet– Tomboy

6 Freddie Jenkins And His Harlem Seven– Toledo Shuffle

7 Bud Freeman And His Windy City Five– The Buzzard

8 The Mound City Blue Blowers– Muskrat Ramble

9 Gene Krupa's Swing Band*– Swing Is Here

10 Jimmie Noone And His New Orleans Band– The Blues Jumped A Rabbit

11 Mezz Mezzrow And His Swing Band– Mutiny In The Parlour

12 Barney Bigard And His Jazzopators*– Frolic Sam

13 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra– Warmin' Up

14 Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra– Rhythm Saved The World

15 Fats Waller & His Rhythm– Paswonky

16 Jones-Smith Incorporated– Shoe Shiney Boy


Sunday, November 10, 2024

Billie Holiday – Lady Sings The Blues (reissue)

 


1 Say It Isn't So 3:01

2 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 3:55

3 I Wished On The Moon 6:48

4 Always 3:57

5 Everything Happens To Me 6:20

6 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me 5:00

7 Ain't Misbehavin' 4:38

8 Trav'lin Light 3:07

9 I Must Have That Man! 3:04

10 Some Other Spring 3:36

11 Lady Sings The Blues 3:44

12 Strange Fruit 3:01

13 God Bless The Child 3:58

14 Good Morning Heartache 3:29

15 No Good Man 3:18

16 God Bless The Child (Rehearsal For) 15:38


Billie Holiday – Lady Sings The Blues

Monday, November 4, 2024

Jerry Lewis – The Capitol Collector's Series

 


1 Jerry Lewis [Child Star] With Billy May And His Orchestra– Are You For Real 2:42

2 Jerry Lewis [Child Star] With Billy May And His Orchestra– I Love A Murder Mystery 2:57

3 Jerry Lewis With Billy May And His Orchestra– Sunday Driving 2:37

4 Jerry Lewis With Billy May And His Orchestra– I'm A Little Busybody 2:50

5 Jerry Lewis – Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa Polka 2:01

6 Jerry Lewis – I Like It-I Like It 2:43

7 Jerry Lewis – I'll Tell A Policeman On You 2:39

8 Jerry Lewis – Lay Something On The Bar (Besides Your Elbows) 2:30

9 Jerry Lewis – I Love Girls 2:45

10 Jerry Lewis – North Dakota, South Dakota 2:17

11 Jerry Lewis – I've Had A Very Merry Christmas 2:34

12 Jerry Lewis – The Book Was So Much Better Than The Picture 2:29

13 Jerry Lewis – I Can't Carry A Tune 2:40

14 Jerry Lewis – Strictly For The Birds 2:38

15 Jerry Lewis – Crazy Words - Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O) 2:20

16 Jerry Lewis – They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me 2:29

17 Jerry Lewis – I Keep Her Picture Hanging Upside Down 3:02

18 Jerry Lewis – Y-Y-Y-Yup! 2:08

19 Jerry Lewis – Candelabra Boogie 2:06

20 Jerry Lewis – Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody 2:33


Jerry Lewis – The Capitol Collector's Series