The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Jazz-O-Rama is an hour of vintage records - the lighter side of early jazz--presented by Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev)--from his personal 78rpm record collection.
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Popeye Meets Betty Boop, the 78s of Helen Kane Meets Billy Costello
In honor of "Popeye Month" on BearManor Radio, the cans ...
In honor of "Popeye Month" on BearManor Radio, the cans of spinach and garter belts will be flying when Joe Bev presents "Popeye Meets Betty Boop, the 78s of Helen Kane Meets Billy Costello" on this week's The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, including:I'm Pop-eye the Sailor Man - Billy Costello (1935)I Wanna Be Loved By You - Helen Kane (1928)Man on the Flying Trapeze - Billy Costello (1934)Button Up Your Overcoat Helen Kane (1929)The Teddy Bear's Picnic - Billy Costello (1935)That's Why I'm Happy - Helen Kane- (1929)Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing - Billy Costello (1935)I Have to Have You - Helen Kane (1929)Good Ship Yakihiki Dooda - Billy Costello (1935)My Man is on the Make - Helen Kane (1930)Nagasaki - Billy Costello (1935)I Want to Be Bad - Helen Kane (1929)Dinah - Billy Costello (1935)Dangerous Nan McGrew - Helen Kane (1930)Tiger Rag - Billy Costello (1935)William "Billy" Costello a.k.a. "Red Pepper Sam", was the original voice of Popeye the Sailor in animated cartoons. Costello had worked with the Fleischer Studio as the voice of Gus the Gorilla on the Betty Boop radio show and they felt that the raspy voice he had used for thatcharacter would work for the new Popeye character they were planning. He was cast to provide the voice for the first Popeye cartoon, 1933's Popeye the Sailor. Costello appeared in the next 24 Popeye shorts until he was fired by the Fleischers, allegedly over "bad behavior," and was replaced with Jack Mercer. Costello's final appearance was in You Gotta Be A Football Hero (1935).Helen Kane became known as the 'Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl' because of her baby-talk, scat-singing tag line to that song. This version was recorded right when Kane's popularity started to reach its peak, and became her signature song. Kane's first performance at the Paramount Theater in Times Square proved to be her career's launching point. She was singing "That's My Weakness Now", when she interpolated the scat lyrics “boop-boop-a-doop.” This resonated with the flapper culture, and four days later, Helen Kane’s name went up in lights.Two years later, a cartoon character named Betty Boop was modeled after Kane. In 1930, Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick introduced a caricature of Helen Kane, with droopy dog ears and a squeaky singing voice, in the Talkartoons cartoon Dizzy Dishes. "Betty Boop", as the character was later dubbed, soon became popular and the star of her own cartoons. In 1932, Betty Boop was changed into a human, the long dog ears becoming hoop earrings. Helen Kane unsuccessfully sued Max Fleischer over the character.More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com.ALSO PRODUCED BY JOE BEV:Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Muiscal Sound Portraitby Joe Bevilacqua Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Winton Marsalis, Donald Newlove, Leonard Lopate, Louis ArmstrongLength: 59 min.Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others, on the origins of jazz, and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career, and rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS TV documentary with Edward R. Murrow. GET THIS TITLEAND MORE!IT IS PART OF THE WATERLOGG DOCUMENTARY PACK Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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Western Swing
Bob Wills, Bill Boyd and Al Dexter will be among ...
Bob Wills, Bill Boyd and Al Dexter will be among the country artists who's 78 RPM records will be heard on the this week's The Jazz-O-Rama Hour.Host Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Early Western Swing", including:Link Davis - Texas SwingMilton Brown - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Who Walks In When I Walk OutLight Crust Doughboys - Blue GuitarsAl Dexter - Saturday Night BoogieCrystal Spring Ramblers - Fort Worth StompJimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys- Ride'em CowboyThe Tune Wranglers - El Rancho GrandeNoel Boggs & His Day Sleepers - Steelin' Home Light Crust Doughboys - Pussy Pussy PussyRed Sovine - Billy Goat BoogieCliffie Stone - Silver StarsAl Dexter - New Broom BoogieBob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Cowboy StompBill Boyd and the California Wranglers - Show Me The Way To Go HomeLink Davis was born in 1914 in Sunset, Montague County, Texas. One of eight children, he formed a trio with two of his brothers during the late '20s, playing local dances. A natural musician, Davis started out playing the fiddle and later took up the saxophone. He gravitated toward Western swing music when he turned professional and one of his earliest known steady gigs was as a member of the Crystal Springs Ramblers, a Fort Worth-based outfit with which he cut his first record in 1937.Milton Brown (September 7, 1903–April 18, 1936) was an American band leader and vocalist who co-founded the genre of Western swing. His band was the first to fuse hillbilly hokum, jazz, and pop together into a unique, distinctly American hybrid, thus giving him the nickname, "Father of Western Swing". The birthplace of Brown's upbeat "hot-jazz hillbilly" string band sound was developed at the Crystal Springs Dance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas from 1931 to 1936. Brown's music inspired the great string jazz musicians from Europe, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli who in 1935 formed the Hot Club de Paris quintet. Along with Bob Wills—whom he performed with at the beginning of this career—Brown developed the sound and style of Western swing in the early 1930s; and for a while he and his band, the Musical Brownies, were more popular than Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Brown's career was cut short in 1936 when he died in a car accident, just as he was poised to break into national stardom. James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing,[1][2][3] he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals, rhythm guitarist June Whalin, tenor banjoist Johnnie Lee Wills, and Kermit Whalin, who played steel guitar and bass. The band played regularly on a Tulsa, Oklahoma radio station, and added Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar, pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and a horn section that expanded the band's sound.. The Light Crust Doughboys are western swings longest running band spanning from 1931 to the present. Over the years ther group has had many member changes and many of the WS greats had played with them at one time or another. Their music ranged from cowboy ballads to all out hot jazz.Woodrow Wilson Sovine (July 17, 1918 – April 4, 1980), better known as Red Sovine, was an American country music singer associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to music. The most famous example was his 1976 number one hit "Teddy Bear".Al Dexter (May 4, 1905 – January 28, 1984) was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama," a 1944 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years and later became a hit again with a cover by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters.Born into a musical Oklahoma family that had fiddled for generations, Jimmie Revard moved to Texas before he became a teenager, but honored his home state when he named his band Jimmie Revard's Oklahoma Playboys. Revard's foray into the western swing scene of 1930s Texas began at St. Mary's University and soon after, he recruited the Hofner brothers, singer/guitarist Adolph and steel guitarist Emil. The band so impressed a rep from Bluebird Records who had stopped by San Antonio to hear them that he decided to record them immediately; "Oh! Swing It" was released in October 1936. After completing his recording contract in 1940, he become a San Antonio policeman. After the war, Revard performed locally, but never made another serious attempt to record.During his life, Noel Boggs appeared on some 2,000 recordings as a soloist, with Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Jimmy Wakely, Hank Penny, Bill Boyd, Sheb Wooley, Les Anderson, Merle Travis, Tommy Duncan's Western All Stars and the Cass County Boys. He worked on the radio with Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and the Sons of the Pioneers. He made regular television appearances with Spade Cooley and on Jimmy Wakely's television show. His motion picture work included appearances in Rhythm Roundup, Blazing the Western Trail, Lawless Empire, Frontier Frolic, Everybody's Dancin', and Out West Teenagers.The Tune Wranglers formed in 1935, and its original membership included Buster Coward (vocals, guitar), Eddie Fielding (banjo), and Charlie Gregg (vocals, fiddle). Fielding was replaced by Joe Barnes (known as Red Brown) soon after, and around 1936 Eddie Duncan joined on steel guitar. Fiddler Leonard Seago also played with the group for a short period. They played most often in Texas and Mexico, where they received airplay on border radio stations such as WOAI and KTSA. From 1936 they recorded for Bluebird Records, both under their own name in English and under the name Tono Hombres in Spanish. In total, they recorded about 80 tunes, including a session of Hawaiian-style songs with banjoist/reeds twins Neal & Beal. Bill Boyd and The Cowboy Ramblers became major stars on radio and were offered work in Hollywood films and Boyd eventually appeared in six Western films during the 1940s. One of his other hits was "If You'll Come Back", No. 4, Jan. 1941. For his contribution to radio, Bill 'Cowboy Rambler' Boyd has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd. Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton.More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com.ALSO PRODUCED BY JOE BEV:Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Muiscal Sound Portraitby Joe Bevilacqua Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Winton Marsalis, Donald Newlove, Leonard Lopate, Louis ArmstrongLength: 59 min.Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others, on the origins of jazz, and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career, and rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS TV documentary with Edward R. Murrow. GET THIS TITLEAND MORE!IT IS PART OF THE WATERLOGG DOCUMENTARY PACK Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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Satchmo Meets Pops
For Father's Day, host Joe Bev presents an hour of ...
For Father's Day, host Joe Bev presents an hour of early and late recordings of one of the Fathers of Jazz: Louis Armstrong, including: Willie The Weeper; Mack The Knife; Down In Honky Tonk Town; Cornet Chop Suey; Kiss Of Fire; Satchelmouth Swing; Gut Bucket Blues; C'est Si Bon; Laughin' Louie; High Society; A Kiss To Build A Dream; and On Mahogany Hall Stomp (four versions). Nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, Armstrong had a long and successful career as a American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly-recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics). On this show: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven May 7, 1927, Chicago, IL Willie The Weeper (Melrose, W.; Rymal, G.D.; Bloom, M.) [master W.80847-C] -- OKeh 8482 Armstrong, Louis (Cornet) Thomas, John (Trombone) Dodds, Johnny (Clarinet) Armstrong, Lil Hardin (Piano) St. Cyr, Johnny (Banjo) Briggs, Pete (Tuba) Dodds, Baby (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong and The All Stars September 28, 1955, Los Angeles, CA Mack The Knife (Weill, Kurt; Brecht, B.; Blitzstein, M.) [master CO 53818] -- Columbia 40587 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Young, Trummy (Trombone) Bigard, Barney (Clarinet) Kyle, Billy (Piano) Shaw, Arvell (Bass) Deems, Barrett (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra May 27, 1940, New York, NY Down In Honky Tonk Town (Smith; McCarron) [master 67819-B] -- Decca 18091 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Jones, Claude (Trombone) Bechet, Sidney (Clarinet, Saxophone) Russell, Luis (Piano) Addison, Bernard (Guitar) Braud, Wellman (Bass) Singleton, Zutty (Drums) One-time gathering of these musicians. --- Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five February 26, 1926, Chicago, Illinois Cornet Chop Suey (Armstrong, Louis) [master 9535-A] -- OKeh 8320 Armstrong, Louis (Cornet, Vocal) Ory, Kid (Trombone) Dodds, Johnny (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Armstrong, Lil Hardin (Piano, Vocal) St. Cyr, Johnny (Banjo) --- Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra April 19, 1952, Denver, Colorado Kiss Of Fire (Allen, L.; Hill, R.) [master 82703] -- Decca 28177 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Phillips, Russ (Trombone) Bigard, Barney (Clarinet) Ruffell, Donald (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone) Napoleon, Marty (Piano) Jones, Dale (Bass) Cole, Cozy (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra January 12, 1938, Los Angeles, CA Satchelmouth Swing (Armstrong, Louis; Armstrong, Lil; Williams, Clarence) [master DLA-1132-A] -- Decca 1636 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Hemphill, Shelton (Trumpet) Bacon, Louis (Trumpet) Allen, Henry Red (Trumpet) Wilbur de Paris (Trombone) Washington, George (Trombone) Higginbotham, J.C. (Trombone) Clark, Pete (Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone) Holmes, Charlie (Alto Saxophone) Nicholas, Albert (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone) Madison, Bingie (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone) Russell, Luis (Piano) Blair, Lee (Guitar) Callender, Red (Bass) Barbarin, Paul (Drums, Vibrophone) --- Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five November 12, 1925, Chicago, Illinois Gut Bucket Blues (Armstrong, Louis) [master 9486-A] -- OKeh 8261 Armstrong, Louis (Cornet) Ory, Kid (Trombone) Dodds, Johnny (Clarinet) Armstrong, Lil Hardin (Piano) St. Cyr, Johnny (Banjo) --- Louis Armstrong With Sy Oliver's Orchestra June 26, 1950, New York, NY C'est Si Bon [master 76529] -- Decca 27113 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Oliver, Sy (Conductor, Arranger) Solomon, Melvin (Trumpet) Privin, Bernie (Trumpet) Webster, Paul (Trumpet) Bullman, Morton (Trombone) Schertzer, Hymie (Alto Saxophone) Yaner, Milt (Alto Saxophone) Drellinger, Art (Tenor Saxophone) Holcomb, Bill (Tenor Saxophone) Hines, Earl (Piano) Barksdale, Everett (Guitar) Duvivier, George (Bass) Blowers, Johnny (Drums) --- April 24, 1933, Chicago, IL Laughin' Louie (Gaskill, Clarence) [master BS-75422-2] -- Victor 24363 Louis, Armstrong (Trumpet, Vocal) Whitlock, Elmer (Trumpet) Randolph, Zilner (Trumpet) Johnson, Keg (Trombone) Brown, Scoville (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Oldham, George (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Johnson, Budd (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone) Beal, Charlie (Piano) McKendrick, Mike (Guitar, Banjo) Oldham, Bill (Bass, Tuba, Trombone) Catlett, Big Sid (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra January 26, 1933, Chicago, IL High Society (Piron, A.J.; Williams, Clarence) [master BS-75895-1] -- Victor 24232 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Whitlock, Elmer (Trumpet) Randolph, Zilner (Trumpet) Johnson, Keg (Trombone) Brown, Scoville (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Oldham, George (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Johnson, Budd (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Wilson, Teddy (Piano) McKendrick, Mike (Guitar, Banjo) Oldham, Bill (Bass, Tuba, Trombone) Porter, Yank (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five June 27, 1928, Chicago, IL Fireworks (Williams, Spencer) [master W.400960-B] -- OKeh 8597 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Robinson, Fred (Trombone) Strong, Jimmy (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone) Hines, Earl (Piano) Carr, Mancy (Banjo) Singleton, Zutty (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong With Sy Oliver's Orchestra July 24, 1951, New York, NY A Kiss To Build A Dream On (Kalmar; Ruby; Hammerstein) [master 81307] -- Decca 27720 I Get Ideas [master 81308] -- Decca 27720 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Oliver, Sy (Conductor, Arranger) Cutshall, Cutty (Trombone) Yaner, Milt (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Dorsey, George (Alto Saxophone) Williams, Freddy (Tenor Saxophone) Klink, Al (Tenor Saxophone) Kyle, Billy (Piano) Block, Sandy (Bass) Shawker, Bunny (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five March 5, 1929, New York City, New York, NY Mahogany Hall Stomp (Williams, Spencer) [master W.401691-B] -- OKeh 8680 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet) Higginbotham, J.C. (Trombone) Nicholas, Albert (Alto Saxophone) Holmes, Charlie (Alto Saxophone) Hill, Teddy (Tenor Saxophone) Russell, Luis (Piano) Condon, Eddie (Banjo) Johnson, Lonnie (Guitar) Foster, Pops (Bass) Barbarin, Paul (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra January 28, 1933, Chicago, IL Mahogany Hall Stomp (Williams, Spencer) [master BS-75422-1] -- Victor 24363 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Whitlock, Elmer (Trumpet) Randolph, Zilner (Trumpet) Johnson, Keg (Trombone) Brown, Scoville (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Oldham, George (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Johnson, Budd (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone) Wilson, Teddy (Piano) McKendrick, Mike (Guitar, Banjo) Oldham, Bill (Bass, Tuba, Trombone) Porter, Yank (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven October 17, 1946, Los Angeles, CA Mahogany Hall Stomp (Williams, Spencer) [master D6VB-2194-1] -- Victor 20-2088 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Ory, Kid (Trombone) Bigard, Barney (Clarinet) Beal, Charlie (Piano) Scott, Bud (Guitar) Callender, Red (Bass) Hall, Minor (Drums) --- Louis Armstrong December 12, 1956, New York, NY Mahogany Hall Stomp (Williams, Spencer) [master 101154] -- Decca DL 8605 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Oliver, Sy (Arranger, Conductor) Young, Trummy (Trombone) Hall, Edmond (Clarinet) Dorsey, George (Alto Saxophone, Flute) Jefferson, Hinton (Alto Saxophone) Thompson, Lucky (Tenor Saxophone) McRae, Dave (Baritone Saxophone) Barksdale, Everett (Guitar) Kyle, Billy (Piano) Gersh, Squire (Bass) Deems, Barrett (Drums) More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com.ALSO PRODUCED BY JOE BEV:Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Muiscal Sound Portraitby Joe Bevilacqua Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Winton Marsalis, Donald Newlove, Leonard Lopate, Louis ArmstrongLength: 59 min.Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others, on the origins of jazz, and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career, and rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS TV documentary with Edward R. Murrow. GET THIS TITLEAND MORE!IT IS PART OF THE WATERLOGG DOCUMENTARY PACK Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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Tiger Rag: The Dixieland Originals
The first recording of "Tiger Rag" (1917) is among the ...
The first recording of "Tiger Rag" (1917) is among the tunes that will fill the air on Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour this week.Host Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals", including:1. Tiger Rag - The Original Dixieland Jass Band (1917)2. Tiger Rag - Friar's Society Orchestra (1922)3. Tiger Rag - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (1931)4. Feelin' No Pain - Miff Mole and His Little Molers (1927)5. New Orleans Stomp - Johnny Dodds and his Black Bottom Stompers (1927)6. I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee - Eddie Condon (1929)7. Bugle Call Rag - Billy Banks & His Orchestra (1923)8. The Waffle Man's Call - Johnny Bayersdorffer and his Jazzola Novelty Orchestra (1924)9. Papa's Got The Jim-Jams - Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra (1927)10. Piggly Wiggly - Beale Street Washboard Band (1929)11. Wa-Da-Da (Ev'rybody's Doin' It Now)- Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang (1928)12. Ostrich Walk - The Original Dixieland Jass Band (1917)13. Doo Doodle Oom - Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (1923)14. Static Strut - Fletcher Henderson And The Dixie Stompers (1926)15. Who Stole the Lock (On the Hen House Door-) Jack Bland (1932)The Original Dixieland Jass Band were a New Orleans, Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917. Their "Livery Stable Blues" became the first jazz single ever issued. The group composed and made the first recordings of many jazz standards, the most famous being "Tiger Rag". In late 1917 the spelling of the band's name was changed to Original Dixieland Jazz Band.The band consisted of five musicians who previously had played in the Papa Jack Laine bands, a diverse and racially integrated group of musicians who played for parades, dances, and advertising in New Orleans.Nick LaRocca (clarinet), Eddie Edwards (trombone), Larry Shields (clarinet), Henry Ragas (piano), Tony Sbarbaro (drums). Composed by Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro & Larry Shields.ODJB billed itself as the Creators of Jazz, because it was the first band to record jazz commercially and to have hit recordings in the new genre. Band leader and trumpeter Nick LaRocca (composer of "Tiger Rag") argued that ODJB deserved recognition as the first band to record jazz commercially and the first band to establish jazz as a musical idiom or genre.Friar's Society Orchestra: In 1920, Paul Mares and George Brunies were working on the Mississippi riverboat S.S. Capitol when it stopped in Davenport, Iowa, where they teamed with Leon Roppolo on clarinet. They eventually added Elmer Schobel on piano, Frank Snyder on drums, Alfred Loyacano on bass and Louis Black played banjo. They got a gig at the Friar's Club in Chicago in 1922. At first they called themselves The Friar's Society Orchestra, after the club the Friars Inn at 1834 Wabash Street at Van Buren in Chicago, but they changed their name to The New Orleans Rhythm Kings in 1923 after losing that gig.Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly-recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).Irving Milfred Mole, better known as Miff Mole was a jazz trombonist and band leader. He is generally considered as one of the greatest jazz trombonists and credited with creating "the first distinctive and influential solo jazz trombone style." His major recordings included "Slippin' Around", "Red Hot Mama" in 1924 with Sophie Tucker on vocals, "Miff's Blues", "There'll Come a Time (Wait and See)", on the film soundtrack to the 2008 movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and "Toddlin' Blues" and "Davenport Blues", recorded in 1925 with Bix Beiderbecke and Tommy Dorsey as Bix Beiderbecke and His Rhythm Jugglers.Johnny Bayersdorffer was a popular bandleader at the Spanish Fort resort on Bayou St. John by Lake Pontchartrain. He is best remembered to later generations for his 1920s recordings for Okeh Records. Bayersdorffer also played with Happy Schilling and Tony Parenti's bands.James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. His was one of the most prolific black orchestras and his influence was vast. He was often known as "Smack" Henderson (apparently named due to his college baseball hitting skills). Fletcher is ranked along with Duke Ellington as one of the most influential arrangers and band leaders in jazz history, and helped bridge the gap between the jazz and swing era.Banjoist and guitarist Jack Bland is best remembered as the banjoist for the Mound City Blue Blowers which he co-founded with Red McKenzie in St. Louis. By 1924 the group had a hit record in Chicago with "Arkansas Blues". Later that year guitarist Eddie Lang joined the group and they toured England. By the mid-to-late 1920's Bland, like Condon, switched from the banjo to the cello bodied four-string tenor guitar. By 1929 Eddie Lang left the Blue Blowers and they became Red McKenzie's Mound City Blue Blowers and became a more traditional sounding hot outfit with the addition of Gene Krupa on drums, Muggsy Spanier on cornet, and Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax and Eddie Condon on banjo.Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton. More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com.ALSO PRODUCED BY JOE BEV:Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Muiscal Sound Portraitby Joe Bevilacqua Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Winton Marsalis, Donald Newlove, Leonard Lopate, Louis ArmstrongLength: 59 min.Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others, on the origins of jazz, and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career, and rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS TV documentary with Edward R. Murrow. GET THIS TITLEAND MORE!IT IS PART OF THE WATERLOGG DOCUMENTARY PACK Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, Open the Door, Richard: The 78 RPM Records of Count Basie
Cheek to Cheek, Rat Race, and Open the Door, Richard ...
Cheek to Cheek, Rat Race, and Open the Door, Richard are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Count Basie 78 RM Records will be heard this week's The Jazz-O-Rama Hour. Host Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: Open the Door, Richard: The 78 RPM Records of Count Basie, including: 1. Swingin' The Blues (1938) 2. Swingin' The Blues (1947) 3. Boo Hoo (1937) 4. Topsy (1937) 5. Exactly Like You (1937) 6. Rat Race (1950) 7.Open The Door, Richard 8. Out The Window (1937) 9. Cheek to Cheek (1947) 10.South (1947) 11. Doggin' Around (1938) 12. Solidasa Rock (1950) 13. Swinging At The Daisy Chain (1937) 14. Smarty (You Know It All) (1937) 15. Every Tub (1937) 16. Seventh Avenue Express (1947) William "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother first taught him piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By 16, he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues. In 1924, he went to Harlem, where his performing career expanded; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City, and played with them until Moten's death in 1935. That year Basie formed his own jazz orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, and others. Many notable musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison and singers Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams. Basie's theme songs were "One O'Clock Jump," developed in 1935 in the early days of his band, and "April In Paris". Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton. More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs
Skater's Waltz, Serenade to a Cuckoo, and Jive Elephant are ...
Skater's Waltz, Serenade to a Cuckoo, and Jive Elephant are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs will be heard on this week's edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour, podcast at http://www.waterlogg.com and airing on public radio stations including Wisconsin Public Radio and Pawling Public Radio. This time, Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs" (Kirk’s Work, I Talk with the Spirits, We Free Kings, Domino), including: 1. Skater's Waltz 2. Serenade to a Cuckoo 3. A Sack Full of Soul 4. Rolando 5. Doin' the Sixty-Eight 6. Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Roland Kirk 7. A Laugh for Rory 8. Jive Elephant 9. Three for the Festival 10. E.D. 11. Limbo Boat 12. 3-In-1 Without the Oil 13. Stitt's Tune Rahsaan Roland Kirk was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments. He was renowned for his onstage vitality, during which virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting, and the ability to play several instruments simultaneously. Joe Bev has remastered Kirk's work from his personal LP collection. Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton. More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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The 78s of Illinois
Wailing Tenor Sax will fill the air when the 78 ...
Wailing Tenor Sax will fill the air when the 78 RPM records of Illinois Jacquet on this week's The Jazz-O-Rama Hour.Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The 78s of Illinois", including:1. Flyin' Home part 1 & 22. Hot Rod3. Jacquet and No Vest (Savoy Blip)4. Bottoms Up5. Mutton Leg6. Robbins' Nest7. Big Foot8. Jivin' with Jack the Bellboy9. Black Velvet10. Symphony in Sid11. Big Dog (1947)12. Jacquet Bounce13. 12 Minutes To Go14. Goofin' Off15. King Jacqet---Tenor saxophonist Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet was an best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home" with Lionel Hampton, critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor saxophone that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of early rock and roll, Jacquet was a skilled and melodic improviser, both on up-tempo tunes and ballads. He doubled on the bassoon, one of only a few jazz musicians to use the instrument.Jacquet was born to a Sioux mother and a Creole father in Broussard, Louisiana and moved to Houston, Texas, as an infant, and was raised there as one of six siblings. His father, Gilbert Jacquet, was a part-time bandleader. As a child he performed in his father's band, primarily on the alto saxophone. His older brother Russell Jacquet played trumpet and his brother Linton played drums.At 15, Jacquet began playing with the Milton Larkin Orchestra, a Houston-area dance band. In 1939, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he met Nat King Cole. Jacquet would sit in with the trio on occasion. In 1940, Cole introduced Jacquet to Lionel Hampton who had returned to California and was putting together a big band. Hampton wanted to hire Jacquet, but asked the young Jacquet to switch to tenor saxophone.In 1942, at age 19, Jacquet soloed on the Hampton Orchestra's recording of "Flying Home", one of the very first times a honking tenor sax was heard on record. The record became a hit. The song immediately became the climax for the live shows and Jacquet became exhausted from having to "bring down the house" every night. The solo was built to weave in and out of the arrangement and continued to be played by every saxophone player who followed Jacquet in the band, notably Arnett Cobb and Dexter Gordon, who achieved almost as much fame as Jacquet in playing it. It is one of the very few jazz solos to have been memorized and played very much the same way by everyone who played the song.Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton. More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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Fats Waller 78s
The sounds of classic 78 RPM records will fill the ...
The sounds of classic 78 RPM records will fill the air when the music of Fats Waller will be presented on Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.This week, Joe Bev presents Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The 78s of Fats Waller", including: 1. (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places2. Fair And Square3. Abercrombie had a Zombie4. Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister5. All That Meat and No Potatoes6. Breakin' the Ice7. Boo Hoo8. By The Light of The Silvery Moon9. Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)10. Fats Waller - When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful11. Everybody Loves My Baby13. Dem Bones14. Hold My Hand15.Yacht Club Swing16. Shortnin' Bread17. Two Sleepy PeopleThomas Wright Waller was the youngest of four children born to Adaline Locket Waller and the Reverend Edward Martin Waller. He started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to the organ of his father's church four years later. At the age of fourteen he was playing the organ at Harlem's Lincoln Theater and within twelve months he had composed his first rag. Waller's first piano solos ("Muscle Shoals Blues" and "Birmingham Blues") were recorded in October 1922 when he was 18 years old.He was the prize pupil, and later friend and colleague, of stride pianist James P. Johnson. Fats Waller was the son of a preacher and learned to play the organ in church with his mother. Overcoming opposition from his clergyman father, Waller became a professional pianist at 15, working in cabarets and theaters. In 1918 he won a talent contest playing Johnson's "Carolina Shout", a song he learned from watching a player piano play it.Waller composed many novelty swing tunes in the 1920s and 1930s and sold them for relatively small sums. When the compositions became hits, other songwriters claimed them as their own. Many standards are alternatively and sometimes controversially attributed to Waller, including "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby". Waller copyrighted over 400 new songs, many of which co-written with his closest collaborator Andy Razaf. In 1926, Waller began his recording association with Victor Records, his principal record company for the rest of his life.The Zombie cocktail so named for its effects on the partaker was invented by Donn Beach of Hollywood's Don the Beachcomber restaurant in the 1930's, Became popular when served at the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. In 1940, pianist Fats Waller recorded a novelty song called "Abercrombie Had a Zombie" about the effects of the cocktail on a previously law-abiding citizen who has a few zombies and becomes a public menace. The song also mentions Aquacade and other features of the 1939 New York World's Fair where the drink was popularized.More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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Hard Bop & Vocalese Jazz
Host Joe Bev presents LP Jazz with a Sense of ...
Host Joe Bev presents LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey", including: Farmer's Market - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Down Under - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1961)Cottontail - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Sweet 'n' Sour - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Caravan (1962) Lil Niles - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Blues March - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin' -(1958)Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Crisis - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1961)Moanin' - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958)Moanin' - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were a vocalese trio formed by jazz vocalists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross. The group formed in 1957 and recorded their first album Sing a Song of Basie for Paramount Records. Beginning in 1959, the trio recorded three LPs with Columbia Records. They recorded a version of Ross' 1952 song "Twisted", featuring her lyrics set to a Wardell Gray melody. Their High Flying won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group in 1962. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were voted Best Vocal Group in the Down Beat Readers Poll from 1959 to 1963. (Wikipedia)Arthur "Art" Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, included many young musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. (Wikipedia)Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton. More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
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"Two Guys & Two Gals": Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller & Mildred Bailey
"The Sheik of Araby", "Don't Fence Me In" and "Alexander's ...
"The Sheik of Araby", "Don't Fence Me In" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" will be among the 78 RPM records heard on the newest edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour. Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Two Guys and Two Gals": Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller and; Mildred Bailey, including: The Sheik of Araby - Fats Waller Don't Fence Me In - Mildred Bailey Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty - Louis Armstrong My Wubber Dolly - Ella Fitzgerald Lulu's Back in Town - Fats Waller Shoutin' in that Amen Corner - Mildred Bailey with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Alexander's Ragtime Band - Louis Armstrong Vote for Mr. Rhythm - Ella Fitzgerald Rhythm and Romance - Ella Fitzgerald I've Got My Fingers Crossed - Louis Armstrong I Put a Four Leaf Clover in Your Pocket - Ella Fitzgerald I've Go a Pocket Full of Dreams - Louis Armstrong When I Got Low, I Ger High - Ella Fitzgerald My Very Good Friend the Milkman - Fats Waller Doin' the Uptown Lowdown - Mildred Bailey with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Swingin' Them Jingle Bells - Fats Waller Fats Waller born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer. Waller was one of the most popular performers of his era, finding critical and commercial success in his homeland and in Europe. He was also a prolific songwriter and many songs he wrote or co-wrote are still popular, such as "Honeysuckle Rose", "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Squeeze Me". Waller contracted pneumonia and died on a cross country train trip near Kansas City, Missouri on December 15, 1943, after making a final recording session with an interracial group in Detroit that included white trumpeter Don Hirleman. He was on his way back to Hollywood for more film work, after the smash success of "Stormy Weather". Coincidentally, as the train with the body of Waller stopped in Kansas City, so stopped a train with his dear friend Louis Armstrong on board. Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin-color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man. Ella Jane Fitzgerald, also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she was the winner of 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush. Mildred Rinker Bailey was a popular and influential American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady" and "Mrs. Swing". Some of her best known hits are "It's So Peaceful in the Country", "Trust In Me", "Where Are You", "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", "Small Fry", "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream", "Rockin' Chair", "Blame It On My Last Affair", and "Says My Heart". In 1938, Bailey had two number one hits with Red Norvo. "Please Be Kind" was number one for two weeks. She also sang lead vocals on "Says My Heart" by Red Norvo and his Orchestra, which was number one for four weeks on the pop charts. "Says My Heart" reached number one during the week of June 18, 1938. Bailey sang lead vocals on "Darn That Dream", recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, which reached number one for one week in March, 1940 on the U.S. pop singles chart. Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton. 20 weeks ago, the veteran voice actor added his third hour for Cult Radio, called The Joe Bev Experience which airs right after The Jazz-O-Rama Hour. More about Waterlogg Productions at htttp://www.waterlogg.com. Comedy-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comedy-o-rama-hour/id572142422 Jazz-O-Rama Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jazz-o-rama-hour/id611001393 Cartoon Carnival Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev/id624696898 Joe Bev Experience Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-bev-experience/id627773341 and check out Rick Oveton's podcast too! Overview with Rick Overton http://goo.gl/OM2mD
