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The Desoto Hour 2/11/17

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Special thanks to David Buchbinder for coming on the show! Odessa Havana will be at City Winery on March 2, 2017.

What’s the news?

“Walk to the Sea” – Odessa Havana

Benny Goodman – Air Play

  1. “In a Mist”
  2. “Margie”
  3. “You Go to My Head”
  4. “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
  5. “Lullabye in Rhythm”
  6. “Bumble Bee Stomp”

Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra, 1944-1946

  1. “And Suddenly It’s Spring”
  2. “A Sure Thing”
  3. “After Hours”
  4. “Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho”
  5. “Like Someone in Love”
  6. “Blue Lou”

On Tour With the New Glenn Miller Orchestra

  1. “Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand”
  2. “Rainbow Rhapsody”
  3. “Johnson Rag Cha Cha”
  4. “Kalamazoo”
  5. “I Know Why”
  6. “Once Upon a Keyboard”

The Fabulous Dance Band of Jan Garber

  1. “I Love My Baby”
  2. “You Turned the Tables on Me”
  3. “Three Little Words”
  4. “I Hear a Rhapsody”
  5. “Blue (and Brokenhearted)”
  6. “At Sundown”

Charlie Barnet, Vol. II

  1. “Harlem Speaks”
  2. “Wild Mab of the Fish Pond”
  3. “Phyllysse”
Saturday, February 11, 2017 | Posted in Playlists, Shows, The Desoto Hour | Comments Off on The Desoto Hour 2/11/17

The Desoto Hour 2/4/17

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Please, step inside.

Cab Calloway – Mr. Hi. De. Ho.

  1. “Gotta Darn Good Reason Now”
  2. “Saint-Louis Blues”
  3. “Is That Religion?”
  4. “Some of These Days”
  5. “Nobody’s Sweetheart”
  6. “Saint-James Infirmary”
  7. “Minnie the Moocher”
  8. “Doin’ the Rhumba”

Benny Goodman – Live at Carnegie Hall

  1. “I Got Rhythm”
  2. “Blue Skies”
  3. “Lock Lomond”
  4. “Blue Room”
  5. “Swingtime in the Rockies”
  6. “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon”
  7. “China Boy”

The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume IV

  1. “That Stolen Melody”
  2. “Barcarolle”
  3. “Hymn to the Sun”
  4. “My Cabin of Dreams”
  5. “You’re My Desire”
  6. “Am I Dreaming”
  7. “In My Meditations”
  8. “Am I Dreaming”

The Big Band Sound

  1. “La Bamba” – Mongo Santamaria
  2. “Thunderball” – Percy Faith
  3. “Blue Moon” – Bobby Hackett
  4. “Downtown” – Les & Larry Elgart
  5. “Semper Fidelis” – Andre Kostelanetz

James P. Johnson – Charleston

  1. “Charleston”
  2. “If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight”
  3. “Caprice Rag”
  4. “Selections from ‘Runnin’ Wild'”
  5. “Snowy Morning Blues”
  6. “Steeplechase Rag”

A Jazz Piano Anthology

  1. “Tiger Rag” – Art Tatum
  2. “Liza” – Teddy Wilson

 

 

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The Desoto Hour 1/28/17

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What’s shakin’ at the studio?

Cole Porter – Delightful, Delicious, De-lovely

  1. “From This Moment On” – Doris Day
  2. “Ca C’est l’Amour” – Tony Bennett
  3. “Begin the Beguine” – Tony Martin
  4. “You’re the Top” – Ethel Merman
  5. “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” – Les and Larry Elgart

Benny Goodman – All-Time Greatest Hits

  1. “Let’s Dance”
  2. “Avalon”
  3. “Stompin’ at the Savoy”
  4. “Body and Soul”
  5. “One o’ Clock Jump”

Frankie Carle and His Orchestra, 1944-46

  1. “Semper Fidelis”
  2. “The Trolley Song”
  3. “Stars in Your Eyes”
  4. “A Little Consideration”
  5. “I’d Rather Be Me”
  6. “Whistler’s Mother-in-Law”

Bebop Revisited, Vol. 3

    All tracks by Sam Most.

  1. “Scroobydoo”
  2. “I Hear a Rhapsody”
  3. “The Night We Called It a Day”
  4. “A Cuss Called Coss”
  5. “Eullalia”
  6. “Notes to You”
  7. “There Will Never Be Another You”

Chicago Dixieland in the Forties

    All tracks by the Richard M. Jones Jazzmen.

  1. “29th & Dearborn”
  2. “New Orleans Hop Scop Blues”
  3. “Jazzin’ Babies Blues”
  4. “Canal Street Blues”

Red Nichols – Hot Pennies

  1. “Louisiana”
  2. “Mood Indigo”
  3. “Maple Leaf Rag”
  4. “Peg o’ My Heart”

 

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The Desoto Hour 1/21/17

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Check out the new sound!

Jimmie Noone’s Quartet – Chicago Dixieland in the Forties

  1. “A Porter’s Love Song”
  2. “Goodbye, Don’t Cry”
  3. “Blues for Roy”
  4. “Lady, Be Good”
  5. “Memories of You”
  6. “Honeysuckle Rose”

Everett Hoagland and His Orchestra, 1939-1940

  1. “Bless You”
  2. “It’s All Over Town (We’re Thru)”
  3. “Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells”
  4. “My Son, My Son”
  5. “The Moon and the Willow Tree”
  6. “I’m Too Romantic”

The Fabulous Jimmy Dorsey

  1. “Contrasts”
  2. “Jay-Dee’s Boogie Woogie”
  3. “Mambo En Sax”
  4. “Maria Elena”
  5. “Speak Low”
  6. “It’s the Dreamer in Me”

Alvino Rey and His Orchestra, 1946

  1. “How High the Moon”
  2. “Bumble Boogie”
  3. “(From the) Land of the Sky Blue Water”
  4. “You’ve Got Me Crying Again”
  5. “April in Paris”
  6. “Yesterdays”
  7. “Dardanella”
  8. “Stocking Horse”

Harry James – The King James Version

  1. “Corner Pocket”
  2. “Lara’s Theme”
  3. “Cherokee”
  4. “More Splutie, Please”

The Complete Benny Goodman, Vol. II

  1. “Walk Jennie Walk”
  2. “China Boy”
  3. “More Than You Know”
  4. “All My Life”
  5. “Oh Lady Be Good”
  6. “Nobody’s Sweetheart”
  7. “Too Good to Be True”
  8. “House Hop”
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The Desoto Hour 1/14/17

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Thank you for listening to the first show of 2017!

What’s new with us?

Cole Porter

  1. “Night and Day” – Billie Holliday
  2. “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)” – Noel Coward
  3. “It’s All Right With Me” – Vic Damone
  4. “What Is This Thing Called Love?” – Dave Brubeck
  5. “Were Thine That Special Face” – Alfred Drake

Joe Haymes and His Orchestra – 1932-1935

  1. “I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody”
  2. “Modern Melody”
  3. “Just Give Me the Girl”
  4. “Ain’t Gonna Grieve No More”
  5. “Lenox Avenue”
  6. “Can This Be the End of Love”
  7. “The Lady in Red”
  8. “Honeysuckle Rose”

The Complete Benny Goodman, Vol. VIII

  1. “Handful of Keys”
  2. “Sugarfoot Stomp”
  3. “I’m a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas”
  4. “The Blue Room”
  5. “Sugar”
  6. “Lullaby in Rhythm”
  7. “My Melancholy Baby”
  8. “Wrappin’ It Up”

Jazz Sampler Volume One

  1. “Take Five” – Dave Brubeck Quartet
  2. “Saeta” – Miles Davis
  3. “Beale Street Blues” – Louis Armstrong
  4. “Until I Met You” – Duke Ellington & Count Basie Orchestras
  5. “Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)” – Benny Goodman

The Uncollected Anson Weeks and His Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra, 1932

  1. “Let’s Fly Away”
  2. “Medley (You Do Something to Me/I Can’t Give You Anything But Love/With a Song in My Heart)”
  3. “Who’s Your Little Who-zis”
  4. “Dancing on the Ceiling”
  5. “You’re My Everything”
  6. “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South”
  7. “Was That the Human Thing to Do”
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