Holiday Head-Spinner

Have a jazz/R&B/funk/soul/gospel trip through the holidays on the 

Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour, WZBC.ORG, 12.22.2016.

LISTEN HERE
 
PLAYLIST

Paul Bley "Santa Clause Is Comin' to Town" (1953), on Debut
 
Dave McKenna "Jingle Bells" from "Christmas Party-Holiday Piano Spiked With Swing" (1997), on Concord
 
Ray Charles "Winter Wonderland" from "Spirit of Christmas" (1956) on MGM
 
Charlie Parker "White Christmas" from "Live at Royal Roost" (1948) on Savoy
 
Charles Brown "Christmas in Heaven" from "Christmas in Heaven" (1965) on Jewel Records
 
Eyal Vilner Big Band "Sevivon" from "Hanukkah - EP" (2016) on Eyal Vilner Big Band

Joe Pass "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from "Joe Pass - Six String Santa" (1992) on LaserLight Digital ‎

Louis Armstrong "Twas the Night before Christmas" (1971) on Continental

Amos Milburn "Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby"(1948) on Aladdin
 
Frank Sinatra "Let It Snow" from "Christmas Songs" (1948), on Columbia
 
Joseph Spence "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" from "Living On The Hallelujah Side" (1980) on Rounder
 
The Soul Saints Orchestra "Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul" (1994) on Hot Pie and Candy records
 
Charles Brown "Merry Christmas Baby" from "Cool Christmas Blues" (1984), on Bullseye Blues

Fats Domino "Jingle Bells" from "Christmas is a Special Day" (2006), on Cap
 
Otis Redding "White Christmas" (1967) on Atco
 
The Blind Boys Of Alabama "Last Month Of The Year" from "Go Tell it on the Mountain" (2008), on Real World
 
Clarence Carter "Back Door Santa"  (1968) on Atlantic

Vince Guaraldi "Christmas Time Is Here" from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965) on Fantasy

Funk Machine "Soul Santa" (1973) on Creative Funk

Ella Fitzgerald "The Christmas Song" from "A Swinging Christmas" (1960) on Verve
 
John Coltrane Quartet "Greensleeves" from "Africa Brass" (1961) on Impulse
 
Chet Baker "Joy To The World" from "A Christmas Jazz Album" (1997) on Dinemec Jazz
 
Duke Pearson "Wassail Song" from "Merry Old Soul" (1965) on Blue Note
 
Wynton Marsalis "We Three Kings" from "Crescent City Christmas Card" (1989) on Columbia  

Louis Armstrong "Cool Yule" from "Louis Armstrong With The Commanders" (1953), on Decca
 
Fats Waller "Swingin' Them Jingle Bells" (1936) on Victor
 
Dianne Reeves "Christmas Waltz" from "Christmas Time is Here" (2004) on Blue Note
 
Ray Charles "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (2009), on Concord

AUTUMN AND BALLADS

It's fall. Linger in the splendors of maple, ash and birch. It may help you infuse winter's stark chiaroscuro with some warmth. For those who are not graced with a vista of changing foliage, I've interspersed a few samples.

Ella


Sinatra

It's: The Food Show!

I was pre-empted on the day itself, but did the Thanksgiving Dinner show on Dec. 5. It was some toothsome fare, if I do say so myself. Take a look at the playlist and then listen to the show. Bon appetit!

Here's the show

Ray Charles “One Mint Julep”  (ABC 1961)

Louis Armstrong “Cornet Chop Suey” (Okeh 1926)

Mickey Katz “Herring Boats”  (Capital 1961)

Dizzy Gillespie “Salt Peanuts” (Guild 1945)

Eddie Lang “Cheese and Crackers”  (1927)

Benny Goodman, Fats Navarro “Stealin Apples”  (Capital 1948)

Howard McGhee “Turnip Blood”  (Savoy 1947)

Louis Jordan “Beans and Cornbread” S (1949)

Bessie Smith “Gimme a Pigfoot”  (Okeh 1933)

John Lee Hooker “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”
from one bourbon, one scotch, one beer MP3 (chess 1975)

Leadbelly “Grey Goose” (RCA)

Memphis Minnie “Keep On Eatin'”  (Vocalion 1938)

Louis Armstrong “Struttin With Some Barbeque” (Okeh 1927)

Morganna King “Taste Of Honey”  (Mainstream 1971)

Bob Dorough “The Coffee Song”  (Blue Note 2000)

Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra “Fine Dinner” (1939)

Jazztet “Milano”  (ARGO 1961)

A New Jazz Glossary of Tempos (Super Bowl counter-programming)

I offered "Tempo de Chet: as a substitute for Lento. Others:

Larghissimo=Ray Charles
Adagio= Pee Wee Russell
Andante=Benny Carter

Moderato=Red Garland
Allegro=Fats Navarro

Presto=Lionel Hampton
Prestissimo=Bird