Ooh, What You Said

From Wikipedia: Garber was known as "The Idol of the Airwaves" in his heyday of the 1920's and '30s, playing jazz in the vein of contemporaries such as Paul Whiteman and Guy Lombardo. Garber played violin with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra after World War I and formed the Garber-Davis Orchestra with pianist Milton Davis from 1921-1924. After parting with Davis, he formed his own orchestra, playing both "sweet" and "hot" '20s dance music. He was hit hard by the Great Depression, and in the 1930s, he refashioned his ensemble into a big band and recorded a string of successful records for Victor. During World War II, Garber began playing swing jazz, a rather unexpected turn; his arranger during this time was Gray Rains and his vocalist was Liz Tilton. The recording restrictions in America during the war eventually made his ensemble unfeasible, and he returned to "sweet" music after the war, continuing to lead ensembles nearly up until the time of his death in 1977. Enjoy. +

Tracks

01. My Dear
02. It's A Wonderful World
03. Rose Room
04. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
05. Do You Ever Think Of Me
06. Ooh, What You Said
07. The Siren's Song
08. Lady Be Good
09. Stardust
10. Because Of You
11. Birth Of The Blues
12. I Hear A Rhapsody
13. Whispering
14. Love Song Of Renaldo
15. Somebody Loves Me
16. I'll See You In My Dreams

The Varsity Drag

Time to get out your pennant, raccoon coat and don't forget the flask! My guess is that college life hasn't really changed that much over the years. Enjoy. +

Tracks

1. Doin' The Raccoon - George Olsen & His Music
2. Collegiate Fanny - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
3. Sophomore Prom - Ted Weems & His Orchestra
4. Campus Capers - Charles Dornberger & His Orchestra
5. Collegiate Love - Ted Weems & His Orchestra
6. All American Girl - George Olsen & His Music
7. The Varsity Drag - George Olsen & His Music
8. The Prep Step - Jesse Stafford & His Orchestra
9. He Ain't Never Been In College - Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser)
10. She's The Sweetheart Of Six Other Guys - Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser)
11. At The Prom - Irving Mills & His Modernists
12. Collegiana - Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
13. Washington & Lee Swing - Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
14. Collegiate Sam - Harry Reser's Syncopators
15. A Hot Dog, A Blanket And You - Gene Kardos & His Orchestra
16. Freddy The Freshman - Gene Kardos & His Orchestra
17. Hark The Sound Of Tar Heel Voices - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
18. College Rhythm - Johnny Davis & His Orchestra

Red Hot Mama

I like this set because it included versions by artists I might not have picked up otherwise such as Blossom Seeley, Libby Holman and others. That and the fact that ASV usually puts good sets together. Enjoy. +

Tracks

1. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now - Jane Green
2. Am I Blue? - Libby Holman
3. Dangerous Nan McGrew - Helen Kane
4. Maybe, Who Knows? - Kate Smith
5. Do Do Do - Gertrude Lawrence
6. The Blues Have Got Me - Marion Harris
7. A New Kind Of Man (With A New Kind Of Love For Me) - Blossom Seeley
8. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Mildred Hunt
9. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) - Aileen Stanley
10. Why Am I So Romantic? - Lilian Roth
11. You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You? - Annette Hanshaw
12. If Your Kisses Can't Hold The Man You Love - Sophie Tucker
13. Red Hot Mama - The Bronx Sisters
14. Moanin' Low - Lee Morse
15. It All Belongs To Me - Ruth Etting
16. Blues In My Heart - Greta Keller
17. Do Something - Zelma O'Neal
18. You Remind Me Of A Naughty Springtime Cuckoo - Helen Morgan
19. Red Hot Henry Brown - Margaret Young
20. Ya Gotta Know How To Love - Margaret Young

Echos From The Cocoanut Grove

A three-fer today, these are transcriptions that were meant for radio station one-time play. Very nice music. It's a shame there aren't more like this floating around. Enjoy. + + +

Tracks

Arnheim 1931

1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. Just One More Chance
3. Roll On Mississippi, Roll On
4. By A Lazy Country Lane
5. At Your Command
6. My Sweet Tooth Says I Wanna
7. You Said It
8. Lies
9. Nobody's Sweetheart
10. You're The Surest Cure For The Blues
11. You Don't Know What You're Doing
12. There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby
13. Any Corner Is A Cozy Corner
14. She Went To Havana
15. It's Love
16. Love For Sale
17. Can't You Read Between The Lines
18. Why Dance
19. Out Of Nowhere
20. What Is It


Jimmie Grier 1932

1. Bend Down Sister
2. Stardust
3. By the Sycamore Tree
4. (We've Got To) Put That Sun Back in the Sky
5. Just Temporarily Blue
6. Tell Tales
7. I Promise You
8. More You Hurt Me
9. Kiss by Kiss (I'm Falling in Love With You)
10. You Could Have Been the One Baby
11. Two Loves Have I
12. What Did You Do With It?
13. Sugar
14. I Idolize My Baby's Eyes
15. Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
16. Tired
17. Ooh, That Kiss
18. Was That the Human Thing to Do?
19. Goodnight Moon
20. Music in the Moonlight


Phil Harris 1932-33

1. Got a Date with an Angel
2. How Can You Say No (When All the World Is Saying Yes?)
3. Rockin' Chair
4. Baby
5. I'm Making Hay in the Moonlight
6. Vamp
7. Mimi
8. How's About It?
9. Linger a Little Longer in the Twilight
10. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me
11. You (Just Wonderful You)
12. Lazy River
13. Cop on the Beat, The Man in the Moon, And Me
14. Young and Healthy
15. Million Dreams
16. 12th Street Rag
17. We Better Get Together Again
18. I've Got Nothing to Do But Love
19. Along Came Love
20. 'Til Tomorrow

Bread and Gravy

Volume 7 highlights the ladies. Enjoy. +

Tracks

1 Play 'Em for Mamma, Sing 'Em for Me - Katie Crippen, Henderson's Novelty Orchestra
2 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Lena Wilson
3 Mandy, Make up Your Mind - Eva Taylor, Clarence Williams
4 Georgia Grind - Edmonia Henderson
5 Pratt City Blues - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
6 Sugar - Alberta Hunter
7 The Blues I Love to Sing - Adelaide Hall, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
8 The Mooche - Baby Cox, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
9 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Bessie Smith
10 Moanin' the Blues - Victoria Spivey, Luis Russell Orchestra
11 My Old Flame - Ivie Anderson, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
12 Where the Lazy River Goes By - Gladys Palmer, Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra
13 Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
14 I Got a Guy - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb & His Orchestra
15 My Daddy Rocks Me, Pt. 1 - Trixie Smith
16 The Mood That I'm In - Valaida Snow
17 On the Bumpy Road to Love - Nan Wynn, Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
18 Harlem on Saturday Night - Lil Armstrong & Her Swing Orchestra
19 My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Helen Humes, Count Basie Orchestra
20 Bread and Gravy - Ethel Waters
21 She's Funny That Way - Thelma Carpenter, Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
22 I'm Getting Sentimental over You - Laurel Watson, Roy Eldridge

Patrol Wagon Blues

Volume 8 from the L'Art Vocal series highlights a hodgepodge of singers. No surprises in the selections, really. But they did avoid the usual names that you find everywhere else and include a couple lesser-known singers. Enjoy. +

Tracks


1. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle - Perry "Mule" Bradford's Jazz Phools with Louis Armstrong
2. Doctor Jazz - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
3. I'm Sober Now - Pinetop Smith
4. You Might Get Better, But You'll Never Get Well - Henry Allen & His New York Orchestra
5. Patrol Wagon Blues - Henry "Red" Allen
6. Just a Gigolo - Louis Armstrong
7. I Heard - Don Redman & His Orchestra
8. I Wanna Count Sheep (Till the Cows Come Home) - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
9. Reefer Man - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
10. Shag - Wilson Myers
11. Diga Diga Doo - The Mills Brothers
11. Rhythm - Spirits of Rhythm
12. Dear Old Southland - Louis Bacon
13. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Taft Jordan
14. Old Joe's Hittin' the Jug - Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys
15. Lost Love - Fats Waller & His Rhythm
16. Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) - Jimmy Rushing
17. The Flat Foot Floogie - Slim Gaillard
18. Old Man Ben - Hot Lips Page
19. Ain't She Sweet - Trummy Young
20. I Love You - Dan Grissom
21. Baby, Look at You - Big Joe Turner