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Playlist for June 20, 2008 from 12:00AM - 03:00AM

Current New Orleans Time: Sat, 4:33pm
Show Host(s): The Minister of Swing

Playlist Date & Time: 6/20/2008 12:00AM - 3:00AM

Program: Archived Playlist for The Minister of Swing

We did a Juneteenth tribute toward the middle of the show and finished with a Ray McKinley birthday tribute.

Playlist Tracks
Joe Jackson
"Rhythm Delivery"
Tucker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
A&M
1988
Opening theme.
Mound City Blue Blowers
"San"
Red McKenzie vol. 1
Sensation
2001
March 14, 1924. Frankie Trumbauer on C-melody sax.
Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra
"Dusky Stevedore"
1928-1929
Classics
2001
July 5, 1928. Trumbauer C-melody sax, Bix cornet.
Billy Jones
"Yes, We Have No Bananas"
Hits of '23
ASV
2004
March 1923. #1 hit record.
Miff Mole's Molers
"Moanin' Low"
1928-1937
Classics
2003
July 12, 1929. Jimmy Dorsey alto sax.
Fats Waller and his Rhythm
"I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar"
1940-1941
Classics
1998
November 6, 1940.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
1947-1948
Classics
2000
November 18, 1947. Al Hibbler vocal.
James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen
"Victory Stride"
Ben Webster: Complete 1943-1951 Small Group Recordings
Definitive
2001
March 4, 1944. Ben Webster tenor sax.
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang
"Doin' the Serpentine"
1937-1939
Classics
2000
May 16, 1938.
Wingy Manone and his Orchestra
"Rhythm is Our Business"
1935-1936
Classics
1995
July 5, 1935. Joe Manone vocal and trumpet, Bud Freeman tenor sax.
Bud Freeman and his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra
"Fidgety Feet"
1939-1940
Classics
1995
April 4, 1940.
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
"Harlem Stomp"
1939-1940
Classics
1991
March 14, 1940.
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
"The Honeydripper"
1942-1947
Classics
1998
November 13, 1945. Cab vocal, Danny Barker guitar and Jonah Jones trumpet.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Davenport Blues"
1938-1939
Classics
2001
November 29, 1938.
Jan Savitt and his Orchestra
"Blues in the Groove"
It's Time to Jump and Shout
Vintage Music
2001
February 3, 1940.
Benny Goodman and his Sextet
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
1940-1941
Classics
2000
December 19, 1940. Cootie Williams trumpet, Lionel Hampton vibes.
Cootie Williams and his Orchestra
"Juice Head Baby"
1945-1946
Classics
1998
May 29, 1945. Eddie Vinson vocal.
Don Byas and his Orchestra
"Stormy Weather"
Complete 1946-1951 European Small Group Sessions
Definitive
2001
June 12, 1947.
Buck Clayton and his Orchestra
"Perdido"
1949-1953
Classics
2004
November 21, 1949.
Charlie Ventura and his Orchestra
"Sophisticated Lady"
1949-1951
Classics
2003
December 28, 1949.
Rex Stewart and his Orchestra
"Boy Meets Horn"
1946-1947
Classics
1998
December 8, 1947.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
"Deep South Suite"
The Great Chicago Concerts
Music Masters
1994
November 10, 1946. Live recording starting a Juneteenth commemoration. The suite is broken down into four distinct movements: Magnolias Just Dripping with Molasses, Hearsay, There Was Nobody Looking and Happy-Go-Lucky Local.
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
"Juneteenth Jamboree"
Jivin' With Jordan
Proper
2002
January 25, 1940. Usually listed incorrectly as "June Tenth Jamboree."
Billie Holiday
"It's the Same Old Story"
1940-1942
Classics
1993
September 12, 1940. Billie singing in front of Roy Eldridge trumpet, Don redman alto sax, Teddy Wilson piano and Don Byas tenor sax.
Don Byas et son Rhythmes
"Summertime"
Complete 1946-1951 European Small Group Sessions
Definitive
2001
July 4, 1950.
Coleman Hawkins with Michel Warlop and his Orchestra
"What a Difference a Day Made"
1934-1937
Classics
1991
March 2, 1935. One of many recordings Hawkins made in France, this with Warlops orch. containing the superb Django Reinhardt on guitar and Stephane Grappelly violin.
Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy
"Downstream"
1937-1938
Classics
1991
February 15, 1937. Pha Terrell vocal.
Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
"Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop"
Five Minutes More
ASV
2001
March 28, 1946. tex leading the orchestra after Glenn's death.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Memphis Blues"
Beat Me Daddy, To a Boogie-Woogie Beat
Jasmine
1999
September 19, 1939.Closing out the show with a Ray McKinley tribute born June 18, 1910. Here Ray is featured on drums.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Old Doc Yak"
Beat Me Daddy, To a Boogie-Woogie Beat
Jasmine
1999
September 19, 1939. McKinley drums and vocals.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Three Ring Ragout"
Beat Me Daddy, To a Boogie-Woogie Beat
Jasmine
1999
December 2, 1940. McKinley drums.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Fatal Fascination"
1941
Circle
1995
September 7, 1941.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Chicken Gumboog(ie)"
1941
Circle
1995
January 7, 1941.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Whatcha Know, Joe?"
1941
Circle
1995
January 7, 1941. McKinley vocal.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"B-I, Bi"
1941
Circle
1995
September 7, 1941.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"
Beat Me Daddy, To a Boogie-Woogie Beat
Jasmine
1999
May 21, 1940. Their first huge hit.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Scrub Me Mama, with a Boogie-Woogie Beat"
Beat Me Daddy, To a Boogie-Woogie Beat
Jasmine
1999
September 18, 1940.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"I Boogied When I Should Have Woogied"
Beat Me Daddy, To a Boogie-Woogie Beat
Jasmine
1999
December 27, 1940.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Boogie-Woogie Conga"
Beat Me Daddy, To a Boogie-Woogie Beat
Jasmine
1999
January 21, 1941.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra Featuring Ray McKinley
"Yes, Indeed!"
1941
Circle
1995
September 7, 1941.
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
"Boogie Wooglie Piggy"
1941
Circle
1995
September 7, 1941.
Captain Glenn Miller conducting the Army Air Forces Training Command Band
"There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town of Berlin"
The Secret Broadcasts
BMG
1996
June 2, 1944. Technical Sargeant Ray McKinley vocal in Miller's WWII unit.
Captain Glenn Miller conducting the Army Air Forces Training Command Band
"Anvil Chorus"
The Secret Broadcasts
BMG
1996
March 10, 1944. As above with McKinley on drums.
Major Glenn Miller conducting the American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force
"Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby?"
The Lost Recordings
Conifer
1995
October 30, 1944. Essentially the same band as listed before. McKinley does a greta job singing this one.
Floyd Ray and his Orchestra
"Three O'Clock in the Morning"
Tea Pad Songs
Stash
1976
February 1939. Closing theme.