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#166 Post by Bob the Builder » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:53 pm

sonofvu wrote: Exactly Like You - Ken "Snake Hips" Johnson and His West Indian Dance Band
I really thing these guys were such a good band. They are one of the few non-US bands that are up on a par with some of the best of the US bands.

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#167 Post by Skippy » Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:19 pm

Yoko Noge - You Don't Have To Go

(or pretty much anything on the "Yoko Noge and the Jazz Me Blues Band" CD)
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#168 Post by LazyP » Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:44 am

Lucky Millinder - Apollo Jump
Helen Humes - He May Be Your Man
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#169 Post by CMU Matt » Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:46 am

"Drunk" Jimmy Liggins
"Ridin And Jivin" Earl Hines
"Johnny Come Lately" Duke Ellington
"I Just Want To Make Love To You" Muddy Waters

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#170 Post by djstarr » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:28 pm

Davenport Blues - Jack Teagarden, "Jazz Great"

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#171 Post by Allen » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:26 pm

djstarr wrote:Davenport Blues - Jack Teagarden, "Jazz Great"
I've really been enjoying Jack Teagarden lately as well.

After Awhile - Jack Teagarden,"King Of The Blues Trombone"
Mis'ry And The Blues - Jack Teagarden,"Quadromania - Jack Teagarden"
That's What I Like About You - Jack Teagarden with Fats Waller,"King Of The Blues Trombone"
I'm An Old Cowhand - Jack Teagarden,"King Of The Blues Trombone"
Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong and His All Stars - "King of the Blues Trombone"

I really love Teagarden's voice, together with Louis Armstrong it's just awesome.

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#172 Post by dancin_hanson » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:46 pm

"Esquire Bounce" Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul of the Saxaphone
"What's Your Story?" Fletcher Henderson - Jazz After Hours
"Mood Hollywood" Tommy Dorsey And Jimmy Dorsey - The Dorsey Brothers

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#173 Post by djstarr » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:39 pm

Allen wrote: That's What I Like About You - Jack Teagarden with Fats Waller,"King Of The Blues Trombone"
How is this album? I don't think I have ever heard this song before, it sounds like it would be awesome.

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#174 Post by stephiroth » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:22 pm

you can hear sound samples of the cd Here

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#175 Post by Petitetonya » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:50 pm

Hmm, some of my favorites during the past year (I am just looking at my top 25 most frequently played songs on Itunes):

Savoy Blues - Kid Ory
Gang Busters - Cats and the Fiddle
Shoutin' Blues - Count Basie
Wednesday Night Hop - Andy Kirk
The Lindy Hop - Lil Armstrong
Spinnin' the Web - Chick Webb
Till Tom Special - charlie Christian
Peckin' - Ben Pollack
Jump Session - Slim & Slam
Jumpin' at the Savoy - Al Cooper
The Gal From Joe's - Duke Ellington
Flying Home #2 - Lionel Hampton
Blues in Bea's Flat - Panama Francis
Basement Boogie - Pete Johnson
Sugar Blues - Clarence Williams (awesome ragtime sounding song)
Moppin' and Boppin' - Fats Waller
Pussy Willow - Duke Ellington
I Wish I could Shimmy Like my Sister Kate - Muggsy Spanier
Madame Dynamite - Eddie Condon
Sweet Savannah Sue - Fats Waller
Sweet Patootie - Sidney Bechet
Lindy Hoppers Delight - Chick Webb

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#176 Post by Allen » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:03 am

I've been listening to Joe Daniels and His Hot Shots. The "Swign is the Thing" Album to be exact. It's pretty much pure gold.

Highlights are:
It Don't Mean A Thing
Whirlwind
Darktown Strutters Ball
Down Beat
Jammin' Sessions

Plus it has the song that they use in industrial scenes in old cartoons, "Powerhouse"

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#177 Post by Allen » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:44 pm

djstarr wrote:
Allen wrote: That's What I Like About You - Jack Teagarden with Fats Waller,"King Of The Blues Trombone"
How is this album? I don't think I have ever heard this song before, it sounds like it would be awesome.
I've been liking the album, I have that and the Quadromania Teagarden collection which i'm also enjoying.

I'll add another one of my favorite teagarden songs from that set for good measure "A Song Was Born"

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#178 Post by Allen » Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:13 pm

Collier's Clambake (Buckin' For A Buck) - George Wettling's Dixielanders - Edmond Hall: 1941-1957
Dream Man (Make Me Dream Some More) - Fats Waller and His Rhythm - Portrait: Fats Waller
Dippermouth Blues - Mugsy Spanier - The Best of Dixieland Jazz
Gal-A-Vanting - Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters - Ellington's Small Units
An Apple For the Teacher - Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins - Swing That Music: Best of the Little Big Bands
Viper Mad - Noble Sissle's Swingsters - Portrait: Sidney Bechet
Blackstick - Noble Sissle's Swingsters - Portrait: Sidney Bechet
They're Red Hot - Robert Johnson - The Complete Collection
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Sidney Bechet and Claude Luter - Jazz In Paris

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#179 Post by Allen » Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:48 am

Some New favorites of mine:

Vibraphona - Joe Venuti & His Blue Four - Adrian Rollini: Tap Room Swing
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - Clarence Williams - Quadromania
Come And Get It - Fats Waller - Portrait: Fats Waller Volume 2
Wolverine Blues - Kid Ory - Quadromania
I've Found A New Baby - Kid Ory - Quadromania
Davenport Blues - Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra - Adrian Rollini: Tap Room Swing

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#180 Post by Haydn » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:20 am

Allen wrote: Come And Get It - Fats Waller - Portrait: Fats Waller Volume 2
Just listed to this on my collection - nice 8)

A lot of Fats Waller music is great, but doesn't his 'singing' put you off sometimes?

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