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How Am I Doin' Hey Hey
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:02 pm
by Jonas
"How Am I Doin' Hey Hey" has haunted me for years now.
I have the Fletcher Henderson version from 1932 off of
"Yeah Man" [Hep 1016], but have been searching to no avail for a certain modern, kick-ass recording of it that I've heard played at many jams by a certain dj, but from whom I've never been able to extract enough information about the particular version despite both subtile and straightforward questions about who is the band leader, trumpeter, singer, and what is the recording year etc.
I have no sound or video clips, just the song title.
Any thoughts? (I know, with so little information it's kind of hard, but I figured you guys are the ones who'll eventually solve it!)
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:00 am
by lipi
i only have these:
1932 don redman, "shakin the african" (hep)
1935 louis prima, "complete brunswick & vocalion louis prima & wingy manone" (mosaic)
1944 svend asmussen, "oh! you jive thing" (p-vine records)
2005 steve lucky, "some like it hot"
the steve lucky one is the only one i'd call modern, it's about 200 bpm. i wouldn't call it kick-ass, but who knows?
the asmussen one i *would* call kick-ass. it has scatty lyrics, a clarinet solo, and, of course, some violin. no trumpet solo, though.
rayned probably has seventy-five versions he can list here. :o)
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:05 am
by Haydn
Jonas wrote:... have been searching to no avail for a certain modern, kick-ass recording of it that I've heard played at many jams by a certain dj ...
Any thoughts?
That's not really a song on my radar. I only have the Don Redman version, which, from a quick listen, I prefer to the Fletcher Henderson one that you mention.
http://www.lordisco.com/ lists quite a few recordings, including the following after 1950:
Sharkey Bonano (1952)
Magnolia Jazz Band (1954)
Magnolia Jazz Band (1956)
Franz Jackson (1957)
George Kelly (1984)
Franz Jackson (1990)
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... fyxqlgldje
The Steve Lucky one that Lipi mentioned (not on lordisco, but on allmusic) sounds lively with jam-friendly hand-claps ... is that the one you mean ? ...
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... fexzqkldfe
Incidentally, I've seen Shazam on the Apple iPhone identify songs. You just press a few buttons on the phone, and it tells you what's playing. Great for finding out what's playing ...
http://www.shazam.com/music/web/pages/iphone.html
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:08 am
by AlekseyKosygin
Great song...
It's unfortunate the DJ won't tell you details of the song he/she played. What's up with that?
BTW I can't find that Svend Asmussen Cd anywhere on the web, where did you purchase it?
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:17 am
by Haydn
AlekseyKosygin wrote:I can't find that Svend Asmussen Cd anywhere on the web, where did you purchase it?
Lipi said it was on this CD on the Japanese P-Vine label (may be hard to find though) -
http://www.amazon.com/You-Jive-Thing-Va ... B00005F2HA
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:07 am
by zzzzoom
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:23 am
by lipi
that's the one. i found it at amoeba, i think. i bought it for the two three peppers tracks it has. can't find the track list online, but here it is copied from my itunes library:
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Oh! You Sweet Thing Billy Banks 1932 2:48 Oh! You Jive Thing
Ain't Misbehavin' Bil "Bojangles" Robinson 1929 3:21 Oh! You Jive Thing
Tiger Rag The Mills Brothers 1932 1:41 Oh! You Jive Thing
The Song Is Ended Louis Armstrong with the Mills Brothers 1938 3:14 Oh! You Jive Thing
West Insides Blues Jamaica Jazzers 1924 2:38 Oh! You Jive Thing
I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) Fats Waller 1935 3:02 Oh! You Jive Thing
Swingin' on the Strings (P.D.) The Ink Spots 1935 2:38 Oh! You Jive Thing
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere The Three Peppers 1937 2:51 Oh! You Jive Thing
The Dack's Yas Yas Yas The Three Peppers 1937 2:23 Oh! You Jive Thing
Wrap Your Cares in Rhythm and Dance Nicholas Brothers 1936 3:12 Oh! You Jive Thing
I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woogie Now Lovin' Sam Theard 1936 2:32 Oh! You Jive Thing
Lawd, Lawd Cecil Scott 1929 3:08 Oh! You Jive Thing
Oh, Red! The Harlem Hamfats 1936 2:34 Oh! You Jive Thing
Callin' Corrine Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon 1939 2:53 Oh! You Jive Thing
Bare Foot Stomp Clifford Hayes' Louisvile Stompers 1928 3:17 Oh! You Jive Thing
How I'm Doin' Hey, Hey Svend Asmussen 1944 2:43 Oh! You Jive Thing
Hombre Mio (Man of Mine) Oscar Aleman 1941 3:12 Oh! You Jive Thing
Besame Mucho Oscar Aleman 1943 2:34 Oh! You Jive Thing
Yep Roc Heresi Slim Gaillard 1946 3:43 Oh! You Jive Thing
Flat Fleet Floogie Slim & Slam 1938 2:00 Oh! You Jive Thing
Riffin' at the Bar-B-Q Nat King Cole Trio 1939 2:05 Oh! You Jive Thing
Knock Me a Kiss Ida James with Nat King Cole Trio 1944 2:56 Oh! You Jive Thing
Romance without Finance Tiny Grimes 1944 3:04 Oh! You Jive Thing
Keep That Hi-De-Hi in Your Soul Cab Calloway 1935 2:57 Oh! You Jive Thing
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:07 pm
by Gong-Oh
There is also a version recorded in 2005 by the Swingsations, a great small band lead by Jim Ziegler, the trumpet player in Jonathan Stout's Campus 5.
Have you tried looking up the song on Allmusic.com?
AlekseyKosygin wrote:...
It's unfortunate the DJ won't tell you details of the song he/she played. What's up with that?
I met several DJs who don't seem so eager to share the titles of what they play. There is a local DJ who usually answers questions on his songs with an "I don't know the titles". And in at least a couple of occasions, I had DJs giving me wrong titles.
Lorenzo
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:52 pm
by Haydn
Gong-Oh wrote:I met several DJs who don't seem so eager to share the titles of what they play. There is a local DJ who usually answers questions on his songs with an "I don't know the titles". And in at least a couple of occasions, I had DJs giving me wrong titles.
Lorenzo
Time to reach for the iPhone?
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:03 pm
by Jonas
Thank you for all your answers. Searching on Allmusic for "How'm I Doin'? (Hey, Hey!)" instead of "How Am I Doin' Hey Hey" as my Henderson title suggested gave more hits, but no bingo yet. I will tell you if i find the right one. I hope it's still as good as I remembered it to be. Haven't heard it for a while now...
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:14 am
by zzzzoom
There are several in the iTunes music store . . .
Modern ones are by
Midnight Serenaders
Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
The Swingsations
none of them struck me as "kick-ass".
Just for fun.