Thursday, February 18, 2010


Ray Anderson


Ray Anderson & Bob Stewart Heavy Metal Duo: Work Songs and Other Spirituals "Some Day"
Ray Anderson & Lapis Lazuli Band Funkorific "Pheromonical" Enja Records
Ray Anderson-"Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" From the Wishbone Lp (1991)Composer : Charles Mingus Ray Anderson : trombone Fumio Itabashi : piano Dion Parson : drums
Mark Helias : bass
Ray Anderson & Marty Ehrlich Quartet - Live at Moviemento 2009 06 16 "For Leroy"
Ray Anderson - tb Marty Ehrlich - sax (Clarinet?) Brad Jones - bass Matt Wilson - drums
Nov. 3, 1988 Berlin Jazz Festival "Black Pastels" Hank Roberts - cello, Tim Berne - alto s,Ray Anderson - tb, Art Baron - tb, Dave Taylor - b-tb, Bill Frisell - g,
Joey Baron - dr

Friday, February 05, 2010


Gene Ammons


Gene Ammons Rhythm Kings McDougal's Sprout (1947) MERCURY 8062
Gene Ammons Sextet Shermanski (1947) MERCURY 8096
Gene Ammons & His Sextet Brother Jug's Sermon (1949) MERCURY 8125
Gene Ammons Quintet Blowin' Red's Top (1947) ALLADDIN 3012
Gene Ammons & His Sextet Daddy Sauce's Airlines (1949) MERCURY 8145
Gene Ammons Sextet Hold That Money (1947) MERCURY 8062
Gene Ammons Somewhere Along The Way DECCA 28222
Gene Ammons Sextet Idaho (1947) MERCURY 8048
Gene Ammons Sextet Sugar-coated (1947) MERCURY 8905
Gene Ammons Quintet Concentration (1947) ALLADDIN 3012
Gene Ammons Old Folks DECCA 28094
Gene Ammons Sextet Harold The Fox (1947) MERCURY 8123
Gene Ammons & His Sextet Abdullah's Fiesta (1949) MERCURY 8125
Gene Ammons Sextet E.A.A.K Blues (1947) MERCURY 8096
Gene Ammons Sextet Dues In Blues 1947 MERCURY 8080
Gene Ammons Traveling Light (1952) SAVOY 4526
Gene Ammons Street Of Dreams(1952) SAVOY 4527
Tony Bennettt Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Gene Ammons My Foolish Heart CHESS CHES1425
Gene Ammons Sextet Jeet Jet (1947) MERCURY 8123
Gene Ammons Just Chip (1952) SAVOY 4528

Thursday, February 04, 2010


Dr. T and Teatime


Albert Ayler


From high atop the East River, at the foot of Congress Street Pier, in Brooklyn.
Introduction from MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER (1963)
Spirits (alternate take) from SPIRITUAL UNITY (1964)
Ghosts from GHOSTS (1964)
Holy Family from SPIRITS REJOICE (1965)
Copenhagen Concert (1966):
Introduction (1:05) ‘Truth Is Marching In’ (9:47) ‘Holy Ghost/unknown title/Light In Darkness’ (9:06)‘Our Prayer’ (3:59) Unknown Title (incomplete) (3:43)
Change Has Come from IN GREENWICH VILLAGE (1967)
Our Prayer from IN GREENWICH VILLAGE (1967)
Coltrane funeral (1967) (a rougher version than the one in the Holy Ghost box)
Bells from LOVE CRY (1967)
Water Music from THE LAST ALBUM (1969)
Eastern Song from DON AYLER IN FLORENCE 1981, Vol. 3.
Suite for Albert Ayler - Don Cherry Quintet (1966)

(Recorded at the Cafe Montmartre, Copenhagen on 31st March 1966. The line-up is Don Cherry (cornet), Gato Barbieri (tenor sax), Karl Berger (vibes), Bo Stief (bass) and Aldo Romano (drums).
Sean WIlkie has provided the following breakdown of the medley:
0.00 – 1.52 Ghosts theme
1.52 – 4.35 Cherry then Barbieri solo on/with the Ghosts tune
4.35 – 4.57 Awake Nu
4.57 – 5.20 Rollins-ish calypso-like tune
5.15 – 5.20 Ghosts as well
5.20 – 5.57 Berger solo
5.57 – 6.05 Rollins-ish calypso
6.05 – 6.30 Ghosts
6.30 – 7.25 Holy Spirit, with Barbieri outbursts
7.25 – 7.55 Mothers (with Berger interpolating Holy Spirit)
7.55 – 8.12 Barbieri breaks loose
8.12 – 8.37 Holy Spirit
8.38 – 9.20 unidentified tune
9.20 – 9.25 Holy Spirit briefly remembered
9.25 – 10.11/end Ghosts reprised.
Suite for Albert Ayler was originally released on Live at Cafe Montmartre, 1966: Volume 2 (Magnetic Records MRCD112) and was re-released in 2008 on ESP 4043.)

Friday, January 22, 2010


Henry "Red" Allen

From high atop the Famous Door 66 West 52nd Street in beautiful midtown Manhattan, It's time once again for Dr. T and Teatime.
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band Mobile Stomp (1927) Bogalusa Strut (1927) Down By The Riverside 10-22-1927 Everybody's Talking About Sammy 4-14-1927 Allen had already left the band when these recordings were made.
George Lewis Burgundy Street Blues (1944) Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula Good Time Jazz
George Lewis New Orleans Stomp Climax Rag (1945) Bluenote BN101
NY Orchestra: Henry Allen fronting the Luis Russell Orchestra.
Biff'ly Blues 7-16-1929 Victor V-38073-B
Body And Soul (1935) Vocalion 2965
I'll Bet You Tell That To All The Girls (1936) Vocalion 3214
Make A Country Bird Fly Wild (1929) Victor 38107
When My Dream Boat Comes Home (1937) Vocalion 3389
Dancing Dave 2-18-1930 Victor V-38121-A
Feeling Drowsy Victor 7-17-1929 V-38080-A
Seven Lively Arts "The Sound of Jazz" Red Allen starts on Wild Man Blues, Coleman Hawkins,sax,Gerry Mulligan, baritone, Vic Dickenson, trombone, Pee Wee Russell, clarinet, Rex Stewart, cornet, Jo Jones, drums.
"The Sound of Jazz" was a 1957 edition of the CBS television series Seven Lively Arts, and one of the first major jazz music programs to air on American network television. The one-hour program aired Sunday, December 8, 1957, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time, live from CBS Studio 58, the Town Theater at 851 Ninth Avenue in New York City, New York. The show was hosted by New York Herald-Tribune media critic John Crosby, directed by Jack Smight, and produced by Robert Herridge. Jazz writers Nat Hentoff and Whitney Balliett were the primary music consultants.
Pops Episode
This is a Scam. This is not a Real Pops Episode.
Der are a lotta scams out der. Da Amish Miracle Fireplace scam. Dealer Warranty Services scam. A new scam targeting Haitian Americans trying to bring their relatives from the earthquake-riddled country to the United States has surfaced, authorities warned today. Haitian Americans contacted in the scheme are offered documents they supposedly need to bypass the official government process to bring family members from the devastated island to America.
You've got to hand it to those identity thieves – they're usually a step ahead of the banks whose customers are their primary targets.
When a spam email went out last month, disguised as a message from Valley National Bank's security department, the bank quickly responded, posting a warning on its Web site.
"A fraudulent e-mail has circulated to some Valley customers claiming that the bank has temporarily suspended their account due to "Billing Failure," the warning states. "This e-mail also provides a link to click on in order to complete an account update to unlock their account."
The bank, which has 175 branches in New York and New Jersey, says the e-mails are not legitimate and says they should be deleted. It points out that clicking on the link will take victims to a bogus site where they will be asked to reveal username, password, and other sensitive data.
But the scammers have moved on to "phase two" of their scam operation. Millions of other spam emails are now hitting inboxes, purporting to be warnings from the bank about this very scam.
"Members and Non-Members may have received an e-mail that "appears" to be from VALLEY NATIONAL BANK," the bogus email reads. "This is an e-mail fraud attempt designed by hackers to obtain your personal information. The e-mail has a link that sends you to a site similar to our Internet Branch site and requests you to supply your card information. We urge you not to follow the links or enter any account information."
So, the scammer is sending out an email warning consumers about his own scam. What gives?
As one reads further, the hook is revealed.
"For your security, your online banking profile has been locked," the email says. "Unlocking your profile will take approximately one minute to complete."
The email then gives – not a Web link, but a toll-free number to call. Of course, those who call will be asked to provide their username, password, and other sensitive information. But the scammer is betting consumers will fall for it, because the scam is delivered in the form of a warning about the scam.
Pretty clever guys, those scammers.
So when da Amazin Book company sent me a notice dat somebody was buying stuff using my credit card. Den da credit card company called me and said, no, it's true. Some guy in Switzerland was charging stuff on my card and den dey went over da list a deese weird purchase dat dey said he made: Cheese fondue set, naughty ladies negleegee, and a new cell phone. Da Hell Kat dat evening again served a batch of her new chili recipe: Click here for Egyptian chili chili recipe. Den I had this weird dream about some guy yodeling, wearing a naughty ladies negleegee and being hung upside down over a huge pot of boiling swiss cheese which was labeled Visa on its gold encrusted outside surface and makin a cell call for Swiss 911.

Thursday, January 21, 2010


All you want to do is leave your heirs with a will -- not a bill. Dat was da opening line of a telemarketer da udder day dat was trying ta sell me a prepaid funeral plan from da Dennis Whistlelowsky Funeral Home.
Da average funeral in da United States costs roughly $6,000, according to da Federal Trade Commission, and many top $10,000.
So why not pay for your own funeral before it's your time to go? Save your relatives all da hassle.

If you're not familiar with da concept, "prepaid" or "preneed" funerals allow you to buy everything from a casket to cremation services from your local funeral home. Your final arrangements are taken care of before you move on da great beyond -- even if that is decades away.

Marketed heavily to da elderly and baby boomer generation, prepaid funerals currently account for a quarter to one third of all funerals, according to da National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA).

And da attraction is easy to understand. Prepaying for a funeral can relieve your family members from having to make funeral arrangements while day offer buyers a chance to beat inflation by buying at today's prices.

So I went down ta talk ta Mr. Whistlelowsky: I asked a few questions:

If you move...For example, if you purchase a prepaid contract from your funeral home in da gloomy Nordaast and retire to sunny Florida, can I transfer da money for a funeral down der? No, he said solemnly.

If you change your mind...Or suppose you have second thoughts about da funeral home where you buy a prepaid plan -- can ya get yar money backdepending on what state you live in, you may be entitled only to a portion of your money back? No, he said solemnly.
He said: Funeral costs add up
Most commonly selected services and merchandise
Professional service charges
$1,213
Embalming
$420
Odar preparations (cosmetology, hair)
$150
Visitation/viewing
$275
Funeral at funeral home
$350
Transfer remains to funeral home
$154
Hearse (local)
$185
Service car/van
$85
Acknowledgement cards
$18
Casket
$2,330
Vault
$950
Total
$6,130*
* Not including cemetery charges, such as da plot, opening/closing da grave, monument or marker.
In order to "lock in" today's prices, we offer payment plans.
How about if I wanna be buried with a hermetically sealed Tupperware container a da Hell Kat's Chili?
Dat's extra, he said solemnly.
How about if I wanna be buried in a pine box instead a fancy casket? Dat's extra, he said solemnly.
How about if I wanna be buried in a cigar box instead a fancy casket? We don't do dat, he said solemnly.
I said I'd tink about it.

Thursday, January 14, 2010


Cannonball Adderley


Cannonball Adderley - alto sax
Nat Adderley - cornet
Yusef Lateef - tenor sax, oboe, flute
Joe Zawinul - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Louis Hayes - drums Brother John
Fun from Mercy, Mercy, Mercy on Capitol
Cannonball Adderley - alto sax
Nat Adderley - cornet
Joe Zawinul - piano - piano/keyboards
Victor Gaskin - bass
Roy McCurdy - drums
"Cannonball Adderley Quintet Live in San Francisco," the subject of the 4th Chapter of the Concord Music Group Video Podcast Series, Orrin Keepnews, Producer, in which the legendary Jazz producer talks about his greatest recordings.
Games from Mercy, Mercy, Mercy on Capitol
Cannonball Adderley - alto sax
Nat Adderley - cornet
Joe Zawinul - piano - piano/keyboards
Victor Gaskin - bass
Roy McCurdy - drums
Black Messiah part 1 Berlin 1972 European Jazztage
Cannonball Adderley - alto sax
Nat Adderley - cornet
George Duke - piano - piano/keyboards
Walter Booker - bass
Roy McCurdy - drums
"Bop" from "The Subject is Jazz," 1958. Interview - Cannonball talks about Charlie Parker. Music - "Tribute to Monk" and "Jeannie." Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophone; Nat Adderley, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Billy Taylor, piano, Music Director; Ed Safranski, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums
Sticks from Mercy, Mercy, Mercy on Capitol
Cannonball Adderley - alto sax
Nat Adderley - cornet
Joe Zawinul - piano - piano/keyboards
Victor Gaskin - bass
Roy McCurdy - drums

Wednesday, January 06, 2010


Bassist Pee Wee Ellis and saxophone player Ron Carter playing "for listeners only" at the Pythod Club in Rochester, New York, 1958

Muhal Abrams


From High atop the Pythod Club in beautiful downtown Rochester NY, it's time once again for Dr. T and Teatime. 2010 brings a new format to Dr. T. Individual artists / performers composers will be the focus. We will try to get a sample of their whole career so far.
1. Live at Millenium Park 16 Aug 2007
2. Blues Forever 1993
a. Ancient and Future Reflections
b. Du King (dedicated to Duke Ellington)
c. Chambea
d. Duet for One World
e. Blues Forever
f. Cluster for Many World
g. Quartet to Quartet

3.Vision Towards Essence 2007 Pi Recordings Parts 1, 2, 3.

Thursday, December 17, 2009


Belle Union, Indiana


Well, I knew that it was going to be a tough cuppla weeks, what wid the holleyday season comin' up. I knew dat I would be missin all a da usual holiday festivities down at St. Mary's in da Greenwood, since da place was closed. Da kids choir singin da kolendy about da Baby Jesus in da hay, da annal parish Christmas party down in da church hall, da decuratin' a da church, sayin a few prayers before da manger scene and da kid lying der in da fake hay. It brings a tear ta my eye.
Speakin'a bringin' tears ta my eye, da Hell Kat (aka my luverly wife Helen)made some fantabulously hot chili ta cheer me up I guess. It had some kind of strange fat free cheese on da top. When I went ta sleep last night, I was kinder expectin' one a my mystical revelations, appropriated ta da holleyday season, a course. In my dream/nightmare I was walkin down Wisteria Lane in a Santa Claus suit, headed toward St. Mary's in da Greenwood for some kinda Christmas party and da bells in da church began ta ring mysteriously and den outta da side door a door church there emerged a mysterious figure wid its arms stretched forward and lifted up and kinda walkin' like a zombie. When I got closer I realized it was Bishop Martino come back from da dead and when he got real close, he reached out and tried ta choke me. I turned and tried ta flee, but da harder I tried ta run da slower I seemed ta go. I woke up in a cold sweat and da Hell Kat said what da heck was happenin' wid all da thrashin' n kickin. I explained what my dream/nightmare had been and she said dat's funny da bells at da church were just ringin'. Da next mornin' I find out dat she was right, some squirrels and chipmunks had broken inta da bell tower ta get outta da cold and had had a real fun time chasing each udder around and ringin da bells. Everybody in da neighborhood heard dem. Den Bob Lewandowski down at da Dunkin' Doughnuts today asked me what Bishop Martino was doin' knockin on my door last night. Boy, I'm startin' ta doubt my own insanity.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

South Bend, Indiana

Charlies Weiss Christmas Shopping for a New Job Show

Today's Episode of Pops McGonigle is dedicated to the doctors, especially Dr. Rutta and the staff, especially Nurse Janice at the
Gastrointestinal Consultants Suite 1 517 Ash St Scranton, PA 18509.
The great Geek philosopher Aristotle says that every good piece of literature has a beginning, middle, and an end in dat order. Well, today we're going ta start wid da end. My regular doctor, Dr. Dr. Bogomil, said dat it was ten years since my last colonoscopy, and dat he would make an appointment for me wid my old doctor, Dr. Rutta. Dey had joined togedder inta one a deese medical groups on Ash Street. Dey called and said dat I would have ta fast and take these laxtive pills and den mix dis stuff wid da Gratorade and den evacuate da building. Well, da next day, da Hellkat had ta drive me down because dey wouldn't let me drive after da procedure and she's have ta wait. Dey gave me da Michael Jackson drug and den I came oudda it. It was much more painless dan die old sigmonfreudoscope daze. Dey were showing a slide show on da TV monitor of da Panama canal with special stops in colon. Den dey hooked me up ta all deese monitors while I was comin off da drug. What a morning! Nothing was discovered. I guess all's well dat ends well.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009


Cumberland Indiana


Mike Seeger plays "Cumberland Gap"
Tonya Watts "Cumberland Angels"
Rochelle House Come On Boy, Put Your Shoes On, Water Rochouserecords.org
Lonnie Donegan Cumberland Gap part of of the series Putting On The Donegan
Nellie McKay, Dig It, Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day, Verve
Shenandoah - The Church on Cumberland Road
Molly O'Day Cumberland Mountain Folk Don't Forget The Family Prayer (1948) COLUMBIA 20441
Ben Sidran Hammond Quartet, Welcome to the Central, Cien Noches, Nardis
Darryl Harper, We Both Know What It Comes To, Stories in Real Time, Hipnotic Records
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (1935) BRUNSWICK 7530
Mary Lou Williams Until My Baby Comes Home ASCH 5502
Taylor/Fidyk Big Band, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Live at Blues Alley, OA2 Records
Erroll Garner (piano) How Come You Do Me Like You Do (1952) COLUMBIA 39748
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (1937) VICTOR 25674
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942) BLUEBIRD 11480
Dinah Shore Doin' What Comes Natur'lly (1946) accompanied by Spade Cooley's Orchestra from the Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun" Hit 29 of 1946 COLUMBIA 36976
Red Norvo Sextet Seven Come Eleven (1944) KEYNOTE 1314
Fats Domino When My Dreamboat Comes Home (1956) Imperial 5396
Beatrice Kay How Come The Mortgage Got Paid (1947) COLUMBIA 38373
Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (1950) COLUMBIA 38731
Eldad Tarmu Chamber Jazz Ensemble American vibraphonist and composer Eldad Tarmu is currently a professor of Jazz Studies in Tibiscus University in Timisoara, Romania. The Invasion Song, Seducing the Queen of Bohemia,Headed East, Songs for the Queen of Bohemia
Stuff Smith & Onyx Club Boys Here Comes The Man With The Jive (1936) VOCALION 3316
Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow And Orchestra Recorded Under The Supervision Of Hughes Panassié Mezzrow Comin' On With The Come On Part 1 (1938) M. Mezzrow, Clarinet - Tommy Ladnier, S. DeParis, Trumpets - Elmer James, Bass - Zutty Singleton, Drums - T. Bunn, Guitar - James Johnson, Piano BLUEBIRD B-10085-A
Mildred Bailey Lover Come Back To Me (1938) CBS VO3982
Barbara Maurel With Orchestra Accompaniment Do Dreams Come True? COLUMBIA A3607
Spike Jones Come Josephine, In My Flying Machine (1942) Bluebird 11560
Eldad Tarmu Chamber Jazz Ensemble The Polish Gentleman Dionysus Dancing for the Queen of Bohemia Drinking With the Queen of Bohemia Battle for the Queen of Bohemia Escape With the Queen of Bohemia Song for the Queen of Bohemia
Songs for the Queen of Bohemia

Wednesday, November 11, 2009


St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Weight Loss Center, Mishawaka, Indiana


Joe Sullivan Jazz Quartet Panama (1945) DISC 6004
Jelly Roll Morton Red Peppers Jersey Joe (1929) VICTOR 23402
Arthur Collins When Uncle Joe Plays A Rag On His Old Banjo (1912) VICTOR 17118
Joe Turner's All Stars It's A Low Down Dirty Shame (1946)NATIONAL
Joe Fingers Carr Down Yonder CAPITOL 1777
Arthur Collins And Byron Harlan When Uncle Joe Steps Into France (1918)Victor 18492
Robins Smokey Joe's Cafe (1955) RCA Victor 6294
Joe Turner Chains Of Love (1951) ATLANTIC 939
Fats Waller And His Rhythm Pan Pan (1941) BLUEBIRD 11383
Joe Raposo. Sesame Street Theme performed by Arthur Fiedler Conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon Rel. November 13, 2007
Andrea Bocelli, Le Tue Parole, composed by Joe Amoruso Romanza Philips Rel. September 23, 1997
Sills, David Bigs Broadbent, Alan, piano Koonze, Larry, guitar LaBarbera, Joe, drumset Oles, Darek, bass Sills, David, saxophone
December 18, 2000, Live at Birdland with the Saxophone Summit: Phil Markowitz, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Billy Hart on drums;, and Joe Lovano on tenor.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009


Mount Ayr, Indiana


Benny Goodman Sextet Benny Goodman Air Mail Special (1941) COLUMBIA 36720
Artie Shaw And His Orchestra The Maid With The Flaccid Air (1945) RCA 28-0406
Helen Humes Airplane Blues (1950) DISC 535
Aaftac Symphonette Londonderry Air V-DISC 204A
Sidney Bechet Blues In The Air RCA 20-1520
Fred Astaire Flying Down To Rio (1934) COLUMBIA 2912 D
Modernaires To Each His Own (1946) COLUMBIA 37063
Modern Jazz Quartet and the Swingle Singers Air for the G string
Art Kassel And His "Kassels-in-the-air" It's All Over Now (I Won't Worry) (1940) Hit 283 of 1940 Bluebird 10750
Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band Bye Bye Blues (1944-) V-Disc 246A
Umbria Jazz 1988 Herbie Hancock,Piano Michael Brecker,Tenor Sax Buster Williams,Bass
Al Foster,Drums Air Dancing

French project "Air" by Guillaume Delaperriere. La Femme D'Argent
Django Reinhardt Et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France Clair De Lune (1947) Vogue LD668-30
Richard Hitter's Blue Knights Hot Aire
Spike Jones Come Josephine, In My Flying Machine (1942) Bluebird 11560
Sleepy John Estes Airplane Blues (1937) DECCA 7354





Well, da Hellkat won another one of dose prizes in a contest. Dis time it was a Halloween trip to Mexico, so we flew down from Avoca on Delta down to Adlanta and den we tranferred to Quexocquatl Airlines to go down to Monterrey. We had a great couple a days der and sampled all da cuisine, especially at Carlos n' Charlies Av. San Jeronimo 1106 Col. Miravalle. The regional specialty is cabrito, which is baby goat, slow cooked over mesquite coals. Steak arrachera, which is a marinated flank steak, is another popular local favorite. We were taking da flight back to Adlanta from Monterrey. It was a twin engine jet, but I can't recall what type. As usual, we snagged a window seat just forward of the starboard side wing. About 20 minutes into the flight, the engine on the wing starts trailing flames. As you can imagine there were a lot of very scared people onboard. The pilot must have shut the engine down or something around that point because the flames died out suddenly, but the flight got very bumpy and it seemed the plane was vibrating. Somehow we limped into Mexico City where we were greeted on the runway with emergency foam and just about every emergency vehicle that the airport must have had access to. The pilot put us down on the ground rather gracefully, and after a quick inspection they towed us to a gate.
For some reason they didn't want anyone deplaning and they kept us in the airplane for about an hour while the mechanic worked on the engine. Now, when I say worked, I mean worked. The guy tinkered with the engine for about 40 minutes, den said something to two confused-looking fellows on the ground off to the side of the wing and then started beating on the thing with a pipe wrench. Nine or ten good whacks later the whole engine tore loose and plunged to the ground. At dis point, dey decided we might be slightly delayed ... and dey let us off the plane into a sealed waiting room (no food, telephones dat looked like dey were from Zappata's time).
Now we could only see the other side of the airplane -- the one away from da problem. Dey left us there for about three hours, telling us that a new plane was coming. Then they announced that they didn't have another plane and that this one was being repaired. As you might guess, somewhere along the line during the next seven hours when they were repairing the plane (duct tape and bailing wire is my guess), the pilots timed out and had to get some time off. So we waited another four hours for a fresh flight crew. We got home, 18 hours late, and I'll never again fly a local airline into that area of the world. Unless da Hellkat wins anudder contest.

Thursday, October 29, 2009


Black, Indiana

Halloween Show 2009


Glenn Miller & His Orchestra That Old Black Magic (1942)
Bing Crosby Black Moonlight (1933)
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead (1939) BLUEBIRD 10366
Doris Day Feat. John Rarig's Orchestra Bewitched (1950)COLUMBIA 38698
Ina Ray Hutton And Her Melodears Witch Doctor (1934) VOCALION 2816
Teddy Wilson Just Like A Butterfly - Ghost Of A Chance COLUMBIA 39429
Woody Herman & His Orchestra Mr. Ghost Goes To Town (1936) DECCA 1079
Don Cherry Ghost Town (1956) Hit 178 of 1956 Columbia 40705
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Ghost Of Smokey Joe (1939) Vocalion 4807
Fred Astaire Acc Perry Botkin Me And The Ghost Upstairs (1940) COLUMBIA 35815
The Three Suns, Stella by Starlight Rondolette
Wanda Jackson, I May Never Get to Heaven, Love Me Forever, Capitol
Gwenn Verdon, There Ain't No Flies on Me, New Girl in Town RCA
Stan Kenton, Oh! You Crazy Moon, The Romantic Approach, Capitol
Carmen Dragon, The Dance of the Comedians by Smetana, Classic Gold Album, Capitol

Friday, October 16, 2009


Morocco, Indiana


Morocco Blues - 1988 HOT ANTIC JAZZ BAND
Michel Bastide,clarinet;Jean-François Bonnel,alto sax;Virginie Bonnel,alto sax;Stéphane Matthey,piano;Jean-Pierre Dubois,clarinet; Christian Lefèvre,trumpet
Sarah Brightman, Harem,Harem, Angel
Bing Crosby And Bob Hope The Road To Morocco (1945) DECCA 40000
Sarah Brightman, What A Wonderful World Harem, Angel
David Leonhardt Jazz Trio David Leonhardt piano , Matthew Parrish bass Alvester Garnett drums Dawn Over Morocco Live at The Iridium in NYC 9/3/08 from CD "Explorations"
Sarah Brightman, It's A Beautiful Day Harem, Angel
Donald Chalmers Till The Sands Of The Desert Grow Cold (1912) EDISON 1043
Sarah Brightman, What You Never Know Harem, Angel
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Dusk In The Desert (1937)BRUNSWICK 8029
Bessie Smith Lonesome Desert Blues (1925) COLUMBIA 14123 D
Sam Lanin And His Orchestra The Desert Song Perfect 15167
John Kirby And His Orchestra Dawn On The Desert (1939) Vocalion 4653
Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra The Desert Song (1927)VICTOR 20512
Jimmie Rodgers Desert Blues (1929) VICTOR 40096
Malika Zarra, Run, Joky Heart, Pouvoir
Mauricio Noboa, guitar; Carlos Iturralde, bass; Carlos Albán, drums Morocco Jazz Ensamble, Smooth Jazz for Parties, BEIJA-FLOR
Alix Combelle Et Son Orchestre The Sheik Of Araby(1935)Ultraphon, AP-1544
Ted Black And His Orchestra Love Letters In The Sand (1931)VICTOR 22799A
Nat King Cole The Sand And The Sea (1955) Capitol 3027
Rusty Draper The Shifting, Whispering Sands (1955) Mercury 70696

Thursday, October 15, 2009


Maple Flats, Indiana


Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra Maple Leaf Rag (1936) Victor 25496
Dorothy Shay Flat River, Missouri (1946) COLUMBIA 37191
Zhenmin Xu, Night Moon at Maple Bridge XU: Memories of the Past at Jinling Peng Cao, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra Label: Yellow River Chinese
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Flat Foot Floogie (1938) Victor 25871
Howell, Ian, counter-tenor Dickson, Douglas, piano Maple Leaves IVES, C.: Songs, Vol. 4 Naxos: American Classics
Peskanov, Alexander, piano Maple Leaf Rag JOPLIN: Piano Rags, Vol. 1 Naxos: American Classics
Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1949) MERCURY 6247
Italian Mando-Rag Club Citta di Brescia Mandonico, Claudio, piano The Maple Leaf Rag (arr. for mandolin orchestra) SPAGHETTI RAG - RAG MUSIC WITH MANDOLINS Naxos
Dorothy Collins My Boy-flat Top (1955) Coral 61510
Benny Goodman Qt The Blues In My Flat (1938) VICTOR 26044
Ward Allen ,Maple Sugar
Billie Holiday Autumn in New York
Kjellson, Ingvar, reciter Ar icke hosten skon (Is not Autumn Lovely)
Lu, Wen-cheng Autumn Moon Reflected On A Calm Lake Ngai, Ka-ming, Cantonese Music Ensemble Marco Polo
Clint Eastwood I Talk to the Trees Paint Your Wagon
Angelica Varum Autumn Jazz
Michael Sheen To Autumn Great Poets of the Romantic Age Naxos
Chet Baker (tp) Gerard Gustin (pf) Jimmy Bond (b) Bert Dale (ds) Autumn in New York Chet Baker In Europe A JAZZ TOUR OF THE NATO COUNTRIES Barclay / Pacific Jazz PJ 1218 Recorded at Paris, France, October 24, 1955
Cannonball Adderley.Sax, Miles Davis.Trumpet, Sam Jones.Double Bass, Hank Jones.Piano.Art Blakey.drums. Autumn Leaves 1958 album Somethin' Else.
Ray Charles Singers Autumn Leaves
Roger Williams, piano Autumn Leaves
Mitch Miller Autumn Leaves
Steve Allen Autumn Leaves
Jackie Gleason Autumn Leaves
Victor Young and His Singing Strings Autumn Leaves
Edith Piaff Autumn Leaves

Tuesday, October 06, 2009


Hindustan, Indiana


Matana Roberts Chapter 6: exodus: bell, book, and candle (excerpt)
Gen Ken Montgomery "Chatting About Meditative Music" "Live at WFMU"
Dokaka "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "Works"
Stan Brenders et son grand orchestre de danse & Django Reinhardt Django Rag(Django Reinhardt - Brenders) Rhythme, Belgium 1942
Gogi Grant, The Wayward Wind (Stan Lebowski and Herb Newman)
Stan Getz/João Gilberto, The Girl From Ipanema
Herbie Mann & Sona Terra, A Dance At The Rise Of The Moon, Herbie Mann & Sona Terra: Eastern European Roots
Jeff Beck, Eternity's Breath [Live], Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's
Leonard Cohen, Villanelle For Our Time, Dear Heather
Martin Denny, Misirlou
Mucca Pazza, Shostakovich, Live at WFMU on Evan Funk Davies Show 9/15/09, URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mucca_Pazza/Live_at_WFMU_on_Evan_Funk_Davies_Show_91509/Shostakovich
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Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton, Stardust [Hoagy Carmichael], Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
Courtney Pine, Translusance (Rag Desh), Devotion
Art Porter, Dindi
Frank Sinatra, I Only Have Eyes For You [A. Dubin/H. Warren], The V-Discs: Columbia Years - 1943-45 [Disc 1]
Stan Getz, Autumn Leaves, Desafinado, Girl from Ipanema.
It Don't Mean A Thing enregistré au festival de Nice en 1979 par un All Star composé de Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Stan Getz (ts), Arnie Lawrence (as), John Lewis (p), George Duvivier (b), Shelly Manne (dr)
Stan Getz with Kenny Barron (p) Ben Riley (D) Yasuhito Mori (B),On Green Dolphin Street (1989) Recorded in Perugia.
Stan Getz & John Coltrane live in Dusseldorf, Germany 1960 with Oscar Peterson,
Paul Chambers,Jimmy Cobb

Tuesday, September 29, 2009


Portersville, Indiana


Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson Just One Of Those Things Swingin' For Schuur
Slavic Soul Party Samples
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra Cole Porter's "Rosalie" Rosalie (1937) VICTOR 25698B
Benny Goodman, The Earl
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra High Society (1939) VICTOR 26209
Mary Lou Williams Trio Cole Porter Night And Day (1944) ASCH 351-2
Ben Bernie & His Orchestra Cole Porter What Is This Thing Called Love? (1930) BRUNSWICK 4707
Porter Wagoner, Committed to Parkview
Porter Wagoner, Tennessee Stud
Ryan Porter's Jazz Quintet Performing "Give Way" Written by Ryan Porter
Lee Ritenour, with El Debarge & Art Porter " Dindi "
JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS" COLE PORTER. Pepe Viciana-clarinet, Juan A. Viciana-alto sax, Eduardo Mortensen-drums, Javier Domínguez-bass, Pablo Mazuecos-piano.
Cole Porter : You're The Top (1934)
Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra Morton King Porter Stomp (1938) BLUEBIRD 7839
Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Cole Porter Do I Love You? (1939) Vocal refrain by Helen Forrest Bluebird 10509
Bing Crosby - Vic Schoen Orchestra Vocal Andrews Sisters Cole Porter Don't Fence Me In DECCA 23484
Slavic Soul Party! Sviraj Srečko Taketron
Slavic Soul Party! Tatiana Taketron
Slavic Soul Party! Hymn Taketron

Thursday, September 17, 2009


Anderson Falls, Indiana


Playlist


Great Whiteway Orchestra Jack Coale-Frank Anderson I'm All Alone (1922) Victor 18992B
Harry James And His Orchestra Anderson-Weill "Knickerbock" September Song (1947) COLUMBIA 38300
Guy Lombardo Royal Canadians Leroy Anderson Blue Tango (1952) DECCA 28031
Leroy Anderson And His "Pops" Concert Orchestra Fiddle Faddle (1952) DECCA 28300
Leroy Anderson And His "Pops" Concert Orchestra Bugler's Holiday DECCA 29206
Eddie Heywood Trio Grouya-Anderson Flamingo (1944) SIGNATURE 40003A
Marion Anderson Coleridge-Taylor (arr. Burleigh) Deep River (1923) Victor 19227
Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington's Orchestra Shoe Shine Boy BRUNSWICK 7710
Leroy Anderson And His "Pops" Concert Orchestra The Typewriter DECCA 28881
Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington's Orchestra My Old Flame Victor 24651
Marion Anderson Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen Victor 19560
Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington's Orchestra Ebony Rhapsody Victor 24622
Boston Pops Orchestra Feat. Arthur Fiedler; Leroy Anderson Syncopated Clock (1951) DECCA 16005
Rudy Vallee & His Orchestra By A Waterfall (1933) BLUEBIRD 5171
Slim Gaillard When Banana Skins Are Falling (I'll Come Sliding Back to You) MGM 10938A
Henry Gibson from the soundtrack of Robert Altman's Nashville
Mary Travers - "Follow Me" (1971)
Mark Glanville, bass-baritone Alexander Knapp, piano Vos vet zayn az moshiach vet kumen (What Will Happen When the Messiah Comes?) (arr. Max Persin)
Lew Del Gatto, Autumn Nocturne on Katewalk Naxos Jazz
Frank Dibussolo, guitar Autumn Leaves on Straight Up Naxos Jazz
Charlie Parker, Autumn in New York
Takako Nishizaki, violin Conductor , Peter Breiner Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Autumn Comes And Goes from Chinese Popular Hits for Violin and Orchestra: Love for a Man who Never Comes Home Marco Polo

Tuesday, September 08, 2009


Lookout, Indiana


September 10, 2009


Larry Karush: Art of the Improviser-The Nine Beat Boogie Naxos
Sarah Jane Cion: Summer Night-Stage One Naxos
Joshua Breakstone Trio:No One Now- The Unknown One Capri Records
New York Jazz Collective: I Don't Know This World Without Don Cherry by Marty
Ehrlich Naxos
Glenn Miller: Oh, So Good (1939-1943) -Trade Winds Naxos Jazz Legends
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic: Tales from the Center of the Earth, Op. 33
Benjamin Toth, percussion Hartt School Wind Ensemble Glen Adsit, Conductor
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Twin Guitar Special
Phineas Newborn, Jr. performs Billy Strayhorn's tune Lush Life, with a little Ravel intro thrown in.
Louis Jordan Look Out
The Four Esquires: Look Homeward Angel
Perry Como With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra And Chorus: Look Out The Window (and See How I'm Standing In The Rain) (1954) RCA Victor 5647
Slim & Slam Look Out (1939) CBS VO5483
Brass Quintets (Arrangements) - BERNSTEIN, L. / BARBER, S. / WILLIAMS, J. / GOLDSMITH, J. / ARNOLD, D. (Moviebrass) (Gomalan Brass Quintet)David Arnold: Independence Day: Main Title Theme
Los Angeles Jazz Quartet: Look to the East Naxos Jazz
Gordon Brisker Quintet: My Son John -Here's Looking For You Kid Naxos Jazz
Anton Lesser, Paradise Regained by John Milton Naxos AudioBooks
Chocolate Dandies with Benny Carter -Cloudy Skies
Bernie Leighton Quartet Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin composed Things Are Looking Up (1946)KEYNOTE 643

Thursday, September 03, 2009


Marysville Indiana


The Hell Kat aka my loverly wife Helen had another one of her schemes to get me oudda da house and doin somethin. Down at da West Side Senior Citizens Center dey were offering a class in Laughter Yoga. It didn't sound too strenuous or too serious, so shee signed me up fer da class. When I went down der, I met da instructer; her name was Mary Szakowski. She said dat in March 1995, Dr. Madan Kataria was writing an article ‘Laughter - The Best Medicine’ for a health journal. In his research he discovered many modern scientific studies that described at great length the many proven benefits of laughter on the human mind and body. In particular, Dr. Kataria was impressed by Norman Cousins' book ‘Anatomy of an Illness’ and the research work by Dr. Lee Berk. Profoundly inspired and being a man of action, Dr. Kataria immediately decided to field-test the impact of laughter on himself and others.
Started with just 5 people At 7 AM on 13th March 1995 he went to his local public park and managed to persuade four people to join him in starting a ‘laughter club’. They laughed together in the park that day to the amusement of bystanders, but the small group quickly grew to more than 50 participants within a few days. In the initial meetings they stood in a circle while one person would step to the center to tell a joke or a funny story. Everybody enjoyed and felt good for the rest of the day.

After two weeks they hit a snag. The stock of good jokes and stories ran out, and negative, hurtful and naughty jokes started to emerge. Two offended participants complained that it would be better to close the club than to continue with such jokes. Dr. Kataria asked the club members to give him just one day to develop a ‘breakthrough’ that would resolve the crisis.

That night he reviewed his research and finally found the answer he was looking for: our body can not differentiate between acted and genuine laughter. Both produced the same ‘happy chemistry’. The next morning he explained this to the group and asked them to try to act out laughter with him for one minute. Amid skepticism they agreed to try…. The results were amazing. For some the acted out laughter quickly turned into real laughter --- this was contagious and very soon others followed. Soon the group was laughing like never before. The hearty laughter that followed persisted for almost ten minutes. This breakthrough was the birth of Laughter Yoga.

Realizing that there were ways other than humor to stimulate laughter, Dr. Kataria developed a range of laughter exercises including elements of role-play and other techniques from his days as an amateur dramatic actor. Realizing the importance of childlike playfulness, he developed further techniques to stimulate this within the group.

As Yoga practitioners, Dr. Kataria and his wife Madhuri (co-founder of Laughter Yoga), saw the similarities between laughter and Pranayama exercises and incorporated elements from this ancient form of Yoga into Laughter Yoga, including the deep breathing exercises now used between laughter exercises to deepen the impact.

What resulted is Laughter Yoga: a blend of yogic deep breathing, stretching, and laughter exercises that cultivate child-like playfulness.
When my turn came, I stepped ta da center a da circle and just began telling dem about da ordinary tings dat happened in my day. Well, practically when I opened my mouth dey burst inta gaels a laughter and dey weren't da ones dat we had been practicing. Finally Mary told me ta stop because dey were running out a breath and der sides were aching. She said I had a natural gift. Gee, I dunno what.