I debated both sides for most of the day:
Should tonight's set be stuff, such as,
The un-danceable stuff I've been longing to play
Or should I just fall back on jazz?
I don't know why I make a fuss.
The choice is rather obvious.
8:00
1. James P. Johnson - Charleston (1:49)
Why did anyone doubt I was going with the jazz?
3. Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly! (2:24)
4. Various Artists - Three Little Words (2:27)
5. Noble Sissle - Dear Old Southland (2:34)
6. Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Band - Memphis Blues (2:38)
7. Chick Webb & His Orchestra - A-Tisket, A-Tasket (2:39)
8. Jimmie Lunceford - For Dancers Only (2:40)
9. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Groovin' High (2:43)
10. Sarah Vaughan - They Can't Take That Away From Me (2:43)
11. Pete Johnson And "Big" Joe Truner - Rebecca (2:43)
12. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Rose Room (2:50)
13. Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Sugar Foot Stomp (2:50)
14. Jelly Roll Morton - The Pearls (2:50)
15. Miles Davis - Spanish Key (Single Version) (2:51)
16. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Chimes Blues (2:51)
17. Bud Powell - Get Happy (2:53)
18. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - Heebie Jeebies (2:53)
19. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (2:54)
20. Billie Holiday - Without Your Love (2:54)
21. Clarence William's Blues Five - Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) (2:56)
22. Louis Armstrong And His Hot 7 - Potato Head Blues (2:56)
Yes, it's hot. It's Texas. It's July. That's what happens.
9:00
24. Fletcher Henderson - Hotter Than 'Ell (2:56)
25. Billie Holiday With Eddie Heywwod And His Orchestra - God Bless The Child (2:56)
26. Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (2:57)
27. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Take The "A" Train (2:57)
28. Count Basie - Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today (2:59)
29. Django Reinhardt - Shine (2:59)
30. Charlie Parker Quintet - Scrapple From The Apple (3:00)
31. Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra Feat. Bix Beiderbecke - Singin' The Blues (3:01)
32. Clarence William's Blues Five - Wild Cat Blues (3:01)
33. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Black Beauty (3:02)
34. Duke Ellington - Echoes Of Harlem (3:02)
35. Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Well, Git It! (3:03)
36. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues (3:03)
37. Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul (3:04)
38. Ethel Waters - I Got Rhythm (3:04)
39. Louis Armstrong - Rockin' Chair (3:07)
40. Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Livery Stable Blues (3:07)
41. Various Artists - Oh, Lady Be Good! (3:08)
42. Irma Thomas - Baby Don't Look Down (2:34)
43. Thelonious Monk - Epistrophy (3:08)
Manteca is a town in California. It is also Spanish for lard.
10:00
45. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Manteca (3:09)
46. George Krupa and His Orchestra - Drum Boogie (3:09)
47. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Mood Indigo (3:09)
48. Count Basie - Jumpin' At The Woodside (3:10)
49. Frankie Trumbauer - Riverboat Shuffle (3:09)
50. Benny Goodman - King Porter Stomp (3:11)
51. Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (3:11)
52. Chet Baker - Walkin' Shoes (3:12)
53. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room) (3:13)
54. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Cotton Tail (3:14)
55. Louis Armstrong - Ain't Misbehavin' (3:14)
56. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (3:14)
57. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - The Mooche (3:14)
58. Count Basie - Lester Leaps In (3:15)
59. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Salt Peanuts (3:15)
60. Jelly Roll Morton - Dead Man Blues (3:15)
61. Billie Holliday With Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra - Solitude (3:16)
62. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Begin The Beguine (3:16)
63. Chick Webb - Harlem Congo (3:17)
64. Bessie Smith - Back Water Blues (3:18)
The
record ends, the arm lifts, and another record takes its place. That's
why they call me a disc jockey; I'll just keep riding that circle....
11:00
66. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - West End Blues (3:19)
67. Miles Davis Nonet - Moon Dreams (3:20)
68. Various Artists - Moten Swing (3:25)
69. Flanders And Swann - Twosome - Kang And Jag (2:04)
70. Paul Whiteman - There Ain't No Sweet Man (Worth The Salt Of My Tears) (3:30)
71. Charlie Parker - Just Friends (3:33)
72. Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (2:14)
73. Louis Armstrong Orchestra - Star Dust (3:35)
74. Wynton Marsalis - Soon All Will Know (3:36)
75. Charlie Parker Quintet - Embraceable You (3:46)
76. MC Solaar & Ron Carter - Un Ange En Danger (3:50)
77. Herbie Hancock - Rockit (3:56)
78. Cassandra Wilson - Death Letter (4:14)
79. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - In A Sentimental Mood (4:16)
80. John Coltrane Quartet - Giant Steps (4:46)
81. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Tourist Point Of View (5:08)
82. Frank Sinatra - Begin The Beguine (2:57)
ZOMG, another hour. You guys are in Europe, right?
12:00
84. Dave Brubeck - Take Five (5:25)
85. Marilyn Monroe - My Heart Belongs To Daddy (5:07)
86. Nelson Riddle - Lolita Ya (2:33)
87. The Miles Davis Quintet - E.S.P. (5:29)
88. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Take The "A" Train (5:34)
89. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Desafinado (5:50)
90. Weather Report - Birdland (5:58)
91. Flanders And Swann - A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice (2:51)
92. Dylan Moran - Ireland (2:37)
93. Cecil Taylor - Rick Kick Shaw (6:06)
94. Ornette Coleman - Chronology (6:07)
95. Jack Teagarden - A Hundred Years From Today (2:59)
