"I Can't Quit You Baby"
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Found On Youtube #19 World Cup Philosophy
Soccer Philosophy
With the World Cup about to start, perhaps it is time to re-visit Monty Python's look at soccer.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Found On Youtube #18 The Ross Sisters
The Ross Sisters
"Solid Potato Salad" 1944
Be prepared to be amazed!
Monday, 19 April 2010
Monday, 12 April 2010
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Record Of The Week - Miles Davis Prestige Recordings 1
Miles Davis Prestige Recordings 1
It Never Entered My Mind
If I Were A Bell
You're My Everything
I Could Write A Book
Oleo
It Could Happen To You
Woodyn' You
Four
In Your Own Sweet Way
The Theme [take 1]
Trane's Blues
Ahmad's Blues
Half Nelson
The Theme [take 2]
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Monday, 15 March 2010
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Jazz Legends #7 Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
Steve Allen plays Benny Goodman in "The Benny Goodman Story"
Record Of The Week - Goodman Combos
Benny Goodman Combos
Body And Soul
More Than You Know
All My Life
Too Good To Be True
Moonglow
Dinah
Exactly Like You
Vibraphone Blues
Sweet Sue
My Melancholy Baby
Stompin' At The Savoy
Runnin' Wild
All I Do Is Dream Of You
Stompin' At The Savoy
High Flautin'
Henderson Stomp
Behave Yourself
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Bedlam
Blue Lou
Monday, 8 March 2010
Found On Youtube #15 The Boswell Sisters
The Boswell Sisters
"Heebie Jeebies" 1932
Starts off slow, but hey those girls really get some steam up! Incredible stuff.
Jazz Legends #5 Benny Goodman
Professor Magenbruch ( Benny Goodman ) swings with his pals ( Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet ) in the 1948 movie "A Song Is Born"Thursday, 4 March 2010
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Record Of The Week - Rhapsody In Rhumba
Cab Calloway
Rhapsody In Rhumba
20 Deliriously exotic tracks
Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm
Rhapsody In Rhumba
Picklin' The Cabbage
Doing The Reactionary
Floogie Walk
Nagasaki
Copper Colored Gal
Jes' Natch'ully Lazy
A Bee Gezindt
Reefer Man
Do You Wanna Jump Children?
Swing, Swing, Swing
Wake Up And Live
She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terriffic
Chili Con Conga
Tarzan Of Harlem
Give, Baby, Give
Kickin' The Gong Around
The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man
A Good Sauce From The Gravy Bowl
Found On Youtube #14 Cab Calloway - A Bee Gezindt
A Bee Gezindt - Cab Calloway
A series of clips set to one of Cab's crazy songs. Listen out for the mix of jive talk and jewish slang. Also, look out for Dizzy Gillespie in the band.
Found On Youtube #13 Cab Calloway - Reefer Man
Cab Calloway - Reefer Man
"Why! That cat's still high"
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Found On Youtube #12 Martin & Lewis with The Treniers
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis with the Treniers
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1954
This is really old, so the visual quality is not great, but it's well worth watching. Remember, these shows were recorded live!
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World #1
My treasured Mad magazine collection was destroyed in a flood. Lately, I've been scouring the internet for replacements. Here's the iconic first edition (U.K.) featuring the introduction of the great Alfred E. Neuman.
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Harmonica Heroes #5 Adam Gussow
Adam Gussow Working Out In The Woodshed
Anyone interested in playing the harp should get over to Adam's superb youtube channel. He has uploaded around 200 videos, to date. By following his excellent lessons and discourses on everything to do with playing the blues, you could be taken from absolute beginner to master. Check out his web site, where you can download extended lessons and written notations for the harp. http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Record Of The Week - MULLIGAN
20 Classics From The Legendary Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Walking Shoes
Lullaby Of The Leaves
Frenesi
Nights At The Turntable
Bernie's Tune
Jeru
Line For Lyons
Five Brothers
Cherry
Freeway
Love Me Or Leave Me
Moonlight In Vermont
The Nearness Of You
Aren't You Glad You're You?
Darn that dream
The Lady Is A Tramp
I May Be Wrong
Tea For Two
Makin' Whoopee
Bark For Barksdale
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Friday, 5 February 2010
Record Of The Week - OH BOY! I'M IN THE GROOVE
20 Jump 'n Jive Classics
Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins
Bad Bad Whiskey - Amos Milburn
Happy Home Blues - Buddy Banks
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate - Louis Jordan
For You My Love - Nat King Cole
Real Gone - Nellie Lutcher
Shame Shame On You - Big Joe Turner
They Call Me Big Mama - Big Mama Thornton
The Hunt Is On - Percy Mayfield
She Winked Her Eye - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
I Can't Stop It - Jimmy Liggins
Oh Babe! - Roy Milton
Hucklebuck With Jimmy - Five Keys
As Long As I'm Moving - Ruth Brown
Just Made Twenty One - Jewel King
Safronia B - Calvin Boze
Oh Boy, I'm In The Groove - Louis Jordan
Alimony Blues - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & His Orchestra
Lonesome - Joe Williams
Everytime I Hear That Mellow Saxophone - Roy Montrell
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Found On Youtube #5 SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
1963 - A disused railway station in Manchester England and
Sister Rosetta singing "Didn't It Rain"
Record Of The Week - SINGING IN MY SOUL
Let That Liar Alone - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Nobody's Fault But Mine - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
What Is the Soul of Man? - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend - Sister Rosetta Tharp
Strange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Singing in My Soul - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Didn't It Rain - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
God Don't Like It - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Jesus Is Here Today - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
How Far From God - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Ain't No Grave Hold My Body Down - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Hear My Mother Call My Name - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight
Precious Memories - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight
My Journey To The Sky - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight
Down by the Riverside - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Dependable Boys
A Wonderful Time Up There - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Dependable Boys
When I Move to the Sky - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
FOUND ON THE INTERNET #2 GOSPEL HISTORY
A fascinating documentary, featuring many of the major figures in the history of Gospel music. It lasts 90 minutes and is in mp4 format. The whole file is around 1.6 gigs.
Friday, 15 January 2010
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