Sunday, 28 March 2010

Harmonica Heroes #8 Walter Horton


Walter Horton
American Folk Blues Festival 1970 (Copenhagen)

Harmonica Heroes #7 Jason Ricci


Jason Ricci

Found On Youtube #17 Dave Alvin


Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men - "Out Of Control"

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]

Found On Youtube #16 Miles Davis



Miles Davis
So What (1959)

Jazz Legends #8 Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Masters Of Cool # 10 Miles Davis

Miles Davis
Prestige Records

You're The Top! #13 Monica Vitti

Monica Vitti
Modesty Blaise (1967) - Joseph Losey

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World #6

Mad Magazine 06 (U.K.)
Frank Kelly Freas

Mad Men #2 Goldbrick & Goldbrick Pharmaceuticals

Frank Kelly Freas
Mad Magazine 06 (U.K.)

Monday, 15 March 2010

You're The Top! #13 Raquel Welch


Raquel Welch
Myra Breckinridge (1970)


Thursday, 11 March 2010

Take The Money And Run #7 Liberace

Liberace Beer Ad
Liberace
Sips a glass of what made Milwaukee famous

You're The Top! #12Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda HQ Photo
Jane Fonda

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
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.

Bilko Is Strapped For Cash


Bilko needs 10 dollars to keep the game alive.

Take The Money And Run #6 Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman Vodka Ad
Benny Goodman - Smirnoff Vodka

Jazz Legends #6 King Bhumipol Aulyade

Benny Goodman And King Of Thailand
The King Of Thailand swings with Benny Goodman

Jazz Legends #5 Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman And Louis ArmstrongProfessor Magenbruch ( Benny Goodman ) swings with his pals ( Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet ) in the 1948 movie "A Song Is Born"

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"

Jazz Legends #4 Cab Calloway


"Having A Party!"
Cab Calloway displays some nifty footwork

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

TV Times #3 Roy Rogers & Trigger

Roy Rogers And Trigger
Roy Rogers & Trigger

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!

You're The Top! #11 Anna Karina



Pierrot Le Fou
Jean Luc Goddard

TV Times #2 The Lone Ranger & Tonto


Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels

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.

Mad Men #1 Crust Toothpaste


Frank Kelly Freas
Mad Magazine #43 (USA)