2-5-2008 Fat Tuesday / Super Tuesday

[jazzjester]

Count Basie - Cute (nh arr) April 1958 Thad Jones (tp,arr) Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb) Marshal Royal (cl,as) Frank Wess (as,fl,arr) Billy Mitchell (ts) Frank Foster (ts,arr) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d) Neal Hefti (arr), The Best Of CB The Roulette Years - Roulette

Tony Bennett - Crazy Rhythm June 1957 Tony Bennett (vcl) acc by Ralph Sutton (p,arr) John Pisano (g) James Bond (b) Chico Hamilton (d) Tony Bennett Jazz - Columbia

February 7, 1955 Gene Krupa Quartet - 'S wonderful (*)Eddie Shu (tp,cl,as,ts,accor) Bobby Scott (p) prob Milt Hinton (b) Gene Krupa (d)

February 2, 1958 Dakota Staton - Anything Goes Dakota Staton (vcl) acc by Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) unknown p, g, b and d Dakota Staton - Great Ladies Of Song – Capitol



February 6, 1964 Johnny Hodges - Everybody Knows Ray Nance, Cat Anderson (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Jimmy Jones (p) Ernie Shepard (b) Grady Tate (d) Everybody Knows - Jazz Heritage

February 6, 1963 Joe Williams - Jump For joy (*) Joe Williams (vcl) acc by Clark Terry (tp) Urbie Green (tb) Phil Woods (as) Jerome Richardson (ts,fl) Danny Bank (bar) Hank Jones (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d) Jimmy Jones, Oliver Nelson (co-ldr) The Overwhelming Joe Williams - Bluebird

Late 1958 Early 59 Peggy Lee - Things Are Swingin' Peggy Lee (vcl) , no details except Jack Marshall (dir) Things Are Swingin' / Jump For Joy - EMI

late January 1961 Terry Gibbs - Main Stem Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, Frank Higgins (tp) Frank Rosolino, Vern Friley, Bob Edmondson (tb) Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as) Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ts) Jack Nimitz (bar) Terry Gibbs (vib) Pat Moran (p) Buddy Clark (b) Mel Lewis (d) Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers, Al Cohn, Manny Albam (arr) Live "Summit Club", Hollywood, CA, Mainstem: Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Volume 4 - Contemporary




February 6, 1947 Carl Kress - Walking Behind Miss Lucy Carl Kress, Tony Mottola (g) Bob Haggart (b) Terry Snyder (d) Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions – Mosaic

Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France - Topsy October 1947 Hubert Rostaing (cl) Django Reinhardt (g solo) Joseph Reinhardt (g) Emmanuel Soudieux (b) Andre Jourdan (d) Souvenirs - Dreyfus

February 5, 1945 Barney Bigard - Bojangles Joe Thomas (tp) Barney Bigard (cl) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Billy Taylor, Sr. (b) Cozy Cole (d) Barney Bigard 1944 – 1945 – Classics


Twenty-four states are held caucuses or primary elections on this Tuesday

"Fats" Waller and His Rhythm – We The People July 1938 Fats Waller (p,vcl) on all titles, with: Herman Autrey (tp) Gene Sedric (cl,ts) Al Casey (g) Cedric Wallace (b) Slick Jones (d) The Irrepressible Humor Of Fats Waller – Blue Moon

Jack Teagarden – I Swung The Election August 1944 Clair Jones, Tex Williamson, Bob McLaughlin (tp) Val Salata (tp,vcl-1) Jack Teagarden (tb,vcl) Wally Wells, Ray Olsen, Fred Keller (tb) Vic Rosi (cl,as) Dale Stoddard, Gish Gilbertson (ts) Ken Harpster, Clark Crandall (saxes) Don Seidel (p) Don Tosti (b) Frank Horrington (d) Phyllis Lane (vcl) Big T Jump – Jass Records

Count Basie / Billie Holiday - Swing Brother Swing Radio broadcast from the Savoy Ballroom June 1937 Lady Day’s 25 Greatest – ASV


A set from some musicians born in New Orleans on this Fat Tuesday. Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis and Dr. John

Harry Connick Jr. - I've Got A Great Idea Harry Connick, Jr. (vcl,p,) Russell Malone (g) Benjamin Wolfe (b) Shannon Powell (d) – We Are In Love - CBS

The Wynton Marsalis Quartet - Joe Cool's Blues [Snoopy's return] 1994 Wynton Marsalis (tp) Eric Reed (p) Benjamin Wolfe (b) Herlin Riley (d) Joe Cool's Blues – Col

BB King / Dr John – Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby 1998 Let The Good Times Roll – MCA


Fats Domino from New Orleans and a few songs that mention the city

Fats Domino – Dreamin New Orleans, October 27, 1952 Fats Domino (p) acc by Wendell Duconge (as) Herb Hardesty (ts) Walter Nelson (g) Frank Fields (b) Cornelius Coleman (d) The Early Imperial Singles – Ace

Fats Domino – Man That’s All (another mule in the stall) 1964 Fats Domino (vcl,p) acc by unknown (tp), (saxes), Roy Montrell (g) unknown (b), Clarence Brown (d) Getaway With Fats Domino – ABC

Joe Liggins - Goin' Back To New Orleans April 1950 Joe Liggins vcl,p acc by flwg prob pers : Little Willie Jackson (as,bar) Maxwell Davis, James Jackson (ts) Frank Pasley (g) Eddy Davis (b) Peppy Prince (d) The Shuffle Boogie King - Proper

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry (pt 1 & 2) (lj,ens vcl) August 1949 Aaron Izenhall, Bob Mitchell, Harold Mitchell (tp) Louis Jordan (as,vcl) Josh Jackson (ts) Bill Doggett (p,arr) Ham Jackson (el-g) Billy Hadnott (b) Christopher Columbus (d) [as Joe Morris (d) ] coll. pers. Proper


Fat Tuesday… Mardis Gras celebrations going on. Hour two at the jazz joint we began the festivities with three more natives of New Orleans… Ellis Marsalis, Louis Prima and vocalist Ingrid Lucia

Ingrid Lucia And The Flying Neutrinos - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? 2007 Ingrid Lucia vocal Don’t Stop - Independent

Louis Prima - Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South April 1956 Louis Prima (vcl,tp,ldr) acc by Jimmie "Little Red" Blount (tb) Sam Butera (sax) William "Willie" McCumber (p) Jack Marshall (g) Amado Rodriques (b) Robert "Bobby" Morris (d) Louis Prima And Keely Smith - Capitol

Ellis Marsalis – Dr Jazz June 1991Ellis Marsalis (p) Reginald Veal (b) Herlin Riley (d) February 1991 Heart Of Gold – Sony


Another native of New Orleans began this set. Irving Fazola worked with the bands of Glenn Miller, Bob Crosby, Claude Thornhill and others then settled back down in his home town in 1943. Irving with a mid 40s recording acc. by New Orleans musician George Brunies and others

Irving Fazola – Stompin At The Blue Horseshoe October 4, 1946 Abby Brunies (tp) Julian Lane (tb) Irving Fazola (cl, vcl) Steve Giarratano (ts) Pete Laudeman (p) Bunny Franks (b,vcl) Whimpy Miller (d) The Encyclopedia Of Recorded Jazz - RCA


Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl All Stars - When The Saints Go Marching In (finale) Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Trummy Young (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Billy Kyle (p) Dale Jones (b) Barrett Deems (d) Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Roy Eldridge (tp) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Flip Phillips (ts) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl - Verve