Futuristic Crazeology

Jazz And Hot Dance Novelties 1927-1942. Racy themes, outstanding arrangements, some salon, some comedy, a couple of Cliffs, a couple of Elsies. Real class, all the way.

Jack Buchanan - Everything Stops For Tea (Brunswick 02125 1935?-1936)
Barnabas Von Geczy - Puszta (Electrola EG 3458 c.1935)
Chick Bullock & Albert Taylor Orchestra - Carolina (14763-1 Banner 32970 Feb. 2, 1934)
Curtis Mosby & Dixieland Blue-Blowers - In My Dreams (144763-3 Columbia 1191-D Oct. 14, 1927)
Carroll Dickerson & Savoyageurs - Symphonic Touches (400992-B Odeon 193329 (Arg.) July 5, 1928)
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Futuristic Jungleism (10628-2 Banner 32240 May 12, 1931)
Frankie Half-Pint Jaxon & His Hot Shots - Fifteen Cents (C-607-1 Vocalion 2603 July 29, 1933)
Siegfried Arno With Marek Weber - Wenn Die Elisabeth So Schone Beine Hat (Electrola EG 1937 June 6, 1930)
Elsie & Doris Waters - Coronation Girls (Columbia FB 1169 (Eng.) 1935)
Elsie Carlisle with Ambrose Orchestra - Pul-Leeze Mr. Hemingway (Ob3494-2 Regal-Zonophone MR769 1933)
Monette Moore And Her Swing Shop Boys - Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed (Decca 7161 Feb. 19, 1936)
Katia Morlands con Emil Hot 5 - Loco Por El Hot (Cr3024-2 Regal(E) C8528 c.1936)
Blanche Calloway - Line-A-Jive (Vocalion 3113 Nov. 6, 1935)
Dick Robertson & Ed Lloyd Orchestra - Look What I've Got (13253-1 Banner 32750 April 15, 1933)
Quinteto Saratoga - Parece Mentira (Cr3007-2 Regal (E) C8517 1935-36)
Cliff Bruner - Corrine Corrina (Decca 5350 Feb. 5, 1937)
Cliff Edwards - I'm A Bear (private recording, Oct 25, 1933)
Greta Keller - I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (Brunswick A81859 Sept. 27, 1938)
Orchestre Lanigiro - Drummer Boy (Cz1168 Columbia (Ch) Zz1073 1942)
Original St. Louis Crackerjacks - Lonesome Moments (Decca 7265 Oct. 16, 1936)
Bud Freeman - Craze-O-Logy (W402151-C OKeh 41168 Dec. 3, 1928)
Memphis Jazzers (Cliff Jackson & His Crazy Cats) - The Terror (Grey Gull 1879 Feb. 27, 1930)
Cab Calloway Cotton Club 1931 (exc.)

An Island of Sanity (Tiki Party Vol.1)

spike jones
johnny richards - ochun
king fleming - stand by pt. 2
byron lee (probably?) - dragon's paradise
eddie gomez - cuban mist
mariano merceron - noche en el congo
richard lemos - quiet village
george cates - chant of the jungle
malekowa & the tradewinds - kokohi
the kingpins - ungaua pt. 1
diabolito - the jungle
los zombies de antonio escobar - la pajarera
edmund de luca & trans world symphony orchestra - the trek
dominic frontiere - house of pleasure
hilo hawaiians - akaka falls
luke leilani - swinging palm trees
nick venet - talking surf
billy mure - in a persian market
remo biondi - lament for lana
donald & the delighters - elephant walk
johnny lytle - village caller
eddie greenberg - tu boca
johnny recardo - felitah
lincoln chase - deep in the jungle pt. 2
earle hagen - new interns watusi
sticks evans & the afro-americans - africa laments
kwan-dito's - kwan-dito's theme
arabian nights - night in arabia
kenny kotwitz quartet - adelita

Esquire Demonstration Record 1944

Side A


Side B

This Classy Joint

Ok, so I know tepid jazz funk is not a very fashionable sound right now, but I've had a soft spot for it for a long time. All instrumental, all more or less groovy groovers. Jam it at your next dinner party.

 

This Classy Joint by Vg- on Mixcloud

johnny pate - you're starting too fast
kenny burrell - burning spear
mikis theodorakis - serpico
freddie robinson - smoking
deodato & donato - nightripper
david newman - foxy brown
charles earland - one for scotty
monk montgomery - little os
baden powell - coisa no
ulysses crockett - resurgence
dave pike - sweet tater pie
silhouettes - red snow
young holt unlimited - bumpin' on young street
morning, noon & night - time
jay dees - ILSP
ran blake - spiral
julian priester - love, love (excerpt)
randy weston - in memory of
mike longo - wyyowa
charlie mariano - F minor happy
gary saracho - sr baker pt. 1
mongo - promised land
steve reid - lions of juda
ron cremisio - RCQ
sky caps - el bote

Espresso Bongo Jazz Party

Part A

cannonball adderly
joe harriott - southern horizons
donald byrd - hank's tune
charles mingus & lee konitz - ESP
sam jones - unit 7
ken jones - room 43
teddy charles - lupe garoue
charles bell quartet - happy funky
bennie green - people will say we're in love
panama francis - desdemona's lament
jackie ivory - freddie the freeloader (miles davis)

Part B

sonny stitt - in the bag
jack mcduff - silk'n soul
max roach - drum conversation
rod levitt - jelly man
george shearing quintet & 4 woodwinds - dialogue for two pianos (gary burton)
dollar brand - which way?
stanley cowell - ibn mukhtarr mustapha
piano, drums & gulls (white label 78)
france gall - le coer qui jazze
james booker - big nick
james petrillo
reuben siggers - pause... for the cause


Byrd's Eye View (Transition TRLP 4): Donald Byrd (tp); Hank Mobley (ts) ; Horace Silver (p) ; Doug Watkins (b) ; Art Blakey (d). Cambridge, MA December 2, 1955

Period Peace

hi. i'll be posting every two weeks, starting last week. this mix we got here is a real mixed bunch but i tried to keep the spirit pretty uniform. electric guitar and organ, seagulls and surf, loner/us versus them mentality. mostly sixties too.

remo biondi- lament for lana
king fleming - stand by pt. 2
charlie ventura - east of suez
sticks evans & afro-americans - africa laments
arabian nights - night in arabia
JP& the turnpikes_ - navajo
ronny underwood - night jet
toni harper - never trust a stranger
caymmi & quarteto em cy - historia de pescadores
cal tjader - curtain call
potters clay - are these your thoughts
charles lloyd - ship excerpt
islanders - king of the surf
monzas - forever walks a drifter
johnny heartsman - lovelorn flame
denny walters - i know i'm losing you
los xochimilcas - mazatlan
los yencas - y la amo
la brigada - nada
gary mcfarout - wine & bread
LA county COPE - sacramento playhouse
charles lamont - before it's over
vietnam war actuality
fawns - wish you were here
chico buarque - ua cheia
carr & kahl - daphne
unknown solo piano (white label 45)
kentfield elementary honor band - its the time of the year
the mustang - acid test

moody in 3d

Moody in 3D by Vg- on Mixcloud

Jorge Darden - alone again
Harvey Mandel - fishwalk
Monette Sudler - to be exposed
Black Velvet - come on heart
Harold Celius - that’s what love can do
Jimmy & Eddie - needle in a haystack
Checkmates - i must be dreaming
7th Wonder - ain’t nothing going to break us up
NCCU - superstar
Johnny Guitar Watson - all about you
Lee Bonds - a true love
Gino Washington - what can a man do
Marisa - cadeira vazia

Wistful Thinking

Sauter- Finegan Orch.
Mess Group- The Beginning (At the Perished Mountaineer's Hotel)
Terry Riley - journey
Tones On Tail - rain
Salon de Musique
Khmensayok (Thailand 1959, rec. Kaufman)
Atrium Musicae de Madrid – hymne au soleil
Kraus & Bird - gnossienne
Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music – yo ko (c. Chou Wen Chung)
Austin Wells – west of eden
John Gavanti
Nicols-Cooper-Leandre
Open Sky – spirit in the sky
Pyramids - reaffirmation
Sonny & Linda Sharrock - gary's step
Beggars Opera -nimbus
Francoise Hardie - il est trop loin
Renderers – I can hear the devil call me
Hedy West - shady grove
Grayson & Oberheim - homage to Bach
JI Ivey - pinball (University of Toronto EMS 1965)
Reuben Siggers – ebb tide