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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

step into the lounge!

Sunday, January 19, 2014 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

http://www.divavillelounge.org

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Benny Goodman Orchestra	King Porter Stomp	The Birth of Swing	Bluebird
Artie Shaw Orch v/ Helen Forrest	Deep Purple	Begin the Beguine	Membran
Les Brown Orchestra v/ Doris Day	Celery Stalks at Midnight	Doris Day Complete Recordings with Les Brown	Jazz Factory
Glenn Miller Orch v/ Marion Hutton & Tex Beneke	Shh, It's a Military Secret	Till Then: Music that Helped the Allies Win the War	History Channel
Duke Ellington Orchestra	A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)	The Blanton-Webster Band	RCA

Duke Ellington Orchestra	Take the 'A' Train	The Blanton-Webster Band	RCA	inst.
Harry Belafonte	Matilda	s/t	Pure Gold	Belafonte is a lifelong civil rights activist and was close friends with Martin Luther King
BIlly Strayhorn, piano and vocals	Lush Life	Lush LIfe	Red Baron	Strayhorn was very active in the civil rights movement until his death in 1965; he was a friend of and fundraiser for Dr. King
Nina Simone	Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair	Verve Jazz Masters 17	Verve	Simone had to leave the US because of her activism, she lived in France for decades
Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic	Verve	Holiday singing her famous protest song at Norman Granz's concert series. Granz was a strong ally to the civil rights movement & refused to allow his Jazz at the Philharmonic series to be performed at segregated venues
Paul Robeson	The House I Live In	Songs of Free Men	Sony Classical	Robeson was labeled "one of the most dangerous men in the world" by the FBI due to his political views

The Oscar Peterson Trio	Hymn to Freedom	Night Train	Verve	Peterson wrote this song in honor of Dr. King, and later dedicated it to Granz, who had been his close friend
Eartha Kitt	Just An Old Fashioned Girl	Legendary	BMG	happy birthday!
Eartha Kitt	If I Was a Boy	Legendary	BMG	Eartha's so nice, I had to play her twice
Blossom Dearie	Always True to You in My Fashion	Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook	Verve
Peggy Lee	I Enjoy Being a Girl	Hello Young Lovers: Capitol Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein	Capitol
Eartha Kitt	Mambo de Paree	Legendary	BMG	the perfect request!
Walter Wanderley v/ Astrud Gilberto	Nega Do Cabelo Duro	Samba Swing!	Scamp
Walter Wanderley	Ainda Mais Lindo	Batucada	Verve	inst.
Ethel Merman	I Get a Kick Out of You	I Get a Kick Out of You	Flapper	I really wanted to include this in the "Two Takes on the Standards" show last week, Merman was one of Cole Porter's favorite vocalists and originated so many classic songs
Dinah Washington	I Get a Kick Out of You	Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook	Verve	you can make an argument for Frank Sinatra's version being more definitive but for me it's this live recording by Dinah Washington, backed by jazz small combo led by Max Roach
Lotte Lenya	Die Moritat von Mackie Messer	Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill	Heritage	Lenya was the first to sing this song written by her husband, Weill, in the 1928 stage production in Berlin. This is a later recording
Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars	Mack the Knife	Satchmo: Ambassador of Jazz	Verve	hard to choose which later version of this one to play: Bobby Darin's was the biggest hit and Ella's live version in Berlin is a triumph, but I had to go with Armstrong who made the song a hit in the US

Roy Eldridge with Oscar Peterson	Little Jazz	Little Jazz Trumpet Giant	Proper UK	inst.
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	Tiger Rag	Satchmo's Classic Vocals	Bluebird	great request!
Ace Brigode & His Fourteen Virginians	Yes Sir, That's My Baby!	The Charleston Era	ASV Living Era
Annette Hanshaw	Who's That Knocking At My Door?	Greatest Hits of the 1920s	Master Classics
Carmen Miranda	Dona Balbina	1930-1945	Harlequin

Tram, Bix & Lang	Wringin' and Twistin'	Bix Beiderbecke: Singin' the Blues	Columbia River
Fats Waller	The Sheik of Araby	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4	JSP
The Cats and the Fiddle	That's On Jack That's On	We Cats Will Swing For You	Fabulous
Django Reinhardt	Swing '39	The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order	JSP
Cab Calloway	Come On With the "Come On"	Are You Hep to the Jive?	Sony
Willi Stanke und Sein Orchester	Der Schwarzen Panther	Swing Tanzen Verboten	Proper UK	thought you might like a different take on the requested song! Stanke was a German bandleader, this was his attempt to disguise the American song "Tiger Rag" so it would be acceptable to the Nazi government - an attempt which failed
Boots and His Buddies	The Weep (Willow Weep for Me)	1937-38	Classics
Bob Crosby and the Bobcats	Big Noise from Winnetka	Dance Off Both Your Shoes
Benny Goodman Orchestra	Bach Goes to Town	live recording 6 Oct 1939

Johnny Hodges Orchestra	Swingin' in the Dell	Duke Ellington 100 Rare Sessions		inst.
Stuff Smith	After You've Gone	Time and Again		rec. 1936