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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

step into the lounge!

Sunday, January 17, 2016 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

http://www.divavillelounge.org

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Nina Simone	Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair	Verve Jazz Masters 17	Verve	honoring MLK Day
Sarah Vaughan	Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child	It's You or No One	Musicraft
Paul Robeson	My Curly Headed Baby	Songs of Free Men	Sony Classical
Louis Armstrong	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue	Hot Fives and Sevens	JSP	rec. 1929
Duke Ellington	Emancipation Celebration	Black, Brown and Beige
Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	Ken Burns' Jazz

Billy Strayhorn	Lush Life	Lush Life	Red Baron
Lena Horne	Where or When	The Lady and Her Music	Sony
The Oscar Peterson Trio	Hymn to Freedom	Night Train	Verve
Harry Belafonte	Matilda	s/t	Pure Gold

Andy Kirk & Mary Lou Williams	Dunkin' a Doughnut	Andy Kirk and the 12 Clouds of Joy	ASV
Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson	Jump for Joy	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River
Count Basie Orchestra	Exactly Like You	Complete Decca Recordings	RCA
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Lady Day	Sony	this recording featured Benny Goodman on clarinet, was part of a tryout before Goodman hired Wilson for his band, which was the first integration of a major swing orchestra

Billy Holiday o/ Artie Shaw	Any Old Time	The Very Best of Artie Shaw		in 1938 Shaw hired Holiday to sing with his orchestra. their tour was reportedly a horrible experience for Holiday, she was treated very badly by venues & hotels, especially in the south. This recording is the only one that survives from her time with Shaw
Dinah Washington	I've Got You Under My Skin	Dinah Jams	Emarcy	feat. Max Roach, who was active in the civil rights movement

John Coltrane	Alabama	A retrospective (Impulse Years)	Impulse!	wonderful request, perfect for the day, thank you for making it!
Sammy Davis Jr. w/ Laurindo Almeida	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays	Reprise
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Cottontail	The Blanton-Webster Band	RCA	thanks for the upbeat request!
Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson	Chocolate Shake	The Blanton-Webster Band	RCA
Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven	I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)	Sounds of Harlem Vol 1	Hep
The Three Keys	Heebie Jeebies	The Human Orchestra	Jasmine
Fats Waller & His Rhythm	The Joint is Jumpin'	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4	JSP
Count Basie	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie	The Essential Count Basie, Vol. II		great request!

Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra	The Peanut Vendor	Satchmo's Classic Vocals	Charly Budget	rec. 1931 while Armstrong was performing at the Sebastian New Cotton Club, a nightclub in LA
Earl Hines & His Orchestra	Ridin' a Riff	Classic Earl Hines Sessions	Mosaic
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra	New King Porter Stomp	Big Band Jazz, Vol. 1		rec 1932
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Swing Orchestra	Lafayette	THree Great Swing Saxophones		rec 1932
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Rockin' in Rhythm	The Duke	Columbia
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band v/ Bessie Smith	St. Louis Blues	Satchmo Ambassador of Jazz	Verve	rec 1925
Louis Jordan	Juneteenth Jamboree	Let the Good Times Roll	Bear Family