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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

step into the lounge!

Sunday, February 9, 2020 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

http://www.divavillelounge.org

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Josephine Baker	After I Say I'm Sorry	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	tribute to Josephine Baker for the next hour!
Josephine Baker	Then I'll Be Sorry	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1927
Josephine Baker	I Found a New Baby	COcktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1927
Josephine Baker	Blue Skies	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1927
Josephine Baker	La Petite Tonkinoise	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1930

Joe Venuti's Blue Four	Really Blue	The New York Sessions 1926-1935		talkset
Josephine Baker & Adrien Lamy	J'ai Deux Amours	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1930
Josephine Baker	You're Driving Me Crazy	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1931
Josephine Baker	Pretty Little Baby	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1932
Josephine Baker	Haiti	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1934 from ZOU ZOU this was reportedly Baker's favoritesong from her stage show
Josephine Baker	C'est Lui	Head over High Hells	Trikont	rec. 1934 from ZOU ZOU
Josephine Baker	Reves	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1935 from PRINCESS TAM TAM
Josephine Baker	La Conga Blicoti	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1936 with the Lecuona Cuban Boys!
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Harmony in Harlem	The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Master & Okeh Recordings	Mosaic	talkset

Josephine Baker	Voila Paris / Cha Cha Cha	live performance		rec. 1955
Josephine Baker	Don't Touch My Tomatoes	The Fabulous Josephine Baker	RCA Victor	rec. 1960
Josephine Baker	La Seine	The Fabulous Josephine Baker	RCA Victor	rec. 1960
Josephine Baker	Speech at the March on Washington	March on Washington		rec. 1963 Baker was one of only two women who spoke at the March
Josephine Baker	Sourire a la Vie	The Royal Variety Performance		rec. 1974 one of her last live performances
Nelson Riddle	Fools Rush In	Sing a Song with Riddle	Capitol	talkset

Paul Robeson w/ Lawrence Brown	On Ma Journey	78	RCA Victor	rec. 1925 one of Robeson's first recordings. accompanied by Lawrence Brown who was his musical partner and arranger for many years
Paul Robeson w/ orcherstra led by Herman Fink	Ol' Man River	Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939	Warner Classics	rec. 1928 this is the song Robeson was best known for. his first big stage success was Show Boat in London in 1930
Paul Robeson w/ Lawrence Brown	Steal Away	Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939	Warner Classics	rec. 1933 in 1925 this song was Robeson's very first recording, but this performance was a few years later
Paul Robeson	Killing Song	Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939	Warner Classics	rec. 1935 from SANDERS OF THE RIVER. Robeson took criticism from the black community for racist stereotypes in this movie. After this he was more careful about not taking roles that were demeaning stereotypes
Paul Robeson & Lawrence Brown duet	Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho	Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939	Warner Classics	rec. 1936 nice to hear Lawrence Brown's voice
Paul Robeson	Lazin'	Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939	Warner Classics	rec. 1937 from BIG FELLA
Paul Robeson	It Ain't Necessarily So	Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939	Warner Classics	rec. 1938 Gershwin wanted Robeson for the original production of PORGY AND BESS but Robeson wasn't available
Paul Robeson	Deep River	Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939	Warner Classics	rec. 1939 from THE PROUD VALLEY. Robeson played an American sailor who shipwrecks in Wales and becomes part of a mining community. Robeson felt a deep connection to the Welsh people and said this was the only movie he was truly proud of

Count Basie Orchestra	Feedin' the Bean	Essential Count Basie		talkset
Paul Robeson o/ Count Basie	King Joe	One O'Clock Jump		rec. 1941 Basie and Robeson were not the best fit. Basie was quoted as saying "It certainly is an honor to record with Mr. Robeson, but the man certainly can't sing the blues."
Paul Robeson	Monologue	Othello		rec 1944 from the cast recording of Robeson's 1943-44 Othello on Broadway with Uta Hagen. He also performend Othello in London in 1930 but admitted later he wasn't ready for the part yet
Paul Robeson	Anthem of the Soviet Union	live performance		rec 1944 Robeson said being in the Soviet Union was the first time he felt like a man, unencumbered by the racism of the US
Paul Robeson	Chi Lai (Arise!)	live performance		date unknown, recorded in the Soviet Union. Robeson first recorded this song in 1941, it went on to become the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. Sadly, the lyricist was poet & playwright Tian Han, who was denounced in the Cultural Revolution and died in prison in 1968. From then on Robeson sent all his royalties from the song to Tian's family
Paul Robeson w/ Lawrence Brown	Song of the Plains	Songs of Free Man	Sony Classical	This song was a Red Army standard. The Red Army reportedly listened to Robeson to boost morale before battle
Paul Robeson & Senator Homer Ferguson	Mundt-Nixon Hearing	US Senate testimony		rec 1949. The bill would have required all members of the Communist Party to register with the Attorney General
Oscar Peterson Trio	Stairway to the Stars	Essential Jazz Vol 6		talkset

James Earl Jones	HUAC Testimony	re-enactment of Paul Robeson's HUAC testimony		Robeson testified before HUAC in 1956. It had a severe impact on his career. He was blacklisted and deined a passport. He couldn't perform or record in the US, and couldn't leave the country until a Supreme Court decision in 1958 forced them to give him a passport
Paul Robeson w/ Judith Rosen	Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees	On My Journey: Paul Robeson's Independent Recordings	Smithsonian Folkways	rec 1956: This album is songs Paul recorded on his own label when he couldn't get a recording contract due to the blacklist. This song was recorded in a friend's home on a portable tape recorder
Paul Robeson	Shlof, Mein Kind (Sleep My Child)	On My Journey: Paul Robeson's Independent Recordings	Smithsonian Folkways	rec 1957. Robeson dedicated this song to the childrenof Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
Paul Robeson, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry	Hammer Song	On My Journey: Paul Robeson's Independent Recordings	Smithsonian Folkways	rec 1957
Oscar Peterson Trio	Ol' Man River	The Complete Jerome Kern Songbook		talkset
Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Live at Carnegie Hall		rec 1958 Robeson recorded this labor anthem many times