Flaming Youth jazz, big band, standards Now if you want to know how much fun we had in the Roaring 20's, just listen to this song. It bounces all around you...
Tiger Rag jazz, standards, swing/big band, ragtime Calling all you musicians out there! I'd like to see you keep up with this one! We were faster than a rocket. You might get...
I Must Have That Man jazz, swing/big band Another Cotton Club gem, circa 1928. I love this arrangement, especially the horns. We did this one when that "wah wah" sound was becoming popular....
Bandana Babies jazz, swing/big band This song was originally spelled "Bandanna Babies" when it was recorded in 1928. Sung by Adelaide Hall for our show at The Cotton Club, this...
I Can't Give You Anything But Love jazz, standards What a fabulous song. Romantic, passionate, witty and sincere, this tune was a classic from the start. It was featured in the movie "Bringing Up...
Louisiana jazz, swing/big band "Music to me is a sound sensation. . . . It takes me to new places and experiences. It brings me invitations to the most...
Hot And Bothered jazz, swing/big band A seminal jazz gem performed at furious speed! This song is another one of my early recordings featuring the fabulous Bubber Miley on trumpet. He...
The Mooche jazz, swing/big band This song has the same recording date as "Hot and Bothered", but no two songs could be more different. The Mooche is steamy and seductive...
Diga Diga Doo jazz, standards Oh, Zulu man is feeling blue
Hear his heart beat a little tattoo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo Doo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo
This song is from "Blackbirds...
Jubilee Stomp jazz, big band, standards Duke Ellington and his Orchestra is perhaps the greatest of all Jazz bands. The group stayed together for over fifty years and recorded and wrote...
Black Beauty jazz, jazz blues, piano I wrote "Black Beauty" for the finest dancer in Harlem, Miss Florence Mills, who died suddenly in 1927 at the age of 32. It was...
Sweet Mama jazz, swing/big band Actually it's "Sweet Mama, Papa's Getting Mad", from the New York recording session in 1928. The horns are brilliant on this one too. One of...
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo jazz, standards Aw man now this is the Real Deal. One of the best examples of Bubber Miley's plunger mute trumpet "jungle sound". Beautifully recorded on November...
Washington Wobble jazz, swing/big band Duke Ellington grew up in Washington DC and this song is a tip of the hat to his hometown. Jazz.com also states it was originally...
Black And Tan Fantasy jazz, swing/big band, jazz blues This is one of 41 songs recorded by Duke Ellington during 1927. Trumpeter Bubber Miley wrote most of Black & Tan, and was the main...
Creole Love Call jazz, standards "Creole Love Call" features Adelaide Hall as our New Orleans gal singer. The horns rise and fall, glide in and around each other, truly one...
Hop Head jazz, standards This is so far and above anything that was written in 1927, no wonder most white folks dismissed this art form as the work of...
Birmingham Breakdown jazz, swing/big band Recorded this tune on November 29,1926 with The Kentucky Club Orchestra. When the Hollywood Club on West 49th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway in...
