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Remarkable Women of Jazz Blues and Swing


Five programs surveying the often overlooked Women of Jazz.


Eight-decades of singers, composers, arrangers and instrumentalists playing sax, guitar and piano, from the earliest days of jazz to the present.

                                                                          International Sweethearts of Rhythm,
                                                                                                trombone section


More about Remarkable Women of Jazz, here
  


Pt. 1 - Remarkable Women of Jazz

Women of Jazz 1A.mp3
MARY LOU WILLIAMS BLUES  --  Six Men & a Girl, 1940
HARMONY GRITS  --  Mary Lou Williams Girl Stars, 1946
LOW CEILING  --  Beryl Booker Trio, 1946
OOPS! MY LADY  --  Beryl Booker Trio, 1946
DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE  --  Madeleine Peyroux, 2004
DON’T CRY BABY  --  Madeleine Peyroux, 2004
BOOGIE MISTERIOSO  --  Mary Lou Williams Girl Stars, 1946
WAY DOWN THAT LONELY ROAD  --  Harlem Hamfats, w/ Alberta Smith, Ann Cooper, 1939
MINNIE THE MOOCHER  --  Valaida Snow, London, 1937
LIMEHOUSE BLUES  --  Mary Lou Williams Trio, 1944

Women of Jazz 1B.mp3
OR LEAVE ME ALONE  --  Lil Hardin Armstrong and her Swing Band, 1936
MOANIN’ LOW  --  Roaring Seven Jazzband, Zenja Damm, vocal, 1981
HE MAY BE YOUR MAN  --  Helen Humes, 1945
I WOULD IF I COULD  --  Helen Humes, 1944
HOLE IN THE WALL  --  The Jazz Classics w/ Liesel Mack vocal, 1983
GALVANISING  --  International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1944
   



Pt. 2 - Remarkable Women of Jazz

Women of Jazz 2A.mp3
LOVELY LIZA LEE  --  Mills Cavalcade Orchestra, 1935
BIG CITY BLUES  --  Annette Hanshaw, 1929
I’VE FOUND A NEW BABY  --  Ethel Waters, 1926
MY HANDY MAN  --  Ethel Waters, 1928
THE BLACK BOTTOM  --  Roaring Seven Jazzband, Zenja Damm vocal, 1981
DON’T TAKE MY BLACK BOTTOM AWAY  --  Janet Klein & her Parlor Boys, 2004
LITTLE WHITE LIES  --  Annette Hanshaw, 1930
I WANT TO BE BAD  --  Helen Kane, 1929

Women of Jazz 2B.mp3
MARY’S IDEA  --  Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy, 1930
TRAVELIN' BLUES  --  Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders, 1924
STEPPIN’ ON THE BLUES  --  Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders, 1924
DON’T BE LIKE THAT  --  Lee Morse, 1928
HE’S A GOOD MAN TO HAVE AROUND  --  Lee Morse, 1929
(WHAT DO I CARE WHAT) SOMEBODY SAID  --  Lee Morse, 1927
HE HADN’T UP TILL YESTERDAY  --  Sophie Tucker, 1928
PU-LEEZE! MR.HEMINGWAY!  --  Elsie Carlisle, 1932
WILD PARTY  --  Ina Ray Hutton & her Melodears, 1934
   


Pt. 3 - Remarkable Women of Jazz

Women of Jazz 3A.mp3
TUXEDO JUNCTION  --  International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1945
LOCH LOMOND  --  Maxine Sullivan, 1937
BLUE SKIES  --  Maxine Sullivan and her Orchestra, 1937
WITCH DOCTOR  --  Ina Ray Hutton & her Melodears, 1934
BABY DEAR  --  Mary Lou Williams and her Kansas City Seven, 1940
D.D.T.  --  Mary Lou Williams Girl Stars, 1945
YOU AIN’T BEEN LIVIN’ RIGHT  --  Blanche Calloway and her Band, 1935
LOUISIANA LIZA  --  Blanche Calloway and her Band, 1935
 
Women of Jazz 3B.mp3
TAURUS MOOD  --  Mary Lou Williams Trio, 1944
LAWD, YOU MADE THE NIGHT TOO LONG  --  Barbara Lashley, 1983
CENTRAL AVENUE BOOGIE  --  International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1944
DIGGIN’ DYKES  --  International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1944
VI VIGOR  --  International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1946
BUGLE CALL RAG  --  International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1944
AMONG MY SOUVENIRS  --  Etta Jones w/ J.C. Heard & his Orchestra, 1946
I MAY BE WONDERFUL  --  Pete Johnson’s All Stars, Etta Jones vocal, 1947
ROLL ‘EM  --  Mary Lou Williams, 1977
    


Pt. 4 - Remarkable Women of Jazz

Women of Jazz 4A.mp3
I NEED LOVIN’  --  Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys, 1934
CONVERSATION  --  Mary Lou Williams Girl Stars, 1946
‘LONG ABOUT MIDNIGHT  --  Banu Gibson, 1998
JUST A CRAZY SONG  --  Blanche Calloway, 1931
CRAZY PEOPLE  --  The Boswell Sisters, 1932
TRUCKIN’  --  Ina Ray Hutton’s Melodears, 1936
HIGH STEPPIN’  --  Ina Ray Hutton’s Melodears. 1936
MELODEAR SWING  --  Ina Ray Hutton’s Melodears, 1937
A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN THE GROOVE (Sycamore Blues)  --  Vivien Garry Qunitet, 1946
OPERATION MOP (Edna’s Stomp)  --  Vivien Garry Qunitet, 1946

Women of Jazz 4B.mp3
ZONKY  --  Six Men and a Girl [Mary Lous Williams], 1940
EXACTLY LIKE YOU  --  Ginger Smock feat with Rosy McHargue Orch, KTLA-TV, LA 1953
STRANGE BLUES  --  Cecil Count Carter, 1953
I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE  --  Vivien Garry Quintet, 1946
BLUE PRELUDE  --  Helen Humes with Bill Dogget Octet, 1945
BE-BABA-LEBA  --  Helen Humes with Bill Dogget Octet, 1945
DON’T GET IT TWISTED  --  International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1946
PLACE DE BROUCKERE  --  Yvonne Blanc, 1943
PIA’S BOOGIE  --  Pia Beck [& her Trio], 1950
   


Pt. 5 - Remarkable Women of Jazz

Women of Jazz 5A.mp3
FROGGY BOTTOM  --  Mary Lou Williams, 1944
BIG BUTTER & EGG MAN  --  Lil Hardin & Sidney Bechet, 1952
JAZZ BABY  --  Banu Gibson and the New Orleans Hot Jazz Orchestra, 1983
SHAKE THAT THING  --  Ethel Waters, 1925
COFFIN BLUES  --  The Jazz Classics, Liesel Mack vocal, 1983
DOWN ON THE DELTA  --  Boswell Sisters
LOUISIANA  --  Banu Gibson and the New Orleans Hot Jazz Orchestra, 1983

Women of Jazz 5B.mp3
NIGHTLIFE  --  Mary Lou Williams, 1930
BLUES AT MARY LOU’S  --  Mary Osborne with MaryLou Williams Girl Stars, 1945
RHUMBA REBOP  --  Mary Osborne with Mary Lou Williams Girl Stars, 1945
DOWNHEARTED BLUES  --  Alberta Hunter w/ Lovie Austin & her Blues Serenaders, 1961
GIN MILL SPECIAL  --  The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1944
UP THE COUNTRY BLUES  --  Sippie Wallace, 1982
YONDER COMES THE BLUES  --  Liesel Mack and the Jazz Classics, 1983
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN  --  The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, 1944
CARELESS LOVE  --  Madeleine Peyroux, 2004
  














Blanche Calloway


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