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
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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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