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TOAST TIME #2 : HOOKED ON SAX-O-PHONICS

TOAST TIME #2 : HOOKED ON SAX-O-PHONICS

A fascinating anthology of saxophonia, featuring legendary sax virtuosi (Rudy Wiedoft, Freddy Gardner) and ensembles (Merle Johnston, Clyde Doerr) and oddities, such as Luiz Americano, a Brazilian sax master circa 1935. Toasted by Dan Levinson from Lindemeyer, Leifert & Markow.

JEAN MOEREMANS (saxophone soloist with John Phillip Sousa)
1.  Carnival of Venice (Monarch 2854) circa 1904
BENNIE KREUGER'S ORCHESTRA (as FRENCH STRETZ'S SOCIETY ORCHESTRA)
2.  Saxopation (Kreuger) (OK 4360-B, mx. S-1908-C)
RUDY WIEDOEFT
3.  La Cinquantaine (Columbia CE 4037)
VARSITY FOUR (9/21/28) featuring ANDY SANELLA & HARRY RESER
(Note: The two other titles by this quartet are on Schmidt's Picks # )
Kiddie Kapers (Brunswick 4075)
4.  Jumping Jack (Brunswick 4075)
DAVIS SAXOPHONE OCTETTE (Direction of Clyde Doerr)
5.  Somebody's Lonely (Cameo 923, mx. 1917 C2, April 1926)
6.  I'd Climb the Highest Mountain If I Knew I'd Find You (Cameo 923, mx 1918 C1, April 1926)
CLYDE DOERR'S SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA
7.  Remember (Columbia 578-D, mx. 141536-6, February 1926)
8.  Just A Cottage Small (Columbia 578-D, mx. 141616-4, February 1926)
MERLE JOHNSTON SAX 4TET
9.  Baby, Oh Where Can You Be? (Columbia 1923-D, mx. 148861)
10.  Do Something (Mx. 148862-3)
ANDY SANELLA
11.  Love's Golden Dream (Harmony 1026H, mx. 144662-4)
12.  Valse Jewel (mx. 144663-4)
THE SEVEN BLUE BABIES (The Little Ramblers) (May 27, 1929)
featuring PETE PUMIGLIO (alto)
13.  Heigh-Ho! Ev'rybody, Heigh-Ho! (Edison 14016/mx. N-920-C-3-5)
BIG CITY SIX (ANDY SANELLA)
14.  Beyond the Blue (Supreme 1339) (Grey Gull) mx. 3835B
ANDY SANNELLA ("Saxophone solo by Senella w/vocal chorus")
15.  Prisoner's Song (Supreme 1339, see above) mx. 3837A
LEW STONE & HIS BAND featuring JOE CROSSMAN (tenor)
16.  Ups and Downs (sax solo by Joe Crossman) mx. TB 2605-1
Studies In Swing, No. 4
FREDDY GARDNER sax solo w/rhythm (George Scott Wood)
17.  Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (Parlophone A6463 mx. CE7492-1
18.  Same title as above, minus saxophone mx 74772-a ("Music Minus One!")
FREDDY "GARDINER" (sic)
19.  Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Regal Zonophone G24044, mx. CA 17626-1)
20.  Stardust (mx. 17629-1)
LUIZ AMERICANO (Brazilian saxophone soloist)
21.  Numa Seresta (Victor 33476-A)
22.  Soluços (Victor 33476-B)
23.  Valina (Victor 33804-A)
24.  Dancing Avenida (Victor 33804-B)

TOAST TIME #1 : HODGE PODGE!

TOAST TIME #1 : HODGE PODGE!

1.  Like Me A Little Bit Less (Love Me A Little Bit More) (From "Joe Palooka") (Adamson-Lane) - WILL OSBORNE & HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Nedra Godinier. Banner 32937-B (14416-1) NY, 12/4/33.
2.  Inka Dinka Doo (Ryan-Durante) - (From "Joe Palooka") WILL OSBORNE & HIS ORCHESTRA. Voc. Nedra                Godinier. Banner 32937-A (14414-1) NY, 12/4/33.
3.  Shame On You (Heyman-Arlen). "GENE'S MERRYMAKERS" (GENE KARDOS' ORCH.) - Voc. Dick 

     Robertson. Perfect 15813-A. (13907-1). NY, 9/6/33
4.  There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder (And A Beautiful Girl In My Arms) (Dubin-Goodwin-Fain) "GENE'S MERRYMAKERS" (GENE KARDOS' ORCH.). Perfect 15813-B. (13908-1). NY, 9/6/33
5.  Baby (Green-Bryan-Monaco) - "ART KAHN'S ORCHESTRA" (GENE KARDOS). Voc Dick Robertson.   

     (Canadian) Melotone 91472-B. (12681-1). NY, 12/2/32.
6.  Look Who's Here (Adamson-Lane). "ART KAHN'S ORCHESTRA" (GENE KARDOS). Voc Dick 

     Robertson. (Canadian) Melotone 91472-A. (12680-1). NY, 12/2/32.
7.  She's So Nice (Davis-Coots). "ALL STAR COLLEGIANS" (VIC IRWIN'S ORCH.). Vocal Eton Boyo.

     (Canadian) Crown 91246-B (11028-2). NY, 11/27/31.
8.  (Potatoes Are Cheaper - Tomatoes Are Cheaper) Now's Tthe Time To Fall In Love (Sherman-Lewis). "ALL

     STAR COLLEGIANS" (VIC IRWIN'S ORCH.). Vocal Eton Boyo. (Canadian) Crown 91246-A (11026-2). 

     NY, 11/27/31. (reportedly) Tommy Dorsey-tb.
ADRIAN ROLLINI AND HIS ORCHESTRA
9.  Ah! But Is It Love? (July 29, 1933)
10.  I Gotta Get Up And Go To Work (July 29, 1933) Red McKenzie
ADRIAN'S RAMBLERS
11.  Why Don't You Practice What You Preach? (May 4, 1934)
12.  I Wish I Were Twins (May 4, 1934) 

VICTOR CONCERT ORCHESTRA, direction of Nathaniel Shilkret
13.  Jazz Nocturne (Dana Suesse) (Victor 24028-A)
14.  Buffoon (Zez Confrey) (Victor 24028-B)
15.  Ninety In The Shade (Victor 40111-A, July 1, 1929)
16.  Alcoholic Blues (Victor 40111-B, July 1, 1929)
GRANT MOORE AND HIS NEW ORLEANS BLACK DEVILS (Milwaukee-based band ­ rec. in Chicago, May 6, 1931)
17.  Original Dixieland One-Step (Vocalion 1622)
18.  Mama Don't Allow No Music Playing In Here (Vocalion 1622)
BERT SHEFTER & HIS RHYTHM OCTET
19.  S.O.S. (Victor 25614-A, June 25, 1937)
20.  Locomotive (Victor 25614-B, June 29, 1937)
YASHA BUNCHUK & HIS SWING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (December 1936)
21.  I Never Knew (Brunswick 7801, mx. B20396)
22.  Crazy Rhythm (Brunswick 7801, mx. B20398)
ALEC WILDER OCTET (Walter Gross, Jimmy Carroll, Toots Mondello (tenor), Eddie Powell, Mitchell Miller, Harold Goltzer, Frank Carroll, Gary Gillis)
23.  Such A Tender Night (Brunswick 8357, mx. BW24295)
24.  Walking Home In Spring (Brunswick 8357, mx. BW24296)

 

TOAST TIME #4 : (MOSTLY) ACOUSTIC DELIGHTS, 1919-1926

TOAST TIME #4 : (MOSTLY) ACOUSTIC DELIGHTS, 1919-1926
FEATURING BENNY KRUEGER AND HIS KRUEGER-RANDS


ALL STAR TRIO (Wadsworth / Arden / Green)
1.  Echoes
2.  Just Like The Rose (intro "Freckles")
WIEDOEFT-WADSWORTH QUARTET (1920)
3.  Tell Me Little Gypsy (Berlin)
4.  Lone Star (Wiedoeft) (Brunswick 2042-B)
ORIGINAL NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND (Durante)
5.  Ja-Da (Okeh 1155, mx. 478-B)
THE KENTUCKY SERENADERS (Jimmy Durante, piano)
6.  My Sunny Tennessee [Kalmar-Ruby] (Regal 9319, mx. 42045-1C)
LANIN'S SOUTHERN SERENADERS (as HENDERSON'S DANCE ORCHESTRA)
7.  Aunt Hagar's Children Blues (Black Swan 2034, mx. 837-2)
8.  Shake It and Break It (Black Swan 2034, mx. 838-1)
BENNIE KREUGER'S ORCHESTRA (as FRENCH STRETZ'S SOCIETY ORCHESTRA)
9.  I've Got My Habits On (Durante) (Brunswick 2181-A)
10.  School House Blues (Berlin) (Brunswick 2181-B)
BROX SISTERS with BENNIE KREUGER'S ORCHESTRA
11.  Come On Home (Brunswick 2360-A)
12.  Bring On the Pepper (Berlin) (Brunswick 2360-B)
BENNIE KREUGER'S ORCHESTRA
13.  Yes! We Have No Bananas (Brunswick 2445-A, May 24, 1923)
14.  Long Lost Mama (Brunswick 2445-B, May 14, 1923)
BENNIE KREUGER'S ORCHESTRA
15.  Sleep (Brunswick 2551-A)
16.  Dancin' Dan (Brunswick 2551-B)
17.  Don't Be A Fool, You Fool (Brunswick 3029-A) (1925 electric)
18.  Hot Coffee (Brunswick 3029-B (comp. Costello-Kreuger)
BENNIE KREUGER'S ORCHESTRA (electric 1926)
19.  What Was I To Do? (Brunswick 3186-A)
20.  Bye Bye Blackbird (Brunswick 3186-B)
SEATTLE HARMONY KINGS (August 2, 1926)
21.  Breezin' Along (With the Breeze)
22.  How Many Times?
GOLDEN GATE ORCHESTRA (California Ramblers) (1927?)
23.  After You've Gone (Perfect 14834)
24.  After You've Gone (Perfect 14834 ­ rare ALTERNATE)

TOAST TIME #5 : JAZZ & HOT DANCE GEMS, 1927-1932:

HARRY RESER'S SYNCOPATORS, February 16, 1927
1.  The Cat (I. Jones) (Columbia 907-D, mx. 143482-4)
2.  I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep (Columbia 907-D, mx. 143483-2)
FRED RICH & HIS ORCHESTRA (1928)
3.  Two Lips
4.  My First Love
PAUL SPECHT & HIS ORCHESTRA (as HARRY PAUL & HIS ORCHESTRA)
5.  If You Don't' Love Me (Duophone D-4006, September 19, 1928)
PAUL SPECHT'S ORCHESTRA (as the RHYTHM REVELERS) c. Summer 1929
6.  Shoo-Shoo-Boogie-Boo (Sunrise 30022, mx. 3697-B)
Same band, same session, as the METROPOLITAN DANCE ORCHESTRA, mx. 3699-B
7.  When The Real Thing Comes Your Way (GG1788)
JACK DENNY & HIS ORCHESTRA
8.  Why Can't You Love That Way? C. September 14, 1929 vocal by Dick Robertson (not listed in Rust) ­ Featuring        

     solos by a couple of unusual reed instruments!
BROADWAY MERRYMAKERS (Grey Gull Studio Band featuring Andy Sanella)
9.  I Know Better Now vArthur Fields? (Grey Gull 1788, mx. 3688-B)
CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS
10.  The Wedding Of the Painted Doll (Edison 14016, mx. N-926-A-1-6)
ARTHUR SCHUTT'S ORCHESTRA
11.  'Leven Thirty Saturday Night (Paramount R672, mx. 403842A)
ED LOYD & HIS ORCHESTRA (TED WALLACE)
12.  Stein Song (Paramount R672, mx. 403859C) (Jack Purvis, tpt.)
THE RADIO ALL STAR NOVELTY ORCHESTRA
13.  Mysterious Mose (Brunswick 4755) (Dick Robertson, vocal)
VIC MEYERS' MUSIC (1929)

14.  Congratulations (Columbia 2026-D, mx. 149186-1)
15.  Melancholy (Columbia 2026-D, mx. 149451-1) sounds like same alto player as on Iona's "Keko"


PAUL ASH & HIS ORCHESTRA
16.  Out of the Dawn (Columbia 1531-D, mx. 146861-2)
17.  Ten Little Miles From Town (Elmer Shoebel) (Columbia 1531-D)
PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
18.  Tango Americano (Waiting For My Cavalier) (Victor 22913-B, September 10, 1931; Rust says September 30,

       1931)
19.  Sylvia (Victor 22885-A, September 30, 1931)
20.  Vilia (Victor 22885-B, September 30, 1931)
21.  Daybreak (Victor 24017-A, 1932)
22.  Toselli's Serenade (Victor 24017-B, 1932)
VINCENT ROSE & HIS ORCHESTRA
23.  Can't We Talk It Over? (Perfect 15573-A, mx. 11118-2) (possibly Snooks Memphis Ramblers according to

       John Leifert)
24.  Let That Be A Lesson To You (Perfect 15573-B, mx. B11234A)
       (this side actually RED NICHOLS BAND according to Tony Sacco)


TOAST TIME #6 : JAZZ & HOT DANCE GEMS, 1930-1934:

 

1.  Sing Something Simple (Herman Hupfeld) Leo Reisman and his Orch, vFrank Luther, Vic 22538, 9/19/30 [One of WF's all time favorite songs and recordings!]
2.  Lucky Seven Leo Reisman and his Orch, vFrank Luther, Vic 22538, 9/3/30
3.  How's Your Uncle? (Fields-McHugh) - "The New Yorkers"- Voc. Paul Small - (E) Brunswick 1243-A (mx E-

     37079) Victor Young Studio band; listed erroneously under "JESSE STAFFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRA";  

     p.1759
4.  There A Time And Place For Everything (Turk-Ahlert). BILLY ARTZ AND HIS "HENRY AND GEORGE" 

     ORCHESTRA - Voc. Tom Brown (NOT a trio, as Rust has it...) - Perfect 15511-B (10764-2). NY, 8/7/31
5.  Never (Paul Denniker). BILLY ARTZ (as above); Voc. Tom Brown (NOT trio!). Perfect 15511-A (10763-2).

     NY, 8/7/31. Bob Effros-t; ?Andy Sannella-stg.
6.  Parkin' In the Moonlight (Tobias-O'Flynn-DeRose). BILLY ARTZ & HIS ORCH. Vocal male trio. Perfect

     15504- (10751-2). NY, 7/27/31. Solos: Tony Parenti-cl; Billy Artz-vn.
7.  I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fisher-Unger-Stern). BILLY ARTZ & HIS ORCH. Vocal male trio.

     Perfect 15504-B. (10752-2). NY. 7/27/31.
8.  By My Side (Dick-Link-UNREADABLE NAME). "MAJESTIC DANCE ORCHESTRA" (BOB HARING'S

     ORCH.). Voc. "Buddy Blue" (Smith Ballew). Perfect 15453-A (10505-1). NY, 3/18/31. ?Tommy Dorsey-tb.
9.  Out of Nowhere (Heyman-Green). "MAJESTIC DANCE ORCHESTRA" (BOB HARING'S ORCH.). Voc.

     "Buddy Blue" (Smith Ballew). Perfect 15453-A (10505-1). NY, 3/18/31.
10.  Sleep Come On And Take Me (Young-Bunch) - SMITH BALLEW & HIS ORCH. (ARC-BR. STUDIO

       BAND) - Perfect 15626-B (11935-1) NY, 6/14/32. SOLO FILLED, include. Jimmy Dorsey-cl, ?Bunny 

       Berigan-buzz-mute t, Harry Hoffman - vn, others.
11.  I'm Forgetting Myself For You (Caesar-Meyer). SMITH BALLEW & HIS ORCH. (ARC STUDIO BAND)

       Voc. Smith Ballew. Perfect 15654-A (12172-1). NY, 8/11/32.
TED LEWIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
12.  My Woman
13.  Somebody Loves You
LEO REISMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA, Victor 24315, May 2, 1933
14.  Happy As The Day Is Long (Harold Arlen, vocal; Adrian Rollini, bass sax)
15.  The Gold Diggers' Song (Victor 24315, Fred Astaire, vocal)
ED LOYD (sic) & HIS ORCHESTRA (Sannella, guitar, Helen Ward vocal!)
16.  Let's Put Two and Two Together (mx. 14766-)
17.  The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Oriole 2843, mx. 14765-)
ALBERT TAYLOR & HIS ORCHESTRA (Sanella, guitar solo)
18.  Carolina (mx. 14763-1_
19.  My Little Grass Shack (Melotone 12920, mx. 14762-1_
SID PELTYN & HIS ORCHESTRA (as THE VILLAGE BARN ORCHESTRA)
20.  (It's Too Darn Hot For a Hot Tune) Play Me a Frigid Air (Victor 24084)
TED WEEMS & HIS ORCHESTRA
21.  Hy'a Duchess (Victor L16025 (LP) (from Dave Dixon)
RED NICHOLS & HIS WORLD FAMOUS PENNIES
22.  Jungle Fever (BB B-5547-A)
23.  Rockin' In Rhythm (BB B-5547-B)

bonus tracks:

FLO. LOMUTO Y SU ORQUESTA TIPICA
24.  La Calesita Se Destrozo (The Merry Go Round Broke Down) VIC 38324
HORACE HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA (conducted by FLETCHER HENDERSON)
25.  Oh Boy, I'm In the Groove (February 27, 1940)
26.  Kitty On Toast (February 27, 1940)