Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.
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Theme: Stompin’ at the Savoy.
The Savoy Ballroom in the Harlem section of New York City was a major music venue from 1926 until 1958, and in the liner notes to Savoy by Taj Mahal, Holger Peterson notes that 13 of the 14 songs on the album would likely have been heard at the Savoy during its long run. And that’s what gave me the idea for this theme. All the songs on this show were performed during that period and might well have been heard at the Savoy at some point.
Taj Mahal- Stompin’ at the Savoy
Savoy (Stony Plain)
Ella Fitzgerald with The Chick Webb Orchestra- A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Swingsation (Verve)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Diga Diga Do
Rattle Them Bones (Savoy Jazz)
Howard Armstrong- Lady Be Good
Louie Bluie (Blue Suit)
Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band- He Ain’t Got Rhythm
I Just Want to Be Horizontal (Kingswood)
Taj Mahal- Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Savoy (Stony Plain)
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| Catherine Russell & Mike Regenstreif (2007) |
Catherine Russell- Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
Alone Together (Dot Time)
Taj Mahal- Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
Savoy (Stony Plain)
Barney Bigard & Orchestra- C Jam Blues
The Great Ellington Units (BMG)
Ella Fitzgerald with The Duke Ellington Orchestra- I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve)
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| Jackie Washington & Mike Regenstreif (2008) |
Jackie Washington- Take the “A” Train
Keeping Out of Mischief (Pyramid)
Nina Simone- Mood Indigo
Let It All Out (Liberty)
Taj Mahal- Caldonia
Savoy (Stony Plain)
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown- Salt Pork, West Virginia
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan (Black & Blue)
Asleep at the Wheel- Choo Ch’Boogie
Having a Party: Live (Goldenlane)
Louis Jordan- Let the Good Times Roll
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (JSP)
Taj Mahal- Sweet Georgia Brown
Savoy (Stony Plain)
Dave Van Ronk- Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You
Hummin’ to Myself (Gazell)
Oscar Brown, Jr.- One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
The Voice of Cool (Not Now Music)
Count Basie & His Orchestra- Jumpin’ at the Woodside
The Count Basie Story, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
Cab Calloway- Minnie the Moocher
Are You Hep to the Jive? (Columbia/Legacy)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong- Stompin’ at the Savoy
Ella and Louis Again (Verve)
Next week: Remembering Harry Belafonte (1927-2023).
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--Mike Regenstreif
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