Thursday, February 5, 2009

Blues Women on KDVS


Here is a recent play list from the broadcasts I host at KDVS. Most effective, I believe, was the sequence starting out with Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean A Thing, and concluding with Jayne Cortez, 3 Day New York Blues. The image presented here is of Gwendolyn Brooks.





Fats Waller
I'm Crazy About My Baby
Fat's Plays, Sings, Alone & With Various Groups
CBS France


Fats Waller Draggin' My Heart Around Fats Plays, Sings, Alone & With Various Groups CBS France


Fats Waller Us On A Bus Complete Recordings Volume 10 RCA France


Alberta Hunter Sugar Women Of The Blues RCA


Alberta Hunter Beale Street Blues Women Of The Blues RCA


Duke Ellington featuring Baby Cox The Mooche The Music Of Duke Ellington Columbia


Duke Ellington featuring Ivy Anderson Mood Indigo The Music Of Duke Ellington Columbia

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Duke Ellington featuring Marie Ellington, Joya Sherrill & Kay Davis It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Johnny Come Lately RCA


Nellie Lutcher My New Papa's Got To Have Everything My New Papa's Got To Have Everything Jukebox Lil' (Sweden)


Lil' Green Now What Do You Think? Chicago 1940-1947 Rosetta Records


Margaret Walker Kissie Lee Anthology Of Negro Poetry Folkways


'Sippi Wallace You Gonna Need My Help Women Of The Blues RCA


'Sippi Wallace I'm A Mighty Tight Woman Women Of The Blues RCA


Jayne Cortez featuring Richard Davis 3 Day New York Blues Celebrations & Solitudes Strata-East

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Carmen McRae When Sunny Gets Blue Bittersweet Focus


Carmen McRae How Did He Look? Bittersweet Focus


Carmen McRae Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry Bittersweet Focus


Carmen McRae The Meaning Of The Blues Bittersweet Focus


Gwendolyn Brooks The Preacher Ruminates Antholgy Of Negro Poetry Folkways


Gwendolyn Brooks The Children Of The Poor, Sonnet #2 Anthology Of Negro Poetry Folkways


Gwendolyn Brooks Old Laughter Anthology Of Negro Poetry Folkways


Duke Ellington The New East St. Louis Toodle-Lo The Music Of Duke Ellington Columbia


Lil' Green Romance In The Dark Chicago 1940-1947 Rosetta Records


Billie Holiday Rocky Mountain Blues Shades Of Blue Sunset


Billie Holiday Detour Ahead Shades Of Blue Sunset

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Carmen McRae Sometimes I'm Happy Woman Talk Mainstream


Carmen McRae Woman Talk Woman Talk Mainstream


Ntozake Shange (read by Laurie Carlos) Sorry For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf Buddha


Monette Moore Somebody's Been Loving My Baby Women Of The Blues RCA


Monette Moore Hard Hearted Papa Women Of The Blues RCA


Duke Ellington The New Black & Tan Fantasy The Music Of Duke Ellington Columbia


Duke Ellington Johnny Come Lately Johnny Come Lately RCA

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Lil' Green What's The Matter With Love? Chicago 1940-1947 Rosetta Records


Lil' Green Why Don't You Do Right? Chicago 1940-1947 Rosetta Records


Bud Powell Trio Tempus Fugit The Genius Of Bud Powell Verve


Bud Powell Trio Celia The Genius Of Bud Powell Verve


Bud Powell Trio Cherokee The Genius Of Bud Powell Verve


Bud Powell Solo Parisian Thouroughfare The Genius Of Bud Powell Verve


Bud Powell Solo Oblivion The Genius Of Bud Powell Verve


Bud Powell Solo Dusk In Sandi The Genius Of Bud Powell Verve


Jayne Cortez featuring Richard Davis Making It Celebrations & Solitudes Strata-East


Jayne Cortez featuring Richard Davis So Long Celebrations & Solitudes Strata-East

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