Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist 11-30-11: Celebrating the Misty Miss Christy - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Thu, Dec 1, 2011 4:34 AM Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: November 30, 2011 This week we celebrated the recent birthday of the jazz songbird June Christy – Miss Christy to you -- who was born Shirley Luster in 1925. In the 1940s she succeeded Anita O’Day with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and later made a series of landmark recordings in the 1950s with the arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo. Along the way we heard from some of her notable contemporaries and successors as well. Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm EDT at: http://www.radiofairfax.org The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived. Some fans record it on their computers to listen to later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 “Hey, Lawdy Papa” by June Christy With the Kentones and the Stan Kenton Orchestra, recorded in 1945-47, when she was 20-22 years old, taken from the collection: June Time, featuring Dave Barbour on electric guitar, Ray Wetzel on trumpet and Boots Mussuli on alto sax. “Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me,” the 1944 recording by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra of the Duke Ellington and Bob Russell song, with Red Dorris on Vocal, from the collection: The Essence of Jazz Vocals. “Wish You Were Waitin' for Me,” composed by Bob Russell and David Saxon and performed by Anita O’Day fronting Stan Kenton’s Orchestra, with Stan Getz on Tenor Sax, in a 1944 Hollywood Palladium radio broadcast, taken from the CD Box Set: Young Anita. It was O’Day who recommended to Stan Kenton that June Christy succeed her with Kenton’s orchestra. “Way Out There,” written by George Wallington & Buddy Goodman and performed by Chris Connor recorded on her eponymous solo debut CD, with Nick Travis on trumpet; Zoot Sims, Al Young, Sam Markowitz, Ray Beckenstein and Danny Bank on saxes & clarinets; Moe Wechsler on Piano; Barry Galbraith on Guitar; Milt Hinton on Bass; and Osie Johnson on drums. Connor was recommended to Stan Kenton by Christy when she left to strike out on her own. “'Round Midnight,” The Thelonious Monk and Bernie Hanighen classic sung by June Christy on her 1956 LP: The Misty Miss Christy, with the orchestra arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo, her husband Bob Cooper on tenor sax and Corky Hale on harp. “Skylark” from the 1957 Annie Ross album: Nocturne for a Vocalist. This version of the 1941 Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer song included Tony Crombie on Piano; Bob Burns on clarinet; Roy Plummer on electric guitar; and Lennie Rush on bass. “The Song Is You” from the 1959 album: Chet Baker With Fifty Italian Strings, the song written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1932 Broadway musical: Music in the Air. “My Funny Valentine,” Dinah Shore’s version of the Rodgers & Hart classic from the 1937 Broadway musical: Babes in Arms, accompanied only by Andre Previn on piano, taken from the compilation: Sweet and Lovely – Capitol’s Great Ladies of Song. “Blue Moon,” June Christy’s version of the 1934 Rodgers and Hart song from her 1958 LP: June’s Got Rhythm, arranged by her husband, Bob Cooper, featuring Russ Freeman on piano. “Jeannine,” the Duke Pearson and Oscar Brown composition sung by Kurt Elling on Charley Harrison’s 2006 CD: Keeping My Composure, featuring Dan Trudell on piano, John Wojciechowski on alto sax and George Fludas on drums. “Something Cool,” a somewhat cheesy version of the Billy Barnes’ song made famous by June Christy, performed by Julie London on her 1960 album: Around Midnight, arranged and conducted by Dick Reynolds. “Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own,” the 1935 recording by Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald from the CD Box Set: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. “The Best Thing for You,” the Irving Berlin song from his 1950 musical: Call Me Madam, performed by June Christy on her 1957 LP: Fair and Warmer, arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo. “We'll Meet Again” performed by Frank Sinatra from his 1962 recording: Great Songs From Great Britain. The 1939 song by Ross Parker & Hughie Charles made famous by Vera Lynn in WW II and also was used in the 1943 movie of the same name and in the finale of the 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie: Dr. Strangelove. “Dream of You,” the 1956 recording by Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra from the collection: Adventures in Sound, composed by Sy Oliver and featuring Larry Bunker on Tympani, Harry Klee on flute, Pete Candoli on muted trumpet and Larry Bunker on vibes. [ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2011-12-01 09:16 ] [ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2011-12-03 11:51 ]

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: November 30, 2011

This week we celebrated the recent birthday of the jazz songbird June Christy – Miss Christy to you -- who was born Shirley Luster in 1925. In the 1940s she succeeded Anita O’Day with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and later made a series of landmark recordings in the 1950s with the arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo. Along the way we heard from some of her notable contemporaries and successors as well.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm EDT at: http://www.radiofairfax.org The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived. Some fans record it on their computers to listen to later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9

“Hey, Lawdy Papa” by June Christy With the Kentones and the Stan Kenton Orchestra, recorded in 1945-47, when she was 20-22 years old, taken from the collection: June Time, featuring Dave Barbour on electric guitar, Ray Wetzel on trumpet and Boots Mussuli on alto sax.
“Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me,” the 1944 recording by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra of the Duke Ellington and Bob Russell song, with Red Dorris on Vocal, from the collection: The Essence of Jazz Vocals.
“Wish You Were Waitin' for Me,” composed by Bob Russell and David Saxon and performed by Anita O’Day fronting Stan Kenton’s Orchestra, with Stan Getz on Tenor Sax, in a 1944 Hollywood Palladium radio broadcast, taken from the CD Box Set: Young Anita. It was O’Day who recommended to Stan Kenton that June Christy succeed her with Kenton’s orchestra.
“Way Out There,” written by George Wallington & Buddy Goodman and performed by Chris Connor recorded on her eponymous solo debut CD, with Nick Travis on trumpet; Zoot Sims, Al Young, Sam Markowitz, Ray Beckenstein and Danny Bank on saxes & clarinets; Moe Wechsler on Piano; Barry Galbraith on Guitar; Milt Hinton on Bass; and Osie Johnson on drums. Connor was recommended to Stan Kenton by Christy when she left to strike out on her own.
“'Round Midnight,” The Thelonious Monk and Bernie Hanighen classic sung by June Christy on her 1956 LP: The Misty Miss Christy, with the orchestra arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo, her husband Bob Cooper on tenor sax and Corky Hale on harp.
“Skylark” from the 1957 Annie Ross album: Nocturne for a Vocalist. This version of the 1941 Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer song included Tony Crombie on Piano; Bob Burns on clarinet; Roy Plummer on electric guitar; and Lennie Rush on bass.
“The Song Is You” from the 1959 album: Chet Baker With Fifty Italian Strings, the song written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1932 Broadway musical: Music in the Air.
“My Funny Valentine,” Dinah Shore’s version of the Rodgers & Hart classic from the 1937 Broadway musical: Babes in Arms, accompanied only by Andre Previn on piano, taken from the compilation: Sweet and Lovely – Capitol’s Great Ladies of Song.
“Blue Moon,” June Christy’s version of the 1934 Rodgers and Hart song from her 1958 LP: June’s Got Rhythm, arranged by her husband, Bob Cooper, featuring Russ Freeman on piano.
“Jeannine,” the Duke Pearson and Oscar Brown composition sung by Kurt Elling on Charley Harrison’s 2006 CD: Keeping My Composure, featuring Dan Trudell on piano, John Wojciechowski on alto sax and George Fludas on drums.
“Something Cool,” a somewhat cheesy version of the Billy Barnes’ song made famous by June Christy, performed by Julie London on her 1960 album: Around Midnight, arranged and conducted by Dick Reynolds.
“Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own,” the 1935 recording by Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald from the CD Box Set: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five.
“The Best Thing for You,” the Irving Berlin song from his 1950 musical: Call Me Madam, performed by June Christy on her 1957 LP: Fair and Warmer, arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo.
“We'll Meet Again” performed by Frank Sinatra from his 1962 recording: Great Songs From Great Britain. The 1939 song by Ross Parker & Hughie Charles made famous by Vera Lynn in WW II and also was used in the 1943 movie of the same name and in the finale of the 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie: Dr. Strangelove.
“Dream of You,” the 1956 recording by Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra from the collection: Adventures in Sound, composed by Sy Oliver and featuring Larry Bunker on Tympani, Harry Klee on flute, Pete Candoli on muted trumpet and Larry Bunker on vibes.

[ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2011-12-01 09:16 ]

[ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2011-12-03 11:51 ]