Hey Mister Jesse #039

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March's show features a whole bunch of exciting news, a brand new 2-Second Spins, an artist spotlight on singer Kally Price, and lots of audience feedback. (58 minutes)

00:44 Welcome to episode #039 of Hey Mister Jesse.
02:01 News: Yehoodi Radio
- March Guest DJ: Nathan Malone (Austin, TX)
Nathan's continuously updated album lists on eMusic.com can be found here: A-L and M-Z.
Especially be sure to check out: "On The Sunny Side Of The Street (alt 1)" (track 6) by Illinois Jacquet - Bottoms Up.
06:14 News: Frankie Manning's 95th Birthday Festival Update
- May 21st - 25th in New York City
- Registrional currently closed.
- Also, Frankie week is coming up the week of March 12th. Check website for details.
07:07 News: Duke Ellington featured on new US Coin
- Duke Ellington featured on reverse of new quarter honoring District of Columbia
- Read the news story on cnn.com.
08:44 News: The Jive Aces' New Release
- The Jive Aces - Recipe For Rhythm (available from eMusic and iTunes Plus).
10:50 News: Recent Finds (aka My Vacation in Hawaii)
- Holunape - Ahea? `Ano!
- Byron Yasui - Analoha (also check out the amazing ukulele playing of Benny Chong and his album Ukulele Jazz)
- Leinaala Haili - Na Ka Oi (available from AmazonMp3 and iTunes Plus)
- To discover more Hawaiian music, tune in online to our favorite Hawaiian radio stations: Hawaiian105.com and am940hawaii.com.

Producers Picks on Yehoodi Radio:
As a companion to the podcast, I record a monthly show for Yehoodi Radio called "Producers Picks". During March, tune in to listen to some of my favorite swinging Hawaiian music:
Mondays: 3pm Eastern / 12pm Pacific and 2am Eastern / 11pm Pacific
Thursdays: 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific and 11pm Eastern / 8pm Pacific

18:34 News: Free Swinging Download on AmazonMp3
"Hesitation Blues" by Willie Nelson and Asleep At The Wheel - Willie and The Wheel
20:25 News: Contest Winner!
Alex from the south bay is the lucky winner of Daniel Glass' brand new book The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming.
Alex's favorite drummer is Chick Webb.
"Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie" by Chick Webb - Strictly Jive (available from AmazonMp3, iTunes Plus and eMusic!!!).
23:55 2-Second Spins
- Jesse has to guess songs based on 2-second intros to swinging songs.
- Play along at home!

ANSWERS (don't read if you haven't listened to the show already):

- Song 1: "Jones" by Duke Ellington - Newport 1959
- Song 2: "T'ain't What You Do" by Jimmie Lunceford - Lunceford Special (available from AmazonMp3 and iTunes Plus)
- Shoot a video dancing the Shim Sham to this version of "T'ain't What You Do" and submit it for Frankie Manning's 95th birthday celebration. Read here for more details.
- Song 3: "Rack 'Em Up" by Yoko Noge - Struttin' With Yoko
- Song 4: "Jersey Bounce" by Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (available from AmazonMp3 and iTunes Plus)

30:58 Artist Spotlight: Kally Price
"Come Around To My House" by Kally Price and The Lazybirds - If You Like Good Cookin'
"Spreadin' Rhythm Around" by Kally Price - demo
For more information about Kally: www.myspace.com/kallyprice
40:59 Feedback
- Johan Frick (Gothenburg, Sweden) answers our question about the varied quality of vintage recordings
- Hayden (London, UK) shares a video of Anita O'Day performing Let Me Off Uptown.
- Morgan Day (Orange, CA) recommends "Solid Old Man" by Bob Hunt's Duke Ellington Orchestra - What a Life! (available from AmazonMp3, iTunesPlus and eMusic!!!)
- Phil Shapiro (Boston, MA) recommends two jazz documentaries: Jazz on a Summer's Day and The Greatest Jazz Films Ever.
- Robert Cullen (Netherlands) talks about Bernard Berkhout, who will be playing at the Amsterdam Lindy Exchange (June 26-28).
- Henrik Eriksson (Uppsala, Sweden) recommends "Love Me Or Leave Me" by Benny Goodman - Live Swing Sessions 1943 - 1949. Don't forget to check out Henrik's great blog, Swing, Jazz and Blues - Dance To The Music. We thoroughly enjoyed the video for "All Of Me" by Folkets Hus Fem found linked from this blog entry.
57:16 Thanks