Melba Liston and Her ’Bones (leader, soloist, composer/arranger, appears on all tracks; Fresh Sound 408, 2006 reissue of original 1958 MetroJazz Recordsrecording; recorded 1956, 1958) Randy Weston/Melba Liston, Volcano Blues(arranger, all tracks; Verve/Gitanes 519 269-2; recorded February 1993)
Dexter Gordon (leader) and others, Bebop Revisited, Vol. I (soloist, bandmember, appears on tracks 1-4; Xanadu 120, 2001 reissue of original 1947 Dial/Spotlite recordings)
Dizzy Gillespie (leader), Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions (soloist, bandmember, solos on track 13, disc 1, appears on all tracks; Verve 527900, 1995 compilation of 1956-1957 sessions)
Dizzy Gillespie, Newport Live (soloist, bandmember, appears on all tracks; Polygram 46LR, 1992 reissue of 1957 live recording)
Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers Plus Four (soloist, bandmember, appears on all tracks; Cadet LP4049; recorded 1957)
I Can’t Face the Music Without Singing the Blues 1938:
I Go For That 1938:
My Melancholy Baby 1938:
Love is Here to Stay 1938:
I Used to Be Color-Blind 1938:
What Have You Got That Gets Me 1938:
If You Were in My Place 1938:
Small Fry 1938:
Have You Forgotten So Soon 1938:
Old Folks 1938:
Blame it on My Last Affair 1938:
I See Your Face Before Me 1938:
Bewildered 1938:
The Weekend of the Private Secretary 1938:
Rock it For Me 1938:
Thanks for the Memories 1938:
Don’t Be That Way 1938:
Wigwammin” 1938:
At Your Beck and Call 1938:
So Help Me 1938:
Thanks for the Memory 1938:
Please Be Kind 1938:
They’ll Be Some Changes Made 1939 w Mary Lou Williams on Piano:
Barrelhouse Music 1939 w Mary Lou Williams on Piano:
Arkansas Blues 1939 w Mary Lou Williams:
You Don’t Know My Mind 1939 w Mary Lou Williams on Piano:
The Little Man that Wasn’t There 1939:
Don’t Dally With the Devil 1939:
Tit Willow 1939:
Darn That Dream 1939:
Make With the Kisses 1939:
I See Your Fave Before Me, The Lamp is Low 1939:
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 1939:
It’s Slumbertime in the Swanee 1939:
Prisoner of Love 1939 w Mary Lou Williams on Piano:
Moon Love 1939:
Three Little Fishes 1939:
I Thought About You 1939:
St. Louis Blues 1939:
Blue Rain 1939:
I Shoulda Stood in Bed 1939:
All the Things You Are 1939:
Wham (Re Bop Boom Bam) 1940:
The Complete Columbia Recordings Volume 10 1940-1941:
1. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) [Alternate Take]
2. Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)
3. Little High Chairman
4. Easy to Love
5. Give Me Time
6. They Can’t Take That Away from Me
7. A Bee Gezindt
8. After All I’ve Been to You
9. Don’t Take Your Love from Me [Alternate Take][#]
10. Don’t Take Your Love from Me
11. Fools Rush In
12. From Another World
13. I’m Nobody’s Baby
14. Give Me Time
15. How Can I Ever Be Alone?
16. Tennessee Fish Fry
17. I’ll Pray for You
18. Blue (And Broken Hearted)
19. Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry [Alternate Take]
20. Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry
21. I’ll Be Around [Alternate Take][#]
22. I’ll Be Around
23. My Little Cousin
Something’s Got A Hold of Me, I’m Sorry For You, Only Time Will Tell, What I Say on Hollywood a Go Go 1965 and/or The Beat 1966:
Tell Mama On Happening ’68:
Respect Yourself, I’d Rather Go Blind, Piece of my Heart – Live at Montreux – First time in Europe? 1975:
Drown in My Own Tears 1975:
At Last, Trust in Me, Sunday Kind of Love Melody, Leave Your Hat On @ Montruex 1977: Etta part starts 20 min in
Etta’s only movie appearance? – During Finale of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – I think you can see her as they zoom out at the end 1978:
Early Interview with Etta about Dinah and Billie:
Something’s Got A Hold on Me, Goove Me W Allen Toussiant 1982:
Baby What You Want Me To Do, Amazing Grace1982:
I Can’t Turn You Loose, Take it To the Limit 1982:
Let it Roll w the Dead and Tower of Power – Oakland 1982:
Something Got A Hold Of Me 1985?:
Shake Your Booty 1985?:
Tell Mama @ the Fillmore 1986:
Hoochie Coochie Gal, Rock n Roll Music From Hail Hail Rock and Roll 1986?:
I Would Rather Go Blind w Dr. John, Aint Nobody’s Business, Precious Lord, Midnight Hour w B.B. King, Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight 1987:
Sweet Little Angel w Albert Collins 1988:
Something’s Got a Hold of Me 1989 Montruex:
Tell Mama, I Would Rather Go Blind, Damn Your Eyes 1989:
Beware Video 1990:
Beware on The Late Show 1990:
At Last, Sugar on the Floor, I Would Rather Go Blind Live 2001:
I Would Rather Go Blind, I Just Want to Make Love to You,Why I Sing the Blues, Love and Happiness 1993:
Accepts Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award and at Last 1993:
Mocking Bird with Taj Mahal on the Late Show 1993:
Sweet Little Angel 1995:
Etta Talks about Billie Holiday 1995:
2003 CNN Interview:
At Last on Tavis Smiley 2007:
Etta James on Austin City Limits 2005 starts at 56:20:
56:20 SURPRISE! The last half of this video is of Etta James at Austin City Limits. I didn’t even know this was on here until after I posted “The Best of Boston Pops”. At 56:20 she is finishing a song, then – 58:18 Etta James sings a song she wrote “I’d Rather Be A Blind Girl” 1:05:18 “At Last” 1:09:58 “You Can Leave Your Hat On” 1:17:30 “Damn Your Eyes” 1:21:50 “Besame Mucho” 1:25:57 FUNKY BLUES -anyone know the name of this song, thanks… 1:35:06 “Sugar On The Floor” 1:45:25 INTERVIEW: Etta talks about singing for the audience but also for herself!
I Would Go Blind, Rock Me Baby, I Just Wanna Make Love to You, Born to Be Wild, Your Good Thing, Take Me To the River, You Can Leave Your Hat On 2002:
Adair, Z. R. (2010). Negotiating spectacle: Florence Mills, Josephine Baker & Adelaide Hall : transnational black women’s expressive culture, 1920-1935.
Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, Priscilla Stewart, Viola Bartlett, J Churchill, Julia Davis, Edmonia Henderson, Edna Hicks, Hattie McDaniel, Ozie McPherson, Ford and Ford
Songs from Get Yourself a College Girl Movie 1964 – Ipanema,
Entire Movie The Hanged Man 1964- Astrud singing Ipanema and Only Trust you Heart starts 24:45, 1:02:40 in – Second made for TV movie ever:
The Girl From Ipanema 1964:
The Girl From Ipanema, A Cuadji Bebe Camera 1965:
Agua De Beber 1965:
Desafanido, Spring Fever, The Telephone Song, Only Trust Your Heart, Quiet Nights, The Girl From Ipanema-1962? Probably 1966 TV Appearance:
Samba De Verao:
Bim Bom 1966:
Meditation 1967:
So Nice, 1985:
Samba Do Soho 1986:
ZDF Jazz Club Full Show 1988 – Girl From Ipanema, Ponteio, My Friend Flora, Adeus America, Canto De Ossanha, Samba Do Soho, Mantiqueira, Cumbia, Milkway, Interview with Astrud Gilberto, Aqua De Beber:
Hungarian Rhapsody II, Gonna Be a Great Day, Boogie Woogie Number (Hazel’s Boogie Woogie?) – Army/Navy Screen Magazine #8 – 1942?
Segment From Broadway Rhythm- Waltz in D Flat Major- 1944:
Segment From The Heat is On -The Black Keys and the White Keys, Caisson Number- 1944:
Segment From Rhapsody in Blue- The Man I Love, I Got Rhythm, Clap Your Hands, Fascinating Rhythm, Yankee Doodle Dandy – 1945:
Segments From I Dood It -Takin A Chance on Me, Jericho, and first 25 min of movie including One O’Clock Jump (w Lena Horne), just Hazels parts- 1942:
For the March of Dimes- w Charles Mingus and Rudy Nichols -Foggy Day, Autumn Leaves- 1955:
On Night Music – A Foggy Day – w Charles Mingus and Rudy Nichols – 1955:
Part of,Hazel Scott Segment in Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of Black Female Superstars, Full hour (2 of 4), Hazel Segment 15:00-22:50, Including Interview – PBS 1986:
Chilton, K. (2008). Hazel Scott: The pioneering journey of a jazz pianist from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Also appeared in feature films – The Sky’s the Limit (1943), South of Dixie (1944), How Doooo you Do (trailer w ella singin a little here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmKg4WxUmGQ&noredirect=1) – (1945), and Hit and Run (1957) –
On TV – Songs for sale (1952), Ed Sullivan Show (1955), and Startime (1960) – and in the Soundie Swing High, Swing Low (1946) – Hopefully some of these have survived.
“Hayfoot, Strawfoot” (Victor 20-1505) July 28, 1942
Ivie Anderson´s recordings without Duke Ellington´s Orchestra
No recordings were made before Ivie joined Ellington.
The Gotham Stompers 25Mar37, New York
Cootie Williams tp, S Williams tb, Barney Bigard cl, Johnny Hodges alt, Harry Carney bar, Tommy Fulford p, Bernard Addison g, Billy Taylor b, Chick Webb dr,
Wayman Carver arr.
M301-1 My Honey´s Lovin´ Arms Variety VA 629 Tax m-8005
M301-2 My Honey´s Lovin´ Arms rejected
M302-1 Did Anyone Ever Tell You Variety VA 541 Tax m-8011
M302-2 Did Anyone Ever Tell You Merritt 25
M304-1 Where Are You ? Variety VA 541 Tax m-8011
M304-2 Where Are You ? rejected
M303-1 Alabamy Home Variety VA 626 Tax m-8005
or Alabamy Lane, only instrumental, wrong information.
M303-2 Alabamy Home rejected
“A Day at the Races”
MGM Studio Orchestra , Culver City, Jan/Feb37. Crinoline Singers (Eddie Jones leader).
All God´s Chillun´Got Rhythm Black Jack LP 3004
“Jubilee” 19Apr43, Hollywood
Unknown personnel maybe with Louis Armstrong and orchestra.
Unknown Title AFRS “Jubilee” programme 21 part 2.
Ceele Burke´s Orch. ca 1945, Hollywood
Unknown personnel, arranger Max Walter.
AMO 3113A Mexico Joe Excellent 3113 Exclusive 230
AMO 3114A Play Me the Blues Excellent 3114 Exclusive 230
(AMO 3113B When The Ships Come Sailing Home Again and
AMO 3114B Now Or Never have Ceele Burke as vocalist)
The Jubilee All Stars Oct45, Hollywood
He´s Tall, Dark and Handsome Jam Session Blues
both selections ARFS “Jubilee” programme 152 part 1,
Swingtime ST1009, LP from Contact Records, Italy.
Ivie Anderson and her All Stars, Jan46, LA
Karl George tp, Willie Smith alt, Gene Porter tenor, Buddy Collette bar, Wilbert Baranco p & arranger, Buddy Harper g, Charlie Mingus b, Booker Hart dr.
BW 203 I Got It Bad Storyville 804 B&W 771
BW 204 On The Sunny Side of the Street Storyville 804 B&W 771
BW 205-1 You Ought To Know B&W 772
BW 206-3 The Voot Is Here To Stay B&W 772
Ivie Anderson & Phil Moore´s Orch. Oct46, LA
Phil Moore pianist and arranger. Personnel included Karl George tp, Lucky Thompson ten, Willie Smith alt, Irving Ashby g, Lee Young dr.
BW 481-4 He’s Tall, Dark and Handsome Storyville 804 B&W 823
BW 482 Empty Bed Blues Storyville 804 B&W 824
BW 483-2 Twice Too Many Storyville 804 B&W 823
BW 484 Big Butter and Egg Man Storyville 804 B&W 824
Cee Pee Johnson, 1947 L.A.
Teddy Buckner, Gerald Wilson tp, Ralph Bledsoe tb, Arthur Dennis alt, Dexter Gordon ten, Warren Bracker p, Irving Ashby g, Red Callender b, Cee Pee Johnson dr.
Play me the blues KayDee LP-2, radioprogramme
from- http://www.depanorama.net/dems/011c.htm
Videos:
Bundle of Blues – Soundie with Duke Ellington 1933
Lightnin’, Stormy Weather
I Got it Bad and that Ain’t Good -Soundie 1941:
The Hit Parade 1937 – I’ve Got to be a Rug Cutter begins at 7:13
From A Day at the Races 1937 – All God’s Chillrun’
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