On today's expanded edition of Adventures in Sound (it aired 1 to 3 p.m.), we saluted Chess Records, with lot of Jazz, Rock & Roll, and (mainly) Blues cuts from the great Chicago label.
Uptight – Ramsey Lewis
One O’ Clock Jump – Chuck Berry, rec July 1959 (unreleased in U.S. until 1990)
Rhumba #2 – Ahmad Jamal
Who’s Been Talkin’ – Howlin’ Wolf, rec June 1957
Whose Muddy Shoes – Elmore James, rec 1/17/53 (unreleased until 1973)
One Way Out – Sonny Boy Williamson, rec 1961
Messin’ with the Man – Muddy Waters, rec July or Aug 1961
Drop Down Mama – Honey Boy Edwards, rec 1/09/53
Sugar Mama – John Lee Hooker, rec 1952
Tell Me Mama – Little Walter and The Jukes, rec 5/12/52
Tell Mama – Etta James, rec 8/24/67
Tickle Britches – B.B. King, rec 1958 (unreleased until 1984)
Scrappin’ – Hound Dog Taylor, rec circa Oct 1969 (unreleased until 1984)
Watch Yourself – Buddy Guy, rec 12/07/61
Crying – Blue Smitty and His String Men, rec 7/11/52
Weak Brain, Narrow Mind – Willie Dixon, rec 1964 (unreleased until 1988)
You Know My Love – Otis Rush, rec 9/29/60
Dearest Darling – Bo Diddley, rec 1/29/58
Drifting Heart – Chuck Berry, rec Feb or April 1956
My Dream – Chuck Berry, rec Jan 1971
My Home is in the Delta – Muddy Waters, rec Sept 1963
Sittin’ on Top of the World – Howlin’ Wolf, rec 1957
Dark Road – Floyd Jones, rec 12/29/51
All My Love in Vain – Sonny Boy Williamson, rec 8/12/55
Call it Stormy Monday – Elmore James, rec April 1960
So Glad I Found You – Johnny Shines (as Shoe Shine Johnny, rec 10/23/50)
Rattlesnake – John Brim, rec March 1953
Moving – Howlin’ Wolf, rec Aug 1973
She’s Alright – Muddy Waters, rec Dec 1952
She’s Alright – Bo Diddley
We celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Jazz guitar great's birth with an hour of his classic sides.
Jean “Django” Reinhardt (born 1/23/1910, in Liberchies, Belgium; died 5/16/53, in Fontainebleau, France).
(All selections recorded in Paris except where noted).
Dinah
Oh Lady Good
Tiger Rag (these selections recorded Dec 1934 by Django Reinhardt & The Quintet of the Hot Club of France with Stephane Grappelly).
Them There Eyes, rec 6/14/38
Stompin’ at Decca, rec 1/31/38 in London
Improvisation #2 (alternate take, rec 9/10/38, in London; first issued 1993)
Stardust – Coleman Hawkins, rec 3/02/35
Blue Moon – Coleman Hawkins, accompanied by Michel Warlop and His Orchestra, rec 3/02/35
Ride Red Ride (w/Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, rec 11/10/46, in Chicago)
Improvisation #5 (w/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, rec 11/10/46, in Chicago)
Manoir De Mes Reves (self composed), rec May 1952
Songe D’ Automne, rec Sept 1947
Ol’ Man River – Django Reinhardt (w/Stephane Grappelli, rec 11/21/47 for ORTF Radio)
How High the Moon – Django Reinhardt (w/Stephane Grappelli, rec 11/21/47 for ORTF Radio)







