The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is “Stompin’ at the Savoy.”
The Savoy Ballroom in the Harlem section of New York City was a major music venue from 1926 until 1958, and in the liner notes to “Savoy” by Taj Mahal, Holger Peterson notes that 13 of the 14 songs on the album would likely have been heard at the Savoy during its long run. And that’s what gave me the idea for this theme. All the songs on this show were performed during that period and might well have been heard at the Savoy at some point.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Stompin’ at the Savoy Taj Mahal - Savoy - Stony Plain 
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| A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ella Fitzgerald with The Chick Webb Orchestra - Swingsation - Verve |
| Diga Diga Do Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Rattle Them Bones - Savoy Jazz |
| Lady Be Good Howard Armstrong - Louie Bluie - Blue Suit |
| He Ain't Got Rhythm Samoa Wilson with The Jim Kweskin Band - I Just Want to Be Horizontal - Kingswood |
| Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Taj Mahal - Savoy - Stony Plain
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| Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? Catherine Russell - Alone Together - Dot Time |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me Taj Mahal - Savoy - Stony Plain
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| C Jam Blues Barney Bigard & Orchestra - The Great Ellington Units - BMG |
| I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So Ella Fitzgerald with The Duke Ellington Orchestra - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook - Verve |
| Take the “A” Train Jackie Washington - Keeping Out of Mischief - Pyramid
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| Mood Indigo Nina Simone - Let It All Out - Liberty |
| Caldonia Taj Mahal - Savoy - Stony Plain
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| Salt Pork, West Virginia Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown - Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan - Black & Blue |
| Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Asleep at the Wheel - Having a Party: Live - Goldenlane |
| Let the Good Times Roll Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five - JSP |
| Sweet Georgia Brown Taj Mahal - Savoy - Stony Plain
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| Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You Dave Van Ronk - Hummin' to Myself - Gazell |
| One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) Oscar Brown, Jr. - The Voice of Cool - Not Now Music |
| Jumpin' at the Woodside Count Basie & His Orchestra - The Count Basie Story, Vol. 1 - Columbia |
| Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway - Are You Hep to the Jive? - Columbia/Legacy |
| Stompin’ at the Savoy Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis Again - Verve |
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Loved the music and especially Take the “A” Train with Jackie Washington .. A lot of history with all these songs !
1:37 PM, April 26th, 2023