Halloween Juddering – A devilish musical voodoo concoction to celebrate the coming day of “trick or treat” featuring some jazz, blues, soul and funky stuff from New Orleans.
“Swamp Ghost” – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – American Music, Texas Style [Verve: 1999]
“She’s My Witch” – Kip Tyler – Ebb Records Story (Vol. 2): 1957-1959 [Specialty: 2001]
“Witches’ Pit” – John Coltrane – Dakar [Prestige: 1957]
“Witch Hunt” – Michael Wolff – Intoxicate [Indianola: 2001]
“Prelude To A Nightmare” – Babs Gonzalez – A Proper Introduction to Babs Gonzales: Real Crazy [Proper: 2004]
“Jolie’s Nightmare (Mr. House Dick)” – Chuck E. Weiss – Old Souls And Wolf Tickets [Ryko: 2002]
“You Got Me Voodoo’d” – Louis Armstrong – Complete Decca Recordings [Definitive: 2000]
“Black Cat Bone” – Albert Collins – Showdown [Alligator: 1985]
“Voodoo” – Bo Dollis – 1313 Hoodoo St. [Aim: 1996]
“Midnight Creeper” – Lou Donaldson – Midnight Creeper [Blue Note: 1968]
Blue Mitchell Trumpet, George Benson Guitar, Dr Lonnie Smith Organ, Idris Muhammad Drums
“Sympathy For The Devil” – Hans Theessink – Jedermann Remixed – The Soundtrack [Blue Groove: 2011]
“I Put A Spell On You” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Voodoo Jive [Rhino: 1990]
“It’s Your Voodoo Working” – Janiva Magness – Blues Ain’t Pretty [Loose Leaf: 2001]
“Voodoo” – John Zorn & The Sonny Clark Memorial – Voodoo [Black Saint: 1986]
“Voodoo Doll” – Jirka Hala – Make You Wanna Hala [2HP Production: 2009]
John Gros Organ & Vocals
“Holy Ghost” – Bar-Kays – The Best of the Bar-Kays [Stax: 1983]
“Hungry Ghosts” – Club d’Elf – Now I Understand [Accurate: 2006]
“Ghost Walk” – Budos Band – Budos Band [Daptone: 2005]
Birthdays: Jelly Roll Morton & Eddie Harris –
Pianist, bandleader and composer, Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Lemott Lamothe) who was born on this day in New Orleans in 1890. Morton led a very colorful life early on as a whorehouse piano player and vaudeville performer. Morton felt that he had single-handedly “invented” jazz music and was not shy about his claim. He was the first to point out the “Latin tinge” that spiced up this early music. In addition, the eclectic and imaginative saxophonist and composer Eddie Harris would have been 87 today but died in 1996.
“Black Bottom Stomp” {Jelly Roll Morton} – The Dukes Of Dixieland – Timeless – The Classic Collection [Leisure Jazz: 2006]
“How Jelly Roll Got His Name/Original Jelly Roll Blues” {Jelly Roll Morton} – Jelly Roll Morton – The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings [Rounder: 2007]
“King Porter Stomp” {Jelly Roll Morton} – Wynton Marsalis – Standard Time [Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly: 1999]