BLUES IN THE NIGHT
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: June 2, 1982, Rialto Theatre, N.Y.C.; June 12,
1987, Donmar Warehouse, London
Performances: 53 (N.Y.C.); ? (London)
Note: Only recordings of songs not otherwise found on the original London cast album are noted below.
Am
I Blue (M: Harry Akst; L: Grant Clarke):
I have not attempted
discological information for this standard beyond original cast
member performances.
1. Lesley On TV/More Lesley On TV, Collectables 6059 (Leslie
Uggams)
Copenhagen (M/L: Charlie Davis; Walter
Melrose):
I have not attempted
discological information for this standard.
Dirty No Gooder Blues (M/L: Bessie
Smith):
1. 78/Columbia 14476 D
(Bessie Smith with James P. Johnson, piano) [reissued on The
Complete Recordings, Vol. 4, CD/Columbia/Legacy 52838]
2. Amina Claudine Myers Salutes Bessie Smith, CD/Leo 103 (Amina
Claudine Myers)
3. Women In (E)Motion, CD/Tradition & Moderne 102 (Amina
Claudine Myers)
4. Homage, CD/Seque Records (Chuk Fowler)
5. Hot Chestnuts, CD/ Faye Ringel (Faye Ringel with Robert
Thurston)
6. Million Dollar $ecret, CD/Flying Fish 2619 (Valerie
Wellington)
I've Got A Date With A Dream (M: Harry
Revel; L: Mack Gordon):
1. 78/Decca 1977 (Dan
Raymond with Henry King and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Parlophone R 2609 (Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra) [also
78/Vocalion 4396; reissued on The Quintessential Billie Holiday,
Vol. 6 (1938), CD/Columbia CK-45449]
3. 78/Bluebird B 7698 (Burt Shaw with Willie Farmer and His
Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 8184 (Larry Cotton with Horace Heidt and His
Brigadiers)
5. 78/Victor 26000 (Martha Tilton with Benny Goodman and His
Orchestra) [reissued on And The Angel Sings, CD/Living Era 5669]
6. Volume 6: 1938, CD/Masters of Jazz 85 (Count Basie)
7. The Complete Camel Caravan Shows [1938 09 06-1938 09 13],
CD/Jazz Hour 1038 (Martha Tilton with Benny Goodman and His
Orchestra)
8. Date With A Dream, CD/Columbia 53392 (Malene Mortensen)
Kitchen Man (M: Alex Bellenda; L: Andy
Razaf):
1. 78/Columbia 14435 D
(Bessie Smith, guitar and voice, with piano accompaniment) [also
78/Biltmore 1040; 78/Hot Jazz Club 613; reissued on The Complete
Recordings, Vol. 4, CD/Columbia/Legacy 52838]
2. Hairy Jazz, CD/Water Music Records 214 (Shel Silverstein and
The Red Onions)
3. Havin' The Last Word, CD/Alligator Records 514927 (Saffire)
4. Sentimental Streak, CD/World Village 468075 (Catherine
Russell)
5. Alone Together, CD/Jill O'Hara Music 1002 (Jill O'Hara with
Bill Mays, piano, David Finck, bass, Tim Ries, tenor sax,
Michele Ramo, violin, and Jim Saporito, drums)
6. Son Of Nuts, CD/Warner Bros. (George Melly)
7. Seventh One, CD/Red House Records 116 (Dean Magraw)
8. The Quintessential Eddie Lang 1925-1932, CD/Timeless 1043
(Eddie Lang)
9. Goin' Down The Road To See Bessie, CD/GHB Records 339 (Sheila
Collier)
10. A Truckload Of Blues, CD/Rounder CD-3119 (Bob Brozman)
11. Breath Taking Boogie Shaking, CD/Acoustic Music 31910042
(Angela Brown and Albert C. Humphrey with Christian Christi
Freising, piano and voice)
12. Second Burnley National Blues Festival April 1990, CD/JSP
238 (Angela Brown)
13. The Great Revival: Traditional Jazz 1951-1957, CD/Lake 158
(unknown performer) (unverified)
14. Blue Corner Vol. 2, CD/Smm (unknown performer) (unverified)
15. I've Got What It Takes, CD/Lake 71 (Beryl Bryden & The
Blue Boys)
16. Don't Stop Lovin' Me, CD/ al Denn (Val Denn) (unverified)
17. Bob Kerr And His Whoopee Band, CD/Classic Rock Legends 2307
(Bob Kerr and His Whoopee Band) (unverified)
18. Dining At The Banquet, CD/The Kitchenettes (The
Kitchenettes) (unverified)
19. The Jazz Club, CD/Weton-Wesgram 2145 (Humphrey Lyttleton and
Others) (unverified)
20. Here's To You, CD/Lake 41 (Phil Mason's New Orleans
All-Stars with Christine Tyrrell) (unverified)
21. Reelsville, CD/Liberation 1442 (Dave Mason) (unverified)
22. Valli Scavelli Sings Bessie Smith, CD/Valdon (Bessie Smith)
23. Live At The Cinegrill, CD/River Siren Productions (Cybill
Shepherd) (unverified)
New Orleans Hop-Scop Blues (M/L: George
W. Thomas):
1. 78/Columbia 37577
(Bessie Smith with Ed Allen, trumpet, and Charlie Green,
trombone) [also 78/Columbia 14516 D; reissued on The Complete
Recordings Vol. 4, CD/Columbia Legacy Recordings 52838]
2. 78/Decca 18095 (Jimmy Noone and His Orchestra) [also
78/Brunswick 03169; reissued on The Chronological Jimmy Noone,
CD/Classics 651]
3. 78/Session 12-006 (Richard M. Jones) [reissued on The
Chronological Richard M. Jones 1927-1944, CD/Classics 853]
4. 78/Okeh 4975 (Sidney Bechet with the Clarence Williams' Blue
Five) [also 78/Hot Jazz Club 604; reissued on Young Sidney
Bechet 1923-1925, CD/Timeless 28]
5. 78/Okeh 8085 (Sara Martin with Clarence Williams, piano)
[reissued on Sara Martin In Chronological Order Volume 2:
1923-1924, CD/Document 5396]
6. 78/Vocalion 2654 (Clarence Williams, vocal, with Clarence
Williams and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological
Clarence Williams 1933-1934, CD/Classics 871]
7. Og Det Var Sa Det, Storyville 5501 (Henrik Johansen)
[reissued on Golden Years of Revival Jazz, Vol. 15,
CD/Storyville 5520]
8. Live At The Café Carlyle, Atlantic (S) SD2-609 (Bobby Short;
piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard Sheridan,
drums) [reissued as CD/Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 589]
9. Goin' Crazy With the Blues, CD/Jazzology 52 (Claire Austin)
10. Goin' Down the Road to See Bessie, CD/GHB Records 339
(Sheila Collier)
11. New Orleans Playing Away Jazz, CD/ABM 1163 (unknown
performer)
12. Vintage Chris Barber: Jazz Sacred And Secular, CD/Lake 222
(Chris Barber Jazz Band)
13. The Complete 1953 Recordings in New Orleans, CD/504 53 (Ken
Colyer)
14. New Orleans Drums: 1928-1946, CD/EPM 159632 (Baby Dodds,
Zutty Singleton, Tubby Hall, and Paul Barbarin)
15. The Al Fairweather Collection 1953-57, CD/Lake 260 (Al
Fairweather)
16. Bywater Dance, CD/Yellow Dog Records 1242 (Mary Flower)
17. Pottery Pie, CD/Hannibal HNCD 4428 (Geoff and Maria Muldaur)
18. Naughty Bawdy & Blue, CD/Stony Plain 1319 (Maria
Muldaur)
19. Creole Belles, CD/Arhoolie 420 (The New Orleans Ragtime
Orchestra)
20. Streets And Scenes Of New Orleans, CD/Fantasy 15001 (Silver
Leaf Jazz Band)
21. A Stone For Bessie Smith, CD/Kirkelig (Ytre Suloens
Jass-Ensemble & Barbara Ann)
22. George Webb's Dixielanders 1943-1947, CD/Lake 128 (George
Webb's Dixielanders)
23. The Mayor of MacDougal Street: Rarities 1957-69,
CD/Rootstock Recordings 4005 (Dave Van Ronk)
24. That's The Blues, Dad, CD/Lake 49 (Bruce Turner)
25. Lincoln Avenue Express, CD/Daring 3027 (Butch Thompson)
26. Honky Tonk Train: The Boogie Woogie Craze, CD/River Walk 2
(Jim Cullum Jazz Band)
27. Nobody's Blues But Mine, CD/Opus 3 19102 (Tomas Ornberg's
Blue Five & Friends)
28. The Chronological Richard M. Jones 1927-1944, CD/Classics
853 (Richard M. Jones)
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
(M/L: Harry Link; Holt Marvell; Jack Strachey) (originally
used in SPREAD IT ABROAD):
I have not attempted
discological information for this standard.
When A Woman Loves A Man (M: Bernard
Hanighen; Gordon Jenkins; L: Johnny Mercer):
I have not attempted
discological information for this standard.
Unrecorded Material:
Low (M/L: Milton Drake;
Vernon Duke; Ben Oakland)