Wurlitzer at the Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington, IL

1927 Wurlitzer at Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ

2004 Kuhn at Philharmonie, Essen, Germany

1998 Goll at the Parish Church, Memingen, Germany

Am I Blue?

…who knew that when wind blew through an organ’s pipes the results would be, among other things, ‘the blues’?

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of June 15, 2015

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

FRED FISHER:  Blue is the night –Jim Riggs (1928 Wurlitzer/Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA) Melody Masters 107

W. C. HANDY:  St. Louis Blues –Reginald Foort (1927 Wurlitzer/Landmark Theater, Richmond, VA) POP 134

TOOTS THIELMANS:  Blusette.  STEVE ALLEN: Gravy Waltz –Dan Bellomy (1928 Wurlitzer/Paramount Theater, Brooklyn, NY) DBP 1993

MARVIN FISHER:  When sunny gets blue –Jelani Eddington (Wurlitzer/Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington, IL) RJE Productions 1571

JÜRGEN REHBERG:  Go Do Mo. JOHANN MATTHIAS MICHEL:  Lobe den Herren.  HANS-MARTIN KIEFER:  Die ganze Welt hast du uns überlassen. –Philip Scriven (1884 Hill-2000 Harrison/Litchfield Cathedral, England) Regent 304 

JULIAN WACHNER:  Blue –Stephen Burns, trumpet; Julian Wachner (2003 Marshall & Ogletree/Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, NY) Musica Omnia 0604

RICHARD RODGERS:  Blue Room –Bob Salisbury (1929 Page/Casino Theatre, Avalon, CA) SCI 62093

GEORGE GERSHWIN:  Rhapsody in Blue –Jeremy Filsell, piano; Scott Dettra (Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/4/2012)

Hour 2

PHILIP BRAHAM:  Limehouse Blues –Don Baker (1928 Wurlitzer/Senate Theatre, Detroit, MI) POP 137

RICHARD RODGERS:  Blue Moon—Charlie Balogh (1927 Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) ERB Enterprizes 110

FRED FISHER:  Blue is the night –Bobby Hackett, cornet; John Seng (1928 Wurlitzer/Loderhose Studio, Long Island, NY) Sony Special Products 143727

CLIFF FRIEND:  Hello, Bluebird.  HARRY AKST:  Am I blue?  FRED FISHER:  Dance of the Blue Danube –Vincent Lopez, piano; Jim Riggs (1922 Wurlitzer/Little River Studio, Wichita, KS)

DAVE BRUBECK:  Blue Rondo a la Turk –Nathan Avakian (1939 Kimball/Cleveland High School, Portland, OR) Avakian 709

PETR EBEN:  Blue Window, fr Okna –Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet; Iveta Apkalna (2004 Kuhn/Philharmonie, Essen, Germany) Phoenix Edition 143

BARBARA DENNERLEIN:  Holy Blues –Barbara Dennerlein (1998 Goll/Parish Church, Memingen, Germany) Bebab 250970

WALTER DONALDSON:  My blue heaven –Jesse Crawford (1929 Wurlitzer/Paramount Studio, New York, NY) Piping Hot 2008

RAY HENDERSON:  So Blue –Donna Parker (1927 Wutlirzer/Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, AL) ALA 1783

PETER DeROSE:  Deep Purple –Ralph Wolf, piano; Rob Richards (1929 Wurlitzer/Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, CA) Richards Production 1080

The next American Theatre Organ Society National Convention takes place July 2-7, 2015 in Philadelphia, PA.  And Michael Barone will again host the annual Independence Day Concert at Washington National Cathedral (July 4, 11 a.m.); you are invited to attend, or listen to the live-stream online.