Reefer Songs, 23 Original Jazz
& Blues Vocals
Milan 1989

Some people never quit, others give it up after a period.
I used to be a viper from 1976 till 2016, when I couldn’t
stop coughing I’ve never touched it again. I must say, life
was good in those days, it is even better today. Still, when
thinking back, a whole lot of crazy stories pop up and make
me laugh. What are we speaking off? Listen to this marvelous
cd and, if you’ve met that reefer man, you know ..

Sommige mensen stoppen er nooit mee, anderen hangen
de pijp in de wilgen na een tijd. Ik was een ‘viper’ van 1976
tot 2016. Toen ik maar bleef hoesten was het klaar, nooit
meer een korrel aangeraakt. Ik moet zeggen, het leven was
mooi, maar het is vandaag de dag nog mooier. Als ik terug
denk echter komen de leukste verhalen naar boven en wordt
er veel gelachen. Waar we het over hebben ? Luister naar deze
pracht cd en als jij de ‘reefer man’ kent weet je’t ..

01 – Don Redman and his Orchestra – Reefer man
02 – Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – The man from harlem
03 – Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys – Here comes the man with the jive
04 – Bob Howard and his Boys – If you’re a viper
05 – Bennie Goodman and his Orch. with jack Teagarden – Texas tea party
06 – Buster Bailey’s Rhythm Busters – Light up
07 – Trixie Smith – Jack, I’m mellow
08 – Barney Bigard Sextet – Sweet marijuana brown
09 – Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle’s Swingsters – Viper man
10 – The Harlem Hamfats – The weed smoker’s dream ( why don’t you do right_)
11 – Cee Pee Johnson and Band – The ‘G’ man got the ‘T’ man
12 – Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy – All the jive is gone
13 – Georgia White – The stuff is here
14 – Chick Webb and his Orch. with Ella Fitzgerald – Wackie dust
15 – Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson – Who put the benzadrine in mrs. murphy’s ovaltine_
16 – Clarence Williams and his Washboard Band – Jerry the junker
17 – Fats Waller – Reefer song
18 – Julia Lee and her Boyfriends – Lotus blossom (sweet marijuana)
19 – Ernest Rodgers – Willie the chimey sweeper
20 – Bea Floote – Weed
21 – Buck Washington – Save the roach for me
22 – Lil Green – Knockin’ myself out
23 – Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra – Minnie the moocher