Scary Jazz (other genres too)

[brownie]

East St. Louis Toodle-oo - Duke Ellington

My choice for Scary Jazz too!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

does it need to be "jazz"?

if not...

Nice one!

Also

Screaming Jay Hawkins - I hear voices

Screaming Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you

Billy Ward & the Dominos (feat Clyde McPhatter) - The bells

Right off the jazz scene

Pete Seeger - The Bells of Rhymney - words by Idris Davies from "Gwalia deserta"

O what can you give me?

Say the sad bells of Rhymney.

Is there hope for the future?

Cry the brown bells of Merthyr.

Who made the mineowner?

Say the black bells of Rhondda.

And who robbed the miner?

Cry the grim bells of Blaina.

They will plunder willy-nilly,

Say the bells of Caerphilly.

They have fangs, they have teeth!

Shout the loud bells of Neath.

To the south things are sullen,

Say the pink bells of Brecon.

Even God is uneasy,

Say the moist bells of Swansea.

Put the vandals in court!

Cry the bells of Newport.

All would be well if-if-if-

Say the green bells of Cardiff.

Why so worried, sisters, why?

Sing the silver bells of Wye.

MG

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Naked City - Grand Guignol.

et al(most)

and then some Diamanda Galas to really get the party started!

[Tom in RI]

I agree with Sidewinder, the Mingus piece Passions of a Man is great Halloween music, also the 1st minute or so of George Russell's recording of Round Midnight with Eric Dolphy. I had those two things on a loop a few years ago to great effect.

[colllin]

Thanks for pointing out this recording! I would have never found it - it was released with an audiobook, so it is hard to discover this via the normal search methods. Got the mp3 at Amazon for a buck.

Bela Fleck playing Danse Macabre. I haven't heard it but the whole idea seems pretty damned eerie to me!

[lipi]

Some tracks from my Hallowe'en playlist:

Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa, "The Walls Keep Talking", 1941, Young Anita

Artie Shaw, "Nightmare", 1938, Self Portrait

Artie Shaw, "Mysterioso", 1940, The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions

Chick Webb, "Midnight in a Madhouse", 1937, Strictly Jive

Duke Ellington, "The Mooche", 1928, The Duke: The Comlumbia Years

Duke Ellington, "Harlem Twist (East St. Louis Toodle-Oo)", 1928, The Okeh Ellington

Duke Ellington, "Saturday Night Function", 1929, The Centennial Edition

Glenn Miller, "Song of the Volga Boatmen", 1944, The Lost Recordings

Louis Armstrong, "Spooks!", 1954, Satchmo in Style

Mills Blue Rhythm Band, "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town", 1936, 1933-1936 (Hudson-DeLange, Louis Prima, and Mora's Modern Rhythmists versions are nice, too)

Red McKenzie, "Murder in the Moonlight", 1935, Eddie Condon: The Classic Sessions

Tommy Dorsey, "Satan Takes a Holiday", 1937, The Seventeen Number Ones

Not scary sounding, but still Hallowe'eny in lyrics:

Artie Shaw, "Don't Fall Asleep", 1940, Begin the Beguine

Delta Rhythm Boys, "Dry Bones", 1947, Jump & Jive 'til One O 'Clock: Anthology Volume 2

Ella Fitzgerald, "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead", 1960, The Harold Arlen Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald, "Ol' Man Mose", 1962, Jukebox Ella (The Complete Verve Singles) (Armstrong versions are good, too, naturally)

Harlem Hamfats, "Hoodooin' Woman", 1937, Harlem Hamfats Vol. 2: Jam Jamboree

Dinah Washington with Lionel Hampton, "Evil Gal Blues", 1943, The Swinging Block-Chords Pianist 1943/1950

Lionel Hampton, "Lavender Coffin", 1954, The Legendary Decca Recordings

Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie, "Walking Slow behind You", 1949, Complete Original American RCA-Victor Recordings

everybody and their brother, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"

Edit: and as for non-Jazz: I'm partial to Belafonte's recording of "Zombie Jamboree".

Edited October 2, 2010 by alex.

[Chas]

The sepulchral vocalizing on Bennie Maupin's Excursion from his The Jewel In The Lotus album is pretty spooky.

[zootsi]

Here's a doowop one I remember:

Revels - Dead Mans Stroll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvraXl8BArg

[Bright Moments]

[Guest Bill Barton]

Thanks for pointing out this recording! I would have never found it - it was released with an audiobook, so it is hard to discover this via the normal search methods. Got the mp3 at Amazon for a buck.

Bela Fleck playing Danse Macabre. I haven't heard it but the whole idea seems pretty damned eerie to me!

You're welcome! I - uh - was too scared to download it myself.

[Rooster_Ties]

There's a track on Jack Walrath's 1988 BN leader date ("Neohippus") -- the track's called "Fright Night" -- that is just about THE scariest jazz I think I've ever heard.

Anybody else have this album, and can you confirm?

Edited October 28, 2010 by Rooster_Ties

[sidewinder]

How about this one? There's a Jack Sheldon vocal track called 'Haunted Ballroom No. 2' which has a spooky sounding snippet of young Feldman aka 'Kid Krupa' in action on drums during the WW2 London Blitz era ! (and I'm assuming it might have been recorded in 'Feldmans' aka the 100 Club on Oxford St).

Have the LP and I'll probably pop it on deck on the 31st.

Another Halloween offering on Concord is Monty Budwig's sleeve cover for 'Dig'.

Edited October 28, 2010 by sidewinder

[Ken Dryden]

I think Frank Zappa's instrumental "Filthy Habits" has a rather sinister edge to it.

[Hardbopjazz]

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross- Halloween Spooks

Youtube clip

[Noj]

Catalyst - The Demon Pts. 1&2

Kenny Barron - Hellbound (also covered by Yusef Lateef)

Jack Malmsteen - Satan Takes A Holiday

[wag]

There's a track on Jack Walrath's 1988 BN leader date ("Neohippus") -- the track's called "Fright Night" -- that is just about THE scariest jazz I think I've ever heard.

Anybody else have this album, and can you confirm?

Yes, I do and see post 11.