Friday, April 18, 2014

Three Short Dances for Solo Playlist


Coffeetime, April 18, 2014, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Stanley Turrentine / ZT’s Blues / The Lamp Is Low / Blue Note / 9.13.61 
John Coltrane / Giant Steps / Giant Steps [alternate version 2] / Atlantic [unissued] / 4.1.59 
Jimmy Hamilton & the Duke’s Men / Slapstick / Blue Note / 11.21.45 
Walter Barnes & his Royal Creolians / My Kinda Love / Brunswick / Chicago 12.14.28
Binnie Hale / Spread a Little Happiness / Columbia / London 3.12.29 / from the musical “Mr Cinders” with Al Starita & his Novelty Orchestra 
Charles “Crown Prince” Waterford / Coal Black Baby / Capitol / Hollywood 11.29.47
Dinah Washington / If I Had You / Mercury / 3.17.55

set 2
Barney Kessel / Workin’ Out / My Funny Valentine / Contemporary / LA 1.9, 10.61 
Chico Hamilton / South Pacific in Hi-Fi / A Cockeyed Optimist / Pacific Jazz / LA 1958 
Cal Tjader / Tjader Plays Tjazz / My One and Only Love / Fantasy / Marines Memorial Theater 12.4.54 
Tony Scott / Scott’s Fling / Three Short Dances for Solo Clarinet / RCA Victor / 1.7-12.55 
The Chocolate Dandies / That’s How I Feel Today / Okeh / 9.12.29
Willie Bryant & his Orchestra / All My Life / Bluebird / 4.9.36 
The Dinning Sisters / The Bride and Groom Polka / Capitol / Hollywood late 1947
The Ravens / Midnight Blues / Okeh / 10.30.50 

set 3
Jimmy Smith / The Sermon! / S’Wonderful / Blue Note [unissued] / 8.25.57 
Sonny Stitt / With the New Yorkers / Cherokee / Roost / 1957
Sonny Stitt / Cool Mambo / Prestige / 3.25.52 
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / (I’ve Been) Saving Myself for You / Bluebird / 5.28.38 / vocal = Martha Tilton
The Four Vagabonds / Choo-Choo / Apollo / 7.47 
Buddy Greco / My Last Night in Rome / My Last Night in Rome / Epic / 1964

set 4
Bob Gordon / Moods in Jazz / Moer Blues / Tampa / Hollywood 1954 
Conrad Gozzo / Goz the Great! / Blue Lou / RCA Victor / 1955
Billy Mitchell Quintet / Swing Not Spring / The Zec / Savoy / Detroit 1948 
Bing Crosby / Swinging on a Star / AFRS broadcast #452 / Hollywood 4.13.44 / with The Charioteers & The Music Maids 
Charioteers / Tica Ti Tica Ta / radio transcription / 1942
Pearl Bailey / The Songs of Academy Award Winner James Van Heusen / Swingin’ on a Star / Roulette / 1964
The Spirit of Memphis Quartet / Surely, Surely, Amen / Peacock / Memphis 1.53

last soulful song
Freddie North / Just Another Guy / Abet [unissued] / 1967