Friday, July 29, 2016

Every Man to His Own Playlist

The great Jim Flora capturing the joy in music.

Coffeetime, July 29, 2016, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Prestige All Stars / Tenor Conclave / Just You, Just Me / Prestige / 9.7.56
Art Pepper / Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section / You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To / Contemporary / LA 1.19.57
Russ Columbo / Prisoner of Love / Victor / LA 10.9.31 / with Nat Shilkret & his Orchestra
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Every Man to His Own Profession / Decca / 4.23.47
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Sings Gerswhin / Someone to Watch Over Me / Decca / 9.12.50

set 2
Red Garland / The Nearness of You / The Nearness of You / Jazzland / 11.30.61
Jack Sheldon / The Jazz Trumpet of Jack Sheldon: A Jazz Profile of Ray Charles / Just for a Thrill / Reprise / Hollywood 1961
Lester Young / I Cover the Waterfront (take 2) / Clef / Hollywood spring 1946
Jack Teagarden / Blues to the Dole / Brunswick / 7.19.39 
Irene Bordoni / Don’t Look at Me That Way / Victor / 6.24.28 / with Irving Aaronson & his Commanders 
Jack McVea / New Worried Life Blues / Rhythm / LA spring 1945 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / I Couldn’t Care Less / Charlie Parker Records / Hollywood 1962

set 3
Sonny Stitt / Move On Over… / The Lady Is a Tramp / Argo [Cadet] / 6.7.63 
Art Tatum / The Genius of Art Tatum #10 / They Can’t That Away from Me / Clef [Verve] / LA 1953 
The Four Vagabonds / If I Were You / RCA Victor / 5.13.45 
Toni Harper / Sam’s Song (The Happy Tune) / Columbia / LA 5.31.50 / with Four Hits & a Miss
Matt Dennis / Welcome Matt / You Make Me Feel at Home / Jubilee / 1958

set 4
Les Spann / Gemini / Blues for Gemini / Jazzland / 12.8.60
Lou Stein Quartet & Octet / Eight for Kicks, Four for Laughs / That Old Feeling / Jubilee / 1956 
Les Paul Trio / Dark Eyes / V-Disc / mid-1940s
King Cole Trio / You’ve Changed / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 11.5.47
Raphael Muñoz & his Orchestra / Top Pops of Latin America / Muchos Besos / RCA Victor / 1955
Astrud Gilberto / The Astrud Gilberto Album / Photograph / Verve / Hollywood 1.27, 28.65
The Pilgrim Jubilee Singers / What Do You Know (About Jesus) / Specialty [demo] / Hollywood prob. 8.55 / with Arthur Crume on guitar

last soulful song
Minnie Riperton / Perfect Angel / The Edge of a Dream / Epic / 1974