Friday, January 06, 2017

You Can Make My Life a Playlist of Roses

Astrud takes a bow. Stan approves.

Coffeetime, January 6, 2017, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jack Sheldon / Jazz West Coast, Vol 2 / Contour / Pacific Jazz / LA 11.18.55
Art Farmer / Septet / Mau Mau / Prestige / 7.2.53
Pee Wee Russell’s Rhythmakers / There’ll Be Some Changes Made [take 2] / HRS / 8.31.38
Ben Selvin & his Orchestra / Medley “Hot Cha”: You Can Make My Life a Bed of Roses (vocal = Kate Smith); Say (vocal = Wallace Trio); There I Go, Dreaming Again (vocal = Jack Miller) / Columbia / 3.22.32
Babe Matthews with Joe Thomas’ Big Six / He’s Got So Much / HRS / 2.15.46
Dakota Staton / More Than the Most! / Some Days It’s Monday / Capitol / Hollywood 1959

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

set 2
Art Farmer / Perception / Nobody’s Heart / Argo / 10.25-27.61
Red Garland / Moodsville 6 / T’ain’t Nobody's Business / Prestige Moodsville 6 / 11.21.58
The Bechet-Spanier Big Four / Lazy River / HRS / 3.28.40
Cliff Edwards aka Ukelele Ike aka Jiminy Cricket / Give a Little Whistle / soundtrack to Pinocchio / Disneyland / LA 12.13.39 / with the Ken Darby Singers, Victor Young & his Orchestra
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / She Lost her Re-Bop / Queen / Cincinnati c. 4.46 / vocal = Ernestine “Annisteen” Allen & Bullmoose Jackson & ensemble
Rosemary Clooney / Swing Around Rosie / Sing You Sinners / Coral / LA 1958 / with Buddy Cole Trio

set 3
Teddy Edwards / Nothin’ But the Truth! / Nothin’ But the Truth! / Prestige / 12.13.66
Roy Haynes / Cracklin’ / Dorian / New Jazz / 4.10.63
Red Prysock / Short Circuit / Mercury / 10.14.55
Earl Hines & his Orchestra / You Don’t Know What Love Is / RCA Victor / 11.17.41 / vocal = Billy Eckstine
The Ravens / Without a Song / National [unissued] / c. 1950
Bobby Darin / Love Swings / No Greater Love / Atco / 1961

set 4
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / Coop / Contemporary / LA 3.17.54
Jimmy Raney / Jimmy Raney Plays / Signal / Prestige / 4.23.53 /
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / You Can’t Get That No More / Decca / 3.15.44
Astrud Gilberto / Look to the Rainbow / Look to the Rainbow / Verve / 12.65
The Soul Stirrers / All Right Now [take 2] / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 3.2.54

last soulful song
Redbone / Come and Get Your Love / Epic / LA 8.73

(hat tip John Funke of Backwoods):