Friday, October 11, 2024

Looking at the World Thru Rose Coloured Playlist

Scene from the movie Reet, Petite, and Gone showing Louis Jordan playing his alto sax while two pretty women sit on the piano and the bass player is behind. The women are smiling.
Mr. Jordan – don’t scold us, play for us!

Coffeetime, October 11, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Gigi Gryce / Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet / Zing Went the Strings of My Heart / Riverside / 2.27 & 3.7.57
Art Taylor / Taylor’s Wailers / Exhibit A / Prestige / 2.25.57
Esquire All-American 1946 Award Winners / The One That Got Away / RCA Victor / 1.10.46
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Reaching for Someone / Okeh / 5.22.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Pompton Turnpike / Decca / 9.30.40 / Jordan as, Courtney Williams t, Kenneth Hollon ts, Arnold Thomas p, Charlie Drayton b, Walter Martin d
Kitty White / A New Voice in Jazz / Skylark / EmArcy / Hollywood 4.21.55

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

set 2
Bobby Timmons / In Person / Goodbye / Riverside / live at the Village Vanguard 10.1.61
Jimmy Smith / Softly as a Summer Breeze / These Foolish Things / Blue Note / 2.26.58
Stéphane Grappelli / Dans la vie / Barclay / Paris 2.6.56
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / My Pet / Victor / 4.22.28 / vocal = Bing Crosby
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Put It Away / Vocalion / 12.14.39 / vocal = Willie Smith
Jimmy Ricks / Jimmy Ricks / Zing Went the Strings of My Heart / Signature / 1961
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / An Historic Musical First / Looking at the World Thru Rose Coloured Glasses / Reprise / Hollywood 10.2, 3.62

set 3
Hank Mobley / Roll Call / My Groove Your Move / Blue Note / 11.13.60
Art Pepper / Modern Art / Blues In / Aladdin / Hollywood 12.28.56
Tadd Dameron’s Band / Anthropology / live, Royal Roost 1948
Billy Bissett & his Orchestra / Never in a Million Years / HMV / Mayfair Hotel, London 6.14.37 / duet with Alice Mann
Melody Masters / Subway Cutie / Apollo / 1947
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Skylark / Pacific Jazz / Forum Theatre, LA 9.13.56

set 4
Paul Desmond / Desmond Blue / Autumn Leaves [alt take] / RCA Victor / 3.15.62
Lennie Niehaus / Volume 5 The Sextet / Knee Deep / Contemporary / LA 1.56
Mae West / Pardon Me for Loving and Running / CBS radio broadcast (possible) / 1947 / Josef Cherniavsky & his Orchestra
Peggy Lee / I Should Care / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra
Earl Gaines / The Meaning of a Sad Song / DeLuxe / 1969
The Spirit of Memphis Quartet / Swing Down Chariot / radio broadcast, Carnation Milk show on WDIA / Memphis 12.16.49

last soulful song
The Mad Lads / The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads / Monkey Time ’69 / Volt / Memphis 1969

Friday, October 04, 2024

Osculate Me, Playlist

Screenshot from the movie Royal Wedding showing Fred Astaire dancing in a gym with a coat rack.
Fred setting the pace.

Coffeetime, October 4, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sonny Clark / [Cool Struttin’] Royal Flush / Blue Note [unissued] / 1.5.58
Sonny Clark / My Conception / Some Clark Bars / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.29.59
Billy Cotton & his Band / What a Diff’rence a Day Made / Regal Zonophone / London 1.19.35 / vocal = Alan Breeze
Jack McVea & his All Stars  / Lonesome Blues / Black & White / LA 1946 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Mavis Rivers / Mavis / There’s No You / Reprise / LA 1961 / arranged & conducted by Marty Paich

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

set 2
Kenny Dorham / ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, Volume 1 / Autumn in New York / Blue Note / live, Café Bohemia 5.31.56
Lucky Thompson / A Sunkissed Rose / Swing / Paris 3.29.56 
Joe Venuti / Autumn Leaves / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular)
Lester Young Trio / I Cover the Waterfront (take 2: master) / Clef / Hollywood spring 1946 
Gloria Swanson / Gotta Feelin’ for You / soundtrack: MGM movie The Hollywood Revue of 1929 / Hollywood 1929 / with the MGM Studio Chorus
Etta Jones / Osculate Me, Daddy / Victor / 6.11.46 / with J.C. Heard & his Orchestra 
King Odom Four / Lover Come Back to Me / Derby / 1.50 
Matt Dennis / She Dances Over Head / Give Her a Kiss / RCA / 1955

set 3
Freddie Hubbard / Hub-Tones / Prophet Jennings / Blue Note / 10.10.62
Chet Baker / Chet / ’Tis Autumn / Riverside / 1.19.59 
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Hard Tack / Exclusive / Hollywood 1945 / Johnny & Oscar Moore [latter with solo] g, Charles Brown p, Eddie Williams b
Una Mae Carlisle / Beautiful Eyes / Victor / 3.10.41 / with Lester Young’s Orchestra 
The Ravens / Mahzel (Means Good Luck) / National / 4.47 / their debut on National 
Fred Astaire / A Foggy Day / Verve / Hollywood 12.52 / Oscar Peterson p, Barney Kessel g, Ray Brown b, Alvin Stoller d, with Flip Phillips ts

set 4
Wes Montgomery / The Wes Montgomery Trio / The End of a Love Affair / Riverside  10.6.59
Bill Holman / In a Jazz Orbit / You Go to My Head / Andex / LA 2.11-13.58
Kay Starr / What a Difference a Day Made / Standard Transcription / LA 5.45 / with Les Paul Trio and Joe Venuti
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / The Jumping Jack / RCA Victor / 5.12.50 / Billy Valentine p & vocal, Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b, Philly Joe Jones d (!) 
Anthony Newley / The Roar of the Greasepaint / A Wonderful Day Like Today / RCA / 1965
Highway QC’s / I’ll Trust His Words / Vee Jay / Chicago 1957

last soulful song
Hal Frazier / No Man Is an Island / She’s Good to Me [Paul Williams & Roger Nichols] / VMC / Hollywood 1969
Mary Wells / He’s a Lover / 20th Century Fox Records / 6.65

Friday, September 27, 2024

Zing-A-Zing-A-Zing-Playlist

Screenshot from movie This Is the Army from 1943 showing Joe Louis in his army uniform about to come on stage for a musical number (he does not sing). He's wearing boxing gloves and smiling.
Joe can help you win at Jeopardy.

Coffeetime, September 27, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Benny Golson / Gettin’ With It / Blue Streak / New Jazz / 12.23.59 
Clifford Brown & Max Roach / Study in Brown / If I Love Again / EmArcy / 2.23-25.55 
Ramsey Lewis Trio / Perform a Tribute to Clifford Brown / Jordu / Argo / Chicago 10.8.58 
Sonny Dunham & his Orchestra / Pavanne / NBC radio show One Night Stand / Café Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC 1944
Dick Robertson / She’s Funny That Way / Edison / 12.6.28
Lowell Fulson / Blue Shadows / Swing Time / 1950 
Ella Fitzgerald / I Don’t Want to Take a Chance / Decca / 1952 / with orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver

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

set 2
Ron Jefferson / Love Lifted Me / Flamingo / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.27.61 
Don Wilkerson / Elder Don / Poor Butterfly / Blue Note / 5.3.62 
Benny Goodman Sextet / The New Benny Goodman Sextet #2 / I’ll Never Be the Same / Columbia / 7.29.52 / Goodman cl, Terry Gibbs vb, Teddy Wilson p, Mundell Lowe g, Sid Weiss b, Terry Snyder d
The Delta Rhythm Boys / Keep Smilin’, Keep Laughin’, Be Happy / Decca / 5.19.42 
The Dixiaires / Joe Louis Is a Fightin’ Man / Sittin’ in With / 1949 
The Jubilaires / As Summer Turns to Fall / Capitol / Hollywood 1951
Dean Martin / Zing-A-Zing-A-Zing-Boom / Capitol / Hollywood 1950

set 3
King Curtis / The New Scene of King Curtis / Da Duh Dah / New Jazz / 4.21.60 
Roy Brooks / Beat / Soulin’ / Workshop Jazz / 1964
Sonny Stitt / Saxophone Supremacy / It’s You or No One / Verve / Hollywood 12.59 
Dodo Marmarosa Trio / Raindrops / Atomic / Hollywood 1946
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) / Decca / 1942 / vocal = Trevor Bacon
The Orioles / I Don’t Want to Take a Chance / Jubilee / 1952
Mel Tormé / I Dig the Duke, I Dig the Count / Oh, What a Night for Love / Verve / LA 1961

set 4
Bucky & Mary Pizzarelli / Playing the Piano Music of Bix Beiderbecke in Arrangements by Bill Challis / Stage Fright / Monmouth Evergreen / early spring 1974
Don Fagerquist / Eight by Eight (Music to Fill a Void) / Aren’t You Glad You’re You / Mode / Hollywood 9.14.57
Doris Day / Again / Columbia / 1949 / with The Mellomen
King Cole Trio / ’Tis Autumn / Capitol / Hollywood 3.29.49 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b
James Brown / Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things / Talk to Me, Talk to Me / King / 12.68
The Dixiaires / Joshua / Lenox / 1949 

last soulful song
Gene Chandler / Think Nothing About It / Constellation / Chicago 1964

Lost & Found: Think a Little Playlist

Screenshot of Tavares performing on a TV show on October 5, 1976. They're dancing in sync and wearing outfits with lots of gold braiding. Lots of smiles.
Did ya miss me?

Lost & Found, September 27, 2024, Angelynn Grant

intro: Little Sister / Somebody’s Watching You / Stone Flower / 1970

set 1
Dean & Jean / In My Way / Rust / 1964
Junior Lewis / Which Way / Sylvia [unissued] / 1962
The Stylettes / My Boy / Cameo / 1965
Jan Bradley / We Girls / Formal / 1962
Barbara Lewis / Think a Little Sugar / Chess / 1962 / background vocals = The Dells / because she sings, “don't want to hear no radio, don't want to hear no jazz…”

bed
Leith Stevens & Stu Phillips / Soundtrack to the Columbia Pictures movie The Interns / Pitcher of Martinis / Colpix / 1962

set 2
Barbara Mason / Girls Have Feelings, Too / Arctic / 1964
Aretha Franklin / Runnin’ Out of Fools / I Can't Wait to See My Baby’s Face / Columbia / 1964
The Georgettes / Would You Rather / Yodi / 1970
The Pretenders / Broken Heart / Carnival [unissued] / 1971

bed
David McCallum / Music: A Bit More of Me / Call Me / Capitol / 1967

set 3
Cookie Scott & Chevelles / Mislead / Orr / 1968
The Diplomats / I’ve Got the Kind of Love / Dynamo / 1970
Jessie James / Are You Gonna Leave Me / Shirley / 1966
Mel Britt / Love Invented Misery / Fip / 1969
J.T. Rhythm / My Sweet Baby / Palmer / 1967
The Whispers / You Can’t Fight What’s Right / Doré / 1967

bed
Santi Latora / Mo'plen Bacharach [La Douce] / The Look of Love / Durium / 1970

set 4
Jerry Butler / Make It Easy on Yourself / Vee Jay / 1962
J.J. Barnes / Got to Get Rid of You / Volt / 1969
Howard Tate / These Are the Things That Make Me Know You’re Gone / Lloyd Price’s Turntable / 1969
The Dynamics / What a Shame / What a Shame / Black Gold Records / 1973
Al Wilson / La La Peace Song / Medley: I Won’t Last a Day Without You; Let Me Be The One / Rocky Road Records / 1974

bed
Little Milton / Friend of Mine [instrumental] / Glades / 1973

set 5
Delegates of Soul / I’ll Come Running Back / Uplook / 1970
The Ambassadors / Ain’t Got the Love (Of One Girl on My Mind) / Arctic / 1969
The Salvadors / Stick By Me Baby / Wise World / 1967
Jo Armstead / There’s Not Too Many More Left Like Him / Giant / 1969
Belita Woods / That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You / Karen / 1969
Veda Brown / I Had a Fight with Love / RAV / 1977

bed
The Mustang / Dance to Swing Organ / Undergrad / Somerset / 1965

set 6
Johnnie Taylor / You’re the Best Girl in the World / Columbia / 1976
Sonny Turner / Now That You’re Gone / Musicor / 1972
Bobby Bland / It Ain’t the Real Thing / ABC / 1976
Ann Peebles / I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Hi / 1972

bed
Isaac Hayes / Tough Guys (soundtrack to Three Tough Guys) / Kidnapped / Enterprise (Stax) / 1974

set 7
Lew Kirton / Something Special / AOTN / 1980
Sweet Charles / Yes It’s You / Urban / 1974
L.T.D. / Togetherness / You Fooled Me / A&M / 1978
The Voices of East Harlem / Cashing In / Chicago Sound / 1973 

last found soulful song
Tavares / Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel / Capitol / 1976

Friday, September 20, 2024

Playlist with a Reputation

Close up of Margie Joseph performing. She's wearing a multicolored blue dress and head scarf and has a beautiful smile as she looks into the camera.
Nobody…more beautiful singing Let’s Stay Together than Margie.

Coffeetime, September 20, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Blue Mitchell / The Cup Bearers / Cup Bearers / Riverside / 8.28, 30.62
Julian Priester / Keep Swingin’ / Under the Surface / Riverside / 1.11.60
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Futurity / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Lou & his Gingersnaps / Broadway Rhythm / Banner / 9.13.29 / with Henry “Red” Allen 
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Lovable / Brunswick / 4.20.28 / vocal = Skinnay Ennis
Jesse Price / I’m the Drummer Man / Capitol / Hollywood 1946
Dinah Washington / For Those in Love / Easy Living / EmArcy / 3.16.55

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

set 2
George Benson / The New Boss Guitar of George Benson with the Brother Jack McDuff Quartet / Easy Living / Prestige / 5.1.64
Horace Parlan / Speakin’ My Piece / Oh So Blue / Blue Note / 7.14.60
Sophie Tucker / He’s a Good Man to Have Around / Victor / 3.22.29 / with Ted Shapiro & his Orchestra
The Aristo-Kats / Jack, You’re Dead! / RCA Victor / 1946  
Pearl Bailey / The Songs of Academy Award Winner James Van Heusen / You Can’t Love Them All / Roulette / 1964
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Lover with a Reputation / Duke / Memphis 1970

set 3
Teddy Edwards / Heart & Soul / Little Steddy / Contemporary / LA 4.24.62
Howard McGhee / Maggie’s Back in Town / Sunset Eyes / Contemporary / LA 6.26.61
Howard McGhee & his Band / Mop Mop / Dial / LA Tuesday 9.4.45
Boswell Sisters / Nights When I Am Lonely / Victor / New Orleans 3.25.25 / with Vitaly Jaques “Vic” Lubowski on piano
Mills Brothers / Nobody’s Sweetheart / Brunswick / 10.9.31
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Ain’t That Just Like a Man / AFRS Jubilee #26 / Hollywood spring 1943 / vocal = Teresa Harris
Johnny Hartman / The Voice That Is! / My Ship / Impulse! / 9.22.64

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / Vince Guaraldi Trio / Django / Fantasy / San Francisco 4.56
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / The Big Shorty Rogers Express / Boar-Jibu / RCA Victor / LA 3.26.53
Les Paul Trio / Fine & Dandy / V-Disc 649A / Hollywood 8.12.45 
King Cole Trio / I’d Love to Make Love to You / Capitol / Hollywood 4.13.45 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / Oh! You Crazy Moon / Capitol Transcription / LA 4.4.49 / with The Dave Barbour Four & celeste! 
Rick Nelson & Joanie Sommers / soundtrack to ABC TV production, On the Flip Side / Try to See It My Way / Decca / LA 12.66
The Bronzemen / Don’t Touch My Garment / Standard Transcription / circa 4.39

last soulful song
Margie Joseph / Nobody / Volt / Memphis 1969



Friday, September 13, 2024

My Playlist's Mistreating Me

Screenshot from video of The 5 Stairsteps standing and singing into microphones, wearing colorful 1970s outfits.
Please tell us things are gonna get easier….

Coffeetime, September 13, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / Split Quick / Blue Note / 8.4.60
Hank Mobley / Mobley’s Message / Minor Disturbance / Prestige / 7.20.56
Neal Hefti / The Young at Bop / Sloppy Joe’s / EmArcy / 12.18.46
Jackie Sounder & his Orchestra / When Erastus Plays his Old Kazoo / Columbia / LA 6.29.28 / vocal = Walton McKinney
Roy Fox & his Band / Can’t We Talk It Over / Decca / London 4.13.32 / vocal = Al Bowlly 
Gene Phillips & his Rhythm Aces / My Baby's Mistreating Me / Modern [unissued] / LA late 1940s
Bette McLaurin / How Can I / Jubilee / 1954 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra

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

set 2
Hal McKusick / East Coast Jazz No. 8 / What’s New / Bethlehem / 2.17.55
Eddie Duran / Jazz Guitarist / A Room with a View / Fantasy / 1957 
Frank Wess Sextet / Pretty Eyes / Commodore / 8.54
Mills Blue Rhythm Boys / Ev’ry Time I Look at You / Brunswick / 7.30.31
Leo Reisman & his Orchestra / Stormy Weather / Victor / 2.28.33 / vocal = Harold Arlen & some mystery celeste at the end
Lavern Baker / See See Rider / Atlantic / 9.26.62
Cal Bostic / Introducing… Cal Bostic/ That’s All / RCA Canada / Toronto 8.67

set 3
Red Garland / Red in Blues-Ville / See See Rider / Prestige / 4.17.59
David “Fathead” Newman / Fathead Comes On / Esther’s Melody / Atlantic / 12.9.61 
Bill Harris / The Harris Touch / Sometimes I’m Happy / EmArcy / 5.2.57 / Hank Jones on celeste!, the rest of personnel unknown
The Dreams / I’m Losing My Mind / Savoy / 10.54
The Toppers / I’m Living for You / Savoy / 12.8.44
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Ordinary People / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Oscar Moore / We’ll Remember You Nat / That’s All / Surrey / Burbank 4.65
Australian Jazz Quartet / Loose Walk / Bethlehem / 2.55
Lennie Niehaus / The Octet #2 / Cooling It / Contemporary / Hollywood 1.11.55
Stephane Grappelli / I Want to Be Happy / Barclay / Paris 4.10.56
King Cole Trio / Don’t Blame Me / Capitol / Hollywood 5.19.45 / Nat King Cole p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Dolly Cooper / I’d Climb the Highest Mountain / Savoy / 3.3.53 / with The Four Buddies 
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Look Around / Roda / A&M / Hollywood 1967
The Trumpeteers / Milky White Way / Score / Baltimore 9.12.47

last soulful song
The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie / Our Family Portrait / You Make Me So Mad / Buddah / Chicago 1968 / featuring James III on lead

Friday, September 06, 2024

A Playlist on the Edge of Town

Screenshot from video of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers performing in Belgium in 1958 showing Lee Morgan playing his trumpet, Jymie Merritt playing his bass, and Benny Golson playing his tenor saxophone.
Looking good, Jymie!

Coffeetime, September 6, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Sweet Sakeena / Bethlehem / 10.11.57
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / Lex / Blue Note / 1.25.60 
The Ramblers O.L.V. [onder leiding van] Theo Uden Masman / A Strange Fact / Decca / Casino Hamdorff, Laren, Netherlands 4.26.37 / with Coleman Hawkins ts
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime / Columbia / 10.27.32
Amos Milburn / She’s Gone Again / Aladdin / LA 1.4.50
Bev Kelly / Bev Kelly in Person / It Never Entered My Mind / Riverside / live, The Coffee Gallery, San Francisco 10.14.60

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

set 2
Kenny Burrell / Bluesy Burrell / I Thought About You / Prestige Moodsville / 9.14.62
Jon Eardley / Hey There, Jon Eardley! / If You Could See Me Now / Prestige / 3.14.55
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / In the Evening / Victor / Detroit 3.27.24 
Ernie Morris / In the Mood / radio transcription, AFRS Jubilee #9 / LA 1.43 / with Master of Ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Ray Charles / Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand / Swing / LA 11.24.50 / Charles celeste (!), Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Eartha Kitt / RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt / I Wanna Be Evil / RCA Victor / 1954 /with Henri René & his Orchestra
Sammy Davis Jr. / Sammy Davis Jr. Sings What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers / A Lot of Livin’ to Do / Reprise / LA 7.18.61 / with The Marty Paich Dek-Tette

set 3
Lee Morgan / [Standards] / A Lot of Livin’ to Do / Blue Note / 1.13.67
Tina Brooks / True Blue / Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You / Blue Note / 6.25.60
Billy Taylor Quartet / Twinkle Toes / HRS / 6.47
George Hall & his Taft Hotel Orchestra / Weather Man / Bluebird / 07.12.35 / vocal = Dolly Dawn
Jubalaires / When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam / Standard Transcription / late 1940s
Sam Fletcher / Sings I Believe in You / I Could Have Told You So / Vee Jay / 1964 / with Harry “Sweets” Edison, arranged by Bill Finnegan

set 4
Barney Kessel / Carmen / A Pad on the Edge of Town / Contemporary / LA 12.19.58
Billy Taylor’s Big Four / Flight of the Bebop / HRS / 9.19.47
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & celeste!, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Billie Holiday / The Blues Are Brewin’ / Decca / 12.27.46 / with John Simmons & his Orchestra 
Jackie DeShannon / A Tribute to Burt Bacharach / To Wait for Love / Scepter / LA 1972
Jubalaires / Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again / Standard Transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
The Manhattans / Baby, I Need You / Carnival / 1966
Delegates of Soul / I’ll Come Running Back / Up Look / Philadelphia 1970

Friday, August 30, 2024

Look at that Playlist

Screenshot from soundie of the very pretty Maxine Sullivan in a close up singing while, off to the side, piano player Billy Kyle looks on admiringly.
Like Billy Kyle, we find it hard to take our eyes off Maxine.

Coffeetime, August 30, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Ronnie Mathews / Doin’ the Thang! / The Orient / Prestige / 12.17.63
Art Farmer & Donald Byrd / 2 Trumpets / Contour / Prestige / 8.3.56
Larry Adler / Caprice Viennois / Columbia / London 3.35 / with Carroll Gibbons & Harry Jacobson on two pianos
Melle Weersma & his Red, White & Blue Aces / With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming / Decca / Laren, The Netherlands 11.34 / vocal = Ab Witteboon
Mr. Google Eyes [Joseph August] & his 4 Bars / Poppa Stoppa’s Bebop Blues / Coleman / New Orleans c. 1946
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / Something I Dreamed Last Night / Kapp / 1958

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

set 2
Bill Perkins / Quietly There / A Time for Love / Riverside / Hollywood 11.23, 28, 30.66
Curtis Counce / You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce / How Deep is the Ocean? / Contemporary / LA 5.13.57
Blossom Dearie / Jazz Sweet / The Boy Next Door / Barclay / Paris 1955
Noël Coward / Let’s Say Goodbye / HMV / London 9.20.32 / with Ray Noble & the New Mayfair Orchestra
Maxine Sullivan / Kinda Lonesome / Victor / 12.10.38 
Ray Charles / All to Myself Alone / Swing / LA 11.24.50 / Charles celeste (!), Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Anthony Newley / Who Can I Turn To? / Look at that Face / RCA / 1965

set 3
Curtis Fuller / Volume 3 / Two Quarters of a Mile / Blue Note / 12.1.57
Joe Newman / Good ’n‘ Groovy / Just Squeeze Me / Prestige Swingville / 3.19.61
Georgie Auld / Taps Miller / Royal Roost / 1951
Una Mae Carlisle / Walkin’ by the River / Victor / 11.13.39 / arranged by Benny Carter
The Charioteers / Stardust / radio transcription / 1942
The Four Vagabonds / Kentucky Babe / Apollo / 11.13.46 / their first session for Apollo
Jerry Orbach / Off Broadway / There’s a Small Hotel / MGM / 1962

set 4
Sal Salvador / Tribute to the Greats / Solo for Guitar / Bethlehem / 6.3-5.57
Buddy Collette / Nice Day with Buddy Collette / A Nice Day / Contemporary / LA 12.22.58
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four [Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson] / Guitar Blues / Okeh / 5.7.29
King Cole Trio / Beautiful Moons Ago / Capitol / Hollywood 4.25.46 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Ann Cole / Nobody But Me / Sir / 1959 
Bobby Darin / Beyond the Sea / live broadcast / c. 1960 
The Elite Jewels / Ride On, King Jesus / Cleveland late 1940s

last soulful song
The Masqueraders / One More Chance / La Beat / Detroit 1967