Friday, June 13, 2025

The Blues My Playlist Gave to Me

Screenshot from movie Stormy Weather showing Fats Waller in a vest and white shirts plus his iconic bowler hat playing an upright piano while leaning back, smiling, and smoking a cigarette. On top of the piano are several mens hats of various shapes. You can see the left hand and guitar neck of the guitarist next to Fats.
Fats and hats!


Coffeetime, June 13, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Taylor / Taylor’s Tenors / Little Chico / New Jazz / 6.3.59
Mal Waldron / Mal/2 / The Way You Look Tonight / Prestige / 5.17.57
Esquire All-American 1946 Award Winners / Blow Me Down / RCA Victor / 12.4.46
Whispering Jack Smith / Blue Skies / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 6.17.27 / Smith p & voc
Julia Lee & her Boyfriends / Dream Lucky Blues / Mercury / Kansas City summer 1945 / Lee p & voc, Ben Curtis b, Sam “Baby” Lovett d
Dakota Staton / Ballads and the Blues / Come Home / Capitol / Hollywood 1960

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

set 2
Charlie Rouse / Takin’ Care of Business / Pretty Strange / Jazzland / 5.11.60
Teddy Edwards / It’s All Right! / Afraid of Love / Prestige / 1967
Frankie Newton & his Orchestra / The Blues My Baby Gave to Me / Victor / 1.13.39
Fats Waller / Fats Waller’s Original E-Flat Blues / solo, broadcast / 3.11.35
Gus Arnheim & his Ambassador Hotel Orchestra / Back in Your Own Backyard / Okeh / LA 4.14.28 / vocal = Russ Columbo
Mildred Bailey & her Orchestra / It’s the Natural Thing to Do / Vocalion / 6.29.37
Johnny Otis Orchestra / Good Boogdi Googie / Excelsior / Hollywood fall 1945 / vocal = George Washington
Do-Ray-Mi Trio / That Wonderfully Musical Do-Ray-Mi Trio / Old Man River / Stere-O-Craft / 1959

set 3
Blue Mitchell / The Thing to Do / Chick’s Tune / Blue Note / 7.30.64 / RIP Al Foster d
Jimmy Hamilton / Swing Low Sweet Clarinet / Do Nothing ’Til You Hear from Me / Everest / LA 7.60
Charlie Ventura’s Big Four / O.H. Blues / Mercury / 8.8.51
Ted Weems & his Orchestra / On the Island of Catalina / Decca / 10.5.39 / vocal = Perry Como
The Four Aces / Put Your Cards on the Table / Trilon / Oakland late 1946 
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story, Volume 3 / The Way You Look Tonight / Clef / LA 12.52

set 4
Barney Kessel / Some Like It Hot / Some Like It Hot / Contemporary / LA 3.59
Lyle Murphy / Gone with the Woodwinds! / Poly-Doodle / Contemporary / LA 10.11.55
The Chocolate Dandies / That’s How I Feel Today / Okeh / 9.18.29
King Cole Trio / I Love to Make Love to You [aka Any Old Time] / V-Disc #455 (Army), #235 (Navy) / LA 2.27.45 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Al Jackson & his Band / Cloudy Weather Blues / Capitol / 1.49 / vocal = Dick Cole
Peggy Lee / Mink Jazz / I Could Write a Book / Capitol / Hollywood 2.5.63 
Sewanee Quintet aka Swanee Quintet / My Lord is Coming Back / Nashboro / Nashville 1952

last soulful song
The Marvellos / We Go Together / Loma / 1966

Friday, June 06, 2025

Just Another Playlist Wasted Away

Screenshot from film short showing Una Mae Carlisle in a white dress with a sequined flower design on the side playing a grand piano. She is concentrating on her hands which are reflected in a mirrored back panel to the keyboard.
Una Mae: a lovely and talented Coffeetime favorite.

Coffeetime, June 6, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Kenny Dorham / Whistle Stop / Whistle Stop / Blue Note / 1.15.61
Horace Silver / Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers / Hippy / Blue Note / 2.6.55
Sy Oliver & his Orchestra / Slow Burn / MGM / 1.9.47
The Rhythmic Eight / Just Another Day Wasted Away / Zonophone / Hayes, Middlesex 2.6.28
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Happy Feet / Okeh / 5.8.30 / vocal = Smith Ballew
Floyd Dixon / Pleasure Days / Aladdin / Houston c. 1949 / Dixon p, Johnny Board as, Bill Ellis ts, Sammy Benskin g, Eddie Williams b, Ellis “Slow” Walsh d
Mavis Rivers / Mavis / All My Tomorrows / Reprise / LA 1961 / arranged & conducted by Marty Paich

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

set 2
Stanley Turrentine / ZT's Blues / More Than You Know / Blue Note / 9.13.61
Howard Rumsey / Lighthouse All-Stars, Volume 4 - Oboe/Flute / Warm Winds / Contemporary / Hermosa Beach, Calif 2.25, 26.54
Dizzy Gillespie / The Greatest Trumpet of Them All / Sea Breeze / Verve / 12.17.57
Django’s Music / Tears / Swing / Paris 3.22.40
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / You’re Lucky to Me / Victor / 10.2.30 / vocal = Dick Robertson
The Big Three / I Feel Like Steppin’ Out / Columbia / Chicago 2.18.49
Dean Martin / French Style / C’est Magnifique / Reprise / Hollywood 1962

set 3
Grant Green / Matador / Matador / Blue Note / 5.20.65
Lee Morgan / The Procrastinator / Soft Touch / Blue Note / 7.14.67
Golden Gate Quartet / Straighten Up and Fly Right / radio broadcast AFRS Jubilee #91 / Hollywood c. 6.44 / with master of ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Una Mae Carlisle / Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can’t Bomb Me) / Bluebird / 3.10.41 / with Lester Young’s Orchestra
Matt Dennis / She Dances Overhead / Wait ’Til You See Her / RCA Victor / 1954

set 4
Buddy Collette / Man of Many Parts / Ruby / Contemporary / LA 2.13.56 / Collette fl, Ernie Freeman on celeste!
Art Pepper / The Art Pepper Quartet / Val’s Pal / Tampa / LA 11.23.56
Bud Shank / Bud Shank & Three Trombones / Valve in Head / Pacific Jazz / LA 6.22.54
King Cole Trio / I’m in the Mood for Love / radio transcription, WEMP / The Circle Room, Hotel LaSalle, Milwaukee 9.25.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g Johnny Miller b
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Equinox / Gente / A&M / LA 1967
Golden Gate Quartet / A Look Away from Heaven / radio broadcast NBC Thesaurus #979 / 1941

last soulful song
Mary Wells / Stop Takin’ Me for Granted / 20th Century Fox /1964
George Benson / Turn Your Love Around / Warner Brothers / 1981

Friday, May 30, 2025

The Playlist (Keeps a Knockin’)

Screenshot closeup of Nancy Wilson performing with spotlights in the background.
Stunning, as always: Miss Nancy Wilson.

Coffeetime, May 30, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Julian Priester / Spiritsville / Chi-Chi / Jazzland / 7.12.60 
Mal Waldron / Mal/3: Sounds / The Cattin’ Toddler / New Jazz / 1.31.58 
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Oh Lady Be Good! / Decca / 2.4.39 
Spike Hughes & his Orchestra / Nocturne / Decca / 4.18.33 
Abe Lyman & his Orchestra / Singing a Happy Song / Brunswick / 1.17.35 / vocal = Phil Neely
T-Bone Walker / She Is Going to Ruin Me / Mercury / Chicago 12.19.45 / with Marl Young’s Orchestra
Nancy Wilson / Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley / The Masquerade Is Over / Capitol / 6.61 

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

set 2
Buddy DeFranco / In a Mellow Mood / Laura / Norgan / LA 8.10.54 / DeFranco cl, Sonny Clark p, Gene [Eugene “Senator”] Wright b and Bobby White d
The Kenny Clarke – Francy Boland Big Band / Now Hear Our Meanin’ / I’m Scared of Girls When They’re Good Looking / Columbia / Cologne 1.25–26.63 / Sahib Shihab bari 
Claude Hopkins / Let’s Jam / Late Evening / Prestige / 2.21.61 / Buddy Tate cl 
Lyda Roberti / College Rhythm / Columbia / 1934 / with Jimmy Grier & his Orchestra
Eddie South & his Orchestra / Just an Old Banjo / ARC Test [unissued] / 11.23.34 
Faye Adams / The Hammer (Keeps a Knockin’) / Herald / 1956
Jean Paul Mauric / Sur le Chemin de Las Vegas / Festival Victory / Paris 1962 / avec Alan Gate et Son Orchestre

set 3
Larry Young / Young Blues / A Midnight Angel / New Jazz / 9.30.60 
Jimmy Forrest / Forrest Fire / Dexter’s Deck / New Jazz / 8.9.60 
Carl Perkins / Introducing Carl Perkins / Carl’s Blues / Dootone / LA 1955 
Sonny Dunham & his Orchestra / I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City / Lang-Worth Transcription / 12.21.43 / vocal = Dorothy Claire
The Pied Pipers / Ok’l Baby Dok’l / Capitol / Hollywood 1947 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
The Mills Brothers / You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You / Columbia / 1954 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra
Kenny Burrell / Weaver of Dreams / The More I See You / Columbia / 10.18.60 / Burrell g & voc, Tommy Flanagan p, Wendell Marshall b, Bobby Donaldson d

set 4
Dave Brubeck / [Time Further Out] / Slow and Easy (aka Lawless Mike) / Columbia [unissued] / 5.25.61 / Brubeck p, Paul Desmond as, Eugene Wright b, Joe Morello d
Jim Hall / Jazz Guitar / Stella By Starlight / Pacific Jazz / LA 1.57 / Hall g, Carl Perkins p, Red Mitchell b
Conte Candoli / Sincerely, Conte / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Bethlehem / LA 11.20.54 / Candoli t, Claude Williamson p, Max Bennett b, Stan Levey d
Peggy Lee / Trav’llin’ Light / Capitol Transcription / LA 4.4.49 / with The Dave Barbour Four: Barbour & George Van Eps g, Phil Stephens b, Hal Schaefer p, Nick Fatool d 
Inga Swenson, Johnny Laverty, John Reardon, Franca Baldwin, Suzanne Bernard, & Virginia Martin / New Faces of ’56 / Girls ’n’ Girls ’n’ Girls / RCA Victor / 1956 
The Coleman Brothers / Walls of Jericho / Coleman / 1951 

last soulful song
Darrow Fletcher / No Limit / Crossover [unissued] / 1978





Saturday, May 24, 2025

After Hours on Playlist Street

Screenshot from 1951 TV show with Peggy Lee and Mel Tormé. They are looking at each other, smiling and singing.
Mel charming Peggy with humor.

Coffeetime, May 23, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Johnny Griffin / Johnny Griffin Sextet / Stix Trix / Riverside / 2.25.58
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / Mumba Neua / Prestige / 9.15.64
Harry Carney’s Big Eight / Jamaica Rumble / HRS / 3.18.46
Bert Lown & his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra / Crying Myself to Sleep! / Victor / 9.25.30 / vocal = The Biltmore Trio; with celeste! 
Goree Carter & his Hepcats / I Just Thought of You / Freedom / Houston c. 6.49
Sarah Vaughan / I’m Glad There Is You / EmArcy / 12.16.54

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

set 2
Zoot Sims / Zoot! / Fools Rush In / Riverside / 12.13, 18.56
Ray Charles / The Great Ray Charles / I Surrender Dear / Atlantic / 11.20.56 / with celeste!
Sandy Williams’ Big Eight / After Hours on Dream Street / HRS / 11.5.45
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / Bakiff / Victor / Hollywood 6.5.41
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Changes / Victor / Chicago 11.23.27 / vocal = Bing Crosby, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Austin Young, Harry Barris, Al Rinker
Hildegarde / There’s a Small Hotel / Columbia / London 7.14.36 / with Carroll Gibbons & his Boy Friends
Joe (Everyday) Williams / Blow Mr. Low / Savoy / Chicago 1.23.53 / with Red Saunders & his Orchestra 

set 3
David “Fathead” Newman / Ray Charles Presents / Tin Tin Deo / Atlantic / 1959
Joe Newman / Soft Swingin’ Jazz / Scotty / Coral / 1.15.58
Howard McGhee / Turnip Blood / Dial / 12.3.47
The Mills Brothers / What’s the Reason (I’m Not Pleasing You)? / Decca / 2.20.35
Jo Stafford & her V-Disc Play Boys / Blue Moon / V-Disc 569B / 1944
Mel Tormé / My Kind of Music / Welcome to the Club / Verve / London 7.19.61 / with Wally Stott & his Orchestra

set 4
Marty Paich / Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper / Sidewinder / Tampa / 2.20.57
Jimmy Raney / In Three Attitudes / Up in Quincy’s Room / ABC-Paramount / 1956
The Four Brothers / …Together Again! / Four Brothers / RCA Victor / 2.11.57
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / No One Else Could Be / King / 6.28.51 / vocal = Annisteen Allen & Melvin Moore
Etta James / You Got It / Cadet / Muscle Shoals 8.68
Selah Jubilee Singers / We Shall All Meet in Heaven / Decca / 11.16.39

last soulful song
Nate Evans / Main Squeeze / Twinight / Chicago 1972
The Mark-Keys / My Sweet Baby / TCB / Chicago 1967

Friday, May 16, 2025

Have a Little Playlist on Me

screenshot of the Boswell Sisters sitting at a grand piano and singing and smiling
Come on, Bozzies.

Coffeetime, May 16, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Kenny Drew / This is New / It’s You or No One / Riverside / 3.28.57
Art Pepper / Smack Up / Smack Up / Contemporary / 10.24-25.60
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Close to Five / Decca / 3.16.39
Anson Weeks & his Orchestra / Have a Little Dream on Me / Brunswick / San Francisco 8.26.34 / vocal = Kay St. Germaine & Ben Gage
Dinah Washington / My Lovin’ Papa / Apollo / LA 12.10-13.45
Lorez Alexandria / The Sensational Voice of Lorez Alexandria / Angel Eyes / Sing / Chicago 2.59

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

set 2
Gene Ammons / The Big Sound / That’s All / Prestige / 1.3.58
Paul Chambers / Whims of Chambers / Dear Ann / Blue Note / 9.21.56
Jim and Bob, the Genial Hawaiians [Jim Holstein and Bob Pauole] / (Coffee in the Morning) Kisses in the Night / Bluebird / Chicago 12.12.33 / vocal = Jim Holstein
Tony Pastor & his Orchestra / I’m My Own Grandpaw / Columbia / 12.22.47 / with the Clooney Sisters (Rosemary & Betty)
Little Milton / Somebody Told Me / Sun / Memphis 7.28.53

set 3
Jimmy Smith / Crazy Baby! / Sonnymoon for Two / Blue Note / 1.4.60
Al Casey / Buck Jumpin’ / Honeysuckle Rose / Prestige Swingville / 3.7.60
Miles Davis / Little Willie Leaps / Savoy / 8.14.47
Boswell Sisters / Sleep, Come On and Take Me / Brunswick / 8.6.32 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Moments in the Moonlight / Victor / 2.26.40 / vocal = Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis, Jr / Sammy Davis, Jr Sings, Laurindo Almeida Plays / The Shadow of Your Smile / Reprise / Las Vegas 6.11.66

set 4
Herb Geller / That Geller Feller / The Fruit / Bel Canto / LA 3.14.57
Bud Shank / Soundtrack for Slippery When Wet / Surf Pipers / World Pacific / Hollywood 4.18.59 / Shank as, Billy Bean g, Gary Peacock b, Chuck Flores d 
King Cole Trio / Sunday / radio transcription King Cole Trio Time, NBC radio / Hollywood 3.6.48
Larry Darnell / Lost My Baby / Regal / New Orleans 1949 / with Paul Gayten’s Band
Bobby Darin / Oh! Look at Me Now / You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It) / Capitol / LA 7.27.62 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Billy May
The Radio Four / How Much I Owe / Nashboro / Nashville 1951-52

last soulful song
Betty Wright / Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do / Alston / 1968

Friday, May 02, 2025

Playlist in Calico

screenshot from movie "Father Goose" showing Cary Grant's character sitting in a ramshackle cabin wearing his dirty denim shirt and captain's cap with a look of incredulousness on his face as he listens to Leslie Caron's character
I’d never ever pass you by, Cary.

Coffeetime, May 2, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Yusef Lateef / Other Sounds / Minor Mood / New Jazz / 10.11.57 
Sonny Rollins / Saxophone Colossus / St. Thomas / Prestige / 6.22.56 sus
Six Jumping Jacks / Say Mister! Have You Met Rosie’s Sister? / Brunswick / 3.9.26 / vocal = Tom Stacks & ensemble 
Luke Jones & His Five Joes / Going Down Slow / Atlas / 1946 / vocal = George “The Blues Man” Vann 
Ruth Price / Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole / Nobody’s Heart / Contemporary / live, The Manne-Hole, Hollywood 3.3-5.61 

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

set 2
Duke Jordan / East and West of Jazz / Yes, He’s Gone / Charlie Parker Records / 2.13.62 
Coleman Hawkins / Night Hawk / Night Hawk / Prestige Swingville / 12.30.60 
Sidney Bechet & his New Orleans Feetwarmers / Egyptian Fantasy / Victor / 1.8.41 
Skinnay Ennis & his Orchestra / A Little Bit Independent / radio transcription / 1948
Alton Redd & his Low Down Blues Band / But She’s Not for Me / Black & White [unissued] / 1945
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / Oops! / Decca / LA 11.23.51 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra 

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Soul Call / Kenny’s Theme / Prestige / 4.7.64 
Red Garland / Red’s Good Groove / Red’s Good Groove / Prestige / 3.22.62 
Coleman Hawkins & his 52nd Street All Stars / Spotlite / RCA Victor / 2.27.46 
Norfolk Jazz Quartet / Beedle De Beedle De Bop Bop (Adi Eedi Idio) / Decca / 7.19.37
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Victor / 3.4.40 / vocal = Frank Sinatra
Kenny Dorham / This Is the Moment! / I Remember Clifford / Riverside / 7.7.58 

set 4
Dave Pell / Love Story / Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) / Atlantic / Hollywood 2.20.56 
Lou Levy / Jazz in Four Colors / Gal in Calico / RCA Victor / LA 4.2.56 / Levy p, Larry Bunker vb, Leroy Vinnergar b, Stan Levey d
Jimmy Raney / Jimmy Raney 1955 / Spring Is Here / Prestige / 2.18.55 
King Cole Trio / For Once in Your Life / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 7.2.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
T-Bone Walker / Prison Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 12.16.47
Cy Coleman / If My Friends Could See Me Now / Pass Me By / Columbia / 1967
The Coleman Brothers / His Eye Is on the Sparrow / Decca / 3.21.44 

last soulful song
Kiki Dee / I Dig You Baby / World Pacific / LA 1966



Friday, April 25, 2025

Playlist Saving Time (There Ought to Be)

Screenshot of Pat Flowers smiling and playing the piano.


Coffeetime, April 25, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jimmy Heath / The Thumper / For Minors Only / Riverside / 10.30.59
Curtis Fuller / The Curtis Fuller Jazztet with Benny Golson / It’s Alright with Me / Savoy / 8.25.59
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Blue Danube / Victor / 3.10.37
Mike Speciale & his Orchestra / Caressing You / Edison / 1.3.29
Ivory Joe Hunter / Blues at Sunrise / Exclusive / LA 1945 / with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
Chris Connor / Chris Craft / Lover Man / Atlantic / 5.23.58

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

set 2
Grant Green / Green Street / ‘Round About Midnight / Blue Note / 1.1.61
Horace Silver / Silver’s Blue / How Long Has This Been Going On? / Epic / 7.2.56 
Emilio Caceres Trio / What’s the Use? / Victor / 11.5.37
Sam Ku West Harmony Boys [Sam Kulua West] / Sunkist Hawaii / Victor / Oakland 3.26.28
Martha Raye, Private Murray McEachern, Gene Krupa, & the Mel-Tones / You’re in the Army Now / radio broadcast, AFRS Showtime / 1944
Pee Wee Crayton / My Idea About You / Imperial / New Orleans 1.28.55

set 3
Ike Quebec / Bossa Nova Soul Samba / Goin’ Home / Blue Note / 10.5.62
Red Norvo / Red Plays the Blues / Sunrise Blues / RCA Victor / LA 1.18.57
Pat Flowers & his Rhythm / Original Blues / Majestic / 8.44
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / You’ve Got to Eat Your Spinach, Baby / Victor / 6.9.36 / vocal = Edythe Wright
The Charioteers / Dinah / radio broadcast / 1942
Earl Coleman / Love Songs / I Wish I Knew / Atlantic / 1968

set 4
Stan Getz / Stan Getz at Large / In the Night / HMV / Copenhagen 1.14, 15.60
Blossom Dearie / Jazz Sweet / Moonlight Saving Time (There Ought to Be) / Barclay / Paris 1955
Ernie Felice / Cocktail Time / Shake Down the Stars / Capitol / Hollywood 1950
Doris Day / Tea for Two: Songs from the Warner Bros. Technicolor production / Oh Me! Oh My! / Columbia / Hollywood 1950 / with Gene Nelson (“dance effects & songs”) & the Page Cavanaugh Trio
Frank Minion / The Soft Land of Make Believe (Introduction to Black Opium Street) / Things Ain’t Like They Used to Went / Bethlehem / 1.60
Golden Gate Quartet / Found a Wonderful Savior / Bluebird / Charlotte 8.4.37

last soulful song
Honey & the Bees / Help Me (Get Over My Used to Be Lover) / Josie / Philadelphia 1970
Betty Wright / Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do / Alston / 1968