Friday, October 31, 2025

That Old Devil Playlist

Screenshot of Cy Coleman at the piano singing. He is smiling and has a little bow tie on and is looking up to his left at Hugh Hefner who is off screen. There are a few people behind him on a couch n the living room style TV set.
Love the goatee, Cy.

Coffeetime, October 31, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
JR Monterose / JR Monterose / Marc V / Blue Note / 10.21.56
Donald Byrd / The Cat Walk / Each Time I Think of You / Blue Note / 5.2.61 / 1.10.45
Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra / Tippin’ In / Victor / 1.10.45
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Don’t Be Like That / Victor / 1.27.27 / vocal = Harold Strokes
Bixie Crawford / I Got Your Water On / King [unissued] / LA 1949 / with Buddy Banks Sextet 
Julie London / London By Night / My Man’s Gone Now / Liberty / Hollywood 12.55

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

set 2
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley and his All Stars / Mobley’s Musings / Blue Note / 1.13.57
Freddie Hubbard / Open Sesame / But Beautiful / Blue Note / 6.19.60
Vince Guaraldi / A Flower is Lovesome Thing… / Autumn Leaves / Fantasy / LA 1957
Lil Armstrong & her Swingband / My Hi-De-Ho Man / Decca / 10.27.36
Buddy Johnson & his Orchestra / Walkin’ / So Good / Mercury / 1.3.57 / vocal = Ella Johnson
Cy Coleman / Witchcraft / live, Hugh Hefner’s Playboy’s Penthouse TV show / 1956 

set 3
Horace Parlan / Speakin’ My Piece / Rastus / Blue Note / 7.14.60
John Coltrane / Dakar / Witches Pit / Prestige / 4.20.57
Charlie Parker / Bird’s Nest / Dial / Hollywood 2.19.47 / Parker as, Erroll Garner p, Red Callender b, Doc West d
Mills Brothers / Sweet Lucy Brown / Decca / 2.20.35
Marie Greene & her V-Disc Merry Men / It Had to Be You / V-Disc #629A / 11.45 / duet with Joe Dosh
Dean Martin / Dream with Dean / My Melancholy Baby / Reprise / Hollywood 1964

set 4
Cy Coleman / Cool Coleman / Witchcraft / Westminster / 1958
Serge Chaloff / Blue Serge / Susie’s Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 3.4.56
Bobby Troup / Bobby Swings Tenderly / I See Your Bass Before Me / Mode / Hollywood 7.57
Pauline & her Perils (aka Six Hits & a Miss) / I Can’t Get Started / Keystone transcription / circa 4.39 / with the King Cole Trio: NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Kay Starr / It’s Whatcha Do with Whatcha Got / Standard Transcription / LA 1946 / with Buzz Adlam & orchestra
Peggy Lee / Jump for Joy / Old Devil Moon / Capitol / Hollywood 12.20.57 
Golden Gate Quartet / Our Father / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, South Carolina 10.6.39 

last soulful song
Gino Washington / I’ll Be Around (When You Want Me) / Mala / 1968 / with The Altrasonics & The Versatones
The Sapphires / Who Do You Love? / Swan / 1963



Friday, October 24, 2025

I’m Sitting on Top of the Playlist

Screenshot from a movie showing Steve Gibson playing guitar and singing along with two other members of The Toppers. Two of them are wearing suits with Hawaiian leis around their necks. Gibson is smiling while he sings and is much taller than the other two men, who also are smiling while they sing.
Move star handsome Steve Gibson, his pretty guitar, & The Toppers

Coffeetime, October 24, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Kenny Dorham / ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, Volume 1 / Hill’s Edge / Blue Note / live, Café Bohemia 5.31.56
Ernie Henry / Presenting Ernie Henry / Checkmate / Riverside / 8.23.56
Chick Webb & his Orchestra / I Got Rhythm / Decca / 9.21.37 
Joe Haymes & his Orchestra / Hummin’ to Myself / Victor / 6.24.32 / vocal = Jimmy Underwood
Dinah Washington / Blues for a Day / Apollo / LA 12.45
Buddy Collette / Detour Ahead / radio broadcast, US Navy show, “The Navy Swings” / Hollywood 1962 / vocal = Irene Kral

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

set 2
Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / Carolyn / Blue Note / 10.2.63
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / You Go to My Head / Dawn / Paris 3.56
Sonny Stitt / Sonny Stitt / Yesterdays / Roost (Royal Roost) / 12.15.55
Bing Crosby / I’ve Got the World on a String / Brunswick / 1.26.33
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / C.O.D. / Exclusive / Hollywood 1945
Camille Howard / I Ain’t Got the Spirit / Specialty / Hollywood 8.2.50
Bobby Darin / I’m Sitting on Top of the World / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 9.4.62 / with Billy May & orchestra

set 3
Gene Ammons / Funky / Stella by Starlight / Prestige / 1.11.57
Lee Morgan / Expoobident / Easy Living / Vee Jay / Chicago 10.14.60
James Moody’s Modernists / Moodamorphosis / Blue Note / 10.19.48
Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra / The Moon is a Silver Dollar / radio transcription / 1939 / vocal = Gliff Grass
The Toppers / I'm Living for You / Savoy / 12.8.44
Jimmy Ricks / Vibrations / Willow Weep for Me / Mainstream / 1965

set 4
Lee Konitz / Konitz Meets Mulligan / I Can’t Believe that You’re in Love with Me / Pacific Jazz / Phil Turetsky’s home studio, Hollywood 2.1.53
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Opus de Funk / Contemporary / LA 3.14.59
King Cole Trio / Dream a Little Dream of Me / Capitol / Hollywood 10.28.47 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b
Ken Nordine / Colors / Olive / Philips / Chicago 1966 / with musical director Dick Campbell
Alphabetical Four / Live Humble / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
Deon Jackson / Love Makes the World Go Round / Love Makes the World Go Round / Atco [Carla] / 1965

Friday, October 17, 2025

Put Some Money in the Playlist

If Milton says we’re gonna make it, then I guess we are!

Coffeetime, October 17, 2025, Angelynn Grant – Fundraising Show

set 1
Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / No Room for Squares [alternate take] / Blue Note / 10.2.63
Art Blakey’s Messengers / Blakey / Mayreh / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Whispering Jack Smith / It All Depends on You / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 6.17.27
Dinah Washington / Rich Man’s Blues / Apollo / LA 12.45

set 2
Lee Morgan / Expoobident / Lost & Found / Vee Jay / Chicago 10.14.60
James Moody’s Modernists / Moody’s All Frantic / Blue Note / 10.25.48
Bing Crosby / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? / Brunswick / 10.25.32 / with Lennie Hayten & his Orchestra
Boswell Sisters / If I Had a Million Dollars [alternate take B] / Brunswick / LA 10.4.34 / with Jimmy Grier & his Orchestra
Ken Nordine / Colors / Green / Philips / Chicago 1966 / with musical director Dick Campbell

set 3
Mills Brothers / Swing for Sale / Decca / 2.3.37
The Charioteers / Swing for Sale / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43
Basin Street Boys / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Exclusive / LA c. 6.46 / with Eddie Beal Fourtet
Etta Jones / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J. C. Heard & his Orchestra
Dinah Washington / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Mercury / 6.8.48

set 4
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / Tenderly / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56
Gene Ammons / Once in a While / Chess/Aristocrat / Chicago 2.28.49
Johnny Mercer and The King Cole Trio / You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’ / Capitol / Hollywood 8.20.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b, & Johnny Mercer voc
Louis Jordan / Put Some Money in the Pot, ’Cause the Juice is Running Low / Aladdin / 4.54

set 5
The Toppers / If Money Grew on Trees / Savoy / 1944 / with celeste!
King Cole Trio / Money Is Honey / Capitol / Hollywood 11.3.47 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (including Oscar Moore) / Money’s Getting Cheaper / Exclusive / Hollywood 11.47
Ernestine “Annisteen” Allen & her Home Town Boys / Give It Up (’Cause You Can’t Take It With You) / Queen / 12.20.45
Dean Martin / Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket / Capitol / Hollywood 12.23.53

set 6
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Shaw Nuff / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59
Bobby Blue Bland / Turn On Your Love Light / Duke / Chicago 1961
Bobby Darin / That’s All / That’s All / live / LA 1958
Swan Silvertones / End of My Journey / My Rock / Vee Jay / 1957

last (thankful) soul song
Little Milton / We’re Gonna Make It / Checker / Checker 2.16.65
Barbara Lewis / I’m Thankful for What I Got / Atlantic / 1968

Friday, October 03, 2025

Playlist in Hand

Close of of Dinah Washington on stage as she sings a song. She's looking directly into the camera and has elegant makeup, hair, and dress.
Dinah, can you teach me how to get that glamorous eyeliner?

Coffeetime, October 3, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Hand / Devil Whip / Blue Note / 5.31.59
Conte Candoli / Conte Candoli / Groovin’ Higher / Bethlehem / LA 7.26.55
J.J. Johnson / The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 / Viscosity / Blue Note / 6.6.55
Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra / Oh, Lady Be Good / Columbia / 12.9.40
Ray Noble & his Orchestra / Wanderer / HMV / London 1.12.33 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Hot Lips Page / I Got What It Takes / Savoy / 9.12.44 / with celeste!
Ella Fitzgerald / [Twelve Nights in Hollywood] / Little Girl Blue / Verve / live at the Crescendo, Hollywood 5.61

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
Ike Quebec / Everything Happens to Me / Blue Note / 2.62 / Quebec ts, Sir Charles Thompson org, Milt Hinton b, J.C. Heard d
Eddie Lang & Frank Signorelli / Melody Man’s Dream / Okeh / 10.21.27
Willard Robison & his Levee Loungers / I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling / Columbia [unissued] / 3.12.29 / Robison p & voc, rest unknown
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra / Autumn in New York / Bluebird / 12.5.34 / vocal = Joey Nash; with celeste!
Martha Davis & her Spouse (Calvin Ponder) / Martha Davis and Spouse / You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me / ABC-Paramount / 1957
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Don’t Want No Woman / Duke / Memphis 1957 / with Bill Harvey Orchestra

set 3
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ugetsu / Ugetsu / Riverside / live, Birdland 6.16.63
Cozy Cole / Concerto for Cozy / Old Man River / Savoy / 1944
The Four Southerners / Dan, The Back Door Man / Decca / Chicago 3.18.37
Jo Stafford / I Didn’t Know About You / V-Disc 393B / Hollywood 7.26.44 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra & the Pied Pipers
Johnny Hartman / John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman / Autumn Serenade / Impulse! / 3.7.63

set 4
Shelly Manne & his Men / Swinging Sounds / The Dart Game / Contemporary / LA 1.56
Jack Millman Sextet / Shades of “Things to Come” / That Old Feeling / Liberty / LA 9.55
Oscar Moore / The Oscar Moore Quartet with Carl Perkins / Walkin’ Home / Tampa / LA 1954
King Cole Trio / ’Tis Autumn / Capitol / Hollywood 3.29.49 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton / The Two of Us / A Rockin’ Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) / Mercury / 3.60 / orchestra conducted by Belford Hendricks
The Jubalaires / Before this Time Another Year / Decca / 3.13.44

last soulful song
Monique / If You Love Me (Show Me) / Maurci / Chicago 1966
Candi Staton / Too Hurt to Cry / Fame / 1971

Friday, September 26, 2025

Happy Playlist Stomp

Jimmy Durante, young Bobby Long, and Frank Sinatra from the movie It Happened in Brooklyn. They're in a gym, sitting on a bench and both Jimmy and Frank are looking at Bobby and Frank is smiling, singing, and pointing his finger at Bobby while Bobby looks a little startled at him. Frank has his hand on Bobby's shoulder and Jimmy is also reaching out as they give him advice.
Wonder what Jimmy and Frank said to you, Bobby…

Coffeetime, September 26, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Roy Brooks / Beat / Soulsphere / Workshop Jazz / 1964 / Blue Mitchell t, Junior Cook ts, George Bohanon tb, Hugh Lawson p, Eugene Taylor b, Brooks d
Dave Burns / Dave Burns / Something Easy / Vanguard / 6.62 / Burns t, Herbie Morgan ts, Kenny Barron p, Steve Davis b, Edgar Bateman d
Roy Johnson’s Happy Pals / Happy Pal Stomp / Okeh / Richmond, VA 8.15.29
Ben Selvin & his Orchestra (also issued under pseudonyms Chester Leighton & his Sophomores and Golden Terrace Orchestra) / Makin’ Faces at the Man in the Moon / Okeh / 6.18.31 / vocal = Eddie Walters
Rabon Tarrant / Opus Boogie / Apollo / LA 8.45 / with Jack McVea & his All Stars: Teddy Buckner t, Jack McVea ts, Bob Mosley p, Gene Phillips g, Frank Clarke b, Tarrant d & voc
Peggy Connelly / It Never Entered My Mind / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.56 / with Russ Garcia & the Wigville Band; fabulous cover design by Burt Goldblatt (as with many Bethlehem records in this show) 

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

set 2
John Coltrane / Soultrane / Theme for Ernie / Prestige / 2.7.58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soultrane
Dorothy Ashby / Hip Harp / Moonlight in Vermont / Prestige / 3.21.58 
Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate / Buck & Buddy / When a Woman Loves a Man / Prestige Swingville / 12.20.60
Walter Huston / September Song / Brunswick / 1938 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, & Bobby Long / I Believe / from the MGM movie It Happened in Brooklyn / Hollywood 1947 
Frankie Laine / One for My Baby / Necessary Evil / Columbia / 1951 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra

set 3
Brother Jack McDuff & David Newman / Double Barrelled Soul / Sunny / Atlantic / 8.9.67 
John Wright / South Side Soul / South Side Soul / Prestige / 8.30.60 
Charlie Parker / Crazeology / Dial / 12.17.47 
Frank Masters & his Orchestra / Harbor of Dreams / Okeh / 1941 / vocal = Phyllis Myles
The Four Knights / A Few Kind Words / Capitol / 1953 / solo = Gene Alford 
Johnny Holiday / Holiday for Lovers / How Long Has This Been Going On / Mode / Hollywood 9.57 / with Marty Paich Octet: Paich cel, Herb Geller as & cl, Ronnie Lang bs & cl, Bob Enevoldsen tb, Vince De Rosa fh, Jack Sheldon t, Max Bennett b, Mel Lewis d

set 4
Max Bennett / Max Bennett / Rubberneck / Bethlehem / 12.14.55 / Charlie Mariano as, Frank Rosolino tb, Claude Williamson p, Bennett b, Stan Levey d; composed by Rosolino
Joe Puma / Joe Puma / Pumatic / Bethlehem / 1955 / Puma & Barry Galbraith g, Don Elliott vb, Vinnie Burke b, Teddy Sommer d
Russ Garcia / Wigville / Then the Lid Blew Off / Bethlehem / 1955 
Peggy Lee / The Way You Look Tonight / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 5.14.46 / with celeste!; with Buddy Cole’s Four of a Kind: Dave Barbour g, Phil Stephens b, Edwin "Buddy" Cole cel, Tommy Romersa d 
King Cole Trio / Too Marvelous for Words / Capitol / Hollywood 4.11.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Sam Cooke / My Kind of Blues / Exactly Like You / RCA Victor / 5.61
The Southland Jubilee Singers (aka The Four Knights) / You Go, I’ll Go with You / Lang-Worth Transcription / c. 1945

last soulful song
The Montclairs / Hung Up on Your Love / Paula / 1973

Lost & Found: Drowning in the Playlist of Love

Screenshot from the July 4, 1974 TV episode of The Midnight Special showing the band Rufus on stage: two male members with guitar and bass, repectively, with Chaka Khan in a sparkling top in btween. There are mic stands in front of them and spotlights above cast rays and sparkles.
Not many sparkle like Chaka Khan.

Lost & Found, September 26, 2025, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters / A Quiet Place / United Artists / 1964
Stacy Johnson / Remove My Doubts / Sony / 1963 / produced by Ike & Tina Turner; written by Ike
The Contours / That Day When She Needed Me / Gordy / 1964
Major Lance / Please Don’t Say No More / Okeh / 1964
The Ethics / Sad, Sad, Story / Vent / 1969
Ralfi Pagan / El Hijo De Mamá / Fania / 1969

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

set 2
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston / I Want You ’Round / Tamla / 1964
The Lollipops / Step Aside Baby / Impact / 1966
Mary Wells / Your Old Stand By / Motown / 1963
The Joys of Life / Good Times Are Over / Columbia / 1967
The Independents / Lucky Fellow / Wand [unissued] / 1973

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

set 3
Lori & Lance / I Don’t Have to Worry / Federal / 1969
The Soul Children / Give ’Em Love / Stax / 1968
Willie Mitchell / It’s Dance-Time With Willie Mitchell / Fever / Hi / 1965
The Marvellos / Don’t Play With My Heart / Warner Brothers / 1967
William Bell / I’ll Show You / Stax / 1963
The Presidents / I Want My Baby / DeLuxe / 1969

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

set 4
Ponderosa Twins + One / Bound / Astroscope / 1971
Charlene & the Soul Serenaders / Love Changes / Volt / 1970
The Dramatics / In the Rain / Volt / 1972
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / More Love / Tamla / 1967

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

set 5
Smokey Robinson & Mary Wells / I Want You ’Round / Tamla [unissued] / 1963
Friday, Saturday and Sunday / There Must Be a Better Way / Dig / 1971
Satisfaction Unlimited / Think of the Children / Let’s Change the Subject / Hot Wax / 1972
Darrow Fletcher / Those Hanging Heartaches / Revue / 1968
The Free Movement / I’ve Found Someone of My Own / Decca / 1971

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

set 6
The Constellations / I Don’t Know About You / Gemini Star / 1968
The Innersection / Let Me Love Yuh / Group 5 Records / 1975
The Friends of Distinction / Whatever / Check It Out / RCA Victor / 1969 / Tavares had the hit with this in 1973
The Independents / I Love You, Yes I Do / Wand / 1972

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

set 7
Jesse Anderson / Let Me Back In / Thomas / 1970
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes / You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good / Philadelphia International Records / 1975 / featuring Sharon Paige; written & produced by Kenneth Gamble And Leon Huff
Joe Simon / Drowning in the Sea of Love / Spring Records / 1971
Rufus / Street Player / Street Player / ABC Records / 1978 / featuring Chaka Khan

last found soulful song
Gene Chandler / Simply Call It Love / Mercury / 1970

Friday, September 19, 2025

Blame It on My Playlist

Billy and Jerry Butler sitting on stage with Billy playing his hollow body electric guitar and wearing plaid pants with large rectangles making the plaid and Jerry in a wide lapel suit singing into a microphone. Billy is smiling and both are gazing at Billy's fingers while he plays.
Billy, can I borrow those cool slacks sometime?

Coffeetime, September 19, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Bill English / Bill English / 222 / Vanguard / 1963
Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce / Modern Jazz Perspective / Stablemates / Columbia / 9.5.57
Eddie Cole’s Solid Swingers / Thunder / Decca / Chicago 7.28.36
The Revelers / Lucky Day / Victor / 7.14.26
Annisteen Allen & her Home Town Boys / I Want a Man (Who’s Gonna Do Right) / Queen / 12.20.45
Anita O’Day / At Mister Kelly’s / I Have a Reason for Living / Verve / Chicago 4.27.58

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

set 2
John Lewis & Sacha Distel / Afternoon in Paris / Willow Weep for Me / Atlantic / Paris 12.56
Art Farmer / When Farmer Met Gryce / The Infants Song / Prestige / 5.26.55
Jo Jones / The Jo Jones Special / Lover Man / Vanguard / 1955
Peggy Lee / Aren’t You Glad You’re You / Capitol / Hollywood 4.49
T-Bone Walker / I’m Still in Love with You / Comet / LA 12.29.47 / Walker g, Jack Trainor t, Bumps Myers ts, Willard McDaniel p, Billy Hadnott b, Oscar Lee Bradley d
Dean Martin / I’d Cry Like a Baby / Capitol / Hollywood 12.24.53 / with Dick Stabile & his Orchestra

set 3
Ike Quebec / Bossa Nova Soul Samba / Me ’n’ You / Blue Note / 10.5.62
Bill Harris / Jazz Guitar [The Harris Touch] / Midnight Blue / Mercury [EmArcy] / 5.2.57 / composed by Harris & James Moody; Hank Jones celeste!
James Moody / Bootsie / Royal Roost / Paris 7.27.51
The Basin Street Boys / Nothing Ever Happens to Me / Exclusive / LA late 1945 / with the Eddie Beal Trio (including Lucky Thompson)
Jo Stafford / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / CBS radio show, The Carnation Contented Hour (AFRS Melody Hour #332) / Hollywood 9.3.50 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra 
Earl Coleman / Earl Coleman Returns / Reminiscing / Prestige / 6.8.56

set 4
Bob Cooper / Coop!: The Music of Bob Cooper / Fourth Variation: Saturday Dance / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57
Quincy Jones / Go West, Man! / No Bones at All / ABC-Paramount / LA 2.57
Billy Taylor Quartet / I Don’t Ask Questions, I Just Have Fun / HRS / 6.47 / vocal = Taylor
Nat King Cole & his Trio / After Midnight / Blame It on My Youth / Capitol / Hollywood 9.21.56
Swan Silvertones / The Swan Silvertones / Come Out of the Wilderness / Vee Jay / 1959

last soulful song
Billy Butler / Careless Heart / Brunswick / 1967

Friday, September 12, 2025

I’m the Lonesomest Playlist in Town

Screenshot from the video of the BBC show featuring Nat King Cole, sitting on a pretend café style chair in a light blue suit, holding a straw boater hat, with his legs crossed, smiling an singing towards a group of young men in the same type of suit and women in dresses with chiffon skirts and shiny, sequined tops, smiling and singing along, some also on café chairs. In the background of the set are pretend umbrellas similar to an outdoor café.
Nat, where’s Oscar?

Coffeetime, September 12, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Horace Silver / Silver’s Blue / Shoutin’ Out / Epic / 7.17.56 
Lee Morgan / Lee Morgan [1541] / Latin Hangover / Blue Note / 12.2.56
Cliff Jackson & his Crazy Kats / Soubrette / Grey Gull / 2.27.30
Little Jack Little / With Every Breath I Take / Columbia / 10.25.34
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Hey! Now Let's Live / Decca [unissued] / 3.1.44
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / The Thrill Is Gone / Kapp / 1958

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

set 2
Max Roach / Max / That Ole Devil Love / Argo / Chicago 1.14.58 / produced by Holmes “Daddy-O” Daylie 
Kenny Burrell / Kenny Burrell / All of You / Prestige / 2.1.57
Les Jazz Modes / Les Jazz Modes / Goodbye / Dawn / 2.56
Gene Austin / (I’ve Grown So Lonesome) Thinking of You / Victor / 12.31.26 / with Abel Baer p
Ethel Merman / You’re a Builder Upper / Brunswick / 10.8.34 / with Johnny Green & his Orchestra
Ivory Joe Hunter / Mean Woman Blues / Pacific / San Francisco 2.47
Jerry Colonna / Jerry Colonna Entertains at Your Party / I Came to Say Goodbye / Bravo! / 1959

set 3
Curtis Fuller / Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns / A-Drift / New Jazz / 5.18.57
Barry Harris / Preminado / My Heart Stood Still / Riverside / 1.19.61
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / Side by Side / Columbia / 1.23.42 / vocal = Anita O’Day
The Four Vagabonds / Ask Anyone Who Knows / Apollo / 3.24.47 
Bobby Short / Speaking of Love: The Songs of Bobby Short / Easy Come, Easy Go / Atlantic / 1958

set 4
Jack Sheldon / Jack’s Groove / Green Dolphin Street / GNP / LA 7.57
Bob Enevoldsen / Bob Enevoldsen Quintet [Reflections in Jazz] / Iron Works / Tampa / LA 8.8.55
Bud Shank / Blowin’ Country / Love Nest / Pacific Jazz / LA 1.21.58
The Charioteers / Careless Love / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 1942
Kay Starr / I’m the Lonesomest Gal in Town / Capitol / Hollywood 9.11.47
Nat King Cole / That Sunday, That Summer / BBC TV broadcast, An Evening With Nat King Cole / London 7.63 / with the Cliff Adams Singers and the Ted Heath Orchestra 
Delta Rhythm Boys / Keep On to Galilee / radio transcription / 1941

last soulful song
Fontella Bass / Sweet Lovin’ Daddy / Checker / Chicago 1967
Peggy Woods / You Better Be Good to My Baby / Kent [unissued] / LA c. 1968