Friday, June 19, 2026

Makin’ Faces at the Playlist in the Moon

Close up of Maurice and The Radiants performing, wearing suits with bow ties, in front of a mic stand. Two of the exclamation marks from the show's title are on a vivid sign partially behind them. Maurice is smiling while The Radiants sing their part.
!!! Live, not lip-synch’d !!!

Coffeetime, June 19, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Bop / Cranky Spanky / Columbia / 12.56
Gigi Gryce / Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet / Wake Up! / Riverside / 3.7.57
Clifford Brown / Clifford Brown & Max Roach / Daahoud (alt take) / EmArcy / 8.54
Savoy Bearcats / Hot Notes / Victor / 10.11.26 
Rube Bloom & His Bayou Boys / Mysterious Mose / Columbia / 4.9.30 / vocal = Roy Evans 
Four Tones & Eddie Beal Trio / Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat / Bluebird / 10.10.41 
Ethel Ennis / Once Again… / One Man Woman / RCA Victor / 1964

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

set 2
Les Spann / Gemini / There Is No Greater Love / Jazzland / 12.8.60
Clark Terry / Duke with a Difference / Mood Indigo / Jazzland / 9.6.57 
Mary Osborne / A Girl & Her Guitar / Body & Soul / Warwick / 1959 / Osborne g, Tommy Flanagan p, Tommy Potter b, Jo Jones d
Larry Adler / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Columbia / London 6.3.37 / with Carroll Gibbons & his Orchestra
The Boswell Sisters / Makin’ Faces at the Man in the Moon / Brunswick / 8.17.31 / with The New Yorkers (with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey)
Billie Holiday / As Time Goes By (take 2) / Commodore / 4.1.44 / with Eddie Heywood & his Orchestra
Osie Johnson & his Orchestra / A Bit of the Blues / All I Want Is My Clothes / RCA Victor / 1956 / vocal = Osie Johnson

set 3
Billy Mitchell / This Is Billy Mitchell / Tamra / Smash / Chicago 10.30.62 
John Wright / South Side Soul / Sin Corner / Prestige / 8.30.60 
Dave Burns / Dave Burns / Secret Love / Vanguard / 6.62 / Burns t, Herbie Morgan ts, Kenny Barron p, Steve Davis b, Edgar Bateman d
The Mills Brothers / Just a Kid Named Joe / Decca / 8.18.38
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / My Fantasy / Victor / 1940 / vocal = Pauline Byrne
Arthur Prysock / Arthur Prysock and Count Basie / I’m Lost / Verve / 1965 

set 4
Lou Levy / Jazz in Four Colors / Imagination / RCA Victor / LA 4.2.56 / Levy p, Larry Bunker vb, Leroy Vinnergar b, Stan Levey d
Hal McKusick / Cross Section – Saxes / The Last Day of Fall / Decca / 4.7.58 / McKusick as, Dick Hafer & Frank Socolow ts, Jay Cameron bari, Bill Evans p, Paul Chambers b, Connie Kay d
Oscar Moore / Presenting Oscar Moore / To a Wild Rose / Omegatape / LA 12.12, 14.56 / Oscar Moore rhythm guitar with overdubbed solo guitar, Leroy Vinnegar b
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / Capitol / Hollywood 3.6.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Robert Clary / Hooray for Love / Love Is a Simple Thing / Epic / 1956
The Wright Brothers Gospel Singers / Gospel Train / Okeh / Texas 1940

last soulful song
Maurice & the Radiants / You’ve Been Cheating / live, The !!!! Beat / Dallas 1966



Friday, June 12, 2026

When My Little Playlist Met Your Little Pekinese

Bob Fosse, Ann Miller, Bobby Van, and Tommy Rall in costume for Kiss Me Kate performing From this Moment On. Fosse has an impish look while he pulls Miller's arm his way, Van is on his knee with his head thrown back singing as Miller looks down at him with a smile and Rall scowls from behind.
I love Bobby Van even if Tommy Rall doesn’t!

Coffeetime, June 12, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Goin’ Up Up Up / Karioka / Blue Note / 11.6.60
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones / Thadrack / Blue Note / 2.2.57
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels / West End Blues / Champion / Richmond, IN 2.11.29
Al Bowlly / When My Little Pomeranian Met Your Little Pekinese / HMV / London 5.10.33 / duet with Frances Day, with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / When I Meander in the Meadow / RCA Victor [unissued] / 1949 / vocal = Lee Barnes / Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Dinah Washington / Crazy He Calls Me / EmArcy / LA 8.14.54 / with Clifford Brown All Stars

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

set 2
Lee Morgan / Charisma / Rainy Night / Blue Note / 9.29.66
Paul Desmond / Imagination / RCA Victor [unissued] / 3.15.62
Flip Phillips / Flip Phillips – Buddy Rich Trio / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Clef / 12.14.52
Hoagy Carmichael / Stardust / V-Disc 536A / Hollywood 8.13.45
Don Redman & his Orchestra / The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring / Victor / 3.23.39 / Eddie Williams voc & ts
The Charioteers / The Cowboy Serenade (When I’m Rollin’ My Last Cigarette) / Okeh / 7.7.41 
T-Bone Walker & his Band / The Hustle Is On / Imperial / LA 4.5.50
Ann Miller, Bob Fosse, Bobby Van, & Tommy Rall / From this Moment On / MGM / Hollywood 6.18.53 / from film “Kiss Me Kate”

set 3
Freddie Hubbard / Backlash / On the Que-Tee / Atlantic / 10.19.66
Hank Jones / Bluebird / Alpha / Savoy / 11.1.55
Julian Dash / Goin’ Along / Mello-Roll / 12.50
Blue Barron & his Orchestra / Somebody Nobody Knows / transcription / 1938 / vocal = Russ Carlyle
Savannah Churchill / That's My Affair / Victor / 12.51 / with The Striders
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56 / Jimmy Rowles celeste!

set 4
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus, Vol 5 / Thou Swell / Contemporary / LA 1.56
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / S’Wonderful / Savoy / LA 4.18.50
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & celeste!, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
The Larks / I Live True to You / Apollo / 2.18.52
Vikki Carr / It Must Be Him / Alfie / Liberty / LA 1967
The Soul Stirrers / He’ll Make a Way / Specialty / Hollywood 3.2.54

last soulful song
Gladys Knight & the Pips / Neither One of Us / Soul / 12.72

Friday, June 05, 2026

My Fine, Feathered Playlist

Screenshot close up of Doris Day singing with her head tilted back and a smile in front of a large 1940s style microphone. Two soldiers are sitting in the background on her stage.
Doris, s’wonderful when you sing… or act!

Coffeetime, June 5, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley, et al / The Prestige All Stars – Tenor Conclave / Tenor Conclave / Prestige / 9.7.56
Freddie Redd / San Francisco Suite / Minor Interlude / Riverside / 10.2.57
Sydney Kyte & his Piccadilly Hotel Band / Me / Regal / 1931 / vocal = The Three Ginx
Mel Walker / Sunset to Dawn / Savoy / LA 8.12.50 / with Johnny Otis Orchestra
Billie Holiday / Songs for Distingué Lovers / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Verve / LA 1.4.57

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

set 2
Sonny Rollins / The Sound of Sonny / What Is There to Say / Riverside / 6.57
The 3 Sounds / Feelin’ Good / It Could Happen to You / Blue Note / 6.28.60
Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France / Django’s Dream (Rêverie) / Vogue / Paris 1950
Erskine Butterfield / Part Time Boogie / radio transcription / 8.17.44
The Ramblers / My Fine, Feathered Friend / Decca / Casino Hamdorff, Laren, Netherlands 3.24.38 / vocal = Greta Keller
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / I Want a Tall Skinny Papa / Decca / 2.18.42 / vocal = Sister Rosetta Tharpe & ensemble
Inez Jones / Have You Met Inez Jones? / Happy / Riverside / Berkeley 5.27.57 / with Oscar Moore g
Yves Montand / Yves Montand Sings / Tournesol / Decca / 1951

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / Stanley Turrentine with The 3 Sounds / Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You / Blue Note / 12.16.60
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins / Oz – The Wizard / Savoy / 3.30.55
Allen Eager / All Night All Frantic / Savoy / 7.15.47
Golden Gate Quartet / Shoo Shoo Baby / AFRS Jubilee radio broadcast / c. 1943
Doris Day & Buddy Clark / My Darling, My Darling / Columbia / 9.22.48
Stan Getz & João Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / O Grande Amor / Verve / 3.18, 19.63 / vocal = João Gilberto

set 4
Barney Kessel / The Poll Winners Ride Again! / Be Deedle Dee Do / Contemporary / LA 8.58
Joe Roland / Joe Roland / Sweet Lorraine / Bethlehem / 3.55 
King Cole Trio / Monday Again / Capitol [unissued] / 12.29.47 / NKC p, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b
Bill Johnson & his Musical Notes / Pretty Eyed Baby / RCA Victor / 1947 
Little Milton / Blues ’n’ Soul / Hard Luck Blues / Stax / Memphis 1974
Golden Gate Quartet / NBC Thesaurus radio broadcast / Show Me the Way / radio transcription / fall 1941

last soulful song
George Jackson / Till I Find Some Way / Malaco / Muscle Shoals 1978

Friday, May 22, 2026

In the Playlist of Forget-Me-Nots

Fred Astaire in a white suit and Cyd Charisse in a white dress, with a skirt that is swirling up, dance their way down steps in a park.
Such a gentleman, Fred… averting your eyes from Cyd’s undies.

Coffeetime, May 22, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Charlie Persip / Right Down Front / Sevens / Bethlehem / 4.2.60 
Benny Golson / Benny Golson and the Philadelphians / Stablemates / United Artists / 11.17.58 
Juan Tizol & his Orchestra / Keb-Lah / Keynote / LA 4.2.46
Jack Jackson & his Orchestra / Most of Ev’ry Day / HMV / London 10.25.34 / vocal = Fred Latham
Charles Brown & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / I Want to Fool Around with You / Aladdin / LA 12.18.53
Sarah Vaughan / After Hours at the London House / I’ll String Along with You / Mercury / live, London House, Chicago 3.7.58

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

set 2
Mal Waldron / Impressions / All the Way / New Jazz / 3.20.59
Coleman Hawkins / And Confrères / Cocktails for Two [unissued track] / Verve / LA 10.16.57
Stan Getz / Groovin’ High / Body and Soul / Crown [Modern] / Civic Auditorium, Pasadena 6.23.47
Joe Venuti / Laura / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular) / with guest Jack Benny
Bandanna Girls [Mozelle France &  Mae Hopkins] / Baby Would You Dare / Decca / 1.24.39
Claude Thornhill & his Orchestra / Dinner for Two / In the Garden of Forget-Me-Nots /RCA Camden / 1956 / vocal = Russ McIntyre
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers / Good Man / King / Cincinnati 5.24.51 / vocal = Kitty Stevenson

set 3
Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith / Blue Bash! / Blue Bash / Verve / 7.16, 25, 29.63
Cal Tjader / A Night at the Blackhawk / I Hadn’t Anyone Till You / Fantasy /San Francisco winter 1959  cover design by Ed Renfro 
Lucky Thompson’s All Stars / Why Not / Exclusive / LA 9.45
Ella Mae Morse / The Thrill Is Gone / Capitol / Hollywood 7.20.42
The Robins / I Found Out My Troubles / Savoy [unissued] / LA 1.11.50 / with Johnny Otis & his Orchestra
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story / Dancing in the Dark / Clef / Hollywood 12.52

set 4
Bobby Scott / Bobby Scott and Two Horns / Myrt / ABC-Paramount / 10.56
Jimmy Rowles / Let’s Get Acquainted with Jazz / Tea for Two / Tampa /LA 1957
Buddy Collette / Calm, Cool, & Colette / Perfidia / ABC-Paramount / LA 1.24.57
Johnny Mercer / One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Capitol / Hollywood 7.25.46 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Jimmy Ricks / Jimmy Ricks / Old Man River / Signature / 1961
The Jubalaires / Sampson and Delilah / Standard Transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
Lee Jones & the Sounds of Soul [The Masqueraders] / Poor Boy’s Dream / La Beat [unissued] / Detroit 1967

Friday, May 15, 2026

A Favor for a Girl (With a Love Sick Playlist)

Mabel Scott, sitting in a stage set resembling a train station with a large luggage trunk behind her. She is singing and has her arms stretched out. She's wearing a nice traveling outfit.
I like your suit and ruffled blouse, Mabel!

Coffeetime, May 15, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / A Caddy for Daddy / 3rd Time Around / Blue Note / 12.18.65
Horace Silver / The Stylings of Silver / The Back Beat / Blue Note / 5.8.57
Larry Clinton & his Orchestra / Glen Island Hop / radio broadcast / Glen Island Casino, New Rochelle, NY 1937
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra / Blue Eyes / HMV / London 5.11.28 / vocal = Paul England
The Four Aces / Cherie / Trilon / 7.47 
Martha Davis / Martha Davis and Spouse / Blue Turning Gray Over You / ABC-Paramount / 1958 

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

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige / 9.15.64
Rene Thomas / Guitar Groove / How Long Has This Been Going On? / Jazzland / 9.7-8.60
Sonny Stitt / Burnin’ / Lover Man / Argo / Chicago 1960
Georgia White / Trouble in Mind / Decca / Chicago 5.12.36 / with Les Paul
Mabel Scott / Good Lookin’ Fella / Exclusive / LA 1947
Ella Fitzgerald with the Mills Brothers / I Gotta Have My Baby Back / Decca / 1949
Dean Martin / You Can’t Love ’Em All / You Can’t Love ’Em All / Capitol / Hollywood 1959

set 3
Louis Smith / Here Comes Louis Smith / Brill’s Blues / Blue Note / 2.9.57
Johnny Costa / Introducing… Johnny Costa / Manhattan / Savoy / 2.26.55
Geraldo & his Orchestra / Just Let Me Look at You / HMV / London 8.9.38 / vocal = Cyril Grantham
Mills Brothers / Rhythm Saved the World / Decca / 6.23.36
Bobby Troup / Stars of Jazz / I’m Thru with Love / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1958

set 4
Howard Roberts / Color Him Funky / Days of Wine and Roses / Capitol / Hollywood 2.12, 13.63 
Lyle Murphy / Gone with the Woodwinds! / Seismograph / Contemporary / LA 8.16.55
Shorty Rogers / Shorty Rogers Courts the Count / Jump for Me / RCA Victor / LA 2.2.54
​​Steve Gibson & the Original Red Caps / Shame / RCA Victor / Hollywood 2.1.51
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra / The Sound of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra / Love Is a Simple Thing / RCA Victor / 1954 / vocal = Joe Mooney & the Doodlers [Sally Sweetland & Lillian Clark]
The Royal Sons Quintet (The 5 Royales) / Come Over Here / Apollo / 1952

last soulful song
Brenda Holloway / A Favor for a Girl (With a Love Sick Heart) / Tamla / Detroit 1964
Major Lance / Hey Little Girl / Okeh / 8.14.63


Friday, May 08, 2026

Give Me a Playlist for Tomorrow

Screenshot from a 1941 British Pathé short showing Don Barreto in a white tux with ruffled sleeves playing the grand piano.
Don Barreto knew that lacy ruffles on the end of sleeves would be top fashion in 2026.

Coffeetime, May 8, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Harold Land / The Fox / The Fox / Contemporary / LA 8.59
Joe Gordon / Introducing Joe Gordon / Grasshopper / EmArcy / 9.8.54 
Clifford Jordan / Spellbound / Toy / Riverside / 8.10.60
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Lonely Troubadour / Victor / 8.21.29
Dinah Washington / Chewin’ Mama Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45 / with Lucky Thompson’s All Stars
June Christy / Ballads for Night People / I Had a Little Sorrow / Capitol / LA 1959 / from the poem The Penitent by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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

set 2
Wes Montgomery / Guitar on the Go / Dreamsville / Riverside / 10.10.59
Bobby Timmons / From the Bottom / Someone to Watch Over Me / Riverside / early 1964
Max Roach / The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley / I’m a Fool to Want You / Debut / 4.21.53
Adolph Hofner & his Texans / I’ll Keep My Old Guitar / Bluebird / Blue Bonnet Hotel, San Antonio 10.25.38
The Cats & the Fiddle / I’m Afraid of You / Manor / 1948 
Anita O’Day / Key Largo / Signature / LA winter 1947-48 / with Benny Carter & his Orchestra
Dick Van Dyke / Songs I Like / They All Laughed / Command / Hollywood 1963

set 3
Jack McDuff / The Honeydripper / Blues and Tonic / Prestige / 2.3.61
Sonny Criss / Jazz USA / West Coast Blues / Imperial / LA early 1956
Paul Quinichette / The Vice ‘Pres’ / Crew Cut / EmArcy / 1.30.52 
Frank Sinatra / The Song Is You / V-Disc 689A / 2.13.46 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra; introduction by Bob Hope
The Four Rockets / Loch Lomond / Aladdin / 1948
Mel Tormé / At The Red Hill / In Other Words / Atlantic / live, Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ 3.62

set 4
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Men at the Manne-Hole, volume 1 / Love for Sale / Contemporary / live, Shelly’s Manne-Hole, Hollywood 3.3-5.61
Dick McDonough / Honeysuckle Rose /private recording / late 1934
Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain / Ojos Verdes / Decca / London 7.15.32
Frankie Laine / Rockin’ / Give Me a Kiss for Tomorrow / Columbia / 1957 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Sam Cooke / Encore / Oh, Look at Me Now / Keen / LA 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra
Soul Stirrers / Touch the Hem of His Garment / Specialty / Hollywood 2.2.56

last soulful song
Honey & the Bees / Help Me (Get Over My Used to Be Lover) / Josie / Philadelphia 1970

Friday, May 01, 2026

She’s Just Another Playlist

Buddy Greco on stage with hanging lamps on the stage set, wearing a yellow v-neck sweater over a deep red crew neck sweater. He's smiling and singing and moving around.
Buddy’s excited by his groovy sweater combo.

Coffeetime, May 1, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / The Cooker / Just One of Those Things / Blue Note / 9.29.57
Benny Golson / The Modern Touch / Hymn to the Orient / Riverside / 12.19.57
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Wang-Wang Blues / Victor / 8.9.20 
Ambrose & his Orchestra / Dear Little Café / Decca / London 7.30.29 / vocal = Eddie Grossbart
Ivory Joe Hunter & his Orchestra / Boogin’ in the Basement / Pacific / San Francisco/Oakland 1946
Teri Thornton / Devil May Care / What’s New? / Riverside / 1.10.61

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

set 2
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / What’s New / Mode / Hollywood 6.57 
Red Garland / Volume 1 / Prestige Moodsville / Stella by Starlight / 12.11.59 / with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, who sits out on this tune
Serge Chaloff / Blue Serge / Stairway to the Stars / Capitol / LA 3.4.56
Taft Jordan & The Mob / If the Moon Turns Green / Vocalion / 2.21.35
Buck & Bubbles / Breakfast in Harlem / Columbia / London 10.5.36 / Buck p & celeste!, Bubbles voc & d, David Raskin cl
The Three Peppers / Oo-Mommy-O / Gotham / Philadelphia 12.1.49
The Flamingos / You Ain’t Ready / Chance / Chicago 1953 / with Red Holloway’s Orchestra 
Anthony Newley / The Genius of Anthony Newley / She’s Just Another Girl / London / 1966

set 3
John Wright / Mr. Soul / Strut / Prestige / 4.10.62
Herbie Hancock / Takin’ Off / Driftin’ / Blue Note / 3.28.62
Ivory Joe Hunter / Siesta with Sonny / King / Cincinnati 12.5.47
Blue Barron & his Orchestra / I Guess I’ll Have to Dream the Rest / radio broadcast / 1941 / vocal = Jimmy Brown
The Five Breezes / My Buddy Blues / Bluebird / Chicago 11.15.40 
Buddy Greco / Hang Your Hat at Mister Kelly’s / One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Coral / live at Mister Kelly’s, Chicago 7.24.55

set 4
Jack Sheldon / Jack’s Groove / I’m Also a Person / GNP / LA 7.57
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper Quintet / Pick Yourself Up / Tampa / LA 6.15.55 / Harper tb, Bob Enevoldsen ts & v.tb, Don Overburg g, Red Mitchell b, Frank Capp d
Les Paul Trio / I’ve Found a New Baby / V-Disc 751B / Hollywood 1947
The Modernaires / Dig-Dig-Dig for Your Dinner / Columbia / 6.14.50 / with Les Brown & his Band of Renown
Doris Day / Tea for Two [10 inch EP “Songs from the Warner Bros. Technicolor production”] / I Know That You Know / Columbia / Hollywood 1950 / with Gene Nelson (“dance effects & songs”) & the Page Cavanaugh Trio (Cavanaugh p, Al Viola g, Lloyd Pratt b) & the Ken Lane Singers
Otis Rush / All Your Love (I Miss Loving) / Cobra / Chicago 1958 / with Willie Dixon 
Flying Clouds of Detroit / Journey to the Sky / JVB / Detroit early 1950s

last soulful song
Jackie Wilson / You Got Me Walking / Brunswick / 1972