Waiting at the End of the Playlist

Dorothy, you lucky gal.

Coffeetime, March 13, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Junior Cook / Junior’s Cookin’ / Sweet Cakes / Jazzland / 4.10.61
Donald Byrd / Byrd’s Eye View / Hank’s Tune / Transition / Cambridge, MA 12.2.55 
Benny Goodman Quartet / Dinah / Victor / Hollywood 8.26.36
Rube Bloom & his Bayou Boys / There’s a Wah Wah Gal in Agua Caliente / Columbia / 5.24.30 / vocal = Eddie Walters
Jimmy Liggins & his Drops of Joy / Baby! I Can’t Forget You / Specialty / Hollywood 11.17.48
Clora Bryant / ...Gal with a Horn / Man with a Horn / Mode / Hollywood 5.57

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

set 2
The Prestige All Stars / All Night Long / Body & Soul / Prestige [unissued] / 12.28.56
Ralph Burns & his Ensemble / Spring Sequence [Bijou] / Spring Is Here / Period [Bethlehem] / 1955
Fats Waller / Waiting at the End of the Road / Bluebird / 8.29.29
Gladys Bentley / Worried Blues / Okeh / 8.8.28
Ray Noble & his Orchestra / One Morning in May / HMV / London 4.5.34 / vocal = Al Bowlly
The Big Three / Appetite Blues / Delta / Chicago 5.4.39

set 3
John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette / Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette / Vodka / Prestige / 5.17.57
Allen Eager Quartette / Vot’s Dot / Savoy / 3.22.46 
The Mills Brothers / Stardust / Decca / West Hempstead, England 2.18.39
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / For You / Victor / 1.20.41 / vocal = Jo Stafford
Bobby Troup / The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup / Little Girl Blue / Bethlehem / 1955

set 4
Teddy Charles, Shorty Rogers / Collaboration West / Bobalob / Prestige / LA 8.31.53
Steve Allen / Allen’s All Stars / Yours Alone / Mercury / live at Joe Pasternak’s house, Hollywood 3.24.58
Delta Rhythm Boys / A One Sided Affair / Decca / Hollywood Wednesday 5.22.46 / with Les Paul Trio
Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer / On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen / Decca / Hollywood 4.15.40 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Lover with a Reputation / Duke / Memphis 1970
Sewanee Quintet aka Swanee Quintet / In My Savior’s Care / Nashboro / Nashville 1952 

last soulful song
Syreeta / Syreeta / Keep Him Like He Is / MoWest / LA 1972
Ann Sexton & The Masters Of Soul / You’ve Been Gone Too Long / Impel [Seventy Seven] / Shelby, North Carolina 1971

I’ve Got a Playlistful of Dreams

Music is always better with a library and a spiral staircase… and Yves.

Coffeetime, March 6, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Blue Mitchell / Out of the Blue / Sweet-Cakes / Riverside / 12.58
Pepper Adams / The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams / Seein’ Red / Savoy / 11.19.57
Trummy Young’s Big Seven / Johnson Rock / HRS / 9.3.46
Billy Cotton & his Band / Crazy Weather / Regal Zonophone / London 12.20.34 / vocal = Alan Breeze
Hot Lips Page & his Orchestra / Double-Trouble Blues / Savoy / 9.12.44
Helen Carr / … Why Do I Love You / Lonely Street / Bethlehem / 1955

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

set 2
Red Garland / The Nearness of You / The Nearness of You / Jazzland / 11.30.61
John Coltrane / Ballads / Too Young to Go Steady / Impulse! / 12.21.61
Stephane Grappelli / Slow en ré majeur (I’ll Be Around) / Barclay [unissued] / Paris 2.14 56
Larry Adler / Medley: Red Sails in the Sunset; I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again / Rex / London 10.35 / with Fred Hartley’s Orchestra
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Nuts About Mutts / radio transcription / 1934 / vocal = Horace “Saxie” Dowell
Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette / Ridin’ Down the Canyon / Perfect / 10.18.35
Georges Guétary / Caballero / Pathé / Paris 1943 / with orchestra arranged & conducted by Marius Coste
Johnny “Guitar” Watson / Ruben / RPM / LA 1956

set 3
Baby Face Willette / Stop and Listen / Stop and Listen / Blue Note / 5.22.61
Teddy Charles / Tentet / Green Blues / Atlantic / 1.11.56
Eddie Davis & his Beboppers / Stealin’ Trash / Savoy / 12.18.46
Dick Jurgens & his Orchestra / I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams / radio transcription / c. 1939 / vocal = Eddy Howard; with celeste!
The Charioteers / The Gaucho Serenade / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43 
Earl Coleman / Earl Coleman Returns / No Love, No Nothin’ / Prestige / 3.2.56

set 4
Barney Kessel / Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By / Carioca / Contemporary / LA 10.15.56 
King Cole Trio / Easy Listening Blues; I Realize Now / Capitol / Hollywood 3.6.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Yves Montand / Faubourg Saint-Martin / Odeon / France 1955 / with orchestra conducted by Bob Castella
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Equinox / Constant Rain (Chove Chuva) / A&M / LA 1967
The Trumpeteers / Somehow / King / 1.24.50

last soulful song
Stevie Wonder / Where I’m Coming From / If You Really Love Me / Tamla / 1971
Syreeta / Syreeta / Keep Him Like He Is / MoWest / LA 1972 (partial)

Playlists Are Like Street Cars

Jorge has an open invitation on Coffeetime.

Coffeetime, February 27, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Nat Adderley / That’s Right! / Chordnation / Riverside / fall 1960 
Horace Silver / Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers / Hankerin’ / Blue Note / 2.6.55 
Clark Terry / Clark Terry / Co-Op / Emarcy / 1.3.55 
Cline’s Collegians / Chicadore Stomp / Brunswick / 11.29
Sophie Tucker / Oh! You Have No Idea / Okeh / 4.16.28 / Ted Shapiro p
Calvin Boze & his All Stars / If You Ever Had the Blues / Aladdin / LA 8.15.49
Carmen McRae / Torchy! / My Future Just Passed / Decca / 12.55 

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

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Accent on Tenor Sax / Where or When / Urania / 1954 / arranged by Jimmy Hamilton; Lucky Thompson ts, Jimmy Hamilton cl, Billy Taylor p, Sidney Gross g, Oscar Pettiford b, Osie Johnson d
Ramsey Lewis Trio / Perform a Tribute to Clifford Brown / Once in A While / Argo / Chicago 10.8.58 
Helen Louise & Frank Ferera / On the Beach in Waikiki / Victor / 10.11.15 / guitar duet https://www.historylink.org/File/9201
Eddie South & his International Orchestra / No More Blues / Victor / Chicago 5.3.33 
Trixie Smith / My Daddy Rocks Me / Decca / 5.26.38 
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Rock It for Me / Columbia / 1940 / vocal = Joe Thomas
Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae / Boy Meets Girl / Who Cares / Decca / 2.57

set 3
Paul Quinichette / Basie Reunion / The Blues I Like to Hear / Prestige / 9.5.58 
Billy Mitchell / This Is Billy Mitchell / You Turned the Tables on Me / Smash / Chicago 10.30.62 
Jack McVea / Oh How I Miss You Tonight / Combo / LA 1957
Jimmy Joy & his Orchestra / Thank Your Stars / 1.40 / Varsity / vocal = Art London aka Art Lund
The Beavers / I’d Rather Be Wrong Than Blue / Coral / 1950
Jackie Paris / Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin / Fun to Be Fooled / Time / 2.23.60 

set 4
Chico Hamilton / Chico Hamilton in Hi Fi / Topsy / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 2.56 
Bud Shank / Bud Shank Quartet featuring Claude Williamson / All of You / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 11.56 
Rosetta Howard / Men Are Like Street Cars / Decca /6.14.39 / with the Harlem Blues Serenaders 
Mildred Bailey / The Love I Long For / V-Disc / 1944 / with Paul Baron & his Orchestra
Jorge Ben / Samba Esquema Novo [“New Samba Scheme”] / Chove Chuva / Philips / Brazil 1963 
Harmonizing Four / I Love to Call His Name / Vee Jay / 1959

last soulful song
The Emotions / Somebody New / Twin Stacks Records / Chicago 1968

I Ain’t Your Playlist, Mr. Fly Rooster

He makes a pretty cowboy.

Coffeetime, February 20, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Booker Ervin / The Blues Book / True Blue / Prestige / 6.30.64
Kenny Dorham / K.D.’s Cab Ride (Echo of Spring) / Blue Note / 1.30.55
Lou Donaldson & Clifford Brown / New Faces, New Sounds / Brownie Speaks / Blue Note / 6.9.53
California Ramblers / Broken Idol / Edison / 8.1.29 
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / As Time Goes By / Victor / 7.25.31
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Any Old Place with Me / Exclusive / Hollywood 12.47
George Shearing & Dakota Staton / In the Night / The Thrill is Gone / Capitol / LA 1957

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

set 2
Stanley Turrentine / Jubilee Shout!!! / My Ship / Blue Note / 10.18.62 -- remember
Cannonball Adderley / Takes Charge / I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry / Riverside / 4.12.59
Ike Quebec / It Might as Well Be Spring / Willow Weep for Me / Blue Note / 12.29.61
Martha Copeland / I Ain’t Your Hen, Mr. Fly Rooster / Columbia / 8.28.28
Les Brown & his Orchestra / Saturday Night / broadcast / Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC 1.15.45 / vocal = Doris Day
Kitty White / A New Voice in Jazz / So Many Beautiful Men (So Little Time) / EmArcy / 4.21.55

set 3
Blue Mitchell / Blue’s Moods / Sweet Pumpkin / Riverside / 8.60
Wynton Kelly / Kelly Blue / Willow Weep for Me / Riverside / 3.10.59
James Moody / Bootsie / Royal Roost / Paris 7.27.51
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra / I Don’t Care Who Knows It / radio transcription / mid-1940s / vocal = Skip Nelson
The Ravens / I’ve Got the World on a String / National [unissued] / c. 1950 
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / Vivo Sohando / Verve / 3.63 / vocal = Joao Gilberto

set 4
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream / Thunderbird / Savoy / 10.11.55
Les Cinq Modernes / Continental Jazz / La Violetera / Somerset / 1960
Art Pepper / Surf Ride / Holiday Flight / Savoy / LA 3.4.52
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra / The Fuehrer’s Got the Jitters / AFRS Jubilee #6 / c. 12.42
T-Bone Walker / You Don’t Know What You’re Doing / Atlantic / LA 12.27.57 / vocal = R.S. Rankin (T-Bone’s nephew)
Rick Nelson / Everlovin’ / Imperial / LA 7.20.61
The Southern Sons / Lift Every Voice and Sing / Bluebird / 10.22.42

last soulful song
Barbara Lewis / Make Me Belong to You / Atlantic / 1965

Playlistesque

Al helping Monia with his hat!

Coffeetime, February 13, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard / Happy Times / Impulse! / 7.2.62
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Selections from Lerner and Loewe’s...My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, and Paint Your Wagon / On the Street Where You Live / Vik / 3.13.57 
Spike Hughes & his Orchestra / Pastoral / Decca / 4.18.33
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Take a Good Look at Mine / Victor / Chicago 1.14.29 / vocal = Harold Stokes
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / G.I. Jive / Decca / 3.15.44 / Jordan as & voc, Eddie Roane t, Arnold Thomas p, Al Morgan b, Wilmore “Slick” Jones d
Don Elliott with Irma Curry / Love Is a Necessary Evil / No Spring This Year / Columbia / 1.62 

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

set 2
Barney Wilen / Jazz sur Seine [soundtrack] / Nuages / Fontana / Paris 2.13, 14.58
Mile Davis / Blue Moods / Easy Living / Debut / 7.9.55
Jimmy Raney / Visits Paris / Someone to Watch Over Me / Dawn / Paris 2.10.54
John Kirby & his Orchestra / Humoresque / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41
Al Bowlly / Judy / Decca / London 8.21.34 / Monia Litter p, Al Bowlly g & voc 
Bernard Hilda y su Orquesta / Quisiera Saber… (I Love You for Sentimental Reasons) / Columbia / Barcelona 8.12.47
The Five Royales / They Don’t Know / Vee Jay [Home of the Blues] / 1961

set 3
Les McCann / Les McCann LTD in New York / A Little 3/4 for God & Co. / Pacific Jazz / live at The Village Gate 12.28.61
Bennie Green / Glidin’ Along / Sweet Sucker / Jazzland / 3.9.61
Geraldo & his Orchestra / All Through the Day / Parlophone / London 7.24.46 / vocal = Sally Douglas
James Quintet / Bewildered / Coral / 1949 

set 4
Charlie Byrd / Byrd in the Wind / Swing ’59 / Riverside / 1959 
Stan Levey / Stan Levey Quintet / Stan Still / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Oscar Moore / We’ll Remember You Nat / This Will Make You Laugh / Surrey / Burbank 4.65
King Cole Swingsters / Sentimental Blue / Keystone / Hollywood 7.22.40 / vocal = Maxine Johnson; NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Harlem Stars (Big Mama Thornton) / Bad Luck Got My Man / E&W Records / Houston 1950
Sam Fletcher / Sings I Believe in You / I Believe in You / Vee Jay / 1964 / with Harry “Sweets” Edison, arranged by Bill Finnegan
Fairfield Four / Heaven in My View / Dot / 10.54

last soulful song
Al Green / Call Me / Have You Been Making Out OK? / Hi / Memphis 1972

Kangaroo Playlist

Your geometry is perfect, Bobby.

Coffeetime, February 6, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Curtis Amy / Katanga! / A Shade of Brown / Pacific Jazz / LA 1963
Hank Mobley / Jazz Message #2 / Doug’s Minor B’OK / Savoy / 11.7.56
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Sepia Jazz / radio transcription / Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland 1937
Bert Lown & his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra / Heartaches / Victor / 1.19.31 / vocal = The Biltmore Trio: Elmer Feldkamp, Paul Mason, & Max Ceppo
Laurel Watson / Kangaroo Blues / Apollo / 10.15.45 / with the Tab Smith Septette
Billie Holiday / All or Nothing at All / Ill Wind / Verve / LA 8.14.56

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

set 2 Wes Montgomery / Full House / I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face / Riverside / live, Tsubo, Berkeley 6.25.62
Blue Mitchell / Blue Soul / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Riverside / 9.59
Teddy Wilson & his Trio / Mr. Wilson and Mr. Gershwin / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Columbia / 1959
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Pretty Trix / Okeh / 6.14.28
Lil Armstrong & her Swingband / It’s Murder / Decca / Chicago 10.27.35
Luther Henderson & his Orchestra / Overwork Blues / Victor / 10.8.47 / vocal = Etta Jones
Little Sylvia / Ain’t Gonna Do It / Jubilee [unissued] / 1952 / with Buddy Lucas & his Band of Tomorrow
Bobby Darin / medley: This Could Be the Start of Something Big; Just in Time / live, Ed Sullivan Show 1962

set 3
Jimmy Smith / I’m Movin’ On / T’Ain’t No Use / Blue Note / 1.31.63
Lem Winchester / Winchester Special / Down Fuzz / New Jazz / 9.25.59
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Many Dreams Ago / Bluebird / 9.28.39 / vocal = Helen Forrest
Basin Street Boys / Vootnay on the Votnay / Exclusive / LA circa 06.46 / with Eddie Beal Fourtet
Charles Aznavour / Sings his Love Songs in English / Don’t Say a Word [Aprés L’amour] / Reprise / 1965 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Sy Oliver

set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 6 / Dickie’s Dream / Contemporary / Hollywood 2.22.55
Chet Baker / Big Band / V-Line / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.26.56
Peggy Lee / That Old Gang of Mine / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra 
The Cats & the Fiddle / I’ll Never, Never Let You Go / Gotham / Philadelphia 9.49 
Buddy Greco / Let’s Love! / A Lot of Livin’ to Do / Epic / 9.61
Dixie Hummingbirds / I’ll Be Satisfied / Gotham / 7.49

last soulful song
The Valentines / Breakaway / Sound Stage 7 / 1970

You Keep Coming Back Like a Playlist

Handsome Georgie Auld photographed by the amazing William Gottlieb.

Coffeetime, January 30, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones / Together! / Le Roi / Atlantic / 2.2.61 
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World / The Opener / Blue Note / live, Birdland 7.61 
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Mahogany Hall Stomp / Okeh / 3.5.39 
Philip Lewis & the Rhythm Maniacs (Arthur Lally) / My Kinda Love / Decca / London 6.20.29 / vocal = Maurice Elwin
Marvin Johnson & his Orchestra / Mercy Mercy / G&G / Hollywood 1946 / vocal = Joe Lewis g
Dinah Washington / The Swingin’ Miss “D” / I’ll Close My Eyes / EmArcy / 12.6.56 / with Quincy Jones & his Orchestra; with celeste! 

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

set 2
Coleman Hawkins / Today and Now / Don’t Love Me / Impulse! / 9.9.62 
Red Garland / [Red Garland Revisited!] / You Keep Coming Back Like a Song / Prestige / 5.24.57 
Sonny Stitt / New York Jazz / Body and Soul / Verve / 9.14.56 
Layton & Johnstone [Turner Layton, Clarence Johnstone] / I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan / Columbia / London 1933
Walter Fuller / Closer to My Heart / Kicks / LA 1954 / with the Club Royale Band, Fuller t 
Doris Day & Frank Sinatra / Let’s Take an Old Fashioned Walk / Columbia / LA 5.6.49 / with The Ken Lane Singers & orchestra arranged & conducted by Axel Stordahl
Sammy Davis Jr. / The Wham of Sam / Let There Be Love / Reprise / LA 2.61 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Marty Paich 

set 3
Lou Donaldson / Here ’Tis / A Foggy Day / Blue Note / 1.23.61 
Horace Parlan / Up & Down / Fugee / Blue Note / 6.18.61 
Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers / The Flat Foot Floogie / Decca / 6.10.38
Mal Hallett & his Orchestra / The Life of the Party / Decca / 2.26.37 / vocal = Teddy Grace
Mel Tormé / It's a Blue World / It's a Blue World / Bethlehem / LA 8.55 

set 4
Joanne Grauer / Joanne Grauer Trio / Dancing Nitely / Mode / Hollywood 7.57 
Georgie Auld / Good Enough to Keep / A Smooth One / Top Rank / Hollywood 9.5.59 
Jo Stafford / A Sunday Kind of Love / Capitol / Hollywood 2.28.47 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Little Esther & Mel Walker / Ring-a-Ding Doo / Federal / 11.8.51
Tom Jones / Along Came Jones / I’ve Got a Heart / Decca / London 1964
The Soul Stirrers / It Won’t Be Very Long [alt take 3] / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 2.22.52

last soulful song
Margie Joseph / One More Chance / Volt / Memphis 1969
Jorge Ben / Samba Esquema Novo [“New Samba Scheme”] / Balança Pema / Philips / Brazil 1963