Thursday, February 21, 2002

hey there, blog readers. well, here's the playlist for this past tuesday's show. record time for me. (i'm avoiding paying work today.) i've decided to slightly change some of the details i give in the playlist -- i'll no longer list composer if i know it. i often don't. and why keep listing 'rodgers, hart' for some songs but not others they wrote? stuff like that. i will, however, list non-standard composers, personal fave composers, and gershwin (espec 'squared') whenever i feel moved and/or know. what can i say -- it's a quirk.

and, although i may have noted this earlier on in a blog entry, the label i note is always the original label -- sometimes, however, i play from reissues or comps that don't list the original label. if you're looking for a track and see that, for example, the label listed is decca but cannot find a recording with that track for sale -- it may be available on a reissue label. it's detective work.

when ppl ask me where to buy records, i say, if you're in the boston area -- stereo jack's in cambridge; if you're looking online, try amazon or, espec for out-of-print/used items, gemm.com. good luck!


Coffeetime, February 19, 2002

pre-theme song song: waring's pennsylvanians / comp / lp / nashville nightingale (gershwin) / ? / camden, new jersey 9.19.24

theme: see early blog entries

bed: tommy flanagan / moodsville 9 / lp / various tracks / prestige moodsville / ?

set one
curis amy and dupree bolton / katanga! / lp / amyable (jack wilson) (partial -- technical difficulties w/ turntable) / pacific jazz / early 60s
art farmer / meet the jazztet / lp / avalon / checker / 5.60
john green (composer) / soundtrack to 'twilight of honor' / lp / juke jezebel (unknown studio musicians) / mgm / 63
bill harris / great guitar sounds / lp / daahoud (clifford brown) / mercury / 60s
blue barron and his orch / comp / lp / teacher's pet / ? / late 30s / voc: charlie fisher
fats waller / comp / lp / you've been grand / demo / ny 9.3.42 / voc: fw
jo stafford / comp / cd / too marvelous for words / capitol? / 40s / voc: js
the rockets / comp / cd / loch lomond (trad) / aladdin / 11.48 / voc: group
sarah vaughn / comp / lp / nice work if you can get it (gershwin squared) (w/ george treadmill and his all stars) / columbia / ny 5.19.50 / voc: sv

set two
jimmy heath / the thumper / cd / for all we know / riverside / ny 9.59
frank foster / comp / cd / my heart stood still / vogues / paris 4.4.54
coleman hawkins and his all star octet / comp / cd / when day is done / ? / 1.3.40
paul gayten and his orch / comp / lp / cutting out / ? / new orleans late 49 / voc: annie laurie
kay starr / comp / cd / oh babe / capitol / 50s / voc: ks
tab smith and his orch / comp / lp / keep right on doing / ? / ny 9.45 / voc: ts
bing crosby / songs i wish i had sung the first time around / lp / my blue heaven / decca / 50s? / voc: bc

set three
eddie 'lockjaw' davis / griff and lock / lp / second balcony jump / jazzland / 11.4,10.60
frank wess / jazz for playboys / lp / miss blues / savoy / 50s
fletcher henderson and his orch / comp / lp / you can depend on me / rca bluebird /chicago 8.4.36 / voc: chu berry, buster bailey
charioteers / comp / lp / no soup / ? / hollywood 11.7.45
chuck willis / comp / lp / whatcha gonna do when your baby leaves you (w/ jesse ston orch) / atlantic / ny 8.30.56

set four
barney kessel / carmen / cd / carmen's cool / contemporary / la 12.19,22.58
bill perkinds / quietly there / cd / keester parade (johnny mandel) / riverside / hollywood 11.23,38,30.66
stan getz / comp / cd / it might as well be spring (alt tk) / roost / nyc 3.1.51
the heartbreakers / comp / lp / rockin' daddy-o / rca / ny 3.25.52 / voc: group
sugar pie desanto / comp / lp / maybe you'll be there / checker / chicago 1960 / voc: spd
alphabetical four / comp / cd / i'm gonne walk right in and make myself at home / decca? / nyc 11.18.43

last (soul) song
shelly fisher / comp / cd / girl i love you (sf) / dalya / chicago late 60s?, early 70s? / voc: sf