hey. most frustrating afternoon of bombs, crashes, and now, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, keyboard woes. spacebar is weirding out on me. i've typed quite a bit of this entry already. i'll paste it in then do some techtooltypestuff and come back later and fill in the rest of last week's playlist:
just watched a fab short (not that short -- about 7 minutes)Louis Prima in Swing Cats at the great website for the great cable movie channel TCM. from the bobby soxers in it, i'd say it was filmed about '46 or so. which reminds me of one of my all-time favorite movies, "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" with cary grant, myrna loy, shirley temple, and ray collins.
since so many people visit this blog after a search for "turkey red damask" (see one of my earliest blog entries), i feel it's my duty to provide some nice links on the subject. a good history can be found at the british site of the Society of Dyers and Colourists' Colour Museum. also, there's a little info on the dye itself at the Quilt Corner at the Cranston Village website (intriguing name, that website!). you might also do a search on "redwork," which is embroidery done in turkey red. quilters will know about that. C&T Publishing's site has a nice article on Redwork, Then and Now. in what seems like a convergence of jazz and fabric history, the Cotton Club site has a small bit on redwork also. and, saving the most thorough and scholarly for last, Meredith Dorner has a well written article on the site of the Northhampton Silk Project entitled Early Dye History And The Introduction of Synthetic Dyes Before The 1870s. have fun!
now for last week's playlist:
Coffeetime, January 29, 2002
no new corner! (i forgot...eek)
theme (as usually, see previous shows)
bed: johnny smith / moonlight in vermont with the johnny smith quintet: jazz at nbc series / lp / roost / early 50s?
set one
sonny clark / sonny clark trio / cd / be-bop (dizzy gillespie) / blue note / 11.23.57
lee morgan / standards / cd / this is the life / blue note / 1.13.67
ben selvin and his orch / comp / cd / you can't stop me from loving you / okeh / 5.28.31 / voc: dick robertson
mills brothers / comp / cd / sidekick joe / ? / 6.29.38 / voc: group
dave barbour band / comp / cd / i've had my moments / macgregor transcription / 40s / voc: peggy lee
steve gibson's red caps / comp / cd / when you come back to me / rca victor / nyc 6.18.51 / voc: group
set two
barney kessel / music to listen to barney kessel by / lp / laura / contemporary / la 12.4.56
cal tjader / a night at the blackhawk / lp / i hadn't anyone till you / fantasy / 1958
cab calloway and his orch / soundtrack to "stormy weather" (deleted from movie) / cd / body and soul / 20th century fox / spring '43
louis armstrong and his orch / comp / cd / stardust / columbia? / 11.4.31
the dorsey brothers orch / comp / lp / someone stole gabriel's horn / biograph / 3.14.33 / voc: bing crosby
louis jordan and his typmpany five / comp / cd / don't let the sun catch you crying (lj) / decca / 1946 / voc: lj
set two
gene ammons / boss tenor / lp / blue ammons / prestige / 6.16.60
willie dixon and memphis slim / willie's blues / cd / slim's thing / prestige bluesville / 12.3.59
wes montgomery / the wes montgomery trio / lp / satin doll (duke ellington) / riverside / ny 10.5,6.59
charlie parker / bird and diz / lp / leap frog / verve / ny 6.6.50
jimmie lunceford and his band / comp / lp / whatcha know, joe / radio transcription / 7.9.40 / voc: trummy young
king cole trio / comp / cd / honeysuckle rose / macgregor transcription / 5.22.44 / voc: ida james
bobby smith and his orch / comp / lp / don't shake those hips at me / ruby / ny 1951? / voc: group
chet baker / chet baker sings / lp / i get along without you very well (hoagy carmichael) / world pacific / la late 50s, early 60s (?) / voc: cb
set four
howard rumsey's lighthouse all-stars / volume 3 / lp / mambo los feliz (shorty rogers) / contemporary / 10.20.53
howard mcghee / maggie's back in town!! / lp / willow weep for me (ann ronnell) / contemporary / la 6.26.61
dick hyman trio / swingin' double date / lp / topsy / lion / 50s
luther henderson and his orch / comp / cd / this is a fine time / rca victor / ny 10.8.47 / voc: etta jones
the four blues / comp / lp / as long as i live / apollo / 4.10.50 / voc: group
peggy lee / big spender / lp / come back to me / capitol / 60s / voc: pl
the pattersonnaires / comp / cd / God's promise / chalice / memphis 5.6.65 / voc: group
last (soulful) song
tom jones / close up / lp / witch queen of new orleans / london / late 60s / voc: tj
