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

Thursday, February 14, 2002

hey my sleep friends. here's the playlists from the last two shows. also note, along the right side of these pages, there's a link to the new coffeetime guestbook. you can sign it if you feel like it!

Coffeetime, February 12, 2002

(still newish) pre-theme song song corner: fred astaire / soundtrack to "Follow the Fleet" / lp / let yourself go (irving berlin) / brunswick / 1.36 / voc and tap: fa

theme: see first blog entries

bed: bucky pizzarelli / solo flight / cd / stash / 1981 (it makes a good bed...)

set one
dizzy gillespie / something old, something new / lp / dizzy atmosphere / philips / 4.25.63
junior cook / junior's cookin' / cd / pleasure bent (roland alexander) / jazzland / nyc 12.4.61
tommy dorsey and his orch / comp / lp / lovely lady (jimmy mchugh, ted koehler) / rca bluebird / 12.13.35 / voc: buddy gately
benny carter and his orch / comp / lp / synthetic love / disque swing / ny 3.14.33 / voc: george washington and bc
peggy lee / comp / cd / when a woman loves a man / capitol / la 4.4,8.49 / voc: pl
etta james / comp / cd / fool that i am / argo / 3.61

set two
clifford jordan / cliff craft / cd / sophisticated lady / blue note / 11.10.57
wynton kelly / wynton kelly / lp / make the man love me / vee jay / nyc 7.20, 21.61
george auld and his orch / i've got you under my skin / lp / body and soul / ? / 1956 / voc: jud conlon's rhythmaires
cab calloway and his cotton club orch / i learned about love from her (cc) / rca / nyc 12.19.33 / voc: cc
mills brothers / comp / cd / the love bug will bite you / decca? / 4.5.37 / voc: group
ella mae morse / comp / cd / i love you yes i do / capitol / 12.16.53
tom jones / comp / cd / promise her anything (bacharach, david) / parrot / 2.66 / voc: who else!

set three
harold mabern / workin' and wailin' / lp / i can't understand what i see in you / prestige / 6.30.69
john patton / blue john / lp / nicety (ben dixon) / blue note / 7.11 and 8.2.63
fats navarro / the fabulous fats navarro vol 2 / cd / jahbero (alt tk) (tadd dameron) / blue note / nyc 9.13.48
roy milton and his solid senders / comp / lp / let me give you all my love / ? / 6.27.53 / voc: rm
nancy wilson / nancy wilson, cannonball adderley / lp / save your love for me / capitol / early 60s / voc: nw

set four
cal tjader / cal tjader plays harold arlen / lp / between the devil and the deep blue sea / fantasy / early 60s?
clifford brown / more study in brown / cd / land's end (harold land) / emarcy / mid 50s
louis prima and his new orlean's gang / comp / cd / jamaica, shout / ? / ny 9.27.34
mae west / comp / lp / pardon me for loving and running (w/ lenny mervin orch) / ? / 1935
king cole trip / comp / cd / i'd love to make love to you / capitol / 4.18.46 / voc: nkc
gene phillips and his rhythm aces / comp / lp / i want a girl / modern / late 40s / voc: gp
dinah washington / comp / cd / i want to be loved (savannah churchill) (w/ quincy jones's orch) / emarcy / chicago 12.61 / voc: dw
sister wynona carr / comp / cd / see his blessed face / specialty / phila 8.1.49 / voc: swc

last soul song
johnny thompson / comp / cd / given up on love / jay tee records / chic late 60s, early 70s? / voc: jt


Coffeetime, February 5, 2002

(still new) pre-theme song song corner: the rhythmakers / comp / lp / i would do anything for you / brunswick / nyc 7.26.32 / voc: i forgot to write it down and i don't remember what comp i got it from! maybe it was billy banks?

theme (as usual, see the very first blog)

bed: bucky pizzarelli / solo flight / cd / stash / 1981

set one
art blakey and the jazz messengers / witch doctor / lp / lost and found (clifford jordan) / blue note / 3.14.61
kenny drew / this is new! / lp / it's you or no one (sammy cahn, jule styne) / riverside / ny 3.28.57
woody herman and his orch / ridin' the herd / 10" lp / apple honey (wh) / late 40s? / voc: group shouts
eddie duchin and his orch / comp / lp / the camera doesn't lie / 1937 / voc: buddy clark
sherman "blues" johnson and his clouds of joy / comp / cd / hot fish / trumpet / memphis 9.30.52 / voc: sj
doris day / hooray for hollywood / lp / hooray for hollywood / columbia / 50s / voc: dd

set two
lucky thompson / comp / lp / one last goodbye / french columbia / 4.5,20.56
bob cooper / the music of bob cooper / lp / easy living (leo robin, ralph rainger) / contemporary / la 8.26-27.57
morris lane / comp / lp / moon ray / coral / ny 2.28.52
slim galliard / comp / cd / lookin' for a place to park / okeh / ny 9.24.40
basin street boys / comp / lp / satchel mouth baby (w/ lucky thompson and his orch) / la 1947 / voc: group
babs gonzales / comp / cd / everything's cool / apollo / nyc 4.47 / voc: babs
phil harris / more "Jungle Book" / lp / baloo's blues / disneyland / early 60s / voc: ph

set three
horace silver / horace-scope / cd / where you at? (hs) / blue note / 7.8.60
george jenkins / drum magic / lp / it had to be you (feat: plas johnson) / tampa / 50s
sir charles thompson and his all stars / comp / lp / mr big horn / apollo / ny 1947
jimmie lunceford and his orch / comp / lp / the honeydripper / afrs radio transcription / jefferson barracks, missouri 11.23.43 / voc: group
cab calloway and his orch / comp / lp / i want to rock / rca / chicago 2.2.42 / voc: cab and the cabaliers
johnny moore's three blazers / comp / lp / new orleans blues / ? / la 1946 / voc: charles brown
linda hopkins / comp / lp / i can't / federal / ny 8.8.56 / voc: lh

set four
curtis counce / carl's blues / lp / love walked in (gershwin squared) / contemporary / 4.22.57
bill holman-mel lewis quintet / jive for five / lp / liza (gershwin sqd) / andex / 1958
mildred bailey / comp / cd / the love i long for (prob w/ paul baron and his orch) / v-disc / ny 1944
peggy lee / comp / cd / aren't you glad you're you (johnny burke, jimmy van heusen) / capitol transcription / 4.4,8.49 / voc: pl
ray charles / ray charles / lp / ain't that love / atlantic / early 60s? / voc: rc
southern sons / comp / cd / two wings / v-disc / nyc early 12.43 / voc: group

last soul song
jeannie tracy / comp / cd / making new friends / ? / late 60s?

Tuesday, February 12, 2002

hey all my fine feathered friends. i was going to upload last tuesday's playlist this morning, but, i'm under the weather. i hadn't done it before now b/c i've been very very busy. busy=>>sick. or as charlie kohlhase of wmbr's research & development says, "i'm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!"

Monday, February 04, 2002

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