A first! The fastest uploading of a show ever!

Yes, today’s show is now available on the Coffeetime Archive.

:: she curtsies::

Now, the playlist… that’s another story. That may take me a few days to get online here on the blog.

In the meantime, thanks to all who called to wish me a Merry Christmas today. And I wish all of you the merriest of Merries and the happiest of Happies.

Hey again. In record time, this week’s show is now up on the archive.

Have a little bit of chocolate to celebrate!

Hey ya doin’? Here’s the playlist from today’s show. It will be available for your ears on the Coffeetime Archive soon soon soon, baby. [edited: This show is now online.]

Coffeetime, December 16, 2004

bed
Barney Kessel / People // George Van Eps / The Man I Love

set 1
Kenny Burrell & Donald Byrd / All Day Long / AT / Prestige / 1.4.57
Clifford Brown & Max Roach / at Basin Street / The Scene is Clean / EmArcy / 2.16.56
Erskine Hawkins (The 20th Century Gabriel) & his Orch / Uptown Shuffle / RCA / 10.2.39
Rudy Vallée / Vieni Vieni / RCA / 7.2.37 / with the Gentlemen Songsters
Toni Harper / Cinderella Baby / Columbia / LA 2.49 / with Eddie Beal & his Orch
Ivory Joe Hunter / She’s a Killer / Four Star Records ? / SF 1947
Julie London / I'd Like You for Christmas / Liberty / late 50s?

set 2
Chet Baker / Chet / If You Could See Me Now / Riverside / 12.30.58
Cozy Cole All Stars / Just One More Chance / Keynote / 2.22.44 / featuring Coleman Hawkins
King Cole Swingsters / Two Against One / Standard (transcription?) / 2.39 / with Nat King Cole on piano & celeste
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / Romance á la Mode / RCA / 7.13.42 / vocal = Deep River Boys
Marge & Gower Champion / soundtrack to film “Everything I Have is Yours” / Seventeen Thousand Telephone Poles / MGM / 1952?
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee, Trudy Stevens / White Christmas (not the soundtrack to the film, but a recording of the score) / Snow / Decca / 1958
Sam Cooke / Encore / Oh, Look at Me Now / Keen / 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orch

set 3
Jimmy Smith / Softly as a Summer Morning / Someone to Watch Over Me / Blue Note / 2.26.58
The Mexicali Brass / Jingle Bells / White Christmas / Custom / 1967?
Fats Navarro / The Fabulous Fats Navarro / Jahbero / Blue Note / 9.13.48
The Charioteers / Swing Madness / Columbia / early 1940s
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Fat Like That / Hollywood, Spring 1948 / radio transcription
Dean Martin / Silver Bells / 1950s / radio transcription

set 4
Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet / Wintersong / Verve / 8.57
Barney Kessel / The Poll Winners / Nagasaki / Contemporary / 3.18, 19.57
Cab Calloway & his Cab Jivers / I Beeped When I Should Have Bopped / RCA / 11.29.48
Larry Williams & Johnny Watson / Two for the Price of One / Okeh / 1967
Dinah Washington / Ole Santa / Mercury / 1959
Rugged Cross Singers of Baltimore, Maryland / Try God / Gotham / 1955

last soul song
Stevie Wonder / Merry Christmas from Motown / What Christmas Means to Me / Motown / 1968

Last week’s show, December 9, 2004, is now up on the archive. Unfortunately, I've reached the server limit and it means that i'll be deleting a show for every one I put up, at least for the near future. Today, I deleted the September 28 show. If anyone ever wants a particular show that isn't up on the archive, you only have to email me at coffee@wmbr.org.

Here’s the playlist for today’s show. It will be up on the archive soon. [edited: This show is now online.]

Coffeetime, December 9, 2004

bed
Barney Kessel / People // George Van Eps / The Man I Love

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Live at The Jazz Corner of the World, vol 2 / M & M / Blue Note / 4.15.59
Dizzy Gillespie / Have Trumpet, Will Excite / St Louis Blues / Verve / 2.17,18.59
Hadda Brooks (with Count Basie & his Orch) / Schubert’s Serenade in Boogie / Modern / 1951
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orch / Love Thy Neighbor / Bluebird / 3.19.34 / voc = Joey Nash
Una Mae Carlisle / Stop Going Through the Motions / RCA? / 12.47
The Trenier Twins (Cliff & Claude) / Hey, Sister Lucy! / Mercury / 5.15.47
Sophia Loren / Almost in Your Arms (Love Theme from “Houseboat”) / Paramount? / 10.8.57 / with Frank de Vol & his Orch

set 2
Wayne Shorter / Second Genesis / The Albatross / Vee Jay / 10.11.60
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones / I've Got a Crush on You / Blue Note / 7.14.56
Paul Whiteman & his Orch / Three O'Clock in the Morning / 8.25.26
Ivy Anderson / Empty Bed Blues / Black & White / 5.46? / with Buck Clayton’s All Stars?
Trio Los Panchos / Sing Songs of Augustin Lara (South of the Border) / Maria Bonita / Tico / 50s?
Jackie Wilson / Lonely Teardrops (live) / “The Ed Sullivan Show” / 5.27.62

set 3
David “Fathead” Newman / Fathead Comes On / Hello There / Atlantic / 6.6.63
Bobby Timmons / This Here Is / My Funny Valentine / Riverside / 1.13, 14.60
Luke Jones & his Orch / Say Hello to Miss Brown / Atlas / mid-40s / voc = Joe Alexander
Big Mama Thornton / The Big Change / Peacock / 1953 / with Johnny Otis Orch?
Buddy Greco / At Mister Kelly’s / But Not for Me / Coral / 7.24.55

set 4
Bud Shank Quintet / Lotus Bud / Pacific Jazz / 1955
Charlie Parker / With Strings / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Norgran / 7.5.50
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Little Buttercup (I’ll Never Be the Same) / 6.10.31
The Opals / My Heart’s Desire / Apollo / 5.13.54
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Ain’t Nothing You Can Do / Duke / 1964
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes / Waiting for Me / Specialty / 8.14.53

last soul song
Jerry Butler / Moon River / Vee Jay / 9.61

The last show, December 2, 2004, is now up on the Coffeetime Archive, both for streaming and for download. To make room for it, I finally deleted the November 4th fundraising show. (As always, let me know if there are any problems listening to the shows on the archive.)

The playlist for the December 2 show is in the entry below.

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. Here's the playlist for today's show. I'll upload the mp3 onto the archive sometime this weekend. [edited: This show is now online.]

Coffeetime, December 2, 2004

bed
Barney Kessel / People, George Van Eps / The Man I Love

set 1
Lou Donaldson Sextet / Caracas / Blue Note / 8.21.54
Eddie Duran / Eddie Duran – Jazz Guitarist / Taking Life Easy / Fantasy / 1957
Count Basie & His Orch / Mutton-Leg / Columbia / 7.31.46
Al Jolson / Let Me Sing and I'm Happy / 2.30
Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds of Joy / All the Jive is Gone / radio transcription / Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio 1.29-2.6.37
The Clovers / Skylark / Atlantic / Apex Studios, NYC 2.22.51
Dakota Staton / The Late, Late Show / Moon Ray / Capitol / 1957

set 2
Jon Eardley / In Hollywood / Indian Spring / New Jazz / LA 12.25.54
Kenny Drew Trio / When You Wish Upon a Star / Riverside / 9.20,26.56
Coleman Hawkins & Art Tatum / My Ideal / V-Disc / Metropolitan Opera House / 1.18.44
Carl Kress / Peg Leg Shuffle / Decca / 2.13.39
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch / Annie Laurie / RCA / 1.27.38 / voc = Edythe White & the Jack Leonard Quartet
Little Esther / I'm a Bad, Bad Girl / Federal / 3.21.51
The Young Rascals / Slow Down / Atlantic / 1966

set 3
Bill English / 7th Avenue Bill / Vanguard / 1963
Ike Quebec / Me 'n' Mabe/ Blue Note / 9.25.60
Butterbeans & Susie / Jelly Roll Queen / 9.24.27
Billy Eckstine / The Jitney Man / 11.17.41
Maxine Brown / Do It in the Name of Love / live in Central Park, 8.67 / [Wand-Sceptor]

set 4
Chico Hamilton Quintet / Jazz Swings Broadway / I'm a Funny Dame / Pacific Jazz - World Pacific / 1.58
Chet Baker / In Milan / Look for the Silver Lining / Jazzland / Milan 10.59
Jack Teagarden / Shades of Night / Someone Else's Love / Capitol / 2.10-12.58
Neal Hefti, et al / Solace / Savoy / 3.6.46
Ella Logan & The Spirits of Rhythm / From Monday On / Columbia / 9.4.41
The Nazty / I Got to Move / ABet / 1972? 76?
Michelle Lee / soundtrack to film "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" / I Believe in You / United Artists / 1967
Kansas City Gospel Singers / I Know the Lord / Swing Time / 1950

last soul song
Al Green / Let's Stay Together / I've Never Found a Girl / Hi / 2.72

Last week’s show, November 18, is now up on the archive. The playlist is below.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Leigh Cochran will be filling in for me; if you're near a radio or the internet, give her a listen. She said she'd be playing jazz and soul.

Here's this week's playlist. The show isn't online yet. Soon, baby, soon! [edited: This show is now online.]

coffeetime, november 18, 2004

bed
barney kessel / solo / people - also george van eps / legends / the man i love

set 1
thad jones / thad jones / more of the same / debut / 3.10.55
jimmy heath / really big! / on green dolphin street / riverside / 6.24,28.60
gene krupa & his orch / ball of fire / okeh / 12.29.41
eddie lang & joe venuti / doin' things / rca? / 5.4.27 / with arthur shutt (p)
sophie tucker / if your kisses can't hold the man you love / 10.36 / with the winter theatre gardens orch
roy milton / marie [unissued] / specialty / 7.25.50 / composed by irving berlin
etta jones / something nice / love is the thing / prestige / 9.16.60 or 3.30.61

set 2
cannonball adderley / julian cannonball adderley / flamingo / savoy / 7.26.55
the manhattan jazz all-stars / swinging "guys and dolls" / i've never been in love before / columbia / 10.27.59
shorty rogers & his orch / soundtrack to "the wild one" / chino / rca / 1954
ozzie nelson & his orch / midnight cocktails / radio transcription? / 1940-42
fletcher henderson & his orch / sweet thing / 11.19.26 / vocal = june cole (who also played tuba)
paul gayton & his orch / i ain't gonna let you in [unissued take 1] / regal / 2.50 / vocal = annie laurie
bing crosby & rosemary clooney / fancy meeting you here / how about you / rca / hollywood 1958

set 3
booker little (et al) / [the third world] / november afternoon / warwick / 1960
al casey / buck jumpin' / body & soul / prestige swingville / 3.7.60
willis jackson / cool gator / on the sunny side of the street / 2.25.59 (?)
hot lips page & his orch / rockin' at ryans / commodore / 3.8.44 / featuring lucky thompson
mills brothers / rhythm saved the world / decca / 6.23.36
tiny grimes & his rocking highlanders / my baby's cool / gotham / early 50s / vocal = claudine clark
yves montand / en balade / faubourg saint-martin / columbia / 1964 (?)

set 4
jack marshall & shelly manne / sounds! / sweet sue / capitol / mid-60s
georgie auld / dancing in the land of hi-fi / i get a kick out of you / emarcy / mid-50s
leith stevens all-stars / jazz themes from "the wild one" / chino / decca / 1954 (?)
les paul trio / way down yonder in new orleans / v-disc / mid-40s
wini brown / my brand of honey / savoy / 2.21.49 / with milt jackson
rocky roberts & the airedales / just because of you / durium / 1967
tom jones / once upon a time / parrot / 1967
hightower brothers / seat in the kingdom / nashboro / 1962

last soul song
leon haywood / consider the source / 20th century / 1975

Egged on by a buddy, here's last week's playlist:

coffeetime, november 11, 2004

bed
wynton kelly & wes montgomery / smokin' at the half note / verve / 6.9.65

set 1
phil woods / woodlore / get happy / prestige / 11.25.55
oliver nelson / meet oliver nelson / ostinato / new jazz / 10.30.59
arthur "guitar boogie" smith / shortnin' bread / transcription / 1945
the smoothies / i must have one more kiss kiss kiss / bluebird / 8.23.39
ida james / you must be blind / decca / 2.8.45 / with ellis larkins (p)
billy bunn & his buddies / i'm afraid / rca / 1951
victoria spivey & lonnie johnson / i got men all over this town / prestige bluesville / 9.61

set 2
milt jackson & ray charles / soul brothers / blue funk / atlantic / 1958
johnny costa / tea for two / savoy / 2.26.55
bing crosby / my honey's lovin' arms / biograph / 1.26.33
boswell sisters / maria elena / transcription from kraft music hall show / 10.2.41 / featuring connie boswell
sidney bechet and his new orleans feetwarmers / preachin' blues / bluebird / 2.5.40 / voc = wilson myers
aretha franklin / runnin' out of fools / one room paradise / columbia / 1964

set 3
lee morgan / here's lee morgan / running brook [take 4] / veejay / 2.2, 3, 8.60
art tatum / the tatum touch / humoresque / columbia / 4.5.49 / live at the shrine auditorium in los angeles
terry gibbs & stan getz / t & s / prestige / 3.14.49
hildegarde / darling, je vous aimes beaucoup / vocalion / mid-30s / with carroll gibbon (p)
anita o'day / black moonlight / capitol / 12.27.50
johnny hartman / john coltrane & johnny hartman / autumn serenade / impulse! / 3.7.63

set 4
richie kamuca / richie kamuca 4 / cherokee / mode / hollywood 6.57
shorty rogers / shorty rogers plays richard rodgers / a ship without a sail / 1.30-2.3.57
ike "yowse suh" hatch / dinah / london 11.26.35
thelma cooper / down by the woodshed / gotham / 1949
al king / ain' givin' up nothin' / kent / 1968
john cullum / score from broadway show "on a clear day you can see forever" / come back to me / 1965
peggy lee / mink jazz / it's a big wide wonderful world / capitol / 1963
the colemanires / out on the ocean sailing / timely / 1953 or 54

last soul song
gladys knight & the pips / from the soundtrack to "claudine" / on and on / buddah / 1974 (thanks!)

Yesterday's show is now up on the Coffeetime Archive. Playlist to be posted here soon.

Also, here's another fun site I've found recently: The website for a pharmaceutical museum in Japan -- I don't speak Japanese, so I have no idea what the words/characters say, but you can click anywhere and come up with some awesome vintage images. For example, click the second link in the third box from the top on the left hand frame. In other words, just keep clicking blindly (those of you who don't speak Japanese, that is), and enjoy the visuals.

:: A brief message: Thanks so much to everyone who pledged on my fundraising show this year. Thanks to all who support Coffeetime and WMBR this year and every year. I'm humbled by your continued generosity. Special thanks to Hua Hsu of the show Sixty Minute Men (Sat 9-10 pm), Adam Hosein of Eurobeat (Wed 6-8 am), and Jon Pollack of The Jazz Train (Thurs 4-5:30 pm) for helping me out on last thursday's show. In sum, to all: Thanks!!! ::

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coffeetime, november 4, 2004 -- fundraiser show
{sheesh, look at all the sets! that's a clear sign of how much talking and embarrassing blah blahing was going on. so, although there was a request that the fundraiser show go up on the archive, i'll be taking it down after a week or so.}

no bed

set 1
hank mobley / peckin' time / 'high & flighty' (alt cd take) / blue note / 2.9..58
al "stomp" russell / 'give me my money back' / apollo / 2.3.46
dinah washington / 'rich man's blues' / apollo / la 12.10,12,13.45

set 2
benny golson / bg's new york scene / 'capri' / contemporary / 11.14,17.57
boswell sisters / 'if i had a million dollars' / la 10.4.34
charioteers / 'swing for sale' / mid 1940s
peggy lee with benny goodman's orch / 'why don't you do right' / 1940s

set 3
kenny burrell / the tender gender / 'people' / cadet / 4.64
tommy flanagan / the cats / 'how long has this been going on' / prestige / late 50s
stanley wilson / soundtrack to the tv show 'm squad' / 'a lady sings the blues' / rca / 3.59
mae west / 'put it off until tomorrow' / 1933

set 4
red holloway / cookin' together / 'brother red' / prestige / 60s
james moody's modernists / 'oh henry' / 11.19.48
cootie williams & his orch / 'stingy blues' / capitol / 1.29.46 / voc = eddie "cleanhead" vinson
steve gibson's red caps / '$3.98' / rca / 2.1.51
chubby newsome / 'where's the money, honey?' / regal / 2.23.51

set 5
sonny stitt / 'fine & dandy' / prestige / 1.26.50
art pepper / surf ride / 'straight life' / savoy / 12.24.53
johnny moore's 3 blazers / 'c.o.d.' / rca / 1945

set 6
lester young / 'lover come back to me' / aladdin / 8.46
pearl bailey / the real pb / 'baby, don't you quit now' / project 3 / 1968
the trumpeteers / 'the mighty number' / 9.50

last soul song
garnet mimms / 'as long as i have you' / stateside / 60s

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Here's the overdue playlist for October 28:

coffeetime, thursday, october 28, 2004

bed
hank jones / the talented touch / capitol

set 1
art blakey & the jazz messengers / s'make it / 'waltz for ruth' / limelight / hollywood 5.64
kenny dorham / memorial / 'song of delilah' / 1.10.60
johnny hodges / swing's our thing / 'the cannery walk' / verve / 11.7
the rhythmmakers / 'love in my heart' / rca / buenos aires 5.17.44
noel coward / 'a room with a view' / hmv / middlesex, england4.25.28
mabel scott / 'baseball boogie' / king / 1950
goree carter & his hepcats / 'i'll send you' / houston 5.49
judy holliday / holliday with mulligan / 'blue prelude' / new york 4.10-17.61

set 2
cal tjader / plays harold arlen / 'the man that got away' / fantasy / early 60s?
sam "the man" taylor / more blue mist / 'i should care' / 60s?
morris lane / 'turntable' / continental / new york 1947
django reinhardt / dj et stephane grapelli avec le quintet de hot club de france / 'souvenirs' / decca / london 1.31.38
mckinney's cottonpickers / 'stop kidding' / rca / 7.12.28
mae west / soundtrack to movie 'i'm no angel' / 'i found a new way to go to town' / brunswick / 10.3.33
tommy dorsey & his orch / 'oh, look at me now' / rca / 1.15.41 / voc = frank sinatra, connie haines, & the pied pipers
tony martin / 'i get ideas' / 1951

set 3
booker ervin / the book cooks / 'the book cooks' / bethlehem / 6.60
woody herman & his orch / 'keeper of the flame' / capitol / hollywood 12.30.48
al grey all-stars / 'gate walks to board' / houston 1953 / voc = clarence "gatemouth" brown
ella mae morse / 'milkman, keep those bottles quiet' / 1944
johnny hartman / i just dropped by to say hello / 'our time' / impulse / 10.9,17.63

set 4
bud shank / 'tangerine' / pacific jazz / hollywood 11.8.56
horace henderson & his orch / 'minnie the moocher's wedding day' / 10.3.33
the skyrockets dance orchestra / 'the boy is jumping' / 1940's
king cole trio / 'baby, baby all the time' / [capitol unissued] / 4.5.46
eddie floyd / 'big bird' (take 13) / stax / 60s
sergio mendes & brasil '66 / look around / 'roda' / a&m / 1966!
the soul stirrers / 'sinner run to jesus' / specialty / 4.19.57

last soul song
the emotions / untouched / 'nothing seems impossible' / volt / 1971

Hey, kids! Fundraising starts this Thursday, November 4. For Coffeetime, that'll be this Thurs, from 2 pm to 4 pm. I hope you can enjoy the fun and mess. If you want to pledge, I'll be offering all my pledgers a Coffeetime "Hits" CD again this year. Plus, all pledgers to the station will receive a neat enamel lapel pin in the shape of the round "screaming mic" logo.

More on this later.

This week's show is now up for listening on the Coffeetime Archive.

Let me know if you have any problems listening to it. You can email me easily at coffee@wmbr.org.

Playlist soon.

Some web fun while you listen to Coffeetime:Tick Tock Toys.. Scroll down for the best stuff.

playlist time!

Coffeetime, October 21, 2004

bed
barney kessel / solo / people - also george van eps / legends / the man i love

set 1
max roach 4 / max roach 4 plays charlie parker / koko / 4.11.58 / verve
cannonball adderly / portrait of julian adderly / minority / 7.1.58 / riverside
the king's men / moon glow / 1940 / radio transcription
bing crosby (w/ the foursome) / el rancho grande / 3.4.39 / decca (?)
johnny otis band / doggin' blues / 1.9.51 / savoy / voc: linda hopkins
nat king cole / the end of a love affair / 60s / capitol

set 2
lucky thompson / lucky thompson & gerard pochonet et son quartette / you go to my head / 3.12,14.56 / dawn
lalo schifrin / soundtrack to "bullitt" / the aftermath of love / 1968
jesse morrison / there will never be another you / 1975 / abet
willie lewis & his entertainers / ol' man river / 10.18.37 / pathé marconi
paul robeson / lonesome road / 30s?
kay starr / who's foolin' who / 1946 / lamplighter
johnny moore's three blazers / it had to be you / 1948 / modern
ann cole / a love of my own / 1958 / mgm

set 3
harold mabern / workin' & wailin' / blues for phineas / 6.30.69 / prestige
sonny criss / portrait of sonny criss / on a clear day / 5.67 / prestige
amos milburn & his aladdin chickenshackers / bow-wow / 10.1.49 / aladdin
the brox sisters / red hot mama / 10.4.24
etta james / rocks the house / what'd i say / 9.27,28.63 / argo

set 4
howard rumsey's lighthouse all stars / vol. 4: oboe & flute / blue sands / 9.25.56 / contemporary
oscar peterson / the gershwin songbook / s'wonderful / 1952 / verve
teddy hill & his orch / at the rug cutter's ball / 5.4.36
annette hanshaw / transcription from soundtrack to "captain henry's showboat" / just couldn't say goodbye / 1933
fats waller / you can't have your cake and eat it / 1939 / radio transcription
stacy lane / no brags just facts / 1969 / excello
jill o'hara & jerry orbach / score from "promises, promises" / i'll never fall in love again / 1969
original soul revivers / lord, i've done you wrong / early 60s / dooto?

last song
joshie jo armstead / i got the vibes / 1973 / gospel truth?

yesterday's show is now online at the archive. playlist will be posted sometime this weekend.

by the way, i ripped the annette hanshaw tune from the following link, where you can stream a clip from the NBC Radio show Captain Henry's Showboat in 1933: Annette Hanshaw cliip. (tip of the hat to jack at stereo jack's for pointing me to it.)

playlists for the past two shows! come 'n' get 'em while they're hot hot hot…


coffeetime, thurs, october 14, 2004

bed / joe roland / jr / bethlehem

set 1
teddy edwards & howard mcgee / together again! / up there / 5.61 / contemporary
curtis fuller / boss of the soul trombone / flutie / 12.60 / warwick
[flub: a bit of gene gifford & his orch / old square face / 5.13.35 / rca -- i promise to play it in full soon]
don byas / jazz…free & easy / how high the moon / savoy
red norvo / i got rhythm / 3.16.36 / decca
dick todd / why begin again / 4.24.39 / bluebird
jack mcvea / the surch / 1953 / combo / voc: al smith
ella / sings in a mellow mood / what is there to say? / 3.29.54 / decca

set 2
pepper adams / out of this world / daydreams / late 50s / warwick
joe newman / woodwinds / time / late 50s? / roulette
vince guarldi / vg trio / ossobucco / 4.56 / fantasy
mills blue rhythm band / the growl / 4.28.32
luke jones w/ joe alexander's highlanders / she's my baby / late 40s / atlas / voc: clarence williams
ivory joe hunter / i got your water on / 7.15.49
big mama thornton / they call me big mama / 1953 / peacock
cliff edwards & rica moore / addition & subtraction / the finger game / late 50s, early 60s / disneyland

set 3
milt jackson & wes montgomery / bags meets wes / sam sack / 12.18, 19.61 / riverside
mccoy tyner / today & tomorrow / when sunny gets blue / 6.4.63 / impulse!
joe thomas & his orch / page boy shuffle / early 49 / king
bea foote / i want a long time daddy / 9.13.38
helen humes w/ marshall royal & his orch / rock me to sleep / 5.9.50
hoagy carmichael / billy-a-dick [and] look out below / 1951 / transcription
billy eckstine / if you could see me now / 7.23.52 / mgm

set 4
howard rumsey's lighthouse all-stars / in the solo spotlight / coop / 4.17.54 / contemporary
pete rugolo / rugolomania / montevideo / early 60s? / columbia / feat: the rugolettes
les paul trio / coquette / mid 40s / v-disc
fletcher henderson & his orch / we go well together / 4.24.41 / columbia
the syncopaters / river stay away from my door / 10.49 / national
arthur freeman / played out playgirl / late 60s, early 70s? / excello
pilgrim travellers / move up to heaven / 7.25.52 / specialty

last song
the beginning of the end / funky nassau, part 1 / alston



coffeetime, thurs, october 7, 2004

bed / johnny smith / phase II / 11.11-14.68 / verve

set 1
kenny dorham / blue spring / spring cannon / 2.18.59 / riverside
tadd dameron / mating call / on a misty night / 11.30.56 / prestige
morris's hot babies (fats waller) / geechee / 1927 / rca
jack payne / my brother makes noises for the talkies / 1931
mildred bailey / together / 11.10.44 / radio transcription
the vagabonds / i can't make up my mind / late 40s / atlas
aretha franklin / laughing on the outside / mr ugly / early 60s / columbia

set 2
kenny burrell / but not for me / late 50s / blue note
billy may orch / soundtrack to 'johnny cool' / dare's affair / 1963
villegas & his rascals / tooth blues / 6.27.45
al casey & sid catlett / 2nd annual esquire concert / honeysuckle rose / 1.17.45 / transcription
douglas daniels / charlie was a sailor / 8.21.40 / bluebird
mabel scott / subway blues / 1950 / king
ray bolger / soundtrack to 'babes in toyland' / we won't be happy till we get it / 1961 / disneyland

set 3
hank mobley / no room for squares / me 'n' you / 10.2.63 / blue note
barney kessel / workin' out / summertime / 1.9, 10.61 / contemporary
joe thomas & his orch / artistry in mood / 11.28.49 / king
fred astaire / from the soundtrack to 'the gay divorcee' / after you - who? / 5.23.33 / decca?
woody herman / wh sings songs for lovers / i guess i'll have to change my plans / 1.11-3.19.57 / verve

set 4
art pepper / smack up! / how can you lose? / 10.24, 25.60 / contemporary
howard lucraft / showcase for modern jazz / blue moon / 1957 / decca
davey & the doorays / i live for your love / 1950?
bb king / dust my broom / early 50s / rpm
nancy wilson / like in love / if it's the last thing i do / 1959 / capitol
golden gate quartet / little wheel a turning in my heart / 1941 / radio transcription

last song
the mayfield singers / i've been trying / 1967 / mayfield records

yesterday's show is now up on the Coffeetime Archive! I owe you two sets of playlists. sigh.

playlist for last week's show coming soon. i'll also redesign the coffeetime archive so that it has the playlist for a show near the listening links.

in the meantime, i thought you'd enjoy these links! I found all of them from Papel Continuo:

Kiddie Rekord King --- so inspirational that i'm going to start playing some of my kiddie records on coffeetime more regularly
Science Songs --- neat mp3's here
Buvards {vintage "blotters," that is, blotting papers printed with advertisments} --- more of a graphic design link, but, heck, it's all "of a piece"

okeedokee, this week's show is now online. i also purchased enough server space to hold a few shows at a time, so last week's is also still there.

playlist to come soon!

good morning. the show went well yesterday. it's peaceful in the station in the heart of a thursday afternoon, much more so than a tuesday evening, that's for sure. and that made it very conducive to playing my snips and snails and petticoats. thanks so much for all the phonecalls. i'm happy some of you can still listen; for those who can't, maybe the Coffeetime Archive will help.

i'll upload yesterday's show to the archive sometime this weekend. and maybe even a playlist. (eeek! i shouldn't make promises…)

one thing i forgot to mention is the new book on Jim Flora written by Irwin Chusid. i am proud that irwin asked me to be a part of the book; it includes a 1990 interview of mine with Jim, a great designer/illustrator/painter who created some of the best jazz album cover designs and who was a hip, smart, warm, and generous man. some album covers from my collection and some sketches that Jim gave me are also reproduced in the book. i'll write a bit more about Jim, the book, and the web gallery at some point in the near future. for now, i need another cup of coffee!

okay, my pals & buds. hope you'll be doing okay and feeling good this thursday from 2-4p, because that's the new time for Coffeetime. hope you can listen. and don't forget to tune in early for alex on lost & found at noon.

and the mp3's for last tuesday's show are still online at the Coffeetime Archive, now also available as two one-hour streaming mp3's!

Trumpets, sound the clarion call! Coffeetime can now be heard online whenever you feel like it in the new Coffeetime Archive! Whoopee! Currently playing the most recent show, my Tuesday adieu of September 28, 2004. Let me know if you listened, liked, disliked, troubles, wishes, dreams, favorite TV shows, whatever you want to tell me!

Hey sleepyheads. Well, again, thanks for all the calls on my last Tuesday show. Goodbye Tuesday, hello Thursday? I'm still hoping to have my show be on Thursdays from 2 to 4p. But it may be on Wednesdays at that time. So, tune in both days if you can. You'll be happy either way, since the other show I'm do-si-do'ing with is the stellar American Primitive, which I know all Coffeetime listeners will love.

Here's my playlist for Coffeetime, Tuesday, September 28, 2004:

artist / album / song / recording date / label (Unless I’m too lazy to note ’em or don’t know ’em. Note, when only one title is there, it’s the song title.)

(bed) Tommy Flanagan / Prestige Moodsville

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / At the Jazz Corner of the World / Just Coolin’ / 4.15.59 / Blue Note
Wynton Kelly / Kelly Blue / Green Dolphin Street / 3.10.59 / Riverside
Horace Henderson / Rhythm Crazy / 10.3.33
The Radio Three / Why Was I Born / 6.27.35 / BB?
The Four Blues / The Vegetable Song / 12.17.47 / Apollo
Roy Brown / Good Rockin’ Man / 1.16.51 / King
Dinah Washington / Drinking Again / The Man That Got Away / 1962 / Roulette

set 2
Ben Webster / BW & Associates / Time After Time / 4.9.59 / Verve
Wes Montgomery / The Wes Montgomery Trio / Too Late Now / 10.59 / Riverside
Eddie Bush & His Society Islanders / Nani Waimea / 1942?
Andy Kirk & The 12 Clouds of Joy / Big Jim Blues / 11.15.39
Cats & the Fiddle / One is Never Too Old to Swing / 1941 / Manor
Cee Pee Johnson / Miss Jiveola Brown / 11.2.45 / Apollo
Kay Starr (with Les Paul Trio and Joe Venuti) / There’s a Lull in My Life / 5.45 / Standard
Dean Martin / Dream with Dean / I’ll Buy that Dream / 1964 / reprise

set 3
Freddie Hubbard / Ready for Freddie / Crisis / 8.21.61 / Blue Note
Joe Liggins & the Honeydrippers / Little Black Book / 4.13.50 / Specialty
Bing Crosby / Moonburn / 11.13.33 / Decca
Big Maybelle / Goin’ Home Baby 3.16.59 / Savoy
Nelson Gonçalves / Meu Vício é Vôce / 60s? 70s? / RCA

set 4
Harold Land / Harold in the Land of Jazz / Smack Up / 1.13.58 / Contemporary
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11: Modern Jazz Classics / Shawnuff / 3.28.59 / Contemporary
Anita O’Day / Key Largo / late 47 or early 48
Nat King Cole (the King Cole Trio) / I Thought You Ought to Know / 1945 / MacGregor Transcription
Dakota Staton / Dakota / Don’t Leave Me Now / 1960 / Capitol
Golden Gate Quartet / Travelin’ Shoes / 1.24.38 / Bluebird

last song
Belita Woods / My Magic Corner / 1968 / Moira

Hey, my dreamy friends -- looks like Coffeetime will be moving next week from Tuesday 4-6pm to Wednesdays 2-4pm.

The show has been on Tues 4-6p ever since its inception in Feb/Mar of 1992, so we almost made it to a baker's dozen years, you and I. No worries, though. We'll have a fresh adventure with our new time together. I hope you can still listen.

I will be asking the program board whether it would be possible to be moved to Thursdays from 2-4p; I think most of my listeners are also avid Jazztrain fans and would be happy if the shows were back-to-back. Plus, to be honest, a Thursdays show would be much easier to deal with in my income-producing worklife. And I'd be keen to be following Alex on the Lost & Found.

However, right now, American Primitive is slated for that slot and, if that stays that way, as a listener, I'd be pysched to listen to Alex, then Jay & PJ, and then Jon. And you and I can still have coffee on Wednesdays at 2. In other words, either way, all will be good.

Please add a comment if you have any; I look forward to hearing from everyone.

Wheee! Check out the juicy album covers: Vintage Vanguard

Coffeetime • Playlist, September 14, 2004
artist, song title, date, label

bed: Ike Quebec, various ballads, late 50s-early 60s, Blue Note

first set:
Louis Smith, Tribute to Brownie, 2.4.57, Blue Note
Tadd Dameron Orchestra feat. Clifford Brown, Philly J J, 6.11.53, Prestige
Charlie Ventura, Ol' Man River, 8.8.51, Verve
Harry Roy & his Orch,w/voc. by Sam Browne, Let Yourself Go, 10.12.35, UK Decca
Lil' Armstrong, Harlem on a Saturday Night, 9.3.38, Bluebird
Georgie Auld & his Orch, I Don't Know Why, 1.15.46, Musiccraft
The Whispers, Everlovin' Slick, 12.28.49, Apollo
Sarah Vaughn, Crazy He Calls Me, 1960, Roulette

second set:
Hal McKusick, Don't Worry About Me, 12.27.57, New Jazz
Fats Waller, Love Me or Leave Me and Gladyse, 8.2.29, Bluebird
Lucky Millinder, Ride, Red, Ride, 6.27.41, Decca
Albennie Jones, Papa Tree Top Blues, 8.29.46, Savoy
Todd Rhodes & his Orch, Twins, 8.10.51, King
Winnie the Pooh {Jack Gilford}, Sing Ho! For the Life of a Bear, mid-50s?, Golden Records

third set:
Lee Morgan, Untitled Boogaloo, 10.10.69, Blue Note
Phineas Newborn Jr, I'll Remember April, 3.28.58, RCA Victor
Charlie Parker, Koko, 11.26.45, Savoy
The Basin Street Boys, I Sold My Heart to the Junkman, circa 6.46, Exclusive
Bobby Blue Bland, I've Been Wrong So Long, 1961, Duke

fourth set:
Herb Geller, Jitterbug Waltz, 3.14.57, bel canto
Barney Kessel, Viva El Toro!, 12.58, Contemporary
Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer, Mister Meadowlark, 4.15.40, Decca
Lil' Esther, Cryin' & Singin' the Blues, 3.21.51, Federal
Roy Milton, Blue Skies, 12.47, Specialty
Jill O'Hara, Knowing When to Leave, 1968, United Artists
Harps of the Coast, Up a Little Higher, late 60s, unknown label

last song:
Flame 'n' King & the Bold Ones, Oh Happy Day, 70s, NYSC