Wednesday, November 10, 2004

:: 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