Thursday, December 23, 2004

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.

Friday, December 17, 2004

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

Have a little bit of chocolate to celebrate!

Thursday, December 16, 2004

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

Sunday, December 12, 2004

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.

Thursday, December 09, 2004

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

Sunday, December 05, 2004

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.

Thursday, December 02, 2004

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