Saturday, January 29, 2005

The streaming option for this week’s show has been fixed, but I’m still going to look into making another streaming option for those who are on dial up -- a low bandwidth option.

Thursday’s show is now available on the Coffeetime Archive, but just the download. The streaming option will come later.

I am looking into a request to make the streaming version work better for dial up connections. More soon...

Friday, January 28, 2005

Hey. Both the playlist and the download of yesterday's show will be up in a few days. Too much snow!

In the meantime, enjoy this new kiddie record site I just found!

Sunday, January 23, 2005

Jan 20 Coffeetime now online at the Coffeetime Archive!

That’s “coffeetime archive dot org” for all you “say it to the ear, not to the eyes” folks!

::she listens and enjoys being socked in by the snow::

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Running (Live!) Playlist

I'll attempt to post the playlist as I do the show; let’s see if I can pat my tummy & rub my head:

Coffeetime, January 20, 2005

bed

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

set 1
Jackie McLean / New Soil / Formidable / Blue Note / 5.2.59
Jimmy Hamilton / Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet / Blue Room / Everest / 1960
Russell Procope’s Big Six / Bottle It / HRS / fall 1946
Willard Robinson & His Levee Loungers / I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling / Columbia / 3.12.29
Harry Roy & his Orch / The Piccolino / HMV? / London 10.9.35 / voc = Bill Currie
T-Bone Walker / Come Back to Me Baby Blues / Mercury / 12.19.45 / with Marl Young & his Orch and background voc = Melvin Moore & Nick Cooper
Etta Jones / Love Shout / Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo / Prestige / 1963

set 2
Jimmy Raney / A / You Don’t Know What Love Is / Prestige / 3.8.55
Red Norvo / Music to Listen to Red Norvo By / Divertimento, 2nd Movement / Contemporary / LA 1.26, 2.9, 3.2.57
New Orleans Lucky Seven / Goose Pimples / Okeh / 10.25.27
Helen Humes / Do What You Did Last Night / 11.26.27 / J.C. Johnson on piano
Jo Stafford / Three Little Words / AFRS #333 transcription / 9.10.50
Annisteen Allen / Oo-Oo-Bob-A-Lee-Bob / Queen / 1946
Fred Astaire & Jack Buchanan / from film “The Band Wagon” / I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan / MGM / 12.9, 10.52

set 3
James Moody / Cookin’ the Blues / Little Buck / Cadet / live at The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, 1961
Sahib Shihab / Jazz Sahib / Jamila / Savoy / 7.9.57
Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith / Sheik of Araby / transcription / Charlotte NC 1945
Stan Getz / Opus de Bop / Savoy / 7.31.46
The Dreamers / Music’ll Chase Your Blues Away / Standard transcription / 8.39 / backed by the King Cole Trio
Kay Starr / What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry / Standard transcription / 5.45 / backed by Les Paul & his Trio
Dave Bartholomew / Mr. Fool / DeLuxe / New Orleans 4.49
Dakota Staton / More Than the Most / Love Walked In / Capitol / 1959

set 4
The Johnny Smith Quartet / Blues 0500 / Roost / 2.8.56
The Sons of Sauter Finegan / Lip Service / RCA / 1954
Louis Bellson’s Just Jazz All Stars / The Jeep is Jumpin’ / Capitol / LA 2.52
Cleo Brown / Boogie Woogie / Decca / 3.12.35
Chuck Willis / Keep a Knockin’ / Columbia / 2.5.54
Astrud Gilberto / Now / Take It Easy, My Brother Charlie / CTI? / 1972
Soul Stirrers / Jesus Gave Me Water / Specialty / 3.1.51

last soul song
Aretha Franklin / Take It Like You Give It / Only the One You Love / Columbia / 1967


Well, it wasn’t a complete success: trying to blog the playlist while during the show might be more than I can handle!

Show to be uploaded in the next couple of days. Stay tuned to this blog!

Hey, folks. No, it wasn’t your antenna or ISP: WMBR was off the air for most of yesterday and overnight. We are definitely on the air as I type this and I expect Coffeetime will be on as usual today. I'm not sure how good your signal will be; repairs are still to be made.

But, remember: you can always listen to the show afterwards and anytime you want by going to the Coffeetime Archive.

Friday, January 14, 2005

Yesterday’s show is now online at the Coffeetime Archive.

Once again, I’ve posted the complete two-hour stream-rip of the the show. Let me know if you hear any differences between these two-hour stream-rips versus the two one-hour mp3-converted AIFF burns.

Also always feel free to email me any less nerdy comments! (Or just post ’em here using the comments link below each post.)

The playlist for this show is in the post immediately preceding this one.

Thursday, January 13, 2005

Hey, thanks to all the listeners who gave me a call today; it is always nice to hear from people. Below is the playlist for the show. I will try to get the mp3 up on the Coffeetime Archive as soon as I can.

Coffeetime, January 13, 2005

bed

Tommy Flanagan / Jazz Poet / Alfa Jazz / 1.17, 19.89

set 1
Mal Waldron / Mal/2 / The Way You Look Tonight / Prestige / 5.1.57
Barry Harris / At the Jazz Workshop / Curtain Call / Riverside / 5.15, 16.60
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Great Caesar’s Ghost / Vocalion / 3.22.37
Dorothy Carless / Heart & Soul / 10.15.38 / Decca? / piano: Billy Mayerl
Spirits of Rhythm / Dr. Watson & Mr. Holmes / Brunswick? / 9.14.34
Ben Smith / Travelin’ Papa / Apollo / 10.46
Pearl Bailey / Sings the Songs She Loves…by Her Favorite Composer Harold Arlen (whew!) / Come Rain or Come Shine / Roulette / 1961

set 2
Lee Morgan / Charisma / Rainy Night / Blue Note / 9.29.66
Gigi Gryce / Reminiscin’ / Reminiscin’ / Mercury / 1.61
California Ramblers / Broken Idol / Edison? / 8.1.29
Lavaida Carter / Jo-Jo the Cannibal / HMV? / London 9.15.36
The Larks / The World is Waiting for Sunrise / Apollo / 5.13.54
Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse, Bobby Van / From this Moment On / MGM / 6.18.53 / from film “Kiss Me Kate”

set 3
James Clay & David “Fathead” Newman / The Sound of Wide Open Spaces / Some Kinda Mean / Riverside / 4.26.60
Wes Montgomery / The Incredible Jazz Guitar of WM / Mister Walker / Riverside / 1.26, 28.60
Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / Jumpin’ at Gleason’s / 3.16.49
King Nawahi & his Island Lords / Malihini / Hollywood, probably mid/late 1939
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / Bob is My Guy / Specialty / 2.15.51 / voc = Candy Rivers
Richard Berry / Big John / RPM / late 1955
Don Elliott / Don Elliott Sings / I Hadn’t Anyone ’Til You / Bethlehem / 11.2.55

set 4
Serge Chaloff / Boston Blow-up! / Bob, the Robin / Capitol / 4.4, 5.55
Art Pepper / …The Way it Was! / Tickle Toe / Contemporary / 11.26.56
Dick McDonough & Carl Kress Orch / Strut Miss Lizzie / early 1937
Louis Armstrong & his Orch / Lyin’ to Myself / Decca / 5.18.36
Lonnie Youngblood / Roll with the Punches / Loma / 4.68
Anita O’Day / Anita O’Day Swings Cole Porter / Get Out of Town / Verve / 4.9.59 / with Billy May & his Orch
Davis Sisters / If Jesus Was Near / Gotham / 5.49

last soul song
The Newcomers / Girl, This Boy Loves You / Volt / 1969

Monday, January 10, 2005

Hi. Last thursday’s show is now up on the Coffeetime Archive. Sorry for the delay -- had kinda a wacky weekend.

I uploaded a full two-hour version; it’s a direct mp3 rip from the WMBR stream. Let me know if there are any drop outs or other problems with it. (I just did a quick spot check and it sounded okay and the whole show is there, plus Alex’s last song. A bonus treat!) When I put a rip like this online, it doesn’t have the sort of ID tags that I put on the other one-hour versions. Here’s how I normally do things:

:: warning: full nerd-out follows::
Normally, I burn the show directly off of the mixing board at the station (using equipment that is a direct result of listener donations -- thanks!). This takes 2 CDs, one for each hour. So there’s usually a teeny gap while I take the CD for hour 1 out of the burner and put in the CD for hour 2. These CDs are direct digital transfers of the show -- in other words, AIFF-quality. When I get home, I rip these 2 CDs into my computer using iTunes, converting them to 128 kbps mp3’s. In the process, I add ID tags so that, if you download the full mp3s (as opposed to streaming), you can do a “Get Info” in iTunes and see the show name, date of broadcast, my name, and the WMBR info.

However, the two-hour stream rips (like the one I just uploaded) don’t have that stuff. Cuz I was in a hurry to get the show online. Cuz I had a wacky weekend!

Besides, my show “burns” (ahem, by that I mean the 2 CDs I burned while I did the show) came out a bit raggedy because I switched control rooms.

Does this count as TMI? Anyhooozeeeez, the playlist for the show is below.

; o )

Thursday, January 06, 2005

Get ready, my sleepy friends! Here comes three whopping playlists: for the last 3 weeks, starting with the most recent one for today’s show:

Coffeetime, January 6, 2005

bed

Tommy Flanagan Trio / Prestige Moodsville

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ping Pong / Blue Note / live at the Renaissance Club, Hollywood, 3.62
Buck Clayton’s Big Eight / I Want a Little Girl / HRS / 7.24.46
Tommy Dorsey & his O / Hallelujah / RCA / 8.19.41
Comedian Harmonists / Tea for Two / 1934
Doc Wheeler & his Sunset Orch / Me & My Melinda / RCA / 3.30.42 / voc = James Otis Lewis
Peggy Lee / Jump for Joy / Just in Time / Capitol / 3.58 / with Nelson Riddle & his Orch

set 2
Phineas Newborn Jr / Fabulous Phineas / Pamela / RCA / 3.26.58
Chico Hamilton Quintet / Ellington Suite / Azure / World Pacific / 1.9, 12.59
Coleman Hawkins & his O / Cocktails for Two / 12.46
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Crying & Sighing / RCA / Chicago 7.11.28
Bing Crosby / Medley from Paramount film “Waikiki Wedding” / V-Disc / LA 11.44 / with John Scott Trotter & his Orch and Chorus
The Spinners / Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You / Atlantic / 3.73

set 3
Arnett Cobb / Smooth Sailing / Let’s Split / Prestige / 2.27.59
George Benson / It’s Uptown / Myna Bird Blues / Columbia / 2.9, 3.15.66
Charlie Parker Quintet / Dewey Square / Dial / 10.26.47
International Sweethearts of Rhythm / Don’t Get it Twisted / 10.14.46
Dinah Washington / I Wish I Knew the Name of the Boy / Mercury / 1947 / with Teddy Brannon’s Trio
The Griffin Brothers / House Near the Railroad Track / Regent (Savoy) / 1951
Dean Martin / On an Evening in Roma (Sott’er Cielo De Roma) [take 6 including dialogue with the engineer] / Capitol / 9.15.58

set 4
Bobby Scott / The Compositions of Bobby Scott / Betty / Bethlehem / 11.54
Hampton Hawes / Four! / Up Blues / Contemporary / 1.27.58
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Baby’s Gonna Go Bye Bye / Decca / 4.12.49
José Feliciano / Chico & the Man (Theme) / RCA / 1973
Blue Jay Gospel Singers / Shall I Meet You Over Yonder / Trumpet / Jackson MS, 4.23.52

last soul song
James Brown / Call Me Super Bad / live at the Apollo / 1971


Coffeetime, December 30, 2004

bed

René Thomas / Guitar Groove / Jazzland / 9.7, 8.60

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard / Bob’s Place / Impulse! / 1.63
Tommy Flanagan & Hank Jones / Our Delights / Lady Bird / Galaxy / 1.28.78
Paul Whiteman & his O / Ramona / 1928 / voc = Austin Young & Jack Fulton
Ray Noble & his O / As Long as You Have Your Health / HMV? / 1937 / voc = The Merry Macs
Jimmie Lunceford & his O / Let’s Try Again / 5.9.40 / voc = Dan Grissom
Nat King Cole / The Touch of Your Lips / A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square / Capitol / 1961

set 2
Shelly Manne & his Men at the Blackhawk, volume 5 / This is Always / Contemporary / San Francisco 9.23.59
Jack Marshall / Soundsville! / Clouds / Capitol / Hollywood 7.23.59
Pete Johnson & Teddy Wilson / Prelude to Boogie Woogie Dream / transcription from film soundtrack / 9.41
Phil Napoleon & the Original Memphis Five / Military Mike / Victor / 9.17.25
Mae West / Slow Down / 1935 / with Joseph Chernivasky Orch
Bing Crosby / from film soundtrack of “Holiday Inn” / Let’s Start the New Year Right / 1942
Xavier Cugat & his O / South America, Take it Away / Columbia / 1946 / voc = Buddy Clark (with shouts from Desi Arnaz)
Jerry Orbach / from the score to the Broadway play “The Fantaskticks” / Try to Remember / MGM / 6.13.60

set 3
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / (title tune) / Blue Note / 8.4.60
Corky Hale / Gene Norman Presents Corky Hale / What is There to Say / GNP / 6.27.56
King Porter Orch / Porter’s Ball / Paradise / Detroit / 1947-8
Ruth Etting / Just a Little Closer / Columbia / 1930
Orkest Dick Willebrandts / Oh Zon, Oh Zon, Oh Zonnetje / 1943
Frank Sinatra / Don’t Cry Joe / Columbia / 1949 / with Hugo Winterhalter Orch and background vocals by The Pastels
Maurice Chevalier / from the soundtrack to the film “Pepe” / Mimi / Columbia

set 4
Barney Kessel / Easy Like / That’s All / Contemporary / 11.14, 12.19.53
Johnny Costa / Mister Roger’s Neighborhood / Please Don’t Think It’s Funny / Mister Roger’s Neighborhood Records / 1984
Quincy Jones / Go West, Man / Bright Moon / ABC-Paramount / 1957
BB King / Please Love Me / RPM / early 50s
Dee Dee Warwick / Alfie / Mercury / 5.66
Golden Gate Quartet / Go Where I Send Thee / Bluebird / Charlotte NC, 8.4.37

last soul song
Laura Lee / Mama’s Got a Good Thing / Chess / 1969


Coffeetime, December 23, 2004

bed
Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige Moodsville / 8.23.60

set 1
Bill Smith Quartet / Folk Jazz / Greensleeves / Contemporary / LA 11.22.59
Charlie Parker / White Christmas / Savoy / live at the Royal Roost, NYC, 12.25.48
Duke Ellington & his O / Ring Dem Bells / radio transcription recorded Hollywood mid-1947 / broadcast Dec 1947
Benny Goodman & his O / Jingle Bells / 6.6.35
Dick Robertson / Meet Me Under the Mistletoe / 10.18.41
Felix Gross / Love for Christmas / Savoy / LA 10.25.49
Doris Day / Here Comes Santa Claus / Columbia / late 40s, early 50s?
Ella Fitzgerald / Wishes You a Swinging Xmas / Sleigh Ride / Verve / summer 1960

set 2
Vince Guaraldi Trio / soundtrack to “The Charlie Brown Christmas” / selected tunes below / Fantasy / 1965:
-- Christmastime is Here (instrumental)
-- O Tannenbaum
-- Skating
-- Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
-- The Christmas Song
-- Christmastime is Here (vocal)
Bing Crosby / score (but not soundtrack) from film “Holiday Inn” / Happy Holidays / Decca? / 1942? / with the Andrew Sisters?
Frank Sinatra / Christmas Waltz / Capitol / Hollywood 8.23.54 / with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas / (title tune) / Cadet / Chicago 10.66
Les Brown & His Band of Renown / Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow / late 40s?
Gene Ammons / Swinging for Xmas / Aristocrat / 10.12.48
Tommy Dorsey & his O / Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town / Bluebird / 9.26.35 / voc = Cliff Weston, Edythe Wright
Kay Starr / December / radio transcription / fall 1949 / with Billy Butterfield Quintet and background vocals by The Three Beaus & a Peep
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazars / Merry Christmas / RCA? / LA 1947 / voc = Charles Brown
Lowell Fulsom / Lonesome Xmas, part 2 {thank you} / Hollywood (label) / late 40s?

set 4
Tommy Flanagan / The Uptown Christmas / The Christmas Waltz / Uptown / 8.12.87
Judy Garland / from the soundtrack to the film “Meet Me in St. Louis” Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / MGM / 12.4.43
King Cole Trio / The Christmas Song / Capitol / 8.19.46
James Brown / Merry Christmas, I Love You / King? / 1968?
Bobby Darin / The 25th Day of December / Baby Born Today / Atco / mid 60s
Dinah Washington / Make Me a Present of You / EmArcy / 1957 / with Ernie Wilkins & his Orch
The Swan Silvertones / Great Day in December / Vee Jay / early 60s?

last soul (Xmas) song
Otis Redding / Merry Christmas Baby / Stax / Memphis 2.67

Sunday, January 02, 2005

Hey. Last thursdays’s show is now online at the Coffeetime Archive.

I know, I know: I owe you two week’s worth of playlists. Eeegadszooks! I’ll get to them as soon as I can. Apologies.