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
