Thursday, March 24, 2005

March 24 playlist -- lickety-split, baby!

Coffeetime, March 24, 2005

bed
Red Garland / A Garland of Red / Prestige / 8.17.56

set 1
Dizzy Reece / Asia Minor / The Shadow of Khan / New Jazz / 3.13.62
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Soul Finger / Freedom Monday / Limelight / 5.12-13.65
Count Basie & His O / Basie in London / Flute Juice / Sweden 9.7.56
Isham Jones & his O / What’s the Use / Brunswick / 1930 / voc = Frank Sylvano
The Mills Brothers / soundtrack to Broadway Gondolier / Lulu’s Back in Town / LA early 1935
Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington & his O / Blue Rose / Hey Baby
/ Columbia / RC: LA 2.8, 11.56; DE & O: NYC 1.23, 27.56

set 2
Thad Jones / Olio / Embraceable You / Prestige / 2.16.57
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly Piano / Strong Man / Riverside / 1.31.58
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Swingtime in the Rockies / transcription / live Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland 1.29-2.6.37
Eddie Lang & Carl Kress / Feeling My Way / Okeh? / 1932
Theo Uden Masman & The Ramblers / Liedje van Hawaii / HMV? / 1945 / voc = Marcel Thielmanns & ensemble
Wynonie Harris / Down Boy Down / King / 9.11.53
Jo Ann Greer [dubbing for Rita Hayworth, who does the spoken intro] / soundtrack to Pal Joey / Bewitched, Bothered, & Bewildered / Capitol / 1957 {tip of the blog to this article on dubbing for the info on Rita & Jo Ann}

set 3
Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith / Blue Bash! / Travelin’ / Verve / 1.16, 25, 29.63
Frank Wess / The Frank Wess Quartet / Star Eyes / Prestige Moodsville / 5.9.60
Wardell Gray / Bright Boy / Prestige / LA 1.21.52
King Cole Trio / Rhythm Serenade / Standard transcription / 6.39
Julia Lee & her Boyfriends / You Ain’t Got it No More / Capitol / 4.49
Artie Simms / Call the Police / Apollo / 10.46
Dean Martin / Dream With Dean / Fools Rush In / Reprise / 8.4.64

set 4
Barney Kessel / To Swing or Not to Swing / Louisiana / Contemporary / LA 7.26.55
Shelly Manne & His Men / Vol. 1 / You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me / Contemporary / LA 9.13.55
Gene Krupa & his O / I Take to You / Okeh / 4.11.41 / voc = Anita O’Day
Chuck Jackson / They Don’t Give Medals (to Yesterday’s Heroes) / Sceptor-Wand / early 60s
Barry Sisters / At Home with the Barry Sisters / Eishes-Chiyell / Roulette / 1959 / with Abe Ellstein & his O
The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama / Marching Up to Zion / Specialty /11.19.53 / RIP George Scott 03.09.05

last soul song
Willie Hutch / soundtrack to the film The Mack / Slick / Motown / 1973