Thursday, June 02, 2005

Inkadinka Playlist, Baby

Coffeetime, June 2, 2005

bed
Red Garland / Bright and Breezy / Jazzland / 7.19.61

set 1
Walter Davis Jr. / Davis Cup / Loodle-Lot / Blue Note / 8.2.59
Kenny Dorham / Blue Spring / It Might As Well Be Spring / Riverside / 1.20-2.18.59
Erskine Hawkins & his Orch / Rockin’ Rollers’ Jubilee / Victor / 9.6.38
Lew Stone & his Band / Isn’t a Lovely Day? / Decca or Regal Zonophone Records? /London, 2.12.35 / vocal = Dan Donovan
Johnny Mercer / Alexander’s Ragtime Band / Capitol / 1946? / with the Pied Pipers
Sarah Vaughn / Dreamy / Dreamy / Roulette / 1960

set 2
Leo Parker / Rollin’ with Leo / Talkin’ the Blues / Blue Note / 10.20.61
Victor Feldman / The Arrival of Victor Feldman / Waltz / Contemporary / 1.21, 22.58
Les Hite & his Orch / The World is Waiting for the Sunrise / Bluebird / 3.6.41
Jimmy Johnson (aka James P. Johnson) & his Orch / Go Harlem! / Decca / 3.25.31 / vocal = Andy Razaf
Jimmy Durante / from soundtrack to Two Girls and a Sailer / Inka Dinka Doo / MGM / 1944 / with Harry James & his Orch
Joe Alexander’s Highlanders / Shufflin’ Boogie / Atlas / 1946-7 / vocal = Luke Jones
Walter Catlett / soundtrack to Pinocchio / Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me) / Disneyland / 1940 / character actor Catlett played J. Worthington Foulfellow the fox

set 5
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / Jaws in Orbit / Foxy / Prestige / 5.1.59
Joe Newman / Joe Newman with Woodwinds / Out of Nowhere / Roulette / 1958
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Nutmeg / RCA / 1950
Ethel Waters / Shadows on the Swanee / Decca / 7.18.33 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orch
The Nic Nacs / I’m Telling You Baby / RPM / 1950
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Short, Sweet, & Snappy / Specialty / 9.19.51
The Dreams / Under the Willow / Savoy / 3.14.55 / with Mickey Baker & Bud Johnson

set 4
Jack Sheldon / Jack Sheldon & his Exciting All-Star Big-Band / Jack’s Groove / Aplomb / GNP / 3.59
Henry Mancini / Combo! / Playboy’s Theme / RCA / 1960
Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith / medley: Heartaches & Managua, Nicaragua / transcriptions / 1945
Billy Banks / The Scat Song / Victor / 5.10.32 / with members of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band
The Exotics / Let Me Be a Part of You / Excello / 1968
Burt Bacharach / Live in Japan / A House is Not a Home / A&M / 1974
The Dixie Nightingales / Forgive These Fools / Chalice / 1965

last soul song
The Natural Four / Count On Me / Curtom / 1975