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Thursday, September 08, 2005
Deep in a Playlist
Coffeetime, September 8, 2005
bed
Carl Kress & George Barnes / Two Guitars / Stash / 1962
set 1
Clifford Jordan / Bearcat / The Middle of the Block / Jazzland / 12.28.61 & 1.10.62
Phineas Newborn Jr / A World of Piano! / Lush Life / Contemporary / LA 10.16.61
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orch / I Like That / Okeh / 4.30.29
Ray Noble & his Orch / Rhythm is Our Business/ radio transcription / 1935-36 / vocal = The Freshmen
Cats & the Fiddle / Crawlin' Blues / Bluebird / 1.20.41 / reissued by Montgomery Ward with inferior quality, see Marv Goldberg
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Sings Gershwin / Maybe / Decca / 9.12.50
set 2
Lou Donaldson / Blues Walk / Autumn Nocturne / Blue Note / 7.28.58
Oscar Pettiford All Stars / Winner's Circle / If I'm Lucky / Bethlehem / 10, 11, 12.57
Chocolate Dandies / Krazy Kapers / Okeh / 10.10.33
Lil Armstrong & her Swingsters / Brown Gal / transcription? / 10.27.35
Dinah Washington / I'll Wait / Mercury / 8.25.48 / with Mitch Miller & his Orch
Lucky Millinder / The Right Kind of Lovin' / Apollo / 6.28.51 / vocal = Annisteen Allen, Melvin Moore, & John Sellers
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Fool on the Hill / Lapinha / A&M / 1968
set 3
Lee Morgan / The Sixth Sense / Mickey's Tune / Blue Note / 9.13.68
Camille Howard / Unidentified Boogie #1 / Specialty / Hollywood 7.8.48
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / Drifting and Dreaming / radio transcription / 1945
Cleo Brown / Never Too Tired to Love / Decca / 6.8.35
Annie Laurie / Don't Marry Too Soon / demo / Regal / New Orleans 1949-50
Jimmy Ricks / Jimmy Ricks / Say It Isn't So / Signature / 1950-51
set 4
Stan Getz / Split Kick / The Best Thing for You / Roost / 3.1.51
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Airegin / Contemporary /LA 3.14, 28 and 5.12.59
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream: The Guitar of Al Caiola / You Are Too Beautiful / Savoy / 10.6.55
Tab Smith Septette / Kangaroo Blues / Apollo / 10.15.45 / vocal = Laurel Watson
The Treniers / Bug Dance / Okeh / 9.9.53
Nat King Cole / Bend a Little My Way / Capitol / 1959
The Zion Travelers / Jesus Said / Dootone / 1962
last soul song
Mary Wells / Stop Takin' Me for Granted / 20th Century Fox /1964