Shake Shake Playlist!

Coffeetime, February 23, 2006

bed
Tommy Flanagan Trio / Moodsville / 5.18.60

set 1
Booker Little / The Defiant Ones / Jewel's Tempo / UA / 10.58
Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones / Together! / Le Roi / Atlantic / 2.2.61
Wynton Kelly / New Faces-New Sounds [Piano Interpretations] / There Will Never Be Another You / Blue Note / 8.1.51
Hal Kemp & his Orch / Nuts About Mutts / radio transcription / 1934 / vocal = Horace "Saxie" Dowell
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / How Ya, Baby? / unpublished [Victor?] / 10.7.37
Martha Davis & her Torrid Trio / Sarah, Sarah / Urban / Hollywood 1947
Toni Harper / Toni / Just A Sittin' and A-Rockin / Verve / 12.29.55

set 2
Johnny Coles / Little Johnny C / So Sweet My Little Girl / Blue Note / 8.9.62
Kenny Clarke / Bohemia After Dark / Willow Weep for Me / Savoy / 6.26.55
Artie Shaw / In the Still of the Night / Musicraft / LA 6.12.46
The Mills Brothers / How'm I Doin', Hey-Hey / soundtrack to film Twenty Million Sweethearts / 2.34
Wynona Carr / It's Raining Outside / Specialty? 1955?
Lord Flea (Norman Thomas) & His Calypsonians / Dance Craze [originally appeared on Swingin' Calypsos] / Shake Shake Senora / Capitol / 1957 / great webpage on Lord Flea: an awesome amount of info and images plus you can download a long performance clip from the movie Bop Girl Goes Calypso

set 3
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Late Spring / Bethlehem / 10.11.57
Quincy Jones / Bossa Nova / Se E Tarde Me Pardoa (Forgive Me If I'm Late) / Mercury / 9.13.62
JJ Johnson / Trombone By Three / Opus V / Prestige / 5.26.49 / originally issued as a 78
Buddy Johnson & his Orch / Since I Fell for You / radio transcription / Savoy Ballroom fall 1945 / vocal = Ella Johnson
Delta Rhythm Boys / I'm Awfully Strong for You / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1.30.47 / with Lowell Martin's Orch; flip of Hey John (Put Your Glasses On)
Little Milton / Never Too Old / Checker / St Louis 6.20.62 / flip of She Put a Spell on Me

set 4
Shelly Manne & his Men / score to film The Proper Time / Happy Pool / Contemporary / LA 12.7, 14.59 & 1.28.60
Pete Rugolo & his Orch / 10 Saxophones and 2 Basses / Skyliner / Mercury (f:35d) / Hollywood 11.8.61
Lionel Hampton & his Orch / Wizzin' the Wizz / Victor / 4.5.39
Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orch / You Are My Dream / radio transcription / 1939 / vocal = Cliff Grass
Dinah Washington / Dinah Washington / I Used to Love You / Roulette / early 60s
Swan Silvertones / Let's Go To Church Together / Love Lifted Me Up / Vee-Jay / 1964

last soul song
Rose Royce / Ooh Boy / Whitfield Records / 1977

Baby Baby Playlist

Coffeetime, February 16, 2006

bed
Ike Quebec / various / Blue Note / 1960-62

set 1
Philly Joe Jones / Showcase / Julia [CD only] / Riverside / 11.17.59
Sonny Clark / Sonny's Crib / News for Lulu / Blue Note / 10.9.57
Rex Stewart's Big Seven / Cherry / HRS / 7.23.40 / scroll to bottom for the line up on Cherry
Helen Kane / I Want to Be Bad / Victor / 1.30.29 / with Leonard Joy & his Orch
Billy Wright / Four Cold Cold Walls / Savoy / Atlanta 6.51 [released? 5.29.53]
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Lonelyville / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59

set 2
Bill Evans / Conception / Like Someone in Love / Milestone / 4.4.62
Bill Harris / Great Guitar Sounds / Blue Angel / Mercury / 1960
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / Shoemaker's Holiday / Columbia? / 2.7.39
Teddy Charles / On Campus! / These Foolish Things / Bethlehem / Yale University, New Haven 11.21.59
Ethel Waters / Black and Blue / Columbia / 4.1.30
Anita O'Day / How Come? / Capitol / LA 1.18.45
BB King / And Like That / Kent / 1965

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Rock Salt / Blue Lights, Volume 2 / Blue Note / 5.14.58
Joe Thomas & his Orch / Dog Food / King / Cincinnati 3.20.50
Una Mae Carlisle / Ain't Nothin' Much / Joe Davis [during record ban] / 5.23.44
Joe Newman / Soft Swingin' Jazz / I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Coral / 1.17.58

set 4
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream / Thunderbird / Savoy / 10.11.55
Herb Pomeroy Orch / Life is a Many Splendored Gig / Less Talk / Roulette / 5.3-4.57
Pierre Allier's Swing Bakers / Pick-a-Rib / Paris 7.20.43
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Harlem Madness / Victor / 3.6.34
Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain / Ojos Verdes / French Columbia? / London 7.15.32 / Recordings in London of African and West Indian Music in the 1920s and 1930s
Vincent Edwards / In Person At the Riviera, Las Vegas / medley: Ben Casey Theme, I Remember You, You and the Night and the Music / Decca / Las Vegas 1963
The Zion Travelers / Just a Little Talk with Jesus / Dootone / 1962 (63?)

last soul song
Timothy Wilson / Baby Baby Please / Buddah / 1967

What More Can a Playlist Do?

Coffeetime, February 9, 2006

bed
Barney Kessel / People // George van Eps / The Man I Love

set 1
Kenny Dorham & the Jazz Prophets / Volume 1 / DX / ABC-Paramount / 4.4.56
Milt Jackson / Big Bags / Old Devil Moon / Riverside / 6.19-20, 7.5.62
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Drumology [7" EP] / Quiet Please / RCA Victor / 1940 / featuring Buddy Rich on drums
Art Tatum Trio / Flying Home (theme) & I Cover the Waterfront / radio transcription / from Basin Street club, NYC 10.56 / with Slam Stewart and Everett Barksdale
Roy Fox & his Band (Orch) / Me, Myself, and I / Vocalion / London 5.19.38 / vocal = Sid Buckman
Mills Brothers with Ella Fitzgerald / Big Boy Blue / Decca / 1.14.37
Georgie Auld & his Orch / Sentimental Journey/ radio transcription / Trianon Ballroom, South Gate, California summer 1945
Georgia Carr / Rocks in My Bed / What More Can a Woman Do / Vee-Jay / 1964

set 2
Gene Ammons / Boss Tenor / My Romance / Prestige / 6.16.60
Rene Thomas / Guitar Groove / How Long Has This Been Going On? / Jazzland / 9.7-8.60
Oscar Aleman / Bugle Call / radio transcription? / Buenos Aires 4.11.46
Gladys Bentley / Worried Blues / Okeh / 8.8.28
Little Esther / Heart to Heart / Federal / Cincinnati 1.27.51 / with the Dominoes & the Earle Warren Orchestra
Bing Crosby / Bings Sings Whilst Bregman Swings / They All Laughed / Verve / LA 6.12.56

set 3
Lee Morgan / Charisma / The Double Up / Blue Note / 9.29.66
Corky Hale / Gene Norman Presents Corky Hale / But Not for Me / GNP / 6.27.56
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis / Lockjaw / Haven / 5.46
Johnny Otis & his Orch / Hold Me Close / Savoy / LA 1.5.51 / vocal = The Barreleers
Camille Howard / The Mood I'm In / Specialty / Hollywood summer 1948 or winter 1949
Yves Montand / Paris Recital / Syracuse / Philips / live at Le Theatre D'Etoile, Paris 1964

set 4
Bob Brookmeyer / Playboy's Jazz All-Stars / Bobbie's Tune / [orig label = Storyville] / LA 1.31.56
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars / Double or Nothin' / Bye Bye Blues / Liberty / LA 2.14.57
Fats Waller / A Handful of Keys / Victor / 3.1.29
The Smoothies / I Love to Watch the Moonlight / Bluebird / 4.25.40
Lucky Millinder & his Orch / Let it Roll Again / King / Cincinnati 5.50 / vocal = Big John Greer & ensemble; first release for King
Nat King Cole / Wild is Love / Wild is Love / Capitol / Hollywood 1960
The Four Internes / One of These Mornings / King / Cincinnati 12.51

last soul song
Gene Chandler / The Gene Chandler Situation / Hey, Little Angel / Mercury / 1970

Miniskirts, Maxiskirts, & Playlists!

Coffeetime, February 2, 2006

bed
Tommy Flanagan Trio / Prestige Moodsville / 5.18.60

set 1
Jackie McLean / [Street Singer] / Medina / Blue Note / 9.1.60
Kenny Burrell / Kenny Burrell / Perceptions / Prestige / 2.1.57
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Drumology [7" EP] / Quiet Please / RCA Victor / 1940 / featuring Buddy Rich on drums / I switched turntables at the last minute and, unfortunately spun this at 331/3 instead of 45, gack, so it sounds like pure sludgey crap. I'll play it at the proper speed next week.
Ethel Merman / It's the Animal in Me / from Paramount film The Big Broadcast of 1936 / Brunswick / Hollywood 7.17.35
Jack McVea & his Door Openers / Richard Gets Hitched / LA c. 1.47 / vocals = Jack McVea & Tommy Kahn
Dean Martin / Pretty Baby / It's Easy to Remember / Capitol / LA 1957

set 2
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / My One and Only Love / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Laurindo Almeida / Laurindo Almeida Quartet, volume 2 [Brazilliance] / Stairway to the Stars / Pacific Jazz / LA 1953
Taft Jordan / The Moods of Taft Jordan / September Song / 1959
Henry Mancini / soundtrack to film Charade / Mégève / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1963
Artie Shaw / The Glider / Musicraft / LA 11.16.45
Roy Fox & his Band / Let's Call the Whole Thing Off / Vocalion / London? 1937 / vocals = Mary Lee & Denny Dennis
Albinia Jones / What's the Matter with Me / National / 4.14.45 / with Don Byas's Swing Seven
Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) / A Child's Introduction to Jazz / Boogie Woogie / Golden Records / 1959 / with The Honeydreamers
Miyoshi Umeki / Miyoshi / My Heart Stood Still / Mercury / 1959?

set 3
Barney Kessel / Feeling Free / Blues Up, Down & All Around / Contemporary / LA 2.13.69
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / The Drippy Drippers / radio transcription / Hollywood spring 1948
The Toppers [Steve Gibson & the Red Caps] / I'm Living for You / Savoy / 12.8.44
Patti Page / In the Land of Hi Fi / Nevertheless / EmArcy / Hollywood 5.7.56
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Equinox / Triste / A&M / LA 1966 / with John Pisano on guitar

set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 3 / The Song is You / Contemporary / LA 8.2.55
Quincy Jones / Go West, Man! / London Derriere / ABC-Paramount / LA 2.57
Harry Perritt & his Orch / Buchanan Stomp / Columbia / London 12.18.34 / a tribute to comedian/actor Jack Buchanan; with Len Fillis on guitar & banjo
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / Farewell Blues / Specialty / LA 12.10.52 / vocal = Dell St. John (aka Christine)
Ruby & the Romantics / Young Wings Can Fly / Kapp / 1968
Eddie Holman / I, Surrender [45] / ABC / 1969
The Pearly Gates Spiritual Singers / I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me / Okeh / 5.53

last soul song
The Beginning of the End / Funky Nassau - Part I / Alston / Hialeah, Florida 1971 / an interesting interview with Henry Stone of Alston Records