Thursday, February 09, 2006

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