Coffeetime, March 30, 2006
bed
Red Garland / A Garland of Red / Prestige / 8.17.56
set 1
Kenny Dorham / Trompeta Toccata / The Fox / Blue Note / 9.14.64
Rhythm Section / Rhythm Plus One / Wolf Talk / Epic / 1956
Count Basie & his Orch / Swinging at the Daisy Chain / Decca / 1.21.37
Golden Gate Orchestra / Miss Annabelle Lee / Edison Diamond Disc / 7.15.27
Whispering Jack Smith / All By Yourself in the Moonlight / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 12.28.28
Benny Carter & his Orch / Baby You're Mine for Keeps / Reina / LA 1948 / vocal = Emma Lou Welch & the Enchanters
Helen Merrill / Helen Merrill / What's New / EmArcy / 12.24.54
set 2
Ike Quebec / Heavy Soul / The Man I Love / Blue Note / 11.26.61
Quincy Jones / Big Band Bossa Nova / Manha de Carnaval / Mercury / 9.4.62
Paul Smith / Fine, Sweet and Tasty / All for You / Hollywood 11.13.53 / Tampa
Hot Lips Page & his Band / Jumpin' / Bluebird / 4.27.38
Sol Hoopii / Hula Blues / Columbia? / 1933 [this is a later recording of this tune; the earlier one is here
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Groovy Blues / Specialty / Hollywood 12.22.45 / vocal = Camille Howard
Ann Cole / I'm Waiting for You / Baton / 1956
set 3
Les McCann / Les McCann LTD in New York / Maxie's Changes / Pacific Jazz / live at The Village Gate 12.28.61
Pete Johnson / Pete's Blues / Pete's Housewarming / National / 1.31.46
Wini Brown / I Only Have Eyes for You / National / 12.27.48
Jack McVea & his Door Openers / Two Timin' Baby / Exclusive / LA 11.47
Larry Davis / Blues that Gave America Soul / Texas Flood / Duke / Chicago 1958 / with Fenton Robinson
Mel Tormé / Back in Town / Baubles, Bangles and Beads / Verve / Hollywood 4.23, 28, 29.59 / with the Mel-Tones
set 4
Wes Montgomery / Montgomerland / Far Wes / Pacific Jazz / LA 4.18.58
Sonny Rollins / Sonny Rollins & the Contemporary Leaders / You / Contemporary / LA 10.20-22.58
Julie Wilson / soundtrack to This Could Be the Night / I'm Gonna Live Till I Die / USA / 11.12.56 / with Ray Anthony & his Orch
Etta James / Tell It Like It Is / Chess / Chicago 12.71
The Greater Harvest Choir / He Has a Way / Vee Jay / Chicago 1961
last soulful song
Jackie DeShannon / This Is Jackie DeShannon / Hellos and Goodbyes / Imperial / LA 1965
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Blues My Naughty Playlist Gives to Me
Coffeetime, March 23, 2006
bed
Tommy Flanagan Trio / Prestige Moodsville / 5.18.60
set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley Quartet [5066] / Hank's Prank / Blue Note / 3.27.55
Thad Jones & Kenny Burrell / Detroit-New York Junction / Scratch / 3.13.56
Shep Fields & His New Music / American Patrol / radio transcription / 1943-44
Boswell Sisters & Rudy Valleé / If Love Came Wrapped in Cellophane / radio transcription of Rudy Valleé's The Fleischman Hour / 1.24.35
The Ravens / Everything But You / Okeh / 8.8.51
Dinah Washington / The Late, Late Show / I Don't Hurt Anymore / Mercury (Wing) / LA 8.3.54 / with Hal Mooney & his Orch
set 2
Joe Wilder / Wilder 'n' Wilder / Mad About the Boy / Savoy / 1.19.56
Frank Wess / The Frank Wess Quartet / But Beautiful / Prestige Moodsville / 5.9.60
Art Tatum / Tenderly / radio transcription / live, Basin Street, NYC 10.55
Teddy Hill & his Orch / Uptown Rhapsody / Victor / 4.1.36
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Junkman / Columbia? / 2.2.34 / vocal = Mildred Bailey
Tiny Bradshaw / Walkin' the Chalk Line / King / Cincinnati 2.8.50
Sammy Davis Jr & Count Basie / Our Shining Hour / Teach Me Tonight / Verve / 8.31 & 9.2-5.64
set 3
Johnny Hodges / Blues-a-Plenty / Reelin' and Rockin' [CD bonus alt take] / Verve / 4.5.58
Hal Singer / Hot Rod / Savoy / 10.27.55
The Mills Brothers / Julius Caesar / Decca / 7.19.38
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Let's Just Pretend / Victor / 8.9.41 / vocal = Jo Stafford, 78 A-side features Frank Sinatra singing I'll Be Seeing You
Big Mama Thornton / Walking Blues / Peacock / 1954
Bob Stewart / Let's Talk About Love / Look Down that Lonesome Road / Dawn / 1956 / with the Mat Mathews Quintet
set 4
Benny Carter / Jazz Giant / Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me / Contemporary / 4.21.58
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper / Blowin' Country / What'll I Do [CD bonus track] / World Pacific / LA 11.29.56
Lester Young / The Master's Touch / Ding Dong / Savoy / 6.28.49
Pauline & her Perils [aka The Six Hits and a Miss] / Don't Let that Moon Get Away / Keystone transcription / 4.39 / with the King Cole Trio (with Nat on celeste, Yay!), solo vocal = Pauline Byrns
T-Bone Walker / News for You Baby / Imperial / LA 12.51
Nancy Wilson / How Glad I Am / The Grass is Greener / Capitol / Hollywood 8.64
The Soul Stirrers / Jesus Done Just What He Said / Specialty / Hollywood 3.1.51 / without overdubs
last soul song
Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler / Gene & Jerry, One & One / Be Yourself / Mercury / Chicago 9.30, 10.1 &2.70
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Shillelaghs and Playlists
Coffeetime, March 16, 2006
bed
Barney Kessel / People // George Van Eps / The Man I Love
set 1
Kenny Dorham / Blue Spring / Spring Cannon / Riverside / 1.20.59
Freddie Hubbard / Backlash / Up Jumped Spring / Atlantic / 10.19.66
Harry James & his Orch / soundtrack Young Man With a Horn / Melancholy Rhapsody / Columbia / 1.27.50
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Life is a Song (Let's Sing It Together) / Victor / 3.25.35
Slim & Slam (Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart) / A Tip on the Numbers / Okeh / 3.11.40
Jeri Southern / The Southern Style / I'll Wear the Green Willow / Decca / 1955
set 2
Bill Evans / Danny Boy / Riverside / 4.10.62
The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars / Swinging "Guys and Dolls" / I'll Know / Columbia / 10.27.59
Arthur Schutt / Lover Come Back to Me / Okeh / 3.28.29
Geraldo & his Orch / I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo / 1940s / vocals = 3 Boys and a Girl (which sometimes included Ted Heath)
Paul Gayten & his Orch / One Sweet Letter from You / DeLuxe / New Orleans late 1947 / vocal = Annie Laurie
Johnny Otis & his Orch / Warnin' Blues / Savoy / LA 1.9.51 / vocal = LInda Hopkins
Bing Crosby / Shillelaghs and Shamrocks / The Donovans / Decca / 1956 / with Jeff Alexander Chorus and Victor Young Orch
set 3
Cannonball Adderley / & the Poll-Winners / Never Will I Marry / Riverside / LA 6.5.60
Fats Navarro / Nostalgia / Index / Savoy / 12.22.47
The Griffin Brothers Orch / I'll Get a Deal / Dot / Gallatin, Tennessee early 1952 / vocal = Margie Day
The Crickets / I'm Not the Same One You Love / Jay-Dee / 4.24.53
Johnny Hartman / I Just Dropped By to Say Hello / Don't You Know I Care / Impulse! / 10.17.63
set 4
Johnny Smith / The Johnny Smith Quartet / Tired Blood / Roost / possibly October 22, 1955 / (I have a beat up orig LP, but the material is on a Mosaic box set)
Art Pepper & Conte Candoli / Mucho Calor / I'll Remember April / Andex / Forum Theater, LA 4.24.58
Les Paul Trio / Guitar Boogie / Decca / 1.9.47
The Colemans / I Don't Mind Being All Alone / Regal / 1950
Wally Mercer / Hey! Miss Lula / Trumpet / Jackson, Mississippi 10.19.54
Astrid Gilberto / The Shadow of Your Smile / Funny World / Verve / 11.21.64
The Hightower Brothers / My Jesus Loves Me / Nashboro / 1961
last soul song
Stevie Wonder / Where I'm Coming From / If You Really Love Me / Tamla / 1971
bed
Barney Kessel / People // George Van Eps / The Man I Love
set 1
Kenny Dorham / Blue Spring / Spring Cannon / Riverside / 1.20.59
Freddie Hubbard / Backlash / Up Jumped Spring / Atlantic / 10.19.66
Harry James & his Orch / soundtrack Young Man With a Horn / Melancholy Rhapsody / Columbia / 1.27.50
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Life is a Song (Let's Sing It Together) / Victor / 3.25.35
Slim & Slam (Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart) / A Tip on the Numbers / Okeh / 3.11.40
Jeri Southern / The Southern Style / I'll Wear the Green Willow / Decca / 1955
set 2
Bill Evans / Danny Boy / Riverside / 4.10.62
The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars / Swinging "Guys and Dolls" / I'll Know / Columbia / 10.27.59
Arthur Schutt / Lover Come Back to Me / Okeh / 3.28.29
Geraldo & his Orch / I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo / 1940s / vocals = 3 Boys and a Girl (which sometimes included Ted Heath)
Paul Gayten & his Orch / One Sweet Letter from You / DeLuxe / New Orleans late 1947 / vocal = Annie Laurie
Johnny Otis & his Orch / Warnin' Blues / Savoy / LA 1.9.51 / vocal = LInda Hopkins
Bing Crosby / Shillelaghs and Shamrocks / The Donovans / Decca / 1956 / with Jeff Alexander Chorus and Victor Young Orch
set 3
Cannonball Adderley / & the Poll-Winners / Never Will I Marry / Riverside / LA 6.5.60
Fats Navarro / Nostalgia / Index / Savoy / 12.22.47
The Griffin Brothers Orch / I'll Get a Deal / Dot / Gallatin, Tennessee early 1952 / vocal = Margie Day
The Crickets / I'm Not the Same One You Love / Jay-Dee / 4.24.53
Johnny Hartman / I Just Dropped By to Say Hello / Don't You Know I Care / Impulse! / 10.17.63
set 4
Johnny Smith / The Johnny Smith Quartet / Tired Blood / Roost / possibly October 22, 1955 / (I have a beat up orig LP, but the material is on a Mosaic box set)
Art Pepper & Conte Candoli / Mucho Calor / I'll Remember April / Andex / Forum Theater, LA 4.24.58
Les Paul Trio / Guitar Boogie / Decca / 1.9.47
The Colemans / I Don't Mind Being All Alone / Regal / 1950
Wally Mercer / Hey! Miss Lula / Trumpet / Jackson, Mississippi 10.19.54
Astrid Gilberto / The Shadow of Your Smile / Funny World / Verve / 11.21.64
The Hightower Brothers / My Jesus Loves Me / Nashboro / 1961
last soul song
Stevie Wonder / Where I'm Coming From / If You Really Love Me / Tamla / 1971
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Mama, I Wanna Make Playlist
Coffeetime, March 9, 2006
bed
Red Garland / Prestige Moodsville 6 / 11.21.58
set 1
Conte Candoli / Westcoasting with Conte Candoli and Stan Levey / Fine & Dandy / Bethlehem / LA 11.20.54
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin / The Tenor Scene / I'll Remember April / Prestige / "Minton's Playhouse" breakfast set 1.6.61
Randy Brooks & his Orch / Man with a Horn / Man with a Horn / Decca / mid-1940s
Ray Noble & his Orch / Freckle Face, You're Beautiful / HMV / London 8.24.34 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Cab Calloway & his Orch / Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm / Variety / late 1937
Eddie Williams & His Brown Buddies / Red Head 'n' Cadillac / Supreme / LA 1947 / vocal = Floyd Dixon
Dinah Washington / In the Land of Hi Fi / On the Sunny Side of the Street / EmArcy / 4.24, 25.56 / with Hal Mooney & his Orch
set 2
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / Star Brite / Blue Note / 8.4.60
Lee Morgan / Standards / Somewhere / Blue Note / 1.13.67
Shep Fields & his New Music / Harlem Nocturne / radio transcription / 1942-44
Louis Armstrong & his Orch / Honey, Do! / Victor / 1.27.33
King Cole Trio / Your Red Wagon / radio transcription, Wildroot Cream Oil Presents: King Cole Trio Time, NBC network / Chicago 3.13.48
Joe Venuti / Body & Soul / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular) / with guest Jack Benny
Peggy Lee / The Old Master Painter / Capitol / Hollywood 11.16.49
set 3
Grant Green / Green Street / Green with Envy [alt take, CD only] / Blue Note / 4.1.61
John Renbourn / Sir John A Lot of Merry Englandes Musyk/ White Fishes / Reprise / London / 1968
Tab Smith / Seven Up / United / Chicago 4.15.53
Etta Jones / Solitude / Black & White / 1945 / with Cyril Haynes Quartet
Lucky Millinder & his Orch / Lord Knows I Tried / King / 6.25.52 / vocal = Hey Jackson
Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader / Time for Two / Under a Blanket of Blue / Verve / Hollywood 2.26-28.62
set 4
Bill Evans / Moon Beams / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Riverside / 6.5.62
Barney Kessel / Plays Standards / A Foggy Day / Contemporary / 7.1.54
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Down South Camp Meetin' / Decca / 9.12.34
Allen Miller & his Orch/ Rosie the Riveter / unknown label / Mexico 1943
Marlena Shaw / Go Away Little Boy / Cadet / 1966
Sensational Jubilettes / Jordan River / Message / 12.60 /
last soul song
Loleatta Holloway / I Know Where You're Coming From / Aware / 1975
bed
Red Garland / Prestige Moodsville 6 / 11.21.58
set 1
Conte Candoli / Westcoasting with Conte Candoli and Stan Levey / Fine & Dandy / Bethlehem / LA 11.20.54
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin / The Tenor Scene / I'll Remember April / Prestige / "Minton's Playhouse" breakfast set 1.6.61
Randy Brooks & his Orch / Man with a Horn / Man with a Horn / Decca / mid-1940s
Ray Noble & his Orch / Freckle Face, You're Beautiful / HMV / London 8.24.34 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Cab Calloway & his Orch / Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm / Variety / late 1937
Eddie Williams & His Brown Buddies / Red Head 'n' Cadillac / Supreme / LA 1947 / vocal = Floyd Dixon
Dinah Washington / In the Land of Hi Fi / On the Sunny Side of the Street / EmArcy / 4.24, 25.56 / with Hal Mooney & his Orch
set 2
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / Star Brite / Blue Note / 8.4.60
Lee Morgan / Standards / Somewhere / Blue Note / 1.13.67
Shep Fields & his New Music / Harlem Nocturne / radio transcription / 1942-44
Louis Armstrong & his Orch / Honey, Do! / Victor / 1.27.33
King Cole Trio / Your Red Wagon / radio transcription, Wildroot Cream Oil Presents: King Cole Trio Time, NBC network / Chicago 3.13.48
Joe Venuti / Body & Soul / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular) / with guest Jack Benny
Peggy Lee / The Old Master Painter / Capitol / Hollywood 11.16.49
set 3
Grant Green / Green Street / Green with Envy [alt take, CD only] / Blue Note / 4.1.61
John Renbourn / Sir John A Lot of Merry Englandes Musyk/ White Fishes / Reprise / London / 1968
Tab Smith / Seven Up / United / Chicago 4.15.53
Etta Jones / Solitude / Black & White / 1945 / with Cyril Haynes Quartet
Lucky Millinder & his Orch / Lord Knows I Tried / King / 6.25.52 / vocal = Hey Jackson
Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader / Time for Two / Under a Blanket of Blue / Verve / Hollywood 2.26-28.62
set 4
Bill Evans / Moon Beams / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Riverside / 6.5.62
Barney Kessel / Plays Standards / A Foggy Day / Contemporary / 7.1.54
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Down South Camp Meetin' / Decca / 9.12.34
Allen Miller & his Orch/ Rosie the Riveter / unknown label / Mexico 1943
Marlena Shaw / Go Away Little Boy / Cadet / 1966
Sensational Jubilettes / Jordan River / Message / 12.60 /
last soul song
Loleatta Holloway / I Know Where You're Coming From / Aware / 1975
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Le Playlist de la Plage
Coffeetime, March 2, 2005
bed
Red Garland / When Skies Are Grey / Prestige / 10.9.62
set 1
Hank Mobley / The Mosaic box of The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions / Double Exposure, complete version [the version which appears on the Japanese BN 1568 {which I have and have played from before on CT} is missing a bit towards the end; the Mosaic booklet implies that the orig LP {which I don't own, boo hoo} *does* have the correct ending] / Blue Note / 6.23.57
Frank Foster / I'll Take Romance / Vogue / Paris 4.4.54
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / Stardust / Pathé Marconi / Paris 1.17.36
The Seven Blue Babies / That's Him Now / Edison / 1.2.29
The Boswell Sisters / Shuffle Off to Buffalo / Brunswick / 4.11.33
Sarah Vaughn / Dreamy / The More I See You / Roulette / 1960
set 2
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete / And Friends / Days of Wine and Roses / Fantasy / LA? 1963
Coleman Hawkins / Can Anyone Explain / Vogue / 8.25.50
Howard McGhee / The Many I Love / Savoy / Chicago 2.48
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Night Life / Columbia, Decca (?) / 9.22.33
Buck & Bubbles / I Ain't Got Nobody / HMV? / London 10.20.36 / clips of Bubbles tapping [these actually wouldn't play on my system, but you might have better luck]
Jane Wyman & Bing Crosby / He's Just Crazy for Me / radio transcription [Bing's Kraft show?] / Hollywood 1952 / also performed in their film Just for You
Charles Trenet / Morceaux Choisis L'Auteur / Le Piano de la Plage / Pathé [Capitol Canada] late 40s, early 50s
set 3
Victor Feldman / It's a Wonderful World / Waltz Latino / Vee-Jay / 1965
Baby Face Willette / Face to Face / Face to Face / Blue Note / 1.30.61
Charlie Parker / Bird's Nest / Dial / Hollywood 2.47
Johnny Moore's Three Blazars / You are My First Love / unissued [Modern] / Hollywood 1946?
Tab Smith & his Orch / My Mellow Man / label?, argh! / summer 1946 / vocal = Gloria Robinson
Elmore James / Cry for Me Baby / Vee-Jay / Chicago 1957
set 4
Bud Shank / Jazz West Coast / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 1956
Lee Konitz / Konitz Meets Mulligan / Too Marvelous for Words / Pacific Jazz / live at The Haig, Hollywood 1.53
Boots & his Buddies / Chubby / Bluebird / San Antonio 9.17.37
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / On the Sentimental Side / Vocalion / 1.27.38 / vocal = Billie Holiday
The Charioteers / Careless Love / radio transcription / 1942
Curtis Amy / Mustang / Please Send Me Someone to Love / Verve / 1966 (67?) / vocal = Eva Harris
Hall Johnson Choir / Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho / unissued [Document] / 1940-41
last soul song
King Floyd & Dorothy Moore / We Can Love / Malaco / 1975
bed
Red Garland / When Skies Are Grey / Prestige / 10.9.62
set 1
Hank Mobley / The Mosaic box of The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions / Double Exposure, complete version [the version which appears on the Japanese BN 1568 {which I have and have played from before on CT} is missing a bit towards the end; the Mosaic booklet implies that the orig LP {which I don't own, boo hoo} *does* have the correct ending] / Blue Note / 6.23.57
Frank Foster / I'll Take Romance / Vogue / Paris 4.4.54
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / Stardust / Pathé Marconi / Paris 1.17.36
The Seven Blue Babies / That's Him Now / Edison / 1.2.29
The Boswell Sisters / Shuffle Off to Buffalo / Brunswick / 4.11.33
Sarah Vaughn / Dreamy / The More I See You / Roulette / 1960
set 2
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete / And Friends / Days of Wine and Roses / Fantasy / LA? 1963
Coleman Hawkins / Can Anyone Explain / Vogue / 8.25.50
Howard McGhee / The Many I Love / Savoy / Chicago 2.48
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Night Life / Columbia, Decca (?) / 9.22.33
Buck & Bubbles / I Ain't Got Nobody / HMV? / London 10.20.36 / clips of Bubbles tapping [these actually wouldn't play on my system, but you might have better luck]
Jane Wyman & Bing Crosby / He's Just Crazy for Me / radio transcription [Bing's Kraft show?] / Hollywood 1952 / also performed in their film Just for You
Charles Trenet / Morceaux Choisis L'Auteur / Le Piano de la Plage / Pathé [Capitol Canada] late 40s, early 50s
set 3
Victor Feldman / It's a Wonderful World / Waltz Latino / Vee-Jay / 1965
Baby Face Willette / Face to Face / Face to Face / Blue Note / 1.30.61
Charlie Parker / Bird's Nest / Dial / Hollywood 2.47
Johnny Moore's Three Blazars / You are My First Love / unissued [Modern] / Hollywood 1946?
Tab Smith & his Orch / My Mellow Man / label?, argh! / summer 1946 / vocal = Gloria Robinson
Elmore James / Cry for Me Baby / Vee-Jay / Chicago 1957
set 4
Bud Shank / Jazz West Coast / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 1956
Lee Konitz / Konitz Meets Mulligan / Too Marvelous for Words / Pacific Jazz / live at The Haig, Hollywood 1.53
Boots & his Buddies / Chubby / Bluebird / San Antonio 9.17.37
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / On the Sentimental Side / Vocalion / 1.27.38 / vocal = Billie Holiday
The Charioteers / Careless Love / radio transcription / 1942
Curtis Amy / Mustang / Please Send Me Someone to Love / Verve / 1966 (67?) / vocal = Eva Harris
Hall Johnson Choir / Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho / unissued [Document] / 1940-41
last soul song
King Floyd & Dorothy Moore / We Can Love / Malaco / 1975
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