Thursday, April 27, 2006

Coffeetime + Playlist = Happy Sounds

Coffeetime, April 27, 2006

bed
Various / Ballads for Backgrounds / Pacific Jazz

set 1
Sam Jones / The Chant / Four / Riverside / 1.13.61
Kenny Dorham / 2 Horns, 2 Rhythm / The End of a Love Affair / Riverside / 11.13.57
Woody Herman & his Orch / Ridin' Herd! [10" EP] / Apple Honey / Columbia / 2/19/45
Paul Whiteman & his Orch / Wang-Wang Blues / Victor / 8.9.20
Mary Ellis / I've Told Ev'ry Little Star / Columbia / London 6.16.33 / with His Majesty's Theatre Orch, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
The Ink Spots / The Sunny Side of the Street / radio transcription / early 50s
Sarah Vaughn / Sarah Sings Soulfully / I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry / Roulette / 1963

set 2
Video All-Stars / TV Jazz / Dreamsville / Somerset / 1958
Gerry Mulligan / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / World Pacific, Pacific Jazz / 12.14.54
Joe Venuti / Lady Be Good / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular)
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / What Will I Tell My Heart? / radio transcription / Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland 1937 / vocal = Pha Terrell
Estelle Edson / Rhythm in a Riff / Black & White / Hollywood mid-1946 / with Oscar Pettiford & his All Stars
Jimmy Robins aka Robbin Ray / Allergic to a Broken Heart / Combo / LA late-50s
Dinah Washington / What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! / I'm Thru with Love / 8.59 Mercury

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / Jubilee Shout!!! / You Said It / Blue Note / 10.18.62
Wynton Kelly / Plays Interpretations, New Faces, New Sounds / Born to Be Blue / Blue Note / 7.25.51
Red Prysock / Blow Your Horn / Mercury / 3.26.54
Tony Pastor Orch / Grieving for You / Columbia / 09.29.47 / vocal = Rosemary Clooney
The King Bees / Lovely Love / KRC / 1958
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Skylark / World Pacific, Pacific Jazz / Forum Theatre, LA 9.13.56

set 4
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper Quintet / Adios / Tampa / Hollywood 6.15.55
Louis Bellson & his Orch / Pearl Bailey + Louis Bellson = Happy Sounds / People Will Say We're in Love / Roulette / 1962
Fats Waller / Tea for Two / Victor / 6.11.37
King Cole Trio / Ask Anyone Who Knows / radio transcription Wildroot Cream Oil Presents King Cole Trio Time (NBC), Here's to Veterans edition / Hollywood 7.5.47 / show guest Woody Herman
King Porter & his Orch / Chitlin' Ball / Imperial / LA 12.30.47 / vocal = Gene Phillips
Solomon Burke / Everybody Needs Someone to Love / Atlantic / 1964
St. Andrews Gospelaires / Tone Them Bells / Trumpet / WRBC Studio, Jackson MS 4.3.50

last soul song
Archie Bell & the Drells / There's Gonna Be a Showdown / Go for What You Know / Atlantic / Philadelphia 11.1.68