Thursday, May 11, 2006

Polka Dots & Playlists

Coffeetime, May 11, 2006

bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1983 // George Van Eps / Legends: Solo Guitar Performances / The Man I Love / Concord

set 1
Art Farmer / When Farmer Met Gryce / Stupendous-Lee / Prestige / 5.19.54
Cecil Payne / The Connection: New Original Score / Stop and Listen / Charlie Parker Records / 3.14-16.62
Frank Rosolino / Swing… Not Spring! / Take Me Out to the Ball Game / Savoy / Detroit 9.52
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Mendelssohn's Spring Song / Bluebird / 2.18.37
The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones & Earnest Hare) / Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me / Columbia / 8.24.27
Cootie Williams & his Orch / I May Be Easy, But I'm No Fool / Capitol / 7.5.46 / vocal = Bob Merrill
Sarah Vaughn / The Lonely Hours / I'll Never Be the Same / Roulette / 1963 / arranged by Benny Carter

set 2
Red Garland / Soul Junction / I've Got It Bad / Prestige / 11.15.57
Wes Montgomery / Full House / Born to Be Blue [not on original LP] / Riverside / live at Tsubo's, Berkeley
The Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet / Bechet's Steady Rider / Blue Note / 3.27.40
Edith Johnson / Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues / Richmond, Indiana 9.7.29
Geraldo & his Orch / Do I Worry? / HMV / London 1940s / vocal = Dorothy Carless & George Evans
Gene Kelly (and children) / soundtrack to American in Paris / I Got Rhythm / Warner Brothers / Hollywood 10.18.50

set 3
McCoy Tyner / Tender Moments / Mode to John / Blue Note / 12.1.67
Hal McKusick / Hal McKusick Quartet (East Coast Jazz Series No. 8) / By-Ian / Bethlehem / 2.17.55
Lucky Thompson's All Stars / Why Not / Excelsior / LA 9.45
Benny Goodman Trio / All My Life / Bluebird / Chicago 4.27.36 / vocal = Helen Ward
The Charioteers / With Every Breath I Take / radio transcription / 1942
Buddy Greco / At Mister Kelly's / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Coral / live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago 7.54.55

set 4
Sandy Mosse / "Relaxin" with … Sandy Mosse / Birks Works / Argo / Chicago 9.5.58
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / Spring Cleaning / Victor / 3.18.37
Stan Kenton & his Orch / I'm Going Mad for a Pad / Capitol / Hollywood 5.20.44 / vocal = Anita O'Day
Aretha Franklin / Soul '69 / Gentle on My Mind / Atlantic / 1969
The Bullock Brothers / A Real Good Soldier / Silver Cross / Boston late 1960s

last soul song
Otis Leavill / I Need You / Dakar / 1970