Coffeetime, May 25, 2006
bed
Barney Kessel / People // George Van Eps / The Man I Love
set 1
Chet Baker / In Milan / Lady Bird / Jazzland / Milan 9.25.59
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ugetsu / The High Priest [cd bonus track] / Riverside / live, Birdland, NYC 6.16.63
Les Brown & his Orch / Frenesi / radio transcription / Hollywood (?) 1956-57
Art Tatum / Just One of Those Things / radio transcription / live, Oliva Patio's Lounge, Washington 10.56
The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks / What a Girl! What a Night! / Victor / Chicago 11.20.28 / vocal = Joe Sanders
The Andrew Sisters / Saturday Night / radio transcription / 1945
Clora Bryant / …Gal with a Horn / Little Girl Blue / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
set 2
Tommy Flanagan / At the Village Vanguard / I Wanted for You / Blue Note / Village Vanguard 3.16.97
Lester Young & Harry Edison / Pres & Sweets / That's All / Norgran / 11.1.55
Claude Thornhill & his Orch / Arab Dance / Columbia / 6.17.47
Blanche Calloway & her Joy Boys / I Need Lovin' / Victor / 2.3.31
Kay Starr / Comes A-Long A-Love / Capitol / Hollywood 1952
Ray Charles / At Newport / Talkin' 'Bout You / Atlantic / Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI 7.5.58 / with the Raylettes
set 3
Jack McDuff & Gene Ammons / Brother Jack Meets the Boss / Watch Out / Prestige / 1.23.62
B.B. King / Ain't That Just Like a Woman / RPM / late 50s
Billy Eckstine & his Orch / I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good / 10.28.41 / backup vocals = The Three Varieties
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / My Song / Modern / Hollywood 1952 / vocal = Mari Jones
Nelson Gonçalves / O Melhor de Nelson Gonçalves / Mariposa / RCA / 1960s
set 4
Jack Sheldon / Jack's Groove / I'm Also a Person / GNP / LA 7.57
Buddy Collette / Jazz Loves Paris / Under Paris Skies / Specialty / Hollywood mid-50s
Chu Berry "Little Jazz" Ensemble / Sittin' In / Commodore / 11.10.38/ plus a smidge of Stardust (technical difficulties!)
Delta Rhythm Boys / The Railroad Song / radio transcription / 1941
Mildred Bailey / The Mildred Bailey Show, CBS radio / There'll Be Some Changes Made / radio transcription / early 40s (1943?)
Ricky Nelson / Songs By Ricky / That's All / Imperial / LA 6.9.59
The Sensational Nightingales / You Know Not the Hour / Peacock / 2.74
last soul song
Taylor Hicks / Takin' It to the Streets / yes, I have no shame!
