Friday, August 18, 2006

Cow Cow Playlist

Coffeetime, August 18, 2006

bed
Modern Jazz Quartet / No Sun in Venice / Atlantic / 4.4.57

set 1
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / Split Quick / Blue Note / 8.4.60
Horace Silver / Finger Poppin' with The Horace Silver Quintet / Finger Poppin' / Blue Note / 1.31.59
Milt Hinton / The Rhythm Section / Ruby, My Dear / Epic / 1956 / Milt's film clips
Joe Thomas' Big Six / Riff Street / HRS / 2.15.46
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orch / In a Blue and Pensive Mood / Bluebird / 12.5.34 / vocal = Joey Nash
Elisabeth Welch / Harlem in My Heart / HMV / London 7.6.37 / with orch directed by Eric Ansell
Toni Harper / Lady Lonely / Blue It Grows / RCA Victor / Hollywood 7.15, 16, 28.59 / with orch arranged & conducted by Marty Paich

set 2
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / Summertime / Savoy / 10.10.55 / piano solo
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper Quintet / Alone Together / Tampa / LA 6.15.55
Ike Quebec Quintet / Blue Harlem / Blue Note / 7.18.44
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys / Playboy Stomp / Vocalion / Dallas 7 (6?).7.37
Mills Brothers / Don't Be Afraid to Tell Your Mother / Decca / 2.20.35
Ella Mae Morse / AFRS Command Performance #27 / Cow Cow Boogie / radio transcription / Hollywood 8.18.42 / with host Cary Grant and Freddie Slack & his Orch; nice essay on Command Permormance broadcasts
Freddy King & Lula Reed / Boy-Girl-Boy / (Let Your Love) Watch Over Me / King [Federal] / 1962

set 3
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / (live) / Kozo's Waltz / Birdland 9.11.60 / introduction by Art Blakey
Howard McGhee / Short Life / Savoy / Chicago 2.48
The Dinning Sisters / Melancholy / Capitol / Hollywood 1948
LaVern Baker / LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith / On Revival Day / Atlantic / 7.27.58
Johnny Gilbert / That's All / That's All / Imperial / LA 1963

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / Modern Music from San Francisco / Calling Dr. Funk / Fantasy / LA 1955
Howard Lucraft / Showcase for Modern Jazz / Lady Like / Decca / LA 1957
Bing Crosby / It's Been a Long, Long Time / Decca / Hollywood 7.12.45 / with Les Paul Trio
Little Milton / Believe in Me / Checker / Chicago 7.6.66 / flip of Man Loves Two
Catherine Spaak / Promesse, Promesse [Italian cast of Promises, Promises] / L'ora Dell'addio (Knowing When to Leave) / 1970
Bessie Griffin / Nobody But You / Specialty [unissued] / Chicago 9.24.55 / with The Gospel Consolators, arranged by Bumps Blackwell

last soul song
Carla Thomas / The Queen Alone / When Tomorrow Comes / Atlantic [originally Stax] / Memphis 3.14.67