Little Pink Playlist

Coffeetime, October 27, 2006

bed
Tommy Flanagan Trio / Prestige Moodsville / 5.18.60 /

set 1
Gigi Gryce / Saying Somethin' / Leila's Blues / New Jazz / 3.11.60
Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore / Blowing in from Chicago / Bo-Till / Blue Note /
Shep Fields & his New Music / Little Pink Elephants / radio transcription / early 1940s
Cliff Edwards (aka Ukelele Ike) / Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter? / Pathé Actuelle / 1.25
Cats & the Fiddle / Do You Love Me? / Gotham / Philadelphia 9.49
Toni Harper / Toni / Can't We Be Friends / Verve / LA 1.3.56

set 2
Kenny Dorham / Matador / Prelude / UA / 4.15.62
Nat Adderley & the Big Sax Section / That's Right! / The Folks Who Live on the Hill / Riverside / 8.9.60
Lester Young / These Foolish Things / Savoy / 4.18.44
Mills Blue Rhythm Band / I'm Sorry I Made You Blue / Victor / 7.30.31
Billie Holiday / I'm Pulling Through / Okeh / 6.7.40
Golden Gate Quartet / Mail Call #83 / Hit the Road to Dreamland / radio transcription / 1942?
Bobby Darin / The Breaking Point / Atlantic / LA 1966

set 3
Lou Donaldson / Mr. Shing-A-Ling / The Shadow of Your Smile / Blue Note / 10.27.67
Sam Jones / The Chant (Sam Jones Plus 10) / The Chant / Riverside / 1.13.67
Gene Ammons / Hot Stuff / Prestige / 8.14.51
Toni Harper / Candy Store Blues / Columbia / LA 12.26.47 / with Eddie Beal & his Sextet
The Ravens / I Don't Have to Ride No More / National / 12.49
The Ray-O-Vacs / Outside of Paradise / Jubilee / 1952 / another nice Ray-O-Vacs link
Anita O'Day / Incomparable! / Why Shouldn't I / Verve / 8.17.60

set 4
Lee Konitz / Konitz Meets Mulligan / Lady Be Good [CD bonus, alternate take] / Pacific Jazz / Phil Turetsky's home studio, Hollywood 1.53
Zoot Sims, Russ Freeman Quintet / You're Driving Me Crazy / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 3.59
Hot Lips Page & his Band / Harlem Rumblin' the Blues / Bluebird? /12.3.40
Doris Day / Tea for Two [10 inch EP "Songs from the Warner Bros. Technicolor production"] / I Want to Be Happy / Columbia / Hollywood 1950 / with Alex Stordahl & his Orch and Ken Lane Singers
The Four Blazes / Do the Do / United / 4.13.54
Earl Gaines / You Belong to Me / DeLuxe / 1970
Gospel Vocalaires of Norfolk, VA / Call Him Anytime [unedited take] / Gotham / Norlfolk 8.53

last soul song
Belita Woods / That's When I'll Stop Loving You / Karen / 7.69

I'm Putting All My Playlists in One Basket

Coffeetime, October 20, 2006

bed
Red Garland / Prestige / 8.12.59

set 1
Lee Morgan / The Cooker / Heavy Dipper / Blue Note / 11.29.57
Benny Golson / The Modern Touch / Hymn to the Orient / Riverside / 12.19.57
Flip Phillips & his Orch / I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket / Clef / 3.21.52
Rudy Vallée / The You and Me That Use To Be / Columbia / London 5.30.37 / with Carroll Gibbens & the Savoy Hotel Orpheans
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm / Jump Children / AFRS Jubilee transcription / 10.14.46 / vocal = Tiny Davis (also on trumpet)
Wynonie Harris / Luscious Woman / King / Cincinnati 7.2.51
Nancy Wilson / From Broadway with Love / I've Got Your Number / Capitol / LA 1963

set 2
Prestige All Stars / After Hours / Empty Street / Prestige / 6.21.57
Lionel Hampton & his Orch / Hampton Stomp / Bluebird / 2.8.37
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / I'll Make Fun for You / Victor / 1.31.30 / vocal = Dave Wilborn (also on banjo)
Lil Green / If You Want to Share Your Love / Bluebird / 1.21.42 / with Bill Broonzy on guitar
Anthony Newley / This is Tony Newley / Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss / London 1962

set 3
Arnett Cobb / Smooth Sailing / Let's Split / Prestige / 2.27.59
Prestige All Stars / Four Altos / Kokochee / Prestige / 2.9.57 / (a different set of all stars than above)
Charlie Parker / Charlie Parker with Strings / I Didn't Know What Time it Was / Clef / 11.30.49
Mack Sisters / Jammin' in Georgia / Decca / 1939 / with Buddy Johnson's Orch
Jo Stafford / AFRS #326 / I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell / transcription / 7.23.50
Gene and Francesca /Around the World in Stereo [Gene and Francesca Sings Songs of Many Lands] / Il Est Petit (stereo version)/ Elektra / 1958

set 4
Chet Baker & Art Pepper / Playboys / Minor Yours / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.31.56
Victor Feldman / Suite Sixteen / Big Top / Contemporary / London 9.21.55
Johnny Otis / New Orleans Shuffle / Savoy / 12.23.49
Dinah Washington / New York, Chicago, Los Angeles / Mercury / 3.4.49 / with Teddy Stewart's Orch
Marlene Dietrich / An Evening with Marlene Dietrich / The Laziest Gal in Town / soundtrack from BBC TV show / New London Theatre, London 11.23-24.72 [CD says "Queen's Theatre, London 12.12.64"?]
Edna Gallmon Cook / I've Been Redeemed / Gotham / with The Young People's Choir (of Springfield Baptist Church) / Washington DC

last soul song
Jackie Wilson / You Got Me Walking / Brunswick / 1972

Workin' on a Groovy Playlist

Coffeetime, October 13, 2006

bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley [1568] / News / Blue Note / 6.23.57
Prestige All Stars / Olio / Potpourri / Prestige / 2.16.57
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / Hallelujah / Columbia / 9.12.39
The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks / Wabash Blues / Victor / Kansas City 12.13.27
Jack McVea & his Door Openers / Listen Baby Blues / Apollo? / LA 8.45 [9/10/45?] / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Sarah Vaughn / The Lonely Hours / Always on My Mind / Roulette / 1963 / arranged by Benny Carter

set 2
Art Pepper / …The Way It Was! / What's New / Contemporary / LA 11.26.56
Oscar Peterson / The George Gerswhin Songbook / A Foggy Day / Mercury [Clef] / LA 11, 12.52
Budd Johnson / Let's Swing! / Someone to Watch over Me / Prestige Swingville / 12.2.60
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Lotta Sax Appeal / Decca / 3.2.36
Martha Copeland / I Ain't Your Hen, Mr. Fly Rooster / Columbia / 8.28.28
The Charioteers / Down, Down, Down (What a Song) / Okeh / 5.29.41
Aretha Franklin / Soul Sister / You Made Me Love You / Columbia / 1966

set 3
Ray Charles / The Genius After Hours / Ain't Misbehavin' / Atlantic / 11.20.56
Phineas Newborn / While My Lady Sleeps / I'll Remember April [CD bonus track, originally recorded in the Fabulous Phineas session] / RCA Victor / 3.28.58
Etta Jones / Evil Gal Blues / Black & White / 12.29.44 / with Barney Bigard & his Orch
The Vocaleers / How Soon / Red Robin / summer 1953
Bob Stewart / Let's Talk About Love / Blue Prelude / Dawn / 1956

set 4
Oscar Moore / The Oscar Moore Quartet with Carl Perkins / Walkin Home / Tampa / LA 1954
Joe Newman / The Midgets / No Moon At All / RCA Victor / 7.8.56
King Cole Trio / I Know That You Know [AFRS Edition End Theme] / transcription / Cincinnati 12.6.47
Cleo Brown / Tramp / Hollywood Hotshots / LA 1936
Chuck Willis / Two Spoons of Tears / Okeh / 1.26.56
Tom Jones / Tom / Sugar Sugar / Parrot / 1970 / Tom Jones Visual Discography
The Hightower Brothers / He's a Warrior (Battleax) / Nashboro [unreleased] / early 1960s

last soul song
Barbara Lewis / Workin' on a Groovy Thing / Workin' on a Groovy Thing / Atlantic / Chicago 1968

Playlist I like to Sing!

Coffeetime, October 6, 2006

bed
Wes Montgomery / A New Dynamic Sound / Riverside / 10.5, 6.59

set 1
Sonny Clark / My Conception / Some Clark Bars / Blue Note / 3.29.59
Prestige Blues-Swingers / Outskirts of Town / Sent for You Yesterday, Here You Come Today / Prestige / 8.29.58
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Flat Face / Decca / 3.29.38
Blue Baron & his Orch / I'm Fit to Be Tied / Bluebird / c. 1941 / vocal = Russ Carlyle
Miss Rhapsody [aka Viola Wells] / Sweet Man / Savoy / 11.21.44
Johnny Adams / A Losing Battle / Ric / New Orleans summer 1961
Helen Humes / Songs I Like to Sing! / Imagination / Contemporary / 8.8.60

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Thompson Plays for Thomson / medley: Sophisticated Lady & These Foolish Things / Ducretet Thomson / Paris 2.22.56
Lee Morgan / [Sonic Boom CD] / Stormy Weather / Blue Note / 10.10.69
Lionel Hampton & his Orch / Shoe Shiner's Drag / Bluebird / 7.21.38
Dinah Washington / My Lovin' Papa / Apollo / LA 12.10-13.45
Hoagy Carmichael / Riverboat Shuffle / Decca / Hollywood 2.11.47
Martha Davis & her Torrid Trio / Player Piano Boogie / Coral / 5.10.51
Dean Martin / You Can't Love 'Em All / You Can't Love 'Em All / Capitol / Hollywood 1959

set 3
Freddie Hubbard / Hub-Tones / Prophet Jennings / Blue Note / 10.10.62
Sonny Stitt / Move On Over… / Move On Over / Argo [Cadet] / 6.7.63
Dee Williams & The California Playboys / Blow Gene Blow / Savoy / LA 2.18.49 / tenor sax = Gene Montgomery
Four Southerners / Trouble in Mind / Decca / 3.17.37
Tab Smith & his Orch / I'll Live True to You / 5.10.44 / Decca / vocal = Trevor Bacon
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / P'ra Muchucar Meu Coracao / Verve / 3.18, 19.63 / vocal = Joao Gilberto

set 4
Shelly Manne & his Men / More Swinging Sounds [aka Play Holman's Quartet, etc] / Tommyhawk / Contemporary / LA 8.15, 16.56
Bill Holman / In a Jazz Orbit / After You've Gone / Andex / LA 2.11-13.58 /
Georgie Auld / Manhattan with Strings / Autumn in New York / UA / 1959 / with Don Costa & his O
Billie Holiday / You Better Go Now [Jazz at the Philharmonic] / Norgran / live Carnegie Hall 5.24.47
Peggy Lee / Bridge Over Troubled Water / The Thrill is Gone / Capitol / LA 1970
Sister Wynona Carr / Don't Miss that Train / Specialty / 1950

last soul song
Mary Wells / Everlovin' Boy / 20th Century / 1.65