Friday, November 17, 2006

Vegetable Playlist

Coffeetime, November 17, 2006

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

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley Quintet [1550] / Startin' from Scratch / Blue Note / 3.9.57
Frank Wess / Frank Wess Quartet / Gone with the Wind / Prestige Moodsville 8 / 5.9.60
Ziggy Elman & his Orch / You Took Advantage of Me / Bluebird / 8.29.39
Helen Kane / soundtrack to Dangerous Nan McGrew / I Owe You / Victor / 4.12.30
Tommy Dorsey & his Clambake Seven / One Night in Monte Carlo / Victor / 12.21.35 / vocal = Edythe Wright
Ernie Fields Orch / Big Lou / Regal / 11.29.49 / vocal = Teddy Cole
Julie London / London By Night / Well, Sir / Liberty / 1958 / with Pete King & his Orch

set 2
Blue Mitchell / Blue's Moods / When I Fall in Love / Riverside / 8.24.60
Johnny Costa / Introducing Johnny Costa [Neighborhood] / Flamingo / Savoy / 2.26.55
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / Cocquette / LA 7.30.37
Sol Hoopii / Radio Blues / Columbia / 10.13.27
Frankie "Halfpint" Jaxon / Turn Over / Decca / 4.17.40
Johnny Otis Band / Crazy 'Bout Your Cookin' / Swingtime? / LA 1948 / vocal = Joe Swift
Peggy Lee / A Natural Woman / Can I Change My Mind? / Capitol / LA 5.69

set 3
Cannonball Adderley with Sergio Mendes / Cannonball's Bossa Nova [Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars] / Groovy Samba / Riverside / 12.7.62
Jimmy Hamilton / Swing Low Sweet Clarinet / I Didn't Know About You / Everest / 1960
Charlie Parker / I'm in the Mood for Love / Clef / 1950
Pete Johnson / Pete's Blues / 1280 Stomp / National [Savoy] / 1.2.46
The Charioteers / Riding Around in the Rain / Decca / 1935
Monroe Tucker & his All Stars / You Gotta Give it Up / Apollo / 2.27.46 / vocal = Frank Haywood
Frank Sinatra / My One and Only Love / Capitol / Hollywood 5.2.53 / with Nelson Riddle & his Orch

set 4
Barney Kessel / To Swing or Not to Swing / Don't Blame Me / Contemporary / LA 7.26.55
Lester Young & Teddy Wilson / Pres and Teddy / Prisoner of Love / Verve / 1.13.56
The Four Blues / Vegetable Song / Apollo / 12.17.47
Sammy Davis Jr / The Goin's Great / In this Crowded World / Reprise / LA 1969
Highway QC's / Count Your Blessings / Vee-Jay / mid 1950s

last soul song
Little Milton / I'm Mighty Grateful / Checker / Chicago 3.4.66

Monday, November 13, 2006

If I Had a Million Playlists




Coffeetime, November 10, 2006
Fundraising show

Coffeetime theme song playing out in full:
Carmen Mccrae / soundtrack to The Subeterraneans / Coffeetime / MGM / Hollywood 1960

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Blakey / Mayreh / EmArcy / 5.20.54
James Moody's Modernists / Moody's All Frantic / Blue Note / 10.25.48
Dinah Washington / Rich Man's Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45

set 2
Sonny Stitt / Cool Mambo / Prestige / 3.25.52
Erskine Hawkins & his Orch / Raid the Joint / Bluebird / 4.8.39
The Boswell Sisters / If I Had a Million Dollars / Brunswick / 10.4.34 / with Jimmy Grier's Orch

set 3
Lucky Thompson / With Gerard Pochonet & his Quartet / Tenderly / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56
Hildegarde / I'm Feeling Like a Million / Vocalion / 1935 / with Carroll Gibbons & his Orch
Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour / Why Don't You Do Right? / soundie off of YouTube / mid-1940s
Chubby Newsome / Where's the Money, Honey? / Regal / 2.23.51

set 4
Little Milton / We're Gonna Make It / from The Beat TV show off of YouTube / 1966

set 5
Charioteers / Swing for Sale / radio transcription / 1942
The Mills Brothers / Swing for Sale / Decca / 2.3.37

set 6
Mae West / Put Off Until Tomorrow / 1935 / with Joseph Chernivasky Orch
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis / The Money Song / radio transcription / 1950s
Bull Moose Jackson & his Bearcats / We Can Talk Some Trash / 9.15 or 17.47 / members of Lucky Millinder's Orch
Bing Crosby / Buy Buy Bonds / soundtrack to film short All Star Bond Rally / 20th Century-Fox / Hollywood late 1944

set 7
The Ink Spots / With Plenty of Money and You / soundtrack to Gold-Diggers of 1937 / Hollywood 1937

set 8
Pete Johnson's All Stars / Man Wanted / Savoy / 1.2.46 / vocal = Etta Jones
The Velvetones / Reverse the Charges / Sonora / 1946

set 9
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Shawnuff / Contemporary / 3.28.59
King Cole Trio / Give Me Twenty Nickels for a Dollar / King Cole Trio Time radio transcription / Chicago 3.1.47 / with Pearl Bailey intro
The Basin Street Boys / Ain't Got No Loot / Exclusive / Hollywood 1947

set 10
Bobby Blue Bland / Turn On Your Love Light / Duke / 1961
Swan Silvertones / Sinner Man / Vee-Jay / 1957 /

last soul song
The Emotions / Rejoice / Best of My Love / Columbia / 1977

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Thanks a million!

You are all the best! Thanks for helping on my little piece of the annual fundraiser. Thanks to Bob, a longtime listener and supporter of Coffeetime, who not only pledged generously again, but also showed up in person to help answer phones and keep me calm!

Thanks to my other helpers: Doug, Charlie, Bruce, Tim, Larry, Shay, and, sweet surprise, Lauren. I couldn't have done it without their help behind the scenes.

The fundraiser continues up to the end of the programming day on Tuesday, so it's not too late if you want to join in.

I'll post the playlist and the downloadable show in a few days. As always, you can stream it anytime at wmbr.org, or stream the live show.

THANKS!

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Join me on our annual fun-raiser this Friday!

Well, I hope you enjoy our annual wackiness as much as we have fun doing it. We only do fundraising once a year. Money's tight all over. If you can give, marvelous! I look forward to your call. (The number is 617-253-8810.) If you can't, no worries!

As an appetizer, enjoy this early Vitaphone Technicolor musical short "Good Morning Eve" from YouTube:

Friday, November 03, 2006

A Playlist Tonic

Coffeetime, November 3, 2006

bed
Ike Quebec / It Might as Well Be Spring / Blue Note / 12.29.61 // Kenny Burrell / When Lights Are Low / Concord / San Francisco 9.78

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Open Sesame / All or Nothing at All / Blue Note / 6.19.60
Kenny Drew / Kenny Drew Trio / It's Only a Paper Moon / Riverside / 9.26.56
The Capitol (International) Jazzmen / Riffmarole / Capitol / LA 3.30.45
Ray Noble Orch / Over on the Sunny Side / HMV / London 2.21.34 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Three Sharps & a Flat / Skinny-Doo / Decca / 1940
Dinah Washington / For Those in Love / Easy Living / EmArcy / 3.16.55

set 2
Ike Quebec / [Easy Living - not released] / I've Got a Crush on You / Blue Note /
Milt Jackson / Milt Jackson / I Should Care / Prestige / 5.20.55
Sandy WIlliams' Big Eight / After Hours on Dream Street / HRS / 6.3.46 http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside/1931-dis/c/#451105
Les Paul / It's the Talk of the Town / V-Disc / mid-1940s
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Sweet Music / Victor / 7.31.31 / vocal = Dick Robertson
Louis Prima & his Orch / Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands radio show / Robin Hood / transcription / Mitchell Field, Long Island 1.15.45

set 3
Jack McDuff / The Honeydripper / Blues and Tonic / Prestige / 2.3.61
Teddy Charles / The Soul of Jazz Percussion / Quiet Temple [All Alone] / Warwick / spring 1960
Paul Quinichette / Sequel [45 rpm EP] / Rose of Birdland / EmArcy / 1.53 / Lovely cover drawing of Quinichette by the great Burt Goldblatt
Roy Fox & his Orch / Swinging in the Bathtub (A Morning Tonic) radio show / Just a Simple Melody / radio transcription / London 1938 / vocal = Mary Lee
The Five Owls / Pleading to You / Vulcan / Birmingham, Alabama 1956
Little Willie John / Mister Little Willie John / You're a Sweetheart / King / 6.11.58

set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / Funny Frank / Contemporary / 3.12.57
Art Pepper / Surf Ride / Cinnamon / Savoy / 12.24.53 or 8.25.54
Fats Waller / Hallelujah / radio transcription / 8.7.39
Una Mae Carlisle / Teasin' Me / Joe Davis (Beacon) / 8.8.44
The Ebbtides / Love Doctor / Firefly / 1956?
Billy Eckstine / Once More with Feeling / I Hear a Rhapsody / Roulette / 1960 / with Billy May & his Orch
The Trumpeteers / Babylon's Fallen / Score? / 6.22.49

last soul song
Ann Peebles / If This Is Heaven / When I'm in Your Arms / Hi / Memphis 1977