Friday, June 30, 2006

Hey Little Playlist!

Coffeetime, June 30, 2006

bed
Barney Kessel / People // George Van Eps / The Man I Love

set 1
Curtis Amy / Katanga! / A Shade of Brown / Pacific Jazz / LA 1963
Blue Mitchell / The Cup Bearers / Turquoise / Riverside / 8.28, 30.62
Joe Newman & the Count's Men / Rompin' / Jumpin' at the Woodside / Concert Hall Society / 9.55
Noel Coward / The Stately Homes of England / HMV / London 2.3.38 / with His Majesty's Theatre Orch
Wingy Manone & his Orch / Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer) / Bluebird / 4.26.39
Cee Pee Johnson & his Band / When You're Alone / Apollo / 11.2.45
Margie Anderson / The Blues / Ça, C'est L'Amour / Roulette [Spin-O-Rama] / late 50s, early 60s

set 2
Jimmy Forrest / Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest / That's All / Prestige / 9.1.61 / recorded in the session that made Relax, but this tune was originally released on Soul Street on New Jazz
Joe Wilder / The Pretty Sound / It's So Peaceful in the Country / Columbia / 12.3.58
Lucky Millinder & his Orch / How About that Mess / Decca / 1941
Andrew Iona Novelty Four / Hula Girl / Columbia / Hollywood 1.14.29
Dorothy Lamour / soundtrack to Road to Singapore / Sweet Potato Piper / Paramount / Hollywood 1940
Billie Holiday / The Lady Sings / I'll Look Around / Decca / 4.9.46 / with Billy Kyle & his Trio
Herb Jeffries / Herb Jeffries / Dancing with You / Columbia [Harmony] / 1950

set 3
Harold Land / Take Aim / Land of Peace / Blue Note / LA 7.25.60
Wes Montgomery / Movin' Wes / Matchmaker / Verve / 11.11.64
Preston Love & his Orch / Jumpin' for Charles / Spin Records / LA 1952
Anita O'Day / It's Different When It Happens to You / Signature / 9.47 / with Will Bradley & his Orch
The Ravens / The House I Live In / Savoy / 1.27.49
Rosemary Clooney / Swing Around Rosie / Moonlight Mississippi (A Whistle Stop Town) / Coral / 1958 with Buddy Cole Trio

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / soundtrack to the TV special A Boy Named Charlie Brown / Oh, Good Grief / Fantasy / LA 1969
Laurindo Almeida / Laurindo Almeida Quartet, Vol. 2 / No No / Pacific Jazz / LA 1953
Cy Touff / Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet / What Am I Here For? / Pacific Jazz / LA 1956
Maxene Johnson / I'm a Perfect Fool Over You / Excelsior / Hollywood 7.22.40 / with King Cole & his Swing Trio (aka King Cole Swingsters)
Bobby Short / Sing Me a Swing Song / Lydia / Atlantic / 1958
Earl Gaines / The Door Is Still Open / DeLuxe / 1968
The Sensational Nightingales / Burying Ground / Peacock / 1.56

last soul song
Major Lance / Hey Little Girl / Okeh / 8.14.63

Friday, June 23, 2006

Broadway, Bongos, and Miss Playlist

Coffeetime, June 23, 2006

bed
Red Garland / A Garland of Red / Prestige / 8.17.56
set 1
Tina Brooks / True Blue / Up Tight's Creek / Blue Note / 6.25.60
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ritual / Sam's Tune / Pacific Jazz / 1.14.57
Benny Carter & his Orch / Rebop Boogie / Deluxe / 8.46
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / Some Sweet Day / Victor / Chicago 7.12.28
George Elrick & his Swing Music Makers / Swing Session in Siberia / HMV? /London late 30s
The Vocaleers / I Walk Alone / Red Robin / 1953
Sarah Vaughn / After Hours at the London House / Like Someone in Love / Mercury / live, London House, Chicago 3.7.58

set 2
Wes Montgomery / The Wes Montgomery Trio / Too Late Now / Riverside / 10.6.59
Clifford Brown / I Cover the Waterfront / Vogue / 9.29.53
Hank Jones / The Talented Touch / A Sunday Kind of Love / Capitol / 1958
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang / Black and Blue Bottom / Columbia / 9.29.26
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' / Pathé Marconi / Paris 1.17.36
Albinia Jones / Evil Gal Blues / Savoy / 4.15.45 / with Don Byas's Swing Seven
Carol Richards, Cyd Charisse, & MGM Studio Chorus / soundtrack to It's Always Fair Weather / Baby, You Knock Me Out / MGM / Hollywood 1.5.55
Hal Frazier / No Man Is an Island / Nature Boy / VMC / LA? late 60s, early 70s

set 3
Nat Adderley and the Big Sax Section / That's Right! / Chordnation / Riverside / 8.9.60
Kenny Burrell / Bluesy Burrell / Guilty / Prestige Moodsville / 9.14.62
TJ Fowler & his Band / Wine Cooler / Savoy / Detroit 7.25.52
Don Redman & his Orch / Igloo / Victor / 5.18.39 / vocal = Laurel Watson
The Syncopaters / These Are Things I Want to Share with You / Savoy / 10.49
Nancy Wilson / Broadway - My Way / I'll Know / Capitol / LA 1964

set 4
Art Pepper / The Return of Art Pepper / Pepper Returns / Jazz: West / LA 1956
Howard Lucraft / Showcase for Modern Jazz / Larrissa / Decca / LA 1957
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / It's Nothing / Aladdin / Hollywood 1.14.49 / vocal = Charles Brown
Camille Howard / Real Gone Daddy / Specialty / Hollywood 2.26.51
Billy Eckstine / Broadway, Bongos, and Mr. "B" / From this Moment On / Mercury / 1960
Golden Gate Quartet / God Almighty Said / Bluebird / 11.15.38

last soul song
King Tutt / You Got Me Hung Up / Fun City Records / 1979

Friday, June 16, 2006

I Like It When She's Oh So Jolly, Playlist

Coffeetime, June 16, 2006

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

set 1
David "Fathead" Newman / Ray Charles Presents / Tin Tin Deo / Atlantic / 1959
Kenny Clarke / Bohemia After Dark / Willow Weep for Me / Savoy / 6.26.55
Trummy Young's Big Seven / Fruitie Cutie / HRS / fall 1946
BA Rolfe & his Lucky Strike Orch / Singing in the Rain / Edison / 7.16.29
Tony Pastor & his Orch / It's Like Taking Candy from a Baby / RCA / 10.30.47 / duet with Rosemary Clooney
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Texas and Pacific (The TP Special) / transcription / Hollywood spring 1948
Tony Pastor & his Orch / The Click Song / RCA / 10.30.47 / with the Clooney Sisters, Rosemary & Betty
Cathy Hayes / It's All Right with Me / Last Night When We Were Young / HiFi Records / LA 1959

set 2
Barry Harris / Preminado / It's the Talk of the Town / Riverside / 1.19.61
Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd / Out of this World / Day Dreams / Warwick / early 1961
Howard McGhee Orch / Night Music [the band's theme song, based on Body & Soul] / Dial / [Wednesday!] 12.3.47
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Tidal Wave / Bluebird / 3.6.34
Julia Sanderson / Why Do Stars Come Out at Night? / radio transcription / 1935 / introduced by husband, radio star Frank Crumit
James Brown / Tell Me What You're Gonna Do / King / LA 10.4.60

set 3
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley Scott / Jaws / Tangerine / Prestige / 9.12.58
Quincy Jones / Big Band Bossa Nova / Lalo Bossa Nova / Mercury / 9.7.62
Tadd Dameron Nonet / The Squirrel / Jazzland [airchecks] / live at Royal Roost, summer & fall 1948
The Three Keys / Jig Time / Brunswick / 9.8.32
Jumping Jacks / Julocka Jolly / Apollo / 4.27.53
Woody Herman / Songs for Hip Lovers / Bidin' My Time / Verve / LA 1.11.57

set 4
Mundell Lowe / A Grand Night for Swinging / It's a Grand Night for Swingin' / Riverside / 3.7.57
Shelly Manne & his Friends / The Girl Friend / Contemporary / 2.11.56
King Cole Trio / I Can't Give You Anything But Love / MacGregor transcription / LA 5.12.44
Bixie Crawford / Maybe Some Rainy Day / King / LA 1950
Esther Phillips / Burnin' / Don't Let Me Lose this Dream / Atlantic / live at Freddie Jett's Pied Piper, LA 1970
Southern Wonders / Lord Stand By Me / radio transcription / Memphis 9.1.53

last soul song
Alton Ellis / Sunday Coming / It's True / Coxsone / Kingston, Jamaica 1969-70

Friday, June 09, 2006

Burnt Toast and Yummy Playlist

Coffeetime, June 9, 2006

bed
Red Garland / When There Are Grey Skies / Prestige / 10.9.62

set 1
Shelly Manne & his Men / At the Blackhawk, volume 5 / Pullin' Strings / Contemporary / live at The Blackhawk, San Francisco 9.24.59
Louis Smith / Here Comes Louis Smith / Val's Blues / Blue Note / 2.9.57
Chick Webb & his Orch / Harlem Congo / Decca / 11.37
Al Bowlly / Save the Last Dance for Me / Durium / 3.32 / with Roy Fox & his Band; Durium were cardboard records you could buy at a newstand
Ella Mae Morse / Johnny Mercer's Music Shop radio show on CBS / Poor Relation Blues / radio transcription / 6.22.43 / with Paul Weston Orch
The Robins / I'm Living OK / Savoy / LA 2.13.50
Mary Stallings / Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings / I Didn't Know About You / Fantasy / LA 5.19.61

set 2
Charlie Rouse & Paul Quinichette / The Chase Is On / When the Blues Come On / Bethlehem / 9.8.57
Bennie Green / With Art Farmer / Gone With the Wind / Prestige / 4.13.56
Chu Berry "Little Jazz" Ensemble / Body and Soul / Commodore / 11.10.38
Philip Brown's Grosvenor Band / Mean Music / HMV? / London summer 1932
Delta Rhythm Boys / La Cucaracha / radio transcription / 1941
Mike Pedicin / Burnt Toast and Black Coffee / King / 1961

set 3
Cannonball Adderley / Them Dirty Blues / Work Song [alternate take 3] / Riverside / 2.1.60
Frank Foster / No Count / Serenata / Savoy / 3.5.56
Charlie Parker / Donna Lee [original take 4] / Savoy / 5.8.47
optional: Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / You've Got to Eat Your Spinach, Baby / Victor / 6.9.36 / vocal = Edythe Wright
The Ravens / I've Been a Fool / National / 12.49
Yves Montand / France's Formidable Yves Montand / Sanguine (Joli Fruit) / Capitol / Paris early 60s?

set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 3 / Mexican Passport / Contemporary / LA 8.2.55
Benny Carter / Swingin' the '20s / Just Imagine / Contemporary / LA 11.2.58
Ben Smith / Travelin' Papa / Apollo / 10.46
Linda Hopkins / Shiver and Shake / Atco / 6.12.57
Dean Martin / Dino Latino / Tangerine / Reprise / arranged & conducted by Don Costa / LA 1963
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi / I Got It Within Me / Peacock / 1974

last soul song
Dee Dee Warwick / I Ain't Got to Love Nobody Else / Atco / 1970-71

Nothin' But A Playlist: I fill in on Lost & Found

Lost & Found, June 9, 2006 {filling in for Alex}
all are 45s, unless noted otherwise

Little Sister / Somebody's Watching You / Stone Flower / 1970

bed 1: Little Milton / Friend of Mine [instrumental] / Glades / 1973

Loleatta Holloway / CD comp / Merrily / Aware [unissued] / 1973
Jerry Butler / Just Because I Really Love You / Mercury / 1968
Margie Joseph / Sweet Surrender LP / To Know You Is To Love You / Atlantic / 1974
The Moments / The Next Time I See You / Stang / 1974
The Persuaders / Thigh Spy / Atco / 1972
The Three Degrees / Dirty Ol' Man / Philadelphia International / 1973
Honey Cone / Stick Up / Hot Wax {I actually played off a reissue 45} / 1972

bed 2: Maceo & The Macks / Soul Power 74, Pt. 2 / People / 1973

Free Design / Kites Are Fun LP / When Love Is Young / Project 3 / 1967
Noel Harrison / Collage LP / Woman / Reprise / 1967
Linda Perhacs / Parallelograms {CD reissue} / Sandy Toes / Kapp {original label} / 1970
The Cyrkle / Red Rubber Ball LP / Baby, You're Free / Columbia / 1966
The Cowsills / Mister Flynn / MGM / 1968
The Fortunes / I've Gotta Go / Press / 1965
Kyu Sakamoto / Sukiyaki / Capitol / 1961

bed 3: Tedesco & Pittman / flipside of The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" / Phillies / 1963

Eddie Holman / I Love You / ABC / 1969
Ruby & the Romantics / My Summer Love / Kapp / 1963
Tammi Terrell / Irresistible Tammi Terrell LP {reissue} / Hold Me Oh My Darling / Motown / 1968
The Van Dykes / LP Comp on Solid Smoke / Doin' the Best I Can / Mala {original label} / 1966
Brenton Wood / I Like the Way You Love Me / Double Shot / 1967
The Diplomats / I've Got a Feeling / Wand / 1965
Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin / Anywhere But Nowhere / Brunswick / 1968

bed 4: Baby Cortez / Rinky Dink / Chess / 1962

New Colony Six / Come and Give Me Your Love / Mercury / 1968
The Spiral Staircase / She's Ready / Columbia / 1969
The Fifth Avenue Band / The Big One LP {an original comp double LP from the 70s} / Nice Folks / Reprise / 1969
Keith / Tell Me To My Face / Mercury / 1966
Lulu / Sings To Sir With Love LP / Love Loves To Love Love / Epic / 1967
The Archies / cardboard EP off of cereal {I remembered it being from my beloved Alpha Bits, but this Bubblegum site has different info} / You Make Me Wanna Dance / Kirshner / 1968
The Gentrys / Keep On Dancing / MGM / 1965
The Flirtations / Nothin' But A Heartache / Underground / 1969

bed 5: soundtrack LP to the movie The Interns / Intern Fever / Colpix / 1962

1910 Fruitgum Co. / Reflections From the Looking Glass / Buddha / 1969
Small Faces / There Are But Small Faces LP / Up the Wooden Hills / Immediate / 1968
Jackie DeShannon / To Be Free LP / medley: You Keep Me Hangin' On and Hurt So Bad / Liberty / 1970
Candi Staton / Music Speaks Louder Than Words LP / One More Chance On Love / WB / 1977
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes / I Miss You (part 1) / Philadelphia International / 1972
The Emotions / Show Me How / Volt / 1971

last song: Minnie Ripperton / The Edge of a Dream / Epic / 1974

Friday, June 02, 2006

Playlist… It's Magic!


Hey you. I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but Coffeetime is now on Fridays from 2-4p. (Troubadour and Coffeetime did a do-si-do.) Aaaaand, next Friday, June 9, I will be covering Lost & Found also. So, join me from noon-2p for L&F and then from 2-4p for Coffeetime. Or check back here and at Coffeetime Archive at your convenience for playlists and podcasts, respectively. Now, for this week's playlist:

Coffeetime, June 2, 2006

bed
Tommy Flanagan / Jazz… It's Magic! / medley: It's Magic, My One and Only Love, They Didn't Believe Me / Savoy / 9.5.57

set 1
Harold Land / The Fox / One Second, Please / Contemporary / LA 8.59
Howard McGhee / Sharp Edge / Topside / Black Lion / 12.8.61
Cootie Williams & his Orch / soundtrack to film short Cootie Williams, his Hot Trumpet and Orchestra / Keep On Jumping / transcription / 1944 / dancing = The Lindy Hoppers
Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson / soundtrack to film short Boogie Woogie Dream / Boogie Woogie Dream / transcription / Hollywood 9.41 / introduced by Lena Horne
Helen Kane / I Want to Be Bad / Victor / 1.30.29 / with Leonard Joy & his Orch
Bing Crosby / Kraft radio show (?) / Love is So Terrific / transcription / late 1940s / with the Rhythmaires
Billie Holiday / Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport / My Man / Verve / live, Newport Jazz Festival 7.6.57

set 2
Bill Evans / Some Other Time / Riverside [unissued] / 12.15.58
Sonny Criss / Jazz USA / These Foolish Things / Imperial / spring 1956
Willie Smith / All the Things You Are / Sunset / Hollywood 11.5.45
Bertha "Chippie" Hill / Around the Clock Blues / Chicago 2.5.46 / with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders
Lucky Millinder & his Orch / It's a Sad, Sad Feeling / King / 3.8.55 / vocal = Cathy Ryan & The Admirals (aka The Sultans)
Johnny Guitar Watson / She Moves Me [alt take] / RPM / 1956
Sam Fletcher / Sings / Can't Buy Me Love / Vee Jay / 1964 / with Harry "Sweets" Edison, arranged by Bill Finnegan

set 3
Leroy Vinnegar / Leroy Walks Again!! / Subway Grate / Contemporary / 8.1.62
Cal Tjader / San Francisco Moods / Viva Cepeda / Fantasy / LA 1958
Charlie Singleton & his Band / SOS / Lee / 1951
Savannah Churchill & The Four Tunes / The Best of Friends / Columbia / 12.48
Clayton Love & his Shufflers / Shufflin' with Love / Trumpet / Jackson, Mississippi 6.10.51
Sam Cooke / Encore / It's the Talk of the Town / Keen / LA 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orch

set 4
Bud Shank - Bob Cooper Quintet / Jazz West Coast [LP anthology] / Sweet Georgia Brown / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 1957
Lennie Niehaus / Volume 1, "The Quintets" / I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me / Contemporary / LA 1.20.56
Ozzie Nelson & his Orch / Strictly Instrumental / radio transcription / LA early 1940s
Anita Boyer & her Tomboyers / Whatcha Know Joe / MacGregor transcription / LA 2.25.41 / with the King Cole Trio
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / Take Off My Wig / Combo / LA 1954 / vocal = Floyd Dixon
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Equinox / Constant Rain (Chove Chuva) / A&M / Hollywood 1966
Edna Gallmon Cook / Glory to His Name / Gotham / 1950 / with the Young People's Choir

last soul song
Anne Sexton / You've Got to Use What You've Got / Sound Stage Seven / 1976