A blog companion to the jazz show Coffeetime on WMBR, 88.1 fm in Cambridge, Mass (MIT's radio station). Listen to the show live at WMBR.org, Fridays 2–4 p.m., or to the two most recent shows on the WMBR Archive! This blog offers musings, playlists, favorite foods, and more!
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Friday, August 31, 2007
All this Playlist and Big Ripe Tomato
Coffeetime, August 31, 2007, Angelynn Grant
bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976
set 1
Sonny Clark / Leapin' and Lopin' / Zellmar's Delight [CD bonus track] / Blue Note / 11.13.61
Art Taylor / Taylor's Wailers / Cubano Chant / Prestige / 2.25.57
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / I Get a Kick Out of You / RCA Victor / 1.4.50
Russ Morgan & his Orch / Hurry Home / radio transcription / 1938 / vocal = Russ Morgan
Julia Lee & her Boyfriends / All this Beef and Big Ripe Tomatoes / Capitol / Kansas City 7.14.51
Nancy Wilson / (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am / People / Capitol / LA 1964
set 2
Cannonball Adderley with Sergio Mendes / Cannonball's Bossa Nova [Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars] / O Amor Em Paz / Riverside / 12.7.62
Count Basie & his Orch / E=MC2 [aka Atomic Basie] / Lil' Darlin' / Roulette / 1957
Oscar Aleman / Stardust / Odeon / Buenos Aires 10.26.44
Ella Logan / Pardon My Southern Accent / radio transcription, Fleischmann's Yeast Hour / 4.4.35
Ciro Rimac's Rumba-Orchester / Cachita / Telefunken / Berlin 10.23.37 / vocal = Ciro Rimac
Roy Brown / Rock-A-Bye Baby / DeLuxe [unissued] / Cincinnati 9.27.51
Sonny Curtis / Love is All Around (Mary Tyler Moore Show theme) / LA 1970
set 3
Kenny Drew / The Kenny Drew Trio / Blues for Nica / Riverside / 9.20, 26.56
Sonny Criss / Go Man! / Summertime / Imperial / 7.10.56
Paul Gayten & his Orch / Back Trackin' aka Dr Daddy-O / Regal / 8.49
Three Peppers [Roy Branker, Bob Bell, Walter Williams] / Swinging at the Cotton Club / soundtrack A Lady Takes A Chance starring John Wayne and Jean Arthur / Hollywood 1943
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Bob White / RCA Victor / LA 9.6.37 / vocal = Martha Tilton
Lionel Robinson / I Can't Go On Without You / Gotham / 6.49
set 4
Al Cohn, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca / The Brothers! / Blue Skies / RCA Victor / 6.25.55
Cal Tjader / Tjader Plays Tjazz / I'll Know / Fantasy / Marines Memorial Theater, San Francisco 12.4.54
Benny Carter & his Orch /Just a Mood / Vocalion / London 4.36 / Benny Carter on clarinet
Billie Holiday & her Orch / Getting Some Fun Out of Life / Vocalion / 9.13.37
James Brown / Live at the Apollo / I'll Go Crazy [CD bonus track] / King / 10.24.62
Nancy Sinatra / Sugar Town / Reprise / LA 1966
Charming Bells / Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb / 1949
last soul song
Blondie / Hunter / The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game / Chrysalis / 1982
Friday, August 24, 2007
Don't Dream of Any Playlist But Me
Coffeetime, August 24, 2007, Angelynn Grant
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Philly Joe Jones / Showcase /Minor Mode / Riverside / 11.18.59
Red Garland / Red Alone / These Foolish Things / Prestige Moodsville / 4.2.60
Andre Previn / Let's Get Away from It All! / Reprise: Let's Get Away from It All! / Decca / 1951
Harry James & his Orch / Stardust / transcription / mid-1940s
Helen Kane /Don't Be Like That / Victor / 12.20.28 / with Leonard Joy & his Orch
Billy Eckstine / I Want to Talk About You / AFRS radio transcription / 3.4.45 / arranged by Tadd Dameron
Dinah Washington / Dinah Washington / If It's the Last Thing I Do / Roulette /7.5.62
set 2
Lucky Thompson / Accent on Tenor / Where or When / Urania / 1954
Benny Carter & his Orch / Further Definitions / Body & Soul / Impulse! / 11.13, 15.61
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys / Poor Butterfly (I'll Never Be the Same) / Columbia / 6.10.31
King Cole Trio / Look What You've Done to Me / Capitol / LA 3.6.44
The Ray-O-Vacs / Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle / Decca / 9.50
Robert Morse / original cast score to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying / I Believe in You / RCA Victor / 1961
set 3
Billy Taylor / Billy Taylor with Four Flutes / Koolbongo [Cool Bongos] / Riverside / 7.20.59
Henry Mancini / soundtrack to Hatari! / Night Side / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1962
Melvin "Sax" Gill / Mel's Jump / Gotham / Philadelphia 2.49
Figari and Troise / Double Chaser / transcription / Buenos Aires 11.26.46
Chuck Foster & his Orch / These Things You Left Me / radio transcription / Hollywood 1940 / vocal = Dolores Brandon
The Four Blues / Vegetable Song / Apollo / Philadelphia 12.17.47
Dick Haymes / Moondreams / Skylark / Capitol / 1957
set 4
Barney Kessel / Some Like It Hot / Down Among the Sheltering Palms / Contemporary / LA 3.30-31.59
Band [Hoagy Carmichael] / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Georgia on My Mind / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56
John Kirby & his Orch / Crossroads / Victor / 11.43
Louis Jordan / Hurry Home / Aladdin / 4.54
Bobby King / Thanks Mr. Postman / King / Cincinnati 1961
Jackie De Shannon / For You / Don't Dream of Anybody But Me / Imperial / LA 1967
Golden Gate Quartet / Gospel Train / transcription / live Carnegie Hall 12.24.39
last soulful song
The Zombies / This Old Heart of Mine / BBC broadcast / live London 10.10.67
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Philly Joe Jones / Showcase /Minor Mode / Riverside / 11.18.59
Red Garland / Red Alone / These Foolish Things / Prestige Moodsville / 4.2.60
Andre Previn / Let's Get Away from It All! / Reprise: Let's Get Away from It All! / Decca / 1951
Harry James & his Orch / Stardust / transcription / mid-1940s
Helen Kane /Don't Be Like That / Victor / 12.20.28 / with Leonard Joy & his Orch
Billy Eckstine / I Want to Talk About You / AFRS radio transcription / 3.4.45 / arranged by Tadd Dameron
Dinah Washington / Dinah Washington / If It's the Last Thing I Do / Roulette /7.5.62
set 2
Lucky Thompson / Accent on Tenor / Where or When / Urania / 1954
Benny Carter & his Orch / Further Definitions / Body & Soul / Impulse! / 11.13, 15.61
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys / Poor Butterfly (I'll Never Be the Same) / Columbia / 6.10.31
King Cole Trio / Look What You've Done to Me / Capitol / LA 3.6.44
The Ray-O-Vacs / Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle / Decca / 9.50
Robert Morse / original cast score to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying / I Believe in You / RCA Victor / 1961
set 3
Billy Taylor / Billy Taylor with Four Flutes / Koolbongo [Cool Bongos] / Riverside / 7.20.59
Henry Mancini / soundtrack to Hatari! / Night Side / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1962
Melvin "Sax" Gill / Mel's Jump / Gotham / Philadelphia 2.49
Figari and Troise / Double Chaser / transcription / Buenos Aires 11.26.46
Chuck Foster & his Orch / These Things You Left Me / radio transcription / Hollywood 1940 / vocal = Dolores Brandon
The Four Blues / Vegetable Song / Apollo / Philadelphia 12.17.47
Dick Haymes / Moondreams / Skylark / Capitol / 1957
set 4
Barney Kessel / Some Like It Hot / Down Among the Sheltering Palms / Contemporary / LA 3.30-31.59
Band [Hoagy Carmichael] / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Georgia on My Mind / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56
John Kirby & his Orch / Crossroads / Victor / 11.43
Louis Jordan / Hurry Home / Aladdin / 4.54
Bobby King / Thanks Mr. Postman / King / Cincinnati 1961
Jackie De Shannon / For You / Don't Dream of Anybody But Me / Imperial / LA 1967
Golden Gate Quartet / Gospel Train / transcription / live Carnegie Hall 12.24.39
last soulful song
The Zombies / This Old Heart of Mine / BBC broadcast / live London 10.10.67
Friday, August 17, 2007
My Playlist is Something Else
Coffeetime, August 17, 2007, Angelynn Grant
bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976
set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Krafty / Bethlehem /10.11.57
John Wright / Mr. Soul / Our Waltz /Prestige / 4.10.62
Harry Carney's Big Eight / Shadowy Sands (alternate take) / HRS [Mosaic - thank you, Lou] / 3.18.46
George Olsen & his Orch / Who / Victor / 11.6.25 / vocal = Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Jack Fulton
The Charioteers / Stardust / transcription / 1942
Dakota Staton / Softly / Old Folks / Capitol / LA 2.60 / with Benny Carter & his Orch
set 2
Willis Jackson / Please Mr. Jackson / Dinky's Mood / Prestige / 5.25.59
Chu Berry "Little Jazz" Ensemble / Stardust / Commodore / 11.10.38
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orch / From the Blue / transcription / mid-1940s
Teddy Hill & his Orch / When the Robin Sings His Song Again / Oriole / 2.26.35
Ben Selvin & his Orch / Sweet and Low Down/That Certain Feeling / Columbia / 1.11.26
Hoagy Carmichael / I Get Along Without You Very Well / private recordings / Hoagy's home, Long Island 1939-1951 (unknown date)
Peggy Lee / Beside the Zeiderze/Half as Much / transcription (radio show) / Hollywood 1952 / Sonny Burke & his Orch
Little Milton / My Baby's Something Else / Checker / 7.65
set 3
Donald Byrd / Royal Flush / Requiem / Blue Note / 9.21.61
Cal Tjader / Latin Kick / Tropicana / Fantasy / LA 11.56
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Rhythm Cocktail / Specialty / 12.22.45
Gene Krupa & his Orch / Let's Get Away from It All / Okeh / 3.19.41 / vocal = Anita O'Day
The 4 Vagabonds / Kentucky Babe / Apollo / 11.13.46 / their first session for Apollo
Billy Eckstine / The Modern Sound of Mr. B / What Are You Afraid Of? / Mercury / Hollywood 2.19.64
set 4
Henry Mancini / More Music from Peter Gunn / Goofin' at the Coffee House / RCA Victor / Hollywood spring 1959
Frank Wess / Trombones & Flute / You'll Do / Savoy / 7.18.56
Dinah Washington / Mellow Mama Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45
Big Mama Thornton / Hound Dog / Peacock / 1953
Nelson Gonçalves / Normalista / RCA Victor / 1950s-early 60s
Delta Rhythm Boys / Ezekial Saw De Wheel / 1941
last soul song
Willie Tee / Thank You John / Atlantic / 1965
bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976
set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Krafty / Bethlehem /10.11.57
John Wright / Mr. Soul / Our Waltz /Prestige / 4.10.62
Harry Carney's Big Eight / Shadowy Sands (alternate take) / HRS [Mosaic - thank you, Lou] / 3.18.46
George Olsen & his Orch / Who / Victor / 11.6.25 / vocal = Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Jack Fulton
The Charioteers / Stardust / transcription / 1942
Dakota Staton / Softly / Old Folks / Capitol / LA 2.60 / with Benny Carter & his Orch
set 2
Willis Jackson / Please Mr. Jackson / Dinky's Mood / Prestige / 5.25.59
Chu Berry "Little Jazz" Ensemble / Stardust / Commodore / 11.10.38
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orch / From the Blue / transcription / mid-1940s
Teddy Hill & his Orch / When the Robin Sings His Song Again / Oriole / 2.26.35
Ben Selvin & his Orch / Sweet and Low Down/That Certain Feeling / Columbia / 1.11.26
Hoagy Carmichael / I Get Along Without You Very Well / private recordings / Hoagy's home, Long Island 1939-1951 (unknown date)
Peggy Lee / Beside the Zeiderze/Half as Much / transcription (radio show) / Hollywood 1952 / Sonny Burke & his Orch
Little Milton / My Baby's Something Else / Checker / 7.65
set 3
Donald Byrd / Royal Flush / Requiem / Blue Note / 9.21.61
Cal Tjader / Latin Kick / Tropicana / Fantasy / LA 11.56
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Rhythm Cocktail / Specialty / 12.22.45
Gene Krupa & his Orch / Let's Get Away from It All / Okeh / 3.19.41 / vocal = Anita O'Day
The 4 Vagabonds / Kentucky Babe / Apollo / 11.13.46 / their first session for Apollo
Billy Eckstine / The Modern Sound of Mr. B / What Are You Afraid Of? / Mercury / Hollywood 2.19.64
set 4
Henry Mancini / More Music from Peter Gunn / Goofin' at the Coffee House / RCA Victor / Hollywood spring 1959
Frank Wess / Trombones & Flute / You'll Do / Savoy / 7.18.56
Dinah Washington / Mellow Mama Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45
Big Mama Thornton / Hound Dog / Peacock / 1953
Nelson Gonçalves / Normalista / RCA Victor / 1950s-early 60s
Delta Rhythm Boys / Ezekial Saw De Wheel / 1941
last soul song
Willie Tee / Thank You John / Atlantic / 1965
Friday, August 10, 2007
I Didn't Know What Playlist It Was
Coffeetime, August 10, 2007, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Horace Silver / The Stylings of Silver / Metamorphosis / Blue Note / 5.8.57
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly / Dark Eyes / Riverside /1.31.58
Lionel Hampton & his Sextette / Chasin' with Chase / Vocalion / Chicago 4.8.41
Sam Lanin Orch / Don't Keep Me in the Dark Bright Eyes / Okeh / 6.11.28
The Big Three / I Feel Like Steppin' Out / Columbia / Chicago 2.18.49
Sarah Vaughn / Sarah Sings Soulfully / Midnight Sun / Roulette / LA 6.6.63 / with a Gerald Wilson-arranged sextet with Carmell Jones and Teddy Edwards
set 2
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige / 9.15.64
Junior Mance / Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard / You are too Beautiful /Jazzland / live at the Village Vanguard 2.22, 23.61
Clark Terry / Clark Terry / Tuma / EmArcy / 1.4.55
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / Oh Why, Oh Why / radio transcription / 5.17.39 / vocal = Dan Grissom
Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra / soundtrack to Anchors Aweigh / I Begged Her / MGM / Hollywood 6.13.44
Cootie Williams & his Savoy Ballroom Orch / Blue Sunday / RCA Victor [unissued] / 5.15.57 / Wini Brown
set 3
Mel Rhyne / Organ-izing / Shoo, Shoo Baby / Jazzland / 3.31.60
Machito & his Afro-Cubans / Indianola / live at the Royal Roost 4.23.49
Norfolk Jazz Quartet / Beedle De Beedle Dee Bop Bop / Decca / 1939
Rosemary Clooney / You Started Something / Columbia / 12.23.47 / with Tony Pastor & his Orch
Buddy Greco / Hang You Hat at Mister Kelly's / The Nearness of You / Coral / live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago 7.24.55
set 4
Barney Kessel / Kessel Plays Standards / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Contemporary / LA 9.12.55
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley / Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Strings / Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Around a Pug-nosed Dream) / EmArcy / 10.27, 28.55
Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang / Loved One (first take) / Vocalion / 6.6.30
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Thanks for the Memory / Victor / 12.2.37
King Cole Trio / Beautiful Moons Ago / Excelsior/Capitol / LA 3.1.43
James Brown /Just Me and You, Darling / King / LA 9.29.60 / flip of I Love You, Yes I Do
The Sallie Martin Singers / Oh What a Time / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 12.15.50
last soul song
Minnie Riperton / Perfect Angel / The Edge of a Dream / Epic / 1974
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Horace Silver / The Stylings of Silver / Metamorphosis / Blue Note / 5.8.57
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly / Dark Eyes / Riverside /1.31.58
Lionel Hampton & his Sextette / Chasin' with Chase / Vocalion / Chicago 4.8.41
Sam Lanin Orch / Don't Keep Me in the Dark Bright Eyes / Okeh / 6.11.28
The Big Three / I Feel Like Steppin' Out / Columbia / Chicago 2.18.49
Sarah Vaughn / Sarah Sings Soulfully / Midnight Sun / Roulette / LA 6.6.63 / with a Gerald Wilson-arranged sextet with Carmell Jones and Teddy Edwards
set 2
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige / 9.15.64
Junior Mance / Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard / You are too Beautiful /Jazzland / live at the Village Vanguard 2.22, 23.61
Clark Terry / Clark Terry / Tuma / EmArcy / 1.4.55
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / Oh Why, Oh Why / radio transcription / 5.17.39 / vocal = Dan Grissom
Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra / soundtrack to Anchors Aweigh / I Begged Her / MGM / Hollywood 6.13.44
Cootie Williams & his Savoy Ballroom Orch / Blue Sunday / RCA Victor [unissued] / 5.15.57 / Wini Brown
set 3
Mel Rhyne / Organ-izing / Shoo, Shoo Baby / Jazzland / 3.31.60
Machito & his Afro-Cubans / Indianola / live at the Royal Roost 4.23.49
Norfolk Jazz Quartet / Beedle De Beedle Dee Bop Bop / Decca / 1939
Rosemary Clooney / You Started Something / Columbia / 12.23.47 / with Tony Pastor & his Orch
Buddy Greco / Hang You Hat at Mister Kelly's / The Nearness of You / Coral / live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago 7.24.55
set 4
Barney Kessel / Kessel Plays Standards / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Contemporary / LA 9.12.55
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley / Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Strings / Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Around a Pug-nosed Dream) / EmArcy / 10.27, 28.55
Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang / Loved One (first take) / Vocalion / 6.6.30
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Thanks for the Memory / Victor / 12.2.37
King Cole Trio / Beautiful Moons Ago / Excelsior/Capitol / LA 3.1.43
James Brown /Just Me and You, Darling / King / LA 9.29.60 / flip of I Love You, Yes I Do
The Sallie Martin Singers / Oh What a Time / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 12.15.50
last soul song
Minnie Riperton / Perfect Angel / The Edge of a Dream / Epic / 1974
Monday, August 06, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
My Life is My Playslist
Coffeetime, August 3, 2007, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / Lex / Blue Note / 1.25.60
Blue Mitchell / The Cup Bearers / Dingbat Blues / Riverside / 8.28, 30.62
Benny Carter & his Orch / Forever Blues / Capitol / 12.12.45
Gus Arnheim & his Orch / Back in Your Own Backyard / Okeh / LA 4.14.28 / vocal = Russ Columbo
Fred Astaire / soundtrack from film Swing Time / Never Gonna Dance / Brunswick / 7.26.36 / with Johnny Green & his Orch
Jack McVea's Orch / You Can't Come Back Home / Modern / 1950
Etta James / Etta James Sings for Lovers / Prisoner of Love / Argo / 6.27, 29.62
set 2
Kenny Burrell / But Not for Me / Blue Note [unissued] /3.29.56
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Friends, vol 1 / I Cover the Waterfront / Contemporary / LA 2.11.56
Jimmy Forrest / Begin the Beguine / United / 2.3.53
Frankie Newton Quintet / Daybreak Blues / Blue Note / 4.7.39
Mills Brothers / Stardust / Decca / West Hempstead, England 2.18.39
Hoagy Carmichael / The Hoagy Carmichael Show radio show /Down T'Uncle Bill's / transcription / LA 11.19.44
Johnny Mercer / My Sugar is So Refined / Capitol / LA 5.26.46 / with the Pied Pipers and Paul Weston & his Orch
Betty Everett / You're No Good / Hands Off / Vee-Jay / 1964
set 3
Willie Bobo / The Spanish Side of Jazz [Bobo's Beat] / Crisis / Roulete / 1962
Henry Mancini / soundtrack to The Party / Wiggy / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1968
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / Out of Nowhere / Savoy / 4.18.50
Lester Young / Saxobebop / Clef /
The Merry Macs / The Hut-Sut Song / Decca / 1941
The Marshall Brothers / My Life is My Life / Savoy [unissued] / 12.17.51
Johnny Hartman / John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman / My One and Only Love / Impulse! / 3.7.63
set 4
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11/ Opus de Funk / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59 /
Herb Geller / That Geller Feller / Melrose and Sam / Bel Canto / LA 3.14.57
Andy Iona & The Islanders / Summer Time Girl / radio transcription / Hollywood spring 1939 / vocal = Hilo Trio
Little Willie John / All Around the World / King / 6.27.55
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Equinox / Wave / A&M / LA 1967
Carolina Kings of Harmony / There's a Narrow Path to Heaven / Trumpet / Raleigh, NC 4.10.53
last soul song
Jackie DeShannon / A Tribute to Burt Bacharach / To Wait for Love / Scepter / 1972
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