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Friday, October 19, 2007
In a Little Gypsy Playlist
Coffeetime, October 19, 2007, Angelynn Grant
bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981
set 1
Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane / Tanganyika Strut / BJ / Savoy / 5.13.58 /
Horace Parlan / Speakin' My Piece / Rastus / Blue Note / 7.14.60
Adrian Rollini & his Orch / Riverboat Shuffle / Decca / 10.23.34
Ray Noble & his Orch / In a Little Gypsy Tearoom / radio transcription / 1935-36 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / The Lady Who Swings the Band / Decca / 12.9.36 / vocal = Harry Mills
Ivory Joe Hunter / Gimme a Pound O' Ground Round / MGM / circa 3.50
Doris Day / Day By Day / There Will Never Be Another You / Columbia / LA 1956 / with Paul Weston & His Music From Hollywood
set 2
Jon Eardley / Hey There / If You Could See Me Now / Prestige / 3.14.55
Eddie Duran / Jazz Guitarist / Soon / Fantasy / 1957
Harry James & his Orch / Body & Soul / transcription / mid-1940s
King Bennie Nawahi / My Girl from the South Sea Islands / 1928
Cab Calloway & his Cotton Club Orch / Margie / Victor / 1.23.34
Wynona Carr / Act Right / Specialty / 1955
set 3
Steve Allen / Jazz for Tonight / Body & Soul / Coral / LA 1956
Buddy Johnson & his Orch / Buddy's Boogie / Wing [Mercury] / 3.28.56
The Five Jones Boys / Everything Stops for Tea / Standard transcription / 1937
Fats Waller / That Ain't Right / V-Disc / LA probably 1.23.43 / duet with Ada Brown
Chuck Foster & his Orch / Goodbye Now / transcription / Chicago 1940 / vocal = The 3 Ds (Dorothy Brandon, Don Crawford, Dick Arant)
Yves Montand / Paris Recital / Est-ce Ainsi Que Les Hommes Vivent and La Musique / Philips / live at Le Theatre D'Etoile, Paris 1964
set 3
Cy Touff / Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet / A Smooth One / Pacific Jazz / LA 12.5.55
Shorty Rogers / Chances Are it Swings / A Very Special Love / RCA (Living Stereo) / Hollywood 12.12, 20.58
Mildred Bailey / Don't Dally with the Devil / Vocalion / 9.21.39 / with Alec Wilder & his Orch and The Charioteers
Oscar Moore & the Three Blazers / Tell Me You'll Wait for Me / Atlas / Hollywood 1945 / vocal = Charles Brown
Burt Bacharach / Hit Maker! / Don't Go Breaking My Heart / Kapp / LA 5.65
Hall Johnson Choir / I Just Can't Stay Here By Myself / unissued track / 1940-41
last soul song
Percy Sledge / It Tears Me Up / Atlantic / 1966