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Friday, October 12, 2007
Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Playlist)
Coffeetime, October 12, 2007, Angelynn Grant
bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981
set 1
Lee Morgan / Lee Morgan [1541] / Slightly Hep / Blue Note / 12.2.56
Trigger Alpert / Trigger Happy! / I Wish I Were in Love Again / Riverside / 11.30.56
The Kansas City Six / Them There Eyes / Commodore / 9.27.38
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orch / Louise / Okeh / 4.17.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew
George Elrick & his Swing Music / Swing Session in Siberia / London late 1930s
The Ink Spots / Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees) / Decca / 6.11.40
Sarah Vaughan / After Hours at the London House / Speak Low / Mercury / live, London House, Chicago 3.7.58
set 2
Blue Mitchell / Big 6 / There Will Never Be Another You / Riverside / 7.2-3.58
Jimmy Heath / On the Trail / I Should Care / Riverside / spring 1964
Wynton Kelly / Plays Interpretations, New Faces, New Sounds / Crazy He Calls Me / Blue Note / 8.1.51
Larry Adler / Claire de Lune / Decca / 1945 / with George Stoll & his Orch
Red Nichols & his Orch / Everybody Loves My Baby / Brunswick / 11.28.32
The Five Red Caps / Mary Had a Little Jam / Joe Davis / 1945
Jesse Belvin / Let Me Love You Tonight / Modern / LA 12.57
set 3
McCoy Tyner / Today and Tomorrow / Three Flowers / Impulse! / 2.4.64
King Porter & his Orch / Don't Let Fletcher Getcha / Imperial / LA 12.30.47
Benny Goodman & his Orch / You Turned the Tables on Me / RCA / LA 8.13.36 / vocal = Helen Ward
The Ravens / It's the Talk of the Town / National [unissued] / 1950-51 /
James Brown / Soul on Top / That's My Desire / King / 1969
set 4
Mundell Lowe / A Grand Night for Swinging / Crazy Rhythm / Riverside / 3.7.57
Buddy Collette / Man of Many Parts / Frenesi / Contemporary / LA 2.24.56
Una Mae Carlisle / You and Your Heart of Stone / Joe Davis / 8.8.44
Mae Johnson / soundtrack to Stormy Weather / I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City / 20th Century Fox / Hollywood 4, 5.43
Tom Jones / Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady / She's a Lady / London/Parrot / 1971
The Soul Stirrers / Were You There? / Specialty / Chicago 4.10.57
last soul song
The Limitations / All Because of You / Volt / Memphis 1971