Coffeetime, February 29, 2008 [Leap Day!], Angelynn Grant
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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
John Jenkins & Donald Byrd / Jazz Eyes / Honey-Chile / Savoy / 9.10.57
Wynton Kelly / It's All Right! / Portrait of Jennie / Verve / 3.19.64
Danny Polo & his Swing Stars / Doing the Gorgonzola / Decca / Paris 1.30.39
Harry Roy & his Orch / Pick Yourself Up / Victor / 10.3.36
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Jammin' / Bluebird / 3.20.37 / vocal = Edythe Welch
Ivory Joe Hunter / All States Boogie / King / Nashville 11.18.47
Lorez Alexandria / The Sensational Voice of Lorez Alexandria / Sometimes I'm Happy / Sing / Chicago 2.59
set 2
Jimmy Hamilton / Swing Low Sweet Clarinet / The Nearness of You / Everest / 1960
Brew Moore / Dues Blues / Fantasy / LA 1.58
Fats Waller / I Ain't Got Nobody / Victor / 6.11.37
Julio Cuevo Et Son Orchestre Du Casino National De La Havane / Rico Son / Columbia / Paris early 1935 / vocal = Abelardo Gonzales-Caraballo & Ruiz Zorilla
Una Mae Carlisle / Walkin' by the River / Victor / 11.13.39 / arranged by Benny Carter
T-Bone Walker / Midnight Blues / Black & White / LA 11.6.47
Morgana King / For You, For Me, For Evermore / Down in the Dumps / EmArcy / 3.29.56
set 3
Hank Mobley / Thinking of Home / You Gotta Hit It / Blue Note / 7.31.70
Joshua Rifkin / Piano Rags by Scott Joplin / Euphonic Sounds / Nonesuch Records / 1970
Georgie Auld & his Orch / I'll Always Be in Love with You / transcription / 3.28.44
Bill Doggett Octet /Every Now and Then / LA c. 8.45 / vocal = Helen Humes
The Crickets / For You I Have Eyes / MGM / fall 1953
Buddy Greco / Hang You Hat at Mister Kelly's / Here I Am in Love Again / Coral / live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago 7.24.55
set 4
Wes Montgomery / The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery / Gone with the Wind / Riverside / 1.28.60
Laurindo Almeida & the Bossa Nova All Stars / Viva Bossa Nova! / Teach Me Tonight / Capitol / LA 9.62
The Five Jones Boys / Rosetta / Standard transcription / 1937
Eddie Bo / Roll 'Em Back / Ace / 1956
Rick Nelson / On the Flip Side / Take a Broken Heart / Decca / LA 12.66
Alphabetical Four / What a Friend We Have in Jesus / Decca / 8.16.38
last soul song
Jimmy James & the Vagabonds / The New Religion / Ain't No Big Thing / Atco / 1967
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Frettin' for Some Playlist
Coffeetime, February 22, 2008, Angelynn Grant
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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin / Griff & Lock / Midnight at Minton's / Jazzland / 11.4, 10.60
Jimmy Cleveland & his Orch / Cleveland Style / All This and Heaven Too / EmArcy / 12.12.57
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orch / I Would Do Anything for You / radio transcription / Cafe Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania 2.8.43
Geraldo & his Orch / A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody / HMV / London 7.8.36 / vocal = Cavan O'Connor
Wingy Manone & his Orch / Fare Thee, My Baby, Fare-Thee-Well / Bluebird / 6.19.39
Jesse Price & his Blues Band / Frettin' for Some Pettin' / Capitol / LA 10.47
Nancy Wilson / Hollywood – My Way / Did I Remember / Capitol / LA 11.30.62
set 2
Bill English / Bill English / A Blues Serenade / Vanguard / 1963
Baby Face Willette / Stop and Listen / At Last / Blue Note / 5.22.61
Pete Johnson's All Stars / Mutiny in the Doghouse / Savoy / 1.2.46
Noble Sissle & his Orch / Skater's Waltz / radio transcription / 1944
King Cole Trio / Live at the Circle Room / Opening Theme + Oh, But I Do / radio transcription / Hotel LaSalle, Milwaukee 9.25.46
Milt Trenier / Straighten Up Baby / Groove / LA 11.63 / with the Gene Gilbeaux Quartet
set 3
Milt Jackson / Big Bags / Star Eyes / Riverside / 7.5.62
Cannonball Adderley with Sergio Mendes / Cannonball's Bossa Nova [Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars] / Clouds / Riverside / 12.7.62
Joe Marsala & his Orch / Joe Joe Jump / Black & White / 11.29.44
Count Basie & his Orch / Jivin' Joe Jackson / Columbia / LA 10.9.45 / vocal = Ann Moore
Delta Rhythm Boys / A-Sittin' & A-Rockin' / transcription Command Performance AFRS #202 / LA 12.13.45 / intro by Celeste Holm
Anthony Newley / Love Is a Now & Then Thing / It's the Talk of the Town / London [Decca] / 1960 (his debut LP)
set 4
Cy Touff / Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet / Primitive Cats / Pacific Jazz / LA 1956
Gerry Wiggins / Relax and Enjoy It / The Lady is a Tramp / Contemporary / 10.10.56
Billie Holiday & her Orch / Body & Soul / Vocalion / 2.29.40
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm / V-Disc /LA 1945 / vocal = Eddie Cantor
Kay Starr / Side By Side / Capitol / LA 1953
Sunset Jubilee Singers / Rasslin' Jacob / Okeh / 6.51
last soul song
Maxine Brown / If You Gotta to Make a Fool of Somebody / Wand / LA 1965
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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin / Griff & Lock / Midnight at Minton's / Jazzland / 11.4, 10.60
Jimmy Cleveland & his Orch / Cleveland Style / All This and Heaven Too / EmArcy / 12.12.57
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orch / I Would Do Anything for You / radio transcription / Cafe Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania 2.8.43
Geraldo & his Orch / A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody / HMV / London 7.8.36 / vocal = Cavan O'Connor
Wingy Manone & his Orch / Fare Thee, My Baby, Fare-Thee-Well / Bluebird / 6.19.39
Jesse Price & his Blues Band / Frettin' for Some Pettin' / Capitol / LA 10.47
Nancy Wilson / Hollywood – My Way / Did I Remember / Capitol / LA 11.30.62
set 2
Bill English / Bill English / A Blues Serenade / Vanguard / 1963
Baby Face Willette / Stop and Listen / At Last / Blue Note / 5.22.61
Pete Johnson's All Stars / Mutiny in the Doghouse / Savoy / 1.2.46
Noble Sissle & his Orch / Skater's Waltz / radio transcription / 1944
King Cole Trio / Live at the Circle Room / Opening Theme + Oh, But I Do / radio transcription / Hotel LaSalle, Milwaukee 9.25.46
Milt Trenier / Straighten Up Baby / Groove / LA 11.63 / with the Gene Gilbeaux Quartet
set 3
Milt Jackson / Big Bags / Star Eyes / Riverside / 7.5.62
Cannonball Adderley with Sergio Mendes / Cannonball's Bossa Nova [Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars] / Clouds / Riverside / 12.7.62
Joe Marsala & his Orch / Joe Joe Jump / Black & White / 11.29.44
Count Basie & his Orch / Jivin' Joe Jackson / Columbia / LA 10.9.45 / vocal = Ann Moore
Delta Rhythm Boys / A-Sittin' & A-Rockin' / transcription Command Performance AFRS #202 / LA 12.13.45 / intro by Celeste Holm
Anthony Newley / Love Is a Now & Then Thing / It's the Talk of the Town / London [Decca] / 1960 (his debut LP)
set 4
Cy Touff / Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet / Primitive Cats / Pacific Jazz / LA 1956
Gerry Wiggins / Relax and Enjoy It / The Lady is a Tramp / Contemporary / 10.10.56
Billie Holiday & her Orch / Body & Soul / Vocalion / 2.29.40
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm / V-Disc /LA 1945 / vocal = Eddie Cantor
Kay Starr / Side By Side / Capitol / LA 1953
Sunset Jubilee Singers / Rasslin' Jacob / Okeh / 6.51
last soul song
Maxine Brown / If You Gotta to Make a Fool of Somebody / Wand / LA 1965
Friday, February 15, 2008
Yard Dog Playlist
Coffeetime, February 1, 2008, Angelynn Grant
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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Duke Pearson / Dedication! / Minor Mishap / Prestige / 8.2.61
Tommy Flanagan / Overseas / Delarna / Prestige / Stockholm 8.15.57
Armando Peraza Septet / The Soul of Jazz Percussion / Chasin' the Byrd / Warwick / spring 1960
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Madhouse [alternate take] / Victor / LA 9.27.35
Anson Weeks & his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orch / You're Blase / radio transcription / San Francisco 1932
Lee Graves / Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No / Mercury / 1951
Betty Roché / Singin' & Swingin' / Day By Day / Prestige / 6.3.60
set 2
Max Roach / Max Roach + 4 & More / Parker's Mood / EmArcy / 12.20.57
Sonny Criss / Go Man! / Memories of You / Imperial / 7.10.56
Jack McVea & his Door Openers / Silver Symphony / Black & White? / LA 8.7.45
Frank Sinatra / The Frank Sinatra Show , CBS radio / Yes Indeed! / transcription / Hollywood 4.11.45 / duet with Sy Oliver, show sponsored by Max Factor
Johnny Moore's Blazers / Gee, It's Rough / Modern / Hollywood 1952 / vocal = Mari Jones
Rosemary Clooney / From this Moment On / Columbia / 6.13.55
Nelson Gonçalves / Negue / RCA Victor / 1950s-early 60s
set 3
Curtis Fuller / Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns / Roc and Troll / New Jazz / 5.18.57
McCoy Tyner / Nights of Ballads and Blues / Days of Wine and Roses / Impulse! / 3.4.63
BB King / Blues for Me / RPM / late 1950s
Russ Morgan & his Orch / What Do You Know About Love / radio transcription / 1938
The Dreams / I'm Losing My Mind / Savoy / 10.54
Bobby "Blue" Bland / Loneliness Hurts / Duke / 1964
set 4
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus Quintet with Strings / Star Eyes / Contemporary / LA 3.30.55
Paul Smith / Fine, Sweet, and Tasty / All for You [alternate take] / Tampa / Hollywood 11.13.53
Jimmy Lunceford & his Orch / Yard Dog Mazurka / Decca / 8.26.41
Boswell Sisters / Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy / Okeh / 10.3.30
Georgia Carr / From Man to Man [not released] / Capitol / LA early 1950s
Tom Jones / It's Not Unusual / When the World Was Beautiful / Parrot / LA 1965
Soul Stirrers / Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles / Specialty / Hollywood 2.2.56
last soul song
Arnold Blair / Trying to Get Next to You / Gemigo / 1975
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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Duke Pearson / Dedication! / Minor Mishap / Prestige / 8.2.61
Tommy Flanagan / Overseas / Delarna / Prestige / Stockholm 8.15.57
Armando Peraza Septet / The Soul of Jazz Percussion / Chasin' the Byrd / Warwick / spring 1960
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Madhouse [alternate take] / Victor / LA 9.27.35
Anson Weeks & his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orch / You're Blase / radio transcription / San Francisco 1932
Lee Graves / Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No / Mercury / 1951
Betty Roché / Singin' & Swingin' / Day By Day / Prestige / 6.3.60
set 2
Max Roach / Max Roach + 4 & More / Parker's Mood / EmArcy / 12.20.57
Sonny Criss / Go Man! / Memories of You / Imperial / 7.10.56
Jack McVea & his Door Openers / Silver Symphony / Black & White? / LA 8.7.45
Frank Sinatra / The Frank Sinatra Show , CBS radio / Yes Indeed! / transcription / Hollywood 4.11.45 / duet with Sy Oliver, show sponsored by Max Factor
Johnny Moore's Blazers / Gee, It's Rough / Modern / Hollywood 1952 / vocal = Mari Jones
Rosemary Clooney / From this Moment On / Columbia / 6.13.55
Nelson Gonçalves / Negue / RCA Victor / 1950s-early 60s
set 3
Curtis Fuller / Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns / Roc and Troll / New Jazz / 5.18.57
McCoy Tyner / Nights of Ballads and Blues / Days of Wine and Roses / Impulse! / 3.4.63
BB King / Blues for Me / RPM / late 1950s
Russ Morgan & his Orch / What Do You Know About Love / radio transcription / 1938
The Dreams / I'm Losing My Mind / Savoy / 10.54
Bobby "Blue" Bland / Loneliness Hurts / Duke / 1964
set 4
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus Quintet with Strings / Star Eyes / Contemporary / LA 3.30.55
Paul Smith / Fine, Sweet, and Tasty / All for You [alternate take] / Tampa / Hollywood 11.13.53
Jimmy Lunceford & his Orch / Yard Dog Mazurka / Decca / 8.26.41
Boswell Sisters / Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy / Okeh / 10.3.30
Georgia Carr / From Man to Man [not released] / Capitol / LA early 1950s
Tom Jones / It's Not Unusual / When the World Was Beautiful / Parrot / LA 1965
Soul Stirrers / Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles / Specialty / Hollywood 2.2.56
last soul song
Arnold Blair / Trying to Get Next to You / Gemigo / 1975
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Playlist Pastry
Coffeetime, February 8, 2008, Angelynn Grant
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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Blue Mitchell / Blue Soul / The Way You Look Tonight / Riverside / 9.28.59
Coleman Hawkins / And Confrères /Honey Flower [cd bonus alt take] / Verve / LA 10.16.57 (2.7.58?)
Paul Whiteman & his Orch / Charleston / Columbia 4.25.29
Noel Coward / Zigeuner / HMV / 9.11.29
King Cole Trio / Baby, Baby All the Time / Capitol / LA 4.11.46
Bullmoose Jackson / Oh John / King / Cincinnati 9.47
Julie London / London By Night / The Exciting Life / Liberty / 1958 / with Pete King & his Orch
set 2
Oscar Peterson / On the Town / Baby, Baby, All the Time / Verve / Live, Town Tavern, Toronto 7.5.58
The Dead Brothers / soundtrack to docu Flammend' Herz / Mai lo cantado il blues / Voodoo Rhythm / Zürich fall 2003 / thank you, Beat-Man!
Jimmy Hamilton/ Jazz Kings / Mood Indigo / Urania / 10.54
Joe Venuti's Blue Four / Apple Blossoms / Victor / 10.18.29
Helen Humes / Drive Me Daddy / B&W / c. 5.46 / with Buck Clayton's All Stars
Jimmy Nelson / Meet Me with Your Black Dress On / RPM / 1952
Aretha Franklin / I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You / Don't Let Me Lose This Dream / Atlantic /
Muscle Shoals 1969
set 3
Eddie Harris / Jazz for Breakfast at Tiffany's / Mr. Yunioshi / Vee Jay / 1961
Paul Desmond / Desmond Blue / Autumn Leaves [cd bonus track] / RCA Victor / 3.15.62
Flip Phillips - Buddy Rich Trio / Swedish Pastry / Clef / LA 2.52
The Five Cousins [Spirits of Rhythm] / I've Got the World on a String / Columbia / 9.20.33
Gene Krupa & his Orch / Two in Love / Okeh / Hollywood 10.3.41 / vocal = Anita O'Day & Johnny Desmond
Sammy Davis Jr / Starring Sammy Davis Jr / My Funny Valentine / Decca / LA 1.26.55
set 4
Phineas Newborn Jr / The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr / New Blues / Contemporary / LA 11.21.61
Barney Kessel / Some Like It Hot / Some Like It Hot / Contemporary / LA 3.30-31.59
The Modernaires / Connecticut / Columbia / 11.26.46
Marilyn Monroe / soundtrack to Some Like it Hot / Running Wild / UA / Hollywood 1957
Tiny Topsy / Just a Little Bit / Federal / Chicago early 1959
Brooklyn Allstars / Too Close / Silver Cross [Gospel Record Company] / Brooklyn c. 1960
last soul song
Garnet Mimms / As Long As I Have You / UA / 1964
Friday, February 01, 2008
The Days of Playlist and Roses
Coffeetime, February 1, 2008, Angelynn Grant
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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Booker Ervin / The Blues Book / One for Mort / Prestige / 6.30.64
Krupa and Rich / Sweethearts on Parade / Clef / 11.1.55
Ray Noble & his Orch / You Have Taken My Heart; You Ought to Be in Pictures / HMV; Decca / London 4.5.34; 4.9.34 / vocal = Al Bowlly
The Cats & the Fiddle / Life's Too Short (To Worry About That) / Bluebird / 10.41
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Weak for the Man / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59
set 2
Oliver Nelson / Taking Care of Business / All the Way / New Jazz / 3.22.60
Stan Getz / Groovin' High / Body and Soul / Crown [Modern] / Civic Auditorium, Pasadena 6.23.47
Billy Taylor's Big Four / My Mind's Made Up on You / HRS / 9.19.47
Ciro Rimac's Rumba-Orchester / Tabu / Telefunken / Berlin 11.18.37 / vocal = Ciro Rimac
[The Four] Ink Spots / radio show The Home Cookin' Boys from Up Harlem Way, on NBC affiliate, WFIL Philadelphia / A Stairway to the Stars / transcription / Philadelphia 7.12.39
Bing Crosby & the Charioteers / Dear Old Girl / V-Disc / Hollywood mid-1940s (exact date unknown) / with John Scott Trotter & Orch, James Sherman on piano, announcer Bob Burns
set 3
Mel Rhyne / Organ-izing / Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Jazzland / 3.31.60
Charlie Parker / Swedish Schnapps / She Rote / Clef / 1.17.51
Ella Mae Morse / AFRS Mail Call #87 / Tess's Torch Song / Hollywood 4.19.44 / with AFRS Orch conducted by Captain Meredith Wilson and Myrna Loy (?)
The Clovers / Wonder Where My Baby's Gone / Atlantic / 3.18.52 / lead = Buddy Bailey
Bobby Darin / Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie / The Days of Wine and Roses /Capitol / LA 9.17.64
set 4
Sam Most / Just Tutshen / Vanguard / 12.3.54
Ralph Sharon / Easy Jazz / Slightly Oliver / London / 5.27.55
Coleman Hawkin's Swing Four / Get Happy / Signature / 12.23.43
John Kirby & his Orch / There I Go / 1940-41 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan
BB King / Bye Bye Baby / RPM / mid-1950s
Lulu / New Routes /Dirty Old Man / Atco / Muscle Shoals 1970
The Zion Travelers / Bye and Bye / Dooto / 1962
last soul song
Mad Lads / Whatever Hurts You / Volt / Memphis 1968
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Booker Ervin / The Blues Book / One for Mort / Prestige / 6.30.64
Krupa and Rich / Sweethearts on Parade / Clef / 11.1.55
Ray Noble & his Orch / You Have Taken My Heart; You Ought to Be in Pictures / HMV; Decca / London 4.5.34; 4.9.34 / vocal = Al Bowlly
The Cats & the Fiddle / Life's Too Short (To Worry About That) / Bluebird / 10.41
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Weak for the Man / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59
set 2
Oliver Nelson / Taking Care of Business / All the Way / New Jazz / 3.22.60
Stan Getz / Groovin' High / Body and Soul / Crown [Modern] / Civic Auditorium, Pasadena 6.23.47
Billy Taylor's Big Four / My Mind's Made Up on You / HRS / 9.19.47
Ciro Rimac's Rumba-Orchester / Tabu / Telefunken / Berlin 11.18.37 / vocal = Ciro Rimac
[The Four] Ink Spots / radio show The Home Cookin' Boys from Up Harlem Way, on NBC affiliate, WFIL Philadelphia / A Stairway to the Stars / transcription / Philadelphia 7.12.39
Bing Crosby & the Charioteers / Dear Old Girl / V-Disc / Hollywood mid-1940s (exact date unknown) / with John Scott Trotter & Orch, James Sherman on piano, announcer Bob Burns
set 3
Mel Rhyne / Organ-izing / Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Jazzland / 3.31.60
Charlie Parker / Swedish Schnapps / She Rote / Clef / 1.17.51
Ella Mae Morse / AFRS Mail Call #87 / Tess's Torch Song / Hollywood 4.19.44 / with AFRS Orch conducted by Captain Meredith Wilson and Myrna Loy (?)
The Clovers / Wonder Where My Baby's Gone / Atlantic / 3.18.52 / lead = Buddy Bailey
Bobby Darin / Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie / The Days of Wine and Roses /Capitol / LA 9.17.64
set 4
Sam Most / Just Tutshen / Vanguard / 12.3.54
Ralph Sharon / Easy Jazz / Slightly Oliver / London / 5.27.55
Coleman Hawkin's Swing Four / Get Happy / Signature / 12.23.43
John Kirby & his Orch / There I Go / 1940-41 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan
BB King / Bye Bye Baby / RPM / mid-1950s
Lulu / New Routes /Dirty Old Man / Atco / Muscle Shoals 1970
The Zion Travelers / Bye and Bye / Dooto / 1962
last soul song
Mad Lads / Whatever Hurts You / Volt / Memphis 1968
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