Friday, May 30, 2008

Fine, Sweet, and Playlist



Coffeetime, May 30, 2008, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Benny Carter / soundtrack to A Man Called Adam / Ain't I / Reprise / Hollywood 1966
Tommy Flanagan / Overseas / Verdandi (take 2, CD bonus track) / Prestige / Stockholm 8.15.57
Charles McPherson / Bebop Revisited! / Nostalgia / Prestige / 11.20.64
Coleman Hawkins All-Star Octet / When Day is Done / Bluebird / 1.3.40
Al Bowlly / Falling in Love / Filmophone / London c. 1.32 / with New Cumberland Dance Orch
Chuck Foster & his Orch / Listen to My Heart / transcription / Chicago 1940 / vocal = Dorothy Brandon
Trenier Twins / Buzz Buzz Buzz / Mercury / c 1.47 / with the Gene Gilbeaux's Orch
Anita O'Day / soundtrack to The Gene Krupa Story / Memories of You / Verve

set 2
Bennie Green / Back on the Scene / You're Mine You / Blue Note / 3.23.58
McCoy Tyner / Today and Tomorrow / When Sunny Gets Blue / Impulse! / 6.4.63
Gigi Gryce / Hello / Vogue / Paris 10.10..53
Mabel Robinson / You Don't Know My Mind / Decca / 7.23.41
The Three Spades / Yeah Man / Vocalion [unissued] / 1937
Midred Bailey / Right as the Rain / radio transcript: The Mildred Bailey Show (aka Music Till Midnight, CBS Playhouse No. 3 (currently called the Ed Sullivan Theater) / 10.20.44 / with Paul Baron & his Orch
Mike Williams / You Don't Want Me Around / King / 1966

set 3
Blue Mitchell / Down With It! / Samba de Stacy / Blue Note 1.14.65
Howard McGhee / Donellon Square / Blue Note / 1.23.50
The Four Vagabonds / If I Were You / RCA Victor / 5.13.45
Sophie Tucker / Some of These Days / Decca / 6.30.47 / with Bob Haggart & his Orch
Marc Allen / soundtrack to The Pawnbroker / Theme from The Pawnbroker / Mercury / 2.20.65

set 4
Bill Perkins / Quietly There / Groover Wailin' / Riverside / 11.23, 28, 30.66
Paul Smith / Fine, Sweet and Tasty / Fine, Sweet and Tasty / Tampa / Hollywood 11.13.53
John Kirby & his Orch / Given the Lady + That Lonely Tune / transcription [Lang-Worth] / 1940-41 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan
The Sentimentalists / The Lady in Red / V-Disc / 4.44 / with Tommy Dorsey & his Orch
Otis Rush / Violent Love / Cobra / 1956
Dean Martin / Dino!: Italian Love Songs / Arrivedici, Roma / Capitol / Hollywood 9.6.61
Bonner Brothers Spiritual Quartette / You Ought to Pray Sometime / Jewel? / mid-1960s

last soul song
The Admirations / Don't Leave Me / One-derful / Chicago 1968

Friday, May 23, 2008

A Playlist Always Understands

Coffeetime, May 23, 2008, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Cannonball Adderley / Know What I Mean? / Waltz for Debby / Riverside / 2.21.61 /
Donald Byrd / The Cat Walk / Say You're Mine / Blue Note / 5.2.61
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Shanghai Shuffle / Decca / 9.11.34
Boswell Sisters / My Future Just Passed / Okeh / 10.3.30
T.J. Fowler & his Band that Rocks the Blues / Tell Me What's the Matter / States / Chicago 1953
Betty Roché / Singin' & Swingin' / (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along / Prestige / 6.3.60

set 2
Sonny Criss / Go Man! / Until the Real Thing Comes Along / Imperial / 7.31.56
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus Quintet with Strings / Troubled Waters / Contemporary / LA 3.30.55
Kenny Burrell / Introducing Kenny Burrell / Weaver of Dreams / Blue Note / 5.30.56
King Porter & his Orch / Bar Fly / King / Detroit 1948
Fred Astaire / soundtrack to Top Hat / Top Hat, White Tie and Tails / Brunswick / Hollywood 6.35 / with Leo Reisman & his Orch
Kay Starr / It's a Great Feeling / radio transcription / LA 1944 [49?] / with Les Paul, Joe Venuti, & Billy Butterfield
Four Blues / I Need You / Apollo [unreleased] / 4.10.50
Eartha Kitt / Down to Eartha / Hey Jacque / RCA Victor / 1955 / with Henri René & his Orch & chorus

set 3
Lou Donaldson / Mr. Shing-A-Ling / Peepin' / Blue Note / 10.27.67
Mundell Lowe / soundtrack from MGM film Satin in High Heels [also Blues for a Stripper] / Pattern of Evil / Charlie Parker Records / LA 12.22.61
Gerry Mulligan / Mulligan Plays Mulligan / Ide's Side / Prestige / 8.27.51
Spirits of Rhythm / I've Got the World on a String / Decca / 9.11.34
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Could You Pass in Love? / Victor / 7.11.38 / vocal = Martha Tilton
Johnny Hartman / Just You, Just Me… / A Woman Always Understands / Savoy/Regent / 12.18.47

set 4
Barney Kessel / Poll Winners Three! / Crisis / Contemporary / 11.2.59
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / The Swinging Mr. Rogers / Not Really the Blues / Atlantic / Hollywood 3.1.55
Georgia White / New Dupree Blues / Decca / Chicago 5.11.36 / with Les Paul on guitar
Robert Moore / Am I Wasting My Time / Hollywood / Nashville (?) 1968
Maxine Brown / Oh Lord, What Are You Doing to Me / Wand / 5.31.66
Argo Gospel Singers with The Southern Sons / Going Home / Trumpet / Chicago 11.9.51

last soul song
The Wallace Brothers / Thanks a Lot / Sims / 1967

Friday, May 16, 2008

A Little Playlist Each Morning

Coffeetime, May 16, 2008, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Howard McGhee / Dusty Blue / Flyin' Colors / Bethlehem / 6.13.60
Bobby Timmons / In Person / Popsy / Riverside / live at the Village Vanguard 10.1.61
Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Doin' the Shake / Brunswick / 2.25.32
Russ Morgan & his Orch / Could Be / radio transcription / 1938
Whispering Jack Smith / Cecilia, Does Your Mother Know You're Out? / Victor / 9.21.26
Dixieaires / Keep Me With You / Gotham / late 1940s / with Tiny Grimes on guitar
Paula Castle / Lost Love / Why Can't I? / Bethlehem / 1955

set 2
Nat Adderley / "That's Nat" Adderley / I Married an Angel / Savoy / 7.26.55
Stanley Turrentine / Stan "The Man" Turrentine / Time After Time / Time / 1959
Donald Byrd / Byrd's Eye View / Everything Happens to Me / Transition / Cambridge 12.2.55
Tal Henry & his Orch / Found My Gal / Victor / 12.5.28 / vocal = Fellman, Brown, & Morris
Harry James & his Orch /From the Bottom of My Heart / Columbia / 1939 / vocal = Frank Sinatra
Rusty Bryant & the Carolyn Club Band / Merry Go Round / Dot / early 1950s

set 3
Duke Pearson / Sweet Honey Bee / After the Rain / Blue Note / 12.7.66
Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne / Sounds! / Spanish Dance No. 9 / Capitol / Hollywood 1966
Ernie Felice / Cocktail Time / Let the Rest of the World Go By / Capitol / Hollywood 1950
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers / Flying Disc / Sensation [Vitacoustic] / Detroit c. 7.47
Ray Linn & his Orch / A Little Kiss Each Morning / Musicraft / Hollywood 11.27.46 [10.18.46] / vocal = Mel Tormé
Cardinals / Under a Blanket of Blue / Atlantic / 10.6.51
Eddy Howard / Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams / Columbia / 10.4.40 / with octet directed by Teddy Wilson, including Charlie Christian on guitar

set 4
Cal Tjader / Tjader Plays Tjazz / There Will Never Be Another You / Fantasy / Little Theater, Berkeley 6.6.55
Red Norvo / Music to Listen to Red Norvo By / The Red Broom / Contemporary / LA 1.26.57
Gene Krupa & his Orch / That's What You Think / Columbia / 2.26.42 / vocal = Anita O'Day
T-Bone Walker / You're My Best Poker Hand / Capitol / LA 12.29.47
Dinah Washington / Mad About the Boy / Mercury / Chicago 3.24.52
Golden Gate Quartet / Little Wheel A-Turning in My Heart / radio transcription (NBC Thesaurus 986) / 1941

last soul song
Bar-Kays / Light of Life / Shine / Mercury / 1978

Friday, May 09, 2008

This Is My Playlist (La Playlist)



Coffeetime, May 9, 2008, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / Ghana / Blue Note / 1.25.60
Sonny Red / Images / Blues for Donna / Jazzland / 6.61
Lionel Hampton & his Orch / Buzzin' Around with the Bee / Bluebird / 4.14.37
Cliff Edwards [Ukelele Ike] / Hard-Hearted Hannah / Pathé Actuelle [Perfect] / 5.27.24
Clayton Love & his Shufflers / Shufflin' with Love / Trumpet / Jackson, Mississippi 6.10.51
Gigi Gryce / Nica's Tempo / (You'll Always Be) The One I Love / Savoy / 10.22.55 / vocal = Ernestine Anderson

set 2
Johnny Mandel / soundtrack to Harper / Bel Air / Mainstream / Hollywood 1966
Dizzy Reece / Soundin' Off / A Ghost of a Chance / Blue Note / 5.12.60
Sonny Stitt / Jazz at the Hi-Hat / If I Should Lose You / Phoenix [Roost] / live, Boston 2.11.54
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orch / Singin' the Blues / Okeh / 2.4.27
Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy / The Lady Who Swings with the Band [i.e. Mary Lou Williams] / Decca / 12.9.36 / vocal = Harry Mills
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / Red Wagon / radio transcription / 7.9.40 / vocal = Dandridge Sisters
Chuck Hamilton Combo / Baby I Don't Want You No More / Combo [unissued] / LA 1954 / vocal = Candy Rivers
Cilla Black / Is it Love? / Ol' Man River / Capitol / 1965

set 3
Frank Wess / Trombones & Flute / Wanting You / Savoy / 7.18.56
Sonny Rollins / The Sound of Sonny / Mangoes / Riverside / 6.11-12.57
Delta Rhythm Boys / It's So Peaceful in the Country / radio transcription / 1941
Sarah Vaughan / Once in a While / Musicraft / 12.29.47
Anthony Newley / Tony / All or Nothing at All / London / 1961

set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / That's Rich / Contemporary / 3.12.57
Benny Carter & his Orch / Devil's Holiday / Columbia / 10.16.33 / featuring Wayman Carver on flute
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / So Long / RCA Victor / LA 1949 / vocal = Billy Valentine
Little Willie John / Mister Little Willie John / Look What You've Done to Me / King / Cincinnati 1.4.57
Shirley Bassey / This is My Life (La Vita) / United Artists / London 1968
Hightower Brothers / I Need You Lord / Nashboro / Nashville 1963

last soul song
Little Jimmy Gandy / I'm Not Like the Others / Roulette / 1969

Friday, May 02, 2008

Un Playlist dans la Ville



Coffeetime, May 2, 2008, Angelynn Grant

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004

set 1
Clifford Brown / Jazz Immortal / Daahoud / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 7.12.54
Wardell Gray / Jazz Concert / Move / Prestige / live at the Hula Hut, LA 8.27.50
Machito & his Afro-Cubans / Vacilando / live Royal Roost 3.19.49
Irving Aaronson & his Commanders / Let's Misbehave / Victor / 3.1.28 / vocal = Phil Saxe & chorus
King Cole Trio / Live at the Circle Room / I'm in the Mood for Love / radio transcription / Hotel LaSalle, Milwaukee 9.25.46
Nancy Wilson / Welcome to My Love / May I Come In? / Capitol / Hollywood 1968

set 2
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Men Play "Peter Gunn" / The Brothers Go to Mother's / Contemporary / LA 1959
Bobby Smith & his Orch / After Hours / Apollo / 5.16.50
The Washintonians [Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orch] / Take It Easy / Brunswick / 3.21.28
Ruth Etting / I'll Never Have to Dream Again / Perfect [Oriole/Banner] / Hollywood 10.25.32
Sol Ho’opi’i & his Novelty Quartette / I Like You / Brunswick / 10.4.33
The Griffin Brothers / One Steady Baby / Dot / early 1950s
Larry Darnell / Lost My Baby / Regal / New Orleans 1949 / with Paul Gayten's Band
Do-Ray-Mi Trio / That Wonderfully Musical Do Ray Mi Trio / On a Slow Boat to China / Stere-O-Craft / 1959

set 3
Ike Quebec / [Easy Living - not released] / See See Rider / Blue Note / 1.20.62
Barney Wilen / soundtrack to Un Témoin dans la Ville / Préméditation dans L'Appartement / Fontana / Paris 1958
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Junior Jumps / Specialty / LA 2.22.49
The 4 Vagabonds / Duke of Dubuque / Bluebird / 12.17.41
Georgie Auld with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires / Manhattan / Crazy She Calls Me / Coral / 1953
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Azure-Te / Decca / 4.30.52

set 4
Herbie Mann's Californians / Great Ideas of Western Mann / Get Out of Town / Riverside / LA 7.3.57
Eddie Duran / Jazz Guitarist / Skyliner / Fantasy / 1957
The Charioteers / Ride, Red, Ride / transciption / 1942
Lloyd Price / Why / KRC / 1957
Dusty Springfield / Dusty… Definitely / Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)? / Philips / London 1968
The Pilgrim Travelers / When I Join the Jubilee / Specialty / 1.19.50

last soul song
Little Milton / Baby, I Love You / Checker / Chicago circa spring 1969