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, May 30, 2008
Fine, Sweet, and Playlist
Coffeetime, May 30, 2008, Angelynn Grant
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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
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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
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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
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
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