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, August 29, 2008
Doctor, Lawyer, Playlist
Coffeetime, August 29, 2008, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Dizzy Reece / Asia Minor / Spiritus Parkus / New Jazz / 3.13.62
Lucky Thompson / Accent on Tenor / Mr. E-Z / Urania / c. 10.54
Georgie Auld & his Orch / Canyon Passage / Musicraft / 6.14.46
Ben Selvin & his Orch / Happy Days Are Here Again / Columbia / 2.03.30
The Striders / Vamoose / Apollo [unissued] / 3.20.50
Pat Suzuki / Pat Suzuki / As Time Goes By / Vik [RCA Victor] / 5.1.58 / with Henri René & his Orch
set 2
Jimmy Smith / Open House / Old Folks / Blue Note / 3.22.60
Clifford Brown / You Go to My Head / Blue Note / 6.9.63
Cozy Cole All-Stars / Through for the Night / Keynote / 2.22.44
Fats Waller / Smashing Thirds / Victor / 9.24.29
Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orch / We've Come a Long Way Together / radio transcription / 1939 / vocal = Gliff Grass
Hoagy Carmichael / Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief / V-Disc 618 / Hollywood 1.14.46
Buddy Greco / soundtrack to TV show The Hollywood Palace / The Lady Is a Tramp / transcription / Hollywood 2.1.64
set 3
Billy Taylor / Billy Taylor with Four Flutes / Blue Shutters / Riverside / 7.20.59
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / I Only Have Eyes for You / Savoy / LA 3.50
Charlie Parker / Tiny's Tempo / Savoy / 9.15.44
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orch / The Duke Steps Out and Hayfoot, Strawfoot / radio transcription / 1944 / vocal = Ivie Anderson
The Falcons / Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere / unissued [recorded by Robert West] / Detroit 1.14.59
Buddy Johnson & his Orch / Walkin' / You're Everything My Heart Desires / Mercury / 1956 / vocal = Floyd Ryland
set 4
Curtis Counce / Landslide / Mia / Contemporary / LA 10.8.56
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete / From All Sides / The Girl from Ipanema / Fantasy / San Fransisco 5.65
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / I Miss a Little Miss (Who Misses Me in Sunny Tennessee) / Victor / 11.5.30
Golden Gate Quartet / Summer Rain / V-Disc / mid-August 1943
Yves Montand / soundtrack to Paramount film On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) / On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) / Hollywood 1970
The Detroiters / Let Jesus Lead You / Specialty / Detroit 8.14.51
last soul song
Minnie Riperton / Perfect Angel / The Edge of a Dream / Epic / 1974
Friday, August 22, 2008
Blues My Naughty Playlist Gives to Me
Coffeetime, August 22, 2008, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Horace Silver / Doin' the Thing / Doin' the Thing / Blue Note / live at the Village Gate 5.19 & 20.61
James Moody / Wail Moody Wail / Donkey Serenade / Prestige / 12.12.55
Doc Wheeler & his Sunset Orch / Leave the Rest to Me / Victor [unissued] / 11.6.41
Noel Coward / Half-Caste Woman / HMV / Small Queen's Hall, London 1.2.31 / with Ray Noble & his Orch
The Sparrows / Why Did You Leave Me / Jay Dee / 9.17.53
Peggy Lee / Black Coffee / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Decca / spring 1953 http://bbob.tistory.com/275
set 2
Frank Wess / The Frank Wess Quartet / Stella By Starlight / Prestige Moodsville / 5.9.60
Art Tatum / Tea for Two / radio transcription / live, Basin Street, NYC 10.55
Count Basie & his Orch / These Foolish Things / Columbia? /11.2.50
Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds" Orch / Bandanna Babies / Brunswick / 8.14.28
The Boswell Sisters / We're on the Highway to Heaven / Victor / 7.20.30 / with Jackie Taylor & his Orch
Artie Simms / Take It Easy Baby [alt take] / Apollo / 10.46
Bette McLaurin / Do You Know Why / Coral / 12.9.52 / with Don Redman & his Orch
Sammy Davis Jr / Greatest Hits / Bee-Bom / Reprise / LA 1967
set 3
Booker Ervin / The Book Cooks / The Book Cooks / Bethlehem /6.60 [4.6.60]
Freddie Mitchell & his Orch / Summertime Boogie / Derby / 5.50
Delta Rhythm Boys / Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me / transcription / 1941
Benny Goodman & his Orch / I'm Like a Fish Out of Water / Bluebird / 12.3.37 / vocal = Martha Tilton
Mel Tormé / The Tormé Touch / Keepin' Myself for You / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.56
set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Lighthouse at Laguna / Witch Doctor No. 2 / Laguna Beach 6.20.55
Stan Getz / Crazy Chords / Prestige / 6.21.49
Toni Harper / Happy Feet / Columbia / LA 5.31.50 / with Mannie Klein's Dixieland Band
BB King / Please Love Me / RPM / 1953
Ricky Nelson / It's All in the Game / Imperial [unissued alt take] / LA 9.2.58
The Chosen Gospel Singers / What a Wonderful Sight / Specialty / Hollywood 4.28.54
last soulish song
The Free Movement / I've Found Someone of My Own / Decca / 1971
Friday, August 15, 2008
Playlist Swings Lightly
Coffeetime, August 15, 2008, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley / Touch and Go / Blue Note / 11.25.56
Count Basie & his Orch / Basie in London / Corner Pocket / Verve / live in Gothenburg, Sweden 9.7.56
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / All of Me / Pathé Marconi / Paris 1.17.36
Blue Barron & his Orch / No Wonder / transcription / 1938-39 / vocal = The 3 Blue Notes
Cats & the Fiddle / We Cats Will Swing for You / Bluebird / 6.27.39
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Swings Lightly / If I Were a Bell / Verve / LA 11.22.58
set 2
Gene Ammons / Live! in Chicago / It Could Happen to You / Prestige / DJ Lounge, Chicago 8.29.61
Red Garland / Volume 1 / Prestige Moodsville / Stella by Starlight / 12.11.59 / with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, who sits out on this tune
Shep Fields & his New Music / Heavenly, Isn't It / radio transcription / early 1940s
Walter Barnes & his Royal Creolians / Buffalo Rhythm / Brunswick / Chicago 2.27.29
The Ginger Snaps / Grandfather's Clock / University / 1947
Modernaires / One Sunday Afternoon / Columbia / 10.16.46 / with Buddy Clark & the Skylarks
LaVern Baker / Tiny Tim / Atlantic / 5.14.59
Peggy Lee / Mink Jazz / I Won't Dance / Capitol / LA 2.2.63
set 3
Al Casey / Buck Jumpin' / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter [previously unissued CD bonus track] / Prestige Swingville / 3.7.60
The Natural Seven / Jack's Kinda Swing / RCA Victor / 2.5.55
Lester Young / Movin' with Lester / Aladdin / Hollywood 2.18.47? or 12.47?
Russ Morgan & his Orch / Oh, You Crazy Moon / radio transcription / 1938 / vocal = Russ Morgan
The Vagabonds / A G.I. Wish / Victor / 5.12.45
Herb Jeffries / Herb Jeffries / Love Me Long – Hold Me Close – Kiss Me Warm and Tender / Harmony [Columbia] / 1950s
set 4
Bob Cooper / Coop!: The Music of Bob Cooper / Confirmation / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57 /
Pete Rugolo & his Orch / An Adventure in Sound – Reeds / Walking Shoes / Mercury / LA 11.1.56
Annisteen Allen / The Bittersweet / Federal / 10.31.51
Rita Monico / Quando Tu Vorrai (What the World Needs Now Is Love) / 1965
Lee Charles / Wrong Number / Revue / 1968
Southern Sons / Ring Dem Golden Bells / V-Disc / early 12.43
last soul song
Barbara Lynn / (Daddy Hot Stuff) You're Too Hot to Hold / Atlantic / 1972
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Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley / Touch and Go / Blue Note / 11.25.56
Count Basie & his Orch / Basie in London / Corner Pocket / Verve / live in Gothenburg, Sweden 9.7.56
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / All of Me / Pathé Marconi / Paris 1.17.36
Blue Barron & his Orch / No Wonder / transcription / 1938-39 / vocal = The 3 Blue Notes
Cats & the Fiddle / We Cats Will Swing for You / Bluebird / 6.27.39
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Swings Lightly / If I Were a Bell / Verve / LA 11.22.58
set 2
Gene Ammons / Live! in Chicago / It Could Happen to You / Prestige / DJ Lounge, Chicago 8.29.61
Red Garland / Volume 1 / Prestige Moodsville / Stella by Starlight / 12.11.59 / with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, who sits out on this tune
Shep Fields & his New Music / Heavenly, Isn't It / radio transcription / early 1940s
Walter Barnes & his Royal Creolians / Buffalo Rhythm / Brunswick / Chicago 2.27.29
The Ginger Snaps / Grandfather's Clock / University / 1947
Modernaires / One Sunday Afternoon / Columbia / 10.16.46 / with Buddy Clark & the Skylarks
LaVern Baker / Tiny Tim / Atlantic / 5.14.59
Peggy Lee / Mink Jazz / I Won't Dance / Capitol / LA 2.2.63
set 3
Al Casey / Buck Jumpin' / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter [previously unissued CD bonus track] / Prestige Swingville / 3.7.60
The Natural Seven / Jack's Kinda Swing / RCA Victor / 2.5.55
Lester Young / Movin' with Lester / Aladdin / Hollywood 2.18.47? or 12.47?
Russ Morgan & his Orch / Oh, You Crazy Moon / radio transcription / 1938 / vocal = Russ Morgan
The Vagabonds / A G.I. Wish / Victor / 5.12.45
Herb Jeffries / Herb Jeffries / Love Me Long – Hold Me Close – Kiss Me Warm and Tender / Harmony [Columbia] / 1950s
set 4
Bob Cooper / Coop!: The Music of Bob Cooper / Confirmation / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57 /
Pete Rugolo & his Orch / An Adventure in Sound – Reeds / Walking Shoes / Mercury / LA 11.1.56
Annisteen Allen / The Bittersweet / Federal / 10.31.51
Rita Monico / Quando Tu Vorrai (What the World Needs Now Is Love) / 1965
Lee Charles / Wrong Number / Revue / 1968
Southern Sons / Ring Dem Golden Bells / V-Disc / early 12.43
last soul song
Barbara Lynn / (Daddy Hot Stuff) You're Too Hot to Hold / Atlantic / 1972
Friday, August 08, 2008
This Little Playlist of Mine
Coffeetime, August 8, 2008, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Teddy Edwards / It's All Right! / Moving In / Prestige / 5.24 & 27.67
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ritual / Touché / Pacific Jazz / 1.14.57
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley / In the Land of Hi-Fi / Broadway at Basin Street / EmArcy 6.8.56
Ruth Etting / I Never Dreamt (You'd Fall in Love with Me) / Columbia / 06.02.30
Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford / Move Your Hand Baby / Capitol / Hollywood 11.29.47
Lucy Reed / This is Lucy Reed / (In the) Wee Small Hours (of the Morning) / Fantasy / 1.57
set 2
Randy Weston / Jazz á la Bohemia / Once in a While / Riverside / live Café Bohemia, 10.14.56
Johnny Gilbert / That's All / Willow Weep for Me / Imperial / LA 1963
Art Farmer / I Walk Alone / Prestige / 1.9.54
Ray Noble & his Orch / Sweet Sue, Just You / radio transcription /5.13.35
Blue Lu Barker / He's So Good / 11.17.39
The Enchanters / I've Lost / Jubilee / 4.52
Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer / Two of a Kind / Medley: Paddlin' Madelin' Home and Row, Row, Row / Atco / LA 1961 / orch arranged & conducted by Billy May
set 3
Billy Butterfield / Goes to Amherst / The Song is You / Essex / 1955
Earle Hagen / soundtrack to Columbia movie The New Interns / Nancy's Theme / Colpix / Hollywood 1962
Preston Love Sextet / Strictly Cash / Federal / LA 1.22.52
Bing Crosby & the Charioteers / Sleep, Kentucky Babe / V-Disc / Hollywood mid-1940s
Red Norvo & his Orch / Something for the Boys / V-Disc / Hollywood 1943-1944 / vocal = Carol Bruce
Oscar Peterson / Romance / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Verve / 5.21.53
set 4
Chet Baker / In New York / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Riverside / 9.58
Paul Weston & his Orch / Louise / V-Disc / Hollywood mid-1940s
John Kirby & his Orch / I Could Make You Love Me / Crown / 1.9.46 / vocal = Sarah Vaughn
Nat King Cole / Hi-Fi Demonstration Record [Sings for Two in Love] / Our Love is Here to Stay / Capitol/ LA 1953
Ray Charles / Ray Charles / This Little Girl of Mine / Atlantic / Miami 6.55
Songbirds of the South / Where Could I Go? / radio transcription [WDIA] / Memphis early 1950s
last soul song
Ultimates / Girl I've Been Trying to Tell You / Br-Roma / 1974
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Teddy Edwards / It's All Right! / Moving In / Prestige / 5.24 & 27.67
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ritual / Touché / Pacific Jazz / 1.14.57
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley / In the Land of Hi-Fi / Broadway at Basin Street / EmArcy 6.8.56
Ruth Etting / I Never Dreamt (You'd Fall in Love with Me) / Columbia / 06.02.30
Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford / Move Your Hand Baby / Capitol / Hollywood 11.29.47
Lucy Reed / This is Lucy Reed / (In the) Wee Small Hours (of the Morning) / Fantasy / 1.57
set 2
Randy Weston / Jazz á la Bohemia / Once in a While / Riverside / live Café Bohemia, 10.14.56
Johnny Gilbert / That's All / Willow Weep for Me / Imperial / LA 1963
Art Farmer / I Walk Alone / Prestige / 1.9.54
Ray Noble & his Orch / Sweet Sue, Just You / radio transcription /5.13.35
Blue Lu Barker / He's So Good / 11.17.39
The Enchanters / I've Lost / Jubilee / 4.52
Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer / Two of a Kind / Medley: Paddlin' Madelin' Home and Row, Row, Row / Atco / LA 1961 / orch arranged & conducted by Billy May
set 3
Billy Butterfield / Goes to Amherst / The Song is You / Essex / 1955
Earle Hagen / soundtrack to Columbia movie The New Interns / Nancy's Theme / Colpix / Hollywood 1962
Preston Love Sextet / Strictly Cash / Federal / LA 1.22.52
Bing Crosby & the Charioteers / Sleep, Kentucky Babe / V-Disc / Hollywood mid-1940s
Red Norvo & his Orch / Something for the Boys / V-Disc / Hollywood 1943-1944 / vocal = Carol Bruce
Oscar Peterson / Romance / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Verve / 5.21.53
set 4
Chet Baker / In New York / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Riverside / 9.58
Paul Weston & his Orch / Louise / V-Disc / Hollywood mid-1940s
John Kirby & his Orch / I Could Make You Love Me / Crown / 1.9.46 / vocal = Sarah Vaughn
Nat King Cole / Hi-Fi Demonstration Record [Sings for Two in Love] / Our Love is Here to Stay / Capitol/ LA 1953
Ray Charles / Ray Charles / This Little Girl of Mine / Atlantic / Miami 6.55
Songbirds of the South / Where Could I Go? / radio transcription [WDIA] / Memphis early 1950s
last soul song
Ultimates / Girl I've Been Trying to Tell You / Br-Roma / 1974
Friday, August 01, 2008
Playlist Magic
Coffeetime, August 1, 2008, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Lee Morgan / Here's Lee Morgan / Terrible "T" / Vee Jay / 2.2, 3, 8.60
Prestige All Stars / Four Altos / Pedal Eyes / Prestige / 2.9.57
Brick Fleagle's Orch / Helena's Dream / HRS / 5.45
Eddie Cantor / soundtrack to Paramount short Getting a Ticket / My Wife Is on a Diet / 1929
Pearl Bailey / Fifteen Years / V-Disc / 4.24.45 / with orch conducted by Mitchell Ayres
Larry Darnell / For You My Love / Regal / 1949 / with Paul Gayten's Band /~jaymar41/darnell.html
Norene Tate / Tenderly / The Wail / Elektra / 1957
set 2
Kenny Burrell / Men at Work / I'm a Fool to Want You / Cadet / live at The Village Vanguard 1966
Gigi Gryce / Embraceable You / Savoy / 3.7.55
Frank Sinatra / CBS broadcast, The Frank Sinatra Show / Homesick, That's All / V-Disc / 9.26.45 / orch arranged & conducted by Axel Stordahl
Etta Jones / My Sleepy Head / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J.C. Heard & his Orch
Rosemary Clooney & Bing Crosby / Fancy Meeting You Here / It Happened in Monterey / RCA Victor / Hollywood 8.7.58
set 3
Les Spann / Gemini / Q's Dues Blues / Jazzland / 12.16.60
Howard Roberts / Whatever's Fair! / Sweet September / Capitol / LA 1966
Howard McGhee - Fats Navarro Boptet / The Fabulous Fats Navarro, vol 2 / Double Talk / Blue Note / 10.11.48
Slim Coates with Vocalaires / Greenville, S.C. / Crystal / 1949
Chuck Higgins & his Mellotones / Motor Head Baby / Combo / LA 11.52 / vocal = John Watson
Sam Cooke / Encore / When I Fall in Love / Keen / LA 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orch
set 4
Shelly Manne & his Men / At the Black Hawk, volume 1 / Summertime / Contemporary / 9.22.59
Dorothy Lamour / soundtrack to Paramount film Moon Over Burma / Mexican Magic / Hollywood 1940
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson / Winter in America / Back Home / Strata-East / Silver Springs, Maryland 9.4, 5 & 10.15.73
Golden Gate Quartet / In that Great Getting Up Morning / radio transcription (NBC Thesaurus 986) / summer/fall 1941
last soul song
Jean Plum / Back to You / Hi / Chicago 1975
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Lee Morgan / Here's Lee Morgan / Terrible "T" / Vee Jay / 2.2, 3, 8.60
Prestige All Stars / Four Altos / Pedal Eyes / Prestige / 2.9.57
Brick Fleagle's Orch / Helena's Dream / HRS / 5.45
Eddie Cantor / soundtrack to Paramount short Getting a Ticket / My Wife Is on a Diet / 1929
Pearl Bailey / Fifteen Years / V-Disc / 4.24.45 / with orch conducted by Mitchell Ayres
Larry Darnell / For You My Love / Regal / 1949 / with Paul Gayten's Band /~jaymar41/darnell.html
Norene Tate / Tenderly / The Wail / Elektra / 1957
set 2
Kenny Burrell / Men at Work / I'm a Fool to Want You / Cadet / live at The Village Vanguard 1966
Gigi Gryce / Embraceable You / Savoy / 3.7.55
Frank Sinatra / CBS broadcast, The Frank Sinatra Show / Homesick, That's All / V-Disc / 9.26.45 / orch arranged & conducted by Axel Stordahl
Etta Jones / My Sleepy Head / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J.C. Heard & his Orch
Rosemary Clooney & Bing Crosby / Fancy Meeting You Here / It Happened in Monterey / RCA Victor / Hollywood 8.7.58
set 3
Les Spann / Gemini / Q's Dues Blues / Jazzland / 12.16.60
Howard Roberts / Whatever's Fair! / Sweet September / Capitol / LA 1966
Howard McGhee - Fats Navarro Boptet / The Fabulous Fats Navarro, vol 2 / Double Talk / Blue Note / 10.11.48
Slim Coates with Vocalaires / Greenville, S.C. / Crystal / 1949
Chuck Higgins & his Mellotones / Motor Head Baby / Combo / LA 11.52 / vocal = John Watson
Sam Cooke / Encore / When I Fall in Love / Keen / LA 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orch
set 4
Shelly Manne & his Men / At the Black Hawk, volume 1 / Summertime / Contemporary / 9.22.59
Dorothy Lamour / soundtrack to Paramount film Moon Over Burma / Mexican Magic / Hollywood 1940
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson / Winter in America / Back Home / Strata-East / Silver Springs, Maryland 9.4, 5 & 10.15.73
Golden Gate Quartet / In that Great Getting Up Morning / radio transcription (NBC Thesaurus 986) / summer/fall 1941
last soul song
Jean Plum / Back to You / Hi / Chicago 1975
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