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

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

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