If Playlists Come True

Coffeetime, March 27, 2009, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
The Jazz Messengers / Hank's Symphony / Columbia / 5.4.56
Frank Wess / The Frank Wess Quartet / I See You Face Before Me / Prestige Moodsville / 5.9.60
Cab Calloway & his Orch / Cruisin' with Cab / V-Disc [WEAF (NBC) radio broadcsst] / 9.18.44
Fred Rich & his Orch / Nobody But You / Columbia / 5.10.29 / vocal = The Rollickers
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You) / Decca / 1.24.41
The Larks / Ooh… It Feels So Good / Apollo / 3.27.51
Dakota Staton / Crazy He Calls Me / Crazy He Calls Me / Capitol / 1958

set 2
Randy Weston / Jazz á la Bohemia / You Go to My Head / Riverside / live Café Bohemia, 10.14.56
Joe Newman / Joe Newman with Woodwinds / Time / Roulette / 1958
Jimmy Forrest / Out of the Forrest / Yesterdays / Prestige / 4.18.61
The Ramblers / Ragging the Fiddle / Decca / London 5.23.33
Joe Haymes & his Orch / He's the Life of the Party / Bluebird / 5.4.32 / vocal = Jimmy Underwood & band
The Ink Spots / Do I Worry / Kraft Music Hall radio show broadcast transcription / 2.27.41 / with introduction by Bing Crosby
Frankie Laine / Rockin' / On the Sunny Side of the Street / Columbia / 1950

set 3
The Mustang / Dance to Swing Organ / Shangri-La / Somerset / LA 1965
Lester Young & Teddy Wilson / Pres and Teddy / Prisoner of Love / Verve / 1.13.56
Terry Gibbs / Terry's Tune / New Jazz / 3.14.49
The Five Cousins [Spirits of Rhythm] / Rhythm / Brunswick / 9.20.33
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Good for Nothin' But Love / Victor / 12.15.38 / vocal = Martha Tilton
Mel Tormé / The Tormé Touch / The Blues / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.56

set 4
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / Cherokee / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Benny Carter / Additions to Further Definitions / If Dreams Come True / Impulse! / LA 3.2.66
Pauline & her Perils [Six Hits and a Miss minus two Hits] / My Blue Heaven / Keystone transcription / 4.39 / with the King Cole Trio (a little celeste by Nat King Cole) and solo vocal = Pauline Byrns
The Cadillacs / Gloria / Josie / 6.54 / with Rene Hall's Combo
Sammy Davis Jr / Sammy (The Original Television Soundtrack) / The Birth of the Blues / MGM / London 9.73
Harmonizing Four / I Found the Lord / Gotham [unissued] / early 1950s

last soul song
The Gentlemen Four / It Won't Hurt / Wand / 1968

Playing around with Blogger

Hey sleepy friends

As you can see, I've been playing around with the design of my blog here on Blogger. Although it's a tad "undesigned" now, I do think it's easier to read. I'm debating whether to move the site to the server that hosts my site angelynngrant.com but still keep it Blogger-driven, move it but make it Wordpress-driven, move it to Squarespace, or just leave it as is and tinker. Whichever I choose, I will be tweaking the design as I go along. If you have an opinion, let me know at coffee@wmbr.org.

The Playlist from 29 Palms

Coffeetime, March 20, 2009, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Jimmy Heath / The Quota / The Quota / Riverside / 4.14, 20.61
Matthew Gee / Jazz by Gee / The Boys from Brooklyn / Riverside / 7.19.56
The Curtis Bay Coast Guard Training Station Dance Band / Available Jones / V-Disc / 3.44
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orch / You're a Builder Upper / Victor / 7.13.34 / vocal = Joey Nash
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / Put it Away / V-Disc / 12.14.39 / vocal = Willie Smith
Cathy Hayes / It's All Right with Me / Last Night When We Were Young / Hi Fi Records / LA 1959

set 2
Prestige All Stars / Olio / Embraceable You / Prestige / 2.16.57
Red Garland / Solar / The Very Thought of You / Jazzland / 1.30.62
17 Skymen of the 718th AAF Band [Glenn Miller] / Summer Holiday / V-Disc / 1940s
Garland Wilson / Get Up, Bessie / Brunswick / Paris 12.32
Connee Boswell / Stormy Weather / V-Disc / 1944
Roy Brown / Train Times Blues / King / Cincinnati 6.22.50
Elaine Delmar / Swinging the Bard / Shall I Compare Thee? / Atco / 1964 / with The Elizabethan Consort of Viols & Geoffrey Emmott's Recorder Consort

set 3
Harold Mabern / Rakin' and Scrapin' / Such Is Life / Prestige / 12.23.68
Sergio Mendes / Sergio Mendes' Favorites / So What's New / Atlantic / 1968
Charlie Parker / Just One of Those Things / Verve / 3.31.54
Peggy Lee & Woody Herman /The Lady from 29 Palms / radio transcription/ Hollywood summer 1947 / with Dave Barbour & his Orch
Billy Williams / Billy Williams Quartet / The Gaucho Serenade / M-G-M / 1956
Jimmy Shigeta / Scene One / What Is There to Say? / Silver Slipper / Hollywood late 1950s / with Axel Stordahl & his Orch

set 4
Art Pepper & Conte Candoli / Mucho Calor / Old Devil Moon / Andex / Forum Theater, LA
Pete Rugolo / An Adventure in Sound – Brass / Brass at Work / Mercury / LA 10.31.56
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / Prisoner of Love / V-Disc / LA 9.16.41 / vocal = Lena Horne
Mickey Rooney / Mickey Rooney Sings George M. Cohan / I Couldn't Be More in Love / Hollywood 1957
Al Wilson / Weighing In / Settle Me Down / Rocky Road Records / 1973
The Southern Sons / We'll Anchor Bye and Bye / V-Disc / early 12.43

last soul song
The Five Stairsteps / The Touch of You / Windy C / 1967

Walk a Lonely Playlist: Filling in on Backwoods

Backwoods, February 28, 2009, Angelynn Grant (filling for John Funke)

All songs marked either "45" or "LP" are from originals; rest are from compilations of one sort or another. I haven't uploaded this show and it's no longer on the wmbr.org archive. If you want to hear it, let me know.

set 1
Wynona Carr / Ding Dong Daddy
Helen Humes / Central Avenue Boogie
Cootie Williams / Typhoon / Mercury

bed 1
Dick Hyman / The Dick Hyman Trio Swings / We're in the Money & Pleasure / M-G-M / mid-1950s / LP

set 2
The 5 Royales / What's That
The Dreams / My Little Honeybun / Savoy
Desi Arnaz & his Orch / La Cumparsita
"Scat Man" Crothers / Gone with "Scat Man" Crothers [Rock 'N Roll with "Scat Man" Crothers] / The Gal Looks Good / Craftsmen [Tops] / 1957 / LP
Shari Lewis / Hi Kids! / All God's Chillun Got Rhythm / Golden Record / 1958 / LP
Jerry Colonna / Entertains at You Party… / I Like! You Like? / Bravo / LP

bed 2
Jack Marshall / Soundsville! / The Third Man Theme / Capitol / LP

set 3
Shorty Bates & his Texas Saddle Pals / You're There / Mel-O-Tone
Shelly Lee Alley & his Alley Cats / Women, Women, Women
Riley Puckett / Red Wing
Ella Mae Morse / AFRS Swingtime #36 / Jam Session on The Red River Valley
Spade Cooley & the Western / Cowbell Polka

bed 3
Akoni Lani & his Islanders / Hawaiian Favorites / My Little Grass Shack / Tops / LP

set 4
Bobby Helms / Standing at the End of My World / Decca / 45
Chet Atkins / Teensville
Bobbie Gentry /Ode to Billie Joe / Mississippi Delta / LP
Elvis Presley / Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues

bed 4
Les Paul & Mary Ford / Lovers' Luau / My Little Grass Shack / LP

set 5
Young Jessie / Do You Love Me
Linda Hopkins / Rock & Roll Blues / Atco
Eskew Reeder / Green Door / Minit / 3.2.62
Speedin' / The Medallions / Dootone / 1955
Johnny Preston / Cradle of Love / Mercury / 45
Curtis Johnson / Lover Boy / Event / 45
Lou Stein / Got a Match / Mercury / 45
George Weston / Well Don't You Know / Jackpot / 45
Chubby Checker / Good, Good, Lovin' / Parkway / 45
Ricky Nelson / Waitin' in School / Imperial / 45
Dion / Everything You Always Wanted to Hear by Dion & the Belmonts / Sandy / Laurie / LP
Jo Ann Campbell / soundtrack to Hey, Let's Twist / Let Me Do My Twist / Roulette / LP

bed 5 -- public service announcement
Franz Waxman / Crime in the Streets / The Celebration / LP

set 5 (continued)
The Banana Splits / We're The Banana Splits / You're the Lovin' End / Decca / LP
Paul Revere & the Raiders / Just Like Us! / Out of Sight / Columbia / LP
The Cranktones / Cotton Pickin' Rocker / Rhubarb Records
Warren Lee / Star Revue / Deesu
Flip Wilson / Flip / comedy snippet / Little David / LP
The Sandpebbles / Forget It / Calla / 45

bed 6
Elmer Bernstein / soundtrack to Staccato / Walk a Lonely Street / Capitol / LP

set 6
The Friendly Brothers / I Need Jesus on My Journey
Jackie Wilson & Count Basie / Manufacturers of Soul / Uptight (Everything's Alright) / Brunswick / LP

bed 7
Pat Williams / Shades of Today / For Me! (Arrastao) / Verve / LP

last song
John Cullum / score from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever / Come Back to Me / RCA Victor / LP

I'd Rather Lead a Playlist

Coffeetime, March 6, 2009, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Harold Land / The Fox / The Fox / Contemporary / LA 8.59
Lee Morgan / Take Twelve / Lee-sure Time / Jazzland / 1.24.62
Red Norvo / I Got Rhythm / Keynote / 10.10.44
Phillip Brown's Grosvenor Band / Mean Music / HMV / London summer 1932
Lucky Millinder & his Orch / Chew Tobacco Rag / King / 2.28.51 / vocal = John Carol & ensemble
Annie Laurie / Songs Made Famous by Dinah Washington / No Regrets / Palace / with Specs Williams Quartet

set 2
Coleman Hawkins / The Hawk Flies High / Laura / Riverside / 3.12, 15.57
Milt Jackson / Big Bags / Echoes / Riverside / 7.5.62
Ernie Felice / Cocktail Time / Street of Dreams / Capitol / Hollywood 1950
Napoleon's Emperors / My Kinda Love / X [Victor] / 5.14.29
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Take Me Back to My Boots & Saddle / Victor / 9.26.35 / vocal = Cliff Weston
The Vocaleers / Be True / Red Robin / 1953
Chuck Willis / Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You / Atlantic / 8.30.56

set 3
Wynton Kelly / Someday My Prince Will Come / Love, I've Found You / Vee-Jay / 7.21.61
Cal Tjader / A Night at the Blackhawk / I Hadn't Anyone Till You / Fantasy /San Francisco winter 1958-59
Freddie Mitchell & his Orch / Jersey Bounce / Derby / 12.51
Boswell Sisters / Dinah [alt take B] / Victor [unissued] / LA 12.13.34
Fred Astaire / soundtrack to Follow the Fleet / I'd Rather Lead a Band / Brunswick / Hollywood 1.30.36 / with Johnny Green & his Orch
The Charioteers / The Charioteers with Billy Williams / I Miss You So / Harmony [Columbia] / 6.47

set 4
Wes Montgomery / SO Much Guitar! / I Wish I Knew / Riverside / 8.4.61
Lucky Thompson / Tricotism / Old Reliable / ABC-Paramount / 1.30.56
Anita O'Day / You Took Advantage of Me / London / 12.27.50
Little Milton / Blues 'n' Soul / You're No Good / Stax / Memphis / 1974
Sarah Vaughan / Wonderful Sarah / Experience Unnecessary / Mercury / 1954
Golden Gate Quartet / Handwriting on the Wall / Okeh [unissued] / 12.3.41

last [soulful] song
Bill Deal & the Rhondels / Are You Ready for This / Heritage / Virginia 1969