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, September 25, 2009
You Keep Coming Back Like a Playlist
Coffeetime, September 25, 2009, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Music for Lighthousekeeping / Love Me or Levey / Contemporary / LA 10.2, 9, 16.56
Charlie Mariano / Johnny One Note / Bethlehem / 7.11.55
Count Basie & his Orch / On My Way & Shoutin' Again! /Skippin' with Skitch / Verve / 11.2, 3, 5.62
Freddie Rich & his Orch / Some of These Days / CBS radio transcription, Fred's Friendly Five / fall 1931 / announcer = David Ross
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / Blues for What I've Never Had / RCA Victor / LA 1949 / vocal = Lee Barnes
Honi Gordon / Honi Gordon Sings / Cupid / Prestige / 3.23.62
set 2
The Basie-ites / How High the Moon / September Song / Jubilee / 1962
Teddy Charles / Flyin' Home: Salute to Hamp / He's Gone Again / Bethlehem / 1958
Johnny Otis Band /Harlem Nocturne / radio transcription / live Apollo Theater 12.1.52 / announcer = Lucky Millinder, featuring Freddy Ford on alto
The Ramblers Dance Orch / What Harlem Is to Me / Decca / Amsterdam 8.26.35 / announcer = Coleman Hawkins
Spirits of Rhythm / I've Got the World on a String / Brunswick / 9.20.33
Bing Crosby / soundtrack to Paramount movie Blue Skies / You Keep Coming Back Like a Song / Hollywood August to November 1945
Pee Wee Crayton / My Idea About You / Imperial / New Orleans 1.28.55
Lee Andrews & the Hearts / The Clock / Main Line / 6.57
set 3
Sonny Criss / Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) / Ballad for Samuel / Prestige / LA 5.8.68
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream / I Got a Crush on You / Savoy / 11.11.55
Teddy Edwards / Steady with Teddy / Rex /LA 7.47
Maxine Sullivan / If I Had a Ribbon Bow / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41 / with John Kirby & his Orch
Basin Street Boys / Vootnay on the Votnay / Exclusive / LA circa 6.46 / with Eddie Beal Fourtet
Willie Bobo / Feelin' So Good / Dichoso / Verve / 9.27.66
set 4
Teddy Edwards / Sunset Eyes / Takin' Off / Pacific Jazz / LA 8.16.60
Jack Millman Sextet / Shades of "Things to Come" / Thinking of Russ / Liberty / LA 9.55
Lionel Hampton & his Orch / When Lights Are Low / Victor / 9.11.39
Nat Gonella / Moon Country (Is Home to Me) / Decca / 7.2.34
Jackie Wilson / It's All a Part of Love / People / Brunswick / 1970
Christland Singers / Someday, Somewhere / Peacock / Houston 1953
last soul song
Betty Wrigth / Pure Love / Alston / 1970
Friday, September 18, 2009
Vamo A Playlist A The Annex
The Annex, September 18, 2009, Angelynn Grant
bed
Noro Morales & his Orch / Lecouna's Afro-Cuban Suite / Vik (RCA Victor) / 5.6, 7, & 10.57
set 1
Beny Moré / Dolor Carabali / RCA Victor
Celio Gonzalez & La Sonora Mantancera / Totico Tuyo / Seeco
Perez Prado / "Prez" / Come Back to Sorrento (Torna a Sorrento) / RCA Victor / 1958
Arsenio Rodríguez / Burundanga
Los Cariñosos / Vamo A Cuba / Vamo A Cuba / Vik (RCA Victor)
Arsenio Rodríguez / Todos Seguimos la Conga
Los Cariñosos / Vamo A Cuba / Los Cadetes / Vik (RCA Victor)
Desi Arnaz & his Orch / Babalu
set 2
Miguelito Valdés & Noro Morales & his Orch / Oh, Me Tambó!
El Borinquen Orch / Cha-Cha & Mambo / By Candlelight / Paris / 1956
Celia Cruz / La Merenguita
Elena Madera / La Voz de Pasíon / Quisiera Saber / Decca with orch conducted by Johnny Conquet
Gina Léon / Aléjate
Alberto Socarras / Latin Impressions / Hindustan / Decca
Trîo Servando Díaz / La Jícara / radio transcription
René Touzet / Mr. Cha Cha Cha / Mi Guaguanco / GNP / live, Crecendo, Hollywood
last song
Beny Moré / Maracaibo Oriental / RCA Victor
bed
Noro Morales & his Orch / Lecouna's Afro-Cuban Suite / Vik (RCA Victor) / 5.6, 7, & 10.57
set 1
Beny Moré / Dolor Carabali / RCA Victor
Celio Gonzalez & La Sonora Mantancera / Totico Tuyo / Seeco
Perez Prado / "Prez" / Come Back to Sorrento (Torna a Sorrento) / RCA Victor / 1958
Arsenio Rodríguez / Burundanga
Los Cariñosos / Vamo A Cuba / Vamo A Cuba / Vik (RCA Victor)
Arsenio Rodríguez / Todos Seguimos la Conga
Los Cariñosos / Vamo A Cuba / Los Cadetes / Vik (RCA Victor)
Desi Arnaz & his Orch / Babalu
set 2
Miguelito Valdés & Noro Morales & his Orch / Oh, Me Tambó!
El Borinquen Orch / Cha-Cha & Mambo / By Candlelight / Paris / 1956
Celia Cruz / La Merenguita
Elena Madera / La Voz de Pasíon / Quisiera Saber / Decca with orch conducted by Johnny Conquet
Gina Léon / Aléjate
Alberto Socarras / Latin Impressions / Hindustan / Decca
Trîo Servando Díaz / La Jícara / radio transcription
René Touzet / Mr. Cha Cha Cha / Mi Guaguanco / GNP / live, Crecendo, Hollywood
last song
Beny Moré / Maracaibo Oriental / RCA Victor
You're Such a Beautiful Playlist
Coffeetime, September 18, 2009, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Horace Silver / Further Explorations / The Outlaw / Blue Note / 1.13.58
Art Farmer / Meet the Jazztet / Avalon / Argo / 2.6, 9, 10.60
Bob Zurke & his Delta Rhythm Band / [Tom Cat on the Keys] / Tea for Two / RCA Victor / 1.18.40 [1955]
Maynard Baird & his Southern Serenaders / Postage Stamp / Vocalion / Knoxville, Tenn 4.7.30
Jack Buchanan & his Orch / Everything Stops for Tea / HMV / London 1.19.36
Roy Eldridge & his Orch / Where the Lazy River Goes By / Vocalion / Chicago 1.28.37 / vocal = Gladys Palmer
Tommy Brown / Double Faced Deacon / Savoy / 1.24.51 / with the Griffin Brothers
Esther Phillips / And I Love Him / 'Tis Autumn / Atlantic / 1966
set 2
The Modern Jazz Quartet / Lonely Woman / Why Are You Blue? / Atlantic / 1962
Johnny Otis & his Orch / Stardust / Mercury / LA 12.26.51
The Three Blazers / Fugue in C Major / Atlas / Hollywood 1945
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks / High Fever / Victor / Chicago 12.8.26
Johnny Mercer / I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City / Capital / Hollywood 7.31.42 / with Freddie Slack & his Orch
Jo Stafford / I Got the Sun in the Morning / radio transcription, AFRS Melody Hour #332 / Hollywood 3.9.50 / with Victor Young & his Orch and introduced by Dick Haymes
Clarence Cooper / [Folk, Pops 'n Jazz Sampler ] / 900 Miles / Elektra / [1957] 1955
set 3
Harold Mabern / Workin' & Wailin' / Waltzing Westward / Prestige / 6.30.69
Vido Musso's All Stars / Moose on the Loose / Savoy / 2.25.46
The Five Breezes / Minute and Hour Blues / Bluebird / Chicago 11.15.40
Chuck Foster & his Orch / Sunshine of My Heart / transcription / Chicago 1940 / vocal = Dorothy Brandon
Frank Minion / The Soft Land of Make Believe (Introduction to Black Opium Street) / Theme Two: Autobiography of a Musician, Bongo Blues / Bethlehem / 1.60
set 4
Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne / Sounds! / A Day in Brazil -- Medley / Capitol / Hollywood 1966
Red Norvo / Music to Listen to Red Norvo By / Poeme / Contemporary / LA 1.26.57
Dizzy Gillespie / He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped / Allegro Elite (RCA) / 7.9.46 / vocal = Alice Roberts
Frankie Laine & the Four Lads / Juba-Juba-Jubalee / Columbia / 1954
The Jubilee Hummingbirds / Jesus Will Fix It / Chalice [unissued] / 1960s
last soul song
Jerry Butler / What Do You Do on a Sunday Afternoon / Mercury / 1973
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Horace Silver / Further Explorations / The Outlaw / Blue Note / 1.13.58
Art Farmer / Meet the Jazztet / Avalon / Argo / 2.6, 9, 10.60
Bob Zurke & his Delta Rhythm Band / [Tom Cat on the Keys] / Tea for Two / RCA Victor / 1.18.40 [1955]
Maynard Baird & his Southern Serenaders / Postage Stamp / Vocalion / Knoxville, Tenn 4.7.30
Jack Buchanan & his Orch / Everything Stops for Tea / HMV / London 1.19.36
Roy Eldridge & his Orch / Where the Lazy River Goes By / Vocalion / Chicago 1.28.37 / vocal = Gladys Palmer
Tommy Brown / Double Faced Deacon / Savoy / 1.24.51 / with the Griffin Brothers
Esther Phillips / And I Love Him / 'Tis Autumn / Atlantic / 1966
set 2
The Modern Jazz Quartet / Lonely Woman / Why Are You Blue? / Atlantic / 1962
Johnny Otis & his Orch / Stardust / Mercury / LA 12.26.51
The Three Blazers / Fugue in C Major / Atlas / Hollywood 1945
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks / High Fever / Victor / Chicago 12.8.26
Johnny Mercer / I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City / Capital / Hollywood 7.31.42 / with Freddie Slack & his Orch
Jo Stafford / I Got the Sun in the Morning / radio transcription, AFRS Melody Hour #332 / Hollywood 3.9.50 / with Victor Young & his Orch and introduced by Dick Haymes
Clarence Cooper / [Folk, Pops 'n Jazz Sampler ] / 900 Miles / Elektra / [1957] 1955
set 3
Harold Mabern / Workin' & Wailin' / Waltzing Westward / Prestige / 6.30.69
Vido Musso's All Stars / Moose on the Loose / Savoy / 2.25.46
The Five Breezes / Minute and Hour Blues / Bluebird / Chicago 11.15.40
Chuck Foster & his Orch / Sunshine of My Heart / transcription / Chicago 1940 / vocal = Dorothy Brandon
Frank Minion / The Soft Land of Make Believe (Introduction to Black Opium Street) / Theme Two: Autobiography of a Musician, Bongo Blues / Bethlehem / 1.60
set 4
Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne / Sounds! / A Day in Brazil -- Medley / Capitol / Hollywood 1966
Red Norvo / Music to Listen to Red Norvo By / Poeme / Contemporary / LA 1.26.57
Dizzy Gillespie / He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped / Allegro Elite (RCA) / 7.9.46 / vocal = Alice Roberts
Frankie Laine & the Four Lads / Juba-Juba-Jubalee / Columbia / 1954
The Jubilee Hummingbirds / Jesus Will Fix It / Chalice [unissued] / 1960s
last soul song
Jerry Butler / What Do You Do on a Sunday Afternoon / Mercury / 1973
Friday, September 11, 2009
You and the Night and the Playlist
Coffeetime, September 11, 2009, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
JJ Johnson / Dial JJ 5 / Old Devil Moon / Columbia / 5.14.57
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly / Action / Riverside /1.31.58 http://www.jazzdisco.org/kelly/dis/c/#580131
The Plantation Orch aka Pike Davies Orchestra / Silver Rose (Blackbirds of 1926) / Columbia / London 12.1.26
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orch / Turn on the Heat / Okeh / 10.10.29
The 5 Royales / I'm Gonna Run It Down /King / Cincinnati 6.54
Toni Harper / Toni / Little Girl Blue / Verve / LA 1.3.56
set 2
Booker Ervin / Cookin' / You Don't Know What Love Is / Savoy / 11.26.60
Ronnie Mathews / Doin' the Thang! / Prelude to a Kiss / Prestige / 12.17.63
The Ramblers Dance Orch / Erratic Rhythm / Decca / London 11.9.32
Johnnie "Geechie" Temple / Fix It Up and Go / Decca / 9.23.40
Hadda Brooks & Ebonaires / Bewildered / Modern / LA 1949
Paul Gayten & his Orch / Goodnight, Irene / Regal / 10.50 / with the Coleman Brothers
Burt Bacharach / Living Together / Reflections / A&M / Hollywood 1973
set 3
Jimmy Smith / I'm Movin' On / T'Ain't No Use / Blue Note / 1.31.63
Stan Getz / Getz/Gilberto #2 / Stan's Blues / Verve / live Carnegie Hall 10.9.64
Charlie Parker / Jazz Perennial / Cardboard / Norgran [Verve] / spring 49
Charioteers / Swing Madness / Columbia / early 1940s
Dolly Dawn & her Dawn Patrol Orch / There Won't Be a Shortage of Love / V-Disc / 2.42 http://www.petersando.com/dollyd.html
Mel Tormé / Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-tette / When the Sun Comes Out / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.56
set 4
Marty Paich Quartet / Featuring Art Pepper / You and the Night and the Music / Tampa / 2.20.57
The Five / Forelock / RCA Victor / LA 1955
Pleasant Joseph aka Cousin Joe / Boogie Woogie Hannah / Savoy / 1.13.46
Beny Moré / Maracaibo Oriental / RCA Victor / 1950s
Mary Love / Is That You / Modern / LA 1967 / duet with Arthur Adams
Hightower Brothers / Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior / Nashboro [unissued] / Nashville 1962?
last soul song
The Chi-Lites / A Letter to Myself / Could It Be I'm Falling in Love / Brunswick / 1973
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
JJ Johnson / Dial JJ 5 / Old Devil Moon / Columbia / 5.14.57
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly / Action / Riverside /1.31.58 http://www.jazzdisco.org/kelly/dis/c/#580131
The Plantation Orch aka Pike Davies Orchestra / Silver Rose (Blackbirds of 1926) / Columbia / London 12.1.26
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orch / Turn on the Heat / Okeh / 10.10.29
The 5 Royales / I'm Gonna Run It Down /King / Cincinnati 6.54
Toni Harper / Toni / Little Girl Blue / Verve / LA 1.3.56
set 2
Booker Ervin / Cookin' / You Don't Know What Love Is / Savoy / 11.26.60
Ronnie Mathews / Doin' the Thang! / Prelude to a Kiss / Prestige / 12.17.63
The Ramblers Dance Orch / Erratic Rhythm / Decca / London 11.9.32
Johnnie "Geechie" Temple / Fix It Up and Go / Decca / 9.23.40
Hadda Brooks & Ebonaires / Bewildered / Modern / LA 1949
Paul Gayten & his Orch / Goodnight, Irene / Regal / 10.50 / with the Coleman Brothers
Burt Bacharach / Living Together / Reflections / A&M / Hollywood 1973
set 3
Jimmy Smith / I'm Movin' On / T'Ain't No Use / Blue Note / 1.31.63
Stan Getz / Getz/Gilberto #2 / Stan's Blues / Verve / live Carnegie Hall 10.9.64
Charlie Parker / Jazz Perennial / Cardboard / Norgran [Verve] / spring 49
Charioteers / Swing Madness / Columbia / early 1940s
Dolly Dawn & her Dawn Patrol Orch / There Won't Be a Shortage of Love / V-Disc / 2.42 http://www.petersando.com/dollyd.html
Mel Tormé / Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-tette / When the Sun Comes Out / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.56
set 4
Marty Paich Quartet / Featuring Art Pepper / You and the Night and the Music / Tampa / 2.20.57
The Five / Forelock / RCA Victor / LA 1955
Pleasant Joseph aka Cousin Joe / Boogie Woogie Hannah / Savoy / 1.13.46
Beny Moré / Maracaibo Oriental / RCA Victor / 1950s
Mary Love / Is That You / Modern / LA 1967 / duet with Arthur Adams
Hightower Brothers / Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior / Nashboro [unissued] / Nashville 1962?
last soul song
The Chi-Lites / A Letter to Myself / Could It Be I'm Falling in Love / Brunswick / 1973
Friday, September 04, 2009
All God's Children Got Playlist
Coffeetime, September 4, 2009, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Harold Land / Take Aim / As You Like It / Blue Note / LA 7.25.60
Oscar Pettiford / Oscar Pettiford Orch in Hi Fi / Not So Sleepy / ABC-Paramount / 6.12.56
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Liebestraum / Victor / 2.18.37
Lew Stone & his Band / Tina / Regal-Zonophone / London 1934 / vocal = Sam Browne?
Lavaida Carter / Dixie Isn't Dixie Any More (Blackbirds of 1936) / HMV / London 9.15.36
Amos Milburn / Amos Blues / Aladdin / LA 9.12.46
Peggy Lee / Rendezvous with Peggy Lee / Stormy Weather / Capitol / Hollywood 3.29.48
set 2
Joe Roland / Joe Roland / Street of Dreams / Bethlehem / 3.17 & 18.55
Chico Hamilton / Ellington Suite / I'm Just a Lucky So and So / World Pacific / LA 1959
Orchestre Typique Cubain Sous la Direction du Maestro Castellanos / Bruno Zayas / Odeon / Paris, circa 11 or 12.30
Fats Waller / Valentine Stomp / Victor / 8.2.29
Bing Crosby / My Kinda Love / Okeh / 1.26.29 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orch
Harlem Stars (Big Mama Thornton) / Bad Luck Got My Man / E&W Records / Houston late 40s
George Sanders / The George Sanders Touch: Songs for the Lovely Lady / September Song / ABC-Paramount / LA 1958
set 3
Benny Carter / Additions to Further Definitions / Rock Bottom / Impulse! / LA 3.4.66
Phineas Newborn, Jr / Fabulous Phineas / What's New? / RCA Victor / 3.28 & 4.3.58
Fats Navarro / Nostalgia / Be Bop Romp / Savoy / 12.5.47
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / Little Things that Mean So Much / Columbia / 9.12.39 / vocal = Jean Eldridge
The Counts & the Countess / Ride, Red, Ride / Melodisc / 1945
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman / You Are Too Beautiful / Impulse! / 3.7.63
set 4
Laurindo Almeida & the Bossa Nova All Stars / Viva Bossa Nova! / Moon River / Capitol / LA 9.62
Chet Baker / Chet Baker Big Band / A Foggy Day / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.26.56
Maynard Ferguson / Dimensions / All God's Children Got Rhythm / EmArcy / 2.19.54
Danny Kaye / South Pacific / Honey Bun / Decca / Hollywood 4.18.49
Walter Huston / from movie"Knickerbocker Holiday" / September / United Artists / Hollywood 1944
Marie Knight / Cry Me a River / Musicor / 1965
Soul Stirrers / Be with Me Jesus / Specialty / Chicago 2.16.55
last soul song
Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler / Gene & Jerry, One & One / One Hand Washes the Other / Mercury / Chicago 9.30, 10.1 &2.70
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Harold Land / Take Aim / As You Like It / Blue Note / LA 7.25.60
Oscar Pettiford / Oscar Pettiford Orch in Hi Fi / Not So Sleepy / ABC-Paramount / 6.12.56
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Liebestraum / Victor / 2.18.37
Lew Stone & his Band / Tina / Regal-Zonophone / London 1934 / vocal = Sam Browne?
Lavaida Carter / Dixie Isn't Dixie Any More (Blackbirds of 1936) / HMV / London 9.15.36
Amos Milburn / Amos Blues / Aladdin / LA 9.12.46
Peggy Lee / Rendezvous with Peggy Lee / Stormy Weather / Capitol / Hollywood 3.29.48
set 2
Joe Roland / Joe Roland / Street of Dreams / Bethlehem / 3.17 & 18.55
Chico Hamilton / Ellington Suite / I'm Just a Lucky So and So / World Pacific / LA 1959
Orchestre Typique Cubain Sous la Direction du Maestro Castellanos / Bruno Zayas / Odeon / Paris, circa 11 or 12.30
Fats Waller / Valentine Stomp / Victor / 8.2.29
Bing Crosby / My Kinda Love / Okeh / 1.26.29 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orch
Harlem Stars (Big Mama Thornton) / Bad Luck Got My Man / E&W Records / Houston late 40s
George Sanders / The George Sanders Touch: Songs for the Lovely Lady / September Song / ABC-Paramount / LA 1958
set 3
Benny Carter / Additions to Further Definitions / Rock Bottom / Impulse! / LA 3.4.66
Phineas Newborn, Jr / Fabulous Phineas / What's New? / RCA Victor / 3.28 & 4.3.58
Fats Navarro / Nostalgia / Be Bop Romp / Savoy / 12.5.47
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / Little Things that Mean So Much / Columbia / 9.12.39 / vocal = Jean Eldridge
The Counts & the Countess / Ride, Red, Ride / Melodisc / 1945
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman / You Are Too Beautiful / Impulse! / 3.7.63
set 4
Laurindo Almeida & the Bossa Nova All Stars / Viva Bossa Nova! / Moon River / Capitol / LA 9.62
Chet Baker / Chet Baker Big Band / A Foggy Day / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.26.56
Maynard Ferguson / Dimensions / All God's Children Got Rhythm / EmArcy / 2.19.54
Danny Kaye / South Pacific / Honey Bun / Decca / Hollywood 4.18.49
Walter Huston / from movie"Knickerbocker Holiday" / September / United Artists / Hollywood 1944
Marie Knight / Cry Me a River / Musicor / 1965
Soul Stirrers / Be with Me Jesus / Specialty / Chicago 2.16.55
last soul song
Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler / Gene & Jerry, One & One / One Hand Washes the Other / Mercury / Chicago 9.30, 10.1 &2.70
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