Friday, March 27, 2009

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

Monday, March 23, 2009

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.

Friday, March 20, 2009

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

Saturday, March 14, 2009

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

Friday, March 06, 2009

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