Friday, April 30, 2010

Little Sugar Playlist

Coffeetime, April 30, 2010, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Harold Land / Eastward Ho! / On a Little Street in Singapore / Jazzland / 7.5.60
Paul Chambers / Go / I Got Rhythm / Vee-Jay / Chicago 2.2.59
Isham Jones & his Famous Orch / Star Dust / Brunswick / Chicago 5.16.30
Ipana Troubadours / Say! Who is that Baby Doll? / Columbia / 4.17.28 / vocal = Billy Jones
Prince Cooper Trio / Throw It Out Your Mind / Artistocrat / Chicago 1947
Beverly White & her Trio / I Waited Too Long / Trumpet / St Louis 6.7.52

set 2
Milt Jackson / Invitation / Ruby My Dear / Riverside / 10.31.62
Sonny Stitt / Personal Apearance / Easy Living / Verve / 5.12.57
Benny Goodman Trio / More Than You Know / Victor / Chicago 4.24.36
Kansas City Tin Roof Stompers / St Louis Bound / Brunswick / Chicago /3.15.29
Rosa Henderson / Get It Fixed / Vocalion / 3.21.28
Patsy Kelly & Barry Wood / I'm Gonna Hang My Hat On That Tree That Grows In Brooklyn / V-Disc / Hollywood c. 1944
Kenneth Nelson, Rita Gardner, William Larsen, & Hugh Thomas / Original Off Broadway Cast of The Fantasticks / This Plum Is Too Ripe / MGM / 6.13.60

set 3
Charles McPherson / From This Moment On! / Little Sugar Baby / Prestige / 1.31.68
Barry Harris / Breaking It Up / Bluesy / Argo / Chicago 7.31.58
Luke Jones / Boogiology / Atlas / LA 1945
Ina Ray Hutton & her Orch / Was It Worth It / V-Disc / Hollywood 1944
The Ravens / Lilacs in the Rain / National / 1949
Yves Montand / France's Formidable Yves Montand / Coeur de mon Coeur / Capitol / Hollywood 1960

set 4
Barney Kessel / To Swing or Not to Swing / Indiana / Contemporary / LA 7.26.55
Pete Rugolo & his All Stars / Out On a Limb / The Boy Next Door / EmArcy / LA 7.10.56
Paul Quinichette / Pepe Meets the Vice Pres / I Cover the Waterfront / French Columbia / 7.17.57
Wini Brown / Someone to Watch Over Me / National [unissued] / 8.1.49
Otis Rush / Mourning in the Morning / Feel So Bad / Cotillion / 1969
Samantha Jones / Call It Samantha / You Could End the World / Ascot / 1968
Soul Stirrers / Farther Along / Specialty / Hollywood 2.2.56

last soul song
Lovelites / I'm Not Like the Others / Uni? / 1970?

Friday, April 23, 2010

All I Need Is Some Sunshine in My Playlist

Coffeetime, April 23, 2010, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard / Happy Times / Impulse! / 7.2.62
Cecil Payne / The Connection: New Original Score / Dear People / Charlie Parker Records / 3.14-16.62
Gene Ammons / Bye Bye / Prestige / 3.5.50
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orch / Shivery Stomp / Okeh / 5.22.29
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) / Victor / 9.8.31
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / What Do You Know About Love / Modern Music / LA 1946 / vocal = Charles Brown
Morgana King / For You, For Me, For Evermore / For You, For Me, For Evermore / EmArcy / 3.29.56

set 2
Oliver Nelson / Meet Oliver Nelson / What's New / New Jazz / 10.30.59
Victor Feldman / The Arrival of Victor Feldman / Flamingo / Contemporary / LA 1.21, 22.58
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding / Kai and Jay, Bennie Green with Strings / We'll Be Together Again / Prestige / 12.3.54
Cleo Brown / Pelican Stomp / Decca / 5.20.35
Dick Todd & his Orch / Last Night's Gardenias / Bluebird / 10.24.39
Betty Hutton / I Wish I Didn't Love You / Capitol / Hollywood 12.15.44 / with Paul Weston & orch
The Griffin Brothers / Sadie Green / Dot / 1951 / vocal = Margie Day
The Mills Brothers / San Antonio Rose / Cow Cow Boogie / Dot / 1961

set 3
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Cu-Bop (With Sabu and a Bongo) / Dawn on the Harvest / Jubilee / 3.13.57
Boswell Sisters / This is the Missus; Ladies & Gentlemen That's Love; Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries / Brunswick / 10.25.31 / from George White's Scandals, with Victor Young & his orch
Tony Pastor & his Orch / Braggin' / V-Disc [Army V-Disc 125, side 2] / c. 1943
John W. Bubbles / Bubbles, John W. That Is / Belittling Me / Vee-Jay / 1964

set 4
Marty Paich Quartet / Featuring Art Pepper / What's Right for You / Tampa / 2.20.57
Georgie Auld & his Orch / In the Land of Hi Fi / Love is Just Around the Corner / EmArcy / 11.11.55
Bernard Addison and His Rhythm aka Freddy Jenkins' Harlem Seven / Lovely Liza Lee / Victor / 8.26.35
Camille Howard / The Boogie and the Blues / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 12.31.47
Jimmy Witherspoon / One Fine Gal / Federal / LA 9.30.52
Tom Jones / The Tom Jones Fever Zone / It's a Man's Man's World / Parrot [Decca] / 10.27.67
Burt Bacharach / Make It Easy on Yourself / Make It Easy on Yourself / A&M / LA 1967
Dixie Hummingbirds / All I Need Is Some Sunshine in My Life / Chalice [unissued] / c. 1965

last soul song
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / Make It Happen / Dancing's Alright / Tamla / Detroit 1967

Friday, April 16, 2010

Blue Shadows on the Playlist

Coffeetime, April 16, 2010, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Tina Brooks / The Waiting Game / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.2.61
Lee Morgan / City Lights / Tempo de Waltz / Blue Note / 8.25.57
Claude Thornhill & his Orch / Robbin's Nest / radio transcription / 1947
The Piccadilly Players / Funny Face / Columbia / London, 1928 / vocal = Eddie Gross-Bart
The Robins / If It's So Baby / National / LA 12.1.49 / with Johnny Otis Band
Patti Page / Music for Two in Love / I Got It Bad / Mercury / 1956

set 2
Zoot Sims / Zoot! / Echoes of You / Riverside / 12.13, 18.56
Terry Gibbs / More Vibes on Velvet / Lazy Sunday / Mercury / Hollywood 11.58
Julius Watkins / Julius Watkins Sextet, Volume 2 / Julie Ann / Blue Note / 3.20.55
Ipana Troubadours / Sunny / Columbia / 3.5.26
Benny Morton Orch / Get Goin' / Columbia / 2.23.34
Jo Stafford / Love Is Just Around the Corner / V-Disc / mid-40s
Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans / Energy & Motion / Grand Coulee Dam (How Energy Changes Form) / Motivation Records / 1961

set 3
Baby Face Willette / Stop and Listen / Chances Are Few / Blue Note / 5.22.61
James Moody / Flute 'n' The Blues / It Could Happen to You / Argo / Chicago? 1956
Wardell Gray / Southside [unissued take] / Prestige / 11.11.49
The Four Vagabonds / I Can't Make Up My Mind / Atlas / 1946
The Modernaires / Juke Box Saturday Night 10" EP / Pennies from Heaven / Columbia / 1946
Billy Eckstine / Serenade in Blue / National / LA 4.21.47

set 4
Red Callender / Callender Speaks Low / Nice Day / Crown [Modern] / 1954
Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca / Tenors Head-On / Blues for Two / Pacific Jazz / LA 7.56
Bing Crosby / Home on the Range / Blue Shadows on the Trail / Decca / 12.11-13.47 / with Ken Darby Choir and Victor Young Orch
Frank Sinatra / The Metronome All-Stars 10" EP / Sweet Lorraine / Columbia / LA 12.17.46
Little Milton / Blind Man / Checker / Chicago 1964
Golden Gate Quartet / Take Your Burdens to God / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 1.24.38

last soul song
Denise LaSalle / Trapped by a Thing Called Love / Westbound / 1971

Friday, April 09, 2010

My Playlist Keeps Rollin'

Coffeetime, April 9, 2010, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Clifford Jordan / Starting Time / Quittin' Time / Jazzland / 6.15-15.61
Curtis Counce / Carl's Blues / Nica's Dream / Contemporary / LA 8.29.57
Doc Wheeler & his Sunset Orch / Keep Jumpin' / Bluebird / 3.30.42
Isham Jones & his Famous Orch / In My Heart It's You / Brunswick / Chicago 9.8.30 / vocal = Eddie Stone
Albinia Jones / Salty Papa / Savoy / 4.15.45 / with Don Byas's Swing Seven
The Camp Hill Male Quartet Hampton Roads Port Of Imbarkation / My Castle on the Nile / V-Disc / 1945
Doris Day / You're My Thrill / Sometimes I'm Happy / Columbia / 1949

set 2
Walter Davis, Jr / Davis Cup / Sweetness / Blue Note / 8.2.59
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 6 / Prelude to a Kiss / Contemporary / Hollywood 3.1.55
Georgie Auld / Manhattan / Harlem Nocturne / Coral / 1953
J. C. Cobb & His Grains Of Corn / Don't Cry, Honey / Brunswick / Chicago /2.7.29 / vocal = J. C. Cobb
Beny Moré / Oh, Vida / RCA Victor / Cuba mid-1950s
Annisteen Allen / My Baby Keeps Rollin' / King / 1.28.53

set 3
Oscar Moore / The Oscar Moore Quartet with Carl Perkins / Kenya / Tampa / LA 1954
Jimmy Hamilton / Swing Low Sweet Clarinet / Taj Mahal / Everest / 1960
Babe Russin Quintet / Holiday in Sax / 5054 Whitsett / EmArcy / LA 3.8.46
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / Moon Ray / Columbia / 12.11.39 / vocal = Jean Eldridge
Cats & the Fiddle / Stomp, Stomp / Bluebird / 10.10.41
Dick Haymes / [Little White Lies] / Spring Will Be a Little Late this Year / Decca / / c. 1950 / with Four Hits & A Miss

set 4
Jack Sheldon / Jack's Groove / Brown Cow / GNP / LA 7.57
Milt Bernhart / Modern Brass / Tangerine / RCA Victor / LA 3.4.55
Bill Coleman & his Seven / B and G Bounce / Disques Swing / Paris 1.21.50
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks / Little Orphan Annie / Victor / Chicago 12.3.28 / vocal = J. L. Saunders
Ann Cole / In the Chapel / MGM / 1960
Frankie Laine / Rockin' / Blue Turning Grey Over You / Columbia / LA 1957 / with Paul Weston & his Orch
Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes / No Hiding Place / Specialty [unissued alternate take 5] / Hollywood 8.14.53

last soul song
Jimmy James & the Vagabonds / You Don't Stand a Chance If You Don't Dance / Hey Girl / Pye / London 1975

Friday, April 02, 2010

My Heart is a Lonely Playlist

Coffeetime, April 2, 2010, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Donald Byrd / Parisian Thoroughfare / Two-bass Hit / Brunswick / L'Olympia Theatre, Paris 10.22.58
Curtis Fuller / The Opener / Oscalypso / Blue Note / 6.16.57
Sonny Stitt / Sonny Stitt Plays / If I Should Lose You / Roost / 12.15.55
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / I'd Love It / Victor / 11.5.29
Whispering Jack Smith / The Song I Love / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 10.11.28
The Crickets / Man from the Moon / Jay-Dee / 1954
Toni Harper / Lady Lonely / My Heart is a Lonely Hunter / RCA Victor / Hollywood 7.15, 16, 28.59 / with orch arranged & conducted by Marty Paich

set 2
Mal Waldron / Mal/2 / J.M.'s Dream Doll / Prestige / 4.19.57
Paul Smith / Fine, Sweet, and Tasty / All for You / Tampa / Hollywood 11.13.53
The Ramblers Dance Orch / Manhattan Shuffle / Decca / Casino Hamdorff, Laren, The Netherlands 12.33
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / I've Only Myself to Blame / 1.31.39 / vocal = Dan Grissom
Dorothy Lamour / Strange Enchantment / soundtrack to movie Man About Town / Hollywood 1939
Mickey Rooney / Mickey Rooney Sings George M. Cohan / Brown Eyes (Why Are You Blue?) / RCA / LA 1957

set 3
Bobby Timmons / In Person / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Riverside / live at the Village Vanguard 10.1.61
Terry Gibbs / El Latino ! / Serenata / Roost / 1964
Charlie Parker / Perhaps (take 6) / Savoy / 9.24.48
The Blenders / Don't Play Around with Love / Jay-Dee / 4.17.53
Sarah Vaughan / Everything I Have Is Yours / Musicraft / 7.18.46 / with George Treadwell's Orch
Johnny Hartman / Songs from the Heart / I See Your Face Before Me / Bethlehem / 10.55

set 4
Buddy Collette / Man of Many Parts / Ruby / Contemporary / LA 2.13.56
Barney Kessel / To Swing or Not to Swing / Wail Street / Contemporary / LA 3.28.55
Bing Crosby / A Yank in a Tank / V-Disc, Kraft Music Hall broadcast / LA 10.14.43
The Orioles / Barfly / Jubilee /7.52
Big Mama Thornton / My Man Called Me / Peacock / Houston / 1956
Thurston Harris / Tell Me So / Aladdin [unissued] / late 1950s
Ricky Nelson / More Songs by Ricky / I'm Not Afraid / Imperial / LA 4.12.60
The Prisonaires / Softly and Tenderly / Sun / Tennessee State Penitentiary 8.3.53

last soul song
Betty Wright / Hard to Stop / Sweet Wonder / Altson / 1973