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, February 25, 2011
Playlist the Pirate
Coffeetime, February 25 , 2011, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Conte Candoli / Conte Candoli / Toots Sweet / Bethlehem / LA 7.26.55
Hank Mobley / Another Workout / Hello Young Lovers / Blue Note / 12.5.61
Jimmie Lunceford / [Lunceford Special] / Chopin's Prelude No. 7 / Columbia / 5.9.40
Freddie Rich & His Orchestra / Bend Down Sister / radio transcription from Fred's Friendly Five / 1931-32
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / Don't Get Salty, Sugar / Exclusive / Hollywood c. 10.47
Patti Page / I’ve Heard That Song Before / Don't Take Your Love From Me / Mercury / 1955
set 2
Red Garland / A Garland of Red / My Romance / Prestige / 8.17.56
Victor Feldman / With Mallets A Fore Thought / Sweet and Lovely / Interlude [Mode] / Hollywood 9.57
Mat Mathews / The Modern Art of Mat Mathews / How Deep Is the Ocean Dawn / 1956
Fats Waller / Rediscovered Early Solos [piano rolls] / Squeeze Me / [Riverside] / c. 2.26
Benny Morton & His Orchestra / Get Goin' / Columbia / 2.23.34 / vocal = Jerry Blake
Alice Faye / Yes To You / soundtrack to 20th Century Fox movie 365 Nights in Hollywood / Hollywood 9.12.34
Cats & the Fiddle / One Is Never Too Old To Swing / Bluebird / 1.20.41
Cottie Williams & His Savoy Ballroom Orchestra / Available Lover / RCA Victor / 5.15.57 / vocal = Wini Brown
set 3
Lee Morgan / Search for the New Land / Morgan the Pirate / Blue Note / 2.15.64
Ray Charles / Ray Charles in Person / Frenesi / Atlantic / Atlanta 5.28.59
Eddie Davis & his Beboppers / Fracture / Savoy / 12.18.46
Constance Moore / I'm Only Teasin' / from the movie Delightfully Dangerous / Hollywood 1945
Four Tunes / I'm the Guy / RCA Victor / 6.49
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story / The Way You Look Tonight / Mercury / Hollywood 12.52
set 4
Benny Carter / Aspects / March Wind / United Artists / 9.58
Joe Wilder / The Pretty Sound / It's So Peaceful in the Country / Columbia / 12.3.58
Martha Davis & Spouse / A Tribute to Fats Waller / Handful of Keys / ABC-Paramount / Hollywood 1958
Ella Mae Morse / Tess's Torch Song / AFRS Personal Album #395 / Hollywood 1944
Martha Davis & Spouse / A Tribute to Fats Waller / S'posin' / ABC-Paramount / Hollywood 1958
Bobby "Blue" Bland / Touch of the Blues / Sweet Lips of Joy / Duke / 1967
Paramount Singers / Let the Healing Waters Move / Coral / San Francisco 1952
last soul song
Willie Tee / Walking Up a One Way Street / Atlantic [Nola] / New Orleans 1965
Friday, February 18, 2011
There's Nothing Like a Playlist in Love
Thanks one more once to Alex McNeil for sitting in for me last week. I've posted his playlist below today's. Alex is a peach… but you know that already.
Coffeetime, February 18, 2011, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Sonny Rollins / Sonny Rollins Plus 4 / I Feel a Song Comin’ On / Prestige / 3.22.56
Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd / Out of this World / Curro’s [aka French Spice] / Warwick / early 1961
Paul Baron & his orch / The Baron Riffs / Army V-Disc 373A / mid-1940s
Lupino Lane / cast recording of The Golden Toy / An Elephant Never Forgets / Decca / London 1934 / orch conducted by Henry Hall
Gotham’s Four Notes / Away / Gotham / 1948
Toni Harper / Lonely Lady / Nobody Home but the Blues / RCA Victor / Hollywood 7.15, 16, 28.59
set 2
Wes Montgomery / Movin’ Along / Movin’ Along / Riverside / LA 10.12.60
Clark Terry / In Orbit / Very Near Blue / Riverside / 5.7, 12.58
Isham Jones & his Orch / Don’t Tell Her What Happened to Me / Brunswick / Chicago 9.8.30
Eddy Howard / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Majestic / 1947
Pee Wee Crayton / Every Dog Has Its Day / Imperial / New Orleans 6.54
set 3
Grant Green / Am I Blue / I Wanna Be Loved / Blue Note / 5.16.63
Sonny Stitt / Move On Over… / A Natural Fox / Cadet / Chicago 6.7.63
Bobby Darin / Love Swings / Something to Remember You By / Atco / 1961
set 4
Phineas Newborn Jr / The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr / Way Out West / Contemporary / LA 11.21.61
Cy Coleman / Pianorama / Here I’ll Stay / Capitol / 1961
Bing Crosby & Olga San Juan / soundtrack to Paramount movie Blue Skies / (I’ll See You in) C-U-B-A / Hollywood August to November 1945
Smiley Lewis / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Imperial / New Orleans 4.53
Frank D'Rone / After the Ball / Will You Still Be Mine / Mercury / Hollywood c. 1960 / with Billy May & his Orch
Martha Carter / Then I’ll Believe / Ron / New Orleans spring 1962
Golden West Singers / Jesus Is Everywhere / Ajax / San Francisco 1949
last soul song
Deon Jackson / Love Makes the World Go Round / S.O.S. / Atco / 1966
********
Coffeetime, February 11, 2011 <-- Alex McNeil fills in for me
I. A request from Angelynn:
01. Nat King Cole Trio – (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (CD)
II. The Peter Gunn Suite
02. Henry Mancini – Peter Gunn (CD, 1959)
03. Jimmy & Marian McPartland – Peter Gunn (Design LP, 1959)
04. Sarah Vaughan – Peter Gunn (vocal version) (Mercury LP, 1965)
III. TV Themes (focusing on shows involving an element of romance, or a married couple as central characters)
05. (no artist credited) – I Love Lucy (TVToons v. 1, CD)
06. Desi Arnaz – I Love Lucy (Rhino LP, 1953)
07. Longines Symphonette Orch. – Love Nest (Burns & Allen) (Longines LP)
08. (no artist credited) – I Married Joan (TVToons v. 2, LP)
09. Jackie Gleason Orch. – You’re My Greatest Love (The Honeymooners) (LP)
10. (no artist ctedited) – Father Knows Best (TVToons v. 4, CD)
11. (no artist credited) – The Donna Reed Show (TVToons v. 1, CD)
12. (no artist credited) – Ozzie & Harriet (TVToons v. 4, CD)
13. (no artist credited) – Leave It to Beaver (TVToons v. 1, CD)
14. Jud Canlon’s Rhythmaires – Dobie Gillis (Rhino LP)
15. Lionel Newman – Theme from Dick Van Dyke Show (20th Cent. LP, 1963)
16. Herb Ellis & Ray Brown – The Flintstones (Concord LP, 1974)
17. (no artist credited) – The Jetsons (TVToons v.1, CD)
18. Frank DeVol – The Addams Family (ABC LP, 1965)
19. Jack Marshall – The Munsters (CD)
20. Frank DeVol – Bewitched (ABC LP, 1965)
21. Eddie Albert – Green Acres (Rhino LP, 1966)
22. (no artist credited) – I Dream of Jeannie (TVToons v.1, CD)
23. Hugo Montenegro Orch. & Chor. – Jeannie (vocal version of I Dream of Jeannie) (45)
24. (no artist credited) – That Girl (TCToons v. 2, LP)
25. Chuck Barris – Dating Game Theme (Friends LP, 1975?)
26. Chuck Barris – Newlywed Game Theme (Friends LP)
27. (no artist credited) – Seattle (Here Come the Brides) (TVToons v. 5, CD)
28. (no artist credited) – The Brady Bunch (TVToons v. 2, LP)
29. Charles Fox Singers – Love, American Style (LP, 1973)
30. (no artist credited) – Happy Days (TVToons v. 3, CD)
31. 101 Strings – Those Were the Days (All in the Family) (Alshire LP, 1975)
32. (no artist credited) – The Bob Newhart Show (Home to Emily) (TVToons v. 3, CD)
33. Danny Davis & Nashville Brass – The Waltons Theme (Pickwick LP, 1975)
34. Jack Jones – The Love Boat (45)
35. (no artist credited) – Mork & Mindy (TVToons v. 6, CD)
36. 101 Strings – Little House on the Prairie (Alshire LP)
37. (no artist credited) – My Three Sons (TVToons v.1, CD) [by request]
38. Frank Sinatra – Love and Marriage (Married with Children) (Capitol CD)
39. Lee Holdridge – Beauty and the Beast (LP)
40. Danny Elfman – Main Title Theme from the Simpsons (CD)
41. Mundell Lowe & the All Stars – The Thin Man (RCA Camden LP)
42. Marti Webb – Moonlighting (BBC LP)
43. (no artist credited) _ Who’s the Boss (TVToons v. 6, CD)
44. John Gregory – McMillan and Wife (Mercury LP, 1978)
45. Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – Without Us (Family Ties) (CD)
46. B. J. Thomas & Dusty Springfield – As Long as We’ve Got Each Other (Growing Pains) (Reprise LP, 1988)
47. James Galway & Henry Mancini – The Thorn Birds (RCA 45)
Coffeetime, February 18, 2011, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Sonny Rollins / Sonny Rollins Plus 4 / I Feel a Song Comin’ On / Prestige / 3.22.56
Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd / Out of this World / Curro’s [aka French Spice] / Warwick / early 1961
Paul Baron & his orch / The Baron Riffs / Army V-Disc 373A / mid-1940s
Lupino Lane / cast recording of The Golden Toy / An Elephant Never Forgets / Decca / London 1934 / orch conducted by Henry Hall
Gotham’s Four Notes / Away / Gotham / 1948
Toni Harper / Lonely Lady / Nobody Home but the Blues / RCA Victor / Hollywood 7.15, 16, 28.59
set 2
Wes Montgomery / Movin’ Along / Movin’ Along / Riverside / LA 10.12.60
Clark Terry / In Orbit / Very Near Blue / Riverside / 5.7, 12.58
Erskine Hawkins (The Twentieth Century Gabiel) & his Orch / Gin Mill Special / Bluebird / 7.18.39
Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith / After You've Gone / radio transcription / 1945
Eddy Howard / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Majestic / 1947
Pee Wee Crayton / Every Dog Has Its Day / Imperial / New Orleans 6.54
set 3
Grant Green / Am I Blue / I Wanna Be Loved / Blue Note / 5.16.63
Sonny Stitt / Move On Over… / A Natural Fox / Cadet / Chicago 6.7.63
Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / Bananas / Gotham [unissued] / late 1950
Les Brown & his Band of Renown / T’Ain’t Me / radio broadcast / Chattaanooga, Tenn 3.2.45 / vocal = Doris Day
The Ravens / There’s Nothing Like a Woman in Love / National / 7.49Bobby Darin / Love Swings / Something to Remember You By / Atco / 1961
set 4
Phineas Newborn Jr / The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr / Way Out West / Contemporary / LA 11.21.61
Cy Coleman / Pianorama / Here I’ll Stay / Capitol / 1961
Bing Crosby & Olga San Juan / soundtrack to Paramount movie Blue Skies / (I’ll See You in) C-U-B-A / Hollywood August to November 1945
Smiley Lewis / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Imperial / New Orleans 4.53
Frank D'Rone / After the Ball / Will You Still Be Mine / Mercury / Hollywood c. 1960 / with Billy May & his Orch
Martha Carter / Then I’ll Believe / Ron / New Orleans spring 1962
Golden West Singers / Jesus Is Everywhere / Ajax / San Francisco 1949
last soul song
Deon Jackson / Love Makes the World Go Round / S.O.S. / Atco / 1966
********
Coffeetime, February 11, 2011 <-- Alex McNeil fills in for me
I. A request from Angelynn:
01. Nat King Cole Trio – (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (CD)
II. The Peter Gunn Suite
02. Henry Mancini – Peter Gunn (CD, 1959)
03. Jimmy & Marian McPartland – Peter Gunn (Design LP, 1959)
04. Sarah Vaughan – Peter Gunn (vocal version) (Mercury LP, 1965)
III. TV Themes (focusing on shows involving an element of romance, or a married couple as central characters)
05. (no artist credited) – I Love Lucy (TVToons v. 1, CD)
06. Desi Arnaz – I Love Lucy (Rhino LP, 1953)
07. Longines Symphonette Orch. – Love Nest (Burns & Allen) (Longines LP)
08. (no artist credited) – I Married Joan (TVToons v. 2, LP)
09. Jackie Gleason Orch. – You’re My Greatest Love (The Honeymooners) (LP)
10. (no artist ctedited) – Father Knows Best (TVToons v. 4, CD)
11. (no artist credited) – The Donna Reed Show (TVToons v. 1, CD)
12. (no artist credited) – Ozzie & Harriet (TVToons v. 4, CD)
13. (no artist credited) – Leave It to Beaver (TVToons v. 1, CD)
14. Jud Canlon’s Rhythmaires – Dobie Gillis (Rhino LP)
15. Lionel Newman – Theme from Dick Van Dyke Show (20th Cent. LP, 1963)
16. Herb Ellis & Ray Brown – The Flintstones (Concord LP, 1974)
17. (no artist credited) – The Jetsons (TVToons v.1, CD)
18. Frank DeVol – The Addams Family (ABC LP, 1965)
19. Jack Marshall – The Munsters (CD)
20. Frank DeVol – Bewitched (ABC LP, 1965)
21. Eddie Albert – Green Acres (Rhino LP, 1966)
22. (no artist credited) – I Dream of Jeannie (TVToons v.1, CD)
23. Hugo Montenegro Orch. & Chor. – Jeannie (vocal version of I Dream of Jeannie) (45)
24. (no artist credited) – That Girl (TCToons v. 2, LP)
25. Chuck Barris – Dating Game Theme (Friends LP, 1975?)
26. Chuck Barris – Newlywed Game Theme (Friends LP)
27. (no artist credited) – Seattle (Here Come the Brides) (TVToons v. 5, CD)
28. (no artist credited) – The Brady Bunch (TVToons v. 2, LP)
29. Charles Fox Singers – Love, American Style (LP, 1973)
30. (no artist credited) – Happy Days (TVToons v. 3, CD)
31. 101 Strings – Those Were the Days (All in the Family) (Alshire LP, 1975)
32. (no artist credited) – The Bob Newhart Show (Home to Emily) (TVToons v. 3, CD)
33. Danny Davis & Nashville Brass – The Waltons Theme (Pickwick LP, 1975)
34. Jack Jones – The Love Boat (45)
35. (no artist credited) – Mork & Mindy (TVToons v. 6, CD)
36. 101 Strings – Little House on the Prairie (Alshire LP)
37. (no artist credited) – My Three Sons (TVToons v.1, CD) [by request]
38. Frank Sinatra – Love and Marriage (Married with Children) (Capitol CD)
39. Lee Holdridge – Beauty and the Beast (LP)
40. Danny Elfman – Main Title Theme from the Simpsons (CD)
41. Mundell Lowe & the All Stars – The Thin Man (RCA Camden LP)
42. Marti Webb – Moonlighting (BBC LP)
43. (no artist credited) _ Who’s the Boss (TVToons v. 6, CD)
44. John Gregory – McMillan and Wife (Mercury LP, 1978)
45. Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – Without Us (Family Ties) (CD)
46. B. J. Thomas & Dusty Springfield – As Long as We’ve Got Each Other (Growing Pains) (Reprise LP, 1988)
47. James Galway & Henry Mancini – The Thorn Birds (RCA 45)
Friday, February 04, 2011
Playlist-Frantic
Coffeetime, February 4, 2011, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Red Rodney / Red Arrow / Signal / 11.24.57
Leroy Vinnegar / Leroy Walks Again!! / Hard to Find / Contemporary / 8.1.62
Harry James & his Orch / Rose Room / radio transcription / mid-1940s
Gene Kardos & his Orch / Freddy the Freshman / Victor / 11.13.31 / vocal = Dick Robertson
Mabel Smith (Big Maybelle) / Bad Dream Blues / King / 1948
Doris Day / Show Time / They Say It’s Wonderful / Columbia / 1960 / arranged & conducted by Axel Stordahl
set 2
Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd / Motor City Scene / Stardust / Bethlehem / 1960
Teddy Charles / Salute to Hamp / Midnight Sun / Bethlehem / late 1958
Joe Haymes & his Orch / Modern Melody / Bluebird / 7.11.33 / vocal = Mike Doty
Blu Lu Barker / He Caught That B&O / Decca / 8.11.38
Beatrice Lillie / Souvenir Album / The Yodeling Goldfish / Decca / 12.30.47
Johnny "Guitar" Watson / Lonely Girl / Modern / 1955 / vocal = Cordella de Milo
set 3
Bill English / Bill English / Rollin' / Vanguard / 1963
Sergio Mendes / The Great Arrival / Don't Go Breaking My Heart / Atlantic / Hollywood 6.6.66
Cy Coleman / Cool Coleman / Isn't It Romantic / Westminster / 1958
Eddie Safranski's Poll Cats / Sa-Frantic / Atlantic / 12.20.47
Monica Lewis & her V-Disc Friends / I'm an Old Cowhand / V-Disc 560B / 1945
James Quintet / Pleasing You (As Long As I Live) / Coral / 1949
Mel Tormé / My Kind of Music / A Stranger in Town / Verve / London 1961
set 4
Bob Cooper / The Music of Bob Cooper - Coop! / 3rd Variation: Night Stroll / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57
Ralph Sharon / Easy Jazz / There's a Small Hotel / London / 5.27.55
Eddie Cantor & chorus / Keep Young and Beautiful / soundtrack to United Artists movie Roman Scandals / Hollywood 1933
Sammy Davis Jr & Buddy Rich / The Sounds of '66 / What the World Needs Now Is Love / Reprise / 12.66
Southern Sons / Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air / Bluebird / 7.21.41
last soul song
The Foundations / Baby, Now That I've Found You / Jerking the Dog / Uni / London 1968
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Red Rodney / Red Arrow / Signal / 11.24.57
Leroy Vinnegar / Leroy Walks Again!! / Hard to Find / Contemporary / 8.1.62
Harry James & his Orch / Rose Room / radio transcription / mid-1940s
Gene Kardos & his Orch / Freddy the Freshman / Victor / 11.13.31 / vocal = Dick Robertson
Mabel Smith (Big Maybelle) / Bad Dream Blues / King / 1948
Doris Day / Show Time / They Say It’s Wonderful / Columbia / 1960 / arranged & conducted by Axel Stordahl
set 2
Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd / Motor City Scene / Stardust / Bethlehem / 1960
Teddy Charles / Salute to Hamp / Midnight Sun / Bethlehem / late 1958
Joe Haymes & his Orch / Modern Melody / Bluebird / 7.11.33 / vocal = Mike Doty
Blu Lu Barker / He Caught That B&O / Decca / 8.11.38
Beatrice Lillie / Souvenir Album / The Yodeling Goldfish / Decca / 12.30.47
Johnny "Guitar" Watson / Lonely Girl / Modern / 1955 / vocal = Cordella de Milo
set 3
Bill English / Bill English / Rollin' / Vanguard / 1963
Sergio Mendes / The Great Arrival / Don't Go Breaking My Heart / Atlantic / Hollywood 6.6.66
Cy Coleman / Cool Coleman / Isn't It Romantic / Westminster / 1958
Eddie Safranski's Poll Cats / Sa-Frantic / Atlantic / 12.20.47
Monica Lewis & her V-Disc Friends / I'm an Old Cowhand / V-Disc 560B / 1945
James Quintet / Pleasing You (As Long As I Live) / Coral / 1949
Mel Tormé / My Kind of Music / A Stranger in Town / Verve / London 1961
set 4
Bob Cooper / The Music of Bob Cooper - Coop! / 3rd Variation: Night Stroll / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57
Ralph Sharon / Easy Jazz / There's a Small Hotel / London / 5.27.55
Eddie Cantor & chorus / Keep Young and Beautiful / soundtrack to United Artists movie Roman Scandals / Hollywood 1933
Sammy Davis Jr & Buddy Rich / The Sounds of '66 / What the World Needs Now Is Love / Reprise / 12.66
Southern Sons / Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air / Bluebird / 7.21.41
last soul song
The Foundations / Baby, Now That I've Found You / Jerking the Dog / Uni / London 1968
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