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, May 27, 2011
My Hi-De-Ho Playlist
Coffeetime, May 27, 2011, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Indestructible / Mr. Jin / Blue Note / 5.15.64
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly! / Gone with the Wind / Vee Jay / 7.21.61
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / A Pixie from Dixie / Columbia / 4.24.41
The Georgians / Breakaway / Columbia / 5.20.25
Doc Wheeler & his Sunset Orchestra / Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well? / Bluebird / 3.30.42 / vocal = DW & The Hardaway Four
Ella Fitzgerald / Little Girl Blue + You're Driving Me Crazy / Verve / live at the Crescendo, Hollywood 6.29-30.62
set 2
Ruby Braff / Fine and Mellow / Storyville / Boston 1955
Larry Adler Plays Paris Pops / Genevieve / Angel / 1953
Johnny Guarnieri / Piano Contrasts / Why Do I Love You? / Mercury / 8.17.45
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Plain Dirt / Victor / 11.5.29
Lil Armstrong & her Swingband / My Hi-De-Ho Man / Decca / 10.27.36
Les Brown & his Band of Renown / I Wish I Knew / radio transcription / live Peacock Room, Baker Hotel, Dallas 8.9.45 / vocal = Doris Day
Pee Wee Russell / By Appointment Only / Gabriel Found His Horn / Storyville / featuring George Wein’s Mahogany Hall All Stars, vocal = Doc Cheatham (?) / Boston 1952
set 3
Gene Ammons / Jammin’ in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons / Pennies from Heaven / Prestige / 4.12.57
Tadd Dameron & his Orchestra / Focus / Capitol / 4.21.49
Savannah Churchill / If I Didn’t Love You So / 9.52 / RCA Victor / with The Striders
Matt Dennis / Matt Dennis Plays & Sings Matt Dennis: Live in Hollywood / Everything Happens to Me / Kapp / live Tally Ho Club, Hollywood 1953
set 4
Ralph Burns / The Herdsmen Play Paris / Thanks for You / Fantasy [Vogue] / Paris 5.5.54
Warne Marsh / Music for Prancing / You Are Too Beautiful / Mode / Hollywood 9.57
Jo Stafford & her V-Disc Play Boys / Am I Blue / V-Disc 487A / 4.19.45
Ann Cole / Love of My Own + Nobody But Me / Sir [Baton] / 1960
The Harmonaires / Spirituals / Didn’t It Rain / Varsity / 12.47
last soul song
Tommie Young / That’s All a Part of Loving Him / Soul Power / Shreveport 1972
Friday, May 20, 2011
Pu-leeze Mr Playlist
Coffeetime, May 20, 2011, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Eddie Bert / Like Cool / Speedster / Trans-World [Somerset] / 1955
Junior Cook /Junior's Cookin' / Turbo Village / Jazzland / 12.4.61
Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra / Redskin Romp / From the Land of the Sky Blue Waters / RCA Victor / 1955
Ambrose & his Orchestra / Pu-leeze Mr Hemingway / Columbia / London 11.22.32 / vocal = Elsie Carlisle
TJ Fowler & his Band / What’s the Matter Now? / National / Detroit 1948 / vocal = Hank Ivory
Billie Holiday / Music for Torching / Isn’t This a Lovely Day? / Clef / LA 8.25.55
set 2
Benny Carter & his Orch / Further Definitions / Blue Star / Impulse! / 11.15.61
Sonny Clark / Sonny Clark Trio / My Conception / Time / 3.23.60
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream / Deep in a Dream / Savoy / 10.6.55
Russ Morgan & his Orchestra / Say It with a Kiss / radio transcription / 1938
Gladys Bentley / Worried Blues / Okeh / 8.8.28
Betty Hutton / I Wake Up in the Morning Feelin’ Fine / Capitol / LA 1949 / from the Paramount Picture "Red, Hot and Blue"
Sam Cooke / Encore / I Cover the Waterfront / Keen / LA 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra
set 3
The Latin Jazz Quartet & Eric Dolphy / Caribé / Sunday Go Meetin’ / New Jazz / 8.19.60
Hank Crawford / Mr Blues Plays Lady Soul / Lady Soul / Atlantic / 2.13.69
Tadd Dameron Sextet / The Fabulous Fats Navarro / Dameronia (alternate take) / Blue Note / 9.26.47
Claude Thornhill & his Orchestra / Just About This Time Last Night / radio transcription / 1947 / vocal = Fran Warren
The Charioteers / I Miss You So / Columbia / 5.15.47 / with Mitchell Ayres leading the orchestra
Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim / Willie's Blues / Sittin’ and Cryin’ the Blues / Prestige Bluesville / 12.3.59
set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / Coop / Contemporary / LA 3.17.54
Shorty Rogers / Chances Are it Swings / It’s Not for Me to Say / RCA (Living Stereo) / Hollywood 12.12, 20.58
Mildred Bailey / I Didn’t Know About You / Mildred Bailey Show, CBS radio transcription / LA 1944 / with Paul Baron's Orchestra
William Daniels & Barbara Harris / Broadway score from "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" / Wait Till We’re Sixty-five / RCA Victor / 1965
Flying Clouds of Detroit / Journey to the Sky / Nashboro? / early 1950s
last soul song
Billy Butler / Careless Heart / Brunswick / Chicago 1967
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Eddie Bert / Like Cool / Speedster / Trans-World [Somerset] / 1955
Junior Cook /Junior's Cookin' / Turbo Village / Jazzland / 12.4.61
Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra / Redskin Romp / From the Land of the Sky Blue Waters / RCA Victor / 1955
Ambrose & his Orchestra / Pu-leeze Mr Hemingway / Columbia / London 11.22.32 / vocal = Elsie Carlisle
TJ Fowler & his Band / What’s the Matter Now? / National / Detroit 1948 / vocal = Hank Ivory
Billie Holiday / Music for Torching / Isn’t This a Lovely Day? / Clef / LA 8.25.55
set 2
Benny Carter & his Orch / Further Definitions / Blue Star / Impulse! / 11.15.61
Sonny Clark / Sonny Clark Trio / My Conception / Time / 3.23.60
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream / Deep in a Dream / Savoy / 10.6.55
Russ Morgan & his Orchestra / Say It with a Kiss / radio transcription / 1938
Gladys Bentley / Worried Blues / Okeh / 8.8.28
Betty Hutton / I Wake Up in the Morning Feelin’ Fine / Capitol / LA 1949 / from the Paramount Picture "Red, Hot and Blue"
Sam Cooke / Encore / I Cover the Waterfront / Keen / LA 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra
set 3
The Latin Jazz Quartet & Eric Dolphy / Caribé / Sunday Go Meetin’ / New Jazz / 8.19.60
Hank Crawford / Mr Blues Plays Lady Soul / Lady Soul / Atlantic / 2.13.69
Tadd Dameron Sextet / The Fabulous Fats Navarro / Dameronia (alternate take) / Blue Note / 9.26.47
Claude Thornhill & his Orchestra / Just About This Time Last Night / radio transcription / 1947 / vocal = Fran Warren
The Charioteers / I Miss You So / Columbia / 5.15.47 / with Mitchell Ayres leading the orchestra
Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim / Willie's Blues / Sittin’ and Cryin’ the Blues / Prestige Bluesville / 12.3.59
set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / Coop / Contemporary / LA 3.17.54
Shorty Rogers / Chances Are it Swings / It’s Not for Me to Say / RCA (Living Stereo) / Hollywood 12.12, 20.58
Mildred Bailey / I Didn’t Know About You / Mildred Bailey Show, CBS radio transcription / LA 1944 / with Paul Baron's Orchestra
William Daniels & Barbara Harris / Broadway score from "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" / Wait Till We’re Sixty-five / RCA Victor / 1965
Flying Clouds of Detroit / Journey to the Sky / Nashboro? / early 1950s
last soul song
Billy Butler / Careless Heart / Brunswick / Chicago 1967
Friday, May 13, 2011
Ma Gosse, Ma P'tite Playlist
Coffeetime, May 13, 2011, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Max Roach / Max Roach + 4 & More / Tune Up / EmArcy / Hollywood 12.20.57
Leroy Vinnegar / Leroy Walks Again!! / Wheelin' and Dealin' / Contemporary / 3.5.63
Six Men & A Girl / Mary Lou Williams Blues / Variety / 1.26.40
Bobby Howes / On the Amazon / Columbia / 12.3.29 / with Al Starita & his Novelty Orchestra
Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford / Eatin' Watermelon / Torch / Dallas 1949
Doris Day / (What Every Girl Should Know) / A Hundred Years from Today / Columbia / 1960
set 2
Grant Green / Am I Blue / Sweet Slumber / Blue Note / 5.16.63
Conte Candoli / Conte Candoli / My Old Flame / Bethlehem / LA 7.26.55
Earl Hines & his Orch / Number 19 / Bluebird / 2.13.40
George Olsen & his Orchestra / Stucco in the Sticks / radio broadcast / 1931 / vocal = Ethel Shutta
Alice Faye / Slumming on Park Avenue / Brunswick / Hollywood 1.24.37 / with orchestra & direction by Cy Feuer, from movie On the Avenue
Cats & the Fiddle / I'm Singing (So Help Me) / Bluebird / 1.20.41
Martha Davis & Spouse / A Tribute to Fats Waller / Your Feet's Too Big / ABC-Paramount / Hollywood 1958
set 3
Clark Terry / Ol’ Zulu / Ducretet Thomson / Paris 1.60
Hampton Hawes / Hampton Hawes Trio / Blues the Most / Contemporary / LA 6.28.55
Dizzy Gillespie / Something Old, Something New / This Lovely Feeling / Philips / 4.25.63
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / Tanya / Specialty / LA 7.8.46
The Four Vagabonds / It Can’t Be Wrong / Bluebird / 5.26.43
The King Sisters / When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano / V-Disc 764A / 5.47
Yves Montand / France's Formidable Yves Montand / Ma Gosse, Ma P'tite Mome / Columbia / Paris 1954 / with Bob Castella et Ses Rythmes
set 4
Chico Hamilton / Chico Hamilton Quintet / Reflections / World Pacific [Pacific Jazz] / LA 1957
Bob Cooper / Coop!: The Music of Bob Cooper / Third Variation: Night Stroll / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57
Velvetones / How I Miss You / Columbia / 1950
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Honey Bee / Duke [unissued] / Houston 1955
The Harmonaires / Spirituals / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Varsity / 12.47
last soul song
Marvin Gaye & Tami Terrell / United / Hold Me Oh My Darling / Tamla / Detroit 1967
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Max Roach / Max Roach + 4 & More / Tune Up / EmArcy / Hollywood 12.20.57
Leroy Vinnegar / Leroy Walks Again!! / Wheelin' and Dealin' / Contemporary / 3.5.63
Six Men & A Girl / Mary Lou Williams Blues / Variety / 1.26.40
Bobby Howes / On the Amazon / Columbia / 12.3.29 / with Al Starita & his Novelty Orchestra
Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford / Eatin' Watermelon / Torch / Dallas 1949
Doris Day / (What Every Girl Should Know) / A Hundred Years from Today / Columbia / 1960
set 2
Grant Green / Am I Blue / Sweet Slumber / Blue Note / 5.16.63
Conte Candoli / Conte Candoli / My Old Flame / Bethlehem / LA 7.26.55
Earl Hines & his Orch / Number 19 / Bluebird / 2.13.40
George Olsen & his Orchestra / Stucco in the Sticks / radio broadcast / 1931 / vocal = Ethel Shutta
Alice Faye / Slumming on Park Avenue / Brunswick / Hollywood 1.24.37 / with orchestra & direction by Cy Feuer, from movie On the Avenue
Cats & the Fiddle / I'm Singing (So Help Me) / Bluebird / 1.20.41
Martha Davis & Spouse / A Tribute to Fats Waller / Your Feet's Too Big / ABC-Paramount / Hollywood 1958
set 3
Clark Terry / Ol’ Zulu / Ducretet Thomson / Paris 1.60
Hampton Hawes / Hampton Hawes Trio / Blues the Most / Contemporary / LA 6.28.55
Dizzy Gillespie / Something Old, Something New / This Lovely Feeling / Philips / 4.25.63
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / Tanya / Specialty / LA 7.8.46
The Four Vagabonds / It Can’t Be Wrong / Bluebird / 5.26.43
The King Sisters / When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano / V-Disc 764A / 5.47
Yves Montand / France's Formidable Yves Montand / Ma Gosse, Ma P'tite Mome / Columbia / Paris 1954 / with Bob Castella et Ses Rythmes
set 4
Chico Hamilton / Chico Hamilton Quintet / Reflections / World Pacific [Pacific Jazz] / LA 1957
Bob Cooper / Coop!: The Music of Bob Cooper / Third Variation: Night Stroll / Contemporary / LA 8.27.57
Velvetones / How I Miss You / Columbia / 1950
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Honey Bee / Duke [unissued] / Houston 1955
The Harmonaires / Spirituals / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Varsity / 12.47
last soul song
Marvin Gaye & Tami Terrell / United / Hold Me Oh My Darling / Tamla / Detroit 1967
Friday, May 06, 2011
A Hundred Playlist from Today
Coffeetime, May 6, 2011, Angelynn Grant
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 1
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones, Vol. 3 / Let’s / Blue Note / 2.2.57
The Basie-ites / How High the Moon / How High the Moon / Jubilee / 1962
Teddy Hill & his Orchestra / Passionette / Vocalion / 5.4.36
Boyd Senter & his Senterpedes / Give It to Me Right Away / Victor / Hollywood 10.29.29 / vocal = Ray Stillwell
Charles Brown / Don’t Fool with My Heart / Aladdin / LA 1.18.50
Helen O'Connell / Someone to Watch Over Me / radio transcription / LA 1953 / with the Page Cavanaugh Trio
set 2
Milt Jackson / The Jazz Skyline / Angel Face / Savoy / 1.23.56
Jack Jenney / Stardust / Vocalion [Columbia] / 10.19.39 / arranged by Hugo Winterhalter
Dupree Bolton / Laura / TV broadcast, Frankly Jazz TV series / LA 11.62 / master of ceremonies = Frank EvansGarden Palace Dancing Orchestra / When Erastus Plays Old Kazoo / Columbia / LA 6.28.28 / vocal = Walton McKinney
Ethel Waters / The Favorite Songs of Ethel Waters / A Hundred Years from Today / Mercury / 1954 1
set 3
Frank Wess / You Ho! Poor You, Little Me / Cold Miner / Prestige / 1.24.63
Oscar Peterson / Plays the Cole Porter Song Book / Why Can’t You Behave / Verve / Chicago summer 1959
Arnett Cobb / Smooth Sailing / Charmaine / Prestige / 2.27.59
J.C. Heard & his Orchestra / This Is It / Apollo / 5.48
Connee Boswell / You Grow Sweeter as the Years Go By / Decca / 4.25.39 / with Ray Sinatra & his Orchestra
The Rhythm Kings / Night After Night / Ivory / late 1949
Bob Stewart / Let's Talk About Love / Laura / Dawn / 1956 / with Mat Mathews Quintet
set 4
Howard McGhee / Experiment Perilous / Sunset / LA 11.12.45
Doris Day / Tea for Two [10 inch EP "Songs from the Warner Bros. Technicolor production"] / I Know That You Know / Columbia / Hollywood 1950 / with Gene Nelson ("dance effects & songs") & the Page Cavanaugh Trio & the Ken Lane Singers
Geater Davis / Why Does It Hurt So Bad / Seventy-Seven / Muscle Shoals 1972
Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Crystal Illusions / Salt Sea / A&M / LA 1969
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet / When the Train Comes Along / Paramount / Charlotte, NC 6.5.38
last soul song
The Royalettes / It’s Gonna Take a Miracle / MGM / 1965
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