I Succumb to Playlist

Coffeetime, September 28, 2012, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane / Bags & Trane / Be-Bop / Atlantic / 1.15.59 

Joe Gordon / Lookin' Good / Mariana / Contemporary / LA 7.11, 12 & 18.61  

Jack Jenney / Stardust [alt version] / Vocalion [Columbia] / 10.19.39

Freddie Rich & His Orchestra / Sweet & Lovely / radio transcription from Fred's Friendly Five / 1931-32 / vocal = Elmer Feldkamp

Leo Watson & his Orchestra / It’s the Tune that Counts / Decca / 8.22.39

Sarah Vaughn / September Song / Musicraft / 1946 / with Teddy Wilson Quartet

set 2

Blue Mitchell / Heads Up! / The Folks Who Live on the Hill / Blue Note / 11.17.67 

Charles McPherson / From This Moment On! / The Good Life / Prestige / 1.31.68 

Charlie Ventura / Ain’t Misbehavin’ / Norgran / 12.22.52 

Shelly Lee Alley & his Alley Cats / Women, Women, Women / San Antonio 11.4.37 

Mel Tormé & his Mel-Tones / Try a Little Tenderness / Musicraft / LA 6.4.46 / with Sonny Burke & his Orchestra

Buddy Johnson & his Orchestra / This New Situation / Decca / 6.30.52 / vocal = Ella Johnson & Nolan Lewis

Wynonie Harris / Quiet Whiskey / King / 9.11.53

set 3

Howard Roberts / H.R. Is a Dirty Guitar Player! / One Note Samba / Capitol / Hollywood 1963 

Oscar Pettiford & his Scandinavian Trio / I Succumb to Temptation / Debut / Copenhagen 8.22.59 

Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / But Not for Me / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56

Tommy Dorsey & his Clambake 7 / (If I Had) Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes / Victor / 12.9.35 / vocal = Edythe Wright

The Ravens / September Song / National / 9.47 

Beny Moré / Y Hoy Como Ayer [And Today as Yesterday] / RCA / late 1950s

set 4

Vince Guaraldi / Cast Your Fate to the Wind / Musso Amor / Fantasy / LA 1962 

Pete Jolly Five / The Five / Red Eyes / RCA Victor / LA 3.9.55

Machito & his Afro-Cubans / Vacilando / live at the Royal Roost 3.19.49 / intro by Symphony Sid

Elsie Carlisle / Never Took a Lesson in My Life / Vocalion / London 10.9.40

Frankie Laine / Mr. Rhythm / After You’ve Gone / Columbia / 6.18.53 / duet with Carl Fischer, with Paul Weston & his Orchestra 

Bobby “Blue” Bland / Loan a Helping Hand / Duke / Memphis 1958

The Bronzemen / Let’s Go ‘Round the Wall / Standard transcription / circa 4.39

last soulful song

Jesse Anderson / Let Me Back In / Thomas / 1970

Madam, I Love Your Playlist

Coffeetime, September 21, 2012, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Johnny Griffin / Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2 / The Way You Look Tonight / Blue Note / 4.6.57 

Cecil Payne / The Connection: New Original Score / Sister Carol / Charlie Parker Records / 3.14-16.62

Claude Thornhill & his Orchestra / Sometimes I’m Happy / radio transcription / 1947  

Red Norvo & his Orchestra / What’s the Name of the Song / Decca / 3.16.36 / vocal = Stew Pletcher

Gene Phillips & his Rhythm Aces / Crying Won’t Help You None / Modern / LA late 1940s

Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Fool That I Am / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59 

set 2

Dexter Gordon / Dexter Calling... / Ernie’s Tune / Blue Note / 5.9.61 

Andre Previn / Let's Get Away from It All! / London in July / Decca / 1951

Nat Pierce – Dick Collins Nonet / I’ll Never Be the Same / Fantasy / San Francisco 1.27.54 

Freddie Jenkins & his Harlem Seven / Toledo Shuffle / Bluebird / 8.26.35 / also listed under Bernard Addison 

Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Don’t Give Up the Ship / Victor / 11.7.35 / vocal = Cliff Weston

The Treniers / Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) / Okeh / 7.15.54 / with Willie Mays of the New York Giants

Cilla Black / Is it Love? / This Empty Place / Capitol / 1965

set 3

Grant Green / I Want to Hold Your Hand / This Could Be the Start of Something / Blue Note / 3.31.65 

Bennie Green / Glidin' Along / Milkshake / Jazzland / 3.22.61 

TJ Fowler & his Band / Harmony Grits / National / Detroit 1948 

Maxine Sullivan / The Same Old Story / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41 / with John Kirby & his Orchestra

Delta Rhythm Boys / What Would It Take / Decca / Hollywood 5.22.46 / with Les Paul Trio

Herb Jeffries / Herb Jeffries / The Four Winds and the Seven Seas / Harmony [Columbia] / 1950s

set 4

Barney Kessel / Poll Winners Three! / Raincheck / Contemporary / 11.2.59 

Frankie Ortega & Sy Oliver / 77 Sunset Strip / Spencer Stakes Out / Jubilee / 1959 

Quincy Jones / The Birth of a Band! / The Birth of a Band / Mercury / 6.16.59 / solos = John (Zoot) Sims & Jerome Richardson 

Una Mae Carlisle / I Speak So Much about You / Joe Davis / 5.23.44

Georgia Carr / Rocks in My Bed / Love Is Somethin’ Else / Vee-Jay / 1964

Danny Kaye / At the Palace / Madam, I Love Your Suzette / Decca / Hollywood 9.17.55 

Dixie Hummingbirds / Ezekiel Saw the Wheel / Apollo / 1.47

last soul song

The LTG Exchange / My Love Part 1 / Wand / 1974

Big Fat Playlist

Coffeetime, September 14, 2012, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Red Rodney / Ubas / Signal / 11.24.57 

Sonny Clark / Royal Flush / Blue Note / 3.29.59 

Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra / Maybe / radio transcription / mid-1940s

Isham Jones & his Famous Orchestra / Trees / Brunswick / Chicago 5.14.30 

Steve Gibson & the Red Caps / Second Hand Romance / Mercury / c. 12.49  

Julie London / London By Night / Pousse Café / Liberty / Hollywood  12.55

set 2

Howard McGhee / Shades of Blue / Ill Wind / Jazz Man [Black Lion] / 12.8.61

Paul Gonsalves / Gettin’ Together / I Cover the Waterfront / Jazzland / 12.20.60 

Joe Wilder / The Pretty Sound / Harbor Lights / Columbia / 12.3.58

Cliff Jackson & his Crazy Kats / The Terror (a) / Grey Gull, Radiex / 2.27.30 

Sol K. Bright & his Hollywaiians / A Wee Deoch an’ Doris / Columbia / Hollywood 10.14.34

Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra / Way Back in 1939 AD / radio transcription / 1939 / vocal = Cliff Grass

Flap McQueen & the Ray-O-Vacs / All About Daddy / Josie / 1954 / vocal = Babe Hutton  

Jerry Colonna & the Dixie All Stars / Jerry Colonna Entertains at Your Party/ Big Fat Minnie / Bravo! / 1959

set 3

Dupree Bolton / Katanga / TV broadcast, Frankly Jazz TV series / LA 11.62 / master of ceremonies = Frank Evans

Buddy Collette / Buddy Collette’s Swinging Shepherds / Machito / EmArcy / LA 3.5.58 

Stan Getz & his Four Brothers / The Brothers / Battle of the Saxes / Prestige / 4.8.49 

Thelma (Dolly) Cooper / Let’s Try Again / Gotham / 1949

Delta Rhythm Boys / Sweetheart of Mine / Atlantic / c. 3.1.49 

Yves Montand / En Balade / Le Musicien / Columbia / Paris late 1950s / avec Bob Castella et ses Rythmes

set 4

Jimmy Raney / In Three Attitudes / Passport to Pimlico / ABC-Paramount / 1956

Benny Carter / Aspects / September Song / United Artists / LA  9.58

Art Tatum / The Genius of Art Tatum / Just Like a Butterfly That's Caught in the Rain / Clef [Verve] / LA 1953
Gene Austin / Git Along, Ramble On / radio transcription / 1938

Billie Holiday / I Cover the Waterfront / radio transcription / live, Carnegie Hall 5.25.47

Earl Gaines / The Door is Still Open / DeLuxe / 1968
Tom Jones / Promise Her Anything / Parrot / 2.66

Soul Stirrers / Until Then / Specialty / Hollywood 3.4.58

last soulful song

Dusty Springfield / Dusty in Memphis / I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore / Atlantic / Memphis 1968 

Drifting Down the Dreamy Playlist

 Coffeetime, September 7, 2012, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Sam Jones / The Soul Society / Home / Riverside / 3.10.60 

Barry Harris / Bull’s Eye / Oh So Basal / Prestige / 6.4.68 

Roy Eldridge & his Orchestra / Stardust / Decca [World transcription] / Chicago 11.16.43 

Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Birmingham Bertha / Victor / Chicago 7.27.29 / vocal = Kay Palmer

Ernie Fields & his Orchestra / T-Town Blues / Regal / 11.29.49 / vocal = Teddy Cole 

Sarah Vaughn / The Lonely Hours / If I Had You / Roulette / 1963 / arranged by Benny Carter

set 2

Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige Moodsville 13 / 8.23.60 

Jay Jay Johnson / The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2 / It’s You or No One / Blue Note / 9.24.54 

Lonnie Simmons / I Can’t Get Started / Parrot / Chicago 1954

Bert Lown & his Loungers / Here Comes My Ball and Chain / Diva / 4.5.30

King Cole Trio / Speak Low / MacGregor transcription / LA 5.12.44 / vocal = Ida James

Dave Young's Orchestra / Drinking Ink Splink / Aristocrat / Chicago 1947 / vocal = Andrew Tibbs

Chuck Berry / St. Louis to Liverpool / You Two / Chess / Chicago 1964

set 3

Carmell Jones / Jay Hawk Talk / Jay Hawk Talk / Prestige / 5.8.65 

Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete / From All Sides / A Taste of Honey / Fantasy / San Fransisco 5.65 

Etta Jones / So Tired / Black & White / 1945 / with Cyril Haynes Quartet

The Nic Nacs [The Robins] / You Didn’t Want My Love / RPM / LA 1951 

Frank D'Rone / In Person / My One and Only Love / Mercury / live, hungry i, San Francisco 1962

set 4

Art Pepper / The Art Pepper Quartet / Art’s Opus / Tampa / LA 11.23.56 

Lennie Niehaus / Volume 1, “The Quintets” / Bottoms Up / Contemporary / LA 7.2.54

Jo Stafford & Dick Haymes / Drifting Down the Dreamy Ohio / radio transcription, AFRS Melody Hour #330 / Hollywood 8.20.50 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra 

Johnny “Guitar” Watson / Ruben / RPM / LA 1956 

Morgana King / Wild is Love! / I Thought of You Last Night / Reprise / LA 1966

Highway QC’s / Jesus is Waiting / Working on the Building / Vee-Jay / Chicago 1959 

last soulful song

Commands / No Time for You / Dynamic / San Antonio 1966