Friday, September 28, 2012

I Succumb to Playlist


Coffeetime, September 28, 2012, Angelynn Grant

bed
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

Friday, September 21, 2012

Madam, I Love Your Playlist

Coffeetime, September 21, 2012, Angelynn Grant

bed
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

Friday, September 14, 2012

Big Fat Playlist


Coffeetime, September 14, 2012, Angelynn Grant

bed
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 
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 

Friday, September 07, 2012

Drifting Down the Dreamy Playlist




 Coffeetime, September 7, 2012, Angelynn Grant

bed
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