Friday, August 30, 2013

Jody's Got Your Playlist



Coffeetime, August 30, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Hank Mobley / Mobley’s Second Message / The Latest / Prestige / 7.27.56 
Horace Silver / Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet / Moon Rays / Blue Note / 1.13.58 
Henry King & his Hotel Pierre Orchestra / It’s Only a Paper Moon / Vocalion / 9.11.33 / vocal = Dick Robertson
Bixie Crawford / I Got Your Water On / King [unissued] / LA 1949 / with Buddy Banks Sextet 
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella and Her Fellas / Would You Like to Take a Walk (Sump’n Good’ll Come from That) / Decca / 1951 / duet with Louis Armstrong; with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra

set 2
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / Cookbook, volume 3 / I’m Just a Lucky So and So / Prestige / 12.5.58 
Sonny Clark / Sonny Clark Trio / I’ll Remember April / Blue Note / 11.13.57 
The Guitars, Inc / Soft and Subtle / Nature Boy / Warner Brothers / LA 1959 
California Ramblers / Lazy Weather / Columbia / 5.26.27 / vocal = Irving Kaufman
Helen Forrest / Everybody Knew but Me / Decca / Hollywood 11.19.45 / with Les Paul & his Trio
Arthur Prysock / There Goes the Mailman / Peacock / Houston late 1956 
The Spaniels / Everyone’s Laughing / Vee Jay / 3.12.57 

set 3
Prestige Blues-Swingers / Outskirts of Town / I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town / Prestige / 8.29.58 
Les Cinq Modernes / Continental Jazz / Alouette / Somerset / 1960
Fats Navarro / Nostalgia / Fats Blows / Savoy / 12.5.47 
Alvino Rey & his Orchestra / I’m in the Mood for Love / radio transcription / 1946 / vocal = Jo Anne Ryan
Bill Johnson & his Musical Notes / Shorty’s Got to Go / Victor / 3.5.47 
Beny Moré / Rezo en la Noche / RCA Victor / Havana 1958

set 4
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + Eleven / Four Brothers / Contemporary / LA 5.12.59 
Billy Taylor / Billy Taylor with Four Flutes / How About You? / Riverside / 7.24.59 
Paul Smith / Fine, Sweet and Tasty / Got a Penny / Tampa / Hollywood 11.13.53
Wini Brown / The Sun’s Gonna Shine / National [unissued take 1] / 8.1.49 
Gene Pitney / Gene Pitney’s Big Sixteen, Volume 2 / Fool Killer / Musicor / LA 1965
The Zion Travelers / I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan Alone / Dooto / LA 1962

last soulful song

Ann Sexton & the Masters of Soul / You’ve Been Gone Too Long / Impel [Seventy 7 Records] / Shelby, North Carolina 1971

You know you've made it when you get the floating head treatment

Friday, August 23, 2013

I Want to Call You Sweet Playlist

Cliff teaches me uke

Coffeetime, August 23, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Roy Haynes / Cracklin’ / Scoochie / New Jazz / 4.10.63 
Donald Byrd / Fuego / Low Life / Blue Note / 10.4.59 
Benny Goodman / The Goodman Touch / Benny’s Boogie / Capitol / Hollywood 1947
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Something Had to Happen / Victor / 11.3.33 / vocal = Ramona Davies
Peanuts Holland & his Orchestra / Peanut Butter Blues / Swing / Paris 12.4.46 [10.18.46?] 
Sugar Pie DeSanto / Maybe You’ll Be There / Checker / Chicago 1960 / with Riley Hampton’s Orchestra

set 2
Rocky Boyd / Ease It: Introducing Rocky Boyd [Ease It!] / Stella by Starlight / Jazztime / 2.1.61 
John Dennis / New Piano Expressions / Someone to Watch Over Me / Debut / 3.10.55 
Cliff “Unkulele Ike” Edwards & his Hot Combination / I Want to Call You Sweet Mama / Vocalion / Hollywood 10.26.33 
The Smoothies / Pretty Baby / Bluebird / 1.3.40
T-Bone Walker / I’m About to Lose My Mind / Imperial / LA 1951
Lee Andrews & the Hearts / Glad to Be Here / United Artists / 1958 

set 3
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Mosaic / Down Under / Blue Note / 10.2.61 
Blue Mitchell / The Cup Bearers / Tiger Lily / Riverside / 8.28, 30.62 [4.11.62?]  
Boswell Sisters, Fran Frey, Frank Munn, Mills Brothers / OK America, part 2: My Romance; The Old Man of the Mountain / Brunswick / 4.14.42 / with Victor Young & The Brunswick Orchestra 
The Ink Spots / I Cover the Waterfront / Decca / 1946 
James Moody / Flute 'n' The Blues / I Cover the Waterfront / Argo / Chicago? 1956 / vocal = Eddie Jefferson

set 4
Victor Feldman / With Mallets A Fore Thought / Wilbert’s Tune / Interlude [Mode] / Hollywood 9.57 
Victor Feldman / Merry Olde Soul / You Make Me Feel So Young / Riverside / 11.16.60 
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / Cool and Crazy / The Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud / RCA Victor / LA 4.2.53 
King Cole Trio / It Only Happens Once / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Marlene Dietrich / Dietrich in London / Marie Marie / Columbia / Queen's Theatre, London 12.12.64
Jubalaires / Alphabets of the Bible (John the Revelator) / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song

Gene Chandler / There Was a Time! / Since You’ve Been Gone / Brunswick / 1968

Friday, August 16, 2013

Kickin' the Playlist Around


Coffeetime, August 16, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Sonny Rollins / Sonny Rollins Plus 4 / Pent-Up House / Prestige / 3.22.56 
Kenny Dorham / ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia / Mexico City / Blue Note / 5.31.56 
Whispering Jack Smith / A Faded Photograph / Decca / 9.13.40
Peggy Lee / That Old Gang of Mine / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra 
The 4 Vagabonds / That Old Gang of Mine / Apollo / 7.47 / their last session for Apollo 
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / My Ship / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59

set 2
Clark Terry / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Stardust / Riverside / 4.27.57 
Australian Jazz Quartet / Bethlehem’s Best / The Girl with the Flaxen Hair / Bethlehem / 2.21.55 
Jimmy Jones Big Four / Weeta / HRS / 8.47 
Fats Waller / Hallelujah / V-Disc/ Hollywood 1943 
Rollin Smith’s Rascals / Kickin’ the Gong Around / Perfect / 1.5.32 
Fred Astaire & ensemble / We Saw the Sea / from soundtrack to RKO movie, Follow the Fleet / Hollywood 1.30.36 / with Johnny Green & his Orchestra
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers / Good Man / King / Cincinnati 5.24.51 / vocal = Kitty Stevenson 
Danny Kaye / Ballin’ the Jack / Rambler auto promo LP / Hollywood 12.63

set 3
Thad Jones & Pepper Adams / Mean What You Say / H and T Blues / Milestone / 4.26, 5.4, 9.66 
Oscar Pettiford / Scorpio / Bethlehem / 8.12.55 
Charlie Ventura / Avalon / Clef / 3.7.51 
The Basin Street Boys / I Want to Love and Be Loved / Exclusive / LA late 1945 / vocal = Judy Carol; with the Eddie Beal Trio
Johnny Hartman / I Just Dropped By to Say Hello / In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning / Impulse! / 10.17.63 

set 4
Barney Kessel / Let's Cook! / Time Remembered / Contemporary / LA 11.11.57 
Marty Paich Quartet / Featuring Art Pepper / Over the Rainbow / Tampa  / LA 2.20.57 
Conte Candoli / Westcoasting with Conte Candoli and Stan Levey / Tune for Tex / Bethlehem / LA 11.20.54 
Brick Fleagle’s Rhythmakers / On You, It Looks Good / HRS / 5.5.47 / vocal = Chocolate Williams
Willie Parker / You’ve Got Your Finger in My Eye / M-Pac! / Chicago 1967
Anthony Newley / The Genius of Anthony Newley / There’s No Such Thing As Love / London / 1966
The Radio Four / I Feel the Spirit / Nashboro [unissued alt take] / Nashville 4.58 

last soulful song
Brenton Wood / Baby You Got It / Double Shot / Hollywood 1967


Friday, August 09, 2013

Playlist, Etc.


Coffeetime, August 9, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Art Farmer / Modern Art / Mox Nix / United Artists / 9.10, 11, 14.58 
Sonny Clark / Cool Struttin’ / Deep Night / Blue Note / 1.5.58 
Jack Teagarden / Persian Rug / Brunswick / 4.14.39 
The Savoy Orpheans / What Did I Tell Ya? / HMV / Savoy Hotel, London 11.2.26 / vocal = Cyril Ramon Newton
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / I’ll Get Along Somehow / Modern / LA 1946 / vocal = Charles Brown
Bev Kelly / Bev Kelly in Person / My Foolish Heart / Riverside / live, The Coffee Gallery, San Francisco 10.14.60 

set 2
Les Spann / Gemini / Afterthought / Jazzland / 12.8.60 
Teddy Edwards / Sunset Eyes / I Hear a Rhapsody / Pacific Jazz / LA mid-1960
Oscar Moore / Presenting Oscar Moore / To a Wild Rose / Omegatape / LA 12.12, 14.56 
Adrian Rollini & his Orchestra / Stuff, Etc / Decca / 3.17.36 
Louis Armstrong / I Hate to Leave You Now / Bluebird / 12.8.32 
Mabel Scott / Mabel Blues / Parrot / Chicago c. 8.53 / with King Kolax Orchestra
Dean Martin / Love Me, My Love / Capitol / Hollywood 5.15.59
Jimmy Ricks / Jimmy Ricks /  Summertime / Signature / 1961

set 3
Lee Morgan / The Gigolo / The Gigolo (alt take) / Blue Note / 7.1.65 
Flip Phillips & his Orchestra / Swinging With Flip / Salute to Pres / Clef / LA 2.52 
The Dinning Sisters / I Get the Blues When It Rains / Capitol / Hollywood 1947
Georgie Auld / Honey / Musicraft / 5.24.45
Sam Cooke / Night Beat / I Lost Everything / Abkco / LA 1963

set 4
Manny Albam & his Orchestra / More Double Exposure / My Blue Heaven; 720 in the Book / RCA Victor / LA 1961
Cannonball Adderley with Sergio Mendes / Cannonball's Bossa Nova [Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars] / Sambop / Riverside / 12.10.62 
King Cole Trio / To a Wild Rose / Capitol / Hollywood 5.23.45
Billy Taylor / I Don’t Ask Questions, I Just Have Fun / HRS / 6.47 
Georgia Carr / Wasted Tears / Capitol / Hollywood 1953
Don Heitgerd & ensemble / The Prince Is Giving a Ball / from soundtrack CBS broadcast of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella / Hollywood 11.2, 5, 6.64 / premiered on CBS TV on 2.22.65
Golden Gate Quartet / Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John / NBC Thesaurus radio program / 1941

last soulful song
Barbara Lynn / This Is The Thanks I Get / Atlantic / Grits & Gravy Studio, Jackson, Mississippi 9.13.67

Friday, August 02, 2013

It's Only a Playlist


Coffeetime, August 2, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Hank Mobley / Another Night at Birdland, volume / It’s You or No One / Roost / live at Birdland, 4.10.57 
Lou Donaldson / Blues Walk / The Masquerade Is Over / Blue Note / 7.28.58 
Russ Columbo / Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear / Victor / LA 4.6.32 / with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra 
Gene Phillips & Jack McVea / Slipin’ and Slidin’ / Modern / LA 1950
Ella Fitzgerald / It’s Only a Man / Verve / LA 1.25.56 

set 2
Wes Montgomery / The Wes Montgomery Trio / ‘Round Midnight / Riverside / 10.6.59 
Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd / Out of this World / It’s a Beautiful Evening / Warwick / early 1961 
Don Byas / Don Wails with Kenny / More Than You Know / German Columbia / Köln 2.25.60 
Mezz Mezzrow & his Orchestra / Apologies / Victor / 5.7.34
King Cole Trio / You Must Be Blind / MacGregor transcription / LA 5.24.44
Tab Smith & his Orchestra / All Night Long / Coral / 5.10.44 / vocal = Trevor Bacon
Young Jessie / Chuck Jackson & Young Jessie / Well Baby / Crown / 1963
The Barry Sisters / The World of the Barry Sisters / In Meina Oigen Bistie Shain / Roulette / 1964

set 3
Les McCann / Les McCann LTD in New York / A Little 3/4 for God & Co. / Pacific Jazz / live at The Village Gate 12.28.61 
Charlie Parker / Leap Frog [partial alt take] / Clef / 6.6.50 
Ida James / You Must Be Blind / Decca / 2.8.45 / with Ellis Larkins Trio
The Four Buddies / Close to You / Savoy [unissued] / 5.23.51 
Jack Teagarden / Accent on Trombone / Stars Fell on Alabama / Urania / 1954

set 4
Curtis Counce / So Nice / Contemporary / 1.6.58 
Buddy Collette / Man of Many Parts / Cycle / Contemporary / LA 2.13.56 
Bud Shank and Bob Cooper / Blowin' Country / I Want to Be Happy / Pacific Jazz [unissued] / LA 11.29.56
Johnny Mercer / Strip Polka / Capitol / Hollywood 4.6.42
Little Willie John / Are You Ever Coming Back? / King / 6.29.55
Elvis Presley / Elvis for Everyone! / In My Way / RCA Victor / Hollywood 11.7.60
Carolina Kings of Harmony / Going to Ride that Golden Chariot / Trumpet / Raleigh 4.10.53

last soulful song

The Four Puzzles / Especially for You Baby / Fatback / 1967