Friday, February 22, 2013

Playlist First; I'm No Fool (In Water)




Coffeetime, February 22, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
The Jazz Messengers / Deciphering the Message / Columbia (unissued) /  4.6, 5.4.56 
Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / Tough Tenor Favorites / From This Moment On / Jazzland / 2.5.62 
Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra / Haunted Nights / Victor / 9.16.29 
Six Jumping Jacks / She’s the Sweetheart of Six Other Guys / Brunswick / 4.13.28
Jimmy Liggins & his Drops of Joy / That Song Is Gone / Specialty / Hollywood 9.9.47 
Audrey Morris / The Voice of Audrey Morris / I Wonder What Became of Me / Bethlehem / Hollywood 7.56 / with Marty Paich & the Hollywood String Quartet 

set 2
Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / Tough Tenors / Imagination / Jazzland / 11.4 & 10.60 
Victor Feldman / Merry Olde Soul / Serenity / Riverside / 1.6, 11.61 
Dizzy Gillespie / She’s Funny That Way / Vogue (unissued) / Paris 4.11.52 
Fletcher Henderson & Connie's Inn Orchestra / Singin’ the Blues (’Til My Daddy Comes Home) / Decca / 4.29.31
Louis Prima & his New Orleans Gang / Let’s Have a Jubilee / Brunswick / 11.1.34
Johnny Mercer / Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed / Capitol / Hollywood 1.30.47 / with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
Jiminy Cricket aka Cliff Edwards / Mickey Mouse Club Song Hits with a Personal Mouseketeer Cast Photo Album / Safety First; I’m No Fool (In Water) / Disneyland / LA 1956

set 3
Blue Mitchell / The Thing to Do / Chick’s Tune / Blue Note / 7.30.64 
Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra / Bah-U-Bah / Vogue / Paris 12.21.49 
The Modernaires / Juke Box Saturday Night 10" EP / You Belong to My Heart / Columbia / 1946
The Ink Spots / For Sentimental Reasons / Waldorf Music Hall / mid-1950s
Jack Teagarden / Accent on Trombone / A Hundred Years from Today / Urania / 1954

set 4
Johnny Richards / Something Else By Johnny Richards / Band Aide / Bethlehem / Hollywood 8.56 
Ike Quebec Quintet / Tiny’s Exercise / Blue Note / 7.18.44 
Oscar Moore & the Three Blazers / Melancholy Madeline / Atlas / Hollywood 9.15.45 / vocal = Frankie Laine 
Sammy Davis Jr. / The Shelter of Your Arms / Some Days Everything Goes Wrong / Reprise / LA 1964 
The Zion Travelers / Since He Lightened My Heavy Load / Dooto / LA 1957

last soulful song
Ann Byers / I’m Happy Without You / Academy / 1966

Friday, February 15, 2013

Cha-Cha Playlist


Coffeetime, February 15, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Horace Silver / Finger Poppin’ with the Horace Silver Quintet / Mellow D / Blue Note / 1.31.59
Stanley Turrentine / Comin’ Your Way / Stolen Sweets / Blue Note / 1.20.61
Alex Hill & his Hollywood Sepians / Functionizin’ / Brunswick / 9.10.34 
Annette Hanshaw / I’m Following You / Diva / 2.11.30 
Georges Guétary / Robin des Bois / Pathé / Paris 1943 
Luke Jones & his Five Joes / She’s My Baby / Atlas / LA early 1947 / vocal = Clarence Williams
Tina Louise / It's Time for Tina / It’s Been a Long Time / Concert Hall / 1957

set 2
Horace Silver / Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet / Melancholy Mood / Blue Note / 1.13.58
Johnny Smith / The Johnny Smith Foursome / Love Letters / Roost / 3.18.57 
Tab Smith / Blanket of Blue / United / Chicago 10.24.51 
Django Reinhardt / Mélodie au crépuscule (Love’s Melody) / Decca / London 2.1.46
Boswell Sisters / Fare Thee Well, Annabelle / unreleased / London 7.19.35 
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / I’m Shooting High / Pathé Marconi / Paris 5.5.36 / vocal = Adelaide Hall
Otis Rush / All Your Love (I Miss Loving) / Cobra / Chicago 1958 / with Willie Dixon 
Judy Holliday / Holliday with Mulligan / It’s Bad for Me / MGM unreleased [DRG] / 4.20-17.60

set 3
Les McCann / Les McCann LTD. / Cha-Cha Twist / Pacific Jazz / live, Village Gate 12.28.61 
Duke Pearson / Sweet Honey Bee / Gaslight / Blue Note / 12.7.66 
Maxine Sullivan / If I Had a Ribbon Bow / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41 / with John Kirby & his Orchestra
Jubalaires / When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam / Standard transcription / late 1940s
Hoagy Carmichael / Stardust / private recordings / Hoagy's home, Long Island 1939-1951 (unknown date)

set 4
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 4 / Rondo / Contemporary / LA 3.16.55 
Mel Lewis / Got’Cha / A Winter’s Tale / Jazz Records / San Francisco 11.19-20.56
Paula Castle / Lost Love / I’m Shooting High / Bethlehem / 1955 
Little Willie John / Inside Information / King / Cincinnati 9.13.63
Dixie Hummingbirds / One Day / Apollo / 1.47

last soulful song
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston / Marvin Gaye and his Girls / I Want You ‘Round / Motown / Detroit 1969

Friday, February 08, 2013

A Winter's Playlist



Coffeetime, February 8, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Dizzy Reece / Blues in Trinity / Shepherd’s Serenade / Blue Note / London 8.24.58 
Hank Mobley / Jazz Message #2 / B. for B.B. / Savoy / 7.23.56 
Red Nichols & his Five Pennies / Dinah / Brunswick / 4.18.29 
Snooks & his Memphis Stompers / Hello Beautiful / Victor / 01.27.31
Red Nichols & his Five Pennies / On the Alamo / Brunswick / 4.18.29 
Anita O’Day / Sings the Winners / What’s Your Story, Morning Glory / Verve / LA 4.2.58 

set 2
Red Garland / Solar / Where Are You? / Jazzland / 1.30.62 
Yusef Lateef / Into Something / Rasheed / New Jazz / 12.29.61 
Charlie Parker / Don’t Blame Me / WHDH radio broadcast / live, Storyville, Boston 9.22.53 
Bing Crosby & Patty Andrews / If I Were a Bell / Decca / LA 9.7.50 / with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra
Jubalaires / You Better Run / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
Big Maybelle / Oh Lord, What Are You Doing to Me? / Scepter / 1964 

Friday, February 01, 2013

Mighty Lak a Playlist


Coffeetime, February 1, 2013, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Walter Davis, Jr / Davis Cup / ’S Make It / Blue Note / 8.2.59 
Max Roach / Parisian Sketches / Liberté / Mercury / Paris 3.2.60 
James Moody / Wail Moody Wail / Donkey Serenade / Prestige / 12.12.55 
Billy Cotton & his Orchestra / Too Many Tears / Regal / London 6.3.32 / vocal = Sam Browne
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / What Is this Thing Called Love? / Vocalion / 2.7.39 / vocal = Joe Thomas
The Trenier Twins / Hey Sister Lucy! / Mercury / 5.15.47 
Billie Holiday / The Seven Ages of Jazz / Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) / Metrojazz / live, Oakdale Musical Theatre, Wallingford CT 9.26.58 

set 2
Coleman Hawkins / At Ease with Coleman Hawkins / Mighty Lak a Rose / Prestige Moodsville / 1.29.60 
Red Garland / Red in Blues-Ville / See See Rider / Prestige / 4.17.59 
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Loose Ankles / Brunswick / Kansas City 4.29.30 / vocal = Bill Massey 
Dizzy Gillespie / School Days / Umbrella Man / Dee Gee [Regent] / Chicago 7.18.52
Louis Jordan / I’ll Die Happy / Aladdin / 1.54

set 3
John Coltrane / Stardust / Then I’ll Be Tired of You / Prestige / 12.26.58 
Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra / Thru for the Night / radio broadcast / LA 1954 
Norfolk Jazz Quartet aka Norfolk Jubilee Quartet / Suntan Baby Brown / Decca / 7.19.37
Ella Mae Morse / Captain Kidd / Andy Russell radio show / Hollywood 5.5.45 / with Lou Bring Orchestra
Dean Martin / Cha Cha de Amor / A Hundred Years from Today / Capitol / Hollywood 1962

set 4
Zoot Sims Quartet / Jazz West Coast / I’ll Remember April / Pacific Jazz / live, Hoover High School, San Diego 12.4.54 
Shorty Rogers / What's New / [Xanadu] / LA 12.27.51
Louis Bellson Just Jazz All Stars / Punkin’ / Capitol / LA 2.52
Fats Waller / Loafin' Time / Victor / 8.20.35 
The Keynotes / A Star / Apollo / 1955
Lorez Alexandria / The Sensational Voice of Lorez Alexandria / Long Ago and Far Away / Sing / Chicago 2.59
Golden Gate Quartet / Daniel Saw the Stone / Okeh / 4.18.41

last soulful song
Maxine Brown / Oh Lord, What Are You Doing to Me / Wand / 5.31.66