Wave to Me My Playlist

Coffeetime, June 27, 2014, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Horace Silver / Horace-Scope / Nica’s Dream / Blue Note / 7.8.60 

Sonny Clark / Sonny Clark Trio / Junka / Time / 3.23.60 

Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra / I’m Comin’ Virginia / Brunswick / 4.23.37

Russ Morgan & his Orchestra / Room with a View / radio transcription / 1938 / vocal = Mert Curtis

Joe Thomas & his Orchestra / Everybody Loves My Baby / Mercury / 3.52 

Etta Jones / Don't Go to Strangers / All the Way / Prestige / 6.21.60

set 2

Bucky & Mary Pizzarelli / Love Song / Monmouth Evergreen / early spring 1974

Paul Gonsalves / Gettin’ Together! / I Surrender Dear / Jazzland / 12.20.60

Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / The Jazz Scene / Frustration / Clef / Hollywood summer 47

Napoleon’s Emperors / You Can’t Cheat a Cheater / Victor / 5.23.29 

Jack Teagarden / You Know Just As Well As I Know / Brunswick / Chicago 6.23.39 

The Mills Brothers / Lazy River / Soundie / Hollywood 1944 

T.J. Fowler & his Band / What's the Matter Now / States [unissued] / Chicago 1955 / vocal = Frank Taylor

Peggy Lee / Big $pender / It’s a Wonderful World / Capitol / Hollywood 10.27.65 

set 3

Arnett Cobb / Smooth Sailing / Cobb’s Mob / Prestige / 2.27.59

Wes Montgomery / Movin’ Along / Tune-Up / Riverside / LA 10.12.60

Louis Bellson Just Jazz All Stars / Punkin’ / Capitol / Hollywood 2.52

Earl Hines & his Orchestra / The Jitney Man / Bluebird / 11.17.41 / vocal = Billy Eckstine

The Dinning Sisters / Wave to Me My Lady / Capitol / Hollywood 1948

Frank D’Rone / In Person / Nancy (With the Laughing Face) / Mercury / live, hungry i, San Francisco 1962

set 4

Pete Jolly Five / The Five / Whistle While You Work / RCA Victor / LA 3.9.55

Art Pepper & Conte Candoli / Mucho Calor / I Love You / Andex / Forum Theater, LA 4.24.58 

Count Basie & his Orchestra / Basie Plays Hefti / Scoot / Roulette / 1958 

King Cole Trio / This Will Make You Laugh / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.23.44

Earl King / I’m Packing Up / Ace [unissued] / Jackson, Mississippi 1955

The Zion Travelers / Packing Up / Dooto / 1962

last soul song

The Five Stairsteps / World of Fantasy / Windy C / Chicago 1966

Playlist a Simple Melody

Coffeetime, June 20, 2014, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Horace Silver / Songs for my Father / The Natives Are Restless Tonight / Blue Note / 10.26.64

Cliff Jordan & John Gilmore / Blowing in from Chicago / Let It Stand / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.3.57 

Shep Fields & his New Music / Things Ain’t What They Used to Be / radio transcription / early 1940s

Aileen Stanley / I’ll Get By, As Long As I Have You / Victor / 1.7.29 / with Leonard Joy & his Orchestra 

Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / How ’Bout That / Chicago 11.15.41

Dinah Washington / The Two of Us / Again / Mercury / 1959

set 2

Joe Newman / Jive at Five / More than You Know / Prestige / 5.4.60

John Dennis / New Piano Expressions / Variegations / Debut / 9.55 

Les Paul Trio / Hawaiian Paradise / Decca / Hollywood 8.31.45

Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Penn Beach Blues / Okeh / 11.15.27
Blue Lu Barker / You’re Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim / Decca / 8.11.38 / with Danny Barker’s Fly Cats

Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Virginia Dale / I’ll Capture Your Heart / soundtrack to Paramount movie Holiday Inn / Hollywood spring 1942

Herman Gillespie / Have a Good Time / Gotham [unissued] / Philadelphia 2.25.58

set 3

Art Farmer / Perception / Change Partners / Argo / 10.25-27.61

Benny Golson / Turning Point / (I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over / Mercury / late 1962

Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra / Ray’s Idea / Musicraft / 7.9.46 

Blue Barron & his Orchestra / Fancy Meeting You / radio transcription / 1938-39 / vocal = Charlie Fisher

The Beavers / I’d Rather Be Wrong Than Blue / Coral / 1950

Frank Minion / The Soft Land of Make Believe / Knowbody Knows / Bethlehem / 1959

set 4

Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown / Poll Winners Three! / (I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over / Contemporary / LA 11.2.59

Ruby Braff / Braff!! / Here’s Freddie / Epic / 6.28.56
Doris Browne / Why Don’t You Love Me Now / Gotham [alternate take] / Philadelphia 6.53 / with Doc Bagby Band

Jo Stafford & Dick Haymes / Play a Simple Melody / radio transcription, AFRS Melody Hour #332 / Hollywood 3.9.50 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra 

Percy Mayfield / Please Believe Me / Specialty / Hollywood 4.2.57 

The Bronzemen / Where Shall I Be / Standard transcription / circa 4.39

last soulful song

Maxine Brown / It’s Gonna Be Alright / Wand / 1965

Ritual Fire Playlist

Coffeetime, June 13, 2014, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Blue Mitchell / The Cup Bearers / Cup Bearers / Riverside / 8.28, 30.62

Wilbur Harden, John Coltrane / Mainstream 1958 / E.F.F.P.H. / Savoy / 3.13.58

Larry Adler / Ritual Fire Dance / Columbia / London 2.35 / with orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons

Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Too Many Tears / radio transcription / 1934 / vocal = Skinnay Ennis

Gene Phillips / I Wonder What the Poor Folks Are Doing / Modern / LA 1.50 / with Jack McVea & his Orchestra

Nancy Wilson / Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley / The Masquerade Is Over / Capitol / 6.27 & 29,61 

set 2

The Modern Jazz Quartet / Lonely Woman / Lamb, Leopard (If I Were Eve) / Atlantic / 1.29.62

Oscar Peterson / Night Train / Hymn to Freedom / Verve / LA 12.15 & 16.62

Meade “Lux” Lewis / Celeste Blues / Decca / Chicago 1.11.36

Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Rockin’ Chair / Okeh / 12.13.29 / vocals = Louis Armstrong & Hoagy Carmichael 

Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Keep Smiling, Keep Laughing, Be Happy / radio transcription AFRS Jubilee 86 / Hollywood summer 1944 / vocal = Joe Thomas, Master of Ceremonies = Ernest “Bubbles” Whitman, arranged by Harry “Pee Wee” Jackson 

The Modernaires / Juke Box Saturday Night / Columbia / Hollywood 2.11.46

Eddie Bo / Ain’t It the Truth / Ric / New Orleans 8.22.60

set 3

Cannonball Adderley / Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley / Unit 7 / Capitol / 6.27 & 29,61 

Johnny Griffin / The Little Giant / Lonely One / Riverside / 8.4 & 5.59

Joe Morris Orchestra / Jump with Me / Manor / 12.12.47

Spirits of Rhythm / I’ll Be Ready When the Great Day Comes / Brunswick / 9.14.34 

Red Norvo & his Orchestra / Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry / Columbia / spring 1942 / vocal = Mildred Bailey

Mel Tormé / Mel Tormé Sings Songs of Fred Astaire / A Foggy Day / Bethlehem / Hollywood 11.56

set 4

Art Pepper / Intensity / I Wished on the Moon / Contemporary / LA 11.23, 25.60

Richie Kamuca / Jazz Erotica [also issued as West Coast Jazz in Hi Fi] / Way Down Yonder / Hi Fi Jazz / LA 5.26.57

The Five Keys / Too Late / Aladdin / 3.22.51

Patti Page / Indiscretion / You Call Everybody Darling / Mercury / 1955

Little Willie John / You Hurt Me / King / Cincinnati 10.25.60 

The Trumpeteers / Milky White Way / Score / Baltimore 9.12.47

last soulful song

Dee Dee Warwick / Do It with All Your Heart / Blue Rock / 1.65

Let's Face the Playlist and Dance

Thanks very much to Fred Allen of Sound Principles (Wednesdays at 7pm) for filling in for me while I had several wonderful days with my family.

Coffeetime, June 6, 2014, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Art Farmer / Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce / Satellite / Prestige / 10.21.55

Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean / Inta Somethin’ / Let’s Face the Music and Dance / Pacific Jazz / live, The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco 11.61

Billy Strayhorn / Halfway to Dawn / Clef [unissued] / Hollywood, summer 1946

Little Jack Little / I’m Going Shopping with You / Columbia / 1.28.35

Ben Smith Quartet / Travelin’ Papa / Apollo / 10.46

Sarah Vaughan / Jim / EmArcy / 12.18.54 

set 2

Lee Morgan / Indeed! / The Lady / Blue Note [1538] / 11.4.56 

Kenny Dorham / Una Mas / If Ever I Would Leave You / Blue Note [unissued] / 4.1.63

Bing Crosby / Moonburn / Decca / Hollywood 3.24.36 / with George Stoll’s instrumental trio

The Mills Brothers / What’s the Reason (I’m Not Pleasin’ You) / Decca / 2.20.35

T-Bone Walker / Tell Me What’s the Reason / Imperial / LA 8.20.51

Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans / Energy & Motion / What Is Chemical Energy / Motivation Records / 1961 / with Tony Mottola & Orchestra

set 3

Horace Silver / 6 Pieces of Silver / Camouflage / Blue Note / 6.15.58

Hank Mobley / Soft Impressions / Blue Note / 6.17.66

Tadd Dameron / Tadd Walk / Savoy / 10.28.47

Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Midnight / Bluebird / 4.1.41 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan

Cats & the Fiddle / That’s What I Thought You Said / Manor / 2.48 

Bill Henderson & Horace Silver / [6 Pieces of Silver] / Señor Blues / Blue Note / 6.15.58

set 4

Herb Geller / That Geller Feller / The Fruit / Bel Canto / LA 3.14.57 

Oscar Moore / Oscar Moore / Up Tempo / Tampa / Hollywood 1954

Mildred Bailey / Can’t We Be Friends? / Majestic / 10.20.47

The Dells / I Wanna Go Home / Vee-Jay / 9.25.56 

Swan Silvertones / Let's Go To Church Together / Love Lifted Me Up / Vee-Jay / 1964

last soulful song

Unique Blend / Mommy and Daddy / Eastbound / Detroit 1974