You’re Getting to Be a Playlist with Me

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Coffeetime, January 30, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley [1568] / Mighty Moe and Joe [alt take] / Blue Note / 6.23.57

Sonny Rollins / Sonny Rollins, Volume 2 / You Stepped Out of a Dream / Blue Note / 1957

Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / Sweet Mama / Brunswick / 10.12.29

Whispering Jack Smith / Me and My Shadow / Victor / 4.28.27 / with Dave Dreyer on piano

Harold Burrage / Way Down Boogie / Aladdin / Chicago 3.26.51 / with Jimmy Binkley & his Orchestra

Billie Holiday / Willow Weep for Me / Verve / live, Newport 7.6.57

set 2

Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / Deacon Joe / Blue Note / 8.4.60

Max Roach / Deeds, Not Words / Deeds, Not Words / Riverside / 9.4.58

Lorenzo Holden / Our Love Is Here to Stay / Crown / LA 1954

Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / Troubled Waters / Victor / Hollywood 5.9.34 / vocal = Ivie Anderson 

Doris Day / Lullaby of Broadway / You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me / Columbia / Hollywood 12.4.50 / Frank Comstock & Orchestra 

Louis Jordan / I Seen What’cha Done / Aladdin / 1.54

set 3

Prestige All Stars / Olio / Dakar / Prestige / 2.16.57 

John Wright / Mr. Soul / Strut / Prestige / 4.10.62 

Eddie Davis & his Beboppers / Just a Mystery / Savoy / 12.20.46

Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Ain’t That Just Like a Man / AFRS Jubilee radio show No. 26 / Hollywood 3 & 4.43 / vocal = Teresa Harris; with master of ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman

Gotham’s Four Notes / Away / Gotham / 1948

Bob Stewart / Let’s Talk About Love / If I’m Lucky / Dawn / 1956

set 4

Ralph Sharon / Around the World in Jazz / Ask an Alaskan / Rama / 1.9, 10 & 2.5, 7.57

Clifford Brown / Jazz Immortal / Tiny Capers / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 8.13.54

King Cole Trio / Easy Listening Blues / Capital / Hollywood 3.6.44

Noel Coward / Imagine the Duchess’s Feelings / HMV / London 7.41 / with Carroll Gibbons on piano

Louis “Zooma Zooma!” Prima & his Orchestra / I Was Here When You Left Me / V Disc 500-B / 5.17.45 / vocal = Lily Ann Carol

El Dorados / Lights Are Low / Vee Jay / 11.6.57 

Jubalaires / Swing Down Chariot / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song

Major Lance / Please Don’t Say No More / Chicago 5.8.63

Playlist (Means Good Luck)

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Coffeetime, January 23, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Johnny Griffin / Introducing Johnny Griffin / Cherokee / Blue Note [unissued] / 4.17.56

John Coltrane / Blue Train / Lazy Bird / Blue Note / 9.15.57

Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Lullaby in Rhythm / Victor / 4.8.38

George Hall & his Taft Hotel Orchestra / I Never Saw a Better Night / Bluebird / 07.12.35 / vocal = Dolly Dawn & Sonny Schuyler

Jesse Price & his Blues Band / You Can’t Take It with You / Capitol / LA 10.17.46

Sarah Vaughan / With Clifford Brown / Embraceable You / EmArcy / 12.16, 18.1954

set 2

Jimmy Smith / Open House / Embraceable You / Blue Note / 3.22.60

Kenny Dorham / Afro-Cuban / Lotus Flower / Blue Note / 1.30.55

Lennie Niehaus / Volume 1, “The Quintets” / Day by Day / Contemporary / LA 7.9.54

The Capitol Jazzmen / In My Solitude / MacGregor transciptions / Hollywood 11.16.43

Cleo Brown / When Hollywood Goes Black and Tan / Decca / LA 11.20.35 

Jerry “Boogie” McCain / Stay Out of Automobiles / Trumpet / Jackson, MS 11.4.54

Peggy Lee / I Don't Know Enough About You / CBS radio transcription, The Summer Electric Hour / Hollywood, summer 1947 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra 

Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / It Might As Well Be Spring / I Believe in You / Reprise / LA 1964

set 3

JR Monterose / JR Monterose / Ka-Link / Blue Note / 10.21.56

Teddy Edwards / Roy’s Boys / Rex / 7.47

Chuck Foster & his Orchestra / My Sister and I / transcription / Chicago 1940 / vocal = Jimmy Castle

The Ravens / Mahzel (Means Good Luck) / National / 4.23 & 24.47 

Bobby Troup / Stars of Jazz / I’m Thru with Love / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1958

set 4

Wes Montgomery / Montgomeryland / Wes’ Tune / Pacific Jazz / LA 4.18.58

Art Pepper / …The Way It Was! / The Way You Look Tonight / Contemporary / LA 2.29.60

Nat Gonella & his Georgians / Jubilee / Parlophone / 1.27.38

Helen Humes / Helen’s Advice / Discovery LA / 11.20.50 [4.51?] / with Dexter Gordon’s Orchestra 

Nancy Andrews & Phil Leeds / Christine [original Broadway cast recording] / Freedom Can Be a Most Uncomfortable Thing [reprise] / Columbia / 1960

Swan Silvertones / My Rock / Jesus Is a Friend / Specialty / Hollywood 1953

last soulful song

Stevie Wonder / Talking Book / Tuesday Heartbreak / Tamla / 1973

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Coffeetime, January 16, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Clifford Jordan / Bearcat / The Middle of the Road / Jazzland / winter 1961-62

Harold Land / The Fox / One Down / Contemporary / LA 8.59

Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / I’m Getting Sentimental Over You / Victor / 10.18.35

Billy Cotton & his Band / Ole Faithful / Regal Zonophone / London 11.19.34 / vocal = Alan Breeze & the band 

The Rivals / Rival Blues / Apollo / 5.9.50

Dinah Washington / Blue Gardenia / EmArcy / 3.15.55

set 2

Mal Waldron / Left Alone / You Don’t Know What Love Is / Bethlehem / 11.57

Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / Man with a Horn / Prestige Moodsville 13 / 8.23.60

Sol Hoopii & his Novelty Five / Fascinating Rhythm / Decca / 1938 

Ruth Etting / Try a Little Tenderness / Banner / 2.8.33

Frank Sinatra / The Way You Look Tonight / V-Disc 116-B (CBS broadcast dress rehearsal of “Songs by Sinatra”) / 11.14.43 / with The Bobby Tucker Singers and Alex Stordahl & his Orchestra 

Lula Reed / Blue and Moody / Sample Man / King / Cincinnati 2.6.54

Yves Montand / Les Grandes Chanson (Volume II) / Le Fête à Loulou / Columbia / 1960 / avec Christiane Legrand

set 3

Lee Morgan / The Rajah / Once in My Lifetime / Blue Note / 11.29.66

Ray Charles / The Genius After Hours / I Surrender Dear / Atlantic / 11.20.56

Gene Krupa / Showcase / Clef / 9.10.53 

Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra / Everyone But Me / radio transcription / LA early 1940s / vocal = Harriet Hilliard

The Robins / I’m Living O.K. / Savoy / LA 2.13.50 / with the Johnny Otis Quintette 

Sammy Davis Jr. / The Shelter of Your Arms / That’s for Me / Reprise / Hollywood 7.7.61 / with Marty Paich & his Orchestra 

set 4

Paul Horn / Jazz West Coast, Volume Five / Joe’s Tune / World Pacific / Hollywood 1959

Martial Solal / Verneuillade / soundtrack to movie L’Affaire d’une Nuit” / Columbia / Paris 1960

George Wallington / My Nephew and I / Prestige / 5.25.53

Boswell Sisters / Nights When I Am Lonely / New Orleans 3.25.25 / with Vitaly Jaques “Vic” Lubowski on piano 

Charles Brown / Get Yourself Another Fool / Aladdin / LA 11.11.48 / with Johnny Moore and Eddy Williams

Rosemary Clooney & Bing Crosby / Fancy Meeting You Here / Fancy Meeting You Here / RCA Victor / Hollywood 8.7.58

Paramount Singers / Work and Pray On / Duke / San Francisco 1955 

last soul song

Aretha Franklin / Runnin’ Out of Fools / I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face / Columbia

When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Playlist

Coffeetime, January 2, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Freddie Hubbard / Hub Cap / Plexus [alt take] / Blue Note / 4.9.61

J.J. Johnson / The Playboy Jazz All Stars [volume 1] / Joey, Joey, Joey / Columbia / 1.31.57

Dickie Wells & his Orchestra / I Found a New Baby / Disques Swing / Paris 7.12.37

Broadway Bell-hops / Hello Bluebird / Harmony / 10.8.26 

Percy Mayfield / Strange Things Happening / Specialty / Hollywood 1950 

Julie London / All Through the Night / All Through the Night / Liberty / Hollywood 7.12,13,16.65 / with the Bud Shank Quintet

set 2

Stan Getz / Stan Getz at Large / The Thrill Is Gone / HMV [unissued] / Copenhagen 1.14-15.60

George Van Eps / Mellow Guitar / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Columbia / LA 8.1.56

Cannonball Adderley / Know What I Mean? / Elsa / Riverside / 2.27.61

Ben Selvin & his Orchestra / When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba / Okeh / 6.18.31 / vocal = Dick Robertson

The Merry Macs / By-U, By-O (The Lou’siana Lullaby) / Decca / Hollywood 9.12.41 

The Griffin Brothers featuring Margie Day / The Clock Song (Let Your Pendulum Swing) / Dot / 1952 

Mr. Google Eyes (Joseph August ) / Love Me / Columbia / 12.1.49 / Billy Ford & his Musical V-8s 

set 3

Harry Edison / Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You / Blues for Bill Basie / Verve / Hollywood 3.5.57

Charlie Ventura & his Orchestra / Dark Eyes / RCA Victor / 4.6.50

Maxine Sullivan / Behavin’ Myself for You / Joe Davis / 11.24.44 / with Cedric Wallace and His Orchestra

The Sultans / You Captured My Heart / Jubilee / 1951 

Mel Tormé / The Blues / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.56

set 4

Oscar Moore / Kiss Me Again / Tampa / LA 1954

John Graas / Jazz Studio 3 / Mulliganesque / Decca / Hollywood winter 12.16.54 

John Kirby & his Orchestra / I Give You My Word / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940

Mae West / Willie of the Valley / soundtrack to Universal Pictures movie My Little Chickadee / Hollywood 1940

Betty Hall Jones / Frustration, Frustration / Combo / LA 1951

Peggy Lee / Sugar ’n‘ Spice / I Don’t Wanna Leave You Now / Capitol / 10.62 / with orchestra conducted by Benny Carter

Selah Jubilee Singers / Traveling Shoes / Decca / 4.28.39

last soulful song

Gene Chandler / Check Yourself / Vee-Jay / Chicago 1963

Dirt Dishin' Playlist

He seems like a good egg.

Coffeetime, January 2, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Shelly Manne & his Men / At the Blackhawk, volume 5 / How Deep Are the Roots / Contemporary / live, The Blackhawk, San Francisco 9.23.59

Jan Garber & his Orchestra / Tin Ear / Columbia / 2.18.28

Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Nasty Man / Victor / 3.5.34 / with the Do-Re-Mi Trio

Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra / Betcha Nickel / Decca / 6.29.39

Calvin Boze & his All-Stars / Safronia B / Aladdin / LA 1.13.50 

Doris Day / Show Time / I’ve Grown Accustomed to his Face / Columbia / Hollywood 2.11-25.60

set 2

Joe Newman / Good ’n‘ Groovy / Li’l Darlin’ / Prestige Swingville / 3.19.61

Stanley Turrentine / Comin’ Your Way / Someone to Watch Over Me / Blue Note / 1.20.61

Adrian Rollini & his Orchestra / Somebody Loves Me / Brunswick / 10.23.34

Willie Bryant & his Orchestra / It’s Over Because We’re Through / Bluebird / 1.4.35  

Martha Raye / The Voice / Ooh, Dr. Kinsey / Discovery / 1950

Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra / Who, Me? / Epic / 1955 / vocal = Abbe Lane

set 3

Benny Golson / The Other Side of Benny Golson / This Night / Riverside / 11.12.58

Gene Ammons / The Big Sound / The Real McCoy / Prestige / 1.3.58

The Mills Brothers / Dirt Dishin’ Daisy / Brunswick / 11.21.32

Kay Starr / Don’t Do Something to Someone Else / radio transcription / Hollywood 1949 / with Billy Butterfield & his Orchestra

Jean Sablon / Ces Petites Choses / HMV/Pathé Marconi / Paris 1955

set 4

Stan Getz / Tour’s End / JATP / Hollywood 10.10.57

Shorty Rogers & his Giants / The Big Shorty Express / At Home with Sweets / RCA Victor / LA 7.5.56

Mildred Bailey / It's So Peaceful in the Country / radio transcription, The Morton Downey Show / spring 1951 / with Carmen Mastren on guitar

Kay Starr / When My Dreamboat Comes Home / Capitol / Hollywood 7.24.53

B.B. King & his Orchestra / Please Love Me / RPM / LA 1953

Echo Gospel Singers / I Want Jesus to Walk with Me / Gotham / 1954 

last soulful song

Billy Vera & Judy Clay / Really Together / Atlantic / 1.12.68