The Playlist Is a Silver Dollar

By Jupiter, Ray doesn’t appear on this episode. But I love him

Coffeetime, August 28, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Jackie McLean / [Street Singer] / Melonae’s Dance / Blue Note / 9.1.60

Warne Marsh / Music for Prancing / Ad Libido / Mode / Hollywood 9.57

Luis Russell & his Louisiana Swing Orchestra / Jersey Lightning / Okeh / 9.6.29 

Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra / The Moon is a Silver Dollar / radio transcription / 1939 / vocal = Cliff Grass

Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Jumpin’ at the Jubilee / V-Disc 196B / Hollywood 11.43

Dinah Washington / After Hours with Miss D / I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / EmArcy / 6.15.54

set 2

Lennie Tristano / Lennie Tristano / Requiem / Atlantic / Tristano’s home studio 1954-55 

Herbie Mann & Buddy Collette / Flute Fraternity / Nancy with the Laughing Face / Mode / Hollywood 6.57

Lester Young / She’s Funny That Way / Aladdin / LA 8.46

Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Runnin’ Ragged / Okeh / 10.28.29

Martha Raye / Summertime / radio broadcast, AFRS Swingtime / 1944

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm / The Tiny Boogie / AFRS Jubilee transcription / 10.14.46 / vocal = Ernestine “Tiny” Davis (also on trumpet) 

Cy Coleman / If My Friends Could See Me Now / Sweet Talk / Columbia / 1967

set 3

Art Farmer / To Sweden with Love / Visa Vid Midsommartid (Midsummer Song) / Atlantic / Stockholm 4.30.64

Joe Wilder / Wilder ‘n’ Wilder / My Heart Stood Still / Savoy / 1.19.56

“Flip” Phillips Fliptet / Skyscraper / Signature / c. early 9.44

Stan Kenton & his Orchestra / Wish You Were Waitin’ for Me / radio broadcast, AFRS “One Night Stand” #447 / live, Hollywood Palladium 11.30.44 / vocal = Anita O’Day

The Ravens / The Whiffenpoof Song / Okeh / 8.8.51 

Matt Dennis / She Dances Over Head / Nobody’s Heart / RCA / 1955

set 4

Teddy Edwards / [Sunset Eyes] / The New Symphony Sid / Pacific Jazz / 3.21.60 

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / Claude / Contemporary / LA 8.17.57

King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44

Stan Getz & João Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) / Verve / 3.18, 19.63 / vocal = Astrud & João Gilberto

Golden Gate Quartet / Didn’t Rain / NBC Thesaurus radio program #979 / 1941

last soul song

Brenton Wood / Baby You Got It / Give It Up / Double Shot / 1967

Coming in on a Wing and a Playlist

Ray!—the highlight of the show. (Photo by the great William Gottlieb.)

Coffeetime, August 21, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Hank Mobley / [Another Workout] / Out of Joe’s Bag / Blue Note / 12.5.61

Booker Ervin / Cookin’ / Mister Wiggles / Savoy / 11.26.60 

Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra / Bakiff / V-Disc / Hollywood 9.17.41

Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / After I Say I’m Sorry / Victor / 1.28.26

Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Any Old Place with Me / Exclusive / Hollywood 12.47

Ella Fitzgerald / Candy / Verve / live at the Crescendo, Hollywood 6.29-30.62

set 2

Sonny Rollins / Rollins Plays for Bird / I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face / Prestige / 10.5.56

Milt Jackson / Big Bags / If I Should Lose You / Riverside / 6.62

Quincy Jones / The Birth of a Band! / The Gypsy / Mercury / 6.16.59 / solo = Phil Woods

Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Mighty Sweet / Perfect / 5.7.32 / vocal = Billy Banks 

Julia Lee & her Boyfriends / A Porter’s Love Song / Capitol / Hollywood 8.1.46

Rosemary Clooney & Bob Hope / Protection / RCA Victor / Hollywood 3.25.59 / with the Gus Levene Orchestra

Bobby Darin / Sings Ray Charles / What’d I Say / Atco / LA 1962

set 3

McCoy Tyner / Tender Moments / Utopia / Blue Note / 12.1.67

Gildo Mahones / [I’m Shooting High] / I Never Knew [unissued] / Prestige / 8.15.63

Joe Thomas & his Orchestra / Artistry in Mood / King / 11.28.49

The Four Vagabonds / Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer / Bluebird / 5.26.43 

Johnny Hartman / I Just Dropped By to Say Hello / Don’t You Know I Care / Impulse! / 10.17.63

set 4

Barney Kessel / Carmen / Flowersville / Contemporary / LA 12.22.58

Curtis Counce / [Sonority] / Origin (Roll On, Stealthy Fingers) [unissued] / Contemporary / LA 1.6.58 

King Cole Trio [King Cole at the Piano] / I’m in the Mood for Love / McGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44

King Cole Trio / It Only Happens Once / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44

Rick Nelson / soundtrack to ABC TV production, On the Flip Side / They Don’t Give Medals (To Yesterday’s Heroes) / Decca / LA 12.66

The Christland Singers / Sell Out to the Master / Nashboro / Nashville 1955 

last soul song

Stevie Wonder / Where I'm Coming From / If You Really Love Me / Tamla / 1971

What the Playlist Needs Now

You. You who have a lot, Tom Jones!

Coffeetime, August 7, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Bill Hardman / Jackie’s Pal / Dee’s Dilemma / Prestige / 8.31.56

Gene Ammons / Live! in Chicago / Scrapple from the Apple / Prestige / DJ Lounge, Chicago 8.29.61

Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Carolina Moon / Victor / 9.16.38

The Piccadilly Players / How Long Has This Been Going On? / Columbia / London 5.10.28 / vocal = unknown vocal

Fats Waller & his Rhythm / Two Sleepy People / Victor / 10.13.38

Esther Phillips / Burnin’ / If It’s the Last Thing I Do / Atlantic / live at Freddie Jett's Pied Piper, LA 1970

set 2

Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / Carolyn / Blue Note / 10.2.63

Red Garland / A Garland of Red / What Is This Thing Called Love / Prestige / 8.17.56

Joe Venuti / Body and Soul / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / Hollywood 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular)

The “Midnight Follies” Orchestra / Virginia / Zonophone / Hayes, Middlesex, England 9.5.24

Gene Sedric Orchestra / Music to My Sorrow / Harmonia / 8.46

Wally Mercer / Tightwad / Trumpet / Jackson, Mississippi 10.19.54

Peggy Lee / I Like Men! / Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! / Capitol / Hollywood 10.17.58

set 3

James Clay / A Double Dose of Soul / New Delhi / Riverside / LA 10.11.60

Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson / Things Are Getting Better / Blues Oriental / Riverside / 10.28.58

Charlie Parker / Jazz Perennial / Blues / Verve / early 4.50

Eddy Howard & his Orchestra / Homesick, That’s All / radio broadcast transcription / live, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago 12.5.45

The Four Vagabonds / Hoe Cake, Hominy, and Sassafrass Tea / Apollo / 11.13.46 

Dean Martin / Dream with Dean / Everybody Loves Somebody / Reprise / Hollywood 1964

set 4

Howard Rumsey / Lighthouse All-Stars, Volume 4 – Oboe/Flute / A Bit of Basie / Contemporary / Hermosa Beach, Calif 9.25.54

Conte Candoli / Conte Candoli Quartet / Diane / Mode / Hollywood 6.57

Coleman Hawkins / The Hawk in Hi Fi / I’m Shooting High / RCA Victor / 1.18.56 / with Billy Byers & his Orchestra

King Cole Trio / You Must Be Blind / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44

The El Dorados / Why Must I? / Vee-Jay [unreleased] / 11.6.57 

Tom Jones / I (Who Have Nothing) / What the World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love) / London 1970

Norfolk Jubilee Quartet / Job / Decca / Charlotte 6.5.38

last soul song

The Manhattans / It’s the Only Way / DeLuxe / 1972