Friday, November 27, 2015

Violets for Your Playlist

This duo can preach to me any day!

Coffeetime, November 20, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Coleman Hawkins / The Hawk Swings, volume 1 / Cloudy / Crown / 1960 
Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / Tough Tenors / Twins [Hackensack] / Jazzland / 11.4 & 10.60
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / Goin’ Up / radio broadcast, The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands / Fort Dix, NJ 11.19.42 
Jim and Bob, the Genial Hawaiians [Jim Holstein and Bob Pauole] / Coffee in the Morning and Kisses at Night / Bluebird / Hollywood 12.12.33 
Mabel Scott / Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train / Coral / 5.22.51 
Cathy Hayes / It’s All Right with Me / You Smell So Good / Hi Fi Records / LA 1959

set 2
Jimmy Heath / The Thumper / Don’t You Know I Care / Riverside / 10.30.59
Flip Phillips & his Orchestra / Swinging With Flip / If I Had You / Clef / LA 3.52
Charlie Ventura Quartet / Yesterdays / Clef / 8.6.51 / with the Blentones
Blind Willie Dunn [Eddie Lang] & Lonnie Johnson / Midnight Call (Blues) / Okeh / 10.9.29
Tiny Bradshaw & his Orchestra / The Sheik of Araby / Decca / 9.19.34
Jo Stafford / Symphony / Capitol / Hollywood 10.31.45
Chords / Love, Oh Love / Atlantic [unreleased] / 2.23.55
Anthony Newley / Tony / I Was Never Kissed Before / London / 1961

set 3 
Roy Haynes / Cracklin’ / Bad News Blues / New Jazz / 4.10.63 
Barry Harris / Bull’s Eye / Clockwise / Prestige / 6.4.68
Lester Young / Easy Does It / Aladdin / 12.47
Savannah Churchill and the Four Tunes / Time Out for Tears / Manor / 6.47 
Delta Rhythm Boys / One O’Clock Jump / Victor / Hollywood 4.27.47 / with Frank Comstock & his Orchestra
Matt Dennis / Violets for Your Furs / TV broadcast, The Rosemary Clooney Show / Hollywood 6.1.57

set 4
Barney Kessel / Workin’ Out / Pedal Point / Contemporary / LA 1.9, 10.61
Andre Previn / Let’s Get Away from It All! / Flying Down to Rio / Decca / LA 1951
Jack Teagarden / Shades of Night / Autumn Serenade / Capitol / 1958
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ / Decca / 1.23.46
Pearl Bailey & Mike Douglas / Do Unto Others / Project 3 / 1968 
Earl Gaines / Thrill on the Hill / Deluxe / 1970
Pilgrim Travelers / Jesus Is the First Line of Defense / Specialty / LA 1.12.51

last soulful song
The Sapphires / I Found Out Too Late / Swan / Philadelphia 1964 / with the Swans  

Friday, November 20, 2015

L’Affaire d’une Playlist

Louis, the convincer

Coffeetime, November 20, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Art Taylor / Taylor’s Wailers / C.T.A. / Prestige / 3.55.57
Jackie McLean / Makin’ the Changes / Jackie’s Ghost / New Jazz / 8.30.57
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / A Night at Birdland, volume 2 / If I Had You / Blue Note / live, Birdland 2.21.54
Anson Weeks & his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra / Sweet and Low-Down / radio transcription / San Francisco 1932
Annette Hanshaw / Sweetheart Darlin’ / Banner / 6.3.33 
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / If It’s Love You Want Baby, That’s Me / Decca / 6.26.46
Doris Day / Hooray for Hollywood / The Way You Look Tonight / Columbia / LA 1958

set 2
Thad Jones / Thad Jones, Volume 3 [1546] / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Blue Note / 7.9.56
Elvin Jones / Elvin! / You Are Too Beautiful / Riverside / 1.3.62
Eddie Davis / Modern Jazz by Eddie Davis / It’s the Talk of the Town / King / Cincinnati 6.14.58
Red Norvo & his Orchestra / I Got Rhythm / Decca / 3.16.36
Don Barreto  et son Orchestre Cubain / Aunque Quiera Olvidarme (Matamoro) / Decca / London 7.15.32 / Recordings in London of African and West Indian Music in the 1920s and 1930s 
Big Mama Thornton / I’ve Searched the World Over / Peacock / Houston 1954
Joe Newman / Soft Swingin’ Jazz / The Farmer’s Daughter / Coral / 1.17.58 

set 3 
Jimmy Forrest / Most Much! / Most Much / Prestige / 10.19.61
John Dennis / New Piano Expressions / Seven Moons / Debut / 9.55
Dizzy Gillespie / Dizzy Atmosphere / Musicraft / prob 2.28.45 
Delta Rhythm Boys / I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem / transcription / 1941
Anita O’Day / Key Largo / Signature / LA winter 1947-48
Sammy Davis, Jr / Sammy Davis, Jr Sings, Laurindo Almeida Plays / Where Is Love? / Reprise / Las Vegas 6.11.66 

set 4
Martial Solal / Dancing / soundtrack to movie L’Affaire d’une Nuit” / Columbia / Paris 1960
Barney Kessel / Carmen / The Gypsy’s Hip / Contemporary / LA 12.22.58
Lennie Niehaus / Volume 1, “The Quintets” / I Remember You / Contemporary / LA 7.9.54
Ida James / You Must Be Blind / Decca / 2.8.45 / with Ellis Larkins Trio
Bill Kenny / The Best Way You Know How / Vik / 1957
Jubalaires / I Declare the World Is in a Bad Condition / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson / It’s Your World / It’s Your World / Arista / 1976

Friday, November 13, 2015

I Want a Good Playlist Bad

…is a whole lotta love!
I want to thank everyone who pledged in last week’s on air fundraiser. If you missed it, you still have until midnight next Wednesday. I’m particularly grateful to everyone who pledged during Coffeetime. And I want to thank my WMBR pals who helped me during the show: Larry Azrin, Patrick Bryant, John Funke, Doug Gesler,  Charlie Kohlhase, Scott Mullen, Keith Sawyer, Bruce Sylvester, and anyone else I might be forgetting. This year was a huge success and shows how fervently WMBR is loved by our listeners. Thanks!

Coffeetime, November 13, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Howard McGhee / Shades of Blue / Cool / Jazz Man [Black Lion] / 12.8.61
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Deo-X / Bethlehem / 10.11.57
Jay Jay Johnson / The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2 / Jay / Blue Note / 9.24.54
Gene Ammons / Jug Head Ramble / Chess / summer 1950
Whispering Jack Smith / Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh? / Bluebird / 3.5.26
Chubby “Hip Shakin’” Newsome & her Hip Shakers / Chubby’s Confession / DeLuxe / New Orleans early winter 1948
Julie London / All Through the Night / At Long Last Love / Liberty / Hollywood 7.12,13,16.65 / with the Bud Shank Quintet

set 2
Lee Morgan / Here’s Lee Morgan / I’m a Fool to Want You / Vee Jay / 2.2, 3, 8.60
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / Don’t Blame Me / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56
Stan Getz / Chamber Music by the Stan Getz Quintet / These Foolish Things / Roost / 8.15.51
Teddy Hill & his Orchestra / (Lookie Lookie Lookie) Here Comes Cookie / Mellotone/Banner / 2.26.35 
Connee Boswell / Concentratin’ (On You) / Brunswick / Hollywood 11.2.31 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra 
Bing Crosby / You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby / Decca / Chicago 10.14.38 / with Bob Crosby & his Orchestra
Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters / Three Thirty Three / Atlantic [unissued] / 10.24.54 

set 3 
Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / Syrup and Biscuits / Blue Note [unissued] / 10.2.63
Wayne Shorter / Wayning Moments / Wayning Moments (take 2) / Vee Jay / Chicago 1962
Art Blakey’ & his Messengers feat. McKinley Durham / The Thin Man / Blue Note / 12.27.47
The Charioteers / Gaucho Serenade / NBC Reference Recording, transciption / 10.28.43 
Lil Green & her Orchestra / I Want a Good Man Bad / RCA Victor / Chicago 4.18.47
Bobby Darin / That’s All / She Needs Me / Atco / Hollywood 12.19.58

set 4
Russ Garcia / Four Horns and a Lush Life / Just One of Those Things / Bethlehem / Hollywood 11.14.55
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Walkin’ (alt take 2) / Contemporary [unissued] / LA 5.12.59
King Cole Trio / ’Tis Autumn / Capitol / 3.29.49 / with Pete Rugulo & his Orchestra
Little Milton / I’m Mighty Grateful / Checker / Chicago 3.4.66
Fairfield Four / Heaven in My View / Dot / 10.54

last (thankful) soul song
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto / Do I Make Myself Clear / Cadet / Chicago 9.65

Friday, November 06, 2015

I'm Feeling Like a Playlist

Coffeetime, November 6, 2015, Angelynn Grant -- Fundraiser Show

set 1 
Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / No Room for Squares [alternate take] / Blue Note / 10.2.63
Art Blakey’s Messengers / Blakey / Mayreh / EmArcy / 5.20.54 
Whispering Jack Smith / It All Depends on You / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 6.17.27 
Dinah Washington / Rich Man’s Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45

set 2 
Wayne Shorter / Wayning Moments / Powder Keg / Vee Jay / Chicago 1962
James Moody’s Modernists / Moody’s All Frantic / Blue Note / 10.19.48
Bing Crosby / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? / Brunswick / 10.25.32 / with Lennie Hayten & his Orchestra
Boswell Sisters / If I Had a Million Dollars [alternate take B] / Brunswick / LA 10.4.34 / with Jimmy Grier & his Orchestra
Ken Nordine / Colors / Green / Philips / Chicago 1966 / with musical director Dick Campbell 

set 3 
Mills Brothers / Swing for Sale / Decca / 2.3.37
The Charioteers / Swing for Sale / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43 
Hildegarde / I’m Feeling Like a Million / Vocalion / London 1935 / with Carroll Gibbons & his Orchestra
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (including Oscar Moore) / Money’s Getting Cheaper / Exclusive / Hollywood 11.47
Chubby Newsome / Where’s The Money, Honey? / Regal / 2.23.51

set 4 
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / Tenderly / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56
Gene Ammons / Once in a While / Chess/Aristocrat / Chicago 2.28.49
Etta Jones / The Richest Guy in the Graveyard / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J. C. Heard & his Orchestra

set 5 
Stan Getz / Chamber Music by the Stan Getz Quintet / Yvette / Roost / 8.15.51
King Cole Trio / Money Is Honey / Capitol / Hollywood 11.3.47

set 6 
Lil Green / Why Don’t You Do Right? / Bluebird / Chicago 4.23.41
Peggy Lee (With Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) / Why Don’t You Do Right? / Columbia / Hollywood 7.27.42
Ernestine “Annisteen” Allen & her Home Town Boys / Give It Up (’Cause You Can’t Take It With You) / Queen / 12.20.45

set 7 
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Shaw Nuff / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59
Bobby Blue Bland / Turn On Your Love Light / Duke / Chicago 1961
Bobby Darin / That’s All / That’s All / Atco / LA 12.19.58
Swan Silvertones / End of My Journey / My Rock / Vee-Jay / 1957

last (thankful) soul song
Little Milton / We’re Gonna Make It / Checker / Checker 2.16.65