Friday, November 20, 2015

L’Affaire d’une Playlist

Louis, the convincer

Coffeetime, November 20, 2015, Angelynn Grant

bed
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