It's Playlist Time All Over the World

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Coffeetime, December 18, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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Bill Smith Trio / Folk Jazz / Greensleeves / Contemporary / LA 1959 

Don Patterson / Holiday Soul / Merry Christmas, Baby / Prestige / 11.25.64

Gene Ammons / Night Lights / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 2.2.70

set 1

Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / Winter Wonderland / Prestige / 11.27.58

Clarence Williams & his Orchestra / Christmas Night in Harlem / Vocalion / 3.23.34

Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Hello, Mister Kringle / Columbia / LA 9.7.39 / vocal = Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Sully Mason, & Ish Kabibble

Frank Sinatra / Christmas Dreaming / Columbia / Hollywood 6.26, 27.47 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra

The Nic Nacs [The Robins] / Gonna Have a Merry Christmas / RPM / LA 1950 / with Little Esther 

Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee / Here Comes Santa Claus / radio broadcast, The Bing Crosby Show For Chesterfield / Hollywood 12.3.49 / with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires {Conlon, Mack McLean, Charles Parlato, Loulie “Lily” Jean Norman, Gloria Wood} and John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra

Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas / Sleigh Ride / Verve / LA 7.15 & 16.60

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee, Trudy Stevens / White Christmas / Snow / Decca / Hollywood 1953 / with Joseph J. Lilley and his Orchestra and Chorus; a re-recording of the songs from the Paramount movie

set 2

Charles Schultz /A Charlie Brown Christmas original soundtrack / dialogue snippet / Buena Vista / LA 1977 / with Peter Robbins [Charlie Brown] & Christopher Shea [Linus]

Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas / O Tannenbaum; Skating; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing; The Christmas Song; Christmas Time is Here (vocal); / Fantasy / LA 1965 

Dean Martin / It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / radio transcription / Hollywood 1950s

Anne Lloyd & the Sandpipers / Christmas Songs and Carols / When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter / Golden Records / 1958 / with = Mitch Miller  

Doris Day / The Doris Day Christmas Album / The Christmas Waltz / Columbia / LA 1964

set 3

Cranston East A Cappella Choir / Speak to One Another / Fum, Fum, Fum / Vogt / Cranston, RI fall 1972 

Kenny Burrell / Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas / Merry Christmas Baby / Cadet / 10.66

Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra / The Fairy on the Christmas Tree / HMV / London 1936 / vocal = Three Sisters http://youtu.be/PKpW7SdxhRE

Steve Allen Trio / A Chiaroscuro Christmas / Jingle Bells / LA 1973

Mel Blanc and the Sportsmen / Jingle Bells / radio transcription AFRS Mail Call Christmas Special / Hollywood 40s

Kay Starr / December / radio transcription / fall 1949 / with Billy Butterfield Quintet and background vocals by The Three Beaus & a Peep

Jo Stafford / Happy Holiday / Winter Weather / Columbia / 1955

Julie London / I’d Like You for Christmas / Liberty / 1957 

Sammy Davis Jr. / It’s Christmas Time All Over The World / Reprise / LA mid-1965 

set 4

Tommy Flanagan / An Uptown Christmas / The Christmas Waltz / Uptown / 8.12.87

Judy Garland / from the soundtrack to the film “Meet Me in St. Louis” / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / MGM / Hollywood 12.4.43

King Cole Trio / The Christmas Song / Capitol / LA 6.14.46

Johnny Mercer / Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (Capitol Promo)  / Capitol / LA 9.17.47 / with the Pied Pipers

James Brown & his Famous Flames / James Brown Christmas Album / Merry Christmas, I Love You / King / 1966

Dinah Washington / Make Me a Present of You / EmArcy / LA 11.11.55 / with Ernie Wilkins Orchestra

Golden Gate Quartet / Go Where I Send Thee / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soul (Christmas) song

Otis Redding / Soul Christmas / Merry Christmas, Baby / Atco / Memphis 2.67

Crackerjack Playlist

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Coffeetime, December 11, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Benny Golson / The Modern Touch / Reunion / Riverside / 12.23.57

John Coltrane, Julian Cannonball Adderley / Cannonball & Coltrane / Limehouse Blues / EmArcy / Chicago 2.3.59

Bernie Cummins & his Orchestra / I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You / Vocalion / 1937 / vocal = Walter Cummins

Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Winter Weather / Okeh / Hollywood 11.27.41 / duet = Peggy Lee & Art Lund 

Sparky with music by Billy May / I Don’t Want a Lot for Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 1952 

Frankie Laine / Christmas Favorites / You’re All I Want For Christmas / Mercury / 1950

Jo Stafford / Ski Trails / By the Fireside / Columbia / 1955 / with The Starlighters 

set 2

Bucky Pizzarelli / After Thoughts, part 2 / Monmouth Evergreen / early spring 1974
Jimmy Hamilton / Can’t Help Swinging / Dancing on the Ceiling / Prestige Swingville / 4.4.61 

Secco Selichson / Gyspy Violin / Decca / Casino van Hamdorff, Laren, Netherlands 2.38

Gene Autry & The Pinafores / He’s a Chubby Little Fellow / Columbia / Hollywood 6.27.49

The Dinning Sisters & Bob Atcher / Christmas Island / Capitol / Hollywood 1950

Bob Keeshan / Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas from Captain Kangaroo / Crackerjack Christmas / Golden Records / 1958 / with Jimmy Carroll & Orchestra and Mr. Green Jeans aka Lumpy Brannum

Danny Kaye / The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing / soundtrack to White Christmas / Hollywood 1953 / dialogue with Vera-Ellen (ends, “I don’t weigh very much.”)

Videocraft Chorus / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / There’s Always Tomorrow / Decca / 1964 / vocal = Janet Orenstein

set 3

Kenny Burrell / Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas / My Favorite Things / Cadet / 10.66 / Orchestra arranged & conducted by Richard Evans

Donald Byrd / Byrd in Hand / Here I Am / Blue Note / 5.31.59 

Frankie Carle & his Orchestra / Little Jack Frost Get Lost / Columbia / 1947 / vocal = Marjorie Hughes

The Larks / Christmas to New Years / Apollo [unreleased] / 10.18.51 

Bill Lacey with Lil Armstrong & Her Ebony-Aires / Cowboy Santa Claus / Ebony / Chicago 1959 

Dean Martin / Christmas Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 10.5.53

set 4

Victor Feldman / Merry Olde Soul / The Man I Love / Riverside / 1.6, 11.61 

Oscar Moore / The Christmas Song / Horizon / Burbank 4.65

Johnny Mercer / Winter Wonderland / radio broadcast / Hollywood 1946 / with the Pied Pipers

June Hutton / Song of the Sleigh Bells / Capitol / Hollywood 1952

Les Brown & his Orchestra / We Wish You the Merriest / Columbia / 1951

Alphabetical Four / Go Where I Send Thee / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song

The Mad Lads / Don’t Have to Shop Around / Volt / Memphis 1965

Don't Shake That Playlist at Me

Aba daba nice suit, Arthur!

Coffeetime, December 4, 2015, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1

Hank Mobley / [A Slice of the Top] / A Touch of Blue / Blue Note / 3.18.66

Zoot Sims / Zoot! / Here and Now / Riverside / 12.18.56

Russ Morgan & his Orchestra / I Go for That / radio transcription / 1938 

Billy Cotton & his Band / Ooh! That Kiss / Regal Zonophone / London 1932

Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / My Baby’s Cool / Gotham / 1950 / vocal = Claudine Clark

Etta Jones / Don’t Go to Strangers / If I Had You / Prestige / 6.21.60

set 2

John Coltrane / Coltrane / Violets for Your Furs / Prestige / 5.31.57

Ike Quebec / Blue & Sentimental / Count Every Star / Blue Note / 12.16.61

Adrian Rollini & his Orchestra / Sugar / Decca / 10.23.34

Golden Gate Orchestra aka California Ramblers / Hallelujah! / Edison Diamond Disc / 5.3.27 / vocal = Arthur Fields 

Frank Sinatra / I Only Have Eyes for You / V-Disc 72A: CBS broadcast dress rehearsal of “Broadway Bandbox” / 10.17.43 / with the Bobby Tucker Singers and Axel Stordahl

Tom Jones / Green, Green Grass of Home / That Old Black Magic / Decca [Parrot] / London 1967

set 3 

Jimmy Smith / Crazy Baby! / Alfredo / Blue Note / 1.4.60

Dizzy Reece / Soundin’ Off / Our Love Is Here to Stay / Blue Note / 3.12.60

Bobby Smith, His Saxophone & Orchestra / Don’t Shake Those Hips at Me / Ruby / c. 1951

Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Along with Me / Musicraft / 4.30.46 / vocal = Mel Tormé

The Ravens / I’m So Crazy for Love / Okeh / 11.7.50

set 4

Sal Salvador / Tribute to the Greats / Solo for Guitar / Bethlehem / 6.3-5.57

Red Rodney / Modern Music from Chicago / Jeffie / Fantasy / Chicago 6.20.55

Erskine Butterfield / Piano Cocktail / Joe Davis / 8.17.44

Fred Astaire / Cheek to Cheek / Brunswick / 6.26.35 / with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra

Cliff Edwards aka Ukulele Ike / Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home / broadcast / Hollywood c. 1940s

Mabel Mercer / Once in a Blue Moon / The Twelve Days of Christmas / Atlantic / 1956 / with George Cory, arranger/conductor

The Chosen Gospel Singers / No Room in the Hotel / Specialty / Hollywood 2.10.54

last soulful song

Orpheus / Can’t Find the Time to Tell You / MGM / 1968