I Want Some Playlist Baby

Dreaming of Hoagy…

Coffeetime, May 27, 2016, Angelynn Grant

set 1

Gene Ammons / The Happy Blues / Madhouse / Prestige / 4.23.56

Kenny Dorham / Afro-Cuban / Basheer’s Dream / Blue Note / 1.29.55

Bernard Addison & his Rhythm / Toledo Shuffle / Bluebird / 8.26.35

Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Harlem Madness / Victor / 3.6.34 / vocal = Charles Holland 

Paul Gayten Orchestra / I Ain’t Gonna Let You In / Regal / 2.50 / duet with Annie Laurie 

Dinah Washington / Darn That Dream / EmArcy / LA 8.14.54

set 2

Red Garland / Bright and Breezy / You’ll Never Know / Jazzland / 7.19.61 

Willis Jackson / Please Mr. Jackson / Dinky’s Mood / Prestige / 5.25.59

Charlie Barnet / More Charlie Barnet / I Can’t Get Started / Everest / 9.29.58

Napoleon’s Emperors / Anything / Victor / 5.23.29 

Lil Armstrong & her Swing Orchestra / Doin’ the Suzie-Q / Decca / 10.27.36

The Blenders / You’ll Never Be Mine Again / Jay-Dee / 4.17.53 

Hoagy Carmichael / My Resistance Is Low / Decca / 3.1.51 / duet with Beverly Mahr, with Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra and chorus

set 3

Chuck Jackson [Bobby Scott Orchestra] / Tribute to Rhythm and Blues, Volume 2 / Theme to the Blues #2 / Wand / 1966

John Jenkins & Donald Byrd / Jazz Eyes / Rockaway / Savoy / 9.10.57

Jubalaires / Rockin’ Chair / Standard transcription / late 1940s

Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / In the Middle of May / Columbia / 9.26.45 / vocal = Buddy Stewart & Anita O’Day

Bobby Short / Jump for Joy / I’m Confessin’ That I Love You / Atlantic / 1969

set 4

Buddy Collette & his Swinging Shepherds / At the Cinema / I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me / Mercury / 1959

Art Pepper & Conte Candoli / Mucho Calor / That Old Black Magic / Andex / Forum Theater, LA 4.24.58

Count Basie & his Orchestra / Basie Plays Hefti / Late Date / Roulette / 1958

Anita Boyer’s Tomboyers aka King Cole Trio / I’m Confessin’ / MacGregor transcription / LA 4.44

Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly / Take Me Out to the Ballgame / from the MGM movie Take Me Out to the Ballgame / Hollywood 7.22.48

Tommy Ridgley / I Want Some Money Baby / Johen / New Orleans 01.09.64

Jubalaires / Live A-Humble / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song

Chuck Jackson / Tribute to Rhythm and Blues, Volume 2 / Every Man Needs a Down Home Girl / Wand / 1966

Playlist in the Moonlight

Nice hat, handsome.

Coffeetime, May 20, 2016, Angelynn Grant

set 1

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Caravan / Thermo / Riverside / 10.23 & 24.62 

Curtis Fuller / New Trombone / Vonce #5 / Prestige / 5.11.57

Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra / Nona / Bluebird / 11.6.40

New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / Harmony Heaven / HMV / London 4.28.30 / vocal = Wally Vernon

The Clovers / Skylark / Atlantic / 2.22.51

Annie Ross / I’m Beginning to Think You Care for Me / Dee Gee / 4.1.52

set 2

The Modern Jazz Quartet / Medley: They Say It’s Wonderful; How Deep is the Ocean; I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You; My Old Flame; Body and Soul / Atlantic / 4.3, 5.57

Johnny Otis & his Orchestra / Thursday Night Blues / Modern / Hollywood 1949 

Dickie Wells & his Orchestra / Dicky Wells Blues / Swing / Paris 7.12.37

Bob Howard & his Orchestra / You Hit the Spot / Decca / 1.28.36

Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra / Dancetime with Cugat / You Too, You Too? / RCA Victor / 1953 / vocal = Stuart Foster

T-Bone Walker / T-Bone Blues / Papa Ain’t Salty / Atlantic / Chicago 4.21.55

set 3

James Moody / James Moody / Yesterdays / Argo [Cadet] / 8.59 

Clark Terry / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Cruising / Riverside / 4.27.57

Stan Getz / Prezervation / New Jazz / 6.21.49

Martha Raye / Blue Skies / radio broadcast, AFRS Showtime / 1944 / with Private Murray McEachern, Gene Krupa, & the Mel-Tones

The Opals / My Heart’s Desire / Apollo / 5.13.54 

Bobby Darin / Love Swings / Skylark / Atco / 1961

set 4

Gerry Mulligan / Mulligan Plays Mulligan / Roundhouse / Prestige / 8.27.51

Chet Baker / In Milan / Look for the Silver Lining / Jazzland / Milan 9.25.59

Johnny Kaonohi Pineapple & his Islanders / Tricky Fingers / radio transcription / c. 1942

Gene Autry / Paradise in the Moonlight / Vocalion / Hollywood 4.13.39 / from Republic film Rovin’ Tumbleweeds

Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta De Casillas Martinez Cardona) / Intimate Excitement / Toys / Liberty / LA 1967 

Gospel Five / He Woke Me Up This Morning / Cajalco / LA 1966

last soulful song

The Knight Brothers / Temptation ’Bout to Get Me / Checker / Chicago 1965

Playlist for Simon the Lionhearted

Play on, kitty.

Coffeetime, May13, 2016, Angelynn Grant

bed

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

set 1

Mal Waldron / Mal-1 / Transfiguration / Prestige / 11.9.56

Donald Byrd / The Cat Walk / The Cat Walk / Blue Note / 5.2.61 

Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / I’m a Fool for Loving You / Victor / Chicago 4.8.36 

Harry Roy & his Bat Club Boys / Pussy! / Oriole / The Bat Club, London 1931

Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / At the Swing Cat’s Ball / Decca / 3.29.38

Morgana King / Let Me Love You / I’ll Never Smile Again / United Artists / 7.58

set 2

Jimmy Forrest / Out of the Forrest / That’s All / Prestige / 4.18.61

Tommy Flanagan / The Cats / How Long Has This Been Going On? / New Jazz / 4.18.57 

Fats Waller / Poor Butterfly / Associated radio transcription / 8.7.39

Sophie Tucker / The Man I Love / Okeh / Chicago 3.9.28 / with Ted Shapiro & his Orchestra

The Cats & the Fiddle / I Miss You So / Bluebird / 12.7.39

Frank Sinatra / Over the Rainbow / V-Disc 822A: CBS radio broadcast rehearsal for “The Frank Sinatra Show” / 1.2.46 / with Axel Stordahl & orchestra, Ken Lane Singers

Bill Kenny / That’s How I Know You’re Mine / Vik / 1957

set 3

John Coltrane / Dakar / Cat Walk / Prestige / 4.20.57

Billy Taylor / Taylor Made Jazz / Day Dreaming / Argo / Chicago 11.17.57

Red Rodney’s Be-Boppers / The Young at Bop / Elevation / EmArcy / 1.29.47 

Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight / If Anything Happened to You / Decca / 4.21.39

The Charioteers / I Miss You So / Columbia / 5.15.47 / with Mitchell Ayres leading the orchestra 

Noel Coward / Noel Coward in New York / Sail Away / Columbia / 1956

set 4

Warne Marsh / Music for Prancing / Playa del Rey / Mode / Hollywood 9.57

Shorty Rogers & André Previn / Collaboration / Ev’rything I’ve Got (Belongs to You) / RCA Victor / 3.30.54 

Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Keep Cool / Recorded in Hollywood / Hollywood 1954 / vocal = Mauri Jones

Jo Stafford / Happy Holiday / Toyland / Columbia / 1955

The Wailers / The Wailing Wailers / What’s New Pussycat / Studio One / Kingston, Jamaica mid-1960s

The Soul Stirrers / Loved Ones Are Waiting (take 2) / Specialty / Hollywood 3.4.58 / solo by Paul Foster

last soulful song

The Charmels / As Long As I’ve Got You (I’ll Never Grow Old) / Volt / 1967

If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Playlist)

“Woo-eee, this gal does a good radio show!”

Coffeetime, May 6, 2016, Angelynn Grant

bed

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

set 1

Lee Morgan / A-1 / Savoy [unissued] / 11.5.56

Art Farmer / Meet the Jazztet / It’s All Right with Me / Argo / 2.6, 9, 10.60

George Wallington / Jazz for the Carriage Trade / Our Delight / Prestige / 1.20.56

California Ramblers / Song of the Blues / Edison Diamond Disc / 8.1.29 

Annette Hanshaw / If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain) / Harmony / 10.19.28

Delta Rhythm Boys / Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me / transcription / 1941

Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book / This Time the Dream’s on Me / Verve / LA 1.15.61

set 2

Paul Desmond / Imagination / RCA Victor / 3.15.62

Wes Montgomery / The Wes Montgomery Trio / Too Late Now / Riverside / 10.6.59

Sir Charles Thompson / Under the Sweetheart Tree / Vanguard / 8.16.54

Joe Venuti / April in Paris / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / Hollywood 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular)

John Kirby & his Orchestra / Molly Malone / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan

Mel Tormé / Songs for Any Taste / Taking a Chance on Love / Bethlehem / live, Crescendo Club, LA 2.22.57

set 3

Howard Roberts / Whatever’s Fair! / The Shadow of  Your Smile / Capitol / LA 1966

Charlie Rouse / Takin’ Care of Business / Blue Farouq / Jazzland / 5.11.60

Flip Phillips–Howard McGhee Boptet / Cool / Mercury / LA 10.47 

Mills Brothers / Shine / Brunswick / Hollywood 2.16.32 / with Bing Crosby

Sarah Vaughan / I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter / Musicraft / LA 11.8.47 / with Ted Dale Orchestra 

Anthony Newley / Love Is a Now & Then Thing / This Time the Dream’s on Me / London [Decca] / 1960 (his debut LP)

set 4

Bud Shank & Bob Cooper / Flute ’n Oboe / I Want to Be Happy / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 11.29.56

Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson featuring Oscar Pettiford Vol.1 / OP Meets LT / ABC-Paramount / 12.11.56

Ethel Waters / Shadows on the Swanee / Brunswick / 7.18.33 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Peggy Lee / Oh! You Crazy Moon / Capitol / LA 4.4, 8.49

Pee Wee Crayton / You Know Yeah / Imperial / LA 10.21.54

Dean Martin / I Ain’t Gonna Lead This Life No More / Capitol / Hollywood 1959

Hightower Brothers / Jesus Will Fix It / Nashboro / Nashville 1959

last soulful song

Archie Bell & the Drells / You’re Such a Beautiful Child / Atlantic 1968