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| Mr. Lunceford, you are the definition of elegant! |
Coffeetime, July 1, 2016, Angelynn Grant
set 1
Hank Mobley / Gettin’ and Jettin’ / Blue Note / 12.5.61
Ken McIntyre / Looking Ahead / They All Laughed / New Jazz / 6.28.60
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Liza / Vocalion / 9.14.39
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / She’s a Great, Great Girl / Brunswick / 3.7.28
Luke Jones & his Orchestra / Why Do I Get Those Blues? / Atlas / Hollywood early 1947 / vocal = Joe Alexander
Rosemary Clooney / Thanks for Nothing / Black Coffee / Reprise / Hollywood 1964
set 2
Howard McGhee / Dusty Blue / With Malice Toward None / Bethlehem / 6.13.60
Tommy Flanagan / Moodsville 9 / Born to Be Blue / Prestige / 5.18.60
James Moody / James Moody’s Moods / A Sinner Kissed an Angel / Prestige / 1.28.55
Blind Willie Dunn & his Gin Bottle Four (aka Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson) / Blue Guitars / Okeh / 5.8.29
Cleo Brown / (Lookie Lookie Lookie) Here Comes Cookie / Decca / 3.12.35
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / My Old Flame / Columbia / 10.2.41 / vocal = Peggy Lee
The Showmen / 39-21-46 / Minit / New Orleans 2.4.63
set 3
James Clay / A Double Dose of Soul / New Delhi [take 5] / Riverside / LA 10.11.60
Sonny Clark / Sonny Clark Trio / Sonia / Time / 3.23.60
Dizzy Gillespie / Groovin’ High / Guild / prob 2.28.45
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Blue Afterglow / Columbia / 12.23.40 / vocal = Dan Grissom
Golden Gate Quartet / Take Your Time Miss Lucy / radio transcription, The Groves Show / early 1940s
Hidle Brown “H.B.” Barnum / The Big Voice of / Baby, Baby, Baby (All the Time) / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1960
set 4
Bill Holman / The Fabulous Bill Holman / Airegin / Coral / Hollywood 4.29.57
Steve Allen / Monday Nights / Rosetta / Signature / 1956
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + Eleven / Walkin’ [alt take 1] / Contemporary / LA 5.12.59
King Cole Trio / By the River St. Marie / Standard transcription / Hollywood 10.38
Bing Crosby & Billy DeWolfe / I’ve Got My Captain Workin’ for Me Now / V Disc 820A, from the soundtrack to Paramount movie Blue Skies / Hollywood c. fall 1945
Dinah Washington / Dinah Washington in the Land of Hi-Fi / If I Were a Bell / EmArcy / 4.24.56
Soul Stirrers / Christ is All (the World to Me) / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 7.28.50
last soulful song
Betty Wright / All Your Kissin’ Sho’ Don’t Make True Lovin’ / Alston / 1970
