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| Joe was a babe; Joe had a Babe! |
Coffeetime, November 18, 2016, Angelynn Grant
set 1
Donald Byrd / Off to the Races / Lover Come Back to Me / Blue Note / 12.2.58
Kenny Dorham / K.D.’s Cab Ride (Echo of Spring) / Blue Note / 1.30.55
J.C. Higginbotham’s Big Eight / Dutch Treat / HRS (Hot Record Society) / 12.21.45
The Revelers / Lucky Day / Victor / 7.14.26
Babe Matthews with Joe Thomas’ Big Six / No Better for Ya / HRS / 2.15.46
Abbey Lincoln / That’s Him! / Happiness Is a Just a Thing Called Joe / Riverside / 10.28.57
set 2
Walter Davis, Jr / Davis Cup / Sweetness / Blue Note / 8.2.59
Kenny Burrell / But Not for Me / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.29.56
Hoagy Carmichel & his Orchestra / Sing It Way Down Low / Victor / 9.1.32
Bing Crosby / You Are My Sunshine / Decca / LA 7.8.41 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
Billy Eckstine / Blues for Sale / Savoy / LA 4.21.47
Bob Mitchell / Red Beans & Rice / Derby / LA 1950
set 3
Sonny Stitt / I Remember Bird / Jeepers Creepers / Catalyst / Hollywood 1977
Gene Ammons / Happiness Is a Just Thing Called Joe / Chess / Chicago 5.3.51
Frank Culley Orchestra / Ready for Action / Lenox / c. 1948–49
The Dixiaires / Sharp Mama (Don’t You Leave Me Flat) / Continental / late-1940s
Billie Holiday / You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart / Decca / 9.30.49 / duet with Louis Armstrong
Anthony Newley / Who Can I Turn To / The Beautiful Land / RCA / 1965
set 4
Bud Shank, Shorty Rogers / Fluted Columns / Pacific Jazz [World Pacific] / Hollywood 5.2.55
Bob Cooper / Coop!: The Music of Bob Cooper / Frankie & Johnny / Contemporary / LA 8.26, 27.57
Mildred Bailey / You and Your Love / Vocalion / 6.27.39 / with John Kirby’s Orchestra
Dean Martin / Dean Martin Sings / I Feel Like a Feather in a Breeze / Capitol / Hollywood 11.20.52
Dixieaires / Buckle My Shoe / Spirituals / LA 2.49
last soulful song
Eddie Holman / A Free Country / Parkway / Philadelphia 1965
