Friday, January 19, 2018

Anytime, Anywhere, Any Playlist

Donald delighting: singing with a smile

Coffeetime, January 19, 2018, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Ernie Henry / Presenting Ernie Henry / Active Ingredients / Riverside / 8.23, 30.56
John Coltrane & Paul Chambers / Trane’s Strain / Transition [unissued] / Cambridge 4.20.55
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Baby, Oh Where Can You Be? / Victor / 6.25.29
Joe Liggins & his Honey Drippers / Sweet Georgia Brown / Exclusive / LA c. 1947
Morgana King / For You, For Me, For Evermore / There’s a Lull in My Life / EmArcy / 3.29.56

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

set 2
Buddy Collette / Laura / radio broadcast, US Navy show, “The Navy Swings” / Hollywood 1962
Jimmy Forrest / Most Much! / Autumn Leaves / Prestige / 10.19.61
Thad Jones / The Fabulous Thad Jones / You Don’t Know What Love Is / Debut / 8.11.54
Larry Adler / Caprice Viennois / Columbia / London 3.35 / with Carroll Gibbons & Harry Jacobson on two pianos
Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra / The Mooche / Victor / 10.30.28
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / Knock, Knock, Who’s There? / Pathé / Paris 10.15.36 / vocal = Bill Coleman
Charioteers / Dinah / radio transcription / 1942
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story / I’m Building Up to An Awful Let Down / Clef / LA 12.52

set 3
The Poll Winners / Exploring the Scene! / So What / Contemporary / LA late summer 1960
Sir Charles Thompson / Oh Joe! / Vanguard / 12.30.53
Camille Howard / O Sole Mio Boogie / Specialty / Hollywood 1.26.50
Mills Brothers / Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere / Brunswick / 1.26.33
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Lord and Lady Gate / radio transcription / late 1943 / vocal = Helen O’Connell
Matt Dennis / Welcome Matt / By the Fireside / Jubilee / 1958

set 4
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / Fire One / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Vince Guaraldi / Modern Music from San Francisco / Between 8th & 10th on Mission St. / Fantasy / San Francisco 1955
B.B. King & his Orchestra / Blind Love / RPM / LA 12.53
Phil Harris / Bare Necessities / soundtrack to Disney movie “The Jungle Book” / Hollywood 1967
Southern Sons / Lead Me to the Rock / Bluebird / 07.25.41

last soulful song
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson / Winter in America / The Bottle / Strata-East / Silver Springs, Maryland fall 1973





Friday, January 12, 2018

Playlist, Oh Where Can You Be?

Mr. B. Delights
Coffeetime, January 12, 2018, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard / Caravan / Impulse! / 7.2.62
Paul Chambers / Chambers’ Music / Eastbound / Jazz West / Hollywood 3.56
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra / Who Ray / radio transcription / mid-1940s
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Baby, Oh Where Can You Be? / Victor / 6.25.29
Johnny Otis Band / New Love / Savoy / LA 1.10.51 / vocal = Mel Walker
Julie London / London By Night / Just the Way I Am / Liberty / Hollywood 12.55

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

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige / 9.15.64
Hank Jones / Bluebird / How High the Moon / Savoy / 11.1.55
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Crying and Sighing / Victor / Chicago 7.11.28
Frances Faye, Martha Raye, & Bing Crosby / After You / soundtrack, Paramount movie “Double or Nothing” / Hollywood 1937
Claude Thornhill & his Orchestra / Sunday Drivin’ / radio transcription / 1947 / vocal = Gene Williams
Camille Howard / Real Gone Daddy / Specialty / Hollywood 2.2.51
Yves Montand / Yves Montand Sings / Sensationnel / Decca [Odeon in France] / Paris / 1950 / with Bob Castella et Ses Rythmes

set 3
Gene Ammons / Funky / Pint Size / Prestige / 1.11.57
Billy Eckstine Orchestra / Our Delight / soundtrack, short short feature film “Rhythm in a Riff” / 1945
Freddie Green & his Kansas City Seven / I’m in the Mood for Love / Duke / Hollywood 9.45 / vocal = Sylvia Syms
The Striders / If I Only Knew / Apollo / 11.14.49
Bobby Troup / Stars of Jazz / Please Be Kind / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1958

set 4
Russ Freeman & Chet Baker / Quartet / Love Nest / Pacific Jazz / LA 11.6.56
Eddie Duran / Jazz Guitarist / Sugar / Fantasy / 1957
Mel Tormé / …And Mimi / Musicraft / 1946 / with Page Cavanaugh Trio
John Cullum / On a Clear Day You Can See Forever / Broadway score from “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” / RCA Victor / 1965
The Southern Sons / One Day When the Lord Will Call Me / Victor / 8.28.42

last soulful song
Mad Lads / So Nice / Volt / Memphis 1968