Friday, February 23, 2018

Playlist While Dancing

Kay Starr explains music! And hairdos.

Coffeetime, February 23, 2018, Angelynn Grant

set 1
John Coltrane / Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette / Sunday / Prestige / 5.17.57
The Jazz Messengers / Ecaroh / Columbia / 5.4.56
Earl Hines & his Orchestra / Windy City Jive / Bluebird / Hollywood 8.20.41
Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra / Half a Moon (Is Better Than No Moon) / Victor / 9.24.26 / vocal & ukulele = Johnny Marvin
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / You Run Your Mouth and I’ll Run My Business / Decca 1.25.40
Ella Fitzgerald / [Twelve Nights in Hollywood] / Good Morning Heartache / Verve / live at the Crescendo, Hollywood 6.29-30.62

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

set 2
Tina Brooks / Back to the Tracks / For Heaven’s Sake / Blue Note [unissued - Mosaic] / 10.20.60
Cy Coleman / Why Try to Change Me Now / Why Try to Change Me Now / Westminster / 1960
Art Van Damme / Cocktail Capers / A Foggy Day / Capitol / Hollywood 1950
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / It’s the Talk of the Town / Columbia / 9.22.33 /
Don Redman & his Orchestra / Trouble Why Pick on Me / Brunswick / 9.24.31 / vocal = Louis Deppe
Jo Stafford & Johnny Mercer / Conversation While Dancing / V-Disc 503B / Hollywood 9.13.44 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra & the Pied Pipers
Clyde McPhatter / May I Sing for You? / That’s My Desire / Mercury Wing / 1962

set 3
Gene Ammons / Jammin’ in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons / Cattin’ / Prestige / 4.12.57
Kay Starr / You’ve Got to See Mamma Ev’ry Night (Or You Can’t See Mamma At All) / Capitol / Hollywood 10.20.47
The Ravens / It’s the Talk of the Town / National [unissued] / 12.13.49
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story / Lovely to Look At / Clef / Hollywood 12.52

set 4
Henry Mancini / Combo! / Charleston Alley / RCA Victor / Hollywood 6.14, 17, 21.60
Warne Marsh / Music for Prancin’ / It’s All Right With Me / Mode / Hollywood 9.57
Larry Adler / Medley: I Won’t Dance, Lovely to Look At / Columbia / London 7.10.35 / with Henry Hall & BBC Dance Orchestra
Mildred Bailey / Right as the Rain / radio transcription: The Mildred Bailey Show (aka Music Till Midnight, CBS Playhouse No. 3 (currently called the Ed Sullivan Theater) / 10.20.44 / with Paul Baron & his Orchestra
Peggy Lee & Desi Arnaz / Mañana / transcription (radio show) / Hollywood 1952 / Sonny Burke & his Orchestra
Jackie Wilson / Please Tell Me Why / Brunswick / 1961
The Pilgrim Travelers / Thank You Jesus / Specialty / Hollywood 8.12.48

last soulful song
Tommy Ridgley / Heavenly / Ric / New Orleans 12.8.62