Friday, February 21, 2020

The Playlist of Scromph

I stand accused of loving the Butler brothers.

Coffeetime, February 21, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Benny Golson / Benny Golson and the Philadelphians / Calgary / United Artists / 11.17.58
Joe Wilder / Wilder ‘n’ Wilder / My Heart Stood Still / Savoy / 1.19.56
Gigi Gryce / Oh Yeah! / Savoy / 3.7.55
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Take My Word / Columbia / 8.16.34
Helen Morgan / Bill / Victor / 2.14.28
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / Spring Cleaning (Getting Ready for Love) / Victor / 3.18.37
Bev Kelly / Bev Kelly in Person / Just Friends / Riverside / live, The Coffee Gallery, San Francisco 10.14.60

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

set 2
Al Casey / Buck Jumpin’ / Body and Soul / Prestige Swingville / 3.7.60
Hank Jones / Bluebird / How High the Moon / Savoy / 11.1.55
Sedric & his Honey Bears / The Wall of Scromph / Vocalion / 11.23.38
Cleo Brown / When / Decca / LA 11.20.35
Charles Brown / A Long Time / Aladdin / LA 1.21.49
Tom Jones / This Is Tom Jones / I’m a Fool to Want You / London / 1969

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / In Memory Of / Fried Pies / Blue Note / 6.3.64
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream: The Guitar of Al Caiola / You Are Too Beautiful / Savoy / 10.6.55
Eddy Howard & his Orchestra / Singing in the Rain / radio broadcast transcription / live, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago 12.5.45
The Robins / I Made a Vow / Crown / LA 12.53
Billy Eckstine / Broadway, Bongos, and Mr. “B” / Something I Dreamed Last Night / Mercury / 1960

set 4
Chet Baker & Art Pepper / Playboys / Picture of Heath / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.31.56
Clifford Brown / Clifford Brown & Max Roach / Lands End / EmArcy / 2.24.55
Martha Raye / I Can’t Get Started with You / radio broadcast, AFRS Showtime / 1944
Hoagy Carmichael / Eventide / private recordings / Hoagy’s home, Long Island 1939-1951 (unknown date)
Pat Carroll & Barbara Ruick / Stepsisters Lament / from soundtrack CBS broadcast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella / Hollywood 11.2, 5, 6.64/ premiered on CBS TV on 2.22.65
Esther Phillips / From a Whisper to a Scream / Home Is Where the Hatred Is / Kudu / 1972
Zion Travelers / I Want to Go to Heaven and Rest / Dooto / LA 1962

last soulful song
Billy Butler / Careless Heart / Brunswick / 1967