Friday, October 30, 2020

Playlist, Toujours, Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 29

Which is more tempting to me: her coat or his guitar!

Coffeetime, October 30, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Buhaina’s Delight / Moon River / Blue Note / late 1961 
Horace Silver / Blowin’ the Blues Away / Break City / Blue Note / 8.29.59 
Fats Waller / Monday Morning / live at The Yacht Club, NYC 10.14.38 
Chick Webb & his Orchestra / Imagination / Columbia / 5.9.34 / vocal = Chuck Richards 
Percy Mayfield / Advice (For Men Only) / Specialty [unreleased take 1] / Hollywood 4.23.53 / Maxwell Davis on tenor saxophone
Anita O’Day / Waiter, Make Mine Blues / Whatever Happened to You? / Verve / LA 1961 

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

set 2
Tate Houston / Bone & Bari / Again / Blue Note / 8.4.57 
Duke Pearson / Profile / I’m Glad There Is You / Blue Note / 10.25.59 
Tab Smith, His Fabulous Alto & Orchestra / A Cottage for Sale / United / Chicago 2.26.52 
Sophie Tucker / Fifty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong / Okeh / 4.15.27 / with Miff Mole’s Molers
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Dinner For One Please, James / Brunswick / 12.13.35 / vocal = Maxine Grey & Skinny Ennis
The Ravens / Mam’selle / Okeh / 3.29.51
Mitzi Gaynor / South Pacific soundtrack / Dîtes-Moi / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1958
Sammy Davis Jr / When the Feeling Hits You / L’Amour Toujours L’Amour / Reprise / Las Vegas (“recorded wild in…”) 4.30.64 / with Sam Butera & the Witnesses

set 3
Ike Quebec / Heavy Soul / Acquitted / Blue Note / 11.26.61 
Milt Jackson / Plenty, Plenty Soul / Blues at Twilight / Atlantic / 1.5 & 7.57 
George Wallington / Leonard Feather Presents Bop / Shaw Nuff / Mode / 1957
Jack Jackson & his Orchestra / A Lonely Singing Fool / HMV / London 10.2.34 / vocal = Alberta Hunter
The Cats & the Fiddle / Public Jitterbug No. 1 / Bluebird / Chicago 12.7.39 
Jean Sablon / Un Seul Couvert, Please James / Columbia / Paris 3.11.36

set 4
Red Norvo / Red Norvo Quintet… Naturally / Lullaby of Birdland / Rave Records / Hollywood 3.2.57 
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper Sextet / Jay’s Tune / Mode / LA 6.57 
Three Flames / Nicholas (Don’t Be So Ridiculous) / Columbia / 1947
Peggy Lee / I Only Have Eyes for You / Snader Telescriptions soundie / Hollywood 1950 / with the Dave Barbour Quartet  
Patti Drew / I’ve Been Here All the Time / Fever / Capitol / Hollywood 1969
The Coleman Brothers / Rock My Soul; Run On for a Long Time / radio broadcast, The CBS Hootenanny Show 3.10.47 

last soulful song
Aaron Neville / Let’s Live / Minit / New Orleans 1961

Friday, October 23, 2020

With the Wind and the Playlist in Your Hair: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 28

Mr. Griffin & Mr. Washington go mad for plaid!

Coffeetime, October 23, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Jazz in Camera / Bande I / unissued movie soundtrack / Paris 7.1958 
Johnny Griffin / The Kerry Dancers / Hush-A-Bye / Riverside / 12.21.61 
Bill Harris & his Septet / Characteristically B.H. / Keynote / 1946 
B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra / I’m Lonely Without You / Victor / 5.26.26 / vocal = The Silver-Masked Tenor [Joseph M. White]
Sherman Brooks & the Blue Tones / Cool Daddy’s Blues / CoCo Records / LA 1957
Mavis Rivers / Hooray for Love / In Love in Vain / Capitol / Hollywood late summer 1960 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Jack Marshall

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

set 2
Bobby Hutcherson / Happenings / Bouquet / Blue Note / 2.8.66 
Cal Tjader / A Night at the Blackhawk / I Hadn’t Anyone Till You / Fantasy / live, Blackhawk, San Francisco 1959 
Red McKenzie & his Rhythm Kings / I’m Building Up to an Awful Let-Down / Decca / 1.20.36 
The Three Peppers [Roy Branker, Bob Bell, Walter Williams] / One Potato / Gotham / Philadelphia 12.1.48
Peggy Lee / A Cottage for Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) / Capitol transcription / Hollywood 5.14.46 / with Buddy Cole’s Four Of A Kind and Buddy Cole on celeste! 
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story #3 / No Strings (I’m Fancy Free) / Clef / Hollywood 12.52 / Oscar Peterson on celeste! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Astaire_Story

set 3
Oliver Nelson / Main Stem / Tangerine / Prestige / 8.25.61 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Stem_(album)
Kenny Burrell / A Night at the Vanguard / Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’ / Argo / live, Village Vanguard 9.16.59 
Woody Herman & his Orchestra / The Blues Are Brewin’ / Columbia / Chicago 12.12.46
The Robins / If I Didn’t Love You So / Savoy / LA 12.1.49 
Don Elliott / Don Elliott Sings / Ev’ry Time / Bethlehem / 11.22.55 

set 4
Don Elliott / Mellophone / With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair / Bethlehem / 1.19.55 
Buddy Collette / Buddy Collette’s Swinging Shepherds / The Four Winds Blow / EmArcy / LA 3.7.58 
Jimmy Raney / Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer / The Flag Is Up / ABC-Paramount / summer 56 
Skeets Tolbert & his Gentlemen of Swing / Skin Em Back / Decca / 3.1.39 
Dinah Washington / Dinah! / A Cottage for Sale / EmArcy / 1.12.55 / with Hal Mooney Orchestra
The Alphabetical Four / Rock My Soul / Decca / 1.25.40

last soulful song
Stevie Wonder / That Girl / Tamla / fall 1981

Friday, October 16, 2020

I Whistle a Happy Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 27

Bad posture, beautiful music, Mr.Evans.

Coffeetime, October 16, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Cannonball Adderly / Somethin’ Else / Bangoon / Blue Note / 3.9.58 
Howard McGhee / Music from “The Connection” / Who Killed Cock Robin? / Felsted / 6.13.60 
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / Sono / Capitol Transcription / 3.28.46 
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / The Gentleman Obviously Doesn’t Believe (In Love) / Victor / 7.9.35
Marion Abernathy & The Buddy Banks Orchestra / Ink Splink / Melodisc / LA 1945 
Toni Harper / Toni / Like Someone in Love / Verve / LA 12.29.55 

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

set 2
Bill Evans / Waltz for Debby / My Foolish Heart (Victor Young, Ned Washington) / Riverside / live, Village Vanguard 6.25.61 
Stanley Turrentine / Up at Minton’s, Volume 2 / Come Rain or Come Shine / Blue Note / live, Minton’s Playhouse 2.23.61 
Stéphane Grappelli / The Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) / Black Lion / Denham, England 3.19.73 / Alan Clare, piano
Bing Crosby & Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Your Socks Don’t Match / Decca / Hollywood 7.26.44
Jesse Price & his Orchestra / Sweet Man Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 8.46
The Starlighters / I Whistle a Happy Tune / Capitol / Hollywood 1951
The Spaniels / Automobiles / Vee-Jay [unreleased] / 8.27.59 

set 3
David “Fathead” Newman / Straight Ahead / Night of Nisan / Atlantic / 12.21.60 
Kenny Dorham / Quiet Kenny / Mack the Knife / New Jazz / 11.13.59 
Joe Lutcher’s Jump Band / Sauterne Special / Capitol / Hollywood 11.21.47 
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / I Can’t Face the Music (Without Singin’ the Blues) / Decca / 3.15.38 / vocal = June Richmond 
The Three Sharps and A Flat / I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (George Bassman, Ned Washington) / Decca / 1.18.39 
Jackie Paris / That Paris Mood / A Cottage for Sale / Coral / 1954

set 4
Herb Ellis / Nothing But the Blues / Patty Cake / Verve / Hollywood 10.11.57 
Marty Paich / I Get a Boot Out of You / Love for Sale / Warner Brothers / Hollywood 6.30.59 
Gerry Mulligan / Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Vol. 2 / Jeru / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 4.29 & 30.53 
June Christy & the Kentones / I Got a Guy / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood / 12.13.45 / with Dave Barbour on guitar
Andrew Tibbs / I Made a Mistake / M-Pac / 10.65 
Golden Gate Quartet / Atom and Evil / Columbia / 1946

last soulful song
Joshie Jo Armstead / I Got the Vibes / The Gospel Truth / 1973



Friday, October 09, 2020

Je Cherche un Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 26

The supremely lovely and always entertaining Eartha Kitt.

Coffeetime, October 9, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jackie McLean / It’s Time! / It’s Time / Blue Note / 8.5.64 
Curtis Counce / The Curtis Counce Group / A Fifth for Frank / Contemporary / LA 10.8.56 
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / Swingin’ for a Swiss Miss / Pathé Marconi / Paris / 10.18.36
Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra / Dancing with Tears in My Eyes (Bailando con Lagrimas en los Ojos) / Victor / 1930 / vocal = Frank Munn
Johnny Otis & his Orchestra / Get Together Blues / Savoy / LA 11.10.49 / vocal = Little Esther & Junior 
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / Ella and Louis / The Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington) / Verve / Hollywood 8.16.56 

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

set 2
Jimmy Hamilton / Swing Low Sweet Clarinet / The Nearness of You / Everest / LA 1960 ]
Red Garland / Red Alone / I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) / Prestige Moodsville / 4.2.60 
Jimmy Giuffre / The Easy Way / Come Rain or Come Shine / Verve / Chicago 8.6 & 7.59 
Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) & his Hot Combination / Since I Found You / Perfect / 12.25
Slim [Gaillard] and Slam [Stewart] / Jump Session / Vocalion / 8.17.38
Trixie Smith / Jack, I’m So Mellow / Decca / 5.26.38 
Eartha Kitt / Je Cherche un Homme (I Want a Man) / RCA Victor / 1955 / Henri René’s Orchestra & Chorus

set 3
Baby Face Willette / Stop and Listen / Work Song / Blue Note / 5.22.61 
Stanley Turrentine / Look Out! / Little Sheri / Blue Note / 6.18.60 
Larry Clinton & his Orchestra / I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) (Hoagy Carmichael) / Victor / 1.20.39 / vocal = Bea Wain 
Ink Spots / Do You Feel That Way, Too? / Decca / 3.5.47 
James Brown / Soul on Top / That’s My Desire / King / 1969 

set 4
Cal Tjader / Cal Tjader Quartet / Miss Wiggins / Fantasy / Hollywood 5.24.56 
Gerry Mulligan / Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Vol. 2 / The Nearness of You / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 4.29 & 30.53 
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / How Blue Can You Get? / RCA Victor / 1949 / vocal = Charles Brown
Ann Cole / Smilin’ Through / Timely / 1954
Peggy Lee / In Love Again! / I’ve Got Your Number / Capitol / Hollywood 10.30.63 
Four Internes / Who Will Your Captain Be / Federal / 1954

last soulful song
The Lollipops / Step Aside Baby / Impact / Detroit 1966



Friday, October 02, 2020

You Must Have Been a Beautiful Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 25

Let Teddy Pendergrass take your mind off everything!

Coffeetime, October 2, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / Candy / C.T.A. / Blue Note / 2.2.58 
Sonny Clark / Dial S for Sonny / Shoutin’ on a Riff / Blue Note / 11.10.57 
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Rose Room / Decca / 9.4.34 
Whispering Jack Smith / All By Yourself in the Moonlight / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 12.28.28
Jimmy Rushing / My Baby’s Business / Excelsior / Hollywood 9.13.45 / with Johnny Otis, his Drums & his Orchestra
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Lonelyville / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59

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

set 2
Hank Mobley / The Turnaround / The Good Life / Blue Note / 3.7.63 
Kenny Dorham / ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, Volume 1 / Autumn in New York / Blue Note / live, Café Bohemia 5.31.56 
Carroll Gibbons & his New Mayfair Orchestra / Dream Mother / Bluebird / London 7.11.29
King Oliver & his Orchestra / The Trumpet’s Prayer / Victor / 2.1.29 
Ciro Rimac's Rumba-Orchester / E Bom Parar / Telefunken / Berlin 11.18.37 / vocal = Bibi Miranda
Red Norvo & his Orchestra / You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby / Brunswick / 9.28.34 / vocal = The Three Ickeys (Terry Allen, Mildred Bailey, and Red Norvo)
Jack Cassidy / With Love from Hollywood / Niña (Cole Porter) / Columbia / 1958
Buddy Guy / You Sure Can’t Do / Artistic / 1959

set 3
Wes Montgomery / Movin’ Along / Movin’ Along / Riverside / 10.12.60 
Freddie Hubbard / Hub-Tones / For Spee’s Sake / Blue Note / 10.10.62 
Allen Eager with the Be Bop Boys / Donald Jay / 7.15.47
Frank Sinatra / Time After Time / Columbia / Hollywood 10.24.46 / with Axel Stordahl & Orchestra; for the movie It Happened in Brooklyn
The Moonglows / Blue Velvet / Chess / 1956
Mel Tormé & his Mel-Tones / A Stranger in Town / Decca / Hollywood 10.5.44 

set 4
Benny Carter / Aspects / Something for October / United Artists / LA late summer 1958 
Howard Roberts / Something’s Cookin’ / People / Capitol / Hollywood 8.1, 2.64 
Lyle Murphy / Four Saxophones in Twelve Tones / I Only Have Eyes for You / GNP / Hollywood 11.3.54 
King Cole Trio / Rose Room / Capitol / Hollywood 7.18.52
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / I Wish I Were Twins / Victor / 5.16.34 
Goree Carter & his Hepcats / I’ll Send You / Freedom / Houston c. 5.49
Vikki Carr / Color Her Great / I’ve Got Your Number (Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh) / Liberty / 1963
The Radio Four /Building a Home / Nashboro / Nashville 1958

last soulful song
Teddy Pendergrass / Love Language / You’re My Choice Tonight (Choose Me) / Asylum / 1984
Building a Home / Nashboro / Nashville 1958