My Christmas Playlist for you: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 37

That’s me on the right….

Coffeetime, December 25, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Richard Wyands / An Uptown Christmas / Santa Claus is Coming to Town / Uptown / 9.6.85
Bobby Timmons / Holiday Soul / White Christmas / Prestige / 11.24.64 
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra / The Santa Claus Express / HMV / London 10.23.35 / vocal = Dan Donovan & chorus
Dick Robertson & his Orchestra / Meet Me Under the Mistletoe / Decca / 10.18.41
Fats Waller / Winter Weather / Bluebird / 12.26.41
Johnny Otis Band / Happy New Year, Baby / Excelsior / 1947 / vocal = Lem Tally
Jo Stafford / Happy Holiday / Toyland / Columbia / 1955

bed
Dexter Gordon / The Panther! / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 7.7.70 

set 2
Frank Wess & Johnny Coles / An Uptown Christmas / I’ll Be Home for Christmas / Uptown / 2.11.85
Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas / Greensleeves / Fantasy / LA 1965
Sammy Kaye / (Don’t Wait ’Til) The Night Before Christmas / Victor / 11.11.38 / vocal = The Three Barons 
Bing Crosby / Let’s Start the New Year Right / Decca / Hollywood 5.25.42 / with Bob Crosby & his Orchestra
Roy Milton / New Year’s Resolution / Specialty / Hollywood 12.31.47
Yogi Yorgesson / I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 10.18.49 / with the Johnny Duffy Trio 

bed
Don Patterson / Holiday Soul / Merry Christmas, Baby / Prestige / 11.25.64 

set 3
Jack Sheldon & Barry Harris / An Uptown Christmas / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / Uptown / 2.25.86
Bill Smith / Folk Jazz / Greensleeves / Contemporary / LA 1959
Delta Rhythm Boys / Jingle Bells / radio broadcast, Christmas Jubilee, AFRS Christmas Jubilee Show / Hollywood 1945
Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra / My Christmas Song for You / Ara / early 1945 / vocal = Martha Mears with Tudor Williams Quartet

Johnny Desmond / Sleigh Ride / MGM / Hollywood 1950 / with the Ray Charles Singers

Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely / Silver Bells / Capitol / Hollywood 9.20.50
Nat King Cole / A House With Love in It / TV broadcast, The Nat King Cole Show, NBC / 12.24.56 

bed
Gene Ammons / Night Lights / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 2.2.70 

set 4
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond / Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet / Wintersong / Verve / Hollywood 8.2.57 
Les Brown & his Band of Renown / Concert Modern / The Nutcracker / Capitol / 1958
Eddie Cantor / The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just to Keep the Things That I've Got) / Columbia / 11.26.39 / with Jerry Joyce and his Orchestra and The Robert Mitchell “Boychoir” 
Lou Rawls / Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho! / Christmas Is / Capitol / Hollywood 7.17.67
The Pilgrim Travelers / I’ll Be Home for Christmas / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood c. 1953

last soulful (Christmas) song
Donny Hathaway / This Christmas / Atco / Chicago 1970

Hello, Mister Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 36

In my imagination, that’s me in the lower left.

Coffeetime, December 18, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / Winter Wonderland / Prestige / 11.27.58 
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra / AFRS Christmas Jubilee Show aired 12.47 / Ring Dem Bells / radio transcription / Hollywood 7.11.46
Clarence Williams & his Orchestra / Christmas Night in Harlem / Vocalion / 3.23.34 / vocal = Chick Bullock 
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Hello, Mister Kringle / Columbia / LA 9.7.39 / vocal = Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Sully Mason, & Ish Kabibble
Frank Sinatra / Christmas Dreaming / Columbia / Hollywood 6.26, 27.47 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra
The Nic Nacs [The Robins] / Gonna Have a Merry Christmas / RPM / LA 1950 / with Little Esther
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen / Snow / soundtrack, Paramount movie White Christmas / Hollywood 1953 
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas / Sleigh Ride / Verve / LA 7.15 & 16.60
Nancy Wilson / That’s What I Want for Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 11.18.63

bed
Dexter Gordon / The Panther! / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 7.7.70 

set 2
Charles Schultz /A Charlie Brown Christmas original soundtrack / dialogue snippet / Buena Vista / LA 1977 / with Peter Robbins [Charlie Brown] & Christopher Shea [Linus]
Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas / O Tannenbaum; Skating; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing; The Christmas Song; Christmas Time is Here (vocal) / Fantasy / LA 1965
Dean Martin / It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / radio transcription / Hollywood c. 1950
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee / Here Comes Santa Claus / radio broadcast, The Bing Crosby Show For Chesterfield / Hollywood 12.3.49 / with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires {Conlon, Mack McLean, Charles Parlato, Loulie “Lily” Jean Norman, Gloria Wood} and John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra
Anne Lloyd & the Sandpipers / Christmas Songs and Carols / When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter / Golden Records / 1958 / with = Mitch Miller; cover by Lowell Hess
Doris Day / The Doris Day Christmas Album / The Christmas Waltz / Columbia / LA 1964

bed
Don Patterson / Holiday Soul / Merry Christmas, Baby / Prestige / 11.25.64 

set 3
Cranston East A Cappella Choir / Speak to One Another / Fum, Fum, Fum / Vogt / Cranston, RI fall 1972
Kenny Burrell / Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas / Merry Christmas Baby / Cadet / Chicago 10.66 / with Charles Stepney, piano; Cleveland Eaton, bass; Morris Jennings, drums
Steve Allen Trio / A Chiaroscuro Christmas / Jingle Bells / Chiaroscuro / Pittson PA, WVIA 1973
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra / The Fairy on the Christmas Tree / HMV / London 11.29.36 / vocal = Three Sisters http://youtu.be/PKpW7SdxhRE
Mel Blanc and the Sportsmen / Jingle Bells / radio transcription AFRS Mail Call Christmas Special / Hollywood 40s
Kay Starr / December / radio transcription / Hollywood fall 1949 / with Billy Butterfield Quintet and background vocals by The Three Beaus & a Peep
Jo Stafford / Happy Holiday / Happy Holiday; Winter Weather / Columbia / 1955
Julie London / I’d Like You for Christmas / Liberty / LA 1957
Sammy Davis Jr. / It’s Christmas Time All Over The World / Reprise / LA mid-1965

bed
Gene Ammons / Night Lights / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 2.2.70 

set 4
Tommy Flanagan / An Uptown Christmas / The Christmas Waltz / Uptown / 8.12.87
Judy Garland / from the soundtrack to the film “Meet Me in St. Louis” / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / MGM / Hollywood 12.4.43
King Cole Trio / The Christmas Song / Capitol / Hollywood 6.14.46
Johnny Mercer / Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town; Jingle Bells (Capitol Promos) / Capitol / Hollywood 9.17.47; 1946 / with the Pied Pipers
James Brown & his Famous Flames / James Brown Christmas Album / Merry Christmas, I Love You / King / 1966
Dinah Washington / Make Me a Present of You / EmArcy / LA 11.11.55 / with Ernie Wilkins Orchestra
Golden Gate Quartet / Go Where I Send Thee / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soulful (Christmas) song
Otis Redding / Soul Christmas / Merry Christmas, Baby / Atco / Memphis 2.67

The Best Playlists Happen While You’re Dancing: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 35

I love Kiddie Records Weekly!

Coffeetime, December 11, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Clark Terry / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Riverside / 4.27.57
Kenny Dorham / Afro-Cuban / Minor’s Holiday [alt take] / Blue Note / 1.29.55
Bernie Cummins & his Orchestra / I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You [written by Truman Virgil “Pinky” Tomlin] / Vocalion / 12.12.37 / vocal = Walter Cummins
Frankie Laine / Christmas Favorites / You’re All I Want For Christmas / Mercury / 1950
Cecil Gant / It’s Christmas Once Again / Decca / Nashville 10.13.50
Sparky / I Don’t Want a Lot for Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 1952 / with music by Billy May 
Connee Boswell / Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / Decca / Hollywood 1946 / with Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
Jo Stafford / Ski Trails / By the Fireside / Columbia / 1955 / with The Starlighters 

bed

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

set 2
Ike Quebec / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Blue Note [unissued] / 1.20.62 
Jimmy Hamilton / Can’t Help Swinging / Dancing on the Ceiling / Prestige Swingville / 4.4.61
Eddy Duchin & his Orchestra / When Winter Comes / Brunswick / 5.16.39 / vocal = Johnny MacAfee
Bing Crosby / I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time / Hollywood 11.25.50 / duet with Lindsey Crosby; with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires 
Bob Keeshan / Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas from Captain Kangaroo / Crackerjack Christmas / Golden Records / 1958 / with Jimmy Carroll & Orchestra and Mr. Green Jeans aka Lumpy Brannum
Danny Kaye / The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing / soundtrack to White Christmas / Hollywood 1953 / dialogue with Vera-Ellen (ends, “I don’t weigh very much.”) 
Videocraft Chorus / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / There’s Always Tomorrow / Decca / 1964 / vocal = Janet Orenstein
Billie Mae Richards & Paul Soles / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / We’re a Couple of Misfits / Decca / 1964

set 3
Coleman Hawkins / Soul / Greensleeves / Prestige / 11.7.58 
Bill Harris / The Harris Touch / Yesterdays / EmArcy / 5.2.57 
Lowell Fulson / Christmas Party Shuffle / Swing Time / LA 1950
Sammy Kaye / Santa Claus Is on His Way / Victor / 1941 / vocal = The Three Kadets
Mills Brothers / On This Christmas Eve / Decca / 9.8.49 
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee / Little Jack Frost Get Lost / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time / Hollywood 1.11.50 / with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires  
The Dinning Sisters & Bob Atcher / Christmas Island / Capitol / Hollywood 1950
Wardell Gray / Jingle Jangle Jump / Swing Time / LA 6.9.52 / vocal = Gladys Bentley 
Dean Martin / Christmas Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 10.5.53
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Christmas Road / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Herb Geller / Sleigh Ride / EmArcy / 1954 
Oscar Moore / The Christmas Song / Horizon / Burbank 4.65
King Cole Trio / Jingle Bells / Standard transcription / LA 10.38
The Starlighters / I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / Capitol / Hollywood 1948
June Hutton / Song of the Sleigh Bells / Capitol / Hollywood 11.26.52 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra
Judy Holliday / Holliday with Mulligan / It Must Be Christmas / MGM [unissued] / 4.10-17.61 
Alphabetical Four / Go Where I Send Thee / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
The Manhattans / ’Til You Come Back to Me / Carnival / 1969

Every Playlist Has Her Day: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 34

Dig the crazy sculpture behind Andy and the Islanders!

Coffeetime, December 4, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / Take Twelve / Raggedy Ann / Jazzland / 1.24.62 
Clifford Jordan / Cliff Craft / Cliff Craft / Blue Note / 11.10.57 
Jan Garber & his Orchestra / Stardust / radio broadcast / c. 1940
Ray Noble & his Orchestra / By the Fireside / HMV / London 2.12.32 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Pee Wee Crayton / Every Dog Has His Day / Imperial / LA 4.29.54
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Weak for the Man / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59

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

set 2
Buddy De Franco / Live Date! / I’m Glad There Is You; There’s No You / Verve / 1958 
Bennie Green / Back on the Scene / Melba’s Mood / Blue Note / 3.23.58 
Irving Aaronson & his Commanders / Don’t Wake Me Up (Let Me Dream) / Edison / 1.20.26 / vocal = Frank Cornwell
Andy Iona & his Islanders / Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wa-I (A Hawaiian War Song) / Columbia / 8.29.34 / vocal = Andy Iona, Sam Koki, Allen Kila, Dan Stewart
Big Mama Thornton / No Jody for Me / Peacock / Houston 1951 / with Bill Harvey’s Band
Delta Rhythm Boys / Domaredansen / Metronome / Stockholm 9.8.50 / with the Metronome All-Stars
Solomon Burke / Words / Atlantic / 1963

set 3
Roland Kirk / Kirk’s Work / Funk Underneath / Prestige / 7.11.61 
Lem Winchester / Lem’s Beat / Lem & Aide / New Jazz / 4.19.60 
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Violets for Your Furs / Victor / 8.19.51 / vocal = Frank Sinatra 
The Merry Macs / I’m Ridin’ for a Fall / Decca / 12.13.43 
Matt Dennis / Welcome Matt / By the Fireside / Jubilee / 1958

set 4
Art Farmer / To Sweden with Love / Kristallen den Fina (The Fine Crystal) / Atlantic / Stockholm 4.30.64
Gil Mellé / Patterns in Jazz / Long Ago and Far Away / Blue Note / 4.1.56 
Clifford Brown / You’re a Lucky Guy / Vogue / Paris 10.15.53 
Fats Waller / Hallelujah / radio broadcast / c. 1939
King Cole Trio / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Capitol / 8.22.46
June Christy & the Kentones / I Can’t Believe You’re in Love with Me / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 12.13.45
Nancy Wilson / Easy / Make Me a Present of You / Capitol / Hollywood1968
The Chosen Gospel Singers / No Room in the Hotel / Specialty / Hollywood 2.10.54

last soulful song
Ann Sexton / The Beginning / Be Serious / Sound Stage 7 / 1977