Friday, June 25, 2021

If I Had a Talking Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 63

Janet’s surprised to hear Charles’s talking picture.

Coffeetime, June 25, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Cannonball Adderley / At the Lighthouse / Our Delight / Riverside [unissued] / Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach 10.16.60 
Tadd Dameron / Mating Call / Mating Call / Prestige / 11.30.56 
Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Mr. Ghost Goes to Town / Columbia / 11.20.36 / with Henry “Red” Allen on trumpet
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders / If I Had a Talking Picture of You / Victor / 9.13.29 / vocal = Don Howard / song from the pre-code Fox Movietone movie Sunny Side Up  
Buddy Johnson & his Band / When My Man Comes Home / Decca / 7.30.42 / vocal = Ella Johnson
Amos Milburn / Train-Time-Blues / Aladdin / LA 10.27.47
Mary Ann McCall / Easy Living / In My Solitude / Regent / 8.56 / with Ernie Wilkins Orchestra 

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

set 2
Freddie Roach / Good Move / Pastel / Blue Note / 12.9.63 
Richie Powell / Brown and Roach Incorporated / I’ll String You Along / EmArcy / Hollywood 8.5.54  Art Tatum / You Go to My Head / Clef / LA 4.22.54
Jack Payne & his BBC Dance Orchestra / My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies / Columbia / London 6.27.31 / vocal = Billy Scott-Coomber with Jack Payne, Jack Jackson, & ensemble
Julia Lee / Show Me Missouri Blues / Mercury / Kansas City 8.16.46 / with Tommy Douglas Orchestra 
Johnny Mercer & Martha Tilton / If I Had a Talking Picture of You / Capitol / Hollywood 2.5.47 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Edna McGriff & the Bells / Dance With Me Henry / Bell / 1955 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra 

set 3
Grant Green / Talkin’ About / People / Blue Note / 9.11.64 
Sonny Stitt / The Hard Swing / I’ll Remember April / Verve / 2.9.59 
The Be-Bop Boys / Boppin’ a Riff / Savoy / 9.6.46 / Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, tp; Sonny Stitt, as; Morris Lane, ts; Eddie De Verteuil, bs; Bud Powell, p; Al Hall, b; Kenny Clarke, d 
King’s Jesters / After You’ve Gone / Bluebird / Chicago 7.29.33 / John Ravenscroft v, sax, cl, vn; Francis “Fritz” Bastow v, bj, g, George Howard v, dms, vib, Ray McDermott p
Evelyn Knight / My Fickle Eye / Decca / 5.17.46 / with The Tune Twisters & Bob Haggart & his Orchestra
Johnny Hartman / I Just Dropped By to Say Hello / I Just Dropped By to Say Hello / Impulse! / 10.17.63 

set 4
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / Just Friends / Mode / Hollywood 6.57 
Marty Paich / Marty Paich Trio / A Dandy Line / Mode / Hollywood 6.57 
Chet Baker / The Chet Baker Quintet with Russ Freeman / Long Ago (And Far Away) / Pacific Jazz / LA 7.29-30.53
King Cole Trio / It Only Happens Once / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Frank Sinatra / Swing Along With Me / Don’t Be That Way / Capitol / Hollywood 5.61 / with Billy May & his Orchestra
Coleman Brothers / Low Down the Chariot / Decca / 3.21.44 

last soulful song
Jack & The Mods / One Is Enough for One / Hamtown / Smithfield, VA 1972 

Friday, June 18, 2021

Don't You Feel My Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 62

Valerie: radiant – definitely not silly.

Coffeetime, June 18, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
The Montgomery Brothers / The Montgomery Brothers & 5 Others / Sound Carrier / World Pacific / Indianapolis 12.30.57 / Freddie Hubbard’s recording debut 
Charlie Persip / Charles Persip and The Jazz Statesmen / The Song is You / Bethlehem / 4.2.60 
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / In a Sentimental Mood / Decca / 7.27.36
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra / Too Busy! / Victor / Chicago 6.27.28 
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Don’t Burn the Candle at Both Ends / Decca / LA 12.8.47
Nancy Wilson / Something Wonderful / I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life / Capitol / Hollywood 5.60 / Milt Raskin celeste, Justin Gordon fl 

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

set 2
Milt Jackson / Bags Meets Wes! / Stairway to the Stars / Riverside / 12.18, 19.61 
Frank Wess / The Frank Wess Quartet / But Beautiful / Prestige Moodsville 8 / 5.9.60 
Jack Teagarden / Diane / Commodore / 4.30.38
Fats Waller / I Ain’t Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me) / Bluebird / 6.11.37 / solo piano 
Tram, Bix and, Eddie [Lang] / For No Reason at All in C / Okeh / 5.13.27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_No_Reason_at_All_in_C
Danny Barker Sextette / Don’t You Feel My Leg / Apollo / fall 1946 / vocal = Blu Lu Barker 
The Four Polks / Miss You / Soundie / Hollywood 1947
Nina Simone / Forbidden Fruit / I Love to Love / Colpix / 1960 

set 3
Harold Vick / Steppin’ Out / Vicksville / Blue Note / 5.27.63 
Cannonball Adderly / Somethin’ Else / One for Daddy-O / Blue Note / 3.9.58 / Miles Davis addressing Alfred Lion at the end 
Joe Thomas / Sittin’ Around / King / Cincinnati 6.28.50
The Three Peppers / Swing Out Uncle Wilson / Variety / Philadelphia 5.27.37 
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Darn That Dream / Victor / Chicago 11.24.39 / vocal = Anita Boyer 
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Beverly / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Stan Getz & Cal Tjader / Stan Getz & Cal Tjader Sextet / Big Bear / Fantasy / San Fransico 2.8.58 
Harry “Sweets” Edison / Sweets / Studio Call / Clef / LA 9.4.56 / Herman Leonard, cover 
King Cole Trio / How Does It Feel? / Capitol / Hollywood 4.11.46 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore, g, Johnny Miller b
Big Maybelle / The Other Night / Okeh / 3.21.55
Tom Jones / It’s Not Unusual / live, The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS TV / 6.13.65
Wingmen Quartet / Low Down The Chariot / Down Beat / LA 1948 

last soulful song
Valerie Simpson / Silly Wasn’t I / Tamla / 1972





Friday, June 11, 2021

Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t My Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 61

Oscar Moore plays his guitar in a soundie from 1944 of the King Cole Trio with Ida James
Oscar woos Ida with his guitar!

Coffeetime, June 11, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Grant Green / Idle Moments / Jean de Fleur / Blue Note / 11.4.63 
Ron Jefferson / Love Lifted Me / Ow! / Pacific Jazz / LA 4.3.62 
Ray Starita & his Ambassadors Band / My Dream Memory / Columbia / London 9.14.29 / vocal = Eddie Grossbart
Julia Lee & her Boyfriends / Julia’s Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 9.46
Billie Holiday / Songs for Distingué Lovers / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Verve / LA 1.4.57

bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 2
Paul Desmond / Easy Living / When Joanna Loved Me / RCA Victor / 7.14.64 
John Jenkins, Clifford Jordan, Bobby Timmons / Jenkins, Jordan, and Timmons / Tenderly / New Jazz / 7.26.57 
Billy Taylor / A Touch of Taylor / À Bientôt / Prestige / 4.10.55 
Don Redman & his Orchestra / Pagan Paradise / Brunswick / 9.16.32 / vocal = Harlan Lattimore
King Cole Trio & Ida James / Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t My Baby / Soundie / Hollywood 1944
Jimmy Nolen / The Way You Do / Federal / LA 1956

set 3
McCoy Tyner / Today and Tomorrow / When Sunny Gets Blue / Impulse! / 6.4.63 
Gene Ammons / Boss Tenor / Canadian Sunset / Prestige / 6.16.60 
Ike Quebec / But Not for Me / Blue Note / 2.13.62
Fats Navarro / Nostalgia / Be Bop Romp / Savoy / 12.5.47
Ella Mae Morse / The Patty Cake Man / Capitol / 6.21.44 / with Paul Weston Orchestra
The Cabineers / Tell Me Now / Abbey / 1949 / with Bill McRae Trio 
Joe Derise / Joe Derise Sings / How Long Has This Been Going On / Bethlehem / 1955 

set 4
Wes Montgomery / Boss Guitar / Canadian Sunset / Riverside / 4.22.63 
Mel Lewis / Got’Cha / A Winter’s Tale / Jazz Records / San Francisco 11.19-20.56
June Christy & the Kentones / Mean to Me / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 12.27.45 
Barbara Lewis / It’s Magic / Since I Fell for You / Atlantic / 1966
The Soul Stirrers / Jesus Done Just What He Said / Specialty / Hollywood 3.1.51

last soulful song
The Ringleaders / Baby, What Has Happened to Our Love? / M-Pac! / Chicago 1966

Friday, June 04, 2021

Playlist It (Over and Over Again): Coffeetime Homebrew ep 60

Beauty admires beauty.

Coffeetime, June 4, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Free Form / French Spice / Blue Note / 12.11.61 
Booker Ervin / The Book Cooks / The Book Cooks / Bethlehem / 4.6.60 
Harry James & his Orchestra / Sleepy Lagoon / Columbia / 2.24.42
Irving Aaronson & his Commanders / All By Yourself in the Moonlight / Victor / 1.16.29 / vocal = Phil Saxe 
T-Bone Walker / That’s Better for Me / Black & White / LA 11.6.47
Lucy Ann Polk / Lucky Lucy Ann / Memphis in June / Mode / Hollywood 7.12.57

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

set 2
John Coltrane / Ballads / Say It (Over and Over Again) / Impulse! / 11.13.62 
Kenny Drew / The Ideation of Kenny Drew / Chartreuse / Norgran / 1954
Herbie Fields / Rainbow Mood / Victor / 1947
Oscar Aleman / Whispering / HMV / Copenhagen 12.38 [solo] 
Tallulah Bankhead / What Do I Care? / HMV / London 11.14.30 / with Ray Noble & his Orchestra 
Spike Hughes & his Orchestra / How Come You Do Me Like You Do? / Decca / 5.19.33 / vocal = Henry “Red” Allen, Jr. 
Nellie Lutcher & her Rhythm / Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago / Capitol / Hollywood 8.17.47
Danny Kaye / The Court Jester (soundtrack) / Life Could Not Be Better / Decca / Hollywood 1956

set 3
Brother Jack McDuff / Do It Now! / Pleasant Moments / Atlantic / 12.20.66 
Junior Mance / The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance / Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup / Jazzland / 10.25.60 / composer = Anna Sosenko 
Coleman Hawkins’ 52nd Street All Stars / New 52nd Street Jazz / Spotlite / RCA Victor / 2.27.46 / with Mary Osborne on guitar 
Boswell Sisters / Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night / Brunswick / 11.14.33 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra https://guymcafee.com/
Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra / Especially for You / radio transcription / 1939 / vocal = Cliff Grass
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56 

set 4
Clifford Brown / Clifford Brown & Art Farmer with The Swedish All Stars / Falling in Love with Love / Metronome / Stockholm 9.15.53 
Johnny Hodges / Not So Dukish / The Last Time I Saw Paris / Verve / 9.10.58 
Golden Gate Quartet / Stormy Weather / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC 10.6.39
Peggy Lee / The Glory of Love / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 5.14.46 / with Buddy Cole’s Four of a Kind 
Jackie DeShannon / This Is Jackie DeShannon / Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying / Imperial / LA 1965
Golden Gate Quartet / Our Father / Bluebird [unissued] / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC 10.6.39

last soulful song
Gambrell’s / Find a Love / Pioneer / 1966