Friday, November 26, 2021

There’s a Playlist ’Round My Shoulder: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 84

Going my way, Jack & Alan?

Coffeetime, November 26, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley, et al / The Prestige All Stars – Tenor Conclave / Tenor Conclave / Prestige / 9.7.56 
Sonny Rollins / Tenor Madness / The Most Beautiful Girl in the World / Prestige / 5.24.56 
Dixie Daisies / There’s a Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder / Romeo / 8.10.28 / vocal = Irving Kaufman
Calvin Boze & his All-Stars / My Friend Told Me / Aladdin / LA 10.23.51
Mavis Rivers / Take a Number / Two Loves Have I / Capitol / Hollywood 1959 

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

set 2
Stéphane Grappelli & Bucky Pizzarelli / Duet / The Folks Who Live on the Hill / Disque Black and Blue / Nice, France 7.15.79
Chet Baker / Chet / ’Tis Autumn / Riverside / 1.19.59 
Milt Jackson / Wizard of the Vibes / Lillie / Blue Note / 4.7.52 / Milt Jackson vb, Percy Heath b, Kenny Clarke d
Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra / Jitterbug’s Lullaby / Vocalion / 8.1.38 
Russ Morgan & his Orchestra / Goodnight, My Beautiful / World Transcription / 7.39
Ella Fitzgerald / I’m Waitin’ for the Junkman / Decca / 9.20.49 / with Sy Oliver Orchestra 
Jack Carson & Alan Hale Sr / Going North / from Warner Brothers movie Thank Your Lucky Stars/ Hollywood 1943
Frank Minion / How Much Land (Does a Man Need) / Vik / 1956 / with Howard Biggs & his Orchestra

set 3
Seldon Powell / We Paid Our Dues! / Two for One / Epic / 1961
Googie [Leon] René / Romesville! / Cherry Ferrari / Class / LA 1959
Ike Quebec / Tenor Sax [45 rpm EP] / Jim Dawgs / Savoy / 8.7.45
Ambrose & his Orchestra / I’ll Walk Alone / Decca / London 4.10.44 / vocal = Anne Shelton
The Four Knights / Easy Street / Capitol / Hollywood 1954
Jimmy Ricks / Love Is the Thing / Mercury / 8.52 / with Noah Schreier & his Orchestra

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / Thanksgiving Theme / CBS TV show A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving / San Francisco 1973 
Bob Brookmeyer / The Street Swingers / Arrowhead / Pacific Jazz / 12.57 
Lynn Hope / Tenderly / Premium / Chicago 1950 http://campber.people.clemson.edu/premium.html
Peggy Lee / Come Rain or Come Shine / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 6.10.46 / with Frank DeVol & his Orchestra 
Bobby Darin / Oh! Look at Me Now / There’s a Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder / Capitol / LA 1962
The Southern Sons / Go Down Moses / Bluebird / 7.25.41

last soul song
Solomon Burke / Party People / Atlantic / 1968



Friday, November 19, 2021

A New Day, A New Life, A New Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 83

Swing it, Mr. Donald Mills!

Coffeetime, November 19, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / Here’s Lee Morgan / Terrible “T” / Vee Jay / 2.60 
Clifford Brown & Max Roach / Joy Spring / Pacific Jazz / LA 7.54 
Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Blue Mood / Columbia / 11.20.35
Louisville Rhythm Kings aka Ben Pollack Orchestra / In a Great Big Way / Okeh / 1.25.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew 
Hot Lips Page & his Orchestra / I Got an Uncle in Harlem / Columbia / 3.15.49 
Beverly Kenney / Beverly Kenney Sings for Johnny Smith / This Little Town Is Paris / Roost / 1955 

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

set 2
McCoy Tyner / Live at Newport / My Funny Valentine / Impulse! / live, Newport Jazz Festival 7.5.63 
Smith-Glamann Quintet / Poinciana / Laura / Bethlehem / 8.1.54 
Don Byas et Ses Rhytmes / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Vogue / Paris 11.24.53 
Lil Armstrong & her Swing Orchestra / Let’s Get Happy Together / Decca / 2.2.38 
Bing Crosby / Lazy (from the Paramount movie Holiday Inn) / Decca / Hollywood 5.25.42 / with Bob Crosby & his Orchestra
Ella Mae Morse / Jumpin’ Jack / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 2.45 / with Billy May & his Orchestra
Louis Armstrong / You’re the Apple of My Eye / Decca / LA 2.6.51 / duet with Velma Middleton

set 3
Horace Silver / Silver’s Serenade / Silver’s Serenade / Blue Note / 5.7.63 
Melba Liston / Melba Liston & Her ’Bones / Blues Melba / MetroJazz / 12.58 
Mills Brothers / Swing Is the Thing / Decca / London 9.10.36 
Artie Wayne / Sleepy Baby / The Hucksters [Majestic] / with the Velvetones & Andy Phillips Orchestra 
Tommy Wolf / Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most / A New Day, A New Life, A New Love / Fraternity / 9.57 

set 4
Bill Evans / Everybody Digs Bill Evans / Lucky to Be Me / Riverside / 12.15.58 
Bud Shank / Bud Shank Quartet featuring Claude Williamson / The Lamp Is Low / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 11.56 
Dinah Washington / Chewin’ Woman Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10.45 / with Lucky Thompson & his All Stars 
June Christy & the Kentones / I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 12.13.45 
Little Milton / Loving You / Checker [unissued] / Chicago 3.4.66
Zion Travelers / I Want to Go to Heaven and Rest / Dooto / LA 1962

last soul song
James Lately / Love, Friends and Money / Temple / Detroit 1964

Friday, November 12, 2021

We’re Gonna Make It: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 82

Mr. Milton says WMBR’s listeners are number one!

Coffeetime, November 12, 2021, Angelynn Grant – Fundraising Show

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley Quartet / Hank’s Prank / Blue Note [5066] / 3.27.55
Lee Morgan / Here’s Lee Morgan / Mogie / Vee Jay / 2.2, 3, 8.60
Art Blakey’s Messengers / Blakey / Mayreh / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Whispering Jack Smith / It All Depends on You / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 6.17.27
Dinah Washington / Rich Man’s Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (including Oscar Moore) / Money’s Getting Cheaper / Exclusive / Hollywood 11.47
Ella Fitzgerald / [Twelve Nights in Hollywood] / I’m Glad There Is You / 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
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / Tenderly / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56
Gene Ammons / Once in a While / Chess/Aristocrat / Chicago 2.28.49
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Columbia / 7.3.28
Mills Brothers / Swing for Sale / Decca / 2.3.37
The Charioteers / Swing for Sale / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43 
Etta Jones / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J.C. Heard & his Orchestra
Dean Martin / Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket / Capitol / Hollywood 12.23.53
Doris Day / Hooray for Hollywood / Pennies from Heaven / Columbia / LA 1958 / with celeste!

set 3
Art Blakey’s Messengers / Bop Alley [alternate take] / Blue Note / 12.22.47
Dizzy Gillespie & his All-Star Quintet / Shaw ’Nuff / 5.11.45
King Cole Trio / With Plenty of Money and You / Standard transcription / 10.38
The Toppers / If Money Grew on Trees / Savoy / 1944 / with celeste!
Johnny Mercer and The King Cole Trio / You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’ / Capitol / Hollywood 8.20.47
Helen Forrest / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / World Transcription / Hollywood 5.49 
Basin Street Boys / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Exclusive / LA c. 6.46 / with Eddie Beal Fourtet
Jimmy Witherspoon / Evenin’ Blues / Money’s Getting Cheaper / Prestige / LA 8.15.64 

set 4
Ken Nordine / Colors / Green / Philips / Chicago 1966 / with musical director Dick Campbell
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Shaw Nuff / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59
Boswell Sisters / If I Had a Million Dollars [alternate take B] / Brunswick / LA 10.4.34 / with Jimmy Grier & his Orchestra
Bing Crosby / Pennies from Heaven / Decca / Hollywood 7.24.36 / with George Stoll & his Orchestra, with celeste!
Peggy Lee / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 6.11.46 / with Buddy Cole’s Four of a Kind 
Ernestine “Annisteen” Allen & her Home Town Boys / Give It Up (’Cause You Can’t Take It With You) / Queen / 12.20.45
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Turn On Your Love Light / Duke / Chicago 1961
Bobby Darin / That’s All / That’s All / Atco / LA 12.19.58
Swan Silvertones / End of My Journey / My Rock / Vee-Jay / 1957

last (thankful) soul song
Little Milton / We’re Gonna Make It / Checker / Checker 2.16.65

Friday, November 05, 2021

I’ve Got a Pocketful of Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 81

As a matter of fact, I often think of you, Danny.

Coffeetime, November 5, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Mosaic / Crisis / Blue Note / 10.2.61 
Harold Land / West Coast Blues! / Terrain / Jazzland / San Francisco 5.17.60 
Dixie Stompers aka Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Jackass Blues / Columbia / 4.14.26 
Little Jack Little & his Orchestra / I'm Shooting High / Columbia / 12.23.35
Johnny Otis Orchestra / (How Can I Go On) Living and Loving You / Savoy / early 1951 / vocal = Linda Hopkins
Julie London / Julie… At Home / Goodbye / Liberty / LA 3.4.60 

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

set 2
John Coltrane / Ballads / Nancy (With the Laughing Face) / Impulse! / 9.18.62 
René Thomas / René Thomas Et Son Modern Group / My Old Flame / Polydor / Paris 3.22.56 
Larry Adler & his Orchestra / Solitude / Regal Zonophone / London 6.35
Fats Waller / African Ripples / Victor / 11.16.34 
Gertrude Lawrence / How Could We Be Wrong / HMV / London 1933 / from the Cole Porter musical Nymph Errant, sung by the character Evangeline
Bing Crosby / I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams / Decca / Hollywood 7.11.38 / with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra 
Wee Bea Booze / These Young Men Blues / Decca / 3.9.44
Chuck Willis / It Ain’t Right to Treat Me Wrong / Columbia / 1.26.51 

set 3
Charlie Rouse / Oh Yeah! / Lil Rousin’ / Epic / 12.20 & 21.60 
Baby Face Willette / [Stop and Listen] / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Blue Note / 5.22.61 
Dodo Marmarosa / Escape / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 1947 / Dodo Marmarosa p, Barney Kessel g, Gene Englund b
The Five Breezes / Just a Jitterbug / Bluebird / Chicago 11.15.40 
Les Brown / That Solid Old Man (Is Here Again) / Okeh / 1941 / vocal = Betty Bonney
Chet Baker / (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You / I’m Old Fashioned / Riverside / 8.58 

set 4
Buddy Collette / Tasty Dish / Challenge / Hollywood 5.13.57 
Benny Goodman / Undecided / Columbia / 7.29.52 / Benny Goodman cl, Terry Gibbs vib, Teddy Wilson p, Mundell Lowe g, Sid Weiss b, Don Lamond d
June Christy & the Kentones / Sweet Lorraine / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 12.13.45 
Danny Kaye / Do You Ever Think of Me / from The Danny Kaye Show, CBS TV / Hollywood 1.22.64 
Coleman Brothers / Yes We Shall All Meet in Heaven / Coleman / c. 1.48 

last soul song
George Benson / Turn Out the Lamplight / Give Me the Night / Warner Brothers / LA 1980