A Playlist in the Park: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 89

Ed Wynn!

Coffeetime, December 31, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, volume 2 / The Things I Love / Blue Note / live, Birdland 9.14.60 
Gigi Gryce / Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet / Wake Up! / Riverside / 3.7.57 
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / I Got Rhythm / Decca / 3.3.37 
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette Du Hot Club De France avec Stéphane Grappelly / Blue Drag / Ultraphone / Paris 4.35 / Stéphane Grappelly vln, Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, Joseph Reinhardt g, Louis Vola b
Henry Hudson’s Melody Men / A Bench in the Park / Edison Bell / London c. 9.30 / duet = Al Bowlly & Les Allen 
Roy Brown & his Orchestra / Rainy Weather Blues / Miltone / LA 1948
June Christy & Bob Cooper / Do-Re-Mi / I Know About Love / Capitol / Hollywood 2.61 

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

set 2
Lionel Hampton / Tenderly / Clef / 9.13.54 / Hampton v, Oscar Peterson p, Ray Brown b, Buddy Rich d
Marty Paich / Marty Paich Trio / What’s New / Mode / Hollywood 6.57 
Isham Jones & his Orchestra / It’s Winter Again / Victor / 12.16.32 / vocal = Frank Sylvano 
The Merry Macs / Jingle, Jangle, Jingle / Decca / LA 2.21.42 
Amos Milburn / Rainy Weather Blues / Aladdin [unissued] / LA 10.27.47
Otis Rush / Homework / Duke / Chicago 1962

set 3
Duke Pearson / Now Hear This / The Days of Wine and Roses / Blue Note / 12.3.68 
The Montgomery Brothers/ The Montgomery Brothers in Canada / Snowfall / Riverside / at The Cellar, Vancouver 9.16.61 
Charlie Parker’s New Stars / Stupendous / Dial / Hollywood 2.26.47 
Boswell Sisters / It’s Written All Over Your Face / Brunswick / LA 12.10.34 / with Jimmy Grier & his Orchestra
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Any Old Time / Bluebird / 7.24.38 / vocal = Billie Holiday; interesting critique by Peggy Lee years later  
Don Nelson / The Wind / That’s All / Mode / Hollywood 7.57 / Don Nelson (vocals, recorder), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Stan Levey (drums)

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / A Flower is Lovesome Thing… / Yesterdays / Fantasy / San Francisco 4.16.57 
Sal Salvador / Shades of Sal Salvador / Delighted / Bethlehem / 1957
Billy Taylor / A Touch of Taylor / Radioactivity / Prestige / 4.10.55 
Peggy Lee / Love Doesn’t Grow on Trees / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 7.29.46 / with Frank DeVol’s Orchestra 
Sam Cooke / Night Beat / Fool’s Paradise / Abkco / LA 1963
Sons of the South / One Day / Excello / Nashville 1954

last soulful song
The Manhattans / I Call It Love / Carnival / 1967

Hello, Mister Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 88

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

Coffeetime, December 24, 2021, 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
Dick Robertson / Don’t Wait ’Til the Night Before Christmas / Decca / 9.19.39 
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 / “no sign of snow around”
The Nic Nacs [The Robins] / Gonna Have a Merry Christmas / RPM / LA 11.2.50 / with Little Esther 
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, & Vera Ellen [dubbed by Trudy Stevens] / 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 / with celeste!

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 / with the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Rafael
Dean Martin / It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / NBC TV broadcast, The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show / Hollywood 12.5.52
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 
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 / a sort of concept album
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 / written by Robert Wells & Mel Tormé 
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 87

Merry Xmas, Kiddie Records Weekly!

Coffeetime, December 17, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Dizzy Reece / Asia Minor / Spiritus Parkus / New Jazz / 3.13.62 
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra / Blue Jazz / Brunswick / 7.25.32 
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 / Hello Santa Claus / 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 / with the Starlighters & Rosemary Clooney, dialogue with Vera-Ellen & Rosemary Clooney
Billie Mae Richards & Paul Soles / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / We’re a Couple of Misfits / Decca / 1964
Janet Orenstein / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / There’s Always Tomorrow / Decca / 1964 / with the Videocraft Chorus 

set 3
Hank Mobley / Workout / The Best Things in Life Are Free / Blue Note / 3.26.61 
Jimmy Forrest / Out of the Forrest / That’s All / Prestige / 4.18.61 
Sammy Kaye / Santa Claus Is on His Way / Victor / 1941 / vocal = The Three Kaydets
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
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
Bill Harris / The Harris Touch / Yesterdays / EmArcy / 5.2.57 
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
Dean Martin / Silver Bells / NBC TV broadcast, The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show / Hollywood 12.9.52
Alphabetical Four / Go Where I Send Thee / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
The Monkees / What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round / Colgems / 1967 / RIP Mike Nesmith 

Playlist with a Horn: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 86

Face it, Nancy… you’re beautiful!

Coffeetime, December 10, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Thad Jones / Detroit-New York Junction / Zec / Blue Note / 3.13.56 
Art Farmer / When Farmer Met Gryce / Deltitnu / Prestige / 5.19.54 
Jan Garber & his Orchestra / Rose Room / radio broadcast / c. 1940
Fats Waller / Hallelujah / Associated Program Service transcription / 3.11.35 / under pseudonym Flip Wallace
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra / By the Fireside / Decca / London 1.15.32 / vocal = Pat O’Malley
Floyd Dixon / Empty Stocking Blues / Aladdin / LA 9.50 / with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Fool That I Am / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59 

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

set 2
Kenny Dorham / Showboat / Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man / Time / 12.9.60 
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / By the Fireside / Savoy / LA 4.18.50
John Hardee Quartette / Man With a Horn / Jax / 1949
Andy Iona & his Islanders / Minnehaha / Columbia / 8.29.34 / vocal = Andy Iona, Sam Koki, Allen Kila, Dan Stewart
T-Bone Walker / T-Bone Shuffle / Cornet / LA 11.13.47 / T-B g, George Orendorff tp, Bumps Myers ts, Willard McDaniel p, Joe Davis b, Oscar Lee Bradley d
Delta Rhythm Boys / Domaredansen / Metronome / Stockholm 9.8.50 / with the Metronome All-Stars
Paul Frees, Royal Dano, Joan Gardner, and Laura Olsher / Plunderer’s March (We’re Despicable) / soundtrack to Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol / 1961 / music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill

set 3
Johnny “Hammond” Smith / Gettin’ the Message / Just Say So Long / Prestige / 10.14.60 
Curtis Fuller / Images of Curtis Fuller /Judyful / Savoy / 6.6, 7.60 
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / Sheila / Apollo / 4.12.47 
Louis Prima & his Orchestra / Tica-Tee, Tica-Ta / Okeh / 9.15.41 / duet with Lily Ann Carol
The Ink Spots / Information Please / Decca / 1947
Matt Dennis / Welcome Matt / By the Fireside / Jubilee / 1958

set 4
John Lewis / Grand Encounter: 2° East / 3° West / Easy Living / Pacific Jazz / LA 2.10.56 
Leroy Vinnegar / Leroy Walks! / Walkin’ My Baby Back Home / Contemporary / LA 9.16.57 / arranged by Victor Feldman
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” 
Charioteers / Tica Ti Tica Ta / radio transcription / 1942
King Cole Trio / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Capitol / 8.22.46
Nancy Wilson / Easy / Make Me a Present of You / Capitol / Hollywood 1968
The Chosen Gospel Singers / No Room in the Hotel / Specialty / Hollywood 2.10.54

last soulful song
The Royal Esquires / Our Love Used to Be (On the Sunnyside Up) / Prix Records / Columbus, OH

Just Like Two Drops of Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 85

Gene, I’ve got a lotta dusting that needs doin’!

Coffeetime, December 3, 2021, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / Volume 3 / Domingo / Blue Note / 3.24.57 
Bobby Timmons / This Is Bobby Timmons / Joyride / Riverside / 1.13 & 14.60 
Don Albert & his Orchestra / Rockin’ and Swingin’ / Vocalion / San Antonio 11.18.36
Dubin’s Dandies aka Adrian Schubert’s Dance Orchestra / You Know Better Than That / ARC labels (Banner, Cameo, etc) / 12.17.29 / vocal = Irving Kaufman; band includes Tommy Dorsey tb 
Red Mack & his Trumpet / Just Like Two Drops of Water / Mercury / LA 1951
Toni Harper / Toni / Can’t We Be Friends / Verve / Hollywood 1.6.56 / with celeste! 

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

set 2
Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, & Harry “Sweets” Edison / Jazz Giants ’58 / Lush Life; Lullaby of the Leaves; Makin’ Whoopee; It Never Entered My Mind / Verve / Hollywood 8.1.57 
Coleman Hawkins / Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster / It Never Entered My Mind / Verve / Hollywood 10.16.57 
Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees / Stein Song (University of Maine) / Victor / 2.10.30 
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra / Come On with the “Come On” / Okeh / 6.27.40
Gene Kelly / Put Me to the Test / from the Columbia movie Cover Girl / Hollywood 1944 

set 3
Sonny Stitt & Jack McDuff / Stitt Meets Brother Jack / ’Nother Fu’ther / Prestige / 2.16.62 
Cecil Payne / Patterns of Jazz / Saucer Eyes / Savoy / 5.22.56 
Allen Eager Quintette / Church Mouse / Savoy / 11.6.47 
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / I Can’t Face the Music / Decca / 3.15.38 / vocal = June Richmond
The Four Vagabonds / I Can’t Make Up My Mind / Atlas / LA 1945 
Sammy Davis Jr. / The Wham of Sam / Lush Life / Reprise / LA 2.6 & 7.61 / with Tony Rizzi g 

set 4
Eddie Costa / Guys and Dolls Like Vibes / Guys and Dolls / Coral / 1.15, 17.58 
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Basie Picks the Winners / That’s All / Verve / Hollywood 1965 
The Barry Sisters / Yidel Mitn Fiedel / radio transcription from the WHN radio show Yiddish Melodies in Swing / 1946 / with Sam Medoff & the Yiddish Swingtet
June Christy & the Kentones / Stompin’ at the Savoy / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 12.27.45 
Otis Rush / Right Place, Wrong Time / Lonely Man / Capitol [unissued] / San Francisco 1971 
Jubalaires / When the Moon Goes Down / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soul song
Fran Jefferies / Gone Now / Monument / Hollywood 1968