Friday, January 28, 2022

Fly Little Playlist Fly: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 93

Carmen with the full satin touch!

Coffeetime, January 28, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Mustang / Fly Little Bird Fly / Blue Note / 6.24.66 
Nat Adderley / Branching Out / I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I’m Loving You) / Riverside / 9.58 
Ray Draper / Tuba Sounds / House of Davis / Prestige / 3.15.57 
Griff Williams & his Orchestra / Let’s Fly Away / radio broadcast / Chicago 1946
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra / Blue Skies Are Round the Corner / HMV / London 12.13.38 / vocal = Sam Browne
Beulah Swan / Hip Shakin’ Mama / Bethlehem / 12.53 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra; a Chubby Newsome song
Carmen McRae / Carmen McRae / Misery / Bethlehem / 1954 / with Tony Scott p 

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

set 2
Kenny Burrell / Soul Call / Soul Call / Prestige / 4.7.64 
Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter / Urbane Jazz / Ballad Medley: I Remember You; Chelsea Bridge; I’ve Got The World On A String / Verve / Hollywood 3.21 & 23.55 
E.C. Cobb & his Corn-Eaters / Transatlantic Stomp / Victor / Chicago 12.10.28 
Phil Harris & his Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors / Minnie the Mermaid (A Love Song in Fish Time) / radio broadcast / Hollywood 1933 
Kay Starr / Stormy Weather / Lamplighter / Hollywood 1946 / with the Lamplighter All Stars
T.J. Fowler & his Band That Rocks the Blues / Tell Me What’s the Matter / States / Chicago 11.53 / vocal = Frank Taylor
Clarence Cooper / Folk, Pops ’n Jazz Sampler / 900 Miles / Elektra / 1957

set 3
Yusef Lateef / Other Sounds / Taboo / New Jazz / 10.11.57 
Bennie Green / [The 45 Session] / Minor Revelation / Blue Note [unissued] / 11.23.58 
Henry Busse & his Orchestra / (Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie / radio broadcast / 1935 / vocal = Marion Holmes
The Four Vagabonds / It Can’t Be Wrong / Bluebird / 5.26.43 
Chet Baker / Chet Baker Sings / My Ideal / Pacific Jazz / Forum Theatre, LA 7.56 / Baker t, James (Jimmy) Bond b, Russ Freeman celeste!!! 

set 4
Joe Puma / East Coast Jazz/3 / Pumatic / Bethlehem / 11.30.54 / fabulous Burt Goldblatt cover design 
Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess / In a Minor Groove / Bohemia After Dark / New Jazz / 9.19.58 
Les Paul & his Trio / Blue Skies / Decca / LA 12.14.44 / 
Peggy Lee / I’ve Had My Moments / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 5.14.46 / with Buddy Cole’s Four Of A Kind / with Buddy Cole on celeste!!!! 
Sam Fletcher / The Look of Love, The Sound of Soul / Watch What Happens / Vault / LA 6.67 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Harry Betts
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers / You Better Run / Decca / 8.23.39 

last soulful song
The Whispers / Needle in a Haystack / Soul Clock [Doré] / 1967

Friday, January 21, 2022

A Playlist Kissed an Angel: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 92

2022 needs some Coltrane 1960… STAT!

Coffeetime, January 21, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Horace Silver / Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers / Hankerin’ / Blue Note / 11.13.54 
Curtis Amy / Way Down / Liberia / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 2.5.62 
Don Redman’s Park Avenue Patters / At the Swing Cats Ball / Seedless Grapefruit / Golden Crest / 4.11.57 
John Kirby Sextet / Beethoven Riffs On / Columbia / 1.15.41
The Knickerbockers / Who’s Your Little Who-Zis! / Columbia / 12.29.31 / vocal = Dick Robertson is
Duke Henderson / H.D. Blues / Apollo / LA 11.28.45 / with Lucky Thompson All Stars 
Lorez Alexandria / Alexandria the Great / I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face / Impulse! / 1964 

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

set 2
McCoy Tyner / Nights of Ballads & Blues / ’Round Midnight / Impulse! / 3.4.63 
Donald Byrd / Mustang / I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) / Blue Note / 6.24.66 
Wardell Gray / A Sinner Kissed an Angel / Prestige / Detroit 4.25.50
Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans / You’ll Never Miss the Water ’Til the Well Runs Dry / Decca / 1938 / vocal = Helen Proctor
Frank Sinatra & Rosemary Clooney / Cherry Pies Ought to Be You / Columbia / 11.12.50 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra
Chubby Newsom / Better Find a Job / Regal / New Orleans 12.19.49 / with the Howard Biggs Orchestra
Roger Miller / Engine Engine #9 / Smash / 1965

set 3
John Coltrane / On Green Dolphin / live, Dusseldorf 3.28.60 
Kenny Clarke / Bohemia After Dark / Bohemia After Dark / Savoy / 6.28.55 
Skinnay Ennis & his Orchestra / Ain’tcha Ever Comin’ Back / radio transcription / 1948
Bette McLaurin / I Won’t Tell a Soul I Love You / Derby / 1952 / with The Striders and Eddie Wilcox Orchestra 
Bobby Short / Jump for Joy / Whoever You Are I Love You / Atlantic / 1969 / a Bacharach & David tune

set 4
Red Mitchell / Presenting Red Mitchell / Paul’s Pal / Contemporary / LA 3.26.57 
Sal Salvador / The Beat for This Generation / That Old Feeling / Decca / 2.1.60 
June Christy & the Kentones / How High the Moon / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 12.13.45 
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / Slow Down / Okeh / 3.19.41 / vocal = Anita O’Day
Albert King / High Cost of Loving / Stax / Memphis 1972
Bill Landford & the Landfordaires / Run On for a Long Time / Columbia / 12.49

last soulful song
Ketty Lester / Please Don’t Cry Anymore / RCA Victor / 1964

Friday, January 14, 2022

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 91

Lovely Deniece: tops at helping us feel free…

Coffeetime, January 14, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Roland Kirk / Kirk’s Work / The Skaters Waltz / Prestige / 7.11.61 
Stan Getz / Signal / Roost / Storyville Club, Boston 10.28.51 
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Volcano / Okeh / 11.7.37
Frankie Newton & his Uptown Serenaders / I’ve Found a New Baby / Varsity [unissued] / 3.5.37 
Eddie Paul & his Paramount Orchestra / Moon Over Miami / Perfect / 12.5.35 / vocal = Johnny Hauser
Bonnie Davis / Don’t Stop Now / Savoy / 1943 / with Bunny Banks Trio 
Nancy Harrow / You Never Know / Song for the Dreamer / Atlantic / 10.29.62 / song written by John Lewis and Margo Guryan  

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

set 2
Harry Edison / Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You / Moonlight in Vermont / Verve / LA 3.57 
Cal Tjader / Tjader Goes Latin / Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe / Fantasy / LA 1958
The Swingville All-Stars / Rockin’ in Rhythm / Willow Weep for Me / Prestige / 3.31.60 
Chuck Richards / Devil in the Moon / Vocalion / 12.19.34 
Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra / Leanin’ on the Old Top Rail / radio transcription / 1939 / vocal = Cliff Grass
Doris Day / Show Time / I Got the Sun in the Morning / Columbia / LA 1960 / with Axel Stordahl & Orchestra 
Dee Clark / Hold On… It’s Dee Clark / Nature Boy / Vee Jay / 1961

set 3
Jimmy Smith / House Party / Blues After All / Blue Note / 8.25.57 
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane / Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane / Lyresto / New Jazz / 3.7.58 
Al Viola / Solo Guitar / How Long Has This Been Going On / Mode / Hollywood 9.57 / with an Eva Diana cover portrait 
Lloyd Glenn & his Orchestra / Soldier’s Hop / Imperial / Hollywood 12.47
Delta Rhythm Boys / I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem / Minoco Productions Soundie / 1946
Thelma Carpenter / American Lullaby / Majestic / 8.46 / with the Ames Brothers [the Four Amory Brothers]
Jimmy Witherspoon / Blues Around the Clock / You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It) / Prestige / 11.5.63 / (last week played I Had a Dream, but announced it incorrectly as this)

set 4
Lee Konitz & Jimmy Giuffre / Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre / The Song Is You / Verve / 5.12,13.59 
Johnny Smith / Jazz at NBC [Moonlight in Vermont] / Vilia [Vilja] / Royal Roost / 7.53 
King Cole Trio / Moonlight in Vermont / Capitol / Hollywood 8.13.37
Mildred Bailey / Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love / Brunswick / 10.17.33 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 
Peggy Lee / The Best Man / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 7.29.46 / with Frank DeVol’s Orchestra 
Shirley Jones & Jack Cassidy / With Love from Hollywood / Nice Work If You Can Get It / Columbia / Hollywood 1959 / with Frank DeVol’s Orchestra
Zion Travelers / Every Time I Feel the Spirit / Dooto / LA 1962

last soulful song
Deniece Williams / This Is Niecy / Free / Columbia / LA summer 1976





Friday, January 07, 2022

It’s So Nice to Have a Playlist Around the House: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 90

That parade wouldn’t pass by lovely and talented Pearl!

Coffeetime, January 7, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Farmer / Perception / Change Partners / Argo / 10.25-27.61 
Elmo Hope / Low Tide / Blue Note / LA 5.9.54 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_and_Quintet
Frank Morgan / B.T. / GNP Crescendo [unissued] / live, Crescendo Club, Hollywood 8.11.56 
Frankie Newton Quintet / Daybreak Blues / Blue Note / 4.7.39
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Idolizing / Victor / 10.12.26 / vocal = Frank Bessinger 
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Early in the Mornin’ / Decca / LA 4.23.47 
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Volume 2 / Lush Life / Verve / LA 10.17.57 / with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Barney Kessel, Ray Brown)

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

set 2
Dexter Gordon / [Clubhouse] / Jodi / Blue Note / 5.27.65 
Cannonball Adderley / Know What I Mean? / Elsa / Riverside / 2.21.61 
Adrian Rollini / Sugar / Decca / 10.23.34  
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Raggin’ the Scale / Okeh / 5.7.30 
Mamie Smith / Keep a Song in Your Soul / Okeh / 2.19.31 
Rabon Tarrant & Jack Mcvea & his Door Openers / Slowly Goin’ Crazy Blues / Black & White / LA 1946
Ethel Merman & Ray Bolger / It’s So Nice to Have a Man Around the House / Decca / 2.20.50 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra 
Lord Invader & his Calypso Quintet / Mahalia, I Want Back Ma Dollar / Pye Nixa / 1957 

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / Dearly Beloved / Troubles of the World / Blue Note / 6.8.61 
Johnny Hodges / Blues-a-Plenty / Reeling And Rocking / Verve / 4.5.58 / cover painting & design by Paula Powers  
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Hurry, Hurry / Capitol / San Francisco 10.25.43 / vocal = Savannah Churchill
The Dozier Boys / You Got to Get It / Chess / Chicago c. 8.50 http://campber.people.clemson.edu/dozier.html
Jimmy Witherspoon / Blues Around the Clock / I Had a Dream / Prestige / 11.5.63 

set 4
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 3 / Out of Somewhere / Contemporary / LA 7.22.52
André Previn & Russ Freeman / Double Play! / Strike Out the Band / Contemporary / LA 5.11.57 
Sonny Criss / Easy Living / Imperial / LA 2.24.56 
June Christy & the Kentones / I’m Thrilled / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 7.31.46 
Pearl Bailey / The One and Only Pearl Bailey Sings / There’s Plenty More Where That Came From / Mercury / 1956
The Pilgrim Travelers / Move Up to Heaven / Specialty / Hollywood 7.25.52

last soulful song
The Independents / Chuck, Helen, Eric, Maurice / Lucky Fellow / Wand / Chicago 1973