Friday, July 29, 2022

Ain’t That Just Like a Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 118

Debbie & Donald sitting pretty.

Coffeetime, July 29, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Dippin’ / Recado Bossa Nova / Blue Note / 6.18.65 
Freddie Hubbard / Open Sesame / Gypsy Blue [alt take] / Blue Note / 6.19.60 
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Dardanella / Victor / 2.9.28 
Ernie Holst & his Hotel Lexington Orchestra / Dinner at Eight / Bluebird / 10.2.33
Doc Pomus / Naggin’ Wife Blues / Apollo / late 1947 or early 1948 
Anita O’Day / Trav’lin’ Light / Crazy He Calls Me / Verve / Hollywood 1.18.61 / with Johnny Mandel’s Orchestra 

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

set 2
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper Quintet Featuring Bob Gordon - Jazz In Hollywood Series / Summertime / Nocturne / Hollywood 2.27.54 
Yusef Lateef / The Centaur and the Phoenix / Summer Song / Riverside / 10.4, 6.60
Mundell Lowe / Satan in High Heels soundtrack; Blues for a Stripper / Lake in the Woods / MGM; Charlie Parker Records / LA 12.22.61 
Don Redman & his Orchestra / I Heard / Brunswick / 10.15.31 / vocal = DR 
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Ain’t That Just Like a Man / AFRS Jubilee Show #26 / Hollywood early spring 1943 / vocal = Theresa Harris; Master of Ceremonies = Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman 
Billy Eckstine & his Orchestra / (She’s Got The) Blues for Sale / National / 4.21.47
Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five / Nothin’ for Nothin’ / Decca / 1.6.50 / vocal = Mary Ann McCall 
Donald O’Connor / I Wanna Wander / soundtrack to the MGM movie I Love Melvin / Hollywood 1952 

set 3
Walter Wanderley / Samba No Esquema de Walter Wanderley / O Que Eu Gosto de Você / Odeon / Brazil 1963 
Coleman Hawkins / With the Red Garland Trio / Bean’s Blues / Prestige Swingville / 8.12.59 
Charlie Parker / The Magnificent Charlie Parker / Why Do I Love You? / Clef / 3.12.51 
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Time Was / Decca / 5.19.41 / vocal = Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell 
Delta Rhythm Boys / I’m in Love With a Gal (Who’s in Love With a Guy Who Looks Like Me But Ain’t) / Victor / Hollywood 6.29.47 
Ed Townsend / Glad to Be Here / Deep in a Dream / Capitol / Hollywood 1959 / with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra 

set 4
Sam Most / East Coast Jazz/9: I’m Nuts About The Most....Sam / What a Difference a Day Made / Bethlehem / 1955 / Sam Most fl, Marty Flax bars, Bill Triglia p, Barry Galbraith g, Burgher Jones b, Bobby Donaldson d
Oscar Moore / Presenting Oscar Moore / It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight / Omegatape / LA 12.12, 14.56 / Oscar Moore rhythm guitar with overdubbed solo guitar, Leroy Vinnegar b
Fats Waller / You’re a Viper / V-Disc [unissued] / Harlem 12.21.43 
King Cole Trio / I Thought You Ought to Know / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Astrud Gilberto / The Shadow of Your Smile / Non-Stop to Brazil / Verve / LA mid-60s 
The [Sensational] Nightingales / Somewhere to Lay My Head / Peacock / 1955

last soulful song
Syl Johnson / Diamond in the Rough / Could I Be Falling in Love / Hi Records / Memphis 1974



Friday, July 22, 2022

Bright Lights and You, Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 117

The Natural Four plus Curtis on The Midnight {Very} Special.

Coffeetime, July 22, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Oliver Nelson / Screamin’ the Blues / The Drive / New Jazz / 5.27.60 
Tommy Turrentine / Tommy Turrentine / Webb City / Time / 1.19.60 
The Carnival Three / Creole Lullaby (Peephole Blues) / Disc Records / 2.22.45 
Bubbling Over Five / Get Up Off That Jazzophone / Okeh / Richmond VA 10.13.29 / vocal = Bob Brown 
Cleo Brown / Breakin’ in a Pair of Shoes / Decca / LA 11.20.35 
Marvin Phillips [Marvin & Johnny] / My Baby Won’t Let Me In / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 2.12.53
Helen Carr / … Why Do I Love You / Then You’ve Never Been Blue / Bethlehem / 1955 

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

set 2
Milt Jackson & John Coltrane / Bags & Trane / The Night We Called It a Day / Atlantic / 1.15.59 
Coleman Hawkins / Today and Now / Love Song from “Apache” / Impulse! / 9.9.62 
Kenny Drew / New Faces, New Sounds / Everything Happens to Me / Blue Note / 4.16.53 
Fred Rich & his Hotel Astor Orchestra / Clap Yo’ Hands / Columbia / 11.5.26 / vocal = The Crooners 
Billie Holiday / Now They Call It Swing / Vocalion / 1.12.38
Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland / Could You Use Me? / from the soundtrack to the MGM movie Girl Crazy / Decca / Hollywood 1943 / with George Stoll & his Orchestra
Linda Hopkins / I Can’t / Federal / 1956

set 3
Bill English / Bill English / Heavy Soul / Vanguard / 1963
Ike Quebec / Heavy Soul / Heavy Soul / Blue Note / 11.26.61 
The Be Bop Boys / Webb City parts 1 & 2 / Savoy / 9.6.46
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Man, That’s Groovy / live broadcast & video / Café Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC 3.28.41 / vocal = Helen O’Connell
The Four Buddies / Don’t Leave Me Now / Savoy / 1.13.51 
Cy Coleman / If My Friends Could See Me Now / Why Try to Change Me Now / Columbia / 1966

set 4
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / Cool and Crazy / Coop de Graas / RCA Victor / LA 3.26.53 / so many cool West Coast players 
Bill Holman – Mel Lewis Quintet / Jive for Five / Liza / Andex / Hollywood 6.6.58 / Lee Katzman t, Holman ts, Jimmy Rowles p, Wilfred Middlebrook b, Lewis d
King Cole Trio / Laura / Capitol / Hollywood 7.18.52 / NKC p, John Collins g, Charlie Harris b, Bunny Shawker d
King Cole Trio / Laura / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44
Tom Jones / Live in Las Vegas / Bright Lights and You Girl / Parrot / Las Vegas 1969
Charioteers / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Brunswick / 8.4.39

last soulful song
The Natural Four / Heaven Right Here on Earth / Baby Come On / Curtom / 1975





Friday, July 15, 2022

A Playlist is a Wish Your Heart Makes: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 116

What does it take to find a good Jr. Walker video these days?!

Coffeetime, July 15, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey Big Band / Tippin’ / Bethlehem / 12.57 
Lou Donaldson / Lou Donaldson Quartet/Quintet/Sextet / Moe’s Bluff / Blue Note / 8.21.54 
Lester Young / It’s Only a Paper Moon / Aladdin / LA 1.46
Peggy English / High, High, High Up in the Hills (Watching the Clouds Roll By) / Brunswick / 12.28.26 
Paul Hamilton & his Orchestra / She Reminds Me Of You / Vocalion / 3.14.34 / vocal = George Beuchler https://bit.ly/3IrYGkb
Floyd Dixon / I Paid the Price / Aladdin [unissued] / Hollywood 12.15.50 / vocal = Mari Jones; with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers 
Dinah Washington / Dinah! / A Cottage for Sale / EmArcy / 1.12.55 / with Hal Mooney Orchestra 

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

set 2
Joe Gordon / Lookin’ Good / Heleen / Contemporary / LA 7.11, 12 & 18.61 
Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson / The Great Kai & J.J. / Theme from Picnic / Impulse! / 11.4.60 
Sonny Stitt / Sunset / Prestige / 12.11.49 
The Bechet-Spanier Big Four / Sweet Lorraine / HRS / 3.28.40
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Cabin in the Sky / AFRS Jubilee Show #32 / Hollywood late spring 1943 / vocal = Earle Warren as; Master of Ceremonies = Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Stuff Smith Trio / Stop-Look / Asch / 9.8.44 
Bing Crosby, William Bendix, & Sir Cedric Hardwicke / Busy Doing Nothing / from Paramount movie A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Hollywood fall 1947 
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Look Around / Batucada / A&M / Hollywood 1967

set 3
Oliver Nelson / Sound Pieces / Flute Salad / Impulse! / 9.7.66 
Herbie Mann / Right Now / Desafinado / Atlantic / 4.19.62 
Al Grey / Snap Your Fingers / On Green Dolphin Street / Argo / Chicago 2.19.62 
Dolly Dawn / Smarty Pants / Vocalion / 9.27.39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Dawn
The Ink Spots / Just for a Thrill / Decca / 1.12.39 
Jubalaires / A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes / Capitol / Hollywood 1950 
Frankie Laine / Torchin’ / I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) / Columbia / 1958

set 4
Art Pepper / Modern Art / Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered / Intro Records / Hollywood 12.28.56 
Howard Rumsey / Lighthouse All-Stars, Volume 4 – Oboe/Flute / Hermosa Summer / Contemporary / Hermosa Beach, Calif 2.25, 26.54
King Cole Trio / I Know That You Know / AFRS Jubilee Show #36 / Hollywood 7.43
King Cole Trio / This Will Make You Laugh / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.23.44
Mel Tormé / Right Now! / My Little Red Book / Columbia / LA 1966 / with Howard Roberts g 
The Swan Silvertones / Jesus is a Friend of Mine / Vee-Jay / 1959

last soulful song
Jr. Walker & the All Stars / What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) / Soul / Detroit 1968

Friday, July 08, 2022

Old World, New Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 115

Zelma isn’t bad; she’s colorful!

Coffeetime, July 8, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / Old World, New Imports / Blue Note / 3.7.63 
Elvin Jones / Elvin! / Buzz-at / Riverside / 12.27.61 
Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France / I Saw Stars / Oriole / Paris 12.34 
Smith Ballew Orchestra / To Whom It May Concern / Columbia / 1.6.31 
Mel Walker / Feelin’ Mighty Lonesome / Mercury / LA 10.17.53 
Shirley Horn / Loads of Love / Do It Again / Mercury / 9.13, 15.62 

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

set 2
Benny Golson / Benny Golson and the Philadelphians / Thursday’s Theme / United Artists / 11.17.58 
Jimmy Smith / Organ Grinder Swing / I’ll Close My Eyes / Verve / 6.14 & 15.65 
[James] Von Streeter & Orchestra / I’ll Never Smile Again / Savoy / 7.27.49
Mary Lou Williams / Jazz Piano Greats / Yesterdays / Folkways [recorded by Mose Asch] / 2.44
Zelma O’Neal / I Want to Be Bad / Brunswick / 1.18.29 / with Al Goodman Orchestra 
Joe Lutcher’s Jump Band / How Fine Can You Be / Capitol / Hollywood 10.22.47
Les Brown & his Orchestra / My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time / Columbia / 3.2.45 / vocal = Doris Day
Billy Ward & his Dominoes / You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down / Federal / 6.27.53

set 3
Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines / Stride Right / Fantastic, That’s You / Verve / 1.14.66 
Cal Tjader / Tjader Plays Mambo / For Heaven’s Sake / Fantasy / San Francisco 9.54 
Red Garland / Red Garland’s Piano / Please Send Me Someone to Love / Prestige / 3.22.57 
Jack McVea & his Orchestra / Tatoe Pie / Exclusive / 12.47
Jack Teagarden & his Orchestra / I Got a Right to Sing the Blues / Brunswick / 1939
The Four Vagabonds / Cabin in the Sky / Standard Transcription / LA 1943 
Jackie Paris / That Paris Mood [Skylark] / Detour Ahead / Coral [Brunswick] / 1954 

set 4
Barney Kessel / Barney Kessel, vol. 1, Easy Like / Tenderly / Contemporary / LA 11.14.53 
Vince Guaraldi / In Person / On Green Dolphin Street / Fantasy / live, The Trident Jazz Club, Sausalito, CA 12.4.62 / Guaraldi p, Eddie Duran g, Fred Marshall b, Colin Bailey d, Benny Valarde güiro [gueero] 
King Cole Trio / You Must Be Blind / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
André Claveau / Sous une Ombrelle á Chantilly / Polydor / Paris 1950
The Southern Sons / Rest for the Weary / Bluebird / 10.29.41 / lead = William Langford

last soulful song
Honey & the Bees / Love Addict / Arctic / 1969

Friday, July 01, 2022

Beau Playlist in Hotchkiss Corners: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 114

She’s got the best spot in the house. And she knows it.

Coffeetime, July 1, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Off to the Races / Off to the Races / Blue Note / 12.2.58 
Kenny Burrell – Jimmy Raney / 2 Guitars / Pivot / Prestige / 3.5.57 
Joe Marsala Sextet / Cherokee / Black & White / 1.12.45 
The Captivators [The Five Pennies] / Get Happy / Brunswick / 10.22.29 / vocal = Scrappy Lambert 
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Mean Papa Blues / Aladdin / LA 12.15.50 / vocal = Mari Jones / Floyd Dixon p, Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Benjamin “Bull Moose” Jackson / Bad Man Jackson, That’s Me / Queen / c. 12.19.45 
Sarah Vaughan / Tenderly / live, Sweden 1958 / with Ronnell Bright p, Richard Davis b, & Art Morgan d

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

set 2
Charlie Rouse / Yeah! / When Sunny Gets Blue / Epic / 12.20, 21.60 
Rex Stewart / Rendezvous with Rex / Blue Echo / Felsted / 1.31.58 
Pee Wee Crayton / Pappy’s Blues / Recorded in Hollywood / Hollywood 1953 / with the Red Callender Sextette
Ethel Waters / Three Little Words / Columbia / 11.18.30 / with Ben Selvin on violin 
Phil Harris & his Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors / Theme: Rose Room; My Extraordinary Gal / radio broadcast / Hollywood 1933 
Big Maybelle / Gabbin’ Blues (Don’t Run My Business) / Okeh / 10.8.52 / with co-composer Rose Marie McCoy
Rick Nelson / Rick Is 21 / Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans / Imperial / Hollywood 1961

set 3
Grant Green / Street of Dreams / Lazy Afternoon / Blue Note / 11.16.64 
Charlie Rouse & Paul Quinichette / The Chase Is On / Tender Trap / Bethlehem / 8.29.57 
Stan Getz & Al Haig / Earless Engineering / Prestige / 1.6.50 / Getz ts, Al Haig p, Tommy Potter b, Roy Haynes d
Bob Chester & his Orchestra / Beau Night in Hotchkiss Corners / 1.6.41 / vocal = Betty Bradley 
The Ravens / Together / National / 1947
Sammy Davis Jr. / I Don’t Care Who Knows / Capitol / Hollywood 1.13.49 / with Dave Cavanaugh’s Music; Sammy’s first studio recording 

set 4
Bill Evans / How My Heart Sings! / Summertime / Riverside / 5.17.62 / Evans p, Chuck Israels b, Paul Motian d 
Vince Guaraldi / In Person / On Green Dolphin Street / Fantasy / live, The Trident Jazz Club, Sausalito, CA 12.4.62 / Guaraldi p, Eddie Duran g, Fred Marshall b, Colin Bailey d, Benny Valarde güiro [gueero] 
King Cole Trio / You Must Be Blind / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Frank Sinatra / Sinatra’s Sinatra / Pocketful of Miracles / Reprise / Hollywood 11.22.61
Golden Gate Quartet / He Said He Could Calm the Ocean / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC 10.6.39

last soulful song
Black Heat / Black Heat / Time Is Gonna Catch You / Atlantic / 1972