Friday, November 11, 2022

Playlist Why Pick on Me: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 132

screenshot of Josephine Pearson Edwards performing with The Four Toppers (Steve Gibson & the 5 Red Caps) in the 1940 movie, Mystery in Swing
Josephine agrees: Steve Gibson & the 5 Red Caps are toppers.

Coffeetime, November 11, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Tommy Flanagan / The Cats / Minor Mishap / New Jazz / 4.18.57 
Clark Terry / Clark Terry / The Countess / EmArcy / 1.3-4.55 
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra / Falling Leaves / Bluebird / 9.3.40  
Don Redman & his Orchestra / Trouble Why Pick on Me / Brunswick / 9.24.31 / vocal = Louis Deppe 
Lil Hardin Armstrong / Born to Swing / Decca / 4.15.37 
Helen Carr / … Why Do I Love You / My Kind of Trouble Is You / Bethlehem / 11.11.55 / Cappy Lewis t, Howard Roberts g, Red Mitchell b

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

set 2
Yusef Lateef / The Centaur and the Phoenix / Ev’ry Day (I Fall in Love) / Riverside / 10.4, 6.60 
Curtis Amy & Frank Butler / Groovin’ Blue / Beautiful You / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 12.10.60 
Morris Lane / Ghost Town / Robin / 11.51
Aileen Stanley / Who Walks in When I Walk Out? / Brunswick / London 2.12.34
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Where or When? / Columbia / 12.24.41 / vocal = Peggy Lee
Matt Dennis / Matt Dennis Plays & Sings Matt Dennis / When You Love a Fella / Trend / live, Tally-Ho Club, Hollywood 1953 / with Virginia (Ginny) Maxey
The Du Droppers / Can’t Do Sixty No More / Robin / 1952 / with Ben Smith’s Quintet

set 3
Curtis Fuller / Blues-ette / Twelve-Inch / Savoy / 5.21.59 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues-ette
Stan Getz / And the Cool Sounds / Serenade in Blue / Verve / Hollywood 8.19.55 
Teddy Wilson / I Got Rhythm / Stars Fell on Alabama / Verve / Chicago 3.5.56 
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra / It’s the Talk of the Town / Decca / 1.15.42 / vocal = Kenny Sargent & ensemble 
The 5 Red Caps / I’m Crazy ’Bout You / Beacon / LA 3.44 
The Modernaires with Paula Kelly / Autumn Serenade / Columbia / 8.22.45
Johnny Hartman / And I Thought About You / And I Thought About You / Roost / early 1959

set 4
[Mel Lewis] / [Gettin’ Together] / There Will Never Be Another You / Vee Jay / LA 1.22-23.57 / Jack Montrose ts, Bill Perkins, ts, Paul Moer p, Paul Chambers b, Philly Joe Jones d
Jim Hall / Jazz Guitar / Look for the Silver Lining / Pacific Jazz / LA 1.57 / Hall g, Carl Perkins p, Red Mitchell b
King Cole Trio / I’m a Shy Guy / Capitol / Hollywood 4.13.45
Sammy Davis Jr. / As Long as She Needs Me / Step Out of That Dream / Reprise / LA late 1962 
The Pilgrim Travelers / The Life You Save May Be Your Own (The Safety Song) / Specialty [unissued take 3] / Hollywood 1.13.55

bed for thank yous
Tommy Flanagan / Moodsville 9 / You Go to My Head / Prestige / 5.18.60 

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