Hello, Mister Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 137

Coffeetime, December 23, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / Winter Wonderland / Prestige / 11.27.58 
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 1965 [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
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra / Winter Wonderland / Victor / 10.23.34 / vocal =Joey Nash 
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra / The Fairy on the Christmas Tree / HMV / London 11.29.36 / vocal = The 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 136

Merry Xmas, Kiddie Records Weekly!

Coffeetime, December 16, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Pepper Adams / Pepper Adams Quintet / Baubles, Bangles, and Beads / Mode / Hollywood 7.10.57 
Les Jazz Modes / Les Jazz Modes / So Far / Dawn / 6.12.56 
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
Jimmy Witherspoon / How I Hate to See Christmas Come Around / Swing Time / LA 1951
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
Bill Evans & Jim Hall / Intermodulation / Turn Out the Stars / Verve / 4.7.66 
John Graas / Sweet Saxophones [aka My Buddy] / Decca / LA 1.23.57 / Jack Montrose ts, Bill Perkins, ts, Paul Moer p, Paul Chambers b, Philly Joe Jones d
Eddy Duchin & his Orchestra / When Winter Comes / Brunswick / 5.16.39 / vocal = Johnny MacAfee
Bing Crosby / That Christmas Feeling; I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time [Decca] / Hollywood 11.25.50 / duets with Gary and Lindsay Crosby; with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires [Jeff Alexander Chorus] 
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 (“I don’t weigh very much.”) 
Janet Orenstein / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / There’s Always Tomorrow / Decca / 1964 / with the Videocraft Chorus
Billie Mae Richards & Paul Soles / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / We’re a Couple of Misfits / Decca / 1964

set 3
Big John Patton / The Way I Feel / Jerry / Blue Note / 6.19.64 
Illinois Jacquet / Jazz by Jacquet / Heads / Clef / 1954 
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  
Dean Martin / Christmas Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 10.5.53
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Christmas Road / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s
Louis Jordan / Santa Claus, Santa Claus / Pzazz / 1968 / written, arranged, with Teddy Edwards

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
Louis Jordan / Santa Claus, Santa Claus / Pzazz / 1968 / written, arranged, with Teddy Edwards
Alphabetical Four / Go Where I Send Thee / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
Patti Hamilton & the Lovelites / My Baby Loves Me / Lovelite / Chicago 1971

Long Skirt Playlist Blues: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 135

WMBR members finally returning to the basement of Walker Memorial.

Coffeetime, December 9, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Max Roach / Max Roach + Four / Ezz-Thetic / EmArcy / 9.19.56 
Tommy Potter / Tommy Potter’s Hard Funk / The Imp / East-West / Stockholm 9.10.56 
Mickey Alpert [aka Ben Selvin] & his Orchestra / Rain on the Roof / Columbia / 2.4.32 / vocal = Paul Small 
Floyd Dixon / Empty Stocking Blues / Aladdin / LA 9.50 / with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
Barbara Lea / A Woman in Love / Love Is Here to Stay / Riverside / 3.15.55 

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

set 2
Coleman Hawkins / Wrapped Tight / Beautiful Girl / Impulse! / 3.1.65 
Horace Parlan / Us Three / I Want to Be Loved / Blue Note / 4.20.60 
Ernie Royal / Accent on Trumpet / Stardust / Urania / 11.26.55 
Andy Iona & his Orchestra / When Hilo Hattie Does the Hilo Hop / Princess Aloha Soundie / Hollywood 1941
T-Bone Walker / Long Skirt Baby Blues / Black & White / LA 11.6.47
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
Richard “Groove” Holmes & Gene Ammons / Groovin’ With Jug / Morris the Minor / Pacific Jazz / live at the LA club The Black Orchid, afternoon 8.15.61 
Jack Montrose / Blues and Vanilla / Don’t Get Around Much Anymore / RCA Victor / 1956 
Ray Noble & his Orchestra / I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now / Columbia / 3.47 / vocal = Snooky Lanson & the Sportsmen 
The Ink Spots / I Wish You the Best of Everything / Decca / 5.19.38 
Matt Dennis / Welcome Matt / By the Fireside / Jubilee / 1958 / with band arranged & conducted by Sy Oliver

set 4
Chet Baker / Chet Baker Sextet (10”)/ Dot’s Groovy / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.9.54 / Baker t, Bob Brookmeyer tb, Bud Shank bs, Russ Freeman p, Carson Smith b, Shelly Mann d, arranged by Jack Montrose
Bob Brookmeyer / The Street Swingers / Arrowhead / Pacific Jazz / 12.57 
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” 
The Charioteers / The General Jumped at Dawn / radio broadcast, Kraft Music Hall #339 / Hollywood 6.29.44 
King Cole Trio / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Capitol / Hollywood 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 Vel-Vetts / You Really Never Know Till It’s Over / Doré / LA 1966

It’s a Most Unusual Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 134

Let it be gorgeous Vivian Reed with Mr. Butler.

Coffeetime, December 3, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jack Wilson / Easterly Winds / On Children / Blue Note / 9.22.67 
Philly Joe Jones / Philly Joe’s Best / That’s Earl, Brother / Atlantic 5.20.60 
Stan Levey / This Time the Drum’s on Me / Tune Up / Bethlehem / LA 9.27 & 28.55
Ben Bernie & his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra / I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling / Brunswick / 3.29 / vocal = Scrappy Lambert; a Fats Waller tune 
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Juke Box Lil / Exclusive / LA 1947 / Charles Brown p & voc, Johnny Moore g, Eddie Williams b
Beverly Kelly / Sings with the Pat Moran Trio / I’m Glad There Is You / Audio Fidelity / Chicago 12.57 

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

set 2
Jimmy Smith / A Date with Jimmy Smith, Volume Two / I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You / Blue Note / 2.12.57 
Lee Konitz & Jimmy Giuffre / Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre / Moonlight in Vermont / Verve / 5.12,13.59 
Joe Newman / I Feel Like a Newman / Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You / Storyville / 4.56 
Oscar Alemán y su Quinteto de Swing / Stardust / Odeon / Buenos Aires 8.30.44 f
Noël Coward / The Party’s Over / HMV / London c. 9.19.32
Cleo Brown / Slow Poke / Decca / LA 4.4.36 
Mindy Carson / I Want a Television Christmas / RCA Victor / 1950 / with Charles Hale & his Orchestra, side B with bells & celeste! 
Robert Clary / Seventh Heaven (Original Cast Album) / Happy Little Crook / Decca / 1955  

set 3
Jackie McLean / Destination… Out! / Riff Raff / Blue Note / 9.20.63 
Blue Mitchell / Boss Horn / Tones for Joan’s Bones / Blue Note / 11.17.66 
George Wallington / Leonard Feather Presents Bop / Crazeology [Little Benny] / Mode / 8.57 
Sonny Kendis & his Orchestra / My Blue Heaven / Columbia / 4.21.41 / vocal = Jimmy Saunders
The James Quintet / I’m Just a Fool / Derby / early 11.49 
Jackie Paris / Skylark / I’m Through with Love / Brunswick / 1954

set 4
Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca / Zenobia / Pacific Jazz (unissued) / LA 12.11.56 
Shorty Rogers / Shorty Rogers & his Giants / Diablo’s Dance / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1.15.53 
Ray Noble & his Orchestra / It’s a Most Unusual Day / Columbia / 12.47 / vocal = Anita Gordon & the Noblemen
King Cole Trio / Bring Another Drink / Capitol / Hollywood 11.28.44
Vivian Reed / Vivian Reed / I’ve Gotta Be Me / Epic / 1968 
The Four Blue Jackets / Rock-A My Soul / Mercury / Chicago 1946 

last soulful song
The Emotions / Untouched / Nothing Seems Impossible / Volt / Muscle Shoals 1971