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Coffeetime, January 27, 2023, Angelynn Grant
set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / live at the Café Bohemia, Volume 2 / Hank’s Symphony / Blue Note / live, Café Bohemia 11.23.55
Mal Waldron / Mal-2 / Blue Calypso [CD bonus track] / Prestige / 4.19.57
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra / Denison Swing / Victor / 4.5.39
Arthur Schutt & his Orchestra / My Fate Is in Your Hands / Okeh / 11.18.29 / vocal = Irving Kaufman s
Jim Davidson & his ABC Dance Orchestra / (I’ve Got) Beginner's Luck / Regal Zonophone / Sydney, Australia 6.7.37 / vocal = Dick Cranbourne / composed by the Gershwins for the RKO movie Shall We Dance
Ray Johnson / Smilin’ Blues / Mercury / New Orleans 1954
Doris Drew / Delightful Doris Drew / Something to Remember You By / Mode / Hollywood 1957 / with an Eva Diana portrait painting of Doris Drew on cover
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 2
Blue Mitchell / Bring It Home to Me / Portrait of Jennie / Blue Note / 1.6.66 / cover portrait watercolor by George Wright who also did Stanley Turrentine’s Rough ’n‘ Tumble
Jimmy Rowles / Piano Playhouse / That Old Devil Called Love / Mode / Hollywood 9.13 & 14.57
Jimmy Cleveland / Trombone Scene / It Could Happen to You / Vik / 11.56
Don Redman & his Orchestra / If It’s True / Brunswick / 6.28.32 / vocal = Harlan Lattimore
Bon Bon & his Buddies / Rickety Rocking Chair / Decca / 1.12.42 / vocal = George “Bon Bon” Tunnell
Betty Garrett & Jimmy Durante / The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyow! Nyow!) / MGM / Hollywood 1949
Ben E. King / Spanish Harlem / Frenesi / Atco / 1961
set 3
Evans Bradshaw / Pieces of Eighty-Eight / It Ain’t Necessarily So / Riverside / 1.27.59
Fred Jackson / Hootin’ ’n‘ Tootin’ / Southern Exposure / Blue Note / 2.5.62
Charlie Parker / Bird’s Nest / Dial / Hollywood 2.19.47
Mills Brothers / Stardust / Decca / West Hempstead, England 2.18.39
Bob Chester & his Orchestra / My Ship / Victor / 2.4.41 / vocal = Betty Bradley
Johnny Pace / Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace / This Is Always / Riverside / 12.30.58
set 4
Paul Desmond / Glad to Be Unhappy / Glad to Be Unhappy / RCA Victor / 9.8.64
King Cole Trio / It Is Better to Be By Yourself / Capitol [unissued] / 8.2.45
Mickey Rooney / Girl Crazy / Treat Me Rough / Decca / Hollywood 1944 / with George Stoll & his Orchestra; selections from the MGM movie Girl Crazy
Judy Canova / Love Is So Terrific / NBC radio Broadcast, The Judy Canova Show / Hollywood 12.6.47 / with The Sportsmen (Bill Days, Max Smith, Marty Sperzel, & Gurney Bell) and Charles Dant & his Orchestra
Sammy Davis Jr. / Starring Sammy Davis Jr. / Glad to Be Unhappy / Decca / Hollywood 1954
The Southern Sons / One Day When the Lord Will Call Me / Victor / 8.28.42
last soulful song
Arnold Blair / Trying to Get Next to You / Gemigo / 1975
