Friday, March 03, 2023

Like a Playlist from the Blue: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 145

Screenshot of Jorge Ben playing his guitar and singing along with his Trio Moctoto on the Italian TV show Speciale Per Voi on June 2, 1970 (in black & white).
Handsome Jorge Ben… again!

Coffeetime, March 3, 2023, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Bunky Green / My Babe / Counter Punch / Vee-Jay / Chicago 10.28.60 
Bill Hardman / Bill Hardman Quintet / Assunta / Savoy / 10.18.61 
Sonny Criss / Go Man! / After You’ve Gone / Imperial / LA 7.56 
Glenn Miller’s Uptown Gang / Beatin’ the Hallelujah Drum / Personal recordings, perhaps broadcast / Paris 1.25.45 
Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Like a Bolt from the Blue / Brunswick / 12.11.34 / vocal = Chuck Richards
Sonny Thompson / Blue Piano / King / 1951 / vocal = Royal Trent
Jeri Southern / Southern Hospitality / You’re Nearer / Decca / LA 11.26.57 / with Dave Barbour Trio?

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

set 2
Wynton Kelly / Kelly at Midnite / Weird Lullaby / Vee-Jay / 4.27.60 
Benny Golson / Free / My Romance / Argo / 12.26.62 / cover painting by Alex Bozickovic aka Alex Boz  
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans / More Than You Know / Clef / LA 12.7.53 / Peterson p, Barney Kessel g, Ray Brown b
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Rocky Road / Victor / 11.3.30 / vocal = Don Redman 
Ella Fitzgerald & the Delta Rhythm Boys / It’s Only a Paper Moon / Decca / 3.27.45 
Johnny Mercer / They Didn’t Believe Me / Capitol / Hollywood 1942 / with the Mellowaires: Bobbie Canvin, Patty Morgan, Sally Sweetland, Tony Paris, & Lee Gotch {just played this a couple of weeks ago!}
Jorge Ben / Samba Esquema Novo [“New Samba Scheme”] / Balança Pema / Phillips / Brazil 1963

set 3
Charlie Rouse / One for Five / Blue Note [unissued] / 1.22.65 
Horace Parlan / Headin’ South / The Song Is Ended / Blue Note / 12.6.60 
Stan Getz / Opus de Bop / Opus de Bop / Savoy / 7.31.46
Una Mae Carlisle / Beautiful Eyes / Victor / 3.10.41 / with Lester Young Orchestra 
The Striders / Hesitating Fool / Apollo / 11.14.49 
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Winter Moon / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.13.56 

set 4
Herb Ellis / Ellis in Wonderland / Ellis in Wonderland / Norgran / Hollywood 1.56 
Jack Sheldon & his Exciting All-Star Big Band / Jack’s Groove / Brown Cow / GNP / LA 12.58 / Conte Candoli & Sheldon t, Vince De Rosa fr horn, Lennie Niehaus as, Billy Root bs, Stu Williamson v tb, Red Callender tuba, Pete Jolly p, Buddy Clark b, Mel Lewis d, Tiny Kahn arr
Sophie Tucker / He Hadn’t Up ’Til Yesterday / Columbia / London 8.28.28 / with Ted Shapiro & his Orchestra
King Cole Trio / Trompin’ / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 5.39 / Wesley Prince b
Dinah Washington / The Swingin’ Miss D / They Didn’t Believe Me / EmArcy / LA 12.5.56 / with Quincy Jones & his Orchestra
Selah Jubilee Singers / It’s Cool Down Yonder, By Chilly Jordan / Decca / 12.15.44

last soulful song
Willie Tee / First Taste of Hurt / Gatur / New Orleans 1972