The Mills Brothers show how to do the human orchestra, including human harmonica! |
Coffeetime, March 10, 2023, Angelynn Grant
set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Caravan / Thermo / Riverside / 10.23 & 24.62
Jackie McLean / Capuchin Swing / On the Lion / Blue Note / 4.17.60
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Let Me See / Okeh / 3.19.40
Oscar Aleman y su Quinteto De Swing / Sweet Georgia Brown / Odeon / Buenos Aires 11.21.41
Annette Hanshaw / Don’t Blame Me / Banner / 9.1.33
Amos Milburn / Empty Arm Blues / Aladdin / LA 12.8.47
Chris Connor / Sings Lullabys of Birdland / All About Ronnie / Bethlehem / 1954
bed
Bucky Pizzarelli / Flashes - Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 / Arbors Jazz / 2004
set 2
Wayne Shorter / Second Genesis / The Albatross / Vee-Jay / Chicago 10.11.60
McCoy Tyner / Reaching Fourth / Goodbye / Impulse! / 11.14.62
Gerry Mulligan / Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet / Everything Happens to Me / EmArcy / 10.31.55
Ambrose & his Orchestra / I Won’t Dance / Decca / London 8.2.35 / vocal = Jack Cooper
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / I Come from a Musical Family / Decca / 4.28.36
Frank Sinatra / Swing Easy! / Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) / Capitol / Hollywood 4.7.54
Ruth Brown / I Don’t Know / Atlantic / 3.7.59
set 3
Wayne Shorter / Adam’s Apple / 502 Blues / Blue Note / 2.24.66
Jimmy Smith / Six Views of the Blues / The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues / Blue Note / 7.16.58
Milt Jackson & Ray Charles / Soul Meeting / Love on My Mind / Atlantic / 4.10.58
Tadd Dameron / Tadd Walk / live at the Royal Roost / late summer 1948
The Mills Brothers / The Old Man of the Mountain / Paramount short film “The Little Broadcast” / 1933
Maxine Sullivan / The Same Old Story / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41 / with John Kirby & his Orchestra
Jimmy Witherspoon / Evenin’ Blues / Evenin’ / Prestige / LA 8.15.64
set 4
Herbie Mann / Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd / A Wonderful Day Like Today / Atlantic / 3.5.65 / Mann fl, John Hitchcock & Mark Weinstein tb, Dave Pike vb, Roger Kellaway p, Gene Bertoncini g, Earl May b, Bruno Carr d, Carlos “Potato” Valdes congas
Buddy Rich / Blues Caravan / Late Date / Verve / 8.61 / Rolf Ericson t, Sam Most fl, Mike Mainieri vibes, Johnny Morris p, Wyatt Ruther b, Rich d
King Cole Trio / Button, Button / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 10.38 / Wesley Prince b; vocal = trio
Paul Weston & his Orchestra / (Love’s Got Me) In a Lazy Mood / Capitol / Hollywood 1947 / vocal = Matt Dennis; tenor solo = Eddie Miller; composed by Johnny Mercer & Eddie Miller (Eddie Miller’s theme)
Anthony Newley / The Roar of the Greasepaint / A Wonderful Day Like Today / RCA / 1965
The Pilgrim Travelers / I’ve Got a New Home / Specialty / Hollywood 1953
last soulful song
Barbara Lewis / Baby, I’m Yours / If You Love Her / Atlantic / 1965