Friday, March 10, 2023

Playlist on My Mind: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 146

Screenshot from the Paramount short film "The Little Broadcast" showing The Mills Brothers performing "The Old Man in the Mountain." Screenshot is a close up of two of the brothers, John Jr. on guitar and Harry doing the human harmonica.
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