Friday, March 31, 2023

When Playlists Fly: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 149

Screenshot from the 1948 movie "Boarding House Blues" of Annisteen Allen performing on stage in a white gown the song "Let It Roll" with Lucky Millinder smiling at her with his orchestra playing behind them.
He’s Lucky because he gets to perform with Annisteen!

Coffeetime, March 31, 2023, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Dexter Gordon / The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon / Field Day / Jazzland / LA 10.13.60 
Junior Cook / Junior’s Cookin’ / Myzar / Jazzland / 12.4.61 
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang / Black and Blue Bottom / Columbia / 9.29.26 
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / She’s Funny That Way / Victor / 1.17.29 / vocal = Van Fleming 
Ernestine Anderson / K.C. Lover / Black & White / LA 1948 / with Shifty Henry’s Orchestra 
Lucy Ann Polk / Lucky Lucy Ann / Sittin’ and A’Rockin’ / Mode / Hollywood 7.12.57 

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

set 2
Junior Mance / Happy Time / Azure-Te / Jazzland / 6.20.62 / composer = Wild Bill Davis  
Gil Evans / Out of the Cool / When Flamingos Fly / Impulse! / 11.60 
Victor Feldman / On Vibes / Sweet and Lovely / Mode / LA 9.57 
Henry “Red” Allen & his Orchestra / I Never Slept a Wink Last Night / Melotone / 5.1.34 
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra / If It’s Good / Victor / 6.9.39 
Bing Crosby / Manhattan / CBS radio broadcast, The Bing Crosby Show / Hollywood 3.8.56 / with Buddy Cole Trio 
Annisteen Allen / Pardon Me / Decca / 6.7.57 

set 3
Big John Patton / Got a Good Thing Goin’ On / Soul Woman / Blue Note / 4.29.66 
Stanley Turrentine / Hustlin’ / Trouble (No.2) / Blue Note / 1.24.64 
Allen Eager / Rampage / Savoy / 3.22.46 
Charioteers / Why Should I Complain / Columbia / 7.20.39
Doris Day / My Darling, My Darling / NBC radio broadcast, The Bob Hope Show / Hollywood 12.7.48 
Beny Moré / Paré… Que Llego el Bárbaro [Stop… The Barbarian Has Arrived] / Que Me Hace Daño [What Hurts Me] / Discuba / Cuba 1958

set 4
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker / Reunion with Chet Baker / I Got Rhythm / World Pacific / 12.57 
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Move / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59 
King Cole Trio / But She’s My Buddy’s “Chick” / Capitol / Hollywood / Hollywood 12.4.45
Margaret Whiting / Songs From Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific / A Cock-Eyed Optimist / Capitol / Hollywood 4.7.49 / with the Jeff Alexander Singers & Frank DeVol & his Orchestra 
Sam Cooke / At the Copa / The Best Things in Life Are Free / RCA Victor / live, Copa Copacabana 7.7 & 8.64 
Dixie Hummingbirds / The Little Wooden Church / TV broadcast, WLS, Jubilee Showcase / live, Chicago 1964 / MC = Sid Ordower 

last soulful song
The Natural Four / The Natural Four / You Can’t Keep Running Away / Curtom / Chicago 1974