In a Playlist by the Sea: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 156

Gene’s got his eye on that piano top!

Coffeetime, May 26, 2023, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Off to the Races / Lover Come Back to Me / Blue Note / 12.2.58 
Chet Baker / Chet Baker & Crew / Jumpin’ Off a Clef / Pacific Jazz [unissued] / LA 7.24.56 
Clifford Brown / Study in Brown / Gherkin for Perkin / EmArcy / 2.23-25.55 
Irene Beasley / Choo Choo Train / Victor / 5.3.28 
Horace Heidt & his Brigadiers / In a Mission by the Sea / Brunswick / 10.28.37 / vocal = Larry Cotton 
Calvin Boze & his All Stars / If You Ever Had the Blues / Aladdin / LA 8.15.49
Anita O’Day / Trav’lin’ Light / Some Other Spring / Verve / Hollywood 1.18.61 / with Barney Kessel Sextet

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

set 2
Tommy Flanagan / Solo Piano / A Sleepin’ Bee / Storyville / Zurich 1974 
Chet Baker / Baker’s Holiday / Ole Devil Called Love / 5.65 
Phil Woods / New Jazz Quintet / Mad About the Boy / New Jazz / 10.12.54 
Leroy Smith & his Orchestra / I’m a Broken Hearted Blackbird / Victor/ 4.2.28
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra / Are You Having Fun? / HMV / London 1940 / vocal = Dolly Elsie (Jack’s sister)
Hal Derwin (dubbing for Gene Nelson / Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart / soundtrack, Warner Brothers movie Lullaby of Broadway / Hollywood 1951 / with Page Cavanaugh Trio; with tapping by Gene Nelson and dialogue between S.Z. Sakall & Doris Day 
Yves Montand / La Bicyclette / La Bicyclette / Philips / Paris 1968 / Bob Castella p

set 3
Ike Quebec / Heavy Soul / Que’s Dilemma / Blue Note / 11.26.61 
Prestige All Stars / After Hours / Blue Jelly / Prestige / 6.21.57 
Al Haig / Yardbird Suite / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 1954 
Bob Crosby / This Is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening / AFRS Jubilee #68 / Hollywood 3.6.44 / with the AFRS Trio aka Les Paul Trio; master of ceremonies = Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman 
The Ebonaires / I’ll Never Do It Again / Modern [unissued] / LA 12.47 
Jackie Paris / Can’t Get Started with You (Jackie… That Is!) / That Ole Devil Called Love / Mercury / 1956

set 4
Bill Perkins / Just Friends / Diane-A-Flow / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 11.12.56 / Bill Perkins ts, Art Pepper as, Jimmy Rowles p, Ben Tucker b, Mel Lewis d  
Gil Mellé / Quintet/Sextet / Under Capricorn / Blue Note / 1.31.53 / Mellé ts, Eddie Bert tb [called X. Kentonite on the label], Tal Farlow g, Clyde Lombardi b, Joe Morello d  
Hadda Brooks / This Will Make You Laugh / Modern [unissued] / LA 12.47 / with Teddy Bunn g  
King Cole Trio / Candy / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 8.15.56 / from the After Midnight session with Harry “Sweets” Edison
Peggy Lee / Then Was Then, Now Is Now! / Ev’rybody Has the Right to Be Wrong / Capitol / Hollywood 9.21.65 / with Sid Feller & his Orchestra 
Golden Gate Quartet / High, Low, and Wide / Columbia / 4.8.47 

last soulful song
The Lovelites / I’m Not Like the Others / Lock [unissued] / Chicago 1969

I Guess I’ll Get the Playlist (And Go Home): Coffeetime Homebrew ep 155

Bobby pays sweet tribute to John Collins.

Coffeetime, May 19, 2023, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Horace Silver / Horace-Scope / Nica’s Dream / Blue Note / 7.8.60 
Bud Shank / Barefoot Adventure / Barefoot Adventure / Pacific Jazz / LA 11.61 
Oscar Pettiford / Oscar Pettiford / Sextette / Bethlehem / 1.54 
Duke Ellington / Swampy River / Okeh / 10.1.28
The Goofus Five & their Orchestra / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love / Okeh / 6.28.28 

Dallas Bartley / You’re the Greatest / Savoy / 1945 
Andy Kirk & his Twelve Clouds of Joy / Little Joe from Chicago / AFRS Jubilee Show #68 / Hollywood 3.6.44 / Master of Ceremonies = Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman 
Chris Connor / Sings Lullabys for Lovers / He’s Coming Home / Bethlehem / 8.21.54 

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

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Thompson Plays for Thomson / medley: Sophisticated Lady & These Foolish Things / Ducretet Thomson / Paris 2.22.56 
Johnny Hodges / Collates / Blue Fantasia / Clef / 1.15.51 
Oscar Peterson / Plays George Gershwin / A Foggy Day / Clef / LA 12.52 
Jimmy Dorsey, Saxophone Specialty / Beebe / Okeh / 5.13.29 
Three Peppers / Swingin’ at the Cotton Club / Variety / Hollywood 2.27.37 / later performing this in 1943 in "A Lady Takes A Chance" starring John Wayne and Jean Arthur  
Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra / I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire / radio transcription / early 1940s / vocal = Ozzie & Harriet Hilliard [Nelson]
Jane Russell / Love on the Rocks / MGM / Hollywood 1958

set 3
Carmell Jones / Business Meetin’ / Business Meetin’ / Pacific Jazz / LA 4.25.62 
Curtis Fuller / Images of Curtis Fuller / Be Back Ta-Reckla / Savoy / 6.7.60 
Kai Winding Sextet / Sleepy Bop / Roost / 4.49 / Kai Winding tb, Brew Moore ts, Gerry Mulligan bs, George Wallington p, Curley Russell b, Max Roach d
Les Brown & his Orchestra / I Guess I’ll Get the Papers (And Go Home) / Columbia / 8.12.46 / vocal = Jack Haskell
The Charioteers / Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet / AFRS Jubilee Show #77 / Hollywood 5.1.44 / Master of Ceremonies = Lena Horne 
Bobby Troup / Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer / One for My Baby / Bethlehem / LA 1.28.55 

set 4
Dave Pell / The Dave Pell Octet Plays Burke & Van Heusen / Suddenly It’s Spring / Kapp / Hollywood 5.21.56 / Don Fagerquist t, Ray Sims tb, Ronny Lang bs, Dave Pell ts, Claude Williamson p, Tony Rizzi g, Rolly Bundock b, Jack Sperling d
Lex Golden Jazz Octet / The Lex Golden Jazz Octet in Hi-Hi / Flip-Top / Superior / Hollywood 4.57 / Lex Golden t, Pete Carpenter tb, Abe Most as & cl, Gene Cipriano & Lester Pinter ts, Ray Sherman p, Ray Leatherwood b, Richie Cornell d
Les Paul Trio / Blue Skies / AFRS Jubilee Show #68 / Hollywood 3.6.44 
Peggy Lee / Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 5.28.46 / with Buddy Cole’s Four of a Kind: Dave Barbour g, Phil Stephens b, Edwin "Buddy" Cole org, Tommy Romersa d 
King Cole Trio / Loan Me Two Till Tuesday / Capitol Transcription [unissued] / NYC 12.4.45 / produced by Carl Kress & written by “Taps” Miller Robert Clary / Hooray for Love / Thou Swell / Epic / 1956
Gospel Vocalaires of Norfolk, VA / Jezebel [unissued] / Gotham / Norfolk 8.53

last soulful song
Gwen Guthrie / Ain't Nothin’ Goin’ On But the Rent / Polydor / 1986

Ring, Playlist, Ring: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 154

Yes, he’s still back there, Fran…

Coffeetime, May 12, 2023, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Walter Benton / Out of this World / Azil / Jazzland / 9.19 & 21.60 
Ray Draper / Tuba Sounds / Mimi’s Interlude / Prestige / 3.15.57 
Bert Lown & his Loungers / The Jazz Me Blues / Columbia / 4.5.29 
Ted Weems & his Orchestra / My Baby Just Cares for Me / Victor / 7.25.30 / vocal = Arthur Jarrett 
Leo Watson & his Orchestra / It’s the Tune That Counts / 8.22.39 
Rabon Tarrant / Listen Baby Blues / Apollo / LA 9.10.45 / with Jack McVea & his All Stars 
Fran Jeffries / Fran Can Really Hang You Up the Most / Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most / Warwick / 1961 / arranged & conducted by Ralph Burns

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

set 2
Lee Konitz / The Real Lee Konitz / You Go to My Head / Atlantic / live, The Midway Lounge, Pittsburgh 2.15.57 
Billy Bauer / Plectrist / Night Cruise / Norgran / 1.23.56
Eddie South / Daybreak / Standard Transcription / c. 1944 http://abar.net/south.htm
Oscar Calle Cubana Orchestre / Au pays des rumbas / Odeon / Paris c. 1939
Baby Hines / This Is the End / Decca / 3.1.39 / with Skeets Tolbert & his Gentlemen of Swing
The Pied Pipers / In the Middle of May / Capitol / Hollywood 1945 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Kiss of Fire / Decca / Denver 3.19.52 

set 3
Teddy Edwards / Good Gravy! / Could You Forget / Contemporary / LA 8.23–25.61 / cover portrait painting by George Bartell 
Bill Evans & Jim Hall / Intermodulation / Angel Face / Verve / 5.10.66 
Allen Eager with the Be Bop Boys / Donald Jay / Savoy / 7.15.47 
The Ink Spots / Ring, Telephone, Ring / Decca / 12.23.40 
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Coffee Time / Columbia / 1945 / Michael Douglas & Lucyann Polk
Billy Eckstine / Billy Eckstine’s Imagination / I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance / EmArcy / 1958 / with Pete Rugolo & his All Stars

set 4
Chet Baker / Pretty/Groovy / But Not for Me / World Pacific / Hollywood 2.15.54 
Dave Brubeck / Lullaby in Rhythm / Fantasy / San Francisco 1950 
King Cole Trio / Just You, Just Me / Capitol Transcription [unissued take] / Hollywood 3.20.46
King Cole Trio / Chant of the Blues (Dog-gone Unlucky Blues) / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 3.20.46
Bing Crosby / Bing with a Beat / Some Sunny Day / RCA Victor / Hollywood 2.19–20.57 / with with Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz Band; arranged by Matty Matlock; solos by Dave Harris ts & Matlock cl 
Swanee Quintet / Well Done / Nashboro / Nashville 1953

last soulful song
Candi Staton / Too Hurt to Cry / Fame / Muscle Shoals 1970

The Better to Love You, My Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 153

Ilene’s mice friends are just off screen!

Coffeetime, May 5, 2023, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Paul Gonsalves / Cleopatra Feelin’ Jazzy / Action in Alexandria / Impulse! / 5.21.63 
Lee Morgan / Introducing Lee Morgan / Bet / Savoy / 11.5.56 
Ambrose & his Orchestra / Do Something / Decca / London 6.2.29 
Harry Reser & his Orchestra / I Wonder How I Look When I’m Asleep / Columbia / 2.16.27 / vocal = Tom Stacks 
Adrian’s Ramblers / The Better to Love You, My Dear / Brunswick / 5.3.34 / vocal = Chick Bullock 
Betty Hall Jones / Poor Spending Daddy / Combo / Hollywood 1951 
Ilene Woods / It’s Late / I’m Old Fashioned / Jubilee / 1957 / arranged & conducted by Bill Clifton p

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

set 2
Oscar Moore / Presenting Oscar Moore with Leroy Vinnegar / Tangerine / Omegatape [reel to reel] / Hollywood 12.12 & 14.56 / Moore g, Vinnegar b
Phineas Newborn Jr. / A World of Piano! / Lush Life / Contemporary / Hollywood 10.16.61 
Sonny Criss / Jazz – USA / More Than You Know / Imperial / Hollywood early 1956 
Charlie Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten / Hot Tempered Blues / Victor / 1.24.28 
Henry “Red” Allen / Don’t Get Around Much Anymore / AFRS Jubilee #22 / LA 3.43  
Cee Pee Johnson / Your Wig Is Gone / Black & White / 1945 
Etta Jones / Hollar! / Reverse the Charges / Prestige / 3.30.61 

set 3
Jack Wilson / Easterly Winds / Easterly Winds / Blue Note / 9.22.67 
Harold Land / Jazz Impressions of Folk Music / Kisses Sweeter Than Wine / Imperial / Hollywood 7.63 
Charlie Parker All Stars / Cheers / Dial / Hollywood 2.26.47 
Bunny Berigan & his Orchestra / I Can’t Get Started / Victor / 8.7.37 / vocal = Berigan 
The Four Vagabonds / Old Man Romance / Standard Transcription / 1943 
Johnny Pace / Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace / Crazy She Calls Me / Riverside / 12.23.58 

set 4
Curtis Counce / The Curtis Counce Group / Mia / Contemporary / LA 10.8.56 
Mel Lewis / Mel Lewis Sextet / Jazz Goes to Siwash / Mode / Hollywood 6.5 & 6.57 
King Cole Trio / It Could Happen to You / Capitol / Hollywood 7.14.55 / Cole p, John Collins g, Charlie Harris b, Lee Young d
King Cole Trio / No Moon at All / Capitol / Hollywood 11.3.47 / Cole p & vo, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b
Noël Coward / At Las Vegas / A Room with a View / Columbia / live, Wilber Clark’s Desert Inn, Las Vegas 6.7.55 / with Carlton Hayes & his Orchestra
Southern Sons / I’m Free at Last / Victor / 8.28.42

last soulful song
Percy Sledge / Warm & Tender Soul / Oh How Happy / Atlantic / 1966