Hello, Mister Playlist

In my imagination, that’s me in the lower left.

Coffeetime, December 20, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / Winter Wonderland / Prestige / 11.27.58 
Dick Robertson & his Orchestra / Don’t Wait ’Til the Night Before Christmas / Decca / 9.19.39 
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Hello, Mister Kringle / Columbia / LA 9.7.39 / vocal = Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Sully Mason, & Ish Kabibble
Frank Sinatra / Christmas Dreaming / Columbia / Hollywood 6.26, 27.47 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra / “no sign of snow around”
The Nic Nacs [The Robins] / Gonna Have a Merry Christmas / RPM / LA 11.2.50 / with Little Esther 
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, & Vera Ellen [dubbed by Trudy Stevens] / Snow / soundtrack, Paramount movie White Christmas / Hollywood 1953 
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas / Sleigh Ride / Verve / LA 7.15 & 16.60 / studio orchestra arranged & conducted by Frank DeVol ​
Nancy Wilson / That’s What I Want for Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 11.18.63 / with celeste!

bed
Dexter Gordon / The Panther! / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 7.7.70 

set 2
Charles Schultz /A Charlie Brown Christmas original soundtrack / dialogue snippet / Buena Vista / LA 1977 / with Peter Robbins [Charlie Brown] & Christopher Shea [Linus]; “besides, I think it needs me”
Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas / O Tannenbaum; Skating; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing; The Christmas Song; Christmas Time is Here (vocal) / Fantasy / LA 1965 / with the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Rafael 
Dean Martin / It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / NBC TV broadcast, The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show / Hollywood 12.5.52
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee / Here Comes Santa Claus / radio broadcast, The Bing Crosby Show For Chesterfield / Hollywood 12.3.49 / with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires {Conlon, Mack McLean, Charles Parlato, Loulie “Lily” Jean Norman, Gloria Wood} and John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra
Anne Lloyd & the Sandpipers / Christmas Songs and Carols / When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter / Golden Records / 1958 / with = Mitch Miller; cover by Lowell Hess 

Doris Day / The Doris Day Christmas Album / The Christmas Waltz / Columbia / LA 1964

bed
Don Patterson / Holiday Soul / Merry Christmas, Baby / Prestige / 11.25.64 

set 3
Cranston East A Cappella Choir / Speak to One Another / Fum, Fum, Fum / Vogt / Cranston, RI fall 1972
Kenny Burrell / Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas / Merry Christmas Baby / Cadet / Chicago 10.66 / Burrell g, Charles Stepney p; Cleveland Eaton b, Morris Jennings d
Steve Allen Trio / A Chiaroscuro Christmas / Jingle Bells / Chiaroscuro / Pittson PA, WVIA 1973 / Allen p, Paul Rostock b, Ira Saylor d
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra / Winter Wonderland / Victor / 10.23.34 / vocal = Joey Nash 
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra / The Fairy on the Christmas Tree / HMV / London 11.29.36 / vocal = The Three Sisters 
Mel Blanc and the Sportsmen / Jingle Bells / radio transcription AFRS Mail Call Christmas Special / Hollywood 40s
Kay Starr / December / radio transcription / Hollywood fall 1949 / with Billy Butterfield Quintet and background vocals by The Three Beaus & a Peep: Darlene Zito, Phil Scott, Lester Brush, & Jimmy Leyden
Jo Stafford / Happy Holiday / Happy Holiday; Winter Weather / Columbia / 1955 / a sort of concept album, with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Julie London / I’d Like You for Christmas / Liberty / LA 1957
Sammy Davis Jr. / It’s Christmas Time All Over The World / Reprise / LA mid-1965

bed
Gene Ammons / Night Lights / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 2.2.70 

set 4
Tommy Flanagan / An Uptown Christmas / The Christmas Waltz / Uptown / 8.12.87
Judy Garland / from the soundtrack to the film “Meet Me in St. Louis” / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / MGM / Hollywood 12.4.43
King Cole Trio / The Christmas Song / Capitol / Hollywood 6.14.46 / written by Robert Wells & Mel Tormé 
Johnny Mercer / Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town; Jingle Bells (Capitol Promos) / Capitol / Hollywood 9.17.47; 1946 / with the Pied Pipers
James Brown & his Famous Flames / James Brown Christmas Album / Merry Christmas, I Love You / King / 1966
Dinah Washington / Make Me a Present of You / EmArcy / LA 11.11.55 / with Ernie Wilkins Orchestra
Golden Gate Quartet / Go Where I Send Thee / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soulful (Christmas) song
Otis Redding / Soul Christmas / Merry Christmas, Baby / Atco / Memphis 2.67

The Best Playlists Happen While You’re Dancing

Merry Xmas, Kiddie Records Weekly!

Coffeetime, December 13, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1

Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley Quartet (5066) / Avila and Tequila / Blue Note / 3.27.55  

Rouse-Watkins Jazz Modes / Jazzville / Legend / Dawn / 6.56 / Rouse ts, Watkins fh, Gildo Mahones p, Paul West b, Art Taylor d

Bernie Cummins & his Orchestra / I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You [written by Truman Virgil “Pinky” Tomlin] / Vocalion / 12.12.37 / vocal = Walter Cummins
Frankie Laine / Christmas Favorites / You’re All I Want For Christmas / Mercury / 1950
Felix Gross & his Orchestra / Love for Christmas / Savoy / LA 10.25.49 / Joe Howard ts, Mitchell “Tiny” Webb g, Minor Robinson d
Sparky / I Don’t Want a Lot for Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 1952 / with music by Billy May 
Connee Boswell / Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / Decca / Hollywood 1946 / with Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
Jo Stafford / Ski Trails / By the Fireside / Columbia / 1955 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra and The Starlighters 

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

set 2
Bill Evans & Jim Hall / Intermodulation / Turn Out the Stars / Verve / 4.7.66 
Jimmy Hamilton / Can’t Help Swinging / Dancing on the Ceiling / Prestige Swingville / 4.4.61
Eddy Duchin & his Orchestra / When Winter Comes / Brunswick / 5.16.39 / vocal = Johnny MacAfee
Bing Crosby / I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time [Decca] / Hollywood 11.25.50 / duet with Lindsay Crosby; with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires [Jeff Alexander Chorus  
Bob Keeshan & Lumpy Brannum / Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas from Captain Kangaroo / Crackerjack Christmas / Golden Records / 1958 / with Jimmy Carroll & Orchestra and Mr. Green Jeans aka Lumpy Brannum
Danny Kaye / The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing / soundtrack to White Christmas / Hollywood 1953 / with the Starlighters & Rosemary Clooney, dialogue with Vera-Ellen & Rosemary Clooney (“I don’t weigh very much.”) 
Billie Mae Richards & Paul Soles / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / We’re a Couple of Misfits / Decca / 1964

set 3
Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / Azure-té / Prestige Moodsville 13 / 8.23.60 
Jimmy Forrest / Out of the Forrest / That’s All / Prestige / 4.18.61 
Sammy Kaye / Santa Claus Is on His Way / Victor / 1941 / vocal = The Three Kaydets
Mills Brothers / On This Christmas Eve / Decca / 9.8.49 
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee / Little Jack Frost Get Lost / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time / Hollywood 1.11.50 / with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires  
The Dinning Sisters & Bob Atcher / Christmas Island / Capitol / Hollywood 1950
Dean Martin / Christmas Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 10.5.53
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Christmas Road / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Bill Harris / The Harris Touch / Yesterdays / EmArcy / 5.2.57 / Harris g, unknown bongos
Herb Geller / Sleigh Ride / EmArcy / 1954 
Oscar Moore / The Christmas Song / Horizon / Burbank 4.65 / Moore g, Gerald Wiggins p, Joe Comfort b 

King Cole Trio / Jingle Bells / Standard transcription / Hollywood 10.38 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
The Starlighters / I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / Capitol / Hollywood 1948
June Hutton / Song of the Sleigh Bells / Capitol / Hollywood 11.26.52 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra and The Boys Next Door
Dean Martin / Silver Bells / NBC TV broadcast, The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show / Hollywood 12.9.52
Alphabetical Four / Go Where I Send Thee / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
Donny Hathaway / This Christmas / Atco / Chicago 1970

(Don’t Wait ’Til) The Playlist Before Christmas

Coffeetime, December 6, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Tommy Potter / Tommy Potter’s Hard Funk / Reets and I / East-West / Stockholm 9.10.56 
Johnny Coles / The Warm Sound / If I Should Lose You / Epic / 4.61 / Coles tp, Kenny Drew p, Peck Morrison b, Charles Persip d
Bunny Berigan & his Orchestra / Trees / Victor / 12.23.37 
Dick Robertson & his Orchestra / Meet Me Under the Mistletoe / Decca / 10.18.41
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / Winter Weather / Bluebird / 12.26.41 
Floyd Dixon / Empty Stocking Blues / Aladdin / LA 9.19.50 / with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
Jo Stafford / Ski Trails / Moonlight in Vermont / Columbia / 4.10.56 / with Paul Weston & his Music 

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

set 2
Gerry Mulligan / Night Lights / Night Lights / Philips / fall 1962 
Kenny Drew / Pal Joey / My Funny Valentine / Riverside / 10.15.57 
Ike Quebec / Blue & Sentimental / Count Every Star / Blue Note / 12.23.61 
Hank D’Amico / Holiday with Hank / Tomorrow / Bethlehem / 1955 / D’Amico cl, Billy Triglia p, Milt Hinton b, Charlie Smith d; cover photography & design by Burt Goldblatt
Sammy Kaye (Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye) / (Don’t Wait ’Til) The Night Before Christmas / Victor / 11.11.38 / vocal = The Three Barons
Yogi Yorgesson / I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 10.18.49 / with the Johnny Duffy Trio 
Paul Frees, Royal Dano, Joan Gardner, and Laura Olsher / Plunderer’s March (We’re Despicable) / soundtrack to Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol / 1961 / music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill

set 3
Bill Smith / Folk Jazz / Greensleeves / Contemporary / LA 1959 
Teddy Wilson / I Got Rhythm / Blues for Daryl / Verve / Chicago 3.5.56 
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / The Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Cookbook / But Beautiful / Prestige / 6.20.58 
Chick Webb & his Orchestra / I Want to Be Happy / Decca / 11.2.37 / vocal = Ella Fitzgerald 
Delta Rhythm Boys / Jingle Bells / radio broadcast, Christmas Jubilee, AFRS Christmas Jubilee Show / Hollywood 1945
Matt Dennis / Welcome Matt / By the Fireside / Jubilee / 1958 / with band arranged & conducted by Sy Oliver

set 4
Ellis Larkins / Blue and Sentimental / Blue and Sentimental / Decca / 1956 / Larkins p, Skeeter Best g, Joe Benjamin b, Jim Crawford d
Frank Wess / You’ll Do / Savoy / 7.18.56 
Eddie Cantor / The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just to Keep the Things That I’ve Got) / Columbia / 11.26.39 / with Jerry Joyce and his Orchestra and The Robert Mitchell “Boychoir”
King Cole Trio / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Capitol / Hollywood 8.22.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Nancy Wilson / Easy / Make Me a Present of You / Capitol / Hollywood 1968
Golden Gate Quartet / Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John / NBC Thesaurus radio program / 1941

last soulful song
Lou Rawls / Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho! / Christmas Is / Capitol / Hollywood 7.17.67

I Wish I Knew the Name (Of the Playlist in My Dreams)

Would you believe the lovely Nan is casting her gaze Lou Costello’s way?

Coffeetime, November 29, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ritual / Sam’'s Tune / Pacific Jazz / 1.14.57 
Buddy Collette / Now and Then / Andre / Legend Record Co. / Hollywood 1973 / Collette as, Al Aarons t, Grover Mitchell tb, Al Viola g, Red Callender b, Frank Chavez d
Art Shackelford Sextette / Play Fiddle Play / Modern / Hollywood 12.47
The Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra / Persian Rug / Okeh / 2.14.28
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra / Wake Up, Chillun! Wake Up / Vocalion / Chicago 4.27.29 / vocal = ensemble
Jimmy Witherspoon / Daddy Pinocchio / Modern / Hollywood 1952 / with Al “Cake” Wichard Sextette 
Ann Richards & Stan Kenton / Two Much! / I Was the Last One to Know / Capitol / Hollywood 1961

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

set 2
Hampton Hawes / The Green Leaves of Summer / Ill Wind / Contemporary / LA 2.17.64 
Lester Young & Harry Edison / Pres & Sweets / It’s the Talk of the Town / Norgran [unissued] / Hollywood 11.1.55 
Oscar Peterson / Prelude to a Kiss / Clef / LA early 12.52 / Peterson p, Barney Kessel g, Ray Brown b
Randolph McCurtain’s College Ramblers / Low Down Brown / Okeh / Dallas 9.25
Paul Gayten & his Orchestra / Goodnight, Irene / Regal / 10.50 / vocal = The Coleman Brothers 
Herbie Fields & his Orchestra / I Wish I Knew the Name (Of the Girl in My Dreams) / Victor / 11.5.47 / vocal = Fields
Emery Deutsch & his Orchestra / Joseph! Joseph! / Brunswick / 3.15.38 / vocal = Nan Wynn [Marsha Vatz] 
Lula Reed & Her Little Teeners / Your Love Keeps A-Workin’ on Me / Federal / 1962 / with Sonny Thompson & his Orchestra

set 3
Fred Jackson / Hootin’ ’n‘ Tootin’ / Easin’ on Down / Blue Note / 2.5.62 
Booker Ervin / Tex Book Tenor / Lynn’s Tune / Blue Note / 6.24.68 
Al “Cake” Wichard Sextette / Cake Jumps / Modern / Hollywood 12.47 
Frank Sinatra / Autumn in New York / Columbia / 1948 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra
The Ebonaires / The Old Folks at Home / Modern / Hollywood 12.47
Bobby Short / On the East Side / Moanin’ in the Mornin’ / Atlantic / 1960

set 4
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / Music for Lighthousekeeping / Jubilation / Contemporary / LA 10.56
Oscar Pettiford / Basically Duke / Swing Until the Girls Come Home / Bethlehem / 12.17.54 
Betty Roché / Trouble Trouble / V-Disc 595A / 1945 / with Dave Matthews & his V-Disc Night Owls 
King Cole Trio / By the River St. Marie / Standard transcription / Hollywood 10.38 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Jack Cassidy & Mardi Bayne / Babes in Arms, Cast Recording / I Wish I Were in Love Again / Columbia Masterworks / 1951
The Coleman Brothers / Low Down the Chariot / Decca / 3.21.44 

last soulful song
Dee Edwards / (I Can) Deal with That / De-To / Detroit 1977

It’s a Big Wide Wonderful Playlist

Ka-knock in peace, Roy.

Coffeetime, November 22, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Roy Haynes / Cracklin’ / Under Paris Skies / New Jazz / 4.10.63
Kenny Dorham / 2 Horns, 2 Rhythm / Lotus Blossom / Riverside / 11.13.57
Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra / Autumn Nocturne / radio transcription / LA early 1940s
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Nobody But You / Okeh / 5.21.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / It’s Been a Long, Long Time / King / 6.28.51 / duet = Annisteen Allen & Melvin Moore
Billie Holiday / Songs for Distingué Lovers / One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Verve / LA 1.8.57

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

set 2
Lou Donaldson / Blues Walk / Autumn Nocturne / Blue Note / 7.28.58
Oscar Pettiford / Oscar Pettiford – Volume 2 / Scorpio / Bethlehem / 8.12.55
Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra / Rainbow Mist / Apollo / 2.22.44
Eddie Lang & Frank Signorelli / Rainbow Dreams / Parlophone / 3.29.28
William Sisters (Dorothy & Hannah) / Sam, The Accordion Man / Victor / 12.18.26 / with Wayne Allen p
Sunshine Boys / Gonna Get Tight / Okeh / Dallas 3.13.41 / vocal = Slim Herbert
[Leo] “Snub” Mosley & Orchestra / Blues at High Noon / Rondo / 2.11.42 / vocal = Gordon Magey
Peggy Lee / It’s a Big Wide Wonderful World / Capitol / Hollywood 2.7.63 / with Jack Sheldon t 

set 3
Dizzy Reece / Star Bright / The Rake / Blue Note / 11.19.59
Kenny Burrell / Introducing Kenny Burrell / Delilah / Blue Note / 5.30.56
The Ink Spots / Your Feet’s Too Big / Victor / 1.4.35
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / Let’s Get Away from It All / Okeh / 3.19.41 / vocal = Anita O’Day
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story, vol 1 / Isn’t It a Lovely Day / Clef / Hollywood 12.52 

set 4
Quincy Jones / The Birth of a Band / Tickle Toe / Mercury / 5.59
Pete Terrace / The Pete Terrace Quintet / Oh Lady Be Good / Fantasy / San Francisco 1966
Fats Waller / Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now / Victor / 6.11.37
Etta Jones / Blow Top Blues / Black & White / 12.29.44 / with Barney Bigard & his Orchestra
Mabel Mercer / Mabel Mercer Sings / Hello, My Lover, Goodbye / Decca / 1964
Sam Cooke / Night Beat / Shake Rattle and Roll / RCA Victor  / Hollywood 2.23.63
Soul Stirrers / Be with Me Jesus / Specialty / Chicago 2.16.55

last soulful song
Jimmy James & the Vagabonds / The New Religion / I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying / Atco / 1967

Baby Washington / I Can’t Wait to See My Baby’s Face / Sue / 1963 

I Hope Gabriel Likes My Playlist

Hanging with the Delta Rhythm Boys at the Café Pom Pom!

Coffeetime, November 15, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1 
Walter Davis, Jr / Davis Cup / ’S Make It / Blue Note / 8.2.59
Dexter Gordon / Doin’ Allright / For Regulars Only / Blue Note / 5.6.61
Gene Krupa’s Band / I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music / Victor / Chicago 2.29.36 
Andy Aiona’s Novelty Four / Keko / Columbia / Hollywood 1.14.29
Jack Jackson / Make Those People Sway / HMV / London 9.18.33 / vocal trio including Jackson
Betty Hall Jones / This Joint’s Too Hip for Me / Capitol / Hollywood 2.11.49 
Paula Castle / Lost Love / Lost Love / Bethlehem / 1955

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

set 2
Kenny Drew / Talkin’ & Walkin’ / I’m Old Fashioned / jazz:west / Hollywood 12.55
Flip Phillips / But Beautiful / Mercury / LA 12.5.49
Oscar Moore / The Oscar Moore Quartet / Body and Soul / Skylark / Hollywood 1954
Alix Combelle & his Swing Band / Fast, Slow, Medium Tempo.  / Swing / Paris 2.20.40
Bon Bon & his Buddies / Seeing You Did Me No Good / Decca / 1.12.42
Mildred Bailey / Funiculi-Funicula / Mildred Bailey Show radio transcription / 1.12.45 / with Paul Baron Orchestra
Luke Jones & his Orchestra / Me Love / Atlas / Hollywood early 1947 / vocal = Joe Alexander
Dick Van Dyke / Songs I Like / They All Laughed / Command / Hollywood 1963

set 3
Teddy Edwards / Nothin’ But the Truth! / On the Street Where You Live / Prestige / 12.13.66
Kenny Burrell – Jimmy Raney / 2 Guitars / Out of Nowhere / Prestige / 3.5.57
Wardell Gray / Blue Gray / Prestige / Detroit 4.25.50
The Ravens / Time Takes Care of Everything / Columbia / 10.19.50 
Tony Pastor & his Orchestra / The Secretary Song (Bibidi Bot Bot) / Columbia / 12.22.47 / with the Clooney Sisters (Rosemary & Betty)
Cy Coleman / Cy Coleman Sings Cy Coleman / Why Try to Change Me Now / Columbia / 1974

set 4
Quincy Jones / The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones / They Say It’s Wonderful / EmArcy / 11.4.59
Bobby Jaspar / Up in Quincy’s Room / Vogue / Paris 11.3.52
Delta Rhythm Boys / What Would It Take / Decca / Hollywood 5.22.46 / with Les Paul Trio
Nancy Wilson / Naturally / Alright, Okay, You Win / Capitol / Hollywood 1966
Original Soul Revivers / Lord, I’ve Done You Wrong / Mryl / 1961

last soulful song
Little Milton / I’m Mighty Grateful / Checker / Chicago 3.4.66

The Emotions / Rejoice / Best of My Love / Columbia / 1977

Fundraising: Put Some Money in the Playlist

If Milton says we’re gonna make it, then I guess we are!

Coffeetime, November 8, 2024, Angelynn Grant – Fundraising Show

set 1
John Coltrane, Julian Cannonball Adderley / Cannonball & Coltrane / Grand Central / EmArcy / Chicago 2.3.59
Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / No Room for Squares [alternate take] / Blue Note / 10.2.63
Art Blakey’s Messengers / Blakey / Mayreh / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Whispering Jack Smith / It All Depends on You / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 6.17.27
Dinah Washington / Rich Man’s Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45

set 2
Lee Morgan / Expoobident / Lost & Found / Vee Jay / Chicago 10.14.60
James Moody’s Modernists / Moody’s All Frantic / Blue Note / 10.19.48
Bing Crosby / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? / Brunswick / 10.25.32 / with Lennie Hayten & his Orchestra
Boswell Sisters / If I Had a Million Dollars [alternate take B] / Brunswick / LA 10.4.34 / with Jimmy Grier & his Orchestra
Ken Nordine / Colors / Green / Philips / Chicago 1966 / with musical director Dick Campbell

set 3
Mills Brothers / Swing for Sale / Decca / 2.3.37
The Charioteers / Swing for Sale / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43
Lil Green / Why Don’t You Do Right? / Bluebird / Chicago 4.23.41
Etta Jones / The Richest Guy in the Graveyard / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J. C. Heard & his Orchestra
Louis Jordan / Put Some Money in the Pot, ’Cause the Juice is Running Low / Aladdin / 4.54

set 4
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / Tenderly / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56
Gene Ammons / Once in a While / Chess/Aristocrat / Chicago 2.28.49
King Cole Trio / Money Is Honey / Capitol / Hollywood 11.3.47

set 5
The Toppers / If Money Grew on Trees / Savoy / 1944
Johnny Mercer and The King Cole Trio / You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’ / Capitol / Hollywood 8.20.47
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (including Oscar Moore) / Money’s Getting Cheaper / Exclusive / Hollywood 11.47
Dean Martin / Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket / Capitol / Hollywood 12.23.53

set 6
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Shaw Nuff / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59
Bobby Blue Bland / Turn On Your Love Light / Duke / Chicago 1961
Bobby Darin / That’s All / That’s All / live / LA 1958
Swan Silvertones / End of My Journey / My Rock / Vee-Jay / 1957

last (thankful) soul song
Little Milton / We’re Gonna Make It / Checker / Checker 2.16.65

Ernestine “Annisteen” Allen & her Home Town Boys / Give It Up (’Cause You Can’t Take It With You) / Queen / 12.20.45 

New Worried Playlist Blues

And the Oscar goes to… best rebel song AND yellow beret.

Coffeetime, November 1, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Horace Silver / Finger Poppin’ with The Horace Silver Quintet / Cookin’ at the Continental / Blue Note / 1.31.59
JJR Monterose / JR Monterose / Bobbie Pin / Blue Note / 10.21.56
Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang & their All-Star Orchestra / Someday Sweetheart / Vocalion / 10.22.31
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra / Alone in the Rain / Victor / Chicago 12.6.29 / vocal = Joe Sanders (lead) & Carleton A. Coon 
Jack McVea / New Worried Life Blues / Rhythm / San Francisco 1945 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant 
Dinah Washington / Dinah! / Ill Wind / EmArcy / 11.12.55 

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

set 2
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones, Vol. 3 / Ill Wind / Blue Note / 2.2.57
Jerome Richardson / Roamin’ with Richardson / Warm Valley / New Jazz / 10.21.59
Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards / Somebody Loves Me / Perfect / 8.27.24
Ivory Joe Hunter / You’re Always Looking for More / Pacific / San Francisco 2.47
B.B. King / Mean Ole Frisco / Kent / 1959

set 3
McCoy Tyner / Inception / Inception / Impulse! / 1.10.62
Duke Jordan / Les Liasons Dangereuse / No Problem #3 / Charlie Parker Records / 1.12.62
Hadda Brooks / Brook’s Boogie / Okeh / 12.12.52
The Three Keys / Wah-Dee-Dah / Brunswick / 9.21.32
Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra / I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire / radio transcription / LA early 1940s / duet = Ozzie & Harriet Hilliard
Bobby Troup / The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup / The Boy Next Door / Bethlehem / 1955

set 4
Bob Enevoldsen / Smorgasbord / Swingin’ on a Star / Liberty / Hollywood 11.55 / Enevoldsen ts, Marty Paich p, Larry Bunker vb, Red Mitchell b, Don Heath d 
Bud Shank and Bob Cooper / Blowin’ Country / A Romantic Guy/ Pacific Jazz [unissued] / LA 2.18-19.58
Lester Young Trio / I’ve Found a New Baby / Clef / LA spring 1946
Bing Crosby / Whose Dream Are You? / Decca / Hollywood 7.12.45 / with Les Paul Trio
Jimmy Cliff / The Harder They Come, soundtrack / The Harder They Come / Island / Kingston, Jamaica 1972
Southern Sons / Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air / Bluebird / 7.21.41

last soulful song

Dusty Springfield / Dusty in Memphis / I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore / Atlantic / Memphis 1968 

I’m Gonna Wash That Playlist Right Outa My Hair

Rest in peace, Mitzi! Love the outfit, love outdoor showers.

Coffeetime, October 25, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Pepper Adams / 10 to 4 at the 5-Spot / The Long Two/Four / Riverside / live, Five Spot Café 4.15.58
Lee Morgan / Introducing Lee Morgan / Hank’s Shout / Savoy / 11.5.56
Annette Hanshaw / You’ll Always Be the Same Sweetheart / Banner / 9.12.32 / celeste!
T-Bone Walker / I Got a Break, Baby / Capitol / Hollywood 7.20.42
Betty Roché / Singin’ & Swingin’ / When I Fall in Love / Prestige / 6.3.60

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

set 2
Ben Webster / The Soul of Ben Webster / When I Fall in Love / Verve / c. 7.58
Nat Adderley / That’s Nat / I Married an Angel / Savoy / 7.26.55
Oscar Alemán y su Quinteto de Swing / Bailando En Una Estrella (Swingin’ on a Star) / Odeon / Buenos Aires 3.12.45 
Alphonso Trent & his Orchestra / Nightmare / Gennet / Richmond, Indiana 12.5.28
Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders / C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E / Victor / 6.27.28
Doc Pomus / Blues in the Red / Apollo / 10.15.45 / with Tab Smith’s Septette 
Mitzi Gaynor / South Pacific (Soundtrack to the 20th Century Fox movie) / I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1958 / with the Ken Darby Singers

set 3
Jerome Richardson / Midnight Oil / Caravan / New Jazz / 10.10.58
Jimmy Hamilton / Swing Low Sweet Clarinet / I Didn’t Know About You / Everest / 1960
The Striders / Five O’Clock Blues/ Apollo / 3.20.50
Dick Haymes / Louise / CBS radio show, The Carnation Contented Hour (AFRS Melody Hour #326) / Hollywood 7.23.50 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra 
Earl Coleman / Love Songs / I Won’t Tell a Soul (I Love You) / Atlantic / 1968

set 4
Bob Enevoldsen / Quintet / Loaded with Bass / Tampa / LA 1955 / Marty Paich accordion!
Howard Roberts / Good Pickin’s / All the Things You Are / Verve / LA 1959 
Jack Sheldon / The Trumpet of Jack Sheldon / Rosetta / Reprise / Hollywood 5.61 / Sheldon t, Marty Paich organ!, Joe Mondragon b, John Markham d
Jo Stafford / Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home / Capitol / Hollywood 3.28.46
Joe Mooney / Meet Me at No Special Place / Brunswick / 4.21.47
Little Milton [Campbell] / Believe in Me / Checker / Chicago 9.63
Alphabetical Four / I Don’t Care Where They Bury My Body / Decca / 4.19.40

last soulful song
Billy Butler / Love Grows Bitter / Brunswick / Chicago 1967

I’m Gonna Paper All My Walls with My Playlist

Any excuse to enjoy Dean and The Mills Brothers.

Coffeetime, October 18, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / [Ritual] / Exhibit A / Pacific Jazz [unissued] / 2.11.57
Chet Baker / In New York / Hotel 49 / Riverside / 9.58
Dorothy Carless / Heart and Soul / Columbia / Abbey Road, London 10.25.38 / piano = Billy Mayerl; song by Hoagy Carmichael & Frank Loesser
Cats & the Fiddle / If I Dream of You / Bluebird / 1.20.41 / first session with Tiny Grimes 
Sarah Vaughan / The Lonely Hours / Solitude / Roulette / 1963 / arranged by Benny Carter

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

set 2
Sonny Criss / Jazz USA / These Foolish Things / Imperial / LA spring 1956
Herbie Mann & Buddy Collette / Flute Fraternity / Nancy with the Laughing Face / Mode / Hollywood 6.57 / Jimmy Rowles on celeste!
Victor Feldman / Merry Olde Soul / Serenity / Riverside / 1.61
Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / Blue Harlem / Atlantic / 12.29.47 / George Kelly on celeste!
Cleo Brown / You’re a Heavenly Thing / Decca / 3.12.35
Elisabeth Welch / These Foolish Things & A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square / HMV / London 10.14.40
Roy Brown & his Mighty-Mighty Men / Good Man Blues / DeLuxe / 6.15.50

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Man at Work / Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’ / Cadet / live at The Village Vanguard 1966
Tadd Dameron / Mating Call / Gnid / Prestige / 11.30.56
Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / Jumpin’ at Gleason’s / Atlantic / 3.16.49 / overdubbed audience applause
(The Three) Boswell Sisters / My Future Just Passed / Okeh / 10.3.30
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / For You / V-Disc 33A [Victor] / 1.20.41 / vocal = Jo Stafford
Earl Coleman / Love Songs / Manhattan Serenade / Atlantic / 1968

set 4
Art Pepper / The Return of Art Pepper / Pepper Returns / Jazz: West / LA 1956
Victor Feldman / Suite Sixteen / Big Top / Contemporary / London 9.21.55
Mildred Bailey / I Don’t Want to Miss Mississippi / RCA Victor / 2.20.46 / with the Ellis Larkins Trio: Larkins p, Eugene Fields g, Beverly Peer b
Dean Martin / I’m Gonna Paper All My Walls with Your Love Letters / Capitol / Hollywood 4.10.50 / with Paul Weston & his Dixie Eight
Nat King Cole / Smile! / Day In, Day Out / Capitol / Hollywood 11.20.61 
The Trumpeteers / Packing Up / Score / WCAO Studios, Baltimore 9.12.47

last soulful song
The Hytones / Bigger and Better / A-Bet / 1967

Looking at the World Thru Rose Coloured Playlist

Mr. Jordan – don’t scold us, play for us!

Coffeetime, October 11, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Gigi Gryce / Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet / Zing Went the Strings of My Heart / Riverside / 2.27 & 3.7.57
Art Taylor / Taylor’s Wailers / Exhibit A / Prestige / 2.25.57
Esquire All-American 1946 Award Winners / The One That Got Away / RCA Victor / 1.10.46
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Reaching for Someone / Okeh / 5.22.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Pompton Turnpike / Decca / 9.30.40 / Jordan as, Courtney Williams t, Kenneth Hollon ts, Arnold Thomas p, Charlie Drayton b, Walter Martin d
Kitty White / A New Voice in Jazz / Skylark / EmArcy / Hollywood 4.21.55

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

set 2
Bobby Timmons / In Person / Goodbye / Riverside / live at the Village Vanguard 10.1.61
Jimmy Smith / Softly as a Summer Breeze / These Foolish Things / Blue Note / 2.26.58
Stéphane Grappelli / Dans la vie / Barclay / Paris 2.6.56
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / My Pet / Victor / 4.22.28 / vocal = Bing Crosby
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Put It Away / Vocalion / 12.14.39 / vocal = Willie Smith
Jimmy Ricks / Jimmy Ricks / Zing Went the Strings of My Heart / Signature / 1961
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / An Historic Musical First / Looking at the World Thru Rose Coloured Glasses / Reprise / Hollywood 10.2, 3.62

set 3
Hank Mobley / Roll Call / My Groove Your Move / Blue Note / 11.13.60
Art Pepper / Modern Art / Blues In / Aladdin / Hollywood 12.28.56
Tadd Dameron’s Band / Anthropology / live, Royal Roost 1948
Billy Bissett & his Orchestra / Never in a Million Years / HMV / Mayfair Hotel, London 6.14.37 / duet with Alice Mann
Melody Masters / Subway Cutie / Apollo / 1947
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Skylark / Pacific Jazz / Forum Theatre, LA 9.13.56

set 4
Paul Desmond / Desmond Blue / Autumn Leaves [alt take] / RCA Victor / 3.15.62
Lennie Niehaus / Volume 5 The Sextet / Knee Deep / Contemporary / LA 1.56
Mae West / Pardon Me for Loving and Running / CBS radio broadcast (possible) / 1947 / Josef Cherniavsky & his Orchestra
Peggy Lee / I Should Care / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra
Earl Gaines / The Meaning of a Sad Song / DeLuxe / 1969
The Spirit of Memphis Quartet / Swing Down Chariot / radio broadcast, Carnation Milk show on WDIA / Memphis 12.16.49

last soulful song
The Mad Lads / The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads / Monkey Time ’69 / Volt / Memphis 1969

Osculate Me, Playlist

Fred setting the pace.

Coffeetime, October 4, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sonny Clark / [Cool Struttin’] Royal Flush / Blue Note [unissued] / 1.5.58
Sonny Clark / My Conception / Some Clark Bars / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.29.59
Billy Cotton & his Band / What a Diff’rence a Day Made / Regal Zonophone / London 1.19.35 / vocal = Alan Breeze

Jack McVea & his All Stars  / Lonesome Blues / Black & White / LA 1946 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Mavis Rivers / Mavis / There’s No You / Reprise / LA 1961 / arranged & conducted by Marty Paich

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

set 2
Kenny Dorham / ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, Volume 1 / Autumn in New York / Blue Note / live, Café Bohemia 5.31.56
Lucky Thompson / A Sunkissed Rose / Swing / Paris 3.29.56 
Joe Venuti / Autumn Leaves / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular)
Lester Young Trio / I Cover the Waterfront (take 2: master) / Clef / Hollywood spring 1946 
Gloria Swanson / Gotta Feelin’ for You / soundtrack: MGM movie The Hollywood Revue of 1929 / Hollywood 1929 / with the MGM Studio Chorus
Etta Jones / Osculate Me, Daddy / Victor / 6.11.46 / with J.C. Heard & his Orchestra 
King Odom Four / Lover Come Back to Me / Derby / 1.50 
Matt Dennis / She Dances Over Head / Give Her a Kiss / RCA / 1955

set 3
Freddie Hubbard / Hub-Tones / Prophet Jennings / Blue Note / 10.10.62
Chet Baker / Chet / ’Tis Autumn / Riverside / 1.19.59 
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Hard Tack / Exclusive / Hollywood 1945 / Johnny & Oscar Moore [latter with solo] g, Charles Brown p, Eddie Williams b
Una Mae Carlisle / Beautiful Eyes / Victor / 3.10.41 / with Lester Young’s Orchestra 
The Ravens / Mahzel (Means Good Luck) / National / 4.47 / their debut on National 
Fred Astaire / A Foggy Day / Verve / Hollywood 12.52 / Oscar Peterson p, Barney Kessel g, Ray Brown b, Alvin Stoller d, with Flip Phillips ts

set 4
Wes Montgomery / The Wes Montgomery Trio / The End of a Love Affair / Riverside  10.6.59
Bill Holman / In a Jazz Orbit / You Go to My Head / Andex / LA 2.11-13.58
Kay Starr / What a Difference a Day Made / Standard Transcription / LA 5.45 / with Les Paul Trio and Joe Venuti
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / The Jumping Jack / RCA Victor / 5.12.50 / Billy Valentine p & vocal, Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b, Philly Joe Jones d (!) 
Anthony Newley / The Roar of the Greasepaint / A Wonderful Day Like Today / RCA / 1965
Highway QC’s / I’ll Trust His Words / Vee Jay / Chicago 1957

last soulful song
Hal Frazier / No Man Is an Island / She’s Good to Me [Paul Williams & Roger Nichols] / VMC / Hollywood 1969
Mary Wells / He’s a Lover / 20th Century Fox Records / 6.65

Zing-A-Zing-A-Zing-Playlist

Joe can help you win at Jeopardy.

Coffeetime, September 27, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Benny Golson / Gettin’ With It / Blue Streak / New Jazz / 12.23.59 
Clifford Brown & Max Roach / Study in Brown / If I Love Again / EmArcy / 2.23-25.55 
Ramsey Lewis Trio / Perform a Tribute to Clifford Brown / Jordu / Argo / Chicago 10.8.58 
Sonny Dunham & his Orchestra / Pavanne / NBC radio show One Night Stand / Café Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC 1944
Dick Robertson / She’s Funny That Way / Edison / 12.6.28
Lowell Fulson / Blue Shadows / Swing Time / 1950 
Ella Fitzgerald / I Don’t Want to Take a Chance / Decca / 1952 / with orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver

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

set 2
Ron Jefferson / Love Lifted Me / Flamingo / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.27.61 
Don Wilkerson / Elder Don / Poor Butterfly / Blue Note / 5.3.62 
Benny Goodman Sextet / The New Benny Goodman Sextet #2 / I’ll Never Be the Same / Columbia / 7.29.52 / Goodman cl, Terry Gibbs vb, Teddy Wilson p, Mundell Lowe g, Sid Weiss b, Terry Snyder d
The Delta Rhythm Boys / Keep Smilin’, Keep Laughin’, Be Happy / Decca / 5.19.42 
The Dixiaires / Joe Louis Is a Fightin’ Man / Sittin’ in With / 1949 
The Jubilaires / As Summer Turns to Fall / Capitol / Hollywood 1951
Dean Martin / Zing-A-Zing-A-Zing-Boom / Capitol / Hollywood 1950

set 3
King Curtis / The New Scene of King Curtis / Da Duh Dah / New Jazz / 4.21.60 
Roy Brooks / Beat / Soulin’ / Workshop Jazz / 1964
Sonny Stitt / Saxophone Supremacy / It’s You or No One / Verve / Hollywood 12.59 
Dodo Marmarosa Trio / Raindrops / Atomic / Hollywood 1946
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) / Decca / 1942 / vocal = Trevor Bacon
The Orioles / I Don’t Want to Take a Chance / Jubilee / 1952
Mel Tormé / I Dig the Duke, I Dig the Count / Oh, What a Night for Love / Verve / LA 1961

set 4
Bucky & Mary Pizzarelli / Playing the Piano Music of Bix Beiderbecke in Arrangements by Bill Challis / Stage Fright / Monmouth Evergreen / early spring 1974
Don Fagerquist / Eight by Eight (Music to Fill a Void) / Aren’t You Glad You’re You / Mode / Hollywood 9.14.57
Doris Day / Again / Columbia / 1949 / with The Mellomen
King Cole Trio / ’Tis Autumn / Capitol / Hollywood 3.29.49 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b
James Brown / Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things / Talk to Me, Talk to Me / King / 12.68
The Dixiaires / Joshua / Lenox / 1949 

last soulful song
Gene Chandler / Think Nothing About It / Constellation / Chicago 1964

Lost & Found: Think a Little Playlist

Did ya miss me?

Lost & Found, September 27, 2024, Angelynn Grant

intro: Little Sister / Somebody’s Watching You / Stone Flower / 1970

set 1
Dean & Jean / In My Way / Rust / 1964
Junior Lewis / Which Way / Sylvia [unissued] / 1962
The Stylettes / My Boy / Cameo / 1965
Jan Bradley / We Girls / Formal / 1962
Barbara Lewis / Think a Little Sugar / Chess / 1962 / background vocals = The Dells / because she sings, “don't want to hear no radio, don't want to hear no jazz…”

bed
Leith Stevens & Stu Phillips / Soundtrack to the Columbia Pictures movie The Interns / Pitcher of Martinis / Colpix / 1962

set 2
Barbara Mason / Girls Have Feelings, Too / Arctic / 1964
Aretha Franklin / Runnin’ Out of Fools / I Can't Wait to See My Baby’s Face / Columbia / 1964
The Georgettes / Would You Rather / Yodi / 1970
The Pretenders / Broken Heart / Carnival [unissued] / 1971

bed
David McCallum / Music: A Bit More of Me / Call Me / Capitol / 1967

set 3
Cookie Scott & Chevelles / Mislead / Orr / 1968
The Diplomats / I’ve Got the Kind of Love / Dynamo / 1970
Jessie James / Are You Gonna Leave Me / Shirley / 1966
Mel Britt / Love Invented Misery / Fip / 1969
J.T. Rhythm / My Sweet Baby / Palmer / 1967
The Whispers / You Can’t Fight What’s Right / Doré / 1967

bed
Santi Latora / Mo'plen Bacharach [La Douce] / The Look of Love / Durium / 1970

set 4
Jerry Butler / Make It Easy on Yourself / Vee Jay / 1962
J.J. Barnes / Got to Get Rid of You / Volt / 1969
Howard Tate / These Are the Things That Make Me Know You’re Gone / Lloyd Price’s Turntable / 1969
The Dynamics / What a Shame / What a Shame / Black Gold Records / 1973
Al Wilson / La La Peace Song / Medley: I Won’t Last a Day Without You; Let Me Be The One / Rocky Road Records / 1974

bed
Little Milton / Friend of Mine [instrumental] / Glades / 1973

set 5
Delegates of Soul / I’ll Come Running Back / Uplook / 1970
The Ambassadors / Ain’t Got the Love (Of One Girl on My Mind) / Arctic / 1969
The Salvadors / Stick By Me Baby / Wise World / 1967
Jo Armstead / There’s Not Too Many More Left Like Him / Giant / 1969
Belita Woods / That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You / Karen / 1969
Veda Brown / I Had a Fight with Love / RAV / 1977

bed
The Mustang / Dance to Swing Organ / Undergrad / Somerset / 1965

set 6
Johnnie Taylor / You’re the Best Girl in the World / Columbia / 1976
Sonny Turner / Now That You’re Gone / Musicor / 1972
Bobby Bland / It Ain’t the Real Thing / ABC / 1976
Ann Peebles / I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Hi / 1972

bed
Isaac Hayes / Tough Guys (soundtrack to Three Tough Guys) / Kidnapped / Enterprise (Stax) / 1974

set 7
Lew Kirton / Something Special / AOTN / 1980
Sweet Charles / Yes It’s You / Urban / 1974
L.T.D. / Togetherness / You Fooled Me / A&M / 1978
The Voices of East Harlem / Cashing In / Chicago Sound / 1973 

last found soulful song
Tavares / Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel / Capitol / 1976

Playlist with a Reputation

Nobody…more beautiful singing Let’s Stay Together than Margie.

Coffeetime, September 20, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Blue Mitchell / The Cup Bearers / Cup Bearers / Riverside / 8.28, 30.62
Julian Priester / Keep Swingin’ / Under the Surface / Riverside / 1.11.60
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Futurity / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Lou & his Gingersnaps / Broadway Rhythm / Banner / 9.13.29 / with Henry “Red” Allen 
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Lovable / Brunswick / 4.20.28 / vocal = Skinnay Ennis
Jesse Price / I’m the Drummer Man / Capitol / Hollywood 1946
Dinah Washington / For Those in Love / Easy Living / EmArcy / 3.16.55

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

set 2
George Benson / The New Boss Guitar of George Benson with the Brother Jack McDuff Quartet / Easy Living / Prestige / 5.1.64
Horace Parlan / Speakin’ My Piece / Oh So Blue / Blue Note / 7.14.60
Sophie Tucker / He’s a Good Man to Have Around / Victor / 3.22.29 / with Ted Shapiro & his Orchestra
The Aristo-Kats / Jack, You’re Dead! / RCA Victor / 1946  
Pearl Bailey / The Songs of Academy Award Winner James Van Heusen / You Can’t Love Them All / Roulette / 1964
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Lover with a Reputation / Duke / Memphis 1970

set 3
Teddy Edwards / Heart & Soul / Little Steddy / Contemporary / LA 4.24.62
Howard McGhee / Maggie’s Back in Town / Sunset Eyes / Contemporary / LA 6.26.61
Howard McGhee & his Band / Mop Mop / Dial / LA Tuesday 9.4.45
Boswell Sisters / Nights When I Am Lonely / Victor / New Orleans 3.25.25 / with Vitaly Jaques “Vic” Lubowski on piano
Mills Brothers / Nobody’s Sweetheart / Brunswick / 10.9.31
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Ain’t That Just Like a Man / AFRS Jubilee #26 / Hollywood spring 1943 / vocal = Teresa Harris
Johnny Hartman / The Voice That Is! / My Ship / Impulse! / 9.22.64

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / Vince Guaraldi Trio / Django / Fantasy / San Francisco 4.56
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / The Big Shorty Rogers Express / Boar-Jibu / RCA Victor / LA 3.26.53
Les Paul Trio / Fine & Dandy / V-Disc 649A / Hollywood 8.12.45 
King Cole Trio / I’d Love to Make Love to You / Capitol / Hollywood 4.13.45 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / Oh! You Crazy Moon / Capitol Transcription / LA 4.4.49 / with The Dave Barbour Four & celeste! 
Rick Nelson & Joanie Sommers / soundtrack to ABC TV production, On the Flip Side / Try to See It My Way / Decca / LA 12.66
The Bronzemen / Don’t Touch My Garment / Standard Transcription / circa 4.39

last soulful song
Margie Joseph / Nobody / Volt / Memphis 1969

My Playlist's Mistreating Me

Please tell us things are gonna get easier….

Coffeetime, September 13, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / Split Quick / Blue Note / 8.4.60
Hank Mobley / Mobley’s Message / Minor Disturbance / Prestige / 7.20.56
Neal Hefti / The Young at Bop / Sloppy Joe’s / EmArcy / 12.18.46
Jackie Sounder & his Orchestra / When Erastus Plays his Old Kazoo / Columbia / LA 6.29.28 / vocal = Walton McKinney
Roy Fox & his Band / Can’t We Talk It Over / Decca / London 4.13.32 / vocal = Al Bowlly 
Gene Phillips & his Rhythm Aces / My Baby's Mistreating Me / Modern [unissued] / LA late 1940s
Bette McLaurin / How Can I / Jubilee / 1954 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra

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

set 2
Hal McKusick / East Coast Jazz No. 8 / What’s New / Bethlehem / 2.17.55
Eddie Duran / Jazz Guitarist / A Room with a View / Fantasy / 1957 
Frank Wess Sextet / Pretty Eyes / Commodore / 8.54
Mills Blue Rhythm Boys / Ev’ry Time I Look at You / Brunswick / 7.30.31
Leo Reisman & his Orchestra / Stormy Weather / Victor / 2.28.33 / vocal = Harold Arlen & some mystery celeste at the end
Lavern Baker / See See Rider / Atlantic / 9.26.62
Cal Bostic / Introducing… Cal Bostic/ That’s All / RCA Canada / Toronto 8.67

set 3
Red Garland / Red in Blues-Ville / See See Rider / Prestige / 4.17.59
David “Fathead” Newman / Fathead Comes On / Esther’s Melody / Atlantic / 12.9.61 
Bill Harris / The Harris Touch / Sometimes I’m Happy / EmArcy / 5.2.57 / Hank Jones on celeste!, the rest of personnel unknown
The Dreams / I’m Losing My Mind / Savoy / 10.54

The Toppers / I’m Living for You / Savoy / 12.8.44
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Ordinary People / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Oscar Moore / We’ll Remember You Nat / That’s All / Surrey / Burbank 4.65
Australian Jazz Quartet / Loose Walk / Bethlehem / 2.55
Lennie Niehaus / The Octet #2 / Cooling It / Contemporary / Hollywood 1.11.55
Stephane Grappelli / I Want to Be Happy / Barclay / Paris 4.10.56
King Cole Trio / Don’t Blame Me / Capitol / Hollywood 5.19.45 / Nat King Cole p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Dolly Cooper / I’d Climb the Highest Mountain / Savoy / 3.3.53 / with The Four Buddies 
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Look Around / Roda / A&M / Hollywood 1967
The Trumpeteers / Milky White Way / Score / Baltimore 9.12.47

last soulful song
The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie / Our Family Portrait / You Make Me So Mad / Buddah / Chicago 1968 / featuring James III on lead

A Playlist on the Edge of Town

Looking good, Jymie!

Coffeetime, September 6, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Sweet Sakeena / Bethlehem / 10.11.57
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / Lex / Blue Note / 1.25.60 
The Ramblers O.L.V. [onder leiding van] Theo Uden Masman / A Strange Fact / Decca / Casino Hamdorff, Laren, Netherlands 4.26.37 / with Coleman Hawkins ts
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime / Columbia / 10.27.32
Amos Milburn / She’s Gone Again / Aladdin / LA 1.4.50
Bev Kelly / Bev Kelly in Person / It Never Entered My Mind / Riverside / live, The Coffee Gallery, San Francisco 10.14.60

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

set 2
Kenny Burrell / Bluesy Burrell / I Thought About You / Prestige Moodsville / 9.14.62
Jon Eardley / Hey There, Jon Eardley! / If You Could See Me Now / Prestige / 3.14.55
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / In the Evening / Victor / Detroit 3.27.24 
Ernie Morris / In the Mood / radio transcription, AFRS Jubilee #9 / LA 1.43 / with Master of Ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Ray Charles / Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand / Swing / LA 11.24.50 / Charles celeste (!), Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Eartha Kitt / RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt / I Wanna Be Evil / RCA Victor / 1954 /with Henri René & his Orchestra
Sammy Davis Jr. / Sammy Davis Jr. Sings What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers / A Lot of Livin’ to Do / Reprise / LA 7.18.61 / with The Marty Paich Dek-Tette

set 3
Lee Morgan / [Standards] / A Lot of Livin’ to Do / Blue Note / 1.13.67
Tina Brooks / True Blue / Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You / Blue Note / 6.25.60
Billy Taylor Quartet / Twinkle Toes / HRS / 6.47
George Hall & his Taft Hotel Orchestra / Weather Man / Bluebird / 07.12.35 / vocal = Dolly Dawn
Jubalaires / When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam / Standard Transcription / late 1940s
Sam Fletcher / Sings I Believe in You / I Could Have Told You So / Vee Jay / 1964 / with Harry “Sweets” Edison, arranged by Bill Finnegan

set 4
Barney Kessel / Carmen / A Pad on the Edge of Town / Contemporary / LA 12.19.58
Billy Taylor’s Big Four / Flight of the Bebop / HRS / 9.19.47
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & celeste!, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Billie Holiday / The Blues Are Brewin’ / Decca / 12.27.46 / with John Simmons & his Orchestra 
Jackie DeShannon / A Tribute to Burt Bacharach / To Wait for Love / Scepter / LA 1972
Jubalaires / Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again / Standard Transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
The Manhattans / Baby, I Need You / Carnival / 1966
Delegates of Soul / I’ll Come Running Back / Up Look / Philadelphia 1970

Look at that Playlist

Like Billy Kyle, we find it hard to take our eyes off Maxine.

Coffeetime, August 30, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Ronnie Mathews / Doin’ the Thang! / The Orient / Prestige / 12.17.63
Art Farmer & Donald Byrd / 2 Trumpets / Contour / Prestige / 8.3.56
Larry Adler / Caprice Viennois / Columbia / London 3.35 / with Carroll Gibbons & Harry Jacobson on two pianos
Melle Weersma & his Red, White & Blue Aces / With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming / Decca / Laren, The Netherlands 11.34 / vocal = Ab Witteboon
Mr. Google Eyes [Joseph August] & his 4 Bars / Poppa Stoppa’s Bebop Blues / Coleman / New Orleans c. 1946
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / Something I Dreamed Last Night / Kapp / 1958

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

set 2
Bill Perkins / Quietly There / A Time for Love / Riverside / Hollywood 11.23, 28, 30.66
Curtis Counce / You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce / How Deep is the Ocean? / Contemporary / LA 5.13.57
Blossom Dearie / Jazz Sweet / The Boy Next Door / Barclay / Paris 1955
Noël Coward / Let’s Say Goodbye / HMV / London 9.20.32 / with Ray Noble & the New Mayfair Orchestra
Maxine Sullivan / Kinda Lonesome / Victor / 12.10.38 
Ray Charles / All to Myself Alone / Swing / LA 11.24.50 / Charles celeste (!), Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Anthony Newley / Who Can I Turn To? / Look at that Face / RCA / 1965

set 3
Curtis Fuller / Volume 3 / Two Quarters of a Mile / Blue Note / 12.1.57
Joe Newman / Good ’n‘ Groovy / Just Squeeze Me / Prestige Swingville / 3.19.61
Georgie Auld / Taps Miller / Royal Roost / 1951
Una Mae Carlisle / Walkin’ by the River / Victor / 11.13.39 / arranged by Benny Carter
The Charioteers / Stardust / radio transcription / 1942
The Four Vagabonds / Kentucky Babe / Apollo / 11.13.46 / their first session for Apollo
Jerry Orbach / Off Broadway / There’s a Small Hotel / MGM / 1962

set 4
Sal Salvador / Tribute to the Greats / Solo for Guitar / Bethlehem / 6.3-5.57
Buddy Collette / Nice Day with Buddy Collette / A Nice Day / Contemporary / LA 12.22.58
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four [Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson] / Guitar Blues / Okeh / 5.7.29
King Cole Trio / Beautiful Moons Ago / Capitol / Hollywood 4.25.46 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Ann Cole / Nobody But Me / Sir / 1959 
Bobby Darin / Beyond the Sea / live broadcast / c. 1960 
The Elite Jewels / Ride On, King Jesus / Cleveland late 1940s

last soulful song
The Masqueraders / One More Chance / La Beat / Detroit 1967

Jingle, Jangle, Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 183

Bluto finds Coffeetime very relaxing.

Coffeetime, August 23, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
James Moody / Cookin’ the Blues / Little Buck / Argo / live, Jazz Workshop, San Francisco 6.61 
Cecil Payne / The Connection: New Original Score / Mighty Fine Wine / Charlie Parker Records / 3.14-16.62 / Clark Terry t, Bennie Green tb, Cecil Payne bs, Duke Jordan p, Ron Carter b, Charlie Persip d
Jack Sheldon / Jazz West Coast - Vol.2 / Contour / World Pacific / Forum Theatre, LA 11.18.55 
Cliff Jackson & his Krazy Kats / Torrid Rhythm / Grey Gull / 1.30.30
Jack Gardner’s Orchestra / I Know She Does (Because She Told Me So) / Okeh / Dallas 10.24 / vocal = Stanton Crocker 
Cecil Gant / I’m Singing the Blues Today / Bullet / Nashville 1947
Beverly Kenney / Beverly Kenney Sings for Playboys / A Woman’s Intuition / Decca / 1958 / Ellis Larkins p & celeste, Joe Benjamin b

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

set 2
Bill Evans / Explorations / Haunted Heart / Riverside / 2.2.61 
Ben Webster / Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson / In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning / Verve / Hollywood 11.6.59 
Thelonious Monk / Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 / Willow Weep for Me / Blue Note / 7.23.51 
Herbie Mann / Flamingo / There’s No You / Bethlehem / 6.55 / Mann fl, Joe Puma g, Charles Andrus b, Harold Granowsky d; a fun cover design by Burt Goldblatt
Henry King & his Orchestra / A Garden in Granada / Decca / 4.13.38 / vocal = Sonny Schuyler
The Caldwells / My Man Friday (On a Saturday Night) / RCA Victor / 12.20.47  
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Jingle, Jangle, Jingle / Columbia / Hollywood 6.42 / vocal = Harry Babbit & Julie Conway & The Group
Bertice Reading / I’m Alone / RCA Victor / 11.30.53 
Bobby Troup / Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer / I’m With You / Bethlehem / LA 1.28.55 

set 3
Jimmy Cleveland / A Map of Jimmy Cleveland / Jimmy’s Old Funky Blues / Mercury / 12.58 / Jerome Richardson fl 
Charlie Byrd / Byrd’s Word / Stompin’ at the Savoy / Riverside / 1958
Lucky Thompson & his Lucky Seven / Boppin’ the Blues / RCA Victor / 4.22.47 
Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra / Dreamsville, Ohio / Okeh / 11.24.41 / vocal = June Hutton
Dolores Brown & The Auditones / A Good Deal / Sterling / 1947 / with Bill Doggett’s Music [trio]; The Auditones did record on their own 
Arthur Prysock / Arthur Prysock and Count Basie / Where Are You? / Verve / 1965 

set 4
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Basie Picks the Winners / Volare / Verve / 1965 
Dave Pell / A Pell of a Time / Sandy Shoes / RCA Victor / LA 1.17.57 / Pell ts, Pepper Adams bs, Jack Sheldon tp, Bobby Burgess & Ray Sims tb, Paul Moer p, Tommy Tedesco g, Tom Kelly b, Mel Lewis d
King Cole Trio / Please Consider Me / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Bobby “Blue” Bland / I’ve Been Wrong So Long / Duke / Chicago 8.3.60 
Kenneth Nelson & Rita Gardner / Original Off Broadway Cast of The Fantasticks / Soon It’s Gonna Rain / MGM / 6.13.60
Dixiaires / My Dungeon Shook / Lenox / 1949 

last soulful song
Malo / Suavecito / Warner Brothers / LA 1971