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

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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

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Gracinha, super voz!

Coffeetime, August 16, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jackie McLean / [Street Singer] / Melonae’s Dance / Blue Note / 9.1.60 
Nat Adderley / Introducing Nat Adderley / Crazy Baby / Wing / 9.6.55 
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Lullaby of Birdland / live, Crescendo Club, Hollywood summer 1958 8
The Casa Loma Orchestra / I Never Slept a Wink Last Night / Brunswick / 6.13.34 / vocal = Pee Wee Hunt
Maggie Hathaway & her Bluesmen / You Have Fallen in Love / Black & White / LA 1948  
Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae / Boy Meets Girl / Things We Did Last Summer / Decca / 2.18 & 19.57

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

set 2
Lawrence Marable / Tenorman / Lover Man / Jazz:West / Hollywood 8.4.56 
Paul Gonsalves / Cookin’ / Impeccable / Argo / Chicago 8.6.57 
Buddy DeFranco / Pretty Moods by Buddy DeFranco / Tenderly / Norgran / 4.7.54 
Bechet & Spanier Big Four / Sweet Sue, Just You / HRS / 4.6.40 / Muggsy Spanier cor, Sidney Bechet ss/cl, Carmen Mastren g, Wellman Braud b
Ipana Troubadours / There’s Too Many Eyes (That “Wanna” Makes Eyes at Two Pretty Eyes I Love) / Columbia / 9.13.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew 
Lena Horne / Come to Baby, Do! / V-Disc 614B / Hollywood 1.46 / with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
Jimmy Edwards & Tommy Steele / Cinderella [Original 1958 London Cast] / You and Me / Decca / London 1958 / Steele plays Buttons, a character added to the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical for London; Edwards plays Baron, another added character  

set 3
Lee Morgan / The Best Of Birdland: Volume 1 / Suspended Sentence / Roulette / 6.60 / Morgan t, Wayne Shorter ts, Bobby Timmons p, Jimmy Rowser b, Art Taylor d; Symphony Sid’s series for Roulette
Junior Mance / The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance / Swingmatism / Jazzland / 10.25.60 
Herbie Steward Quintet / Passport to Pimlico / Royal Roost / 1950 
Tyree Glenn & his Orchestra / Mad Monk / Blue Star / Paris 1.13.47 
Kate Smith / Just a Little Fond Affection / Columbia / 1945 / with Four Chicks and Chuck
The Orioles / Tell Me So / Jubilee / 4.49
David Allen / Let’s Face the Music and Dance! / You Send Me / World Pacific / Hollywood 1958 / with Bill Holman Orchestra / composed by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Harold Adamson for the 20th Century Fox movie Four Jills and a Jeep 

set 4
Sal Salvador / Shades of Sal Salvador / I Hadn’t Anyone Till You / Bethlehem / 1957 / Salvador g, Phil Woods as, Ralph Martin p, Dante Martucci b, Joe Morellol d
Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet / Blues in Time / Standstill / Verve / Hollywood 8.57 
King Cole Trio / I’m Lost / Excelsior / LA 3.1.43 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Thurston Harris / Tell Me So / Aladdin [unissued] / late 1950s
Gracinha Leporace / Gracinha Leporace / A Saudade Fez Um Samba / Philips / Brazil 1968
Soul Stirrers / One More River / Specialty / Chicago 2.16.55

last soulful song
The Harvey Averne Dozen / Accept Me / Fania / 1968
Brenton Wood / Baby You Got It / Double Shot / Hollywood 1967

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Handsome guys and bow ties.

Coffeetime, August 9, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Gigi Gryce / Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet / Wake Up! / Riverside / 3.7.57
Carmell Jones / Business Meetin’ / Suearl / Pacific Jazz / LA 4.25.62 
Joe Venuti’s Blue Six / Sweet Lorraine / Columbia / 10.3.33 
Eddy Duchin & his Orchestra / How Was I to Know / Victor / 1.5.34 / vocal = Lew Sherwood 
Little Esther & Mel Walker / Deceivin’ Blues / Savoy / 6.20.50 / with Johnny Otis Orchestra
Thelma Gracen / Night and Day / I’ll Never Be the Same / EmArcy / 1956 

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

set 2
Johnny Hodges / Creamy / Ballad Medley: Whispering; Tenderly; Don’t Take Your Love From Me; Prelude to a Kiss/But Not for Me; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Passion Flower / Norgran / 9.8.55 
Layton & Johnstone [Turner Layton, Clarence Johnstone] / Willow Weep for Me / Columbia / London 2.2.33 
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra / Shake Down the Stars / Victor / 2.19.40 / vocal = Ray Eberle 
Dan Grissom / So You’re Falling in Love / Jewel / Hollywood 1948
Dinah Washington / The Queen! / Bad Luck / EmArcy / 1959 / with Eddie Chamblee & his Orchestra

set 3
Johnny Lytle / Nice And Easy / 322-Wow! / Jazzland / 1.29.62 
Jack Montrose / The Horn’s Full / Dark Angel / RCA Victor / Hollywood 9.57 
Phineas Newborn Jr. / Here Is Phineas / Afternoon in Paris / Atlantic / 5.56 
Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra / Shake Down the Stars / Decca / 5.9.40 
Delta Rhythm Boys / I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem / Minoco Productions Soundie / 1946
Louis Armstrong / Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson / What’s New / Verve / Hollywood 1957 

set 4
Lars Gullin / For F.J. Fans Only / Metronome / Stockholm 1955 / Gullin bs, Rolf Billberg as, Richard Johansson tb, Rolf Berg g, Georg Riedel b, William Schiöpffe d 
Bud Shank / Bud Shank and Three Trombones / Wailing Vessel / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 1.22.54 / Shank as, Bob Enevoldsen, Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson tb, Claude Williamson p, Joe Mondragon b, Shelly Manne d
Phil Harris & his Orchestra / Come On, Get Up / radio broadcast / 1933 / duet with Leah Ray
King Cole Trio / You’re So Different / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 7.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Paul Petersen, James Darren, & Shelley Fabares / More Teenage Triangle / Put on a Happy Face / Colpix / Hollywood 1964
Golden Gate Quartet / Travelin’ Shoes / Bluebird / Charlotte, North Carolina 1.24.38

last soulful song
Thee Midniters / Dreaming Casually / Whittier / LA 1967

Don’t Be Afraid of a Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 141

Bing & Bob & their camel pal… why not?

Coffeetime, August 2, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Red Garland / Red’s Good Groove / Take Me in Your Arms / Jazzland / 3.22.62 
Lou Levy / A Most Musical Fella / Apartment 17 / RCA Victor / LA 1.57 
Clifford Jordan / Bearcat / The Middle of the Block / Jazzland / early 1962 
Jimmy Dorsey / Tiger Rag (take 1) / Decca / 1930 / with Spike Hughes & His Three Blind Mice
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Them There Eyes / Brunswick / 11.18.30 / vocal = Skinnay Ennis
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Friendship / Decca / LA 1.11.47
Carmen McRae / Birds of a Feather / Baltimore Oriole / Decca / 8.58 / with Ben Webster (listed on album as “tenorman” 

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

set 2
Gene Ammons / Angel Eyes / You Go to My Head / Prestige / 9.5.62 
Bill Hardman / Saying Something / Angel Eyes / Savoy / 10.18.61 
Paul Moer / The Contemporary Jazz Classics Of The Paul Moer Trio / We’ll Be Together Again / Del-Fi / Hollywood 11.60 
Banjo Buddy / Let’s Misbehave / Brunswick / 3.7.28 
Herb Fisher / Cryin’ in My Sleep / Imperial / LA 1953
Noël Coward & Norman Wisdom / Androcles and the Lion: Original NBC TV Soundtrack / Don’t Be Afraid of an Animal / RCA Victor / 1967 

set 3
Eddie Chamblee / Chamblee Music / Sometimes I’m Happy / Mercury / Chicago 1957 
John Jenkins / John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell / From this Moment On / Blue Note / 8.11.57 
Charlie Parker / Parker’s Mood / Savoy / 9.18.48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker%27s_Mood 
The Toppers / I’m All Alone [Palace of Stone] / Savoy / 1945 / celeste! 
The Pied Pipers / ’S Wonderful / RCA Victor / LA 1949
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Baltimore Oriole / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56 

set 4
Art Pepper / The Return of Art Pepper / Minority / Jazz: West / Hollywood 8.6.56 / Pepper as, Jack Sheldon t, Russ Freeman p, Leroy Vinnegar b, Shelly Manne d r
Oscar Moore / The Oscar Moore Quartet with Carl Perkins / Roulette / Tampa / LA 1954 
King Cole Trio / I Thought You Ought to Know / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Bing Crosby & Bob Hope / If I’d Known You Were Comin’ (I’d Have Baked You a Cake) / broadcast, Bing Crosby Show for Chesterfield Cigarettes / Hollywood aired
5.24.50, rec 4.12.50 / with The Rhythmaires, John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra 
Frank Sinatra / Nice ‘n’ Easy / Nice ‘n’ Easy / Capitol / Hollywood spring 1960
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet / Great Change / Decca / Charlotte 6.5.38 

last soulful song
Tommie Young / That’s All a Part of Loving Him / Soul Power / Shreveport 1973

Lost & Found: I Guess That Don’t Make Me a Playlist

Madeline is all!

Lost & Found, August 2, 2024, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Lesley Duncan / When My Baby Cries / Mercury / 1964
Claudine Clark / The Telephone Game / Chancellor / 1962
Honey and the Bees / Two Can Play the Same Game / Academy / 1965
Beverly Shaffer / Where Will You Be Boy? / One-derful / 1965
Irma Thomas / Two Winters Long / Minit / 1962

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

set 2
The Pretenders / I’m the One Love Forgot / Carnival / 1971 / lead singer extraordinaire Valerie Scott
Gene Chandler / I Fooled You This Time / Checker / 1966
Don Hart & The Fyve / I Can Make It / Cool School / 1966
Jerry Butler / Giving Up on Love / Vee-Jay / 1964

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

set 3
Debbie Taylor & The Hesitations / Never Gonna Let Him Know / GWP / 1969
The Whispers / As I Sit Here / Doré / 1965
The Informers / If You Love Me / J-Rude / 1965
Brothers of Soul / I Guess That Don’t Make Me a Loser / Boo / 1967
Skip Mahoney & The Casuals / Your Funny Moods / DC International / 1974

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

set 4
Satisfaction Unlimited / Bright City Lights / Hot Wax / 1972
The Escorts / Look Over Your Shoulder / Alithia / 1973 
The Diplomats / Accept Me / Dynamo / 1969
Prince Conley / I’m Going Home / Satellite / 1961 
Tyrone Davis / Let Me Back In / Dakar / 1970

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

set 5
The Chi-Lites / Too Late to Turn Back Now / Brunswick / 1973 / hit for Cornelius Bros & Sister Rose
The Temprees / Come and Get Your Love / We Produce Records / 1975 / hit for Redbone
Wilmer & The Dukes / But It’s Alright / Aphrodisiac [unissued] / 1969 / hit for JJ Jackson
Eddie Floyd / It’s Not Unusual / Stax / 1969 / hit for Tom Jones

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

set 6
Madeline Bell / Love Is All / Pye / 1976 
Bobby Hebb / Good Morning World / Epic / 1970
The Esquires / Listen to Me / Bunky Records / 1967
Johnny Bristol / Do It to My Mind / Atlantic / 1976
The Natural Four / What Do You Do / Curtom / 1975

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

set 7
L.T.D. / Holding On (When Love Is Gone) / A&M / 1978
Lakeside / The Urban Man / Solar / 1981
The Emotions / Flowers / No Plans for Tomorrow / Columbia / Chicago 1976

last found soulful song
Theresa Lindsay / Wonderful One / Correc-Tone / 1966
Sharon Forrester / Silly Wasn’t I? / Ashanti / Kingston, Jamaica 1973 / with the Now Generation Band

An Eye-full of Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 140

Julie’s so groovy!

Coffeetime, July 26, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Walter Benton / Out of This World / Night Movements / Jazzland / 9.60 
Stan Levey / This Time the Drum’s on Me / Diggin’ for Diz / Bethlehem / LA 9.27 & 28.55 / Conte Candoli t, Frank Rosolino tb, Dexter Gordon ts, Lou Levy p, Leroy Vinnegar b, Levey d 
Carl Kress & Dick McDonough / Heat Wave / Brunswick / 1937
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Humpty Dumpty / Okeh / 9.28.27 
Junie C. Cobb & his Grains of Corn / Once or Twice / Vocalion / Chicago 10.24.29 / vocal = Junie C. Cobb 
T-Bone Walker / I’m in an Awful Mood / Black & White / LA 12.46 / with Al Killian Quintet
Doris Day & André Previn / Duet / Fools Rush In / Columbia / 1961 

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

set 2
Bill Evans & Jim Hall / Undercurrent / Stairway to the Stars / United Artists [unissued] / 4.24.62 
Coleman Hawkins / Wrapped Tight / Intermezzo / Impulse! / 2.22.65 
Dave Burns / Warming Up! / My Romance / Vanguard / 1964 
Hank D’Amico / Holiday with Hank / The Nearness of You / Bethlehem / 1955 / D’Amico cl, Billy Triglia p, Milt Hinton b, Charlie Smith d; cover photography & design by Burt Goldblatt 
Golden Gate Orchestra aka the California Ramblers / An Eye-full of You / Columbia / 3.29.29 / vocal = Marvin Young [Irving Kaufman] 
The Three Keys / Them There Eyes / Vitaphone, Rambling ’Round Radio Row / 7.42 
Mabel Scott / Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town / Soundie / Hollywood 9.44 / with the Lorenzo Flennoy Trio 
Julie London / Our Fair Lady / Theme from “A Summer Place” / Liberty / LA 1965

set 3
Yusef Lateef / The Centaur and the Phoenix / Revelation / Riverside / 10.4, 6.60 
Lucky Thompson / Let’s Try Again / Le Club Français du Disque / Paris 4.16.56 / Thompson ts, Michel de Villers bs, Charles Verstraete tb (bass trombone), Martial Solal p, Jean-Pierre Sasson g, Benoît Quersin b, Gerard “Dave” Pochonet d
Frank Socolow & his Duke Quintette / Reverse the Charges / Duke / 5.2.45 / Socolow ts, Freddie Webster t (composer), Bud Powell p, Leonard Gaskin b, Irv Kluger d
The Tune Twisters / Love Makes the World Go ’Round / from the Universal Pictures movie Sweet Surrender / Hollywood 1935 
Griff Williams & his Orchestra / Laura / radio broadcast / 1951 / vocal = Bob Kirk
Bill Henderson / Bill Henderson & the Oscar Peterson Trio / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Verve / LA 2.63 

set 4
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper / Angus / Bethlehem / 1955 / Harper tb, Charlie Mariano as, Jimmy Giuffre bs, Paul Saramento tuba, Jimmy Rowles p, Corky Hale harp, Harry Babasin b, Irv Cottler d
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All Stars / Jazz Rolls Royce / Coop Salutes the “Co-Op” / Lighthouse Records / Homecoming Show, Josiah Royce Hall, UCLA 10.28.57 
King Cole Trio / Don’t Blame Me / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Frankie Laine / Baby That Ain’t Right / Mercury / 1948 / with Carl Fischer’s Orchestra
Sheila Bond / Wish You Were Here: Original Broadway Cast Recording / Shopping Around / RCA Victor / 1953 
Alphabetical Four / When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time / Decca / 8.16.38 / with human orchestra

last soulful song
The Ulti-Mations / Without You / Mar-V-Lus Records / Chicago 1967

Just Give Me the Playlist

Nice guitar ya got there, Cap’n.

Coffeetime, July 12, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / At the Café Bohemia, vol. 2 /  Just One of Those Things / Blue Note / live, Café Bohemia 11.23.55
Jackie McLean / The Jackie McLean Quintet / The Way You Look Tonight / Jubilee / 10.21.55
Joe Haymes & his Orchestra / Just Give Me the Girl / Bluebird / 7.11.33 / vocal = Ward Silloway
Goree Carter, His Guitar & His Hepcats / How Can You Love Me / Freedom / Houston c. 5.49
Cathy Hayes / It’s All Right with Me / Blue Moods / HiFi Records / LA 1959

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

set 2
Grant Green / Born to Be Blue / Born to Be Blue / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.1.62
Milt Jackson / Big Bags / If You Could See Me Now / Riverside / 6.62
Flip Phillips / Flip Phillips Quartet / Don’t Take Your Love from Me / Mercury/Clef / 12.9.49 
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Slumming on Park Avenue / Vocalion / 3.2.37 / vocal = Jerry Blake
Golden Gate Quartet / Julius Caesar / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, South Carolina 10.6.39
Martha Raye / Blue Skies / radio broadcast, AFRS Showtime / 1944 / with Private Murray McEachern, Gene Krupa, & the Mel-Tones
Ken Nordine / Word Jazz / My Baby / Dot / Chicago 7.57 

set 3
Baby-Face Willette / Behind the 8 Ball / Sinnin’ Sam / Argo / Chicago 11.30.64
John Coltrane / Coltrane [7105] / Time Was / Prestige / 5.31.57
Howard McGhee / Merry Lee / Vitacoustic / Chicago late 12.47 
The Mills Brothers / Goodbye Blues / Brunswick / 3.8.32
Connee Boswell / You Grow Sweeter as the Years Go By / Decca / 4.25.39 / with Ray Sinatra & his Orchestra 
King Cole Trio / You’re Looking at Me / Capitol / Hollywood 9.14.56 / NKC p & voc, John Collins g, Charlie Harris b, Lee Young d, with Willie Smith as

set 4
Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne / Sounds! / The Girls of São Paulo / Capitol / Hollywood 1966
Barney Kessel / Kessel Plays Standards / Barney’s Blues / Contemporary / LA 7.1.54
Teddy Edwards / [It’s About Time] / The New Symphony Sid / Pacific Jazz [unissued] / 8.16.60
King Cole Trio / Laura / Capitol / Hollywood 7.18.52 / NKC p, John Collins g, Charlie Harris b, Bunny Shawker d
King Cole Trio / Laura / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / I’ve Had My Moments / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra 
Esther Phillips / And I Love Him! / Girl from Ipanema / Atlantic / 1966
Golden Gate Quartet / What a Time / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, South Carolina 10.6.39

last soulful song
Sam Fletcher / I’d Think It Over / Tollie Records / 1964

Playlists Like to Sport Too: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 140

Mr. Pendergrass good-luck-charming.

Coffeetime, July 5, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Harold Vick / Steppin’ Out! / Steppin’ Out! / Blue Note / 5.27.63 
Red Mitchell & Harold Land / Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! / Somara / Atlantic / San Francisco 10.14.61 
Harry James & his Orchestra / Sharp as a Tack / Columbia / 1941
Jack Gardner’s Orchestra / Ponjola / Okeh / Dallas 10.24
George Belshaw & his KFAB Orchestra / You’ll Recognize My Baby / Brunswick / Chicago 4.26.29 / vocal = Frank Sylvano
Jimmy “T99” Nelson / Married Men Like to Sport Too / RPM / LA 1953
Dorothy Dandridge / The Touch of Your Lips / Verve [unissued] / Hollywood 1.20.58 / Oscar Peterson celeste!!!, Herb Ellis g, Ray Brown b, Alvin Stoller d

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

set 2
Don Ewell / Take It in Stride / A Hundred Years from Today / Chiaroscuro / 1971
Sam Most / Musically Yours / Body and Soul / Bethlehem / 1956
Cappy Lewis / Get Happy with Cappy / Imagination / Hi Fi Jazz / Hollywood 2.60 
Augusto Coén & his Golden Casino Orchestra / The Music Goes ’Round and ’Round / Brunswick / 1.17.36
Tommy Dorsey & his Clambake Seven / The Music Goes ’Round and ’Round / Victor / 12.9.35 / vocal = Edythe Wright (& TD)
Black Cats & the Kitten / Step It Up and Go / Okeh / 1940 / lead vocal = Valda Buggs
Three B’s & a Honey / Hit That Jive, Jack / DC / fall 1947 

set 3
Big John Patton / Oh Baby! / Each Time / Blue Note / 3.8.65 
Jimmy Smith / Home Cookin’ / Come On Baby / Blue Note / 6.16.59 
Dodo Marmarosa / Dodo’s Dance / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 12.3.47 / Marmarosa p, Harry Babasin b, Jackie Mills d
Jane Harvey / I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night / Victor / Hollywood 1.7.47 / with Page Cavanaugh Trio (PC p, Al Viola g, Lloyd Pratt b plus strings 
Four Rockets / Little Red Wagon / Aladdin / Hollywood 1948
Jackie Paris / Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin / Fun to Be Fooled / Time / 2.23.60 

set 4
Frank Rosolino / Frank Rosolino Quintet / Cherry / Mode / Hollywood 6.57 / Rosolino tb, Richie Kamuca ts, Vince Guaraldi p, Monty Budwig b, Stan Levey d
Wessel Ilcken / The Goofer / Philips / Hilversum, The Netherlands 10.29.56 
King Cole Trio / Baby, Baby All the Time [alt take] / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 4.17.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Liza Morrow / I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful) / V-Disc #884A / Hollywood 1949 / with Joe Bushkin & Group
James Brown / Soul on Top / It’s Magic / King / Hollywood 11.69 
The Chosen Gospel Singers / When I Get Home / Specialty / Hollywood 4.28.54

last soulful song
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes / Bad Luck / Soul Train / live, Philadelphia 1974

Just a Playlist and a Girl in Love

Just an excuse to put David Steinberg on my Coffeetime blog! (see below)

Coffeetime, June 28, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sonny Clark / My Conception / Junka / Blue Note / 3.29.59
Jackie McLean / New Soil / Sweet Cakes / Blue Note / 5.2.59
Andy Kirk & his Twelve Clouds of Joy / There, I Love You Coast to Coast / radio transcription / live, Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland winter 1937
The Happiness Boys / That’s My Hap-Hap-Happiness / Victor / 2.23.27 / vocal = Billy Jones & Ernest Hare, with Dave Kaplan p
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / I’ll Get Along Somehow / Modern Music / LA 1946 
Helen Carr / … Why Do I Love You / Do I Worry / Bethlehem / 1955

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

set 2
Howard Roberts / Good Pickin’s / Lover Man / Verve / LA 1959 
Milt Hinton / The Rhythm Section / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Epic / 1956
Danny Polo & his Swing Stars / Mr Polo Takes a Solo / Decca / London 10.1.37

Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Really Blue / Victor / 10.7.30  
Lil Armstrong & her Swing Orchestra / Safely Locked Up in My Heart / Decca / 9.9.38
The Delta Rhythm Boys / Black Magic / AFRS Jubilee #61 / LA 1.17.44 / with Master of Ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
The 5 Royales / I Want to Thank You / Apollo / 3.53 / with Charlie (Little Jazz) Ferguson, His Tenor & Orchestra
Mose Allison / I’ve Been Doin’ Some Thinkin’ / Your Molecular Structure / Atlantic / Hollywood summer 1968 

set 3
Lee Morgan / The Rajah / Is That So / Blue Note / 11.29.66
Kenny Burrell / Blue Lights / Yes, Baby / Blue Note / 5.14.58
Mildred Bailey / Summertime / Crown / 12.30.45 / with Red Norvo & his Music
Walter Fuller / Closer to My Heart / Kicks / LA 1954 / with the Club Royale Band 
Cal Bostic / Introducing… Cal Bostic / Just a Boy and a Girl in Love / RCA Canada / Toronto 8.67

set 4
George Barnes & Carl Kress / Guitars Anyone? Why Not Start at the Top? / Blue Room / Carney / 1963
Victor Feldman / Merry Olde Soul / Mosey on Down / Riverside / 1.6, 11.61
Buddy Collette / Buddy Collette’s Swinging Shepherds / Pony Tale / EmArcy / LA 3.5.58
King Cole Trio / Baby / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Kay Starr / It’s Whatcha Do with Whatcha Got / Standard Transcription / LA 1946 / with Buzz Adlam & orchestra
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Ye-Me-Le / What the World Needs Now / A&M / Hollywood 1969
Gospel Vocalaires of Norfolk, Virginia / Jezebel / Gotham [unissued] / summer 1953

last soulful song
Soul Generation / Ray of Hope / Ebony Sounds Records / 1972

I’m in Heaven When I See Your Playlist

You can do anything with a smile that sweet, Danny.

Coffeetime, June 21, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley, et al / The Prestige All Stars – Tenor Conclave / Tenor Conclave / Prestige / 9.7.56
Clark Terry / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Riverside / 4.27.57
Jan Garber & his Orchestra / Back in Your Own Backyard / Columbia / 2.17.28 / vocal = Irving Kaufman (using various pseudonyms on the takes, like Vincent Van Tuyl on the label)
Paul Gayten & his Trio / Creole Gal / DeLuxe / New Orleans 1949
Anita O’Day / Pick Yourself Up / I Never Had a Chance / Verve / LA 12.20.56

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

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige / 9.15.64
Buddy Collette / Man of Many Parts / Cheryl Ann / Contemporary / LA 4.17.56
Don Byas / Star Dust / International Record / 9.6.45
Jesse Crawford / Diane (I’m in Heaven When I See You Smile) / Victor / 12.13.27
Cleo Brown / Is Jenny Getting Any, Anymore? / Hollywood Hot Shots / Hollywood circa 12.36
Cootie Williams & his Orchestra / I May Be Easy, But I’m No Fool / Capitol / 7.5.46 / vocal = Bob Merrill
Danny Kaye / South Pacific / Honey Bun / Decca / Hollywood 4.18.49

set 3
Clifford Jordan / Cliff Jordan / Not Guilty / Blue Note / 6.2.57 
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers / Flying Disc / Sensation [Vitacoustic] / Detroit c. 7.47
Jubalaires / Rockin’ Chair / Standard transcription / late 1940s
Anita O’Day / Key Largo / Signature / LA winter 1947-48 / with Benny Carter & his Orchestra
Stan Getz & João Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / P'ra Muchucar Meu Coracao [To Hurt My Heart] / Verve / 3.18, 19.63 / vocal = João Gilberto

set 4
Stu Williamson / A Jazz Band Ball / Iris of the IRA / Mode / Hollywood 7.57
Lennie Niehaus / The Octet #2 / Rick’s Tricks / Contemporary / Hollywood 1.11.55
Fats Waller / Oh Susannah (Dust Off That Old Pianna) / Victor / 3.6.35
King Cole Trio / If Yesterday Could Only Be Tomorrow / MacGregor transcription / 5.24.44
The Calvanes / Crazy Over You / Dootone / LA 8.55 
Chuck Willis / Keep A-Knockin’ / Okeh [unissued] / 2.5.54 
Jubalaires / I Declare the World Is in a Bad Condition / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song

Dee Clark / That’s My Girl / Constellation / Chicago 1964 

When a Woman Loves a Playlist

Freda and Bobby get a room… in front of us.

Coffeetime, June 7, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Originally / The New Message / Columbia [unissued] / 6.25.56 
Horace Silver / Six Pieces of Silver / Virgo / Blue Note / 11.10.56
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Harlem Madness / Victor / 3.6.34 / vocal = Charles Holland 
The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / I’ll Be Getting Along / HMV / London 10.24.29 / vocal = Billy Milton, directed by Carroll Gibbons
Etta Jones / Evil Gal Blues / Black & White / 12.29.44 / with Barney Bigard & his Orchestra
Nancy Wilson / But Beautiful / But Beautiful / Capitol / 11.4-6.69

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

set 2
Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate / Buck & Buddy / When a Woman Loves a Man / Prestige Swingville / 12.20.60
James Moody / This is Always / Vogue / Paris 7.27.51
Erskine Butterfield / Blackberry Jam / Beacon / 6.20.56
Joe Venuti’s Blue Five / Four String Joe / Okeh / 11.15.27
Mae West / from Paramount movie She Done Him Wrong / (I Wonder Where My) Easy Rider’s Gone / Brunswick / Hollywood 2.7.33
Cats & the Fiddle / That’s My Desire / Manor / 3.47 
Bobby Darin / This Is Darin / All Nite Long / Atco / 5.12.59

set 3
Kenny Burrell / The Tender Gender / Hot Bossa / Cadet / 4.66
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson, vol. 1 / Tom-Kattin’ / ABC-Paramount / 12.12.56
Teddy Reig’s All Stars / Saxon / Savoy / 1.22.47
Johnny Mercer / Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You / radio transcription / Hollywood 1944 / with the Pied Pipers and Paul Weston & his Orchestra
The Beavers / I’d Rather Be Wrong Than Blue / Coral / 1950
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.11.56 / celeste! 

set 4
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / That’s Rich / Contemporary / 3.12.57
Oscar Peterson / Somebody Loves Me / Clef / LA late spring 1952
Juanelda Carter & Swingsters aka King Cole Trio / You’re So Different / Standard transcription / LA 1.14.39
Pearl Bailey / The Real Pearl Bailey / I Believe / Project 3 / 1968 / with Louis Bellson & his Orchestra
Mid-South Singers / Will Meet You in the Morning / Duke [unissued] / Detroit 1953

last soulful song
Gene Chandler / The Gene Chandler Situation / Simply Call It Love / Mercury / Chicago 1970
Gene Chandler / Bet You Never Thought / Constellation / Chicago 1966

I Like People (The Playlist Song): Coffeetime Homebrew ep 139

You are on FIRE, Mr. Campbell!

Coffeetime, May 31, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jimmy Forrest / [Black Forrest] / Sunkenfoal / [Delmark] / Chicago 12.59
Bill Hardman / Saying Something / It Ain’t Happened Yet / Savoy / 10.18.61
The Rhythmic Eight / Back Beats / Zonophone / London 12.6.27
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Just One More Kiss / Victor / 10.15.26 / vocal = Al Lynch 
Jack McVea & his Orchestra / No, No, You Can’t Do That Mon / Exclusive / LA 1948 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Billie Holiday / Songs for Distingué Lovers / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Verve / Hollywood 1.4.57

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

set 2
Lee Konitz / Very Cool / Crazy She Calls Me / Verve / 9.12.57 
Al Grey / Night Song / Stardust / Argo / Chicago 11.62 
Vinnie Burke / East Coast Jazz/2 / Yesterdays / Bethlehem / 1955
Smith Ballew & his Piping Rock Orchestra / You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) / Columbia / 9.25.31
Sol Ho’opi’i’s Novelty Quartette / Kaala / Brunswick / LA 11.19.30
Lucy Ann Polk / Lucky Lucy Ann / Don Cha Go Way Mad / Mode / Hollywood 7.12.57 https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/lucy-ann-polk-albums/54949-lucky-lucy-ann-vinyl.html
Jimmy Durante / I Like People (The Friendly Song) / Golden Records / Hollywood 1952

set 3
Dave Burns / Warming Up! / Now Ain’t It / Vanguard / 1964 
Jack Teagarden / Shades of Night / Someone Else’s Love / Capitol / 2.12.58 
Charlie Parker / Scrapple from the Apple aka Little Bo Beep aka Little Be-Bop / Dial / 11.4.47 / Miles Davis tp, Charlie Parker as, Duke Jordan p, Tommy Potter b, Max Roach d
Herb “Flamingo” Jeffries / At Least You Could Save Me a Dream / Excelsior / Hollywood 1944 / with Eddie Beal Trio & The Three Shades of Rhythm
The Mello-Larks / Goin’ Home / Melodisc / Hollywood 1946 
Sam Cooke / My Kind of Blues / Little Girl Blue / RCA Victor / 5.61 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Kind_of_Blues_(Sam_Cooke_album)

set 4
Sam Most / Musically Yours / Obvious Conclusion / Bethlehem / 1956
Lucky Thompson / Home Free / TV broadcast, Modern Jazz at the Blue Note, Lucky Thompson’s Special Show / Paris 2.13.60 
King Cole Trio / Baby, Won’t You Say You Love Me / Capitol / Hollywood / 2.9.50 / with The Starlighters; NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b
Little Milton / Feel So Bad / Checker / Chicago 6.3.66
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet / No Hiding Place / Decca / Charlotte 6.5.38

last soulful song
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Hey Girl / Pye / London 1975

Tatoe Playlist

Mr. Duncan singing and dancing in the big city.

Coffeetime, May 17, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Parisian Thoroughfare / Formidable / Brunswick / L’Olympia Theatre, Paris 10.22.58
Gigi Gryce / The Hap’nin’s / Don’t Worry ’Bout Me / New Jazz / 5.3.60
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Your Mother and Mine / Columbia / 5.4.29 / vocals = Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, & Jack Fulton 
Jack McVea & his All Stars / Butch / Black & White / LA c. 2.47 / vocal = Arthur Duncan
Dinah Washington / Out in the Cold Again / Mercury / 10.25.51 / with The Ravens

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

set 2
Carmell Jones / Jay Hawk Talk / Willow Weep for Me / Prestige / 5.8.65
Wes Montgomery / Portrait of Wes / Yesterday’s Child / Riverside / 11.27.63
Cal Tjader & Stan Getz / I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face / Fantasy / San Francisco 2.8.58
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Easy Money / Columbia / 12.12.28 
Billie Holiday & her Orchestra / Without Your Love / Vocalion / 6.15.37
Hildegarde / This Year’s Kisses / Columbia / London 7.20.37 / with Carroll Gibbons & his Boy Friends
Georges Guétary / Ma Belle Marguerite / Pathé Marconi / Paris 1947
B.B. King / I Can’t Lose / Kent / 1962

set 3
Blue Mitchell / Boss Horn / I Should Care / Blue Note / 11.17.66 
Jack McVea & his All Stars / Tatoe Pie / Black & White / LA 12.47
Alvino Rey & his Orchestra / I’m in the Mood for Love / radio transcription / 1946 / vocal = Jo Anne Ryan
The Ravens / Sylvia / National / 1.27.49 
Earl Coleman / Earl Coleman Returns / Come Rain or Come Shine / Prestige / 3.2.56

set 4
Buddy Collette / Calm, Cool, & Collette / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / ABC-Paramount / LA 1.24.57
Bill Holman / The Fabulous Bill Holman / Airegin / Coral / Hollywood 4.29.57
King Cole Trio / The Limp / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
King Cole Trio / Fidgety Joe / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Golden Gate Quartet / Shoo Shoo Baby / AFRS Jubilee #53 / 11.43 / Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Willie Johnson, Orlandus Wilson, & Conrad Frederick p
Dean Martin / French Style / Mimi / Reprise / Hollywood 1962
Golden Gate Quartet / The Bridegroom Cometh / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soulful song
Brenton Wood / Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin' / Double Shot / 1968
The Impressions / Greatest Hits / Grow Closer Together / ABC-Paramount / 1963

Snug as a Bug in a Playlist

Bob, can I borrow your groovy jacket?

Coffeetime, May 10, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Elmo Hope / Informal Jazz / Avalon / Prestige / 5.7.56
Richard Williams / New Horn in Town / Raucous Notes / Candid / 9.27.60
Emilio Cáceres Trio / I Got Rhythm / Victor / 11.5.37 
Blue Barron & his Orchestra / Teacher’s Pet / radio transcription / 1938 / vocal = Charlie Fisher
Cee Pee Johnson & his Band / I’m So Lonesome / Apollo / LA 11.2.45
Paula Castle / Lost Love / Yesterday’s Gardenias / Bethlehem / 1955

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

set 2
Red Garland / The Nearness of You / Where or When / Jazzland / 11.30.61
Jimmy Cleveland / Introducing Jimmy Cleveland / You Don’t Know What Love Is / EmArcy / 8.12.55
Barney Kessel / The Man I Love / Rex / LA 6.7.45
Billy Cotton & his Band / Hold Me / Regal Zonophone / London 8.23.33 / vocal = Alan Breeze
Dinah Washington / The Man I Love / Mercury / LA 4.6.46 / with Gerald Wilson’s Orchestra
The Orioles / It’s Too Soon to Know / It’s a Natural / summer 1948
Robert Mitchum / Calypso – Is Like So! / Beauty Is Only Skin Deep / Capitol / Hollywood 1957

set 3
Milt Jackon & Ray Charles / Soul Brothers / How Long Blues / Atlantic / 9.12.57
Frank Foster / My Heart Stood Still / Vogue / Paris 4.4.54
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / A Table in a Corner / Bluebird / 9.28.39 / vocal = Helen Forrest
Four Tunes / I’m the Guy / RCA Victor / 6.49 
Bob Stewart / Let’s Talk About Love / Laura / Dawn / 1956 / with Mat Mathews Quintet

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / Cast Your Fate to the Wind / Moon River / Fantasy / LA 1962
André Persiany / Jive at Five / French Columbia / 7.17.57 / featuring Paul Quinichette 
King Cole Trio / Two Against One / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / NKC p & celeste!, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
King Cole Trio / Snug as a Bug in a Rug / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Edna McGriff / It’s Raining / Jubilee / 1952 / with Buddy Lucas & his Orchestra
Dixie Hummingbirds / I’ll Be Satisfied / Gotham / 1949

last soulful song
Johnny Truitt / I’m Thru with You / A-Bet / Nashville / 1968
The Olympics / Good Lovin’ / Loma / LA 1965

Angelynn, I Dream of Playlist Time

Fred asks that you not come at me for showing an entertainer in top hat and tails.

Coffeetime, May 3, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Are You Real / On the Ginza / Moon / live, London 1965
Horace Silver / Six Pieces of Silver / Enchantment / Blue Note / 11.10.56
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Prelude to a Kiss / V-Disc #823 / c. 8.46
Gene Austin / Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time / Victor / 6.26.28 
[Miss] Rhapsody / Hey Lawdy Mam / Savoy / 7.6.44 / with June Cole’s Orchestra 
Sarah Vaughan / April in Paris / EmArcy / 12.18.54

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

set 2
McCoy Tyner / Today and Tomorrow / When Sunny Gets Blue / Impulse! / 6.4.63
Eddie Costa / Eddie Costa Quintet / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Mode / 7.57
Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra / Body and Soul / Bluebird / 10.11.39
Tom [Tommy] Dorsey / It’s Right Here for You / Okeh / 11.10.28 / Dorsey tp, Arthur Schutt harmonium, Eddie Lang g, Jimmy Williams b, Stan King d 
Butterbeans & Susie / Jelly Roll Queen / Okeh / 9.24.27  
Fred Astaire / Seeing’s Believing / soundtrack to the MGM movie The Belle of New York / MGM / Hollywood 1952
Jimmy Robins aka Robbin Ray / Allergic to a Broken Heart / Combo / LA late-50s

set 3
John Lewis / A Milanese Story, Original Soundtrack / Finale / Atlantic / Turin 1.17.62 / with Quartetto di Milano
Stanley Turrentine / [Mr. Natural] / My Girl Is Just Enough for Me / Blue Note [unissued] / 9.4.64
Leo Parker & his Mad Lads / Woody / Gotham / 12.28.50 
The Four Vagabonds / I Can’t Make Up My Mind / Atlas / 1946
Joe Derise / Joe Derise Sings / How High the Moon / Bethlehem / 1955

set 4
Shelly Manne & His Men / Swinging Sounds / Slan / Contemporary / LA 1.19, 26.56
Stu Williamson / Stu Williamson / Pee Jay / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.13.56
King Cole Trio / That’s the Beginning of the End / Capitol / Hollywood 7.2.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Jumping Jacks / Julocka Jolly / Lloyds [Apollo] / 4.27.53 
Tom Jones / Promise Her Anything / Parrot / London 2.66
Evangelist Singers of Detroit / I’m Tired / Bullet / Nashville 1948

last soulful song

The Sapphires / I Found Out Too Late / Swan / Philadelphia 1964

The Escorts / Look Over Your Shoulder / Alithia / 1973

I’m Proud of a Playlist Like You

Happiness is a Gatemouth and a white guitar.

Coffeetime, April 26, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Booker Little / The Defiant Ones / Milestones / United Artists / 10.58
Howard McGhee / Shades of Blue / Arbee [alt take] / Fontana [Black Lion] / 12.8.61
Brick Fleagle’s Orchestra / Pastiche / HRS / 7.45
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / I’m Proud of a Baby Like You / Victor / 1.28.27 / vocal = The Keller Sisters & Al Lynch 
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown / Guitar in My Hand / Aladdin / LA 8.21.47 / with Maxwell Davis Orchestra
Bev Kelly / Bev Kelly in Person / Body and Soul / 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
Lee Morgan / Candy / Since I Fell for You / Blue Note / 11.18.57
Donald Byrd / Byrd’s Eye View / Everything Happens to Me / Transition / Cambridge, MA 12.2.55
Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain / Fado do Amor / Decca / Paris / 1934 
Mildred Bailey / Is That Religion? / Brunswick / 4.8.33 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm / Central Avenue Boogie / AFRS Jubilee #82 / Hollywood spring 1944 / vocal = Anna Mae Winburn (leader), with master of ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
The Robins / There Ain’t No Use Beggin’ / National / LA 2.13.50 / with Johnny Otis Band
Jesse Belvin / Baby Don’t Go / Specialty / Hollywood 5.7.52

set 3
Jerome Richardson / Roamin’ with Richardson / Candied Sweets / New Jazz / 10.21.59
James Moody / Another Bag / The Day After / Cadet [Argo] / Chicago 1.30.62
Melvin “Sax” Gill / Mel’s Jump / Gotham / Philadelphia 2.49
Mills Brothers / ’Long About Midnight / Decca / London 9.10.36 
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / (There’s a New Side to) An Old Love Story / Reina / LA 1948 / vocal = Emma Lou Welch & the Enchanters
Sammy Davis, Jr / Sammy Davis, Jr Sings, Laurindo Almeida Plays / Speak Low / Reprise / Las Vegas 6.1.66

set 4
Howard Roberts / Good Pickin’s / Godchild / Verve / LA 1959 
Mundell Lowe / Blues for a Stripper / Coffee, Coffee / Charlie Parker Records[MGM] / LA 1962
King Cole Trio / Laguna Mood / Capitol / Hollywood 8.27.47 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Hattie McDaniel / A Little Bird Told Me / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time #89 / Hollywood i1.2.49 / with Ernie Whitman & Bing Crosby & Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires 
Bing Crosby / Drifting and Dreaming (Sweet Paradise) / Decca / Hollywood 2.13.47 / with Les Paul Trio
Keith Carridine / Nashville, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / I’m Easy / ABC / Hollywood 1975 
Coleman Brothers / Plenty of Room in the Kingdom / Manor / 12.44 

last soulful song
Ruby & the Romantics / Hey There Lonely Boy / Kapp / 1963
The Sapphires / I Found Out Too Late / Swan / Philadelphia 1964