Friday, July 26, 2024

An Eye-full of Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 179

Still image of Julie London on the light purple, gold, and dark purple "mod" set of the David Frost TV show in 1969. She's wearing a "mod" purple high-necked dress, standing at a microphone while singing.
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





Friday, July 12, 2024

Just Give Me the Playlist

Screenshot from the Snader Telescriptions video showing Dave Barbour, dressed in a ship captain's hat in front of a fishing net backdrop, playing his guitar.
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



Friday, July 05, 2024

Playlists Like to Sport Too: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 178

Screenshot from a 1974 performance on Soul Train showing Teddy Pendergrass in a suit and big bow tie, ruffled white shirt (very ’70s), holding the mic and singing with a smile.
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