Friday, September 13, 2024

My Playlist's Mistreating Me

Screenshot from video of The 5 Stairsteps standing and singing into microphones, wearing colorful 1970s outfits.
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