On a Misty Playlist

Lasso me next, Gene!

Coffeetime, April 11, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Soul Station / This I Dig of You / Blue Note / 2.7.60
Tadd Dameron / Mating Call / On a Misty Night / Prestige / 11.30.56
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Tree of Hope / Victor / 10.16.41 
Al Bowlly / Falling in Love / Filmophone / London c. 1.32 / with New Cumberland Dance Orchestra
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Drifting Blues / Aladdin / LA 9.12.45 / vocal = Charles Brown
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book / Why Was I Born? / Verve / LA 1.6.63

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

set 2
Harold Land / Harold in the Land of Jazz / Lydia’s Lament / Contemporary / LA 1.13.58
Donald Byrd / At the Half Note Cafe / When Sunny Gets Blue / Blue Note / 11.11.60
Gene Ammons / It’s the Talk of the Town / Aristocrat / Chicago 2.28.49
Annette Hanshaw / It’s the Talk of the Town / Banner / 9.1.33
Gene Autry / Blue Hawaii / Okeh / 10.11.37
The Four Tunes [aka The Sentimentalists, aka The Brown Dots] / (I Wonder) Where Is My Love? / Manor / c. 1947 
Anthony Newley / Who Can I Turn To? / Where Would You Be Without Me? / RCA / 1965

set 3
Kenny Dorham / Whistle Stop / Sunset / Blue Note / 1.15.61
Wes Montgomery / The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery / Gone with the Wind / Riverside / 1.28.60
Johnny Costa / Introducing Johnny Costa / Begin the Beguine / Savoy / 2.26.55
The Ravens / It’s the Talk of the Town / National [unissued] / 12.13.49 
Kay Starr / A Woman Always Understands / Lamplighter / Hollywood 6.15.46 / with The Lamplighter Five
Jerry Orbach / Off Broadway / Try to Remember / MGM / 1962

set 4
Curtis Counce / Carl’s Blues / Love Walked In / Contemporary / LA 8.29.57
Oscar Moore / The Oscar Moore Quartet with Carl Perkins / Kenya / Tampa / LA 1954
Mildred Bailey / You Started Something / Majestic / 10.47 / with the Ellis Larkins Trio: Larkins p, Eugene Fields g, Eddie Safranski b
Pearl Bailey / Naughty but Nice / They’re Either Too Young or Too Old / Roulette / 1960
The Soul Stirrers / I Have a Right to the Tree of Life / Specialty / Hollywood 2.24.50

last soulful song
LeRoy Hutson / Hutson II / I Think I’m Falling in Love / Curtom / Chicago 1976

Tempête sur le Playlist

Candi! Watch out for that lit ciggy!

Coffeetime, April 4, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Oliver Nelson / Taking Care of Business / Groove / New Jazz / 3.22.60
Cannonball Adderley / Cannonball Enroute / I’ll Remember April / EmArcy / 3.6.58
Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Idrees Sulieman / Three Trumpets / Diffusion of Beauty / Prestige / 1.26.57
Gene Austin / Ain’t She Sweet / Victor / 3.15.27 / with Nat Shilkret & his Orchestra
Jimmy Liggins & his Drops of Joy / Move Out Baby / Specialty / Hollywood 12.27.47
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Away from Me / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59

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

set 2
Coleman Hawkins / At Ease with Coleman Hawkins / At Dawning / Prestige Moodsville / 1.29.60
McCoy Tyner / Nights of Ballads and Blues / Days of Wine and Roses / Impulse! / 3.4.63
Kenny Burrell / Midnight Blue / Mule / Blue Note / 1.8.63
Michel Warlop & Son Orchestre / Tempête sur les Cordes / Swing / Paris 6.18.41
Comedy [Comedian] Harmonists / Tea for Two / HMV / Berlin 12.17.34 
Frank Sinatra / Exactly Like You / radio broadcast, Songs by Sinatra / Hollywood 11.28.45 / with the King Cole Trio: NKC voc & p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
The Griffin Brothers / Stubborn as a Mule / Dot / Gallatin, Tennessee 1950-51 / vocal = Margie Day

set 3
Howard Roberts / H.R. Is a Dirty Guitar Player! / Li’l Darlin’ / Capitol / Hollywood 1963 
Horace Silver / The Tokyo Blues / Too Much Sake / Blue Note / 7.14.62
Miles Davis All Stars / Milestones / Savoy / 8.14.47 
Dick Todd / How About You? / Bluebird / 11.26.42 / with Leonard Joy & his Orchestra
The Three Flames / Nicholas (Don’t Be So Ridiculous) / Columbia / 1947
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman / They Say It’s Wonderful / Impulse! / 3.7.63

set 4
Conte Candoli / Conte Candoli Quartet / Mediolistic / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Art Pepper / Modern Art / Fascinatin’ Rhythm / Aladdin / LA 4.1.57
Johnny Sparrow & his Bows & Arrows / Indiana / Gotham [unissued] / Philadelphia 1952
King Cole Trio / I Can’t See for Looking / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 4.10.44 / vocal = Ida James; NKC voc & p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Beny Moré / Maracaibo Oriental / RCA Victor / 1950s
Jubalaires / What Did Jesus Say / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song

Candi Staton / Too Hurt to Cry / Fame / Muscle Shoals 1970

The Ambassadors / I Dig You Baby / Arctic / 1969

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Playlist Me

I, too, would like to interview handsome Mr. Edwards.

Coffeetime, March 28, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Richard Williams / New Horn in Town / Renita’s Bounce / Candid / 9.27.60
Kenny Dorham / Blue Spring / Spring Cannon / Riverside / 1.20.59
Pete Johnson’s All Stars / Pete’s Blues / Back Room Blues / National / 1.2.46
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Put and Take / Okeh / 5.7.30
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Heigh-Ho! Ev’rybody, Heigh-Ho! / Victor / 6.3.29
Eddie Williams & his Brown Buddies / Broken Hearted / Supreme / LA 1947 / vocal = Floyd Dixon 
Cathy Hayes / It’s All Right with Me / You Smell So Good / HiFi Records / LA 1959

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

set 2
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Men Play “Checkmate” / The Isolated Pawn / Contemporary / LA 10.61
Teddy Edwards / Together Again! / Misty / Contemporary / LA 5.61
Benny Morton & his All Stars / Conversing in Blue / Blue Note / 1.31.45
Helen Kane / Dangerous Nan McGrew / Victor / Hollywood 4.12.30 
Pete Johnson’s All Stars / Pete’s Blues / I May Be Wonderful / National / 1.2.46 / vocal = Etta Jones
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Pasadena / Exclusive / Hollywood 1945
Pee Wee Crayton / Wondering Why / Imperial / New Orleans 4.14.55 / with Dave Bartholomew’s Band

set 3
Paul Gonsalves / Gettin’ Together / J. and B. Blues / Jazzland / 12.20.60
Lee Morgan / [Standards] / This Is the Life / Blue Note [unissued] / 1.13.67
Lester Young Trio / I Want to Be Happy / Clef / LA spring 1946
Ella Mae Morse / Buzz Me / radio transcription AFRS Jubilee #155 / Hollywood 11.5.45 / with Sam Donahue Orchestra & Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
The Orioles / Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me / Jubilee / 12.31.52
Mel Tormé / Mel Tormé Sings Songs of Fred Astaire / A Foggy Day / Bethlehem / Hollywood 11.56

set 4
Mel Lewis / Got’Cha / Sir Richard Face / Jazz Records / San Francisco 11.56
Barney Kessel / Some Like It Hot / I’m Thru with Love / Contemporary / LA 4.3.9
Les Paul Trio / Coquette / V-Disc 572B / Hollywood 5.17.45
Peggy Lee / Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home / MacGregor transcription/ Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra 
Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire / A Couple of Song and Dance Men / Decca / Hollywood 7.24.46 / with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra
Earl Gaines / You Belong to Me / DeLuxe / 1970
Golden Gate Quartet / Daniel Saw the Stone / Okeh / 4.18.41

last soulful song
Arthur Adams / I’m Lonely for You / Modern / LA 1967

That Ole Playlist Called Love

Betty will race into your heart… with Mae’s help.

Coffeetime, March 21, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / Tough Tenor Favorites / Blue Lou / Jazzland / 2.5.62
Sahib Shihab / Jazz Shihab / Jamila / Savoy / 7.9.57
Paul Chambers / Paul Chambers Quintet / Four Strings / Blue Note / 5.19.57
Oran “Hot Lips” Page & his Band / Lafayette / Brunswick / 11.11.40 
Mae Questal (“The Betty Boop Girl”) / The Music Goes ’Round and Around / Decca / 1.8.36 / with Red Norvo & his Orchestra
Gene Phillips / I Wonder What the Poor Folks Are Doing / Modern / LA 1.50 / with Jack McVea & his Orchestra
Morgana King / Let Me Love You / That Ole Devil Called Love / United Artists / 7.58 / celeste!

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

set 2
Howard McGhee / Sharp Edge / Ill Wind / Fontana / 12.8.61
Carmell Jones / The Remarkable Carmell Jones / Come Rain or Come Shine / Pacific Jazz / 1961
James Moody / I Cover the Waterfront / Royal Roost / Paris 7.27.51 
Paul Davis & his Orchestra / Black and Tan Fantasy / Champion / 11.25.32 / celeste!
Georgia White / Daddy Let Me Lay It on You / Decca / Chicago 5.11.36 / with Les Paul
Alice Faye / It’s Swell of You / Brunswick / Hollywood 3.18.37 / with Cy Feuer & his Orchestra
Billy Williams / Billy Williams Quartet / Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / MGM / 1956

set 3
Sonny Criss / I’ll Catch the Sun / Blue Sunset / Prestige / 1.20.69
Curtis Fuller / Imagination / Kachin / Savoy / 12.17.59
Gene Ammons / Harold the Fox / Mercury / Chicago 10.23.47
John Kirby & his Orchestra / That Lonely Tune / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan
The Dixiaires / Until You Say You Are Mine / Continental / 1948 
Sam Fletcher / Sings I Believe in You / Moon River / Vee Jay / 1964 / with Harry “Sweets” Edison, arranged by Bill Finnegan

set 4
Lyle Murphy / Gone with the Woodwinds! / Perdido / Contemporary / LA 8.16.55
Barney Kessel / To Swing or Not to Swing / Indiana / Contemporary / LA 7.26.55
Lester Young / Indiana / Aladdin / LA 7.15.42
T-Bone Walker / I’m Waiting for Your Call / Black & White / LA 11.7.47
The Robins / I’m Living OK / Savoy / LA 2.13.50 / lead vocal = Bobby Nunn; with Johnny Otis Band 
The Dixie-aires / My Trouble Is Hard / Exclusive / 1948

last soulful song
Otis Leavill / You Babe / Dakar [unissued] / Chicago 1970 / written by Curtis Mayfield

Le Playlist

Okay, okay, Monsieur Montand, I guess I’ll dance with you.

Coffeetime, March 14, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Another Night at Birdland / It’s You or No One / Roost / live at Birdland, 4.10.57
Shelly Manne & his Men / At the Blackhawk, volume 5 / Theme: A Gem from Tiffany / Contemporary / live, The Blackhawk, San Francisco 9.23.59
The Mason-Dixon Orchestra aka Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Alabammy Snow / Columbia / 5.15.29
Little Jack Little / My Heart and I / Columbia / 12.23.35
The Cats & the Fiddle / Please Don’t Leave Me Now / Bluebird / 6.27.39 [flip of Gangbusters]
Beverly Kenney / Beverly Kenney Sings for Johnny Smith / Stairway to the Stars / Roost / 1955 / with celeste!

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

set 2
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Caravan / In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning / Riverside / 10.62
Kenny Burrell / If You Could See Me Now / Blue Note / live, Five Spot Café 8.25.59
Jack Sheldon / The Trumpet of Jack Sheldon / There’s No You / Reprise / Hollywood 5.61 / Sheldon t, Marty Paich organ!, Joe Mondragon b, John Markham d
Oscar Alemán y su Quinteto de Swing / I Got Rhythm / Odeon / Buenos Aires 10.14.41 
The Boswell Sisters / Time on My Hands / Brunswick / 11.2.31 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
Louis Prima & his Orchestra / I Was Here When You Left Me / V-Disc 500B / 5.17.45 / vocal = Lily Ann Carol
Jimmy Durante / I’m As Ready As You Are / TV broadcast / 1.1.51 / duet with Sophie Tucker

set 3
The Modern Jazz Quartet / Yesterdays / Atlantic / 4.3, 5.57
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly / Dark Eyes / Riverside / 1.31.58
Leo Parker / Rollin’ with Leo / The Lion’s Roar / Blue Note / 10.20.61
The 5 Jones Boys / My Gal Mezzanine / Variety / 1937
Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra / That’s Life I Guess / Brunswick / 1.12.37 / vocal = Billie Holiday
Yves Montand / En Balade / Le Musicien / Columbia / Paris 1958 / avec Bob Castella et ses Rythmes

set 4
Herbie Mann’s Californians / Great Ideas of Western Mann / Is It True What They Say About Dixie? / Riverside / LA 7.3.57
Lyle Murphy / Gone with the Woodwinds! / Dizzy Dialogue / Contemporary / LA 8.16.55
Oscar Moore with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me / Atlas / Hollywood 1945 / vocal = Charles Brown
Peggy Lee / Don’t Blame Me / MacGregor transcription/ Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra
Wynona Carr / Please Mr. Jailer / Specialty / Hollywood 1956 / with Bumps Blackwell Band
Unknown Detroit Male Group / Come On Over Here / Gotham [unissued] / Detroit 1951

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

Pool-Playing Playlist

You can tickle *my* inner arm, Dean.

Coffeetime, March 7, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Fuego / Bup A Loup / Blue Note / 10.4.59
Jackie McLean / New Soil / Davis Cup / Blue Note / 5.2.59
Pete & Conte Candoli / Two for the Money / A-Lue-Cha / Mercury / LA 1959
Chick Webb & his Orchestra / Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) / Decca / 5.3.38
The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / She’s My Slip of a Girl / London 12.4.29 / vocal = Pat O’Malley; directed by Ray Noble
Amos Milburn / Pool-Playing Blues / Aladdin / LA 12.11.47
Dinah Washington / Make the Man Love Me / EmArcy / 3.15.55

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

set 2
Ben Webster / Soulville / Time On My Hands / Verve / LA 10.15.57
Art Farmer / Perception / Blue Room / Argo / 10.61
Stéphane Grappelli / Time After Time / Barclay / Paris 2.6.56 
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree / Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcast, V-Disc 610A / New Zanzibar Club 10.10.45
Blanche Calloway & her Joy Boys / There’s Rhythm in the River / Victor / Camden, NJ 3.2.31
Martha Raye / Sam’s Got Him / radio broadcast, AFRS Swingtime / 1944
The Rhythm Kings / Why My Darling Why / Apollo / 1951 / with Isaac Royal & his Orchestra
Bobby “Blue” Bland / No Blow, No Show / Duke / Houston 1952

set 3
Bobby Timmons / Soul Time / Stella B. / Riverside / 8.60
Joe Newman / Jive at Five / Jive at Five / Prestige / 5.4.60
Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / 125th Street Sunrise / Red Robin [unissued] / c. 11.53 
The Mills Brothers / Smoke Rings / Columbia / 1.25.33
Eddy Howard & his Orchestra / You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me / radio broadcast transcription / 1948
Bob Stewart / Let’s Talk About Love / When the Blues Comes On / Dawn / 1956 / with Mat Mathews Quintet (just rhythm section here)

set 4
Quincy Jones / The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones / Eesom / EmArcy / 11.4, 59
Mundell Lowe / A Grand Night for Swinging / It’s a Grand Night for Swinging / Riverside / 3.7.57
Hildegarde / Can I Forget You? / Columbia / London 9.4.37 / with Carroll Gibbons p
Martha Davis & the Esquires / Same Old Boogie / Urban / LA 11.46 / Davis p & voc, Leo Blevins g, Buzz Johnson b, & Charles Gray d 
Dean Martin / I’ll Always Love You (Day After Day) / Capitol / Hollywood 4.28.50 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra; from Paramount movie My Friend Irma Goes West 
Alphabetical Four / Shake My Mother’s Hand / Decca / 4.19.40

last soulful song
Belita Woods / That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You / Karen / Detroit 7.69

So Sweet My Little Playlist

I dig you, Jerry and Billy Butler.

Coffeetime, February 28, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley [1568] / Double Exposure [complete recording] / Blue Note / 6.23.57
Booker Little / Booker Little 4 and Max Roach / Jewel’s Tempo / United Artists / 10.58
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Dream Lullaby / Vocalion / 12.13.34
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra / It’s Psychological / Bluebird / 3.19.34 / vocal = Joey Nash / from Paramount film Melody in Spring
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / The Blues / Exclusive / LA 1946
Dakota Staton / The Late, Late, Show / Trust in Me / Capitol / Hollywood 1957

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

set 2
Johnny Coles / Little Johnny C / So Sweet My Little Girl / Blue Note / 8.9.63
Curtis Fuller / Curtis Fuller, Volume 3 / It’s Too Late Now / Blue Note / 12.1.57 
Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / Blues / Gotham [unissued] / 1950
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Sunshine / Victor / 2.13.28 / vocal = Bing Crosby with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Al Rinker, & Austin Young 
Fred Hartley & his Music / Little Old Lady / broadcast / London 9.11.38 / vocal = Gracie Fields
Thelma [Dolly] Cooper & her Boyfriends / Cute Poppa / Gotham / 1949

set 3
John Coltrane / Live at Birdland / I Want to Talk About You / Impulse! / live, Birdland 10.8.63
Leo Wright / Suddenly the Blues / Tali / Atlantic / 1962
Tadd Dameron Sextet / Dameronia / Blue Note / 9.26.47
Boots & his Buddies / Do-Re-Mi / Victor / San Antonio 4.6.38 / vocal = Cora Woods
The Ravens / Always / National / 12.48
Bobby Troup / The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup / You Are Too Beautiful / Bethlehem / 1955

set 4
Bob Cooper / Shifting Winds / Hot Boy / Capitol / Hollywood 4.26.56
Stan Getz / Chamber Music by the Stan Getz Quintet / These Foolish Things / Roost / 8.15.51
King Cole Trio / I’ll Never Be the Same / Capitol / Hollywood 8.13.47 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Mildred Bailey / It All Comes Back to Me Now / CBS radio, The Mildred Bailey Show / c. 1943
Billy Eckstine / I Want to Talk About You / AFRS radio transcription / 3.4.45 / arranged by Tadd Dameron
Pearl Bailey / Pearl’s Pearls / A House Is Not a Home / RCA Victor / 1971 / with Louis Bellson & his Orchestra; arranged by Benny Carter
Golden Gate Quartet / Bye and Bye Little Children / Bluebird / 11.15.38

last soulful song
Jerry Butler / I Dig You Baby / Mercury / 1966

The Most Beautiful Daisy in the World

Thank you, dear Jiminy, for leading the way across the threshold.

Coffeetime, February 21, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sonny Rollins / Tenor Madness / The Most Beautiful Girl in the World / Prestige / 5.24.56 
Mal Waldron / Mal-1 / Transfiguration / Prestige / 11.9.56 
Charlie Parker / Charlie Parker with Strings / I'll Remember April / Clef / 7.5.50 
Walter Pidgeon / What'll I Do? / Bluebird / 7.15.24 / with Lester Hodges on piano
King Cole Trio / I'm Lost / Excelsior / LA 3.1.43 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book / Over the Rainbow / Verve / LA 1.14.61 / with Billy May & his Orchestra

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

set 2
Hank Mobley / Hi Voltage / No More Goodbys / Blue Note / 10.9.67
John Coltrane / Duke Ellington & John Coltrane / Little Brown Book / Impulse! / 9.26.62
Tadd Dameron / The Magic Touch: Tadd Dameron Orchestra / Dial “B” for Beauty / Prestige / 6.11.53
Eddie Lang / I’ll Never Be the Same / Parlophone / 9.27.28 / with Rube Bloom p
Noel Coward / I’ll See You Again / HMV / London 3.24.38
Delta Rhythm Boys / Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye / RCA Victor / 1952
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Azure-Té / Decca / 4.30.52

set 3
McCoy Tyner / Nights of Ballads and Blues / We’ll Be Together Again / Impulse! / 4.3.63 
Lee Morgan / Cornbread / Ceora / Blue Note / 9.18.65 
Eddie Davis & his Beboppers / Calling Dr. Jazz / Savoy / 12.18.46 
The Charioteers / I Miss You So / Columbia / 5.15.47 / with Mitchell Ayres leading the orchestra
Bing Crosby / It’s Easy to Remember / Decca / Hollywood 2.21.35 / with George Stoll & his Orchestra, The Rhythmettes & Three Shades of Blue
Kay Starr / There’s a Lull in My Life / Standard Transcription / LA 5.45 / with Les Paul Trio and Joe Venuti
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Clef / Hollywood 12.52 

set 4
Oscar Moore / I'll Remember You / Horizon / Burbank 4.65
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / My One and Only Love / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Les Paul Trio / Dark Eyes / V-Disc / mid-1940s
King Cole Trio / What’ll I Do / Capitol / Hollywood 8.6.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Jiminy Cricket aka Cliff Edwards aka Ukulele Ike / soundtrack to Pinocchio / When You Wish Upon a Star / Disney [Buena Vista] / Hollywood 12.13.39 / with the Ken Darby Singers and Victor Young & his Orchestra
Jerry Butler / Moon River / Vee-Jay / 1961
The Soul Stirrers / Loved Ones are Waiting (take 2) / Specialty / Hollywood 3.4.58 / solo by Paul Foster

last soulful song
The Charmels / As Long As I’ve Got You (I’ll Never Grow Old) / Volt / 1967

I Want the Waiter (With the Playlist)

Elvis and his mini-me… on Coffeetime!

Coffeetime, February 14, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / Lee Morgan [aka 1541] / His Sister / Blue Note / 12.2.56 
Wes Montgomery / Montgomeryland / Monk’s Shop / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.1.59 / Pony Poindexter as, Buddy Montgomery p, Wes Montgomery g, Monk Montgomery b, and Louis Hayes d
Kenny Burrell / A Night at the Vanguard / Broadway / Argo / live, Village Vanguard 9.16.59 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Vanguard
Claude Hopkins & his Orchestra / Zozoi / Decca / 10.22.34 
Ipana Troubadours / Three Little Words / Harmony / 10.10.30 / vocal = Paul Small
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Inflation Blues / Decca / LA 12.1.47
Helen Carr / Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor / Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.5.55 / Don Fagerquist t, Charlie Mariano as, Donn Trenner p, Max Bennett b, Stan Levey d

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

set 2
Louis Hayes / Louis Hayes / I Need You / Vee Jay / 4.30.60 / Hayes d, Yusef Lateef ts, Barry Harris p, Sam Jones b [Nat Adderley sat out]
Bill Evans / Portrait in Jazz / When I Fall in Love / Riverside / 12.28.59 
Seldon Powell / Seldon Powell Plays / Why Was I Born / Roost / fall 1955 / Powell ts, Jimmy Nottingham t, Bob Alexander tb, Tony Aless p, Billy Bauer g, Arnold Fishkin b, Don Lamond d
Cliff Edwards [Ukulele Ike] / Crazy People / Brunswick / 4.6.32 / with The Californians
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / I Want the Waiter (With the Water) / Vocalion / 6.29.39 / vocal = Jimmie [Trummy] Young tb 
Cleo Brown / Baby, Let’s Make Some Love / Blue / 1949
Elvis Presley / Fever / Nashville 4.2.60 / RCA Victor [unissued] / with The Jordanaires 

set 3
Johnny “Hammond” Smith / All Soul / Easy Like / New Jazz / 9.11.59 
Nat Adderley / Branching Out / I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ / Riverside / 9.58 
Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra / Half Step Down, Please / Victor / 12.11.47 / written by Tadd Dameron 
Claude Hopkins & his Orchestra / Honey / Decca / 4.21.37 / vocal = Beverly (Baby) White
Janette & The Four Vagabonds [aka Janette Davis] / Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Standard transcription / 1943 
Johnny Hartman / Songs from the Heart / Down in the Depths / Bethlehem / 10.55 / with Howard McGhee 

set 4
Marty Paich / I Get a Boot Out of You / Things Ain’t What They Used to Be / Warner Brothers / LA 6.30.59 
Bob Corwin / The Bob Corwin Quartet featuring the trumpet of Don Elliott / My Shining Hour / Riverside / 6.56 / Corwin p, Elliott t, Ernie Furtado b, Jim Campbell d
King Cole Trio / I’ve Got the World on a String / Capitol / Hollywood 3.20.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
La Vergne Smith / Angel in the Absinthe House / I Like That Kind of Carrying On / Cook / New Orleans late 1954
Astrud Gilberto / Look to the Rainbow / Look to the Rainbow / Verve / 12.65
The Alphabetical Four / The Sun Didn’t Shine / Decca / 11.18.43

last soulful song
Alton Ellis / Sunday Coming / Hurting Me / Coxsone / Kingston, Jamaica 1969

A Playlist Kissed an Angel

Ladies and gentlemen, Pat and her cheekbones on a steel beam!

Coffeetime, February 7, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Louis Hayes / Louis Hayes / Sassy Ann / Vee Jay / 4.30.60 / Hayes d, Nat Adderley cor, Yusef Lateef ts, Barry Harris p, Sam Jones b
Art Farmer / Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce / Sans Souci / Prestige / 10.21.55
Lou Levy / Jazz in Four Colors / Tune Up / RCA Victor / LA 4.2.56 / Levy p, Larry Bunker vb, Leroy Vinnergar b, Stan Levey d
Ipana Troubadours / Three Little Words / Harmony / 10.10.30 / non sequitor: Ipana Toothpaste 
Tom Clines & his Music / Sweetheart’s Holiday / Brunswick / 8.29 / vocal = Jack Carney
Ressie Mae Jones [aka Bessie Mae Jones] & her Combo / Automatic Daddy / Tone [Dootone subsidiary] / 1952 / Dootsie Williams 
La Vergne Smith / Angel in the Absinthe House / Moonlight in Vermont / Cook / New Orleans late 1954

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

set 2
Kenny Burrell / A Night at the Vanguard / I’m a Fool to Want You / Argo / live, Village Vanguard 9.16.59 
Marty Paich / I Get a Boot Out of You / Warm Valley / Warner Brothers / LA 6.30.59 
Seldon Powell / Seldon Powell Plays / Someone to Watch Over Me / Roost / fall 1955 / Powell ts, Jimmy Nottingham t, Bob Alexander tb, Tony Aless p, Billy Bauer g, Arnold Fishkin b, Don Lamond d
Cliff Edwards [Ukulele Ike] / Night Owl / Brunswick / 1933
Kay Thompson & her Boys / You Let Me Down / Brunswick / 11.11.35 
Jack McVea & his All Stars / Inflation Blues / Exclusive / LA 12.47 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant 
Little Milton / Sings Big Blues / Fever / Checker / Chicago 6.3.66

set 3
Little Brother Montgomery / Tasty Blues / Tasty Blues / Prestige Bluesville / 7.1 60 
Larry Young / Young Blues / Young Blues / New Jazz / 9.30.60 
Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess / In a Minor Groove / You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To / New Jazz / 9.19.58 
Sonny Dunham & his Orchestra / Sentimental Feeling / NBC radio show One Night Stand / Café Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC 1944 / vocal = Don Darcy
Janette & The Four Vagabonds [aka Janette Davis] / More Than Anything in The World / Standard transcription / 1943 
Dick Haymes / Look at Me Now! / A Sinner Kissed an Angel / Hollywood Records / Hollywood 1957 / with Cy Coleman p 

set 4
Bob Corwin / The Bob Corwin Quartet featuring the trumpet of Don Elliott / I Remember You / Riverside / 6.56 / Corwin p, Elliott t, Ernie Furtado b, Jim Campbell d
Curtis Counce / Exploring the Future / Race for Space / Dooto / LA 4.8.58 
King Cole Trio / Chant of the Blues (Dog-gone Unlucky Blues) / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 3.20.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
The Pied Pipers / Katrina / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 1949 / song from Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; with Paul Weston & His Orchestra
Pat Carroll / (Down in the Depths) On the 90th Floor / TV broadcast, The Red Skelton Show / 2.18.64  
The Alphabetical Four / I Can’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore / Decca / 4.7.41

last soulful song
Little Ann / What Should I Do / Ric-Tic [unissued] / Detroit 1969

The Playlist Song (’Round An’, ’Round An’, Round)

Face it, girl… you’re amazing!

Coffeetime, January 31, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Clark Terry / Top and Bottom Brass / Mili-Terry / Riverside / 2.59 
Red Garland / Red’s Good Groove / Excerent! / Prestige / 3.22.62 
Jean “Toots” Thielemans / Man Bites Harmonica / Fundamental Frequency / Riverside / 12.30.57 
Henry Busse & his Orchestra / When Day Is Done / radio broadcast / 1935 / Busse t
Will Osborne & his Orchestra / Perhaps / Columbia / 8.21.29
Mel Walker / The Last Mile / Mercury [unissued] / 6.11.52 / with Johnny Otis & his Orchestra 
Thelma Gracen / Night and Day / I’ll Get By / EmArcy / 1956

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

set 2
Gene Ammons / Angel Eyes / It’s the Talk of the Town / Prestige / 9.5.62 
Nat Adderley & the Big Sax Section / That’s Right! / Night After Night / Riverside / fall 1960 
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / Don’t Blame Me / Dawn / Paris 3.56
The Dixie Stompers [Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra] / Panama / Harmony / 12.22.25 
Revelers / Dinah / Warner Brothers Vitaphone short / 1927
Teddy Bunn / Bachelor Blues / Blue Note / 2.28.40
Four Chicks and a Chuck / The Turntable Song (’Round An’, ’Round An’, Round) / MGM / 1947 / with Jack Miller & his Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No) / Decca / 8.25.50 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra

set 3
Mal Waldron / Mal/3: Sounds / Ollie’s Caravan / New Jazz / 1.31.58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal/3:_Sounds
Tricky Lofton & Carmell Jones / Brass Bag / Angel Eyes / Pacific Jazz / LA 3.26.62 
Mel Powell / Hallelujah / Capitol / 12.10.47
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / It’s a Blue World / Victor / Chicago / 12.29.39 / vocal = Anita Boyer
The Charioteers / Only Forever / Columbia / 9.40
Bobby Darin / Winners / What a Difference a Day Makes / Atco / 2.60 

set 4
Terry Gibbs / A Jazz Band Ball, Second Set / Where or When / Mode / Hollywood 9.57 / subtitled “The Poor People of Beverly Hills” / cover cartoon by William Box 
Lee Konitz / Very Cool / Movin’ Around / Verve / 5.12.57 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Cool
Eartha Kitt / New Faces of 1952 / Monotonous / RCA Victor / 1952 / book co-written by Mel Brooks 
Nancy Wilson / Face It, Girl, It’s Over / live, The Ed Sullivan Show / 11.24.68
The Charioteers / Oh! Dem Golden Slippers / radio broadcast, Bing Crosby’s Kraft Music Hall / 12.17.42

last soulful song
The Jelly Beans / I’m Hip to You / Eskee / 1965 / Charles Thomas, Alma Brewer, Diane Taylor, Elyse Herbert, & Maxine Herbert

Pretty Little Playlist

When our heroes ride in on their saxophones.

Coffeetime, January 24, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Howard McGhee / The Return of Howard McGhee / I’ll Remember April / Bethlehem / 10.22.55 
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / [Just Coolin’] / Close Your Eyes / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.8.59 / Hank quotes It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
Johnny Marvin / At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home) / Okeh / 3.28.27 / Marvin ukulele
Layton & Johnstone [Turner Layton, Clarence Johnstone] / In a Little Second Hand Store / Columbia / London 1933 
Cecil Gant Trio / It’s the Girl / Bullet / Nashville / 1947
Lorez Alexandria / Alexandria the Great / My One and Only Love / Impulse! / 1964 

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

set 2
John Coltrane / Traneing In / You Leave Me Breathless / Prestige / 8.23.57 
Jimmy Cleveland / A Map of Jimmy Cleveland / A Hundred Years from Today / Mercury / 12.58 
Johnny Hodges / Not So Dukish / The Last Time I Saw Paris / Verve / 9.10.58 
Stan Getz / Stan Gets Plays / Body and Soul / Clef / 12.52
Josephine Baker / Pretty Little Baby / Odeon/ Paris 1927 / with Jacob’s Jazz Band
Soul Stirrers / Mean Old World / Specialty / Hollywood 4.10.57 / Paul Foster, Sam Cooke, S. Roy Crain, R.B. Robinson, Jesse J. Farley, T.L. Bruster; Willie Webb org, L.C. Cook d
Albert King / Born Under a Bad Sign / Oh, Pretty Woman / Stax / Memphis 1966 

set 3
Grant Green / Street of Dreams / Somewhere in the Night / Blue Note / 11.16.64 
Fred Jackson / Hootin’ ’n‘ Tootin’ / That’s Where It’s At / Blue Note / 2.5.62 
Charlie Parker / Cool Blues / Dial / Hollywood 2.19.47
Les Brown & his Orchestra / You’re Different / radio transcription / 1950 / vocal = Lucy Ann Polk
Goldie Boots & The Falcons / You’re the Beating of My Heart / Savoy / 8.20.51 
Sammy Davis Jr. / The Wham of Sam / Blame It on My Youth / Reprise / LA 2.61 

set 4
John Graas / Montrose aka Westlake Bounce / Decca / LA 1.23.57 / Jack Montrose ts, Bill Perkins, ts, Paul Moer p, Paul Chambers b, Mel Lewis d
Buddy Banks ‎/ Jazz de Chambre / You Go to My Head / Club Français du Disque 33 / Paris 10.28.54 / Jimmy Gourley g, Bob Dorough p, Buddy Banks b, Roy Haynes d
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson / Doin’ the New Low Down / Brunswick / 12.29.32 / with Don Redman & his Orchestra
Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) / Don’t Fence Me In / Victor / 4.49
Jorge Ben / Samba Esquema Novo [“New Samba Scheme”] / Balança Pema / Philips / Brazil 1963
Soul Stirrers / He’s My Guide [alt take 4] / Specialty / Hollywood 8.17.55 / Sam Cooke, Paul Foster, S. Roy Crain, R. B. Robinson, Jesse J. Farley

last soulful song
The Superbs / One Bad Habit / Doré / LA 1968

Don’t Let that Playlist Get Away

Lovely June in January

Coffeetime, January 17, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Kenny Drew / Talkin’ & Walkin’ / Hidden Channel / jazz:west / Hollywood 12.55
Ronnie Mathews / Doin’ the Thang! / Let’s Get Down / Prestige / 12.17.63
Kenny Dorham / ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, volume 2 / The Prophet / Blue Note [unissued] / 5.31.56
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Dinah / Victor / 1.28.26
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / A New Shade of Blue / RCA / Hollywood 4.49 / vocal = Lee Barnes
June Christy / Love Turns Winter into Spring / Capitol / Hollywood 7.2.57 / with Pete Rugulo & his Orchestra

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

set 2
Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson / Things Are Getting Better / Serves Me Right / Riverside / 10.28.58
Buddy Collette / Buddy Collette in Italy / Room with Skies / Ricordi / 1961
Big Jay McNeely & his Band / Body and Soul / radio broadcast / live, Birdland 2.28.53 / quotes: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Tea for Two
Jesse Crawford / Dinah / Victor / 2.26.26 / Wurlitzer pipe organ
Pauline & her Perils [aka The Six Hits and a Miss] / Don’t Let that Moon Get Away / Keystone transcription / 4.39 / with the King Cole Trio (Nat on celeste, Yay!), solo vocal = Pauline Byrns
Bonnie Lake & her Beaus / Thirteen Black Cats / 1.5.56 / Decca / with Jack Pleis & his Orchestra
BB King [BB “Blues Boy” King & his Orchestra / Did You Ever Love a Woman / RPM / 1956
Chuck Willis / Search My Heart / Okeh [unissued alt take] / 4.15.55

set 3
Wes Montgomery / Movin’ Along / So Do It! / Riverside / LA 10.12.60
Oliver Nelson / The Blues & the Abstract Truth / Cascades / Impulse! / 2.23.61
Kenny Dorham / Bebop in Pastel (Bouncing with Bud) / Savoy / 8.23.46
Mills Brothers / Tiger Rag / Brunswick / 11.5.31
Mildred Bailey / That Ain’t Right / radio transcription, WNEW Saturday Night Swing Session / 3.1.47 / with Ellis Larkins Trio, emcee = Bob Bach
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman / You Are Too Beautiful / Impulse! / 3.7.63

set 4
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 4 / Rondo / Contemporary / LA 3.16.55
Vince Guaraldi / Vince Guaraldi Trio / Fascinatin’ Rhythm / Fantasy / San Francisco 4.56
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Further Definitions / Honeysuckle Rose / Impulse! / 11.13.61
Phil Harris & Orchestra / One-zy Two-zy / Ara / Hollywood c. 11.45 / duet with 3 year-old Alice Faye Harris
Barrie Sisters [Barry Sisters] / Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah / MacGregor transcription / LA 11.21.44 / with the King Cole Trio: NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / Guitars a là Lee / Sweet Happy Life / Capitol / Hollywood 7.18.66 
The Zion Travelers / Jesus Said / Dootone / 1962

last soulful song
Brenton Wood / The Oogum Boogum Song / Double Shot / LA 1967

I’m the Playlist Who Loves You

This cover – photo, typography, the works – is outstanding. Who was the designer?

Coffeetime, January 10, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Curtis Amy / Way Down / Liza / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 2.5.62 
Dave Burns / Dave Burns / Rhodesian Rhapsody / Vanguard / 6.62 / Burns t, Herbie Morgan ts, Kenny Barron p, Steve Davis b, Edgar Bateman d
Louis Smith / Smithville / Bakin’ / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.30.58 
Harry James & his Orchestra / Duke’s Mixture / Columbia / 3.26.41
Tom Clines & his Music / Somebody Mighty Like You / Brunswick / 7.10.29 / vocal = Chester Gaylord
Floyd Dixon / Pretty Baby / Aladdin / Hollywood 9.6.49 / vocal = Sonnie Parker; Dixon p, Johnny Board as, Al Grey tb, Wes Montgomery g, Roy Johnson b, Ellis Bartee d
Blossom Dearie / My Gentleman Friend / Someone to Watch Over Me / Verve / 5.21 & 22.59 

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

set 2
Stan Getz / Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio / Ballad Medley: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; I Don't Know Why (I Just Do); How Long Has This Been Going On?; I Can't Get Started; Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Verve / Hollywood 10.10.57 
Freddie Redd / Shades of Redd / Just a Ballad for My Baby / Blue Note / 8.13.60 
The Red Heads (aka Red Nichols & the Five Pennies) / Here or There / Pathé Actuelle / 1.18.27 / vocal = Frank Gould
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Coffee Time / Columbia / 1945 / Michael Douglas & Lucyann Polk
Albinia Jones / I Have a Way of Lovin’ / Decca / 1.48 
Eddie Bo / Roll ’Em Back / Ace [unissued] / 1956

set 3
Lou Donaldson / The Natural Soul / People Will Say We’re in Love / Blue Note [unissued] / 5.9.62 
Billy Mitchell / This Is Billy Mitchell / Passionova / Smash / Chicago 10.30.62 
Jack McVea & his Band / Flying (All the Way) Home / Rhythm Records [unissued] / San Francisco 1944 
Art Kassel & His Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra / I’ll Be Around / radio transcription / 1944 / vocal = Gloria Hart
Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames / My Love Has Gone / Columbia / 5.51
Jackie Paris / The Song Is Paris / Jenny / Coral / 1.22.62 

set 4
Shorty Rogers / Wherever the Four Winds Blow / The Chinook That Melted My Heart / RCA Victor / LA 7.2.56 / Rogers t, Jimmy Giuffre cl, Lou Levy p, Ralph Pena b, Larry Bunder d 
Una Mae Carlisle / I’m the One Who Loves You / Victor / 10.3.41 / Charlie Shavers t, William Bailey cl, Russell Procope ts, Billy Kyle p, John Kirby b, O’Neil Spencer d 
Fred Astaire / Pick Yourself Up / Brunswick / Hollywood 7.26.36
Cy Coleman / If My Friends Could See Me Now / When in Rome (I Do As the Romans Do) / Columbia / 1967
The Coleman Brothers / We’re Living Humble / Decca / 5.23.46 

last soulful song
Orthea Barnes / Your Picture on the Wall / Mickay’s Records / 1962