Friday, March 14, 2025

Le Playlist

Screenshot from the movie "Lets Make Love" showing Yves Montand pretending to dance with and imaginary partner.
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