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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