Friday, July 11, 2025

Strike Up the Playlist

Screenshot from film of Amos Milburn, in a white tux sitting at a grand piano, turning to sing into a microphone, and his band, in black tuxes. Maxwell Davis is seen just over Milburn's shoulder, sitting and playing his tenor saxophone.
Maxwell and Amos… and the other guys.

Coffeetime, July 11, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley, et al / The Prestige All Stars – Tenor Conclave / Tenor Conclave / Prestige / 9.7.56
Hank Mobley / [Another Workout] / Out of Joe’s Bag / Blue Note / 12.5.61
Noel Coward / World Weary / HMV / London 9.11.29 / with Carroll Gibbons p
Amos Milburn / Bewildered / Aladdin / Chicago 10.15.48 / Milburn p, Maxwell Davis ts, possibly Gene Phillips g
Julie London / Julie Is Her Name / I Should Care / Liberty / Hollywood 8.55 / with ​​Barney Kessel g, Ray Leatherwood b

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

set 2
Tadd Dameron / Fontainebleau / Fontainebleau / Prestige / 3.9.56
Coleman Hawkins / The Hawk Swings / Shadows / Crown / 1960
André Persiany / Persiany in New York / Lush Life / French Columbia / 7.31.56
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang / Stringing the Blues / Columbia / 11.8.26
Ethel Waters / Heat Wave / Columbia / 10.10.33 / with Ben Selvin’s Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry / Victor / Chicago 2.1.40 / vocal = The Pied Pipers
The Treniers / Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) / Okeh / 7.15.54 / for Willie Mays; with Quincy Jones & orchestra

set 3
Roy Haynes / Cracklin’ / Dorian / New Jazz / 4.10.63
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All Stars / Drummin’ The Blues / Bye Bye Blues / Liberty / LA 2.14.57
Don Byas / Don’s Idea / Savoy / 7.28.44
Don Redman & his Orchestra / I’m Playing Solitaire / Bluebird / 12.6.38 / vocal = Quentin Jackson
Johnny Otis Quintette / Double Crossing Blues / Savoy / LA 12.1.49 / vocal = Little Esther & The Robins
Bobby Troup / The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup / Little Girl Blue / Bethlehem / 1955

set 4
Charlie Persip’s Jazz Statesmen / Double Or Nothin’ / Wildwood / Liberty / LA 2.27.57
Benny Carter / Swingin’ the ’20s / Mary Lou / Contemporary / LA 11.2.58
Bob Cooper / Shifting Winds / Strike Up the Band / Capitol / Hollywood 4.26.56
King Cole Trio / Baby, Baby All the Time / Capitol / Hollywood 4.11.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b; song written by Bobby Troup
Little Willie John / Inside Information / King / 9.13.63
Etta James / Tell Mama / Cadet / Muscle Shoals, Alabama 8.24.67
The Soul Stirrers / By and By, Part 2 / Specialty / Hollywood 2.24.50

last soulful song
The Fascinations / Such a Fool / Mayfield / Chicago 1968