(I’m Left With The) Playlist in My Heart

Oscar, can you order me a coffee?

Coffeetime, August 15, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Benny Golson / The Modern Touch / Reunion / Riverside / 12.23.57
Charlie Rouse / Takin’ Care of Business / Weirdo / Jazzland / 5.11.60
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Nitwit Serenade / Columbia / 8.16.34
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Here Comes the Show Boat / Victor / Biltmore Hotel, Kansas City MO 12.14.27 / vocal = Raymond “Pink” Porter, Myron Schultz, Harold Stokes
Amos Milburn / Operation Blues / Aladdin / LA 12.13.46 / Milburn p, Maxwell Davis ts, rest unknown
Toni Harper / Lonely Lady / He Was a Man / RCA Victor / Hollywood 7.59 / with celeste!

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

set 2
James Clay & David “Fathead” Newman / The Sound of Wide Open Spaces !!!! / What’s New / Riverside / 4.26.60
Joe Wilder / The Pretty Sound / The Boy Next Door / Columbia / 12.1.58
Clifford Brown / I Cover the Waterfront / Vogue / 9.29.53
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Where the Lazy Daisies Grow / Victor / Detroit 3.27.24
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra / Kicking the Gong Around / Brunswick / 10.27.31
Sol K. Bright & his Hollywaiians / A Wee Deoch an’ Doris / Columbia / Hollywood 10.14.34
Marion Hutton & the Modernaires / Johnny Zero / V-Disc #4A (radio broadcast) / summer 1943
Gene Kelly & Georges Guetary / soundtrack to An American in Paris / S’Wonderful / Warner Brothers / Hollywood 7.25.50

set 3
Jimmy Smith / Crazy Baby! / Alfredo / Blue Note / 1.4.60
Arnett Cobb / Smooth Sailing / (I’m Left With The) Blues in My Heart / Prestige / 2.27.59
Bobby Smith & his Orchestra / Bess’s Boogie / Apollo / 12.13.49
Mills Brothers / Rhythm Saved the World / Decca / 6.23.36
Ella Mae Morse / Captain Kidd / Andy Russell radio show / Hollywood 5.5.45 / with Lou Bring Orchestra
Herb Jeffries / Say It Isn't So / Easy to Remember / Bethlehem / LA 1956

set 4
Gerry Mulligan / Jazz Combo from MGM movie I Want to Live! / Frisco Club / United Artists / LA 1958
Trigger Alpert / Trigger Happy! / I Like the Likes of You / Riverside / 11.23.56
King Cole Trio / Laura / Capitol / Hollywood 7.18.52 / NKC p, John Collins g, Charlie Harris b, Bunny Shawker d
King Cole Trio / Laura / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
T-Bone Walker / No Worry Blues / Black & White / LA 9.30.46 / with with Jack McVea & All-Stars
Rick Nelson / soundtrack to ABC TV production, On the Flip Side / It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Decca / LA 12.66
Alphabetical Four / Precious Lord, Hold My Hand / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
Tyrone Davis / Was I Just a Fool / Dakar / 1972

Playlist Samba

Jackie’s shouting to the set decorator: “I’ve got FOUR points on my pocket square!”

Coffeetime, August 8, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / Tom Cat / Rigormortis / Blue Note / 8.11.64
Oscar Pettiford / Oscar Pettiford – Volume 2 / Titoro / Bethlehem / 8.12.55
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / Just a Mood / Pathé Marconi / Studio de l'avenue de la Grande-Armée, Paris 1.19.36 / with Herman Chittison on celeste!
Bert Lown & his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra / Sweet Summer Breeze / Victor / 9.4.31 / vocal = Elmer Feldkamp
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Roamin’ Blues / Decca / LA 11.24.47 / Jordan as, Aaron Izenhall tp, Eddie Johnson ts, Bill Doggett p, Carl Hogan g, Dallas Bartley b, Joe Morris d
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Lonelyville / Riverside / 10.59

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

set 2
Les Spann / Gemini / Afterthought / Jazzland / 12.8.60
Billy Taylor / The New Billy Taylor Trio / Sounds in the Night / ABC-Paramount / 12.57
Paul Quinichette / On the Sunny Side / On the Sunny Side of the Street / Prestige / 5.10.57
Lil Armstrong & her Swing Band / Knock-kneed Sal (On the Mourner’s Bench) / Decca / 9.9.38
Ella Mae Morse / Get Off It and Go / Capitol / Hollywood 5.7.47 / with Buddy Cole’s Boogie Woogie Seven
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers / Lost Child / King / Cincinnati 10.14.52 / vocal = Lavern Baker
Jackie Wilson & Count Basie / Manufacturers of Soul / My Girl / Brunswick / Hollywood 1.3-4.68

set 3
Wes Montgomery / Guitar on the Go / Missile Blues / Riverside / 10.5.59
Lee Morgan / Introducing Lee Morgan / Nostalgia / Savoy / 11.7.56 
Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith / Stompin’ at the Savoy / transcription / 1945
Harry James & his Orchestra / It’s Funny to Everyone but Me / Brunswick / 8.17.39 / vocal = Frank Sinatra
Mel-O·Dots / Baby Won’t You Please Come Home / Apollo [unissued] / 3.17.52
Nelson Gonçalves / O Melhor de Nelson Gonçalves / Meu Vício é Você [My Addiction Is You] / RCA Victor / Rio de Janeiro 8.23.55

set 4
Laurindo Almeida & the Bossa Nova All Stars / Viva Bossa Nova! / Mr. Lucky / Capitol / Hollywood 9.62 
Billy Taylor / Billy Taylor with Four Flutes / St. Thomas / Riverside / 7.59
Oscar Peterson / Plays the Jerome Kern Song Book / The Song Is You / Verve / LA summer 1959
Una Mae Carlisle & her Jam Band / Mean to Me / Bluebird / London 5.20.38 
King Cole Trio / Please Consider Me / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
The Crickets / My Little Baby’s Shoes / Jay-Dee / 11.53 
Astrud Gilberto / Beach Samba / Beach Samba / Verve / 6.9.67
Golden Gate Quartet / To the Rock / Bluebird / 8.10.38

last soulful song
Alton Ellis / Sunday Coming / What Does It Take to Win Your Love / Coxsone / Kingston, Jamaica 1971

Drink to Me Only with Thine Playlist

Where’d ya get the cool frames, Sonny?

Coffeetime, August 1, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Tina Brooks / David the King / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.2.61 
Red Rodney / Modern Music from Chicago / Hail to Dale / Fantasy / Chicago 6.55 / Ira Sullivan ts
Sonny Rollins / Newk’s Time / Wonderful, Wonderful / Blue Note / 9.22.57
Andy Kirk & his Twelve Clouds of Joy / You’re Slightly Terrific / radio broadcast / live, Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland winter 1937
John [Jack] Jackson & his Orchestra / Sittin’ in the Dark / HMV / London 2.24.33 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Betty Hall Jones / Thrill Me / Capitol / Hollywood 8.2.49
Audrey Morris / The Voice of Audrey Morris / My Old Flame / Bethlehem / Hollywood 7.56

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

set 2
Red Garland / Solar / The Very Thought of You / Jazzland / 1.30.62
John Coltrane / Stardust / Then I’ll Be Tired of You / Prestige / 12.26.58
Cliff Edwards / Halfway to Heaven / Columbia / 8.15.28
Bing Crosby / It’s Been a Long, Long Time / Decca / Hollywood 7.12.45 / with Les Paul Trio
Pearl Bailey / Cultured Pearl / Strike While the Iron’s Hot / Coral / 2.4.53 / arrangements by Don Redman
Lula Reed / Boy-Girl-Boy / I’m a Woman (But I Don't Talk Too Much) / King [Federal] / 1961

set 3
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Buttercorn Lady / My Romance / Limelight / Hermosa Beach 1.66
Gene Ammons / Bad! Bossa Nova [Jungle Soul! (ca’ purange)] / Pagan Love Song / Prestige / 9.9.62
Joe Morris Orchestra / Wilma’s Idea / Manor / late 1947
Geraldo & his Orchestra / Do I Worry? / HMV / London 1940 / vocal = Dorothy Carless & George Evans
The Orioles / Forgive and Forget / Jubilee / 9.25.49
Anthony Newley / Tony / Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes / London / London 1961

set 4
Warne Marsh / Music for Prancing / Playa del Rey / Mode / Hollywood 9.57
George Barnes & Carl Kress / Guitars Anyone? Why Not Start at the Top? / Blue Moon / Carney / 1963
King Cole Trio / It Only Happens Once / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Kay Starr / Betcha I Getcha / Standard transcription / 5.45 / with Les Paul & his Trio and Joe Venuti
Johnny “Guitar” Watson / She Moves Me [alt take] / RPM / 1956
Sensational Golden Light Quartet of Philadelphia / Prodigal Son / Apex / Philadelphia 1949

last soulful song

The Pretenders / It’s Everything About You (That I Love)/ Carnival [unissued] / 1980