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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