Friday, September 26, 2025

Happy Playlist Stomp

Jimmy Durante, young Bobby Long, and Frank Sinatra from the movie It Happened in Brooklyn. They're in a gym, sitting on a bench and both Jimmy and Frank are looking at Bobby and Frank is smiling, singing, and pointing his finger at Bobby while Bobby looks a little startled at him. Frank has his hand on Bobby's shoulder and Jimmy is also reaching out as they give him advice.
Wonder what Jimmy and Frank said to you, Bobby…

Coffeetime, September 26, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Roy Brooks / Beat / Soulsphere / Workshop Jazz / 1964 / Blue Mitchell t, Junior Cook ts, George Bohanon tb, Hugh Lawson p, Eugene Taylor b, Brooks d
Dave Burns / Dave Burns / Something Easy / Vanguard / 6.62 / Burns t, Herbie Morgan ts, Kenny Barron p, Steve Davis b, Edgar Bateman d
Roy Johnson’s Happy Pals / Happy Pal Stomp / Okeh / Richmond, VA 8.15.29
Ben Selvin & his Orchestra (also issued under pseudonyms Chester Leighton & his Sophomores and Golden Terrace Orchestra) / Makin’ Faces at the Man in the Moon / Okeh / 6.18.31 / vocal = Eddie Walters
Rabon Tarrant / Opus Boogie / Apollo / LA 8.45 / with Jack McVea & his All Stars: Teddy Buckner t, Jack McVea ts, Bob Mosley p, Gene Phillips g, Frank Clarke b, Tarrant d & voc
Peggy Connelly / It Never Entered My Mind / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.56 / with Russ Garcia & the Wigville Band; fabulous cover design by Burt Goldblatt (as with many Bethlehem records in this show) 

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

set 2
John Coltrane / Soultrane / Theme for Ernie / Prestige / 2.7.58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soultrane
Dorothy Ashby / Hip Harp / Moonlight in Vermont / Prestige / 3.21.58 
Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate / Buck & Buddy / When a Woman Loves a Man / Prestige Swingville / 12.20.60
Walter Huston / September Song / Brunswick / 1938 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, & Bobby Long / I Believe / from the MGM movie It Happened in Brooklyn / Hollywood 1947 
Frankie Laine / One for My Baby / Necessary Evil / Columbia / 1951 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra

set 3
Brother Jack McDuff & David Newman / Double Barrelled Soul / Sunny / Atlantic / 8.9.67 
John Wright / South Side Soul / South Side Soul / Prestige / 8.30.60 
Charlie Parker / Crazeology / Dial / 12.17.47 
Frank Masters & his Orchestra / Harbor of Dreams / Okeh / 1941 / vocal = Phyllis Myles
The Four Knights / A Few Kind Words / Capitol / 1953 / solo = Gene Alford 
Johnny Holiday / Holiday for Lovers / How Long Has This Been Going On / Mode / Hollywood 9.57 / with Marty Paich Octet: Paich cel, Herb Geller as & cl, Ronnie Lang bs & cl, Bob Enevoldsen tb, Vince De Rosa fh, Jack Sheldon t, Max Bennett b, Mel Lewis d

set 4
Max Bennett / Max Bennett / Rubberneck / Bethlehem / 12.14.55 / Charlie Mariano as, Frank Rosolino tb, Claude Williamson p, Bennett b, Stan Levey d; composed by Rosolino
Joe Puma / Joe Puma / Pumatic / Bethlehem / 1955 / Puma & Barry Galbraith g, Don Elliott vb, Vinnie Burke b, Teddy Sommer d
Russ Garcia / Wigville / Then the Lid Blew Off / Bethlehem / 1955 
Peggy Lee / The Way You Look Tonight / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 5.14.46 / with celeste!; with Buddy Cole’s Four of a Kind: Dave Barbour g, Phil Stephens b, Edwin "Buddy" Cole cel, Tommy Romersa d 
King Cole Trio / Too Marvelous for Words / Capitol / Hollywood 4.11.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Sam Cooke / My Kind of Blues / Exactly Like You / RCA Victor / 5.61
The Southland Jubilee Singers (aka The Four Knights) / You Go, I’ll Go with You / Lang-Worth Transcription / c. 1945

last soulful song
The Montclairs / Hung Up on Your Love / Paula / 1973