Friday, September 05, 2025

New Playlist in the Sky

Close up from the movie "Words and Music" of Mickey Rooney in a light brown suit and tie singing as he looks at a piece of paper with the score to a song.
Mickey’s happy to see he’s the featured image on the blog again.

Coffeetime, September 5, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sonny Clark / Leapin’ and Lopin’ / Somethin’ Special / Blue Note / 11.13.61
Gene Ammons / Jammin’ in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons / Four / Prestige / 7.13.56
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Got a Feelin’ for You / Okeh / 3.21.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew
Little Esther / Other Lips, Other Arms / Federal / Cincinnati 1.27.51 / with Earle Warren Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Decca / 9.11.50 / with Ellis Larkins on piano

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

set 2
Teddy Edwards / Nothin’ But the Truth! / But Beautiful / Prestige / 12.13.66
Gigi Gryce / Reminiscin’ / Reminiscing / Mercury / 11.10.60
Garland Wilson / Tenderly / HMV / London 3.16.51
Bandanna Girls [Mozelle France & Mae Hopkins] / Part Time Papa / Decca / 1.24.39
Jo Stafford / Smoke Dreams / Capitol / Hollywood 3.26.47 / with the Starlighters & celeste!
Honey Brown / Lonesome and Mistreated / Derby / 1951 / with Freddie Mitchell Orchestra
Fred Astaire / New Sun in the Sky / Clef / Hollywood 12.52 / Oscar Peterson p, Barney Kessel g, Ray Brown b, Alvin Stoller d

set 3
Wayne Shorter / Juju / Yes or No / Blue Note / 8.3.64
Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / Azure-té / Prestige Moodsville 13 / 8.23.60
Lynn Hope / Tenderly / Premium / Chicago 4.50
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / One Umbrella for Two / Victor / 10.18.35 / vocal = Cliff Weston
The Ravens / You’re Always in My Dreams / Columbia / 10.30.50
Joe Mooney / Lush Life / Nina Never Knew / Atlantic / 1958

set 4
Shorty Rogers / Shorty Rogers Courts the Count / Basie Eyes / RCA Victor / LA 2.2.54 / Rogers t & arr, Curtis Counce b, Bud Shank bs, 
Barney Kessel / Poll Winners Three! / It’s All Right with Me / Contemporary / 11.2.59
Howard Rumsey / Lighthouse All-Stars, Volume 4 – Oboe/Flute / A Bit of Basie / Contemporary / Hermosa Beach, Calif 9.25.54 / Bud Shank fl, Bob Cooper oboe, Claude Williamson p, Rumsey b, Max Roach d
King Cole Trio / I Thought You Ought to Know / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Mickey Rooney, Bill Lee, & Marshall Thompson / Manhattan / soundtrack to Words and Music / MGM / Hollywood 1948 / with Roger Edens on piano; Bill Lee dubs for Tom Drake
Percy Mayfield & his Orchestra / Strange Things Happening / Specialty / Hollywood 1950
Golden Gate Quartet / Didn’t Old Pharaoh Get Lost / radio broadcast, NBC Thesaurus #1044 / c. 2.42

last soulful song
Barbara Lynn / I'm a One Man Woman / Atlantic / 1971