Friday, June 12, 2026

When My Little Playlist Met Your Little Pekinese

Bob Fosse, Ann Miller, Bobby Van, and Tommy Rall in costume for Kiss Me Kate performing From this Moment On. Fosse has an impish look while he pulls Miller's arm his way, Van is on his knee with his head thrown back singing as Miller looks down at him with a smile and Rall scowls from behind.
I love Bobby Van even if Tommy Rall doesn’t!

Coffeetime, June 12, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Goin’ Up Up Up / Karioka / Blue Note / 11.6.60
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones / Thadrack / Blue Note / 2.2.57
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels / West End Blues / Champion / Richmond, IN 2.11.29
Al Bowlly / When My Little Pomeranian Met Your Little Pekinese / HMV / London 5.10.33 / duet with Frances Day, with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / When I Meander in the Meadow / RCA Victor [unissued] / 1949 / vocal = Lee Barnes / Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Dinah Washington / Crazy He Calls Me / EmArcy / LA 8.14.54 / with Clifford Brown All Stars

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

set 2
Lee Morgan / Charisma / Rainy Night / Blue Note / 9.29.66
Paul Desmond / Imagination / RCA Victor [unissued] / 3.15.62
Flip Phillips / Flip Phillips – Buddy Rich Trio / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Clef / 12.14.52
Hoagy Carmichael / Stardust / V-Disc 536A / Hollywood 8.13.45
Don Redman & his Orchestra / The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring / Victor / 3.23.39 / Eddie Williams voc & ts
The Charioteers / The Cowboy Serenade (When I’m Rollin’ My Last Cigarette) / Okeh / 7.7.41 
T-Bone Walker & his Band / The Hustle Is On / Imperial / LA 4.5.50
Ann Miller, Bob Fosse, Bobby Van, & Tommy Rall / From this Moment On / MGM / Hollywood 6.18.53 / from film “Kiss Me Kate”

set 3
Freddie Hubbard / Backlash / On the Que-Tee / Atlantic / 10.19.66
Hank Jones / Bluebird / Alpha / Savoy / 11.1.55
Julian Dash / Goin’ Along / Mello-Roll / 12.50
Blue Barron & his Orchestra / Somebody Nobody Knows / transcription / 1938 / vocal = Russ Carlyle
Savannah Churchill / That's My Affair / Victor / 12.51 / with The Striders
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56 / Jimmy Rowles celeste!

set 4
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus, Vol 5 / Thou Swell / Contemporary / LA 1.56
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / S’Wonderful / Savoy / LA 4.18.50
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & celeste!, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
The Larks / I Live True to You / Apollo / 2.18.52
Vikki Carr / It Must Be Him / Alfie / Liberty / LA 1967
The Soul Stirrers / He’ll Make a Way / Specialty / Hollywood 3.2.54

last soulful song
Gladys Knight & the Pips / Neither One of Us / Soul / 12.72