Violets for Your Playlist

Please tell us a story, Matt.

Coffeetime, August 28, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Tina Brooks / True Blue / Miss Hazel / Blue Note / 6.25.60
Horace Silver / Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet / The Outlaw / Blue Note / 1.13.58
Golden Gate Orchestra aka California Ramblers / Glad Rag Doll / Edison / 12.26.28
Anson Weeks & his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra / Fine and Dandy / radio broadcast / San Francisco 1932 / vocal = Rhythmsters Trio
Bing Crosby / Love Is Just Around the Corner / Decca / LA 11.9.34 / with George Stoll & his Orchestra
Martha Davis / The Be-Bop Bounce / Urban / early 1946
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / He Was Too Good to Me / Kapp / 1958

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

set 2
John Coltrane / Coltrane / Violets for Your Furs / Prestige / 5.31.57
Bill Evans / Everybody Digs Bill Evans / Young and Foolish / Riverside / 12.15.58
Cozy Cole All-Stars / Just One More Chance / Keynote / 2.22.44
The Four Blackbirds / Louisville Lady / Vocalion [unissued] / 1934
Tiny Bradshaw & his Orchestra / Straighten Up and Fly Right / Regis / 1944
Rosemary Clooney & Bob Hope / Protection / RCA Victor / Hollywood 3.25.59 / with the Gus Levene Orchestra

set 3
Ronnie Mathews / Doin’ the Thang! / The Thang / Prestige / 12.17.63
Bobby Timmons / The Compositions Of Horace Silver / Home Cookin’ / Riverside / 6.18.62 
Tadd Dameron Sextet / Lady Bird / Blue Note / 9.13.48
Billie Holiday / The Same Old Story / Okeh / 9.12.39
Jubalaires / Rockin’ Chair / Standard Transcription / 1948
Matt Dennis / Violets for Your Furs / TV broadcast, The Rosemary Clooney Show / Hollywood 6.1.57

set 4
Shelly Manne & His Men / Swinging Sounds / Bea’s Flat / Contemporary / LA 1.56
Art Pepper / Surf Ride / Cinnamon / Savoy / LA 8.25.54
Shorty Rogers & his Orchestra / The Wild One / Chino / RCA Victor / Hollywood 7.14.53 / Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, Ray Leen t, John Graas frh, Paul Sarmento tuba, Jimmy Knepper & Harry Betts tb, Bob Enevoldsen v-tb, Bud Shank, Herb Geller as, Bill Holman & Bill Perkins ts, Jimmy Giuffre & Bob Cooper bs, Russ Freeman p, Joe Mondragon b, Shelly Manne d
King Cole Trio / Please Consider Me / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Little Milton / Little Milton Sings the Big Blues / Feel So Bad / Checker / Chicago 6.3.66 / Little Milton g & voc, Sonny Thompson p, Phil Upchurch g, Roosevelt Williams b, Maurice White d
Jubalaires / He Understands, He’ll Say “Well Done” / Standard Transcription / 1948

last soulful song
Aretha Franklin / Young, Gifted and Black / April Fools & Rock Steady / Atlantic / 1972

Who Threw the Playlist in the Well?

Etta!!!! I love your sweater!!!!

Coffeetime, August 21, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Live at The Jazz Corner of the World, vol 2 / Art’s Revelation / Blue Note / 4.15.59
Cannonball Adderley / The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco / Bohemia After Dark / Riverside / The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco 10.59
Bernie Stevens & his Orchestra / Wipin’ the Pan / Edison / 3.19.29 / vocal = Tommy Weir [Billy Murray?]
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Friendship / Decca / LA 1.11.47 / Jordan as & voc, Aaron Izenhall t, James Wright ts, Wild Bill Davis p, Carl Hogan g, Jesse “Po” Simpkins b, Joe Morris (Chris Columbus) d
Sarah Vaughan / No Count Sarah / Darn That Dream / EmArcy / 8.57

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

set 2
Blue Mitchell / Blue’s Moods / When I Fall in Love / Riverside / 8.24.60
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Music for Lighthousekeeping / Octavia / Contemporary / LA 10.56
Barney Kessel / Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By / My Reverie / Contemporary / 10.15.56
The Three Suns / Crazy Rhythm / V-Disc #616 / Hollywood 1945 

Peggy Lee / I’m Beginning to See the Light / MacGregor transcription/ Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra 
Delta Rhythm Boys / Bugle Woogie / radio broadcast, CBS Rockin’ Chair Rhythm With Mildred Bailey And The Delta Rhythm Boys / 1941
Eddie Bo / Ain’t It the Truth / Ric / New Orleans 8.22.60 / with Martha Nelson also on vocals
Robert Mitchum / Calypso – Is Like So! / Mama, Looka Boo Boo / Capitol / Hollywood 1957

set 3
Gigi Gryce / The Hap’nin’s / Summertime / New Jazz / 5.3.60
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / My Girl Shirl / Blue Note / 1.25.60
The Five Jones Boys / Love is the Reason / Standard Transcription / circa 1937
Doc Wheeler & his Sunset Orchestra / Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well? / Bluebird / 3.30.42 / vocal = DW & The Hardaway Four
Les McCann / Les McCann Sings / Since I Fell for You / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 8.61 / with orch arranged & directed by Gerald Wilson

set 4
Victor Feldman / Suite Sixteen / Sonar / Contemporary / London 8.19.55
Stan Getz / Chamber Music / Fools Rush In / Roost / 5.5.52
King Cole Trio / I Thought You Ought to Know / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Hadda Brooks / Honey, Honey, Honey / Modern / Hollywood 1947 / Brooks p & voc, Teddy Bunn g, Red Callender b, Al Wichard d
Etta James / Miss Pitiful / Cadet / 6.10.69
Alphabetical Four / What a Friend We Have in Jesus / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
Billy Butler / Thank You Baby / Brunswick / 1967
Ike & Tina Turner / Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You / Loma / 1965

I Only Want a Playlist – Not A Sweetheart

Nan + Three Syphonettes = Four pretty songbirds. It’s basic arithmetic.

Coffeetime, August 14, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Al Cohn / Al and Zoot / Just You, Just Me / Coral / 3.27.57 
Carmell Jones / Business Meetin’ / Cherokee / Pacific Jazz / LA 5.23.62
Chet Baker / Boppin’ with the Chet Baker Quintet / Go-Go / Prestige / 8.65 
Bob Chester & his Orchestra / Flinging a Wing Ding / Victor / 9.24.40 
Nick Lucas / Let Me Live and Love You Just for Tonight / Brunswick / 6.16.26 / Lucas g, Sammy Stept p
Floyd Dixon / I’m So Worried / Aladdin / Houston 1950
Joe Venuto & his Quartet / Sounds Different! / That’s All / Everest / 1960 / vocal = Sandi Blaine 

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

set 2
Herb Ellis / The Midnight Roll / Old Folks / Epic / 1962 / Ellis g, Ray Bryant p, Israel Crosby b, Gus Johnson d
Barry Galbraith / Guitar and the Wind / Portrait of Jennie / Decca / 1.21.58 / Galbraith g, Phil Bodner fl, bcl, Bobby Jaspar fl, Romeo Penque oboe, Spencer Sinatra fl, cl, Eddie Costa celeste!, Milt Hinton b, Osie Johnson d
Vinnie Burke / East Coast Jazz/2 / Yesterdays / Bethlehem / 1955 / Burke b, Ronnie Odrich cl, Don Burns accordion
Don Elliott / Mellophone / My Reverie / Bethlehem / early 1955 
Coleman Hawkins & his All Stars / Stardust / HMV / Paris 2.3.35 / Hawkins ts, Stephane Grappelly p, Django Reinhardt g, Eugene d’Hellemmes b, Maurice Chaillou d
Eddie South / My! Oh My! / Victor / Chicago 6.12.33 / vocal = Eddie South, Antonio Spaulding on celeste?? 
Bill Campbell & his Orchestra / I Want to See My Daddy / Apollo / 11.46 / vocal = Baby Dee 
Kay Starr / Jazz Singer / I Only Want a Buddy – Not A Sweetheart / Capitol / Hollywood 1960

set 3
Mundell Lowe / Satan in High Heels soundtrack; Blues for a Stripper / From Mundy On / MGM; Charlie Parker Records / LA 12.22.61 / Lowe g, Clark Terry, Bernie Glow, & Doc Severinsen, Ernie Royal tp, Jimmy Cleveland, George Buster Cooper tb, Walter Levinsky as,fl, Oliver Nelson, & Al Cohn ts, Gene Allen bs, Barry Galbraith g, Eddie Costa p,vb, George Duvivier b, Ed Shaughnessy d
Cal Tjader / Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof / How High the Moon / Verve / 6.22.65 
Fred Jackson / Hootin’ ’n‘ Tootin’ / Dippin’ in the Bag / Blue Note / 2.5.62 
Fats Navarro / Goin’ to Minton’s / Savoy / 1.29.47
Freddie Rich & his Orchestra / The Bonnie Banks O’ Loch Lomond / Vitaphone film short / 1938 / vocal = Nan Wynn & the Three Symphonettes The Five Royals / Give Me One More Chance / Apollo / 1951
Mel Tormé / It's a Blue World / You Leave Me Breathless / Bethlehem / LA 8.55

set 4
Herbie Mann & Bobby Jaspar / Flute Flight / Bo-Do / Prestige / 3.57 / Mann & Jaspar fl, Tommy Flanagan p, Joe Puma g, Wendell Marshall b, Bobby Donaldson 
Bobby Jaspar / There Will Never Be Another You / Barclay / 12.19.56 / Jaspar fl, Michel Hausser p & xylophone, Sadi Lallemand vibes, Jymie Merritt b, Kenny Clarke d
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
Page Cavanaugh / Carries the Torch / But Not for Me / Era / Hollywood 1956 / Cavanaugh p & voc, Rod Leftwich g, Jack Smalley b, Bob Stava d
Sam Cooke / My Kind of Blues / But Not for Me / RCA Victor / 5.61
The Soul Stirrers / How Far Am I from Canaan? / Specialty / Hollywood 2.22.52

last soulful song
Tobi Lark / Challenge My Love / Topper / Detroit 1966

My Kinda Playlist

Wes can carry good sounds directly to your soul.

Coffeetime, August 7, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
The Montgomery Brothers / The Montgomery Brothers & 5 Others / Sound Carrier / World Pacific / Indianapolis 12.30.57 / Freddie Hubbard’s recording debut 
Freddie Redd / Redd’s Blues / Now / Blue Note / 1.17.61 
Leonard Hayton’s Blue Four / Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere / Brunswick / 3.20.28 / Hayton p, Joe Venuti vn, Fud Livingston cl, & Carl Kress g
Linn Milford & his Hawaiian Singers / In the Moonlight (Think of You, Think of Me) / Regal / London 1.24.30 / duet = Al Bowlly & Len Allen
Cecil Gant Orchestra / Every Minute of Every Hour / Bullet / Nashville 1947
Ruth Price / Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole / Crazy He Calls Me / Contemporary / live, The Manne-Hole, Hollywood 3.61 

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

set 2
Barney Kessel / Solo / Alfie / Concord / San Francisco 1981
Coleman Hawkins / Wrapped Tight / And I Still Love You / Impulse! / 2.22.65 
Bill Evans & Jim Hall / Undercurrent / Darn That Dream / United Artists / 5.14.62 
Frankie Newton & his Café Society / Vamp / Vocalion / 8.15.39
Dorsey Brothers & their Orchestra / My Kinda Love / Okeh / 1.26.29 / vocal = Bing Crosby
Jack Owens / You’re the Only One I Care For / Decca / 7.26.49 / with celeste!
Della Reese / Blue and Orange Birds (And Silver Bells) / Great Lakes / Detroit / 1954 / with Jimmie Hamilton & his Orchestra

set 3
Herbie Mann / Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann / Consolation (Consolaçao) / Atlantic / Rio De Janeiro 10.15.62 / Mann fl, Baden Powell g, Gabriel b
Wayne Shorter / Adam’s Apple / Footprints / Blue Note / 2.66 / Shorter ts, Herbie Hancock p, Reggie Workman b, Joe Chambers d
Teddy Edwards / Wonderful Work / Rex / Hollywood 1948 / Edwards ts, Herbie Harper tb, Hampton Hawes p, Robert “Iggie” Shevak b, Roy Porter d
Skinnay Ennis & his Orchestra / Rain / radio transcription / 1948
The Four Knights / The Glory of Love / Capitol / Hollywood 1951
Frank Sinatra / Young at Heart / Someone to Watch Over Me / Columbia / Hollywood 9.23.54 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra; Bill Miller on celeste!

set 4
Jimmy Giuffre / The Jimmy Giuffre 3 / The Song Is You / Atlantic / LA 1957 / Giuffre ts, Jim Hall g, Ralph Peña b
Bob Brookmeyer / Bob Brookmeyer Quartet / Liberty Belle / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 7.54 / Brookmeyer v tb, John Williams p, Bill Anthony b, Frank Isola d
Aaron Sachs / Aaron Sachs Quintette / One Track / Bethlehem / 11.54 / Sachs ts, Danny Bank bs, Urbie Green tb, Barry Galbraith g, Clyde Lombardi b, Osie Johnson d
King Cole Trio / You Must Be Blind / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / Baby (Is What He Calls Me) / Capitol / Hollywood 12.27.44 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra: Barbour g, Henry J. "Heinie" Beau, Harold Lawson, Maury Stein cl, Billy May t, Artie Shapiro b, Milt Raskin p, Nick Fatool d
Sam Fletcher / The Look of Love, The Sound of Soul / Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream / Vault / LA 6.67 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Harry Betts
The Bells of Joy / Do Lord Remember Me / Peacock [unissued] / mid-1950s

last soulful song
Aretha Franklin / I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You / Don't Let Me Lose This Dream / Atlantic / Muscle Shoals 1969