Friday, August 17, 2007

My Playlist is Something Else

Coffeetime, August 17, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Krafty / Bethlehem /10.11.57
John Wright / Mr. Soul / Our Waltz /Prestige / 4.10.62
Harry Carney's Big Eight / Shadowy Sands (alternate take) / HRS [Mosaic - thank you, Lou] / 3.18.46
George Olsen & his Orch / Who / Victor / 11.6.25 / vocal = Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Jack Fulton
The Charioteers / Stardust / transcription / 1942
Dakota Staton / Softly / Old Folks / Capitol / LA 2.60 / with Benny Carter & his Orch

set 2
Willis Jackson / Please Mr. Jackson / Dinky's Mood / Prestige / 5.25.59
Chu Berry "Little Jazz" Ensemble / Stardust / Commodore / 11.10.38
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orch / From the Blue / transcription / mid-1940s
Teddy Hill & his Orch / When the Robin Sings His Song Again / Oriole / 2.26.35
Ben Selvin & his Orch / Sweet and Low Down/That Certain Feeling / Columbia / 1.11.26
Hoagy Carmichael / I Get Along Without You Very Well / private recordings / Hoagy's home, Long Island 1939-1951 (unknown date)
Peggy Lee / Beside the Zeiderze/Half as Much / transcription (radio show) / Hollywood 1952 / Sonny Burke & his Orch
Little Milton / My Baby's Something Else / Checker / 7.65

set 3
Donald Byrd / Royal Flush / Requiem / Blue Note / 9.21.61
Cal Tjader / Latin Kick / Tropicana / Fantasy / LA 11.56
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Rhythm Cocktail / Specialty / 12.22.45
Gene Krupa & his Orch / Let's Get Away from It All / Okeh / 3.19.41 / vocal = Anita O'Day
The 4 Vagabonds / Kentucky Babe / Apollo / 11.13.46 / their first session for Apollo
Billy Eckstine / The Modern Sound of Mr. B / What Are You Afraid Of? / Mercury / Hollywood 2.19.64

set 4
Henry Mancini / More Music from Peter Gunn / Goofin' at the Coffee House / RCA Victor / Hollywood spring 1959
Frank Wess / Trombones & Flute / You'll Do / Savoy / 7.18.56
Dinah Washington / Mellow Mama Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45
Big Mama Thornton / Hound Dog / Peacock / 1953
Nelson Gonçalves / Normalista / RCA Victor / 1950s-early 60s
Delta Rhythm Boys / Ezekial Saw De Wheel / 1941

last soul song
Willie Tee / Thank You John / Atlantic / 1965

Friday, August 10, 2007

I Didn't Know What Playlist It Was

Coffeetime, August 10, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Horace Silver / The Stylings of Silver / Metamorphosis / Blue Note / 5.8.57
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly / Dark Eyes / Riverside /1.31.58
Lionel Hampton & his Sextette / Chasin' with Chase / Vocalion / Chicago 4.8.41
Sam Lanin Orch / Don't Keep Me in the Dark Bright Eyes / Okeh / 6.11.28
The Big Three / I Feel Like Steppin' Out / Columbia / Chicago 2.18.49
Sarah Vaughn / Sarah Sings Soulfully / Midnight Sun / Roulette / LA 6.6.63 / with a Gerald Wilson-arranged sextet with Carmell Jones and Teddy Edwards

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige / 9.15.64
Junior Mance / Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard / You are too Beautiful /Jazzland / live at the Village Vanguard 2.22, 23.61
Clark Terry / Clark Terry / Tuma / EmArcy / 1.4.55
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / Oh Why, Oh Why / radio transcription / 5.17.39 / vocal = Dan Grissom
Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra / soundtrack to Anchors Aweigh / I Begged Her / MGM / Hollywood 6.13.44
Cootie Williams & his Savoy Ballroom Orch / Blue Sunday / RCA Victor [unissued] / 5.15.57 / Wini Brown

set 3
Mel Rhyne / Organ-izing / Shoo, Shoo Baby / Jazzland / 3.31.60
Machito & his Afro-Cubans / Indianola / live at the Royal Roost 4.23.49
Norfolk Jazz Quartet / Beedle De Beedle Dee Bop Bop / Decca / 1939
Rosemary Clooney / You Started Something / Columbia / 12.23.47 / with Tony Pastor & his Orch
Buddy Greco / Hang You Hat at Mister Kelly's / The Nearness of You / Coral / live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago 7.24.55

set 4
Barney Kessel / Kessel Plays Standards / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Contemporary / LA 9.12.55
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley / Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Strings / Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Around a Pug-nosed Dream) / EmArcy / 10.27, 28.55
Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang / Loved One (first take) / Vocalion / 6.6.30
Benny Goodman & his Orch / Thanks for the Memory / Victor / 12.2.37
King Cole Trio / Beautiful Moons Ago / Excelsior/Capitol / LA 3.1.43
James Brown /Just Me and You, Darling / King / LA 9.29.60 / flip of I Love You, Yes I Do
The Sallie Martin Singers / Oh What a Time / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 12.15.50

last soul song
Minnie Riperton / Perfect Angel / The Edge of a Dream / Epic / 1974

Friday, August 03, 2007

My Life is My Playslist



Coffeetime, August 3, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / Lex / Blue Note / 1.25.60
Blue Mitchell / The Cup Bearers / Dingbat Blues / Riverside / 8.28, 30.62
Benny Carter & his Orch / Forever Blues / Capitol / 12.12.45
Gus Arnheim & his Orch / Back in Your Own Backyard / Okeh / LA 4.14.28 / vocal = Russ Columbo
Fred Astaire / soundtrack from film Swing Time / Never Gonna Dance / Brunswick / 7.26.36 / with Johnny Green & his Orch
Jack McVea's Orch / You Can't Come Back Home / Modern / 1950
Etta James / Etta James Sings for Lovers / Prisoner of Love / Argo / 6.27, 29.62

set 2
Kenny Burrell / But Not for Me / Blue Note [unissued] /3.29.56
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Friends, vol 1 / I Cover the Waterfront / Contemporary / LA 2.11.56
Jimmy Forrest / Begin the Beguine / United / 2.3.53
Frankie Newton Quintet / Daybreak Blues / Blue Note / 4.7.39
Mills Brothers / Stardust / Decca / West Hempstead, England 2.18.39
Hoagy Carmichael / The Hoagy Carmichael Show radio show /Down T'Uncle Bill's / transcription / LA 11.19.44
Johnny Mercer / My Sugar is So Refined / Capitol / LA 5.26.46 / with the Pied Pipers and Paul Weston & his Orch
Betty Everett / You're No Good / Hands Off / Vee-Jay / 1964

set 3
Willie Bobo / The Spanish Side of Jazz [Bobo's Beat] / Crisis / Roulete / 1962
Henry Mancini / soundtrack to The Party / Wiggy / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1968
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / Out of Nowhere / Savoy / 4.18.50
Lester Young / Saxobebop / Clef /
The Merry Macs / The Hut-Sut Song / Decca / 1941
The Marshall Brothers / My Life is My Life / Savoy [unissued] / 12.17.51
Johnny Hartman / John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman / My One and Only Love / Impulse! / 3.7.63

set 4
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11/ Opus de Funk / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59 /
Herb Geller / That Geller Feller / Melrose and Sam / Bel Canto / LA 3.14.57
Andy Iona & The Islanders / Summer Time Girl / radio transcription / Hollywood spring 1939 / vocal = Hilo Trio
Little Willie John / All Around the World / King / 6.27.55
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Equinox / Wave / A&M / LA 1967
Carolina Kings of Harmony / There's a Narrow Path to Heaven / Trumpet / Raleigh, NC 4.10.53

last soul song
Jackie DeShannon / A Tribute to Burt Bacharach / To Wait for Love / Scepter / 1972

Friday, July 27, 2007

From the Land of the Sky Blue Playlist

Coffeetime, July 27, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Charlie Persip / Charlie Persip and the Jazz Statesmen / Sevens / Bethlehem / 4.20.60
Billy Butterfield / Billy Butterfield at Princeton / 'Deed I Do / Essex / 1955
Buck Clayton's Big Eight / Sentimental Summer / HRS / 7.24.46
Ray Noble & his Orch / Fair and Warmer / HMV / London 6.28.34 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Do You Call that a Buddy? / Decca / 1940
Toni Harper / Toni / Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered / Verve / LA 1.3.56

set 2
Ben Webster / Soulmates / Come Sunday / Riverside / 9.20.63
Charlie Parker / Out of Nowhere / Dial / 11.4.47
Django Reinhardt / Vous et Moi / Brunswick / Brussels 4.16.42
Osvaldo Pugliese y Su Orquestra Tipica / Reliquias / Derecho Viejo / Odeon / Argentina 5.28.45
Dorsey Brothers Orch / Was That the Human Thing to Do? [alt take A] / Brunswick / 2.5.32
Gene Autry / Ridin' Down the Canyon / Columbia / 5.46
Dinning Sisters / Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia / Capitol / LA 1943
Roger Miller / King of the Road / Smash / Nashville 11.3.64

set 3
Lonnie Smith / Think! / Slouchin' / Blue Note / 7.23.68
Victor Feldman / It's A Wonderful World / Hard to Find / Vee Jay / 1965
Jack McVea & his All Stars / Play It Over / Black & White / LA circa 1.46
Mildred Bailey / Mildred Bailey Show on CBS radio / From the Land of the Sky Blue Water / transcription / LA 1944 / with Paul Baron's Orch
The Ravens / For You / National / 1947
Frank Sinatra / Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim / Dindi / Reprise / LA 1967

set 4
Henry Mancini / Combo! / Charleston Alley / RCA Victor / Hollywood 6.14, 17, 21.60
Corky Hale / Gene Norman Presents Corky Hale / London in July / GNP / 6.27.56
Shep Fields & his New Music / Sophisticated Lady / radio transcription / early 1940s
Cliff Edwards [Ukelele Ike] / When My Sugar Walks Down the Street / 1944
Red Norvo & his Orch / Embraceable You / V-Disc / 1943-1944 / vocal = Carol Bruce
Elvis Presley / Any Way You Want Me / RCA Victor / 10.6.56
"The Church Choir" / soundtrack to The Lost Man / He'll Wash You Whiter Than Snow / Uni / Hollywood 1969 / arranged by Cora Martin

last soulful song
Dusty Springfield / Dusty in Memphis / Just a Little Lovin' / Atlantic / Memphis 1968

Friday, July 20, 2007

Drive Playlist Drive



Coffeetime, July 20, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Joe Henderson / Our Thing / Our Thing / Blue Note / 9.9.63
Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Idrees Sulieman / Three Trumpets / Forty Quarters / Prestige / 1.26.57
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / I Should Care [CD bonus track] / Blue Note / 8.4.60
Woody Herman Band / Bijou / Columbia / 8.20.45
Savoy Hotel Orpheans / I Won't Dance / HMV / London 3.23.35 / vocal = Anne Lenner & Brian Lawrence, orch conducted by Carroll Gibbons
King Cole Trio / I Love to Make Love to You [aka Any Old Time] / MacGregor transcription / 1944
Dakota Staton / More Than the Most! / The Crazy Things We Do / Capitol / 1959

set 2
Charlie Rouse / Unsung Hero / When Sunny Gets Blue / Epic [Columbia] / 7.13.61
Milt Jackson / Milt Jackson / The Nearness of You / Prestige / 5.20.55
John Coltrane / Ballads / It's Easy to Remember / Impulse! / 12.21.61
George Gershwin / When Do We Dance? / Columbia / London 7.6.26
Ruth Etting / It's Easy to Remember / Columbia / 4.5.35
Gene Krupa & his Orch / Drummin' Man [10" EP] / Drum Boogie / Columbia / vocal = Irene Day & Ensemble
Ella Mae Morse / AFRS Mail Call #87 / Cow Cow Boogie / Hollywood 4.19.44 / with AFRS Orch conducted by Captain Meredith Wilson
Sammy Davis Jr / I Gotta Be Me / If My Friends Could See Me Now / Reprise / LA 1968

set 3
Barney Kessel / Let's Cook! / Tiger Rag / Contemporary / LA 8.6.57
T.J. Fowler's Orch / Gold Rush / Savoy / Detroit 1.16.53
The Five Jones Boys / Rose Room / Standard transcription / c. 1937
Anita O'Day / Tennessee Waltz / London / 10.26.50 / with Jack Pleis & his Orch
Sam Cooke / Night Beat / Mean Old World / Abkco / LA 1963

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / Jazz Impressions / Django / Fantasy /LA 1956
Dave Brubeck Trio / Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals [10" EP] / Body and Soul / Fantasy / San Francisco spring 1950
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / Shortnin' Bread / transcription / 1945
Putney Dandridge & his Orch / Chasing Shadows / Vocalion / 6.25.35
Little Sylvia [Vanderpool Robinson] / Drive Daddy Drive / Jubilee / 1952 / with Buddy Lucas & his Band of Tomorrow
Jackie Wilson / You Better Know It / Brunswick / 1959
Golden Gate Quartet / A Look Away from Heaven / radio transcription / 1941

last soul song
Oscar Toney Jr / Just for You / Bell / 1967

Friday, July 13, 2007

Max the Playlist



Coffeetime, July 13, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Tommy Flanagan / Prestige Moodsville / 5.18.60

set 1
Donald Byrd / The Cat Walk / Cute / Blue Note / 5.2.61
Cannonball Adderley / Jump for Joy / Brown-skin Gal (in the Calico Gown) / Mercury / 8.20.58
Johnny Costa / Introducing Johnny Costa [Neighborhood] / La Mer (Beyond the Sea) / Savoy / 2.26.55
John Kirby & his Orch / Anitra's Dance / Vocalion / 5.19.39
Jack Hylton & his Orch / My One and Only / Bluebird / Small Queen's Hall, London 9.12.28 / vocal = Jack Jackson, Billy Ternent, Chappie d'Amato
Babs Gonzales / Everything's Cool / Apollo / 4.47
Etta Jones / Something Nice / Love is the Thing / Prestige / 3.30.61

set 2
Phineas Newborn Jr / While My Lady Sleeps / While My Lady Sleeps / RCA Victor / 4.23.57
Joe Newman / Good 'n' Groovy / Li'l Darlin' / Prestige Swingville / 3.19.61
Alec Wilder / A Child's Introduction to the Orchestra / Max the Saxophone / Golden Records / 1958 / orch arranged & conducted by Mitch Miller
Orchestre Typique Cubain Sous la Direction du Maestro Castellanos / Cuba en Paris / Odeon / Paris, circa 11 or 12.30
Jack Payne & the BBC Dance Orch / My Brother Makes Noises for the Talkies / HMV / London 1931
Chubby Newsome / New Orleans Lover Man / DeLuxe / New Orleans 1.49
Pearl Bailey / Pearl Bailey Sings for Adults Only / Josephine / Roulette / 1960

set 3
Jimmy Smith / Softly as a Summer Breeze / It Could Happen to You / Blue Note / 2.26.58
Bobby Jaspar / I Remember You / Pathé Marconi, French Columbia / 11.12, 14, 20.56
Joe Thomas & his Orch / Sittin' Around / King / Cincinnati 6.28.50
The Charioteers / Sweet Lorraine / Columbia (?) / 6.3.47
Hadda Brooks / I Don't Mind / Okeh / 12.18.53
Dean Martin / Pretty Baby / Once in Awhile / Capitol / LA 1957

set 4
Lennie Niehaus / Volume 1, "The Quintets" / Poinciana / Contemporary / LA 1.20.56
Wes Montgomery / Montgomeryland [Far Wes] / Falling in Love with Love / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.1.59
Bing Crosby / It's Easy to Remember / Decca / Hollywood 2.21.35 / with George Stoll & his Orch, The Rhythmettes & Three Shades of Blue
Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer / Two of a Kind / Two of a Kind / Atco / LA 1961 / orch arranged & conducted by Billy May
Soul Stirrers / Christ is All (the World to Me) / Specialty / Hollywood 7.28.50

last soul song
The Five Stairsteps / The Five Stairsteps & Cubie / Our Family Portrait / Tell Me Who / Buddah / Chicago 1967

Friday, July 06, 2007

Playlist in My Lemon & Lime

Coffeetime, July 6, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley (1560) / Easy to Love / Blue Note / 4.21.57
Kenny Dorham / Jazz Contrasts / Larue / Riverside / 5.21.57
Wilbert Baranco & his Rhythm Bombardiers / Night and Day / Black & White / LA 1.46
California Ramblers / Glad Rag Doll / Edison / 12.26.28
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / soundtrack to Gold Diggers of 1938 / I Want to Go Back to Bali / Victor / Hollywood 4.13.38
Johnny Otis Band / Feel Like Crying / Savoy / LA 1.5.51 / vocal = Mel Walker
Connie Haines / Connie Sings a Tribute to Helen Morgan / They Didn't Believe Me / Hi-Fi Tops / Hollywood 7.26, 30.57

set 2
Buddy Collette / Jazz Loves Paris / La Vie en Rose / Specialty / Hollywood mid-50s
JJ Johnson / JJ! in Person / My Old Flame / Columbia / 1956
Hank Jones / Porgy & Bess / My Man's Gone Now / Capitol / late 1958
Anson Weeks & his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orch / Medley: On the Alamo/My Ideal/I'll Get By / radio transcription / San Francisco 1932
The Mills Brothers / Chinatown, My Chinatown / Decca / 4.14.42
T-Bone Walker & his Band / Too Lazy / Imperial / LA circa 9.50
Diana Dors / Swinging Dors / Roller Coaster Blues / Columbia / 1960

set 3
Antonio Carlos Jobim / The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim / Valsa de Pôrta das Caxias / Warner Brothers / LA 1965
Gene Krupa Trio / The Man I Love / Clef / 6.52
Dinning Sisters / Echo Said No / Capitol [unreleased] / LA 5.17.47
The Three Riffs / Cherry in My Lemon and Lime / Apollo / 5.9.50
King Cole Trio / After Midnight / You're Looking at Me / Capitol / Hollywood 9.14.56 / with Willie Smith on alto

set 4
Sal Salvador / Tribute to the Greats / Solos for Guitar / Bethlehem / 6.3-5.57
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Star Big Band / Jazz Rolls Royce / "Coop" Salutes the Co-op / Phillips [Fresh Sounds] / LA 1957 (1961?)
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orch / Moonlight on the Ganges / radio transcription / Cafe Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania 2.8.43
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / A New Shade of Blue / RCA / Hollywood 4.49 / vocal = Lee Barnes
Sammy Davis Jr / soundtrack to Salt & Pepper / Salt & Pepper / UA / Hollywood 1968
The Pilgrim Travelers / Troubled in Mind / Specialty / Hollywood 8.4.55

last soul song
Gene Chandler / Situation / It's Your Love I'm After / Mercury / 1970

Friday, June 29, 2007

Playlist My Dear

I'm so happy to finally welcome longtime Coffeetime and WMBR supporter Lynn McCaffrey as today's guest deejay for the second hour of Coffeetime. Yay! Lynn!

Coffeetime, June 29, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Kenny Dorham / Whistle Stop / Whistle Stop / Blue Note / 1.15.61
JATP All Stars / I've Found a New Baby / Clef / LA 7.2.44
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orch / Stars Fell on Alabama / Victor / 10.5.34 / vocal = Joey Nash
The Robins / If It's So Baby / Savoy / LA 12.1.49 / JC Marion essay
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book / Day Dream / Verve / 6.24.57 / with Duke Ellington & his Orch

set 2
Kenny Burrell / Bluesin' Around / Mood Indigo / Columbia / 11.29.61
Elvin Jones / Elvin! / Shadowland / Riverside / 12.27.61
Lester Young / Ghost of a Chance / Savoy / 5.1.44
Orquesta Típica Victor / Alma / Victor / Buenos Aires, Argentina late 1920s
The Aaron Sisters with the Song-o-Pators / How'm I Doin'? / Columbia / 8.12.32
Percy Mayfield / Freeway / Houston 1958
Isidro Lopez / Sabor a Mi / Ideal / Alice, Texas 4.60

second hour: guest deejay Lynn McCaffrey
set 3
Thelonious Monk / Genius of Modern Music, volume 1 / Ruby My Dear / Blue Note / 10.24.47
Tadd Dameron / Mating Call / On a Misty Night / Prestige / 11.30.56
Benny Carter / Further Definitions / Blue Star / Impulse / 11.15.61
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch / Stratosphere / Decca / 1934
Mildred Bailey & her Alley Cats / Squeeze Me / Decca / 12.35
Bob Dorough / Devil May Care / Baltimore Oriole / Bethlehem / 10.56

set 4
Lou Donaldson / Blues Walk / Autumn Nocturne / Blue Note / 7.28.58
Warne Marsh / Music for Prancin’ / Autumn in New York / Mode / Hollywood 9.57
Billie Holiday / Spreadin' Rhythm Around / Brunswick / 12.3.35 / with Teddy Wilson & his Orch
Oran "Hot Lips" Page & his Band / I Would Do Anything for You / Decca / 1.23.40
June Christy / Something Cool / Something Cool / Capitol / LA mid-50s
Swan Silvertones / Oh Mary Don't You Weep / Vee-Jay / 1958

last soul (doo wop) song
The Drifters /Atlantic / 10.24.54

Friday, June 22, 2007

Hum a Playlist

Coffeetime, June 22, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Horace Silver / Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers / Hippy / Blue Note / 2.6.55
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones / Thadrack / Blue Note / 2.2.57
Freddie Mitchell & his Orch / Summertime Boogie / Derby / 5.50
Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence / You Were There / HMV / London 1.15.36 / with the Phoenix Theatre Orch; from Tonight at 8:30
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Poor Butterfly / Decca / 12.13.37 / vocal = Pha Terrell
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / Blues for Cuba / Aladdin / LA 12.15.50
Dinah Washington / Dinah Washington in the Land of Hi-Fi / I've Got a Crush on You / EmArcy / 4.25-26.56 / with Hal Mooney & his Orch, featuring Cannonball Adderley and Junior Mance

set 2
Jack Teagarden / Shades of Night / Cabin in the Sky / Capitol / 1958
Yusef Lateef / Cry! - Tender / Sea Breeze / New Jazz / 10.16.59
Lester Young Trio / Peg o' My Heart / Norgran / LA spring 1946
Osvaldo Pugliese y Su Orquestra Tipica / Reliquias / Mala Junta / Odeon / Argentina 8.27.43
Borrah Minevitch & his Harmonica Rascals / Nagasaki / 9.18.34 / thanks to Jean-Pierre!
Boots [Clifford "Boots" Douglass] & his Buddies / How Long Blues, part 2 / Victor / San Antonio 2.25.36 / vocal = Celeste Allen
Helen Humes / Knockin' Myself Out / Savoy / LA 11.20.50 / with Dexter Gordon's Orch
Frankie Lee Sims / Well Goodbye Baby / Vin / Jackson, Mississippi 1958
Ken Nordine / Colors / Ecru / Philips / Chicago 1966 / with musical director Dick Campbell

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Men at Work / I'm a Fool to Want You / Cadet / live at The Village Vanguard 1966
Pete Terrace [Pedro Gutierrez] / The Pete Terrace Quintet Plays Arrangements by Joe Loco / Despierta Corazon / Fantasy / LA 1956 (?)
Georgie Auld & his Orch / Let's Jump / Musicraft / 10.23.45
The Charioteers / The Cowboy Serenade (When I'm Rollin' My Last Cigarette) / Okeh / 7.7.41
Savannah Churchill /That's My Affair / Victor / 12.51 / with The Striders
Mel Tormé / Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-tette / Keeping Myself for You / Bethlehem / LA 1.20.56

set 4
Art Pepper / The Art Pepper Quartet / Val's Pal / Tampa / LA 11.23.56
Barney Kessel / Poll Winners Three! / It's All Right with Me / Contemporary / 11.2.59
Flip Phillips / Jumping Moods with Flip Phillips / Singin' in the Rain / Clef / 3.21.52
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / LA 5.24.44
Gino Washington / Puppet on a String / Correc-tone / Detroit 1962 / with The Primettes (later The Supremes)
Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta De Casillas Martinez Cardona) / Intimate Excitement / Pretty Butterfly (No Balanco Do Jequibau) / Liberty / 1967
The Pattersonaires / Till Jesus Comes / Chalice [unissued] / Memphis 1968

last soul song
Lulu / Melody Fair / Hum a Song / Atco / LA 1970

Friday, June 15, 2007

A Playlist Sang in Kendall Square

Coffeetime, June 15, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Goin' Up Up Up / Karioka / Blue Note / 11.6.60
Sonny Rollins / [Contemporary Alternate Takes] / You / Contemporary / LA 10.20-22.58
Meade "Lux" Lewis / Whistlin' Blues / HMV / 1937
Rex Stewart’s Big Seven / Diga Diga Doo / HRS / 7.23.40
Helen Morgan / You Remind Me of a Naughty Springtime Cuckoo / Brunswick / 6.27 / with Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson on piano
Jack McVea & his All Stars / Inflation Blues / Exclusive / LA 12.47 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Audrey Hepburn / soundtrack to Breakfast at Tiffany's / Moon River / RCA / Hollywood 1961

set 2
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones / Something to Remember You By [CD bonus track] / Blue Note / 7.9.56
Howard Rumsey / Lighthouse All-Stars, Volume 4 - Oboe/Flute / Warm Winds / Contemporary / Hermosa Beach, Calif 2.25, 26.54
Ruby Braff / Braff!! / Just One More Chance / Columbia [Epic] / 6.28.56
Joe Thomas & his Orch / Teardrops / King / 2.50
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / Buck Jumpin' / 12.26.41
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys / New San Antonio Rose / Okeh / Saginaw, Texas 4.16.40
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Texas and Pacific / Decca / 1947
Bobby Darin / Oh Look At Me Now / A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square / Capitol / 9.4.62 / orch arranged & conducted by Billy May

set 3
Baby-Face Willette / Behind the 8 Ball / Sinnin' Sam / Argo / Chicago 11.30.64
Jackie McLean / Consequence / Slumber / Blue Note / 12.3.65
The Boswell Sisters / Dinah / Brunswick / LA 12.13.34
The Dinning Sisters / If I Had My Life to Live Over / Capitol / 1947
Yves Montand / Paris Recital / Cherche la Rose / Philips / live at Le Theatre D'Etoile, Paris 1964

set 4
Kenny Drew / A Date With Riverside [I Love Jerome Kern] / I've Told Every Little Star / Riverside / 1957
Buddy Collette & his Swinging Shepherds / At the Cinema / Ruby / Mercury / 1959
Howard McGhee / Dusty Blue / Groovin' High / Bethlehem / 6.13.60
King Cole Trio / You're the Cream in My Coffee / radio transcription, Wildroot Cream Oil Presents: King Cole Trio Time, NBC Network, AFRS edition / Cincinnati 12.6.47
Dinah Washington / Fine Fine Daddy / Mercury / 2.27.51 / with Walter Buchanon's Orch
Astrud Gilberto / Beach Samba / You Didn't Have to Be So Nice / Verve / 6.9.67 / with her six-year-old son, Marcello
Golden Gate Quartet / This World is in a Bad Condition / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, South Carolina 2.2.39

last soul song
Patti Drew / Tell Him / Capitol / 5.67

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Ain't No Playlist Like the One I've Got

Today, I sat in on the revolving chair of Wednesday's Lost & Found. Thanks for all the nice phone calls.

Lost & Found, June 13, 2007, Angelynn Grant
(all songs are from 45s unless noted otherwise: LPs will have title listed first, CDs will be marked)

intro
Little Sister / Sister / Stone Flower / 1970

bed 1
Jesse Morrison / Abet Review, vol 1 / There Will Never Be Another You / Abet / 1975

set 1: hard & fast
Earl Gaines [Gains] / Soul Children / Seventy-Seven / 1973
Eddie Holman / I Surrender / ABC / 1970
Rocky Roberts & the Airedales / Just Because of You / Durium / 1967
Brenda Jo Harris / Play With Fire / Roulette / 1968
Eddie Floyd / 3000 Volts of Stax [CD] / Big Bird (alt take) / 1968
Jimmy James & the Vagabonds / The New Religion / I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying / Atco / 1967

bed 2
Quincy Jones / soundtrack to The Lost Man / Slum Creeper / Uni / 1970

set 2: cha 1
Gino Washington / Love Bandit [CD, Norton] / Puppet on a String / Correc-Tone / 1962
William Bell / Any Other Way / Stax / 1962
Dean & Jean / Kiss 'n' Tell [CD, Ace] / Rust [unissued] / 1964
Gene Chandler / Threw a Lucky Punch / Vee-Jay / 1962
Major Lance / The Monkey Time / What's Happening / Edsel [Okeh] / 1963
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes / The Jamie/Guyden Story [CD, Bear Family] / Get Out / Landa / 1965

bed 3
Ike Quebec / Soul Samba / Favela / Blue Note / 1962

set 3: medium regular 1
The Impressions / Soulful Love / Curtom / 1970
Tyrone Davis / Without You in My Life / Dakar / 1973
Hal Frazier / No Man is an Island / I Will Take You There / VMC / 1968 (?)
The Moments / I Won't Do Anything / Stang / 1970
Jr Walker & the All Stars / Gotta Hold on to This Feeling / Soul / 1969

bed 4
Santi Latora / Mo'plen Bacharach [La Douce] / The Look of Love / Durium / 1970

set 4: slow
The Manhattans / I'm the One the Love Forgot / Carnival / 1965
The Emotions / I Could Never Be Happy / Volt / 1972
Esther Phillips / Can't Trust Your Neighbor with Your Baby / Kudu / 1974
Timmy Thomas / Why Can't We Live Together / Dizzy Dizzy World / Glades / 1972
Gladys Knight & the Pips / The Makings of You / Buddah / 1974

bed 5
Leroy Holmes / Themes from the New Provocative Films / Maybe Tomorrow [from John and Mary] / UA / 1970

set 5: medium regular 2
Imperial Wonders / You Only Live Once / Solid Foundation / 1972
Detroit Emeralds / Heaven Couldn't Be Like This / Westbound / 1973
Debbie Taylor / Comin' Down on You / No Deposit, No Return / Today / 1972
The Originals / I'll Wait for You / Soul / 1970
Barbara Lynn / I'm a One Man Woman / Atlantic / 1971
John Sebastian / Welcome Back Kotter / Reprise / 1976

bed 6
Isaac Hayes / Tough Guys (soundtrack to Three Tough Guys) / Kidnapped / Enterprise (Stax) / 1974

set 6: cha 2
Theresa Lindsay / Wonderful One / Correc-Tone / 1966
Brenton Wood / Baby You Got It / Double Shot / 1967
The Rude Boys aka The Wailing Wailers / The Wailing Wailers / I'm Still Waiting / Studio One / 1963
Alton Ellis / Sings Rock and Soul / I'm Just a Guy / Coxsone / 1967
Tony Joe White / Tony Joe / What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) / Monument / 1970

bed 7
Afrique / Soul Makossa / Soul Makossa / Mainstream / 1973

set 7: disco dance
Creative Source / You Can't Hide Love / Sussex / 1973
The Beginning of the End / Funky Nassau, part 1 / Alston / 1971

last song
Four Tops / Keeper of the Castle / Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) / Dunhill / 1972

Friday, June 08, 2007

There's Nothing Like a Playlist in Love



Coffeetime, June 8, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Backlash / On the Que-Tee / Atlantic / 10.19.66
John Coltrane / Stardust / Love Thy Neighbor / Prestige / 7.11.58
Cliff Edwards aka Ukelele Ike aka Jiminy Cricket / Give a Little Whistle / soundtrack to Pinocchio / Disneyland / LA 12.13.39 / with the Ken Darby Singers, Victor Young & his Orch
BB King / Troubles, Troubles, Troubles / RPM / mid-1950s
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / My Ship / Riverside / 10.27, 28, 30.59

set 2
Stanley Turrentine / ZT's Blues / More Than You Know / Blue Note / 9.13.61
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream / Love Letters / Savoy / 10.6.55
Count Basie Big Band [7" EP] / Basie Talks / Clef / 7.22-23.52
Mildred Bailey & The Delta Rhythm Boys / Ev'rything Depends on You / Decca / 1941
Johnny Mercer / One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Capitol / Hollywood 7.25.46
Charles Brown / Angel Baby / King / Cincinnati 1960 / with the Swallows (?); by request for Tom
Billie Poole / Don't Ever Leave Me / Ducretet Thomson / Paris 1.60

set 3
Grant Green / Matador / Wives and Lovers [CD bonus track] / Blue Note / 5.20.65
James Moody / Aimer Comme Je T'Aime / Vogue / Paris / 7.13.51
Trevor Bacon [Lucky Millinder Orch] / Hey, Huss! / Decca / 11.6.41
The Ravens / There's Nothing Like a Woman in Love / National / 6.49
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.11.56

set 4
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / Shorty Rogers & his Giants [7" EP] / Diablo's Dance / RCA / LA 1956
Marty Paich et al / Jazz Studio Two / Paicheck / Decca / Hollywood 1954
Annisteen Allen & her Home Town Boys / I've Got Bulging Eyes (For You) / Queen/King / 12.45
Ozzie Nelson & his Orch / Am I Gonna Have Trouble with You? / radio transcription / LA 1936 / with Harriet Hilliard
Dean Martin / I'll Always Love You (Day After Day) / Capitol, soundtrack to Paramount film My Friend Irma / Hollywood 4.28.50
Howard Tate / Reaction / These Are the Things That Make Me Know You're Gone / Turntable / 1969
Nightengale Jubilaires / Rough and Rocky Road / Swing Time / late-40s, early-50s

last soul song
Belita Woods / My Magic Corner / Karen/Moira / Detroit 1968

Monday, June 04, 2007

Alex sits in on CT

Hey! Much thanks to Alex McNeil for filling in for me this past Friday, June 1, on Coffeetime while I was at the Wellesley College commencement, cheering on my friend (and WMBR supporter) Lauren as she received her degree. (Yay, Lo!)

I did get to hear the show as I was driving home. Alex did a great interview with Howard Tate and then played his special mix of jazzy and otherwise poppy tunes from TV's past. (I sat in the broiling hot car in order to hear the Room 222 theme. Love it.) Below is his playlist. We both were at the Museum of National Heritage in Lexington Saturday night to hear Mr Tate perform. His voice is truly amazing… still.

Alex's playlist:

01. Howard Tate - Ain't Nobody Home
02. Howard Tate - Look at Granny Run, Run
03. Howard Tate - Mama Was Right
04. Howard Tate - Homewrecker

05. Mundell Lowe & His All Stars - Peter Gunn
06. Metropolitan Jazz Quartet - Blue Star (Theme from Medic)
07. Buddy Morrow - The Untouchables
08. Maynard Ferguson - Naked City Theme
09. Mod Squad Theme
10. Vic Schoen - Tightrope
11. Elmer Bernstein - Staccato Theme
12. Johnny "Hammond" Smith - N.Y.P.D. Theme
13. Cannon
14. Lester Lanin - Mr. Clean/Chase & Sanborn/Pepsodent medley
15. Adam-12
16. Richard "Groove" Holmes - The Odd Couple
17. Burke's Law
18. Non-Profit Corporation - Theme from Room 222
19. Johnny Gregory - Wagon Train (first theme)
20. Bud Wattles - Wagon Train (second theme, "Roll Along, Wagon Train")
21. Neal Hefti - Wagon Train (third theme, "Wagons Ho")
22. Bud Wattles - Gunsmoke
23. Ballad of Davy Crockett
24. Ralph Young - Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp
25. The Riflmeman
26. Tommy Mara - Yancy Derringer
27. Bud Wattles - Black Saddle
28. Lawman
29. Chordettes - Zorro
30. Branded
31. Hopalong Cassidy
32. Bobby Lord - Swamp Fox
33. Alan Dale - Robin Hood
34. Fireball XL-5
35. Thunderbirds
36. Miniature Men - Soupy's Theme
37. Beany and Cecil
38. Top Cat
39. King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
40. Banana Splits - Banana Splits
41. Challengers - The Man From UNCLE
42. Frank DeVol - Bewitched
43. Lester Lanin - Robert Hall/Blatz Beer/Blue Bonnet Margarine/KLMmedley
44. Mundell Lowe & His All Stars - Riff Blues (Mike Hammer Theme)

Thanks once again, Alex!

Friday, May 25, 2007

The Playlist That Is!

Coffeetime, May 25, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Booker Ervin / The Song Book / The Lamp is Low / Prestige / 2.27.64
Teddy Charles / The Teddy Charles Tentet / Lydian M-1 / Atlantic / 1.17.56
Duke Ellington & his Orch / Dinah's in a Jam / live at the Cotton Club 4.24.38
Whispering Jack Smith / When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along / Victor / 4.28.26 / whistling = Carson Robison
Benny Carter & his Orch / There, I've Said It Again / Decca / 1.21.41 / vocal = Roy Felton
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Sings Gerswhin / How Long Has This Been Going On? / Decca / 9.11.50 / with Ellis Larkins, piano

set 2
Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / Summertime / Prestige / 11.27.58 /
Al Casey / Buck Jumpin' / Body and Soul / Prestige Swingville / 3.7.60
Joe Venuti / Laura / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular)
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Corky's Stomp / Decca / circa 11.8.29
Joan Crawford / How Long Will It Last? / Hollywood 8.23.31 / with Gus Arnheim & his Cocoanut Grove Orch
The Ink Spots / Slap That Bass / Decca / 4.9.37
William "Brother" Woodman / Hot Mama / Combo / LA mid-1950s / vocal = Ethyl Brown & The Chanteers
Pearl Bailey & Mike Douglas / Young at Heart / Project 3 / LA 1969

set 3
Curtis Amy / Mustang / Mustang / Verve / 1966 (67?)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Are You Real / On the Ginza /Moon / live, London 1965
Julian Dash / Goin' Along / 12.50 / interesting note: his niece Julie Dash directed "Daughters of the Dust"
Lou Preager & his Band / Medley: Whispering in the Light; Hey, Good Lookin' / live at The Locano Ballroom, London 1940s/ vocal = Edna Kaye & Paul Rich
The Four Buddies / I Will Wait / Savoy / 10.12.50
Johnny Hartman / The Voice That Is! / My Ship / Impulse! / 9.22.64

set 4
Leroy Vinnegar / Leroy Walks! / Walkin' By the River / Contemporary / LA 9.23.57
Les Paul Trio / I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me / V-Disc / mid-1940s
John Kirby & his Orch / Tweed Me / Victor / 10.7.41
Frank Sinatra & Janet Blair / Lucky Strikes Presents Light Up Time radio show / Some Enchanted Evening / 12.13.49
Etta James / Miss Pitiful / Cadet / 6.10.69
Sammy Davis Jr / Greatest Hits / On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) / Reprise / LA 1967
The Argo Singers / See How He Kept Me / Vee-Jay / 1962

last soul song
Junior / Mama Used to Say / Mercury / 12.81

Friday, May 18, 2007

Honeysuckle Playlist

Coffeetime, May 18, 2007, Angelynn Grant

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

set 1
Mal Waldron / Mal-2 / Blue Calypso [CD bonus track] / Prestige / 4.19.57
Sonny Clark / Sonny Clark Trio / Sonia / Time / 3.23.60
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / Weary Blues / Decca / 9.26.35
Ray Noble & his Orch / Weep No More, My Baby / HMV / London 10.12.33 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Ray Johnson / Boogie the Blues / Mercury / 1953-55
Rosemary Clooney / Swing Around Rosie / Blue Moon / Coral / 1958 with Buddy Cole Trio

set 2
Ben Webster / Soulville / Time On My Hands / Verve / LA 10.15.57
Kenny Burrell / The Tender Gender /Girl Talk / Cadet / 4.66
Arnett Cobb Septet / I'm in the Mood for Love / Okeh / 8.7.51
Borrah Minevitch & his Harmonica Rascals / Deep River / 1940 / thanks to Jean-Pierre!
Fats Waller / Clothes Line Ballet / Bluebird / 11.16.34
Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon / Take Off Them Hips / Decca / 4.17.40
Benny Goodman Sextet / She's Funny That Way / Columbia / vocal = Jane Harvey
Bobby “Blue” Bland & BB King / Together Again…Live / Everyday (I Have the Blues) / Impulse! / live Cocoanut Grove, LA 1976

set 3
James Clay / A Double Dose of Soul / New Delhi / Riverside / LA 10.11.60
Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quartette / Mean to Me / King / 6.14.58
Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / Loch Lomond / Gotham / Philadelphia 1950 / nice essay about Tiny Grimes
Ella Logan & Spirits of Rhythm / I Woke Up with a Teardrop / Columbia / Hollywood 9.4.41
Melody Masters / My Baby / Apollo / 1946
Four of Us / Lift Up the Latch / Modern / 1947 / hat tip to Tony at Vocal Harmony site
Anthony Newley / Tony / You're Free / London / 1961

set 4
Lucky Thompson / Tricotism / Little Tenderfoot / ABC [Impulse] / 12.11.56
Herb Pomeroy Orch / Life is a Many Splendored Gig / Jack Sprat / Roulette / 6.3-4.57
Eddie South / The Distinguished Violin of Eddie South / I Hadn't Anyone Till You / Mercury / Chicago 7.14.58
Ida James / Honeysuckle Rose / MacGregor transcription / LA 5.22.44 / with the King Cole Trio
The Falcons / Take this Love I've Got / Atlantic / 1963 / with Wilson Picket
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 / Equinox / Constant Rain (Chove Chuva) / A&M / LA 1967
The Swan Silvertones / Get Your Soul Right / Vee-Jay / Chicago 2.28.56

last soul song
Jackie Ross / Jerk and Twine / Chess / Chicago 1965

Friday, May 11, 2007

There's a Playlist in this Old Building

Coffeetime, May 11, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Red Garland / Can't See for Looking / Prestige / 6.27.58

set 1
Blue Mitchell / Big 6 / Big Six / Riverside / 7.2-3.58
John Coltrane / Bahia / Goldsboro Express / Prestige / 12.26.58
Trummy Young's Big Seven / Fruitie Cutie [alternate take] / HRS [Mosaic box set - thanks Lou!] / 9.3.46
Lee Morse & her Bluegrass Boys / Moanin' Low / Columbia / 7.24.29
Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers / Dinah / soundtrack to The Big Broadcast / Hollywood 12.16.31
Russell Jacquet / Wake Up Old Maid / Jewell / 9.21.46 / vocal = Numa Lee Davis
Dinah Washington / In Tribute… / I've Run Out of Reasons / Roulette / 9.10.62 / with the Vocaleers (?)

set 2
Sonny Rollins / soundtrack to Alfie / He's Younger Than You Are / Impulse! / 1.26.66
André Previn & his Pals / Gigi / I Remember It Well / Contemporary / LA 4.7-8.58
Art Tatum / Here's Art Tatum / Honeysuckle Rose / Brunswick / 1955
Dick Powell / I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / soundtrack to On the Avenue / Hollywood 2.6.37 / with Victor Young & his Orch
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / You Showed Me the Way / Modern Music / LA 1946
Sam Cooke / Encore / Along the Navaho Trail / Keen / LA 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orch

set 3
Vince Guaraldi / Jazz Impressions / Fenwyk Farfel / Fantasy /LA 1957
Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith / Blue Bash / Blue Bash / Verve / 7.16, 25, 29.63
Charlie Parker & his Orch / An Oscar for Treadwell / Clef / 6.6.50
The Dinning Sisters / Lolita Lopez / Capitol / Hollywood 1947
Ann Cole / My Tearful Heart / Baton / New Orleans 1956
Bobby Darin / That's All / It Ain't Necessarily So / Atco / 12.19.58

set 4
Oscar Moore / Afterglow / Horizon / Burbank 4.65
Chet Baker / Chet Baker Sings And Plays [Grey December] / I Wish I Knew / Pacific Jazz / 2.28.55
Pete Jolly Five / The Five / Perkin' / RCA Victor / LA 3.9.55
Three Bits of Rhythm / I Used to Work in Chicago / Modern Music / 1946
Marlene Dietrich / An Evening with Marlene Dietrich / Honeysuckle Rose and Falling in Love Again / soundtrack from BBC TV show / New London Theatre, London 11.23-24.72 [CD says "Queen's Theatre, London 12.12.64"?]
The Southern Sons / There's a Leak in this Old Building / Bluebird / 10.29.41

last soul song
Choice o f Colors / Love is Gone / unissued Hotlanta demo [from Good Guys Don't Always Win CD] / early 1970s

Friday, May 04, 2007

Half as Lovely (Twice as Playlist)

Coffeetime, May 4, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Red Garland / Prestige Moodsville 6 / 11.21.58

set 1
Joe Gordon / Lookin' Good / Diminishing / Contemporary / LA 7.11, 12, 18,61
Phineas Newborn Jr / The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr / Four / Contemporary / LA 9.12.62
Benny Carter Orch / Takin' My Time / Bluebird / 11.19.40
Ben Selvin & his Orch / Hot-Cha Medley: You Can Make My Life a Bed of Roses, Say, There I Go / Columbia / 3.22.32 / vocal = Kate Smith, Wallace Trio, Jack Miller, respectively
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Boogie Woogie Came to Town / Decca / 1941
Helen O'Connell / Penthouse Serenade / radio transcription / LA 1953 / with the Page Cavanaugh Trio

set 2
Duke Pearson / Wahoo! / Farewell Machelle / Blue Note / 11.24.64
McCoy Tyner / McCoy Tyner Plays Duke Ellington / I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) [cd bonus track] / Impulse! / 12.2, 7, 8.64
Laurindo Almeida / Laurindo Almeida Quartet, volume 2 [Brazilliance] / Noctambulism / Pacific Jazz / LA 1953
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys / Too Busy / Brunswick / Chicago 9.29.35
DeZurik Sisters / I Left Her Standing There / Vocalion / Chicago 1.39
Doc Pomus / Naggin' Wife Blues / Apollo / late 1947 or early 1948
Peggy Lee / Imagination / Capitol / LA 4.4, 8.49
Otis Rush / It Takes Time / Cobra / 1958 / with Willie Dixon & his Orch

set 3
John Wright / Mr. Soul / Everything's Gonna Work Out Fine / Prestige / 4.10.62
Cannonball Adderley / The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse / Our Delight [unissued on orig LP] / Riverside [Landmark] / The Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach, California 10.16.60
Tadd Dameron Band / Lady Be Good / radio broadcast / The Royal Roost 8.48
The Mills Brothers / Diga, Diga Do / Decca / 12.22.32 / with Duke Ellington & his Orch
Teddy Wilson Quartet / Time After Time / Musicraft / 1946 / vocal = Sarah Vaughn
Frank Sinatra / Half As Lovely (Twice As True) / Capitol / Hollywood 5.13.54

set 4
Red Norvo / Music to Listen to Red Norvo By / Divertimento, 1st movement / Contemporary / LA 3.2.57
Art Pepper / The Art of Pepper / I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me / Aladdin / LA 4.1.57
Cleo Brown / You Take the East, Take the West, Take the North, I'll Take the South / Decca / 3.12.35
Ruby Johnson / I'm Hooked / Volt? / mid-60s
Ray Charles / The Genius of Ray Charles / Let the Good Times Roll / Atlantic / 6.23.59
Delta Rhythm Boys / Certainly Lord / radio transcription / 1941

last soul song
The Voices of East Harlem / Cashing In / Chicago Sound / 1973

Friday, April 27, 2007

Aren't Playlists Wonderful

Coffeetime, April 27, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976

set 1
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Men at the Black Hawk, volume 4 / Cabu / Contemporary / Black Hawk, San Francisco 9.24.59
Bennie Green Septet / Trombone By Three / Pennies from Heaven / Prestige / 10.5.51
Count Basie & his Orch / The Glory of Love / Decca / 3.26.37
Sophie Tucker / Aren't Women Wonderful / HMV? / London 8.30.28 / with Ted Shapiro & his Orch
Jesse Belvin / Where's My Girl / Specialty / Hollywood 3.17.55 / with Bumps Blackwell Band and the Laurels
Lorez Alexandria / The Sensational Voice of Lorez Alexandria / Angel Eyes / Sing / Chicago 2.59

set 2
Billy Taylor / Taylor Made Jazz / Day Dreaming / Argo / Chicago 11.17.57
Howard McGhee / Sharp Edge / Ill Wind / 12.8.61
Flip Phillips & his Orch / Swinging With Flip / If I Had You / Clef / LA 3.52
Oscar Aleman / Nobody's Sweetheart / HMV / Copenhagen 12.5.38
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / Zonky / Victor / 2.3.30 / vocal = Dave Wilborn
Geraldo & his Orch / Another Day / HMV (?) / London (?) 1949 / vocal = Archie Lewis
Pete Johnson's All Stars / Johnson and Turner Blues / National / 2.2.45 / vocal = Joe Turner
The Orioles / Shrimp Boats / Jubilee / 1.10.52

set 3
Harold Mabern / Rakin' and Scrapin' / Aon / Prestige / 12.23.68
Machito & his Orch / Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Jazz / Clef [Verve] / 12.21.50 / with Charlie Parker
Jo Stafford / I Wanna Be Loved / radio transcription, AFRS Melody Hour #333 / Hollywood 10.9.50 / with Victor Young & his Orch and introduced by Dick Haymes
Savannah Churchill & The Striders / In Spite of Everything You Do / RCA Victor / 12.51 http://www.group-harmony.com/in_spite.htm
Fred Astaire / I Concentrate on You / Clef / LA 12.52


set 4
Howard Roberts / Whatever's Fair! / This is the Life / Capitol / LA 1966
Bud Shank and Bob Cooper / Blowin' Country / Blowin' Country / Pacific Jazz / LA 2.18-19.58
Fats Waller / A Handful of Keys / radio transcription / 3.11.35
Eight Squares & a Critic [Bud Freeman & his V-Disc Jumpers] / The Latest Thing in Hot Jazz / V-Disc / 10.4.45
Doris Day / Lullaby of Broadway / Somebody Loves Me / Columbia / Hollywood 12.04.50
Little Milton / Twenty-Three Hours / Checker / Chicago 11.25.68
Judy Garland / What'll I Do? / TV soundtrack, episode 19 of The Judy Garland Show, 2.2.64 / LA 1.17.64
Soul Stirrers / Come and Go to that Land / Specialty / Hollywood 7.10.53

last soul song
The Just Brothers / She Broke His Heart / Empire, Garrison, Wand / 1967

Friday, April 20, 2007

I Don't Ask Questions, I Just Have Playlist

Coffeetime, April 20, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Red Garland / Red Garland's Piano / Prestige / 12.14.56 & 3.22.57 /

set 1
Conte Candoli & Lou Levy / West Coast Wailers / Lover Come Back to Me / Atlantic / 8.17.55
Johnny Smith / The Johnny Smith Foursome / Love for Sale / Roost / 3.18.57
Willie Lews & his Entertainers / Sweet Sue / Pathé Marconi / Paris / 10.15.36
Seger Ellis / The Song is Ended, But the Melody Lingers On / Victor / 1927 / with the Tampa Red Artistes
T-Bone Walker / Lonesome Woman Blues / Black & White / LA 11.12.47
Anita O'Day / Pick Yourself Up / Man with a Horn / Verve / LA 12.19.56

set 2
Cal Tjader / Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen / Ill Wind / Fanstasy / San Francisco 1961
Kenny Drew / The Kenny Drew Trio / Ruby My Dear / Riverside / 9.20, 26.56
John Kirby & his Orch / Fifis Rhapsody / Victor / 7.25.41
George E. Lee & His Orch / If I Could Be with You / Brunswick / Kansas City circa 11.6.29
Johnny Mercer / Strip Polka / Capitol / Hollywood 4.6.42
Gene Autry / A Melody from the Sky / transcription / 1945
Dean Martin / Medley: You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It); It Had to Be You; I'm in Love with You; I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (and Write Myself a Letter) / Capitol [limited issue] / live, Moulin Rouge, Hollywood 5.9.59

set 3
Candido / The Spanish Side of Jazz [Conga Soul] / Dark Eyes / Roulette / circa 1961-62
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete / From All Sides / Mambeando / Fantasy / San Fransisco 5.65
Les Paul / The New Sound! [45 rpm double-EP] / Brazil / Capitol / 1948
Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight / If That's What You're Thinking, You're Wrong / Decca / 4.21.39
The Toppers / If Money Grew on Trees / Savoy / 12.8.44
Billy Taylor Quartet / I Don't Ask Questions, I Just Have Fun [alternate take] / HRS / circa 6.47 / vocal = Billy Taylor

set 4
Al Cohn, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca / The Brothers! / Blixed / RCA Victor / 6.25.55
Zoot Sims / Zoot! / Osmosis / Riverside / 12.13, 18.56
Hadda Brooks / Tootsie Timesie / Modern / 1948
Big Mama Thornton / I Just Can't Help Myself / Peacock [unissued] / LA 1952-53
Shirley Bassey / Who Can I Turn To? / Columbia / 1964
Nightingale Jubilaires / Sorrow Valley / Swing Time / late-40s, early-50s

last soul song
The New Holidays / Maybe So, Maybe No / Soul Hawk [Westbound] / 1969

Friday, April 13, 2007

Give Me the Simple Playlist

Coffeetime, April 13, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Tommy Flanagan Trio / Prestige Moodsville / 5.18.60 /

set 1
Curtis Fuller / Curtis Fuller, Volume 3 / Little Messenger / Blue Note / 12.1.57
Julian Cannonball Adderley / Cannonball & Coltrane [Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago] / Stars Fell on Alabama / EmArcy / Chicago 2.3.59
Gray Gordon & his Tic-Toc Rhythm Orch / The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish / radio transcription / 1939
Hal Kemp & his Orch / I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans / radio transcription / 1934 / vocal = Skinnay Ennis
Boswell Sisters / Stardust / Brunswick / 5.25.31 / with Victor Young & the Brunswick Orch
Billie Holiday / Everything Happens to Me / Verve / 2.14.55

set 2
Lee Morgan / Candy / Since I Fell for You / Blue Note / 11.18.57
Mundell Lowe / soundtrack from MGM film Satin in High Heels [also Blues for a Stripper]/ The Lost and the Lonely / Charlie Parker Records / LA 11.30.61
Erskine Butterfield / Piano Cocktail / Joe Davis / 8.17.44
Bill Coleman & his Orch / After You've Gone / Disques Swing / Paris 11.12.37
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson / Doin' the New Low Down / Brunswick / 12.29.32 (or 1929?)
The Maples / I Must Forget You / Blue Lake / Chicago 1954 / with the Von Freeman Combo
Nancy Sinatra / Sugar / What'll I Do? / Reprise / LA 1967

set 3
Sonny Stitt / Work Done / On a Clear Day / HighNote / live at the Keystone Korner, San Francisco 1976
Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins / Calling Berlin, volume 2 / What'll I Do? / Arbors / 1994
Tab Smith & his Orch / Ace High / United / Chicago c. 9.52 (1954?)
The Five Jones Boys / I Heard / Standard transcription / c. 1937
Mildred Bailey / You Started Something (unissued alternate take) / Majestic / 10.47
Buddy Greco / At Mister Kelly's / My Ship / Coral / live at Mister Kelly's, Chicago 7.24.55

set 4
Chet Baker & Art Pepper / Playboys / Resonant Emotions / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.31.56
Gerry Mulligan / Jazz Combo from film I Want to Live! / Life's a Funny Thing / United Artists / LA 1958
Frank Sinatra & Skinnay Ennis / Songs By Sinatra radio show, AFRS #25 / Whispering / radio transcription / 3.6.46
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / So Long / Modern / 1946
Dakota Staton / The Late, Late Show / Give Me the Simple Life / Capitol / 1957
Southern Sons / Two Wings / V-Disc / early 12.43

last soul song
Natural Four / Hanging on to a Lie / Boola-Boola / 1971

Friday, April 06, 2007

In a Meditating Playlist

Coffeetime, April 6, 2007; Angelynn Grant

bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976

set 1
Kenny Dorham / Blue Spring / Passion Spring / Riverside / 1.20.59
Clifford Brown / Jazz Immortal / Joy Spring / Pacific Jazz / LA 7.54
Terry Gibbs / Swing Not Spring / Serenade in Blue / Savoy / 8.28.58
Isham Jones & his Orch / In My Heart It's You / Brunswick / 9.8.30
King Porter & his Orch / Chitlin' Ball / Imperial / LA 12.30.47 / vocal = Gene Phillips
Dinah Washington / Crazy He Calls Me / EmArcy / 8.14.54 / with Clifford Brown All Stars

set 2
Kenny Burrell / My Heart Stood Still / Blue Note / 3.12.56
Gigi Gryce / In a Meditating Mood / Savoy / 10.22.55
Lynn Hope / Please, Mr. Sun / Aladdin / Chicago 3.11.52
Joe Herlihy & his Orch / State and Madison / Edison / 6.20.27
Geraldo & his Orch / It Can't Be Wrong /mid-1940s / vocal = Dorothy Carless
Dave Bartholomew / Country Boy / DeLuxe / New Orleans 4.49
Willie Parker / Let's Start a Thing Now / M-Pac! / Chicago 1966

set 3
Gene Ammons / Funky / King Size / 1.11.57
Tiny Grimes & his Rocking Highlanders / St. Louis Blues / Gotham / c. 1951
Joe Thomas' Big Six / He's Got So Much / HRS / 2.14, 15.46 / vocal = Babe Mathews
The Five Red Caps / Tuscaloosa / Beacon / 7.43
Johnny Hartman / Songs from the Heart / I'll Remember April / Bethlehem / 10.55 / with Howard McGhee

set 4
Billy May & his Orch / soundtrack to MGM film Johnny Cool / The Coolest Pad / UA / Hollywood 1963
Barney Kessel / Workin' Out! / Pedal Point / Contemporary / LA 1.9, 10.61
Fats Waller / Poor Butterfly / radio transcription / 8.7.39
King Cole Trio / I Love You (for Sentimental Reasons) / Capitol / 8.22.46
Lula Reed / Blue and Moody / Every Second / King / 1956
Bobby Darin / Love Look Away / Capitol / LA mid-1960s
The Trumpeteers / The Last Supper / Philadelphia late 1954

last soul song
The Tams / Dancing Mood / ABC-Paramount / 1964

Friday, March 30, 2007

Finally Barnacle Playlist!

Coffeetime, March 30, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Red Garland / A Garland of Red / Prestige / 8.17.56 /

set 1
Kenny Dorham / Afro-Cuban / Afrodisia / Blue Note / 3.29.55
Jon Eardley / Hey There / Hey There / Prestige / 3.14.55
Harry Carney's Big Eight / Minor Mirage / HRS / 3.18.46
Bennie Nawahi / Guitar Rhythm / 1931
Whistling Jack Smith / It All Depends on You / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 6.17.27
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Barnacle Bill the Sailor / Decca / 12.20.38
Etta Jones / Something Nice / Maybe You'll Be There / Prestige / 3.30.61

set 2
Cal Tjader / Tjader Plays Tjazz / Imagination / Fantasy / Berkeley, Calif 6.6.55
Hank Jones / The Talented Touch / My One and Only Love / Capitol / 1958
Ben Webster / Soulville / Ill Wind / Verve / LA 10.15.57
Dizzy Gillespie / I Can't Get Started / Manor / 1.9.45
Horace Henderson & his Orch / Swingin' & Jumpin' / Vocalion / Chicago 5.8.40
Viola McCoy / Git Goin / Cameo / 12.26
Georges Guétary / L'Homme de Nulle Part / Paris 11.25.41
The Ray-O-Vacs / I'm the Baby Now / Coleman / 1949

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Bluesy Burrell / Montono Blues / Prestige Moodsville / 9.14.62
Teddy Charles / On Campus: Ivy League Jazz Concert / That Old Black Magic / Bethlehem / live, Yale 11.21.59
Howard McGhee / Up in Dodo's Room / Dial / Hollywood 10.18.46
Cabineers / Let the Party Go On / Decca / 1941
Martha Davis & her Torrid Trio / Honey, Honey, Honey / Decca / Hollywood 12.16.47 l
Little Sylvia [Vanderpool] / Everything I Need But You / Jubilee / 1952
Milt Jackson / Meet Milt Jackson / I've Lost Your Love / Savoy / 11.1.54

set 4
Buddy Collette / Man of Many Parts / Santa Monica / Contemporary / LA 2.13.56
Lee Konitz / Konitz Meets Mulligan / Sextet / Pacific Jazz / LA 1.30.53
Nat King Cole / Return Trip / Capitol / 11.7.47
Bing Crosby / Whose Dream Are You? / Decca / Hollywood 7.12.45 / with Les Paul Trio
Dean Martin / Cha Cha de Amor / I Love You Much Too Much / Capitol / Hollywood 1962
The Sallie Martin Singers / Great Day / Specialty / Hollywood 03.31.52

last soul song
Willie Tee / Walkin' Up a One Way Street / Nola [Atlantic] / 1965

Saturday, March 24, 2007

"Stop Driving Us Crazy"

Created By Creative Arts Studio and directed by Mel Emde in 1959 (or 1961 depending upon which site you reference) for a branch of the Methodist Church and with music composed by Benny Golson and performed by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers:

Friday, March 23, 2007

Baby, Whose Playlist Are You?

Coffeetime, March 23, 2007; Angelynn Grant

bed
Barney Kessel / Solo / People / Concord / 1981 // George Van Eps / Legends / The Man I Love / Concord / 1976

set 1
Duke Pearson / Dedication! / Lex / Prestige / 8.2.61
Red Garland / Solar / I Just Can't See for Looking / Jazzland / 1.30.62
Jack Teagarden's Big Eight / Shine / HRS / 12.15.40
Duke Ellington & his Orch / You're Lucky to Me / Victor / 10.2.30 / vocal = Dick Robertson
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Every Man to His Own Profession / Decca / 1949
Patti Page / Music for Two in Love / Come Rain or Come Shine / Mercury / 1956

set 2
Charles McPherson / The Quintet Live! / Never Let Me Go / Prestige / Five Spot Cafe 10.13.66
Joe Venuti's Blue Four / The Blue Room / Okeh / 9.7.28 / vocal = Rube Bloom
Billie Holiday / Night and Day / Vocalion / 12.13.39
Belle Baker / Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen / Brunswick / 12.21.37 / with Gene Kardos & his Orch
The Three Jesters ("Red" Latham, "Guy" Bonham, and "Wamp" Carlson) / Egyptian Ella / V-Disc (Decca) / c. 1945
"Scat Man" Crothers / Gone with "Scat Man" Crothers [Rock 'N Roll with "Scat Man" Crothers] / The Gal Looks Good / Craftsmen [Tops] / 1957

set 3
Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim / Willie's Blues / Slim's Thing / Prestige Bluesville / 12.3.59
Sergio Mendes / The Great Arrival / Girl Talk / Atlantic / Hollywood 6.2.66
Count Basie & his Orch / Count Basie & the Kansas City 7 / Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie / ABC Impulse / 3.22.62
Charlie Parker Quartet / Cool Blues / Dial / Hollywood 2.19.47
The Five Jones Boys / The Day You Get Away / Standard transcription / c. 1937
Tadd Dameron & his Orch / What's New / Capitol / 4.21.49 / vocal = Kay Penton
Mighty Sparrow / Tatoo Woman /El Reloj / National / 1965

set 4
Barney Kessel / Carmen / A Pad on the Edge of Town / Contemporary / LA 12.19.58
King Cole Trio / Never Mind, Baby / Excelsior / Hollywood 7.22.40 / with King Cole & his Swing Trio (aka King Cole Swingsters)
Ernie Fields Orch / Baby, Whose Baby Are You? / Regal / Kansas City (?) 11.29.49
Dinah Washington / Dinah / I Could Have Told You / EmArcy / LA 11.11.55
Tom Jones / The Tom Jones Fever Zone / Keep On Running / Parrot / London 1968
Golden Gate Quartet / The Sun Didn't Shine / Okeh / 5.25.41

last soul song
The Wallace Brothers / Talking About My Baby / Sims / 1967

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Coffeetime vacation this week!

Thanks to Bob Biletch for once again coming in as guest deejay. Bob generously supports Coffeetime and WMBR each year at our fundraiser. And, on top of that, he always brings great tunes in to play on the show and give me a week off.

So thanks again, Bob!

I'll be back in the saddle next week…

Friday, March 09, 2007

Barnacle Bill the Playlist

Coffeetime, March 9, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Red Garland / Red Garland's Piano / Prestige / 12.14.56 & 3.22.57 /

set 1
Tadd Dameron / The Magic Touch / On a Misty Night / Riverside / 3.9.62
Cecil Payne / The Connection: New Original Score / Mighty Fine Wine / Charlie Parker Records / 3.14-16.62
Sonny Stitt / With the New Yorkers / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Roost / 1957
Will Bradley & his Orch / Celery Stalks at Midnight / Columbia / 1.17.40
Ben Selvin & his Orch / Wanna Sing About You / Okeh / 5.9.31 / vocal = Paul Small
Kay Starr / So Tired / Standard transcription / LA 1946 / with Buzz Adlam & orch
Roy Brown / Riding High / Regal / New Orleans c. 1949
Doris Day / Day By Day / Don't Take Your Love from Me / Columbia / LA 1956 / with Paul Weston & His Music From Hollywood

set 2
Art Farmer / Farmer's Market / Reminiscing / New Jazz / 11.23.56
Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / Azure te / Prestige Moodsville 13 / 8.23.60
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / Over the Rainbow / Savoy / 4.18.50
John Kirby & his Orch / It's Only a Paper Moon / Victor / 7.25.41
Bing Crosby / May I? / Columbia / LA 2.25.34 / with Nat W. Finston & his Paramount Orch
Babs & her Brothers [aka The Smoothies] / When a Great Love Comes Along / Decca / 1936
Otis Rush / She's a Good 'Un / Cobra / 1958 / with Willie Dixon & his Orch

set 3
Hank Mobley / Third Season / An Aperitif / Blue Note / 2.24.67
Joe Newman / The Midgets / One Lamper / RCA Victor / 7.13.56
Fats Navarro-Tadd Dameron Septet / The Squirrel / transcription / live, Royal Roost fall 1948
Helen Humes / Unlucky Woman / AFRS Jubilee #136 / LA 6.4.45 / with Benny Carter & his Orch
The Ravens / You Foolish Thing / Okeh / 3.29.51
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story, Volume 3 / The Way You Look Tonight / Clef / LA 12.52

set 4
Barney Kessel / Let's Cook / Just in Time / Contemporary / LA 11.11.57
Dexter Gordon / Sweet Lorraine / Mercury / LA summer 1943 or 1944
The Enchanters / Boogie Woogie Daddy / Jubilee / 1952
Laura Lee / Are You Doing Me Wrong / Chess / 1965
Sammy Davis Jr / As Long As She Needs Me / Back in Your Own Back Yard / Reprise / LA 1963
Davis Sisters / Get Away Jordan / Gotham / 5.49

last soul song
Cicero Blake / A Woman Needs to Be Loved / Brunswick [unissued] / early 1970s

Friday, March 02, 2007

Playlist in the Moonlight

Coffeetime, March 2, 2007; Angelynn Grant

bed
Red Garland / A Garland of Red / Prestige / 8.17.56

set 1
Paul Chambers / Paul Chambers Quintet / The Hand of Love / Blue Note / 5.19.57
Sonny Clark / [Standards] / The Breeze and I / Blue Note / 11.16.58
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Dunkin' a Doughnut / Decca / 12.5.38
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Orchids in the Moonlight [from Flying Down to Rio] / Victor / Hollywood 11.8.33
Big Maybelle / Blues Early, Early / Savoy / 11.26.57
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Fitzgerald Sings More Cole Porter / Why Can't You Behave / Verve / LA 2.7.56 2

set 2
Donald Byrd / Mustang / I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good / Blue Note / 6.24.66
Ray Charles / The Great Ray Charles / There's No You / Atlantic / 11.26.56
Teddy Wilson & his Orch / Lady of Mystery / Columbia / 9.12.39
The Three Keys / Basin Street Blues / Brunswick / 9.21.32
Etta Jones / I May Be Wonderful / National / 1.2.46 / with Pete Johnson's All Stars
Goree Carter & his Hepcats / Working with My Baby / Freedom / Houston c. 8.49
The Falcons / I'll Never Find Another Girl Like You / unissued [recorded by Robert West] / Detroit late 1950s

set 3
Yusef Lateef / Jazz Mood / Yusef's Mood / Savoy / 4.6.57
Rusty Bryant & the Carolyn Club Band / America's Greatest Jazz / Blow Rusty Blow / Dot / 1955
Rosemary Clooney / At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade / RCA / 10.30.47
The Striders / Hesitating Fool / Apollo / 11.14.49 / with Tony Pastor's Band
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Winter Moon / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.13.56

set 4
Jack Sheldon / Jack's Groove / Green Dolphin Street / GNP / LA 7.57
Herb Pomeroy Orch / Life is a Many Splendored Gig / It's Sandman / Roulette / 6.3-4.57
Flip Phillips / Swingin' for Julie and Brownie [aka Put That Back] / Clef / LA 2.11.49
Mildred Bailey / It's So Peaceful in the Country / radio transcription The Morton Downey Show / spring 1951 / with Carmen Mastren on guitar
Wally Mercer / If You Don't Mean Business / Trumpet / Jackson, Mississippi / 10.19.54
Baby Washington / Go On / Sue / 1962
Zion Travelers / I've Started / Dootone / 1961

last soul song
Gene Chandler / My Baby's Gone / Brunswick [unissued] / late 1960s

Friday, February 23, 2007

One, Two, Button Your Playlist

Coffeetime, February 23, 2007, Angelynn Grant, 15th Anniversary Show

bed
Tommy Flanagan / Prestige Moodsville / 5.18.60

set 1
Charlie Rouse / Takin' Care of Business / Weirdo / Jazzland / 5.11.60
Bobby Timmons / Soul Time / One Mo' / Riverside / 8.12, 17.60
Charlie Shavers / Excitement Unlimited / Period of Adjustment / Capitol / 2.20-22.63
Ruth Etting / At Twilight / Columbia / 8.20.29
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / After I Say I'm Sorry / Victor / Chicago 2.1.40 / vocal = The Pied Pipers
Delta Rhythm Boys / Long Gone Baby / Victor / 1.31.53 / with Jack Pleis Orch
Sarah Vaughn / The Lonely Hours / So Long, My Love / Roulette / 1963 / arranged by Benny Carter

set 2
Wes Montgomery / The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery / In Your Own Sweet Way / Riverside / 1.26.60
Frank Wess / Trombones and Flute / Don't Blame Me / Savoy / 7.18.56
Lucky Thompson & his Orch / Over the Rainbow / Triumph / 1950
Borrah Minevitch & his Harmonica Rascals / Moonglow / Brunswick / 9.18.34
Ella Mae Morse / Thank Your Lucky Star / radio transcription AFRS Command Performance #82 / 9.9.43
Bing Crosby / Medley from "Pennies from Heaven": One, Two, Button Your Shoe; And So Do I; Skeleton in the Closet / radio transcription of Kraft Music Hall show on V-Disc / Hollywood 11.16.44 / with Eugenie Baird, The Ken Lane Singers, the Charioteers, John Scott Trotter & his Orch
Edna McGriff / Why Oh Why / Jubilee / 1952
Magic Sam / Give Me Time / I'm So Glad / home recordings [Delmark] / Chicago 1.68

set 3
Baby-Face Willette / Behind the 8 Ball / Song of the Universe / Argo / Chicago 11.30.64
Art Tatum / Here's Art Tatum / After You've Gone / Brunswick / 1955
Charlie Parker / Quasimodo / Dial / 11.17.47
Savannah Churchill and The Four Tunes (aka The Sentimentalists) / I Want to Cry / Manor / 7.47 (4.48?)
Jo Stafford / Ridin' on the Gravy Train / Capitol / LA 3.28.46 / with Nat King Cole on piano
Al Hibbler / Ain't Nothin' Wrong with that Baby / Decca / 1.17.58

set 4
Art Pepper / The Art of Pepper / Without a Song / Aladdin / LA 4.1.57
John Kirby & his Orch / No Blues at All / Victor / 2.11.42
Modern Mountaineers / Loud Mouth / Texas Hotel, San Antonio 3.1.37
Andrew Tibbs / I Made a Mistake / M-Pac! / 1965
Dusty Springfield / What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? / Atlantic (?) / 1970
The Radio Four / How Much I Owe / Republic [Nashboro] / Nashville 1951-52

last soul song
Rufus & Chaka Khan / Street Player / Stay / ABC / 1978

Friday, February 16, 2007

I Dig Playlists!

Coffeetime, February 16, 2007, Angelynn Grant

bed
Red Garland / Groovy / Prestige / 1956-57

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Witch Doctor / Lost and Found / Blue Note / 3.14.61
McCoy Tyner / Inception / Effendi / Impulse! / 1.10.62
Georgie Auld / Jump, Georgie, Jump / Musicraft / 5.24.45
The Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Trio / Hart to Get Gertie / Okeh / LA 4.6.28
McKinney's Cotton Pickers / Do You Believe in Love at Sight? / Victor / 9.8.31 / vocal = unknown
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch / They Can't Take That Away from Me / Bluebird / 3.20.37 / vocal = Jack Leonard
Dakota Staton / At Storyville / The Show Must Go On / Capitol / live Storyville, Boston 4.29.61

set 2
Roy Eldridge / soundtrack to Les Tricheurs / Phil's Tune / Barclay / Paris 5.1.58
Cannonball Adderley / Jump for Joy / If Life Were All Peaches and Cream / Mercury / 8.20.58
Lester Young / The Master's Touch / Exercise in Swing / Savoy / 4.18.44
Bill Coleman / Bill Street Blues / Disques Swing / Paris 12.12.37
Leo "Snub" Mosley & his Band / Ol' Man River / Decca / 3.11.40
Big Maybelle (Mabel Smith) / Little Miss Muffett / King / 1949
Roy Milton / Along the Navajo Trail / Specialty / LA 12.47

set 3
Jimmy Smith / Softly as a Summer Breeze / Someone to Watch Over Me / Blue Note / 2.26.58
Kenny Drew / It Might as Well Be Spring / Blue Note / 4.16.53
Buddy Johnson & his Orch / Walkin' / Gone Walkin' / Mercury / 8.15.55
Five Jones Boys / Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere / Standard transcription / 1937
Golden Gate Quartet / Straighten Up and Fly Right / AFRS Jubilee 91 transcription / 6.44
Maxine Sullivan / L'Amour, Toujours, L'Amour / 6.29.38 / Victor / with Claude Thornhill & his Orch
Frankie Laine / Mr. Rhythm / A Hundred Years from Today / Columbia / 1954 / with Paul Weston & his Orch

set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 4: Oboe/Flute / A Bit of Basie / Contemporary / LA 9.56
Quincy Jones & Band / I Dig Dancers! / A Sunday Kind of Love / Mercury / Paris 2.27.60
Lynn Hope / She's Funny That Way / Premium [later, Chess] / 8.20.51
Tony Mottola & Carl Kress / Fun on the Frets / radio transcription / 1941
Frank Sinatra / Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are / V-Disc (CBS broadcast dress rehearsal of "The Vimms Vitamins Show") / 5.17.44 / with Alex Stordahl & his Orch
Bobby "Blue" Bland / Good Time Charlie, part 1 / Duke / Houston / 1.14.66
Anthony Newley / Love Is a Now & Then Thing / Speak Low / London [Decca] / 1960 (his debut LP)
The Silvertone Singers / Since Jesus Came into My Heart / Nashboro / 1952

last soul song
The Independents / Chuck, Helen, Eric, Maurice / Lucky Fellow / Wand / Chicago 1973

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

That Funny Playlist

Backwoods (filling in for John), February 10, 2007

set 1
Treniers / Rockin' is Our Business
Red Prysock / Blow Your Horn
The Marquees / Rock My Blues Away
Four Aces / Whose Arms Are You Missing

bed 1
Ferrante & Teicher / Westminster Pop Sampler / Mississippi Boogie

set 2
Jessie Price / That's the Way She Feels
Gene Ammons / Jug
Bullmoose Jackson / Time Alone Will Tell
Mills Brothers / Swing It, Sister
Frankie Laine / By the River Saint Marie

bed 2
Leo Addeo & his Orch / More Hawaii in Hi-Fi

set 3
Sons of the West / Sally's Got a Wooden Leg
The Original Hoosier Hotshots / Meet Me By the Icehouse, Lizzie
Bonnie Lou / Tennessee Wig-Walk
Webb Pierce / High Geared Daddy
Merle Travis / Saturday Night Shuffle
Clay Hart / Flowers on the Wall
Chet Atkins & Dolly Parton / Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
Carl Story & His Ramblin' Mountaineers / I've Found a Hiding Place

bed 3
Tony Mottola / Romantic Guitar / Speak Low

set 4
Young Jesse / Pretty Soon
The King Bees / Lovely Love
Jimmy Nolen / The Way You Do
Clyde McPhatter / Deep Sea Ball
Shirley & Lee / Rock All Night
Lula Reed / Rock Love
Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley (live on Ed Sullivan)
Wally Mercer / Hey! Miss Lula

bed 4
Bill McElhiney & his Orch / Instrumental Golden Giants

set 5
5 Royales / What's That
Cousin Joe / You'll Never Get Nothing
Dayton Selby / Blues #3
Larry Williams / She Said "Yeah"
Chuck Berry / Our Little Rendez-Vous
Curtis Johnson / Headin' for the High School Hop
Ricky Nelson / Everlovin'

bed 5
The Cinema Stage Orch / Academy Award Winners / Walk on the Wild Side

set 6
Esther Philips / Burnin' / Cry Me a River Blues
Mighty Sparrow / Under My Skin
Tom Jones / Soul Man

bed 6
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. / Shall We Gather at the Boat Dock

set 7
The Supreme Angels / I Want to be Just Like Him
Bobby Long & the Satellites / Mojo Workout

last song
Bobby Darin / That Funny Feeling

Friday, February 09, 2007

Mighty Mouse

I'm swooping down and filling in for John Funke on Backwoods tomorrow (Saturday, Feb 10 at 10am-noon). He is a bit under the weather. I'll be flying by the seat of my pants, to coin a term. Wingin' it.

Tune in to the destruction!