Friday, October 07, 2022

My Playlist Back Home: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 127

Screenshot of Diahann Carroll in a 1960 episode of Peter Gunn playing a jazz singer; she's standing in front of a combo with trumpeter and drummer.
Diahann with the stunning side-eye.

Coffeetime, October 7, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Duke Pearson / Hush! / Child’s Play / Jazzline / 1.12.62 
Kenny Dorham / Afro-Cuban / Basheer’s Dream / Blue Note / 1.29.55 
Tadd Dameron / The Magic Touch / Our Delight / Riverside / 3.9.62 
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / I Cried for You / Decca / 3.29.38
Henry Biagini / Accent on Youth / Melotone / 8.20.35 / vocal = Clyde Rogers
Martha Davis / What Good Am I Without You? / Coral / LA 12.10.51 
Diahann Carroll / I’m Through with Love / Peter Gunn, episode S02E03 (“Sing a Song of Murder”) / Hollywood 3.7.60 (air date)

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

set 2
Ben Webster / The Warm Moods / Accent on Youth / Reprise / LA 1.18 
Les McCann / Pretty Lady / Doreen Don’t Cry / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 3.13 & 15.61 
Dave Pell / Love Story / Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered / Atlantic / Hollywood 2.21.56 
Mary Osborne / A Girl & Her Guitar / These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) / Warwick / 1959 
Cliff Edwards / I’ll See You in My Dreams / Columbia / 2.5.30 
Trixie Smith / Jack, I’m Mellow / Decca / 5.26.38 
Matt Dennis / Matt Dennis Plays & Sings Matt Dennis / We Belong Together / Trend / live, Tally-Ho Club, Hollywood 1953 / with Virginia (Ginny) Maxey
Lola Albright / Lola Wants You / Do What You Gotta Do / Kern / Hollywood 5.16.57 

set 3
Sonny Stitt / Rearin’ Back / Bunny Rabbit / Argo / Chicago 9.24.62 
Larry Young / Young Blues / Something New, Something Blue / New Jazz / 9.30.60 
The Mills Brothers / I’ve Found a New Baby / Decca / 9.14.34 
Ella Fitzgerald & her V-Disc Boys / I'll See You in My Dreams / V-Disc 730A / 10.12.45 
Jimmy Witherspoon / ’Spoon / Don’t Worry ’Bout Me / Reprise / Hollywood 12.8-9.59 

set 4
Joe Puma / East Coast Jazz, Vol. 3 / Liza / Bethlehem / 1955
Dave Pell / Love Story / I’ve Found a New Baby / Atlantic / Hollywood 2.21.56
Gerry Mulligan / Gerry Mulligan Songbook, Vol. 1 / Disc Jockey Jump / Pacific Jazz / 12.4 & 5.57 
King Cole Trio / Can You Look Me in the Eyes (And Say We’re Through) / Capitol / Hollywood 12.30.46
Bill Lee (dubbed in for John Kerr) & Mitzi Gaynor / My Girl Back Home / soundtrack to the 20th Century Fox movie South Pacific / Hollywood 1958  
The Kings / I’m a Little Liar / Gotham [unissued] / Baltimore 2.4.55 
The Trumpeteers / Babylon’s Fallen / Score [subsidiary of Aladdin] / Hollywood 1949

last soulful song
Thee Midniters / Making Ends Meet / Whittier / LA 1967



Friday, September 30, 2022

Put It There, Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 126

Screenshot of Miriam Makeba performing Pata Pata on The Ed Sullivan Show on December 21, 1969
Finding joy in dance with beautiful Miriam Makeba.

Coffeetime, September 30, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Louis Hayes / Louis Hayes / Rip De Boom / Vee-Jay / 4.26.60 
Tina Brooks / [Minor Move] / Star Eyes / Blue Note / 3.16.58 
Alix Combelle / Onze Heures Vingt / Swing / Paris 12.18.40
Ben Selvin & his Orchestra / Am I Wasting My Time on You / Columbia / 7.19.26 / vocal = Franklyn Baur
Private Cecil Gant / Watch That Stuff / Gilt-Edge / LA 1945
Billie Holiday / All or Nothing / Sophisticated Lady / Verve / LA 8.18.56 

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

set 2
Cannonball Adderley / Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley / I Can’t Get Started / Capitol / 8.23 & 24.61 
Erroll Garner / Erroll Garner Gems / I Cover the Waterfront / Columbia / 1.11.51
Charlie Parker / Loverman / Dial / Hollywood 7.29.46 
Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers) / Up and at ’Em / Edison / 8.10.26 
Bob Hope & Bing Crosby / Put It There, Pal / Decca / Hollywood 1945 / with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra; from the Paramount movie Road to Utopia
The Robins / I Found Out My Troubles / Savoy [unissued] / LA 1.11.50 / with Johnny Otis Band 
Miriam Makeba / Pata Pata / Reprise / 1967 

set 3
Hank Mobley / Third Season / An Aperitif / Blue Note / 2.24.67 
Sonny Stitt & Paul Gonsalves / Salt and Pepper / S’posin / Impulse! / 9.5.63 
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / Disc Jockey Jump / Columbia / 1.22.47 
The Ink Spots / A Lovely Way to Spend the Evening / AFRS Jubilee Show #78 / Hollywood 5.2.44
The Modernaires / I’m Late / Coral / 1951
Perry Como / We Get Letters / S’posin / RCA Victor / 1957 / with Como’s Little Combo aka subset of Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra

set 4
André Previn & his Pals / Gigi / À Toujours / Contemporary / LA 4.7-8.58 
Vince Guaraldi / Vince Guaraldi Trio / Django / Fantasy / San Francisco 4.56 
King Cole Trio / Let’s Pretend / Premier / LA 11.2.43 / Nat King Cole p & vocals, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Tom Jones & Sammy Davis Jr. / What the World Needs Now / from the ABC TV show This Is Tom Jones / Hollywood 1969
Southernaires / Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho / Decca / 6.13.39 

last soulful song
The Stoppers / Come Back / Jubilee / 1966



Friday, September 23, 2022

Why Is a Good Playlist So Hard to Find?: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 125

B&W screenshot of a smiling Julie London appearing on What's My Line in 1961
Julie’s happy shoulders.

Coffeetime, September 23, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Kenny Drew / Undercurrent / Undercurrent / Blue Note / 12.11.60 
Kenny Burrell / [Midnight Blue] / Kenny’s Sound [take 10] / Blue Note / 1.8.63 
Jacques Renard & his Orchestra / Come to Me / Brunswick / 4.19.31 / vocal = Paul Small 
Luis Russell & his Orchestra / I Got Rhythm / Brunswick / 10.24.30 / vocal = Dick Robertson 
Betty Hall Jones / Frustration, Frustration / Combo / Hollywood 1951 
Dinah Washington / Dinah! / More Than You Know / EmArcy / LA 11.11.55

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

set 2
Art Farmer / Art / Goodbye, Old Girl / Argo / 9.21-23.60 
Blossom Dearie / Autumn in New York / Barclay / Paris 1.16.56 
Art Blakey / A Night in Birdland / Once in A While / Blue Note / live, Birdland 2.21.54 
Lee Morse & Her Bluegrass Boys / Don’t Keep Me in the Dark Bright Eyes / Columbia / 6.25.28 
Lil Armstrong & her Swing Orchestra / Why Is a Good Man So Hard to Find? / Decca / 3.18.40 
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Blue Afterglow / Columbia / 2.7.39 / vocal = Dan Grissom 
Julie London / Swing Me an Old Song / Cuddle Up a Little Closer / Liberty / LA spring 1959 

set 3
Yusef Lateef / Psychicemotus / First Gymnopedie / Impulse! / 7.21-22.65 
Lee Morgan / The Gigolo / The Gigolo / Blue Note / 7.1.65 
Howard McGhee Sextet / Midnight at Minton’s / Dial / Hollywood 10.18.46 
Bobby Hackett & his Orchestra / That Old Gang of Mine / Vocalion / 1940 / vocal = The Tempo Twisters
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Stardust / Victor / 11.11.40 / vocal = Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers
Joe Derise / Joe Derise Sings / My Romance / Bethlehem / 1955

set 4
The Trombones, Inc. / They Met At The Continental Divide / Impossible / Warner Brothers / Hollywood 12.5.58  
Stan Getz / Stan Getz Plays / ’Tis Autumn / Clef / 12.12.52 
King Cole Trio / ’Tis Autumn / Capitol / Hollywood 3.29.49 / NKC p, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b, with Pete Rugolo & his Orchestra
T-Bone Walker / Don’t Give Me the Runaround / Black & White / 12.46 / with Al Killian Quintet
Kaye Ballard, Jack Cassidy, & Joan Roberts / Cast Recording of Broadway show “Jerome Kern’s Roberta” / I Won’t Dance / Columbia / 1956
Golden Gate Quartet / Born Ten Thousand Years Ago / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soulful song
Willie Hutch / Foxy Brown / Ain’t That (Mellow, Mellow) / Motown / Hollywood 1974

Friday, September 16, 2022

You’re Not the Only Playlist on the Apple Tree: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 124

Ruth Chatterton hugging Walter Huston with a worried look in the 1936 movie Dodsworth
Walter’s telling Ruth about September.

Coffeetime, September 16, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Bennie Green / Soul Stirrin’ / Black Pearl / Blue Note / 4.28.58 
Joe Newman / Counting Five in Sweden / The Sleeper / Metronome / live, Konserthuset Stockholm (Concert Hall) 10.13.58 
Carl Perkins / Introducing Carl Perkins / Way Cross Town / Dootone / LA 1955 
Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Hotel Orpheans / A Faded Summer Love / Columbia / London 12.4.31 / vocal = Jack Plant
Tab Smith & his Orchestra / I’ve Had the Blues All Day / United / Chicago 4.23.53 / vocal = Johnny Harper & Tab Smith 
Morgana King / Sings the Blues / Something to Remember You By / Mercury / 1958 / with celeste!

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

set 2
Café Pierre Trio / My Ship / Monmouth Evergreen / 8.25 & 26.82 / Bucky Pizzarelli g, Russ Kassoff p, Jerry Bruno b
Don Wilkerson / Shoutin’ / Easy Living / Blue Note / 7.29.63 
Barney Wilen / Jazz Sur Seine / Vamp / Philips / Paris 2.13 & 14.58 
Django Reinhardt / The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt / September Song / Clef / Paris 3.10.53 / Reinhardt’s last recording session
Harry Bidgood’s Broadcasters / Should I? / Broadcast [Vocalion for the UK] / London c. 1928 / vocalist (probable) = Webster Booth
Walter Huston / September Song / Brunswick / 1938 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
Matt Dennis / Dennis Anyone? / Relax / RCA Victor / 1955 / Dennis p, Bill Pitman g, Ray Leatherwood b, Alvin Stoller d

set 3
Don Wilkerson / Preach Brother! / Jeanie-Weenie / Blue Note / 6.18.62 / Wilkerson ts, Sonny Clark p, Grant Green g, Butch Warren b, Billy Higgins d
Clark Terry / The Happy Horns of Clark Terry / In a Mist / Impulse! / 3.13.64 
Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess / In a Minor Groove / Autumn in Rome / New Jazz / 9.19.58 
Charlie Parker / Star Eyes / Clef / 1.17.51 
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Romeo Smith and Juliet Jones / Columbia / 10.6.41 / vocal = Ginny Simms & Harry Babbitt, from the RKO movie Playmates 
The Master Keys / You’re Not the Only Apple on the Apple Tree / Top / 7.45 
Billy Eckstine / Billy Eckstine’s Imagination / A Faded Summer Love / EmArcy / 1958 / with Pete Rugolo & His All Stars

set 4
Max Bennett / Max Bennett, vol. 2 / Johnny Jaguar / Bethlehem / 12.14.55 / Nick Travis t, Charlie Mariano as, Jack Nimitz bs, Carl Fontana tb, Dave McKenna p, Bennett b, Mel Lewis d; composed by Lennie Niehaus
Jim Hall / Jazz Guitar / Look for the Silver Lining / Pacific Jazz / LA 1.57 / Hall g, Carl Perkins p, Red Mitchell b 
Red Nichols Five Pennies / The Peanut Vendor / Brunswick / 1.23.31 / vocal = Paul Small 
King Cole Trio / All for You / Excelsior / Hollywood 10.11.42 / NKC p, voc, Oscar Moore g, Red Callender b
Eartha Kitt / Sentimental Eartha / Once We Loved (Se Acabo) / Spark / 1970
Gospel Vocalaires of Norfolk, VA / Call Him Anytime [unedited take] / Gotham / Norfolk 8.53 / Eastern Virginia Gospel by the Virginia Folklife Project 

last soulful song
5 Stairsteps & Cubie / Love’s Happening / I’m the One Who Loves You / Curtom / Chicago 1968

Saturday, September 10, 2022

When Playlist Gets Blue: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 123

What's it all about?

Coffeetime, September 9, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Warne Marsh / Warne Marsh / It’s All Right with Me / Atlantic / 12.12.57 
Sonny Clark / Cool Struttin’ / Deep Night / Blue Note / 1.5.58 
The Rhythmic Eight aka Bert Firman Orchestra / Is She My Girl Friend? / Zonophone / Hayes, Middlesex 11.29.27 / vocal = Eddie Kollis d 
Benjamin “Bull Moose” Jackson / Just in Case You Change Your Mind / Queen / 12.20.45
Dakota Staton / Dynamic! / When Sunny Gets Blue / Capitol / 1958

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

set 2
Hank Mobley / Hi Voltage / No More Goodbys / Blue Note / 10.9.67 
Bill Evans / [Time Remembered] / Like Someone in Love / Milestone / live, Shelly’s Manne-Hole, Hollywood 4.10.62 
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Apple Blossoms / Okeh / 10.18.29 
Bing Crosby / Lazy Day / Brunswick / Chicago 4.24.32 / with Isham Jones’ Orchestra
Joe Williams / ‘Round the Clock Blues, parts 1 & 2 / Cincinnati / Cincinnati fall 1944 / with the Three Chocolates
The Spaniels / I Like It Like That / Vee-Jay / 1959

set 3
Marty Paich / Jazz for Relaxation / Lullaby of the Leaves / Tampa / Hollywood 1956 
Herb Geller / While the Cigarette Was Burning / RTF Studio, for the “Jazz aux Champs Elysées” Radio show / Paris spring 1962 / Geller as, Jack Dieval p, Jacques Hess b, Franco Manzecchi d
Tony Pastor & his Orchestra / P.S. — Tony Pastor Plays And Sings Shaw / Frenesi / Everest / 1959
Johnny Ingram & his Rhythm Czars / Ridin’ Hi / Trilon / Oakland 1946 
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Not Mine / Columbia / 12.10.41 / vocal = Peggy Lee 
The Basin Street Boys / Near to You / Exclusive / Hollywood late 1946 / with Lucky Thompson’s Orchestra 
Bobby Darin / This Is Darin / Black Coffee / Atco / 5.12.59

set 4
Jazz Modes / The Jazz Modes Play Excerpts from the Frank Loesser Musical The Most Happy Fella / Happy to Make Your Acquaintance / Atlantic / 11.11.57 
Stan Getz / More West Coast / Tangerine / Norgan / 8.22.53
King Cole Trio / It Only Happens Once / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Jerry Orbach & Company / Cast Recording of “The Fantasticks” / Try to Remember / MGM / 6.13.60
Cilla Black / Alfie / Capitol / London (Abbey Road) 2.22.66  The Soul Stirrers / Loved Ones are Waiting (take 2) / Specialty / Hollywood 3.4.58 / solo by Paul Foster

last soulful song
Aretha Franklin / Aretha / Over the Rainbow / Columbia / 8.1.60 

Friday, September 02, 2022

Play, Playlist, Play: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 122

Little Milton performing on Conan in 1997
Milton, you’re TOO good!

Coffeetime, September 2, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Clifford Brown & Max Roach / Study in Brown / Swingin’ / EmArcy / 2.23-25.55 
Louis Smith / Here Comes Louis Smith / Val’s Blues / Blue Note / 2.9.57 
Barry Harris / Preminado / Play, Carol, Play / Riverside / 1.19.61 
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Frenesi / Victor / Hollywood 3.3.40 
Al Katz & his Kittens / I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful) / Columbia / 8.30.29 / vocal = Bill Brookins 
Elmore Nixon / A Hepcat’s Advice / Peacock / Houston 1951 
Sylvia Syms / Songs by Sylvia Syms / Lonely Woman / Atlantic / 1952 / with the Barbara Carroll Trio

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

set 2
David “Fathead” Newman / Straight Ahead / Summertime / Atlantic / 12.21.60 
Wes Montgomery / Montgomeryland / Old Folks / Pacific Jazz / LA 4.59
Paul Quinichette / The Vice ‘Pres’ / I’ll Always Be in Love with You / EmArcy / 1.30.52 
Lonnie Johnson / Mr. Johnson Blues / Okeh / St. Louis, MO 11.4.25 
Peg La Centra / Big Mouth Minnie / Bluebird / 10.20.38 / with Jerry Sears p
Al Bowlly / It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow / HMV / London 2.15.40 
The Four Flames aka The Hollywood Flames / Wheel of Fortune / Specialty / Hollywood 1.52 

set 3
Don Wilkerson / Shoutin’ / Happy Johnny / Blue Note / 7.29.63 
Benny Carter / New Jazz Sounds / Frenesi / Verve / 11.12.54 / Carter as, Oscar Peterson p, Herb Ellis g, Ray Brown b, Bobby White d 
Kenny Clarke & his Fifty-Second Street Boys / Confirmation / Swing / 9.5.46 / Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, trumpet; Sonny Stitt, as; Ray Abrams ts; Eddie DeVerteuil bs; Bud Powell p; John Collins g; Al Hall b; Clarke d
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra / Deep Purple / HMV / London 5.26.39 / vocal = Bruce Trent
The Cats & the Fiddle / I’m Singing (So Help Me) / Bluebird / 1.20.41 
The Charioteers / The Gaucho Serenade / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43 
Don Elliott / Don Elliott Sings / Ev’ry Time / Bethlehem / 2.22.55 

set 4
Henry Mancini & his Orchestra / The Return of the Pink Panther [soundtrack album] / The Wet Look / RCA Victor / 1975
Lou Levy / A Most Musical Fella / Angel Eyes / RCA Victor / LA 1.57 / Levy p, Max Bennett b, Stan Levey d, produced by Shorty Rogers
Oscar Pettiford / Oscar Pettiford / Golden Touch / Bethlehem / 1.54 
King Cole Trio / Please Consider Me / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Julie London / Latin in a Satin Mood / Frenesi / Liberty / LA 1962
Little Milton / Blues ’n’ Soul / You’re No Good / Stax / Memphis 1974 / “Milton, you’re no good.”
Southern Sons / Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air / Bluebird / 7.25.41

last soulful song
Diane Ray / My Summer Love (Is Heading for an Early Fall) / Mercury / 1963

Friday, August 26, 2022

Just Say Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 121

Please don’t say goodbye, Esther.

Coffeetime, August 26, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Bobby Jaspar / Bobby Jaspar / All of You / Riverside / 5.57 / Jaspar ts, George Wallington p, Wilbur Little b, Elvin Jones d
Miles Davis / Bag’s Groove / Airegin / Prestige / 6.29.54 
Joe Roland / Joltin’ Joe Roland / Deedee’s Dance / Savoy / 1.17.50 
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Riff Romp / AFRS Jubilee Show #20 / Hollywood 4.12.43 / with MC Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman 
Bert Lown & his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra / Sweet Summer Breeze / Victor / 9.4.31 / vocal = Elmer Feldkamp / composed by Rudy Vallée 
The Robins / Our Romance Is Gone / Savoy / LA 12.1.49 / with Johnny Otis Band 
Carmen McRae / Bittersweet / Come Sunday / Focus / 5.20.64 / thanks to longtime listener Candis for this suggestion 

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

set 2
Benny Carter / BBB & Co. / You Can’t Tell the Difference When the Sun Goes Down / Prestige Swingville / 4.10.62 
Billy Bean, Hal Gaylor, Walter Norris / The Trio / For Heaven’s Sake / Riverside / 6.60 / Bean g, Gaylor b, Norris p / thanks to longtime listener David for this suggestion
Eddie Walters / Makin’ Whoopee! / Columbia / 3.12.29 
Ida James / I Won’t Say I Will / AFRS Jubilee Show 32 / Hollywood spring 1943 / with MC Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman & Count Basie & his Orchestra 
The Ballenaires / Have You Seen My Baby / Gotham [unissued] / Philadelphia mid-1950s / named for label owner Irvin Ballen

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / The Spoiler / When the Sun Comes Out / Blue Note / 9.22.66 
Grant Green / Just Friends / Blue Note [unissued] / 11.26.60 
Hadda Brooks / Swingin’ the Boogie / Modern / LA 1945
The Boswell Sisters / Put That Sun Back in the Sky / Brunswick / 2.19.32 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / It Never Entered My Mind / Columbia / 3.40 / vocal = Helen Forrest
The Four Barons / Lemon Squeezer / Regent / 10.5.50
Bobby Troup / Baby, Baby All the Time / Stars of Jazz #39 on KABC TV / 4.1.57 / with Al Viola g, Jim Aton b

set 4
Dave Brubeck / Time Out / Everybody’s Jumpin’ / Columbia / 1959 
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + Eleven / Airegin / Contemporary / LA 3.14.59 
Doris Day / Young at Heart / Imagination / Columbia / LA 11.47
King Cole Trio / After Midnight / You’re Looking at Me / Capitol / Hollywood 9.14.56 / with Willie Smith on alto 
Esther Phillips / Just Say Goodbye / Atlantic / 1965 / arranged by Oliver Nelson
Highway QC’s / Jesus is Waiting / Working on the Building / Vee-Jay / Chicago 1959

last soulful song
Rick Nelson / Love and Kisses / I Should Have Loved You More / Decca / LA 1965

Friday, August 19, 2022

I Talk to the Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 120

Looking good is Willie Smith’s business.

Coffeetime, August 19, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Horace Silver / Horace-Scope / Yeah! / Blue Note / 7.9.60 
Pepper Adams / Pepper Adams Quintet / Muezzin’ / Mode / Hollywood 7.10.57 
Don Redman & his Orchestra / Coffee Light / Sesac Transcription / Hollywood 7.57 
Dixie Jazz Band aka Billy James Dance Orchestra / I’ve Got the San Francisco Blues / Jewel / c. 4.29 / vocal = William Stanley
Jimmie Lunceford & his Dance Orchestra / Rhythm Is Our Business / Vitaphone “Melody Masters” short / 1936 / vocal = Willie Smith
Floyd Dixon / San Francisco Blues / Aladdin / LA 1950 / with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers; Dixon p, Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Ethel Ennis / Eyes for You / Angel Eyes / RCA Victor / 1964

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

set 2
Chet Baker / Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe / I Talk to the Trees / Riverside / 7.21.59
Teddy Charles / 3 for Duke / Sophisticated Lady / Jubilee / 5.29.57 
Jean Goldkette’s Book-Cadillac Hotel Orchestra / Don’t Be Angry with Me / Victor / Chicago 9.28.26 
The Ramblers Dance Orchestra / I Only Have Eyes for You / Decca / The Hague 2.4.35 / vocal = Annie de Reuver
Mildred Bailey / Jenny / Decca / 2.14.41 / with the Delta Rhythm Boys 
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Nobody But Me / V-Disc 513B / 12.7.45

set 3
Jimmy Forrest / Soul Street / Soul Street / New Jazz / 9.9.60 
Jimmy Smith / At the Organ, Vol. 1 / Summertime/ Blue Note / 2.12.57 / with Lou Donaldson as
Dexter Gordon & his Boys / Dextrose / Savoy / 12.22.47 
Norfolk Jazz Quartet / Just Dream of You / Decca / 7.16.37 
Ella Mae Morse / Captain Kidd / Capitol / Hollywood 2.14.45
Frank Sinatra / Sings for Only the Lonely / Angel Eyes / Capitol / Hollywood 5.29.58 

set 4
Cal Tjader / Latin Kick / Manuel’s Mambo / Fantasy / LA 11.56 / Tjader vib, Manuel Duran p, Carlos Duran b, Luis Miranda congas, Bayardo Velarde timbales
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper / Jazz Swings Broadway / Just in Time / World Pacific / Hollywood 2.18 & 19.58
Russ Freeman / Jazz Swings Broadway / The Party’s Over / World Pacific / Hollywood 8.12.57 / Freeman p, Monty Budwig b, Shelly Manne d
King Cole Trio / Baby, Baby All the Time [alt take] / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 4.17.46
José Feliciano / Feliciano! / Nena Na Na / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1968
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet / No Hiding Place / Decca / Charlotte 6.5.38

last soulful song
Garland Green / Jealous Kind of Fella / Uni / Detroit 1969

Friday, August 12, 2022

Wave to Me, My Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 119

Rest in peace, dear Pat Carroll, a Grant family favorite.

Coffeetime, August 12, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Junior Cook / Junior’s Cookin’ / Pleasure Bent / Jazzland / 12.4.61 
Horace Silver / Silver’s Blue / I’ll Know / Columbia / 7.17.56 
Bunny Berigan & his Orchestra / Jelly-Roll Blues / Victor / 11.22.38 
Jack Smith, The Whispering Baritone / Crazy Rhythm / HMV / Hayes, Middlesex, England 9.19.28
Jack McVea’s All Stars / Then I’ve Got to Go / Apollo [unissued] / LA 9.10.45 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant 
Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie / Ella and Basie! / Dream a Little Dream of Me / Verve / 7.15 & 16.63 

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

set 2
Art Pepper / Modern Art / Summertime / Intro Records / Hollywood 1.14.57 
Urbie Green / Urbie Green & his Band / I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good / Vanguard / 8.17.54 
Greta Keller / These Foolish Things / Decca / London 1936
Jack Whiting / On Your Toes / Columbia / London 3.4.37 / with Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Hotel Orpheans
Dinning Sisters / Wave to Me, My Lady / V-Disc 659A / 1946 / with intro by co-writer, Former Sgt. William Stein
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Nobody But Me / V-Disc 513B / 12.7.45
Pat Carroll & Barbara Ruick / Stepsisters Lament / from soundtrack CBS broadcast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella / Hollywood 11.2, 5, 6.64/ premiered on CBS TV on 2.22.65

set 3
Freddie Roach / Mo’ Greens Please / Mo’ Greens Please / Blue Note / 3.11.63 
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / The Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Cookbook, Vol. 2 / Willow Weep for Me / Prestige / 12.5.58 
Buddy Collette Septet / Leonard Feather Presents: Best from the West, Vol. 2, Modern Sounds From California / No Love, No Nothing / Blue Note / LA 12.31.54 / a blindfold test record 
J.J. Johnson / J.J. Johnson’s Jazz Quintets / Boneology / Savoy / 12.24.47 
Mildred Bailey / Jenny / Decca / 2.14.41 / with the Delta Rhythm Boys 
Mills Brothers / Nevertheless (I’m in Love with You) / Decca / 1950
Joe Williams / Jump for Joy / My Last Affair / RCA Victor / 1963 / arranged & conducted by Jimmy Jones

set 4
Stan Getz / West Coast Jazz / Love Is Here to Stay / Norgan [unissued] / Hollywood 8.55 
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Dance Session Album #2 / She’s Just My Size / Clef / 8.15.54 
King Cole Trio / Baby / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Dean Martin / Pretty Baby / Nevertheless / Capitol / 1.57
Nichelle Nichols / Why Don’t You Do Right? / Epic / Hollywood 12.16.66
Original Five Blind Boys aka Jackson Harmoneers / Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land / Peacock / Houston fall 1953 

last soulful song
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (And Let Me Cry) / Landa / Philadelphia 1965

Friday, July 29, 2022

Ain’t That Just Like a Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 118

Debbie & Donald sitting pretty.

Coffeetime, July 29, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Dippin’ / Recado Bossa Nova / Blue Note / 6.18.65 
Freddie Hubbard / Open Sesame / Gypsy Blue [alt take] / Blue Note / 6.19.60 
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Dardanella / Victor / 2.9.28 
Ernie Holst & his Hotel Lexington Orchestra / Dinner at Eight / Bluebird / 10.2.33
Doc Pomus / Naggin’ Wife Blues / Apollo / late 1947 or early 1948 
Anita O’Day / Trav’lin’ Light / Crazy He Calls Me / Verve / Hollywood 1.18.61 / with Johnny Mandel’s Orchestra 

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

set 2
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper Quintet Featuring Bob Gordon - Jazz In Hollywood Series / Summertime / Nocturne / Hollywood 2.27.54 
Yusef Lateef / The Centaur and the Phoenix / Summer Song / Riverside / 10.4, 6.60
Mundell Lowe / Satan in High Heels soundtrack; Blues for a Stripper / Lake in the Woods / MGM; Charlie Parker Records / LA 12.22.61 
Don Redman & his Orchestra / I Heard / Brunswick / 10.15.31 / vocal = DR 
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Ain’t That Just Like a Man / AFRS Jubilee Show #26 / Hollywood early spring 1943 / vocal = Theresa Harris; Master of Ceremonies = Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman 
Billy Eckstine & his Orchestra / (She’s Got The) Blues for Sale / National / 4.21.47
Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five / Nothin’ for Nothin’ / Decca / 1.6.50 / vocal = Mary Ann McCall 
Donald O’Connor / I Wanna Wander / soundtrack to the MGM movie I Love Melvin / Hollywood 1952 

set 3
Walter Wanderley / Samba No Esquema de Walter Wanderley / O Que Eu Gosto de Você / Odeon / Brazil 1963 
Coleman Hawkins / With the Red Garland Trio / Bean’s Blues / Prestige Swingville / 8.12.59 
Charlie Parker / The Magnificent Charlie Parker / Why Do I Love You? / Clef / 3.12.51 
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Time Was / Decca / 5.19.41 / vocal = Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell 
Delta Rhythm Boys / I’m in Love With a Gal (Who’s in Love With a Guy Who Looks Like Me But Ain’t) / Victor / Hollywood 6.29.47 
Ed Townsend / Glad to Be Here / Deep in a Dream / Capitol / Hollywood 1959 / with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra 

set 4
Sam Most / East Coast Jazz/9: I’m Nuts About The Most....Sam / What a Difference a Day Made / Bethlehem / 1955 / Sam Most fl, Marty Flax bars, Bill Triglia p, Barry Galbraith g, Burgher Jones b, Bobby Donaldson d
Oscar Moore / Presenting Oscar Moore / It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight / Omegatape / LA 12.12, 14.56 / Oscar Moore rhythm guitar with overdubbed solo guitar, Leroy Vinnegar b
Fats Waller / You’re a Viper / V-Disc [unissued] / Harlem 12.21.43 
King Cole Trio / I Thought You Ought to Know / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Astrud Gilberto / The Shadow of Your Smile / Non-Stop to Brazil / Verve / LA mid-60s 
The [Sensational] Nightingales / Somewhere to Lay My Head / Peacock / 1955

last soulful song
Syl Johnson / Diamond in the Rough / Could I Be Falling in Love / Hi Records / Memphis 1974



Friday, July 22, 2022

Bright Lights and You, Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 117

The Natural Four plus Curtis on The Midnight {Very} Special.

Coffeetime, July 22, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Oliver Nelson / Screamin’ the Blues / The Drive / New Jazz / 5.27.60 
Tommy Turrentine / Tommy Turrentine / Webb City / Time / 1.19.60 
The Carnival Three / Creole Lullaby (Peephole Blues) / Disc Records / 2.22.45 
Bubbling Over Five / Get Up Off That Jazzophone / Okeh / Richmond VA 10.13.29 / vocal = Bob Brown 
Cleo Brown / Breakin’ in a Pair of Shoes / Decca / LA 11.20.35 
Marvin Phillips [Marvin & Johnny] / My Baby Won’t Let Me In / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 2.12.53
Helen Carr / … Why Do I Love You / Then You’ve Never Been Blue / Bethlehem / 1955 

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

set 2
Milt Jackson & John Coltrane / Bags & Trane / The Night We Called It a Day / Atlantic / 1.15.59 
Coleman Hawkins / Today and Now / Love Song from “Apache” / Impulse! / 9.9.62 
Kenny Drew / New Faces, New Sounds / Everything Happens to Me / Blue Note / 4.16.53 
Fred Rich & his Hotel Astor Orchestra / Clap Yo’ Hands / Columbia / 11.5.26 / vocal = The Crooners 
Billie Holiday / Now They Call It Swing / Vocalion / 1.12.38
Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland / Could You Use Me? / from the soundtrack to the MGM movie Girl Crazy / Decca / Hollywood 1943 / with George Stoll & his Orchestra
Linda Hopkins / I Can’t / Federal / 1956

set 3
Bill English / Bill English / Heavy Soul / Vanguard / 1963
Ike Quebec / Heavy Soul / Heavy Soul / Blue Note / 11.26.61 
The Be Bop Boys / Webb City parts 1 & 2 / Savoy / 9.6.46
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Man, That’s Groovy / live broadcast & video / Café Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC 3.28.41 / vocal = Helen O’Connell
The Four Buddies / Don’t Leave Me Now / Savoy / 1.13.51 
Cy Coleman / If My Friends Could See Me Now / Why Try to Change Me Now / Columbia / 1966

set 4
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / Cool and Crazy / Coop de Graas / RCA Victor / LA 3.26.53 / so many cool West Coast players 
Bill Holman – Mel Lewis Quintet / Jive for Five / Liza / Andex / Hollywood 6.6.58 / Lee Katzman t, Holman ts, Jimmy Rowles p, Wilfred Middlebrook b, Lewis 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
Tom Jones / Live in Las Vegas / Bright Lights and You Girl / Parrot / Las Vegas 1969
Charioteers / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Brunswick / 8.4.39

last soulful song
The Natural Four / Heaven Right Here on Earth / Baby Come On / Curtom / 1975





Friday, July 15, 2022

A Playlist is a Wish Your Heart Makes: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 116

What does it take to find a good Jr. Walker video these days?!

Coffeetime, July 15, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey Big Band / Tippin’ / Bethlehem / 12.57 
Lou Donaldson / Lou Donaldson Quartet/Quintet/Sextet / Moe’s Bluff / Blue Note / 8.21.54 
Lester Young / It’s Only a Paper Moon / Aladdin / LA 1.46
Peggy English / High, High, High Up in the Hills (Watching the Clouds Roll By) / Brunswick / 12.28.26 
Paul Hamilton & his Orchestra / She Reminds Me Of You / Vocalion / 3.14.34 / vocal = George Beuchler https://bit.ly/3IrYGkb
Floyd Dixon / I Paid the Price / Aladdin [unissued] / Hollywood 12.15.50 / vocal = Mari Jones; with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers 
Dinah Washington / Dinah! / A Cottage for Sale / EmArcy / 1.12.55 / with Hal Mooney Orchestra 

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

set 2
Joe Gordon / Lookin’ Good / Heleen / Contemporary / LA 7.11, 12 & 18.61 
Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson / The Great Kai & J.J. / Theme from Picnic / Impulse! / 11.4.60 
Sonny Stitt / Sunset / Prestige / 12.11.49 
The Bechet-Spanier Big Four / Sweet Lorraine / HRS / 3.28.40
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Cabin in the Sky / AFRS Jubilee Show #32 / Hollywood late spring 1943 / vocal = Earle Warren as; Master of Ceremonies = Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Stuff Smith Trio / Stop-Look / Asch / 9.8.44 
Bing Crosby, William Bendix, & Sir Cedric Hardwicke / Busy Doing Nothing / from Paramount movie A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Hollywood fall 1947 
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Look Around / Batucada / A&M / Hollywood 1967

set 3
Oliver Nelson / Sound Pieces / Flute Salad / Impulse! / 9.7.66 
Herbie Mann / Right Now / Desafinado / Atlantic / 4.19.62 
Al Grey / Snap Your Fingers / On Green Dolphin Street / Argo / Chicago 2.19.62 
Dolly Dawn / Smarty Pants / Vocalion / 9.27.39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Dawn
The Ink Spots / Just for a Thrill / Decca / 1.12.39 
Jubalaires / A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes / Capitol / Hollywood 1950 
Frankie Laine / Torchin’ / I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) / Columbia / 1958

set 4
Art Pepper / Modern Art / Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered / Intro Records / Hollywood 12.28.56 
Howard Rumsey / Lighthouse All-Stars, Volume 4 – Oboe/Flute / Hermosa Summer / Contemporary / Hermosa Beach, Calif 2.25, 26.54
King Cole Trio / I Know That You Know / AFRS Jubilee Show #36 / Hollywood 7.43
King Cole Trio / This Will Make You Laugh / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.23.44
Mel Tormé / Right Now! / My Little Red Book / Columbia / LA 1966 / with Howard Roberts g 
The Swan Silvertones / Jesus is a Friend of Mine / Vee-Jay / 1959

last soulful song
Jr. Walker & the All Stars / What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) / Soul / Detroit 1968

Friday, July 08, 2022

Old World, New Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 115

Zelma isn’t bad; she’s colorful!

Coffeetime, July 8, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / Old World, New Imports / Blue Note / 3.7.63 
Elvin Jones / Elvin! / Buzz-at / Riverside / 12.27.61 
Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France / I Saw Stars / Oriole / Paris 12.34 
Smith Ballew Orchestra / To Whom It May Concern / Columbia / 1.6.31 
Mel Walker / Feelin’ Mighty Lonesome / Mercury / LA 10.17.53 
Shirley Horn / Loads of Love / Do It Again / Mercury / 9.13, 15.62 

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

set 2
Benny Golson / Benny Golson and the Philadelphians / Thursday’s Theme / United Artists / 11.17.58 
Jimmy Smith / Organ Grinder Swing / I’ll Close My Eyes / Verve / 6.14 & 15.65 
[James] Von Streeter & Orchestra / I’ll Never Smile Again / Savoy / 7.27.49
Mary Lou Williams / Jazz Piano Greats / Yesterdays / Folkways [recorded by Mose Asch] / 2.44
Zelma O’Neal / I Want to Be Bad / Brunswick / 1.18.29 / with Al Goodman Orchestra 
Joe Lutcher’s Jump Band / How Fine Can You Be / Capitol / Hollywood 10.22.47
Les Brown & his Orchestra / My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time / Columbia / 3.2.45 / vocal = Doris Day
Billy Ward & his Dominoes / You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down / Federal / 6.27.53

set 3
Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines / Stride Right / Fantastic, That’s You / Verve / 1.14.66 
Cal Tjader / Tjader Plays Mambo / For Heaven’s Sake / Fantasy / San Francisco 9.54 
Red Garland / Red Garland’s Piano / Please Send Me Someone to Love / Prestige / 3.22.57 
Jack McVea & his Orchestra / Tatoe Pie / Exclusive / 12.47
Jack Teagarden & his Orchestra / I Got a Right to Sing the Blues / Brunswick / 1939
The Four Vagabonds / Cabin in the Sky / Standard Transcription / LA 1943 
Jackie Paris / That Paris Mood [Skylark] / Detour Ahead / Coral [Brunswick] / 1954 

set 4
Barney Kessel / Barney Kessel, vol. 1, Easy Like / Tenderly / Contemporary / LA 11.14.53 
Vince Guaraldi / In Person / On Green Dolphin Street / Fantasy / live, The Trident Jazz Club, Sausalito, CA 12.4.62 / Guaraldi p, Eddie Duran g, Fred Marshall b, Colin Bailey d, Benny Valarde güiro [gueero] 
King Cole Trio / You Must Be Blind / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
André Claveau / Sous une Ombrelle á Chantilly / Polydor / Paris 1950
The Southern Sons / Rest for the Weary / Bluebird / 10.29.41 / lead = William Langford

last soulful song
Honey & the Bees / Love Addict / Arctic / 1969

Friday, July 01, 2022

Beau Playlist in Hotchkiss Corners: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 114

She’s got the best spot in the house. And she knows it.

Coffeetime, July 1, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Off to the Races / Off to the Races / Blue Note / 12.2.58 
Kenny Burrell – Jimmy Raney / 2 Guitars / Pivot / Prestige / 3.5.57 
Joe Marsala Sextet / Cherokee / Black & White / 1.12.45 
The Captivators [The Five Pennies] / Get Happy / Brunswick / 10.22.29 / vocal = Scrappy Lambert 
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Mean Papa Blues / Aladdin / LA 12.15.50 / vocal = Mari Jones / Floyd Dixon p, Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Benjamin “Bull Moose” Jackson / Bad Man Jackson, That’s Me / Queen / c. 12.19.45 
Sarah Vaughan / Tenderly / live, Sweden 1958 / with Ronnell Bright p, Richard Davis b, & Art Morgan d

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

set 2
Charlie Rouse / Yeah! / When Sunny Gets Blue / Epic / 12.20, 21.60 
Rex Stewart / Rendezvous with Rex / Blue Echo / Felsted / 1.31.58 
Pee Wee Crayton / Pappy’s Blues / Recorded in Hollywood / Hollywood 1953 / with the Red Callender Sextette
Ethel Waters / Three Little Words / Columbia / 11.18.30 / with Ben Selvin on violin 
Phil Harris & his Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors / Theme: Rose Room; My Extraordinary Gal / radio broadcast / Hollywood 1933 
Big Maybelle / Gabbin’ Blues (Don’t Run My Business) / Okeh / 10.8.52 / with co-composer Rose Marie McCoy
Rick Nelson / Rick Is 21 / Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans / Imperial / Hollywood 1961

set 3
Grant Green / Street of Dreams / Lazy Afternoon / Blue Note / 11.16.64 
Charlie Rouse & Paul Quinichette / The Chase Is On / Tender Trap / Bethlehem / 8.29.57 
Stan Getz & Al Haig / Earless Engineering / Prestige / 1.6.50 / Getz ts, Al Haig p, Tommy Potter b, Roy Haynes d
Bob Chester & his Orchestra / Beau Night in Hotchkiss Corners / 1.6.41 / vocal = Betty Bradley 
The Ravens / Together / National / 1947
Sammy Davis Jr. / I Don’t Care Who Knows / Capitol / Hollywood 1.13.49 / with Dave Cavanaugh’s Music; Sammy’s first studio recording 

set 4
Bill Evans / How My Heart Sings! / Summertime / Riverside / 5.17.62 / Evans p, Chuck Israels b, Paul Motian d 
Vince Guaraldi / In Person / On Green Dolphin Street / Fantasy / live, The Trident Jazz Club, Sausalito, CA 12.4.62 / Guaraldi p, Eddie Duran g, Fred Marshall b, Colin Bailey d, Benny Valarde güiro [gueero] 
King Cole Trio / You Must Be Blind / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Frank Sinatra / Sinatra’s Sinatra / Pocketful of Miracles / Reprise / Hollywood 11.22.61
Golden Gate Quartet / He Said He Could Calm the Ocean / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC 10.6.39

last soulful song
Black Heat / Black Heat / Time Is Gonna Catch You / Atlantic / 1972 



Friday, June 24, 2022

Smokey Hollow Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 113

The beautiful Pearl tells them exactly what is her line.

Coffeetime, June 24, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ugetsu / Ping Pong / Riverside / live, Birdland 6.16.63 
Zoot Sims / Zoot! / Osmosis / Riverside / 12.13, 18.56 
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra / A Minor Breakdown [alt take] / Vocalion [unissued] / 12.10.37 
Bert Lown & his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra / Now You’re in My Arms / Victor / 4.23.31 / vocal = Elmer Feldkamp 
Lil Greenwood / Love Will Make You a Slave / Specialty / Hollywood 12.1.51 / with Roy Milton & his Solid Senders
Beverly Kenney / Sings for Playboys / A Summer Romance / Decca / 12.2.57 / Ellis Larkins p, Joe Benjamin b

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

set 2
Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane / Tanganyika Strut / Once in a While / Savoy / 5.13.58 
Conte Candoli / Sincerely, Conte / Everything Happens to Me / Bethlehem / LA 11.20.54 
Sonny Thompson / Nightfall / King / 1949
Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra / Hot Feet / Victor / 3.7.29 / vocalizations by Cootie Williams 
Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) & his Combination / I Know That You Know / Perfect / 1.26.27
T-Bone Walker / No Worry Blues / Black & White / LA 9.30.46 / with Jack McVea & All Stars
Pearl Bailey / Pearl Bailey Entertains / Get It Off Your Mind / Columbia / 1950

set 3
Hal Singer & Charlie Shavers / Blue Stompin’ / Midnight / Prestige / 2.20.59 
The Be Bop Boys / Smokey Hollow Jump / Savoy / 1948 
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / All of Me / Decca / 3.3.39 / vocal = Helen O’Connell
The Marshall Brothers / I Didn’t Know / Savoy / 12.17.51
Johnny Hartman / I Just Dropped By to Say Hello / Don’t You Know I Care (Or Don’t You Care to Know) / Impulse! / 10.17.63 

set 4
Mat Mathews / The Modern Art of Mat Mathews / Summertime / Dawn / 2.3.56 / Mathews accordion, Oscar Pettiford b, Kenny Clarke d
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / Fire One / Mode / Hollywood 6.5.57 / Kamuca ts, Carl Perkins p, Leroy Vinnegar b, Stan Levey d
Dave Brubeck / Dave Digs Disney / Very Good Advice / Columbia / summer 1957 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Digs_Disney
Julia Lee & her Boy Friends / All I Do Is Worry / Capitol / Hollywood 1948 / Lee p, Jack Marshall g, Billy Hadnott b, Baby Lovett d 
King Cole Trio / I’d Love to Make Love to You / Capitol / Hollywood 4.13.45
Joanie Sommers / Softly, The Brazilian Sound / That’s All / Warner Brothers / LA 1963 / with Laurindo Almeida
Gospel Vocalaires of Norfolk, VA / I’ll Be Satisfied [unedited take] / Gotham / Norfolk 8.53

last soulful song
Daryl Hall & John Oates / Alone Too Long / RCA Victor / 1975

Friday, June 17, 2022

Walkin’ My Playlist Back Home: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 112

The look of love when Maxine sings.

Coffeetime, June 17, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Clark Terry / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Boomerang / Riverside / 4.27.57 
Horace Parlan / Happy Frame of Mind / Back from the Gig / Blue Note / 2.15.63 
John Kirby & his Orchestra / Rustle of Spring / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41
Ed Kirkeby & his Orchestra / Walkin’ My Baby Back Home / Okeh / 1.27.31 / vocal = Elmer Feldkamp 
Marion “Blues Woman” Abernathy / Voo-it! Voo-it! / Juke Box / Chicago 1945 / with Buddy Banks & his Buddies 
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / How Long Has This Been Going On / Kapp / 1958 

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

set 2
Lester Young / Lester Young With the Oscar Peterson Trio [The President Plays] / I’m Confessin’ / Norgran / 11.28.52 
Wilbur Harden / The King and I / We Kiss in the Shadow / Savoy / 9.58
Barney Kessel / The Poll Winners / You Go to My Head / Contemporary / 3.18, 19.57 
Bobby Troup / Bobby Swings Tenderly / It Never Entered My Mind / Mode / Hollywood 7.57 ​​
Ray Ventura & his Collegians / I’m Doing What I’m Doing for Love / Odeon / Paris 9.27.29 / vocal = Grace Edwards
Cee Pee Johnson & his Band / Miss Jiveola Brown / Apollo [unissued] / 11.2.45
Dick Haymes / The Big Backyard, Part 1 / soundtrack to the Universal Pictures movie Up in Central Park / Hollywood 1948 
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, His Guitar & Orchestra / I Live My Life / Peacock / Houston summer 1950

set 3
Coleman Hawkins & Clark Terry / Back in Bean’s Bag / A Tune for the Tutor / Columbia / 12.10.62 
Wynton Kelly & Wes Montgomery / Smokin’ at the Half Note / Four on Six / Verve / 9.22.65 
The Sepia Tones / Boogie #1 / Juke Box / Chicago 8.1.44 
John Kirby & his Orchestra / Red River Valley / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan
Jubalaires / It Ain’t What You Want That Does You Good / Capitol / Hollywood 1949
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56 

set 4
Don Fagerquist Nonette / The Les Brown All Stars / The Man I Love / Capital / Hollywood 6.21.55
Bob Enevoldsen / The Bob Enevoldsen Quintet / Topsy / Tampa / LA 8.8.55 
Woody Herman & his Orchestra / Four Brothers / Columbia / 12.27.47
King Cole Trio / I’m Lost / Excelsior / LA 3.1.43
Nancy Wilson / The Sound of Nancy Wilson / Alone with My Thoughts of You / Capitol / Hollywood 1968 
Soul Stirrers / Come and Go to that Land / Specialty / Hollywood 7.10.53

last soulful song
McFadden & Whitehead / Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now / Philadelphia International / Philadelphia 1978 

Friday, June 10, 2022

A Playlist in Calico: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 111

Hurry for sweet bobbysoxer Beryl.

Coffeetime, June 10, 2022, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Pepper Adams / Pepper Adams Quintet / Freddie Froo / Mode / Hollywood 7.10.57 
Horace Silver / Finger Poppin’ with The Horace Silver Quintet / Cookin’ at the Continental / Blue Note / 1.31.59 
Luis Russell & his Louisiana Swing Orchestra / Jersey Lightning / Okeh / 9.9.29 
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra / Congratulations / Regal / 1.13.30 / vocal = Rodman Lewis
Trixie Smith / My Unusual Man / Decca / 5.26.38 
Martha Davis & the Esquires / Lovin’ Blues / Urban / LA c. 11.46 / with Davis p, Leo Blevins g, Buzz Johnson b, and Charles Gray d http://www.uncamarvy.com/MarthaDavis/marthadavis.html
Helen Carr / Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor / I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.5.55 

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

set 2
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly Piano / Don’t Explain / Riverside / 1.31.58 
Coleman Hawkins / I Can’t Get Started / Decca 7.30.52 / with George Barnes g, others unknown 
Eddie Heywood / Eddie Heywood / Hey There / EmArcy / 7.55 / Heywood p, Wendell Marshall b, Jimmy Crawford d
Don Byas / What Do You Want with My Heart / Savoy / 8.17.44 
The Three Ts / You Turn the Tables on Me / NBC radio broadcast / live, Hickory House 12.4.36 / vocal = Jack Teagarden 
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / The Best Things in Life Are Free / Decca / 12.23.35 / vocal = Dan Grissom 
Jack McVea & his Door Openers / The Keys in the Mailbox / Black & White / Hollywood c. 1.47 / vocal = McVea & Rabon Tarrant
Pat Moran [aka Helen Mudgett] / What a Difference a Day Made / Bethlehem / 5.56 / vocal = Bev Kelly 

set 3
Art Farmer / Winner’s Circle / Lazy Afternoon / Bethlehem / 9.57 
Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges / Con-Soul & Sax / Lil’ Darlin’ / RCA Victor / 1.7.65 
Paul Quinichette / The Heat’s Off / Decca / 9.25.53 
Jessie Matthews & Jack Whiting / Your Heart Skips a Beat / from the Gaumont-British movie Sailing Along / London 1938 
Mills Brothers / There Goes My Headache / Decca / 9/14/34 
Bobby Short / Fun to Be Fooled / Atlantic / 1956 / Short p, Buddy Woodson b, Mauri Russell d

set 4
Bobby Jaspar / Bobby Jaspar / Sweet Blanche / Riverside / 5.57 / Jaspar fl, George Wallington p, Wilbur Little b, Elvin Jones d
Dave Pell / A Pell of a Time / Love Me or Leave Me / RCA Victor / LA 1.23.57 / Pell ts, Jack Sheldon t, Bobby Burgess tb, Pepper Adams bari, Tommy Tedesco g, Marty Paich p, Tom Kelly b, Mel Lewis d 
Oscar Rabin & his Romany Band / See How They Run / British Pathé film / London 9.16.37 / vocal = Beryl Davis & members of the band
Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers / A Gal in Calico / Capitol / Hollywood 9.27.45 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Wingman Quartet / Shelter in the Time of Storm / Down Beat / late 1940s

last soulful song
The Darlings / My Pillow / Doré / LA 1963