I’m in Heaven When I See Your Playlist

You can do anything with a smile that sweet, Danny.

Coffeetime, June 21, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley, et al / The Prestige All Stars – Tenor Conclave / Tenor Conclave / Prestige / 9.7.56
Clark Terry / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Riverside / 4.27.57
Jan Garber & his Orchestra / Back in Your Own Backyard / Columbia / 2.17.28 / vocal = Irving Kaufman (using various pseudonyms on the takes, like Vincent Van Tuyl on the label)
Paul Gayten & his Trio / Creole Gal / DeLuxe / New Orleans 1949
Anita O’Day / Pick Yourself Up / I Never Had a Chance / Verve / LA 12.20.56

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

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige / 9.15.64
Buddy Collette / Man of Many Parts / Cheryl Ann / Contemporary / LA 4.17.56
Don Byas / Star Dust / International Record / 9.6.45
Jesse Crawford / Diane (I’m in Heaven When I See You Smile) / Victor / 12.13.27
Cleo Brown / Is Jenny Getting Any, Anymore? / Hollywood Hot Shots / Hollywood circa 12.36
Cootie Williams & his Orchestra / I May Be Easy, But I’m No Fool / Capitol / 7.5.46 / vocal = Bob Merrill
Danny Kaye / South Pacific / Honey Bun / Decca / Hollywood 4.18.49

set 3
Clifford Jordan / Cliff Jordan / Not Guilty / Blue Note / 6.2.57 
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers / Flying Disc / Sensation [Vitacoustic] / Detroit c. 7.47
Jubalaires / Rockin’ Chair / Standard transcription / late 1940s
Anita O’Day / Key Largo / Signature / LA winter 1947-48 / with Benny Carter & his Orchestra
Stan Getz & João Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / P'ra Muchucar Meu Coracao [To Hurt My Heart] / Verve / 3.18, 19.63 / vocal = João Gilberto

set 4
Stu Williamson / A Jazz Band Ball / Iris of the IRA / Mode / Hollywood 7.57
Lennie Niehaus / The Octet #2 / Rick’s Tricks / Contemporary / Hollywood 1.11.55
Fats Waller / Oh Susannah (Dust Off That Old Pianna) / Victor / 3.6.35
King Cole Trio / If Yesterday Could Only Be Tomorrow / MacGregor transcription / 5.24.44
The Calvanes / Crazy Over You / Dootone / LA 8.55 
Chuck Willis / Keep A-Knockin’ / Okeh [unissued] / 2.5.54 
Jubalaires / I Declare the World Is in a Bad Condition / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song

Dee Clark / That’s My Girl / Constellation / Chicago 1964 

When a Woman Loves a Playlist

Freda and Bobby get a room… in front of us.

Coffeetime, June 7, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Originally / The New Message / Columbia [unissued] / 6.25.56 
Horace Silver / Six Pieces of Silver / Virgo / Blue Note / 11.10.56
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Harlem Madness / Victor / 3.6.34 / vocal = Charles Holland 
The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / I’ll Be Getting Along / HMV / London 10.24.29 / vocal = Billy Milton, directed by Carroll Gibbons
Etta Jones / Evil Gal Blues / Black & White / 12.29.44 / with Barney Bigard & his Orchestra
Nancy Wilson / But Beautiful / But Beautiful / Capitol / 11.4-6.69

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

set 2
Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate / Buck & Buddy / When a Woman Loves a Man / Prestige Swingville / 12.20.60
James Moody / This is Always / Vogue / Paris 7.27.51
Erskine Butterfield / Blackberry Jam / Beacon / 6.20.56
Joe Venuti’s Blue Five / Four String Joe / Okeh / 11.15.27
Mae West / from Paramount movie She Done Him Wrong / (I Wonder Where My) Easy Rider’s Gone / Brunswick / Hollywood 2.7.33
Cats & the Fiddle / That’s My Desire / Manor / 3.47 
Bobby Darin / This Is Darin / All Nite Long / Atco / 5.12.59

set 3
Kenny Burrell / The Tender Gender / Hot Bossa / Cadet / 4.66
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson, vol. 1 / Tom-Kattin’ / ABC-Paramount / 12.12.56
Teddy Reig’s All Stars / Saxon / Savoy / 1.22.47
Johnny Mercer / Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You / radio transcription / Hollywood 1944 / with the Pied Pipers and Paul Weston & his Orchestra
The Beavers / I’d Rather Be Wrong Than Blue / Coral / 1950
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.11.56 / celeste! 

set 4
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / That’s Rich / Contemporary / 3.12.57
Oscar Peterson / Somebody Loves Me / Clef / LA late spring 1952
Juanelda Carter & Swingsters aka King Cole Trio / You’re So Different / Standard transcription / LA 1.14.39
Pearl Bailey / The Real Pearl Bailey / I Believe / Project 3 / 1968 / with Louis Bellson & his Orchestra
Mid-South Singers / Will Meet You in the Morning / Duke [unissued] / Detroit 1953

last soulful song
Gene Chandler / The Gene Chandler Situation / Simply Call It Love / Mercury / Chicago 1970
Gene Chandler / Bet You Never Thought / Constellation / Chicago 1966

I Like People (The Playlist Song): Coffeetime Homebrew ep 177

You are on FIRE, Mr. Campbell!

Coffeetime, May 31, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jimmy Forrest / [Black Forrest] / Sunkenfoal / [Delmark] / Chicago 12.59
Bill Hardman / Saying Something / It Ain’t Happened Yet / Savoy / 10.18.61
The Rhythmic Eight / Back Beats / Zonophone / London 12.6.27
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Just One More Kiss / Victor / 10.15.26 / vocal = Al Lynch 
Jack McVea & his Orchestra / No, No, You Can’t Do That Mon / Exclusive / LA 1948 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Billie Holiday / Songs for Distingué Lovers / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Verve / Hollywood 1.4.57

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

set 2
Lee Konitz / Very Cool / Crazy She Calls Me / Verve / 9.12.57 
Al Grey / Night Song / Stardust / Argo / Chicago 11.62 
Vinnie Burke / East Coast Jazz/2 / Yesterdays / Bethlehem / 1955
Smith Ballew & his Piping Rock Orchestra / You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) / Columbia / 9.25.31
Sol Ho’opi’i’s Novelty Quartette / Kaala / Brunswick / LA 11.19.30
Lucy Ann Polk / Lucky Lucy Ann / Don Cha Go Way Mad / Mode / Hollywood 7.12.57 https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/lucy-ann-polk-albums/54949-lucky-lucy-ann-vinyl.html
Jimmy Durante / I Like People (The Friendly Song) / Golden Records / Hollywood 1952

set 3
Dave Burns / Warming Up! / Now Ain’t It / Vanguard / 1964 
Jack Teagarden / Shades of Night / Someone Else’s Love / Capitol / 2.12.58 
Charlie Parker / Scrapple from the Apple aka Little Bo Beep aka Little Be-Bop / Dial / 11.4.47 / Miles Davis tp, Charlie Parker as, Duke Jordan p, Tommy Potter b, Max Roach d
Herb “Flamingo” Jeffries / At Least You Could Save Me a Dream / Excelsior / Hollywood 1944 / with Eddie Beal Trio & The Three Shades of Rhythm
The Mello-Larks / Goin’ Home / Melodisc / Hollywood 1946 
Sam Cooke / My Kind of Blues / Little Girl Blue / RCA Victor / 5.61 

set 4
Sam Most / Musically Yours / Obvious Conclusion / Bethlehem / 1956
Lucky Thompson / Home Free / TV broadcast, Modern Jazz at the Blue Note, Lucky Thompson’s Special Show / Paris 2.13.60 
King Cole Trio / Baby, Won’t You Say You Love Me / Capitol / Hollywood / 2.9.50 / with The Starlighters; NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b
Little Milton / Feel So Bad / Checker / Chicago 6.3.66
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet / No Hiding Place / Decca / Charlotte 6.5.38

last soulful song
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Hey Girl / Pye / London 1975

Tatoe Playlist

Mr. Duncan singing and dancing in the big city.

Coffeetime, May 17, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Donald Byrd / Parisian Thoroughfare / Formidable / Brunswick / L’Olympia Theatre, Paris 10.22.58
Gigi Gryce / The Hap’nin’s / Don’t Worry ’Bout Me / New Jazz / 5.3.60
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Your Mother and Mine / Columbia / 5.4.29 / vocals = Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, & Jack Fulton 
Jack McVea & his All Stars / Butch / Black & White / LA c. 2.47 / vocal = Arthur Duncan
Dinah Washington / Out in the Cold Again / Mercury / 10.25.51 / with The Ravens

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

set 2
Carmell Jones / Jay Hawk Talk / Willow Weep for Me / Prestige / 5.8.65
Wes Montgomery / Portrait of Wes / Yesterday’s Child / Riverside / 11.27.63
Cal Tjader & Stan Getz / I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face / Fantasy / San Francisco 2.8.58
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Easy Money / Columbia / 12.12.28 
Billie Holiday & her Orchestra / Without Your Love / Vocalion / 6.15.37
Hildegarde / This Year’s Kisses / Columbia / London 7.20.37 / with Carroll Gibbons & his Boy Friends
Georges Guétary / Ma Belle Marguerite / Pathé Marconi / Paris 1947
B.B. King / I Can’t Lose / Kent / 1962

set 3
Blue Mitchell / Boss Horn / I Should Care / Blue Note / 11.17.66 
Jack McVea & his All Stars / Tatoe Pie / Black & White / LA 12.47
Alvino Rey & his Orchestra / I’m in the Mood for Love / radio transcription / 1946 / vocal = Jo Anne Ryan
The Ravens / Sylvia / National / 1.27.49 
Earl Coleman / Earl Coleman Returns / Come Rain or Come Shine / Prestige / 3.2.56

set 4
Buddy Collette / Calm, Cool, & Collette / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / ABC-Paramount / LA 1.24.57
Bill Holman / The Fabulous Bill Holman / Airegin / Coral / Hollywood 4.29.57
King Cole Trio / The Limp / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
King Cole Trio / Fidgety Joe / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Golden Gate Quartet / Shoo Shoo Baby / AFRS Jubilee #53 / 11.43 / Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Willie Johnson, Orlandus Wilson, & Conrad Frederick p
Dean Martin / French Style / Mimi / Reprise / Hollywood 1962
Golden Gate Quartet / The Bridegroom Cometh / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soulful song
Brenton Wood / Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin' / Double Shot / 1968
The Impressions / Greatest Hits / Grow Closer Together / ABC-Paramount / 1963

Snug as a Bug in a Playlist

Bob, can I borrow your groovy jacket?

Coffeetime, May 10, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Elmo Hope / Informal Jazz / Avalon / Prestige / 5.7.56
Richard Williams / New Horn in Town / Raucous Notes / Candid / 9.27.60
Emilio Cáceres Trio / I Got Rhythm / Victor / 11.5.37 
Blue Barron & his Orchestra / Teacher’s Pet / radio transcription / 1938 / vocal = Charlie Fisher
Cee Pee Johnson & his Band / I’m So Lonesome / Apollo / LA 11.2.45
Paula Castle / Lost Love / Yesterday’s Gardenias / Bethlehem / 1955

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

set 2
Red Garland / The Nearness of You / Where or When / Jazzland / 11.30.61
Jimmy Cleveland / Introducing Jimmy Cleveland / You Don’t Know What Love Is / EmArcy / 8.12.55
Barney Kessel / The Man I Love / Rex / LA 6.7.45
Billy Cotton & his Band / Hold Me / Regal Zonophone / London 8.23.33 / vocal = Alan Breeze
Dinah Washington / The Man I Love / Mercury / LA 4.6.46 / with Gerald Wilson’s Orchestra
The Orioles / It’s Too Soon to Know / It’s a Natural / summer 1948
Robert Mitchum / Calypso – Is Like So! / Beauty Is Only Skin Deep / Capitol / Hollywood 1957

set 3
Milt Jackon & Ray Charles / Soul Brothers / How Long Blues / Atlantic / 9.12.57
Frank Foster / My Heart Stood Still / Vogue / Paris 4.4.54
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / A Table in a Corner / Bluebird / 9.28.39 / vocal = Helen Forrest
Four Tunes / I’m the Guy / RCA Victor / 6.49 
Bob Stewart / Let’s Talk About Love / Laura / Dawn / 1956 / with Mat Mathews Quintet

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / Cast Your Fate to the Wind / Moon River / Fantasy / LA 1962
André Persiany / Jive at Five / French Columbia / 7.17.57 / featuring Paul Quinichette 
King Cole Trio / Two Against One / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / NKC p & celeste!, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
King Cole Trio / Snug as a Bug in a Rug / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Edna McGriff / It’s Raining / Jubilee / 1952 / with Buddy Lucas & his Orchestra
Dixie Hummingbirds / I’ll Be Satisfied / Gotham / 1949

last soulful song
Johnny Truitt / I’m Thru with You / A-Bet / Nashville / 1968
The Olympics / Good Lovin’ / Loma / LA 1965

Angelynn, I Dream of Playlist Time

Fred asks that you not come at me for showing an entertainer in top hat and tails.

Coffeetime, May 3, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Are You Real / On the Ginza / Moon / live, London 1965
Horace Silver / Six Pieces of Silver / Enchantment / Blue Note / 11.10.56
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Prelude to a Kiss / V-Disc #823 / c. 8.46
Gene Austin / Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time / Victor / 6.26.28 
[Miss] Rhapsody / Hey Lawdy Mam / Savoy / 7.6.44 / with June Cole’s Orchestra 
Sarah Vaughan / April in Paris / EmArcy / 12.18.54

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

set 2
McCoy Tyner / Today and Tomorrow / When Sunny Gets Blue / Impulse! / 6.4.63
Eddie Costa / Eddie Costa Quintet / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Mode / 7.57
Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra / Body and Soul / Bluebird / 10.11.39
Tom [Tommy] Dorsey / It’s Right Here for You / Okeh / 11.10.28 / Dorsey tp, Arthur Schutt harmonium, Eddie Lang g, Jimmy Williams b, Stan King d 
Butterbeans & Susie / Jelly Roll Queen / Okeh / 9.24.27  
Fred Astaire / Seeing’s Believing / soundtrack to the MGM movie The Belle of New York / MGM / Hollywood 1952
Jimmy Robins aka Robbin Ray / Allergic to a Broken Heart / Combo / LA late-50s

set 3
John Lewis / A Milanese Story, Original Soundtrack / Finale / Atlantic / Turin 1.17.62 / with Quartetto di Milano
Stanley Turrentine / [Mr. Natural] / My Girl Is Just Enough for Me / Blue Note [unissued] / 9.4.64
Leo Parker & his Mad Lads / Woody / Gotham / 12.28.50 
The Four Vagabonds / I Can’t Make Up My Mind / Atlas / 1946
Joe Derise / Joe Derise Sings / How High the Moon / Bethlehem / 1955

set 4
Shelly Manne & His Men / Swinging Sounds / Slan / Contemporary / LA 1.19, 26.56
Stu Williamson / Stu Williamson / Pee Jay / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1.13.56
King Cole Trio / That’s the Beginning of the End / Capitol / Hollywood 7.2.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Jumping Jacks / Julocka Jolly / Lloyds [Apollo] / 4.27.53 
Tom Jones / Promise Her Anything / Parrot / London 2.66
Evangelist Singers of Detroit / I’m Tired / Bullet / Nashville 1948

last soulful song

The Sapphires / I Found Out Too Late / Swan / Philadelphia 1964

The Escorts / Look Over Your Shoulder / Alithia / 1973

I’m Proud of a Playlist Like You

Happiness is a Gatemouth and a white guitar.

Coffeetime, April 26, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Booker Little / The Defiant Ones / Milestones / United Artists / 10.58
Howard McGhee / Shades of Blue / Arbee [alt take] / Fontana [Black Lion] / 12.8.61
Brick Fleagle’s Orchestra / Pastiche / HRS / 7.45
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / I’m Proud of a Baby Like You / Victor / 1.28.27 / vocal = The Keller Sisters & Al Lynch 
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown / Guitar in My Hand / Aladdin / LA 8.21.47 / with Maxwell Davis Orchestra
Bev Kelly / Bev Kelly in Person / Body and Soul / Riverside / live, The Coffee Gallery, San Francisco 10.14.60

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

set 2
Lee Morgan / Candy / Since I Fell for You / Blue Note / 11.18.57
Donald Byrd / Byrd’s Eye View / Everything Happens to Me / Transition / Cambridge, MA 12.2.55
Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain / Fado do Amor / Decca / Paris / 1934 
Mildred Bailey / Is That Religion? / Brunswick / 4.8.33 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm / Central Avenue Boogie / AFRS Jubilee #82 / Hollywood spring 1944 / vocal = Anna Mae Winburn (leader), with master of ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
The Robins / There Ain’t No Use Beggin’ / National / LA 2.13.50 / with Johnny Otis Band
Jesse Belvin / Baby Don’t Go / Specialty / Hollywood 5.7.52

set 3
Jerome Richardson / Roamin’ with Richardson / Candied Sweets / New Jazz / 10.21.59
James Moody / Another Bag / The Day After / Cadet [Argo] / Chicago 1.30.62
Melvin “Sax” Gill / Mel’s Jump / Gotham / Philadelphia 2.49
Mills Brothers / ’Long About Midnight / Decca / London 9.10.36 
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / (There’s a New Side to) An Old Love Story / Reina / LA 1948 / vocal = Emma Lou Welch & the Enchanters
Sammy Davis, Jr / Sammy Davis, Jr Sings, Laurindo Almeida Plays / Speak Low / Reprise / Las Vegas 6.1.66

set 4
Howard Roberts / Good Pickin’s / Godchild / Verve / LA 1959 
Mundell Lowe / Blues for a Stripper / Coffee, Coffee / Charlie Parker Records[MGM] / LA 1962
King Cole Trio / Laguna Mood / Capitol / Hollywood 8.27.47 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Hattie McDaniel / A Little Bird Told Me / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time #89 / Hollywood i1.2.49 / with Ernie Whitman & Bing Crosby & Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires 
Bing Crosby / Drifting and Dreaming (Sweet Paradise) / Decca / Hollywood 2.13.47 / with Les Paul Trio
Keith Carridine / Nashville, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / I’m Easy / ABC / Hollywood 1975 
Coleman Brothers / Plenty of Room in the Kingdom / Manor / 12.44 

last soulful song
Ruby & the Romantics / Hey There Lonely Boy / Kapp / 1963
The Sapphires / I Found Out Too Late / Swan / Philadelphia 1964

Playlist Is So Peculiar

Peggy gets all the fun.

Coffeetime, April 19, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley (5066) / Love for Sale / Blue Note / 3.27.55
Chet Baker / Groovin’ with the Chet Baker Quintet / Tan Gaugin / Prestige / 8.23, 25, 29.65
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra / My Blue Heaven / Bluebird / 4.28.40
New Cumberland Dance Orchestra / I Idolize My Baby’s Eyes / Filmophone / London c. 1.32 / vocal = Al Bowlly 
Mabel Smith (Big Maybelle) / Bad Dream Blues / King / 1948
Toni Harper / Toni / Love for Sale / Verve / LA 12.29.55

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

set 2
Tommy Flanagan / Moodsville 9 / Born to Be Blue / Prestige / 5.18.60
Sonny Criss / This is Criss! / Black Coffee / Prestige / 10.21.66
Lonnie Simmons / I Can’t Get Started / Parrot / Chicago 1954 / celeste!
Buster Crabbe & Betty Grable / Sweetheart Time / soundtrack, Paramount movie Thrill of a Lifetime / Hollywood 1937 
Liz Tilton / Comin’ Thru the Rye / radio, AFRS Jubilee #200 / Hollywood 9.46 / with Bobby Sherwood & his Orchestra and master of ceremonies Ernest “Bubbles” Whitman
T-Bone Walker / I’m Still in Love with You / Rhumboogie / Chicago prob. 5.45 / with Marl & his Orchestra 
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Life Is So Peculiar / Decca / 8.23.50 / with Louis Armstrong

set 3
Herbie Hancock / Takin’ Off / Watermelon Man / Blue Note / 5.28.62
Jimmy Hamilton / Swing Low Sweet Clarinet / Blue Room / Everest / 1960 
Georgie Auld & his Orchestra / Let’s Jump / Musicraft / 10.23.45
The Charioteers / I’m Getting Sentimental Over You / Columbia / 7.20.39
Georgie Auld & his Orchestra / You’re Blasé / Musicraft / 6.14.46 / vocal = Sarah Vaughan
Joe Mooney / Crazy She Calls Me / Carousel / 5.26.51 / Mooney hammond org, Bucky Pizzarelli g, Bob Carter b

set 4
Chico Hamilton / South Pacific in Hi-Fi / Honey Bun / Pacific Jazz / LA 1958
Victor Feldman / The Arrival of Victor Feldman / S’posin / Contemporary / LA 1.21, 22.58
Kay Starr / Stormy Weather / Lamplighter / 1946 / with the Lamplighter All Stars
King Cole Trio / I’m a Little Ashamed / Capitol / Hollywood 8.28.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / In the Name of Love / Talk to Me Baby / Capitol / Hollywood 7.1.64 
The Bailey Gospel Singers / Jesus Is the Searchlight / Okeh / 1.27.51

last soulful song
The Shirelles / His Lips Get in the Way / Scepter / 1964
Maxine Brown / Oh No Not My Baby / Wand / 1964

Playlist of Dreams: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 176

Ella wowing the Swedes.

Coffeetime, April 12, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Julian Priester / Spiritsville / Excursion / Jazzland / 7.12.60 
Curtis Amy & Frank Butler / Groovin’ Blue / Very Frank / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 1.10.61 
Clark Terry / Clark Terry / Kitten / EmArcy / 1.3-4.55 
Kansas City Seven / Harmony Blues / Decca / 11.18.40 
Bennie Krueger & his Orchestra / Same Old Moon / Brunswick / 3.11.31 / vocal = Paul Small
Jesse Price & his Blues Band / Frettin’ for Some Pettin’ / Capitol / LA 10.46 
Ella Fitzgerald / Like Someone in Love / You’re Blasé / Verve / Hollywood 10.15.57 

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

set 2
Doug Watkins / Watkins at Large / Tracey aka Panonica / Transition / 12.8.56 
Dick Twardzik / Russ Freeman & Richard Twardzik / ’Round About Midnight / Pacific Jazz / Paris 10.27. 54 
Oscar Peterson / Plays the Irving Berlin Song Book / How Deep Is the Ocean / Verve / Chicago summer 1959 
California Ramblers aka Golden Gate Orchestra / Shake [That Thing] / Edison / 4.16.26 
Woody Herman & his Orchestra / This Time the Dream’s on Me / Decca / LA 9.10.41 / vocal = Herman & ensemble
Melvin Moore / I’m Still in Love with You / National / 1951 / composed by T-Bone Walker; orchestra arranged & conducted by Budd Johnson
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Bran’ New Dolly / RCA Victor / 4.11.49 / vocal = Bobby Troup
Fred MacMurray & Lesley Ann Warren / soundtrack: The Happiest Millionaire / What’s Wrong with That / Buena Vista / Hollywood 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiest_Millionaire

set 3
Tadd Dameron / Mating Call / On a Misty Night / Prestige / 11.30.56 
Bennie Green / Hornful Of Soul / Catwalk / Bethlehem / 12.60 
Fats Navarro & his Bop Boys / Everything’s Cool, parts 1 & 2 / Savoy / 9.6.46 
Art Pallan & the Satisfiers / Land of Dreams / Abbey / 1951 / with Dick Jacob’s Orchestra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Pallan
The Cats ’n Jammer Three / I Cover the Waterfront / Mercury / Chicago 9.15.45 / Adam Lambert g 
Dick Haymes / Look at Me Now! / This Time the Dream’s on Me / Hollywood Records / Hollywood 1957 / with Cy Coleman p 

set 4
Victor Feldman / Vic Feldman on Vibes [Mallets a Fore Thought] / Evening in Paris / Mode / Hollywood 9.57 
Eddie South / Black Gypsy / Swing / Paris 1938
King Cole Trio / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Capitol / Hollywood 8.22.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Chubby Newsome / I’m Still in Love with You / Regal / New Orleans 12.19.49 / with Howard Bigg’s Orchestra
Bonnie Raitt / Bonnie Raitt / Since I Fell for You / Warner Brothers / Enchanted Island, Lake Minnetonka, MN 8.71 
Selah Jubilee Singers / The Downward Road Is Crowded / Decca / 6.23.49 

last soulful song
The Friends of Distinction / I Really Hope You Do / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1969 

Playlist Fantasie

That staircase is dreamy….

Coffeetime, April 5, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Open Sesame /Open Sesame / Blue Note / 6.19.60
Art Farmer / Farmer’s Market / Farmer’s Market / New Jazz / 11.23.56
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Phantom Fantasie / Victor / 3.6.34
Anson Weeks & his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra / You’re My Everything / radio broadcast / San Francisco 1932 / vocal = Pete Fylling
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / That’s Why We Can’t Agree / Transcription / Hollywood spring 1948
Etta Jones / Don’t Go to Strangers / Something to Remember You By / Prestige / 6.21.60

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

set 2
Elvin Jones / Elvin! / Shadowland / Riverside / 12.27.61
Serge Chaloff / Blue Serge / Thanks for the Memory / Capitol / LA 3.14.56
Red Norvo / Red Plays the Blues / The Night Is Blue / RCA Victor / LA 1.18.57 / with Ben Webster ts
Billy Cotton & his Band / Why Did She Fall for the Leader of the Band? / Regal Zonophone / London 1.17.36 / vocal = Alan Breeze
The Four Clefs / When I’m Low I Get High / Bluebird [unissued] / Chicago 2.26.45
Doris Browne / Why Don’t You Love Me Now / Gotham [alternate take] / Philadelphia 6.53 / with Doc Bagby Band
Ricky Nelson / More Songs by Ricky / Make Believe / Imperial / LA 4.12.60

set 3
Jimmy Forrest / Most Much! / Robbins’ Nest / Prestige / 10.19.61
Budd Johnson / Let’s Swing! / Uptown Manhattan / Prestige Swingville / 12.2.60
Martha Raye / I’m Gonna Dance with a Dolly with a Hole in her Stocking / radio broadcast, AFRS Swingtime / 1944
The Ravens / Get Wise Baby / National / 8.1.49 
Bobby Brookes / This Is the Night / If You Are But a Dream / RCA Victor / 1957

set 4
Jerry Dodgion / Modern Music from San Francisco / The Groove / Fantasy / San Francisco 8.55
Benny Carter / Aspects / I’ll Remember April / United Artists / LA late summer 1958
King Cole Trio / Dark Rapture / Standard Transcription / Hollywood c. 10.38 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b, all three on vocals with Oscar Moore probable lead vocal
Eddie Cantor / In My Arms / radio broadcast, Eddie Cantor show / Hollywood spring 1943 / with Peter Van Steeden’s Orchestra
Etta James / Tell It Like It Is / Chess / Chicago 12.71
Alphabetical Four / The Book of the Seven Seas / Decca / 1.25.40

last soulful song
Syl Johnson / Same Kind of Thing / Twinight / Detroit 1971

Mutiny in the Playlist

Keep your eye on the hands, Al.

Coffeetime, March 29, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Dexter Gordon / Dexter Blows Hot and Cool / Blowin’ for Dootsie / Dootone / LA 11.11-12.55 
Max Roach / Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker / Tune-up / Mercury [unissued] / 12.20.57
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Rose Room / Bluebird / 1.31.39 
Seven Little Polar Bears aka Jimmy Johnston’s Rebels aka Harry Reser & his Orchestra / I Love Her! / Cameo / 6.5.26 / vocal = Tom Stacks (drummer)
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / On the Sunny Side of the Street / Specialty / Hollywood 3.8.47
Kitty White / A New Voice in Jazz / If You Were Mine / EmArcy / LA 4.21.55

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

set 2
John Jenkins, Clifford Jordan, Bobby Timmons / Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons / Tenderly / New Jazz / 7.26.57
Phineas Newborn Jr / The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr / Prelude to a Kiss / Contemporary / LA 11.21.61
Ron Crotti Trio / Modern Music from San Francisco / The Night We Called It a Day / Fantasy / 1955 / Vince Guaraldi on celeste!
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Mess-a-Stomp / Vocalion / 11.7.29
Ted Weems & his Orchestra / Lazy Weather / Decca / Chicago 5.15.36 / vocal = Perry Como 
The Dells / Jo-Jo / Vee-Jay / 5.21.56
Tina Louise / It’s Time for Tina / I Wanna Be Loved / Concert Hall / 1957 / with Buddy Weed & his Orchestra including Coleman Hawkins ts

set 3
James Clay / A Double Dose of Soul / Pavanne / Riverside / LA 10.11.60
Red Garland / Bright and Breezy / Lil’ Darlin’ / Jazzland / 7.19.61
Charlie Parker / The Magnificent Charlie Parker / Si Si / Clef / 8.8.51 
John Kirby & his Orchestra / Red River Valley / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan
Cap-Tans / I’m So Crazy for Love / Dot / 1950 
Johnny Hartman / Songs from the Heart / When Your Lover Has Gone / Bethlehem / 10.55

set 4
Billy May & his Orchestra / soundtrack to MGM film Johnny Cool / The Coolest Pad / UA / Hollywood 1963
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Basie in London / Corner Pocket / Verve / live in Gothenburg, Sweden 9.7.56
Hildegarde / Ten Pretty Girls / Columbia / London 8.30.37 / with Carroll Gibbons & his Orchestra
King Cole Trio / Mutiny in the Nursery / Standard Transcription / Hollywood c. 10.38 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Yves Montand / Paris / C’est Si Bon / Columbia / 1964
Paramount Singers / Let the Healing Waters Move / Coral / San Francisco 1952

last soulful song
Belita Woods / That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You / Karen / Detroit 7.69

Fool’s Fancy (aka Playlist)

Handsome man, handsome guitar.

Coffeetime, March 22, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Clifford Jordan / Starting Time / Windmill / Jazzland / 6.14, 15.61
Art Blakey Big Band / Pristine (take 6) / Bethlehem [unissued] / 12.57
Ziggy Elman & his Orchestra / You Took Advantage of Me / Bluebird / 8.29.39 
Russ Columbo / Time on My Hands / Victor / 10.9.31 / with Nat Shilkret & his Orchestra
Little Esther / Hold Me / Federal [unissued] / LA 1.4.52 
Tadd Dameron / The Magic Touch / You’re a Joy / Riverside / 4.16.62 / vocal = Barbara Winfield

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

set 2
Ben Webster / Soulville / Where Are You / Verve / LA 10.15.57
George Barnes & Carl Kress / Guitars Anyone? Why Not Start at the Top? / Memories of You / Carney / 1963
Charlie Barnet / More Charlie Barnet / Stardust / Everest / 9.3.58
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / Dream Lullaby / Brunswick / 12.13.34
The Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Trio / Hard to Get Gertie / Okeh / LA 4.6.28 
Mills Brothers / Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home / Decca / 11.19.31 
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers / I Shouldn’t Cry But I Do / King / Cincinnati 5.24.51 / vocal = Kitty Stevenson
Peggy Lee / You Can Depend on Me / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 1.45 / with Dave Barbour 
The Three Stooges / The Nonsense Songbook / Chickery Chick / Coral / 5.59

set 3
Wes Montgomery / Guitar on the Go / Fried Pies / Riverside / 11.27.63
Al Casey / Buck Jumpin’ / Ain’t Misbehavin’ / Prestige Swingville / 3.7.60
The Bebop Boys / Fool’s Fancy (aka Wail) / Savoy / 8.23.46
Maxine Sullivan / Cry, Buttercup, Cry / Apollo / 1948 / possibly with Larry Johnson & his Orchestra
Hi-Liters / Hello Dear / Vee-Jay / 11.10.55 
Mel Tormé / It’s a Blue World / I’ve Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) / Bethlehem / LA 8.55 

set 4
Frank Rosolino / Frank Rosolino Quintet / Tuffy / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Lennie Niehaus / Zounds! / Patti-Cake / Contemporary / Hollywood 8.23.54
Sonny Criss / Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter / Anything Goes / Imperial / LA 1956
Anita Boyer’s Tomboyers / I Dream of You / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 4.44 / with the King Cole Trio: NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Frank Sinatra & Van Johnson / Personality / CBS radio broadcast, Songs by Sinatra / AFRS #27 / Hollywood 3.20.46 
Jimmy Ricks / Vibrations / It’s a Good Day / Mainstream / 1965
The Spirit of Memphis Quartet / Mother Gone On / WDIA radio broadcast, Carnation Milk Show / Memphis 12.16.49

last soulful song
Dee Dee Warwick / Do It with All Your Heart / Blue Rock / 1.65

Three Handed Playlist

Best forehead crinkles in Hollywood!

Coffeetime, March 15, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / Charisma / Somethin’ Cute / Blue Note / 9.29.66
Chet Baker / Smokin’ with the Chet Baker Quintet / Fine and Dandy / Prestige / 8.23, 25, 29.65
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Will You, Won’t You Be My Baby? / Victor / Chicago 11.23.28
The Rhythmic Eight / She’s a Great Great Girl / Zonophone / 9.20.28 / vocal = Maurice Elwin /
Billy Valentine Trio / Three Handed Woman / Decca / 1950
Irma Curry / Don Elliott with Irma Curry / No Spring This Year / Columbia / 1.62

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

set 2
Dupree Bolton / Midnite Lament / Pacific Jazz [unissued] / LA 6.30.63
Barney Kessel / Workin’ Out / Spanish Scenery / Contemporary / LA 1.9, 10.61
Eddie South / Sentimental Rhapsody / Chess [unissued] / Chicago 1956
Fred Astaire / The Piccolino / Brunswick / Hollywood 7.15.35 / with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra; from the RKO movie Top Hat
Phil Harris & his Orchestra / I Wanna Be a Brat / Varsity / LA 1940
The El Dorados / Oh What a Girl / Vee-Jay / 11.6.57 
José Feliciano / Feliciano! / Nena Na Na / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1968

set 3
Curtis Amy / Katanga! / Amyable / Pacific Jazz / LA 1963
Les Jazz Modes / Les Jazz Modes / Two Songs / Dawn / 6.12.56
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / Scotty Boo / King / 7.16.56
Gene Ammons / Hot Stuff / Prestige / 8.14.51
The Marshall Brothers / I Didn’t Know / Savoy [unissued] / 12.17.51 / with René Hall Quartet 
Evelyn Knight & The Jesters / Chicory Chick / V-Disc 566B; Decca / 1945 / with Bob Haggart’s Band
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Beverly / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Jimmy Rowles / Let's Get Acquainted with Jazz…For People Who Hate Jazz / Cheeta’s for Two / Tampa / Hollywood 6.20.58
Gerry Mulligan / Jazz Combo from MGM movie I Want to Live! / Night Watch / United Artists / LA 1958
Stéphane Grappelli / ’S Wonderful / Barclay / Paris 2.14.56
Anita O’Day / Ain’t Misbehavin’ / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 5.26.45  / with the King Cole Trio
Mickey Rooney, Bill Lee, & Marshall Thompson / Manhattan / soundtrack to Words and Music / MGM / Hollywood 1948 / with Roger Edens on piano; Bill Lee dubs for Tom Drake 
Little Milton / More and More / Checker / Chicago 10.67
The Chosen Gospel Singers / When I Get Home / Specialty / Hollywood 4.28.54

last soulful song
Deon Jackson / Love Makes the World Go Round / Love Makes the World Go Round / Atco [Carla] / 1965

Sweet Potato Playlist

Lou Rawls, knockin’ drums, MCM set… love it!

Coffeetime, March 8, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Jazz Messengers / À la Mode / Impulse! / 6.14.61 
Kenny Clarke / Bohemia After Dark / Chasm / Savoy / 6.26.55
Barney Wilen / Jazz sur Seine [soundtrack] / Swingin’ Parisian Rhythm / Fontana / Paris 2.13, 14.58
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Just One More Kiss / Victor / 10.15.26 / vocal = Al Lynch
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Penthouse in the Basement / Decca / 3.13.40
Sarah Vaughan / Jim / EmArcy / 12.18.54

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

set 2
Jack Wilson / Easterly Winds / A Time for Love / Blue Note / 9.22.67 
Cecil Payne / Patterns of Jazz / How Deep is the Ocean / Savoy / 5.19.56
Georgie Auld / Plays the Winner / What’s New / Philips / Hollywood 4.2.63
Willie Bryant & his Orchestra / Cross Patch / Bluebird / 6.3.36 / vocal = Willie Bryant
Dorothy Lamour / Sweet Potato Piper / from soundtrack to the Paramount movie Road to Singapore / Hollywood 1940
Cats & the Fiddle / That’s On, Jack, That’s On / Bluebird / Chicago 12.7.39 
Martha Davis & her Spouse (Calvin Ponder) / Martha Davis and Spouse / I Like the Likes of You / ABC-Paramount / 1957

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Blue Lights / I Never Knew / Blue Note [unissued] / 5.14.58
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis / Lockjaw / Haven / 5.46
Mary Ann McCall / On Time / Columbia / LA 6.19.47
The Four Blues / The Vegetable Song / Apollo / 12.17.47
Frank D’Rone / In Person / Laura / Mercury / live, hungry i, San Francisco 1962

set 4
Ralph Burns / Bijou / Echo of Spring / Bethlehem / 1956
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / Lighthouse at Laguna / Blind Man’s Bluff / Laguna Beach 6.20.55
King Cole Trio / Those Things Money Can't Buy / radio transcription, King Cole Trio Time, AFRS edition / 12.6.47
Sammy Davis, Jr. / I’ve Gotta Be Me / I’ve Gotta Be Me / Reprise / LA 2.1.68
Jubalaires / Handwriting on the Wall / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
Lou Rawls / Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing & In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) / TV broadcast, The Ed Sullivan Show / live, Ed Sullivan Theater 11.6.66 

Life Is a One-Way Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 175

Mr. Edwards and his dreamy eyes… uh… and his saxophone..

Coffeetime, February 23, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Al Grey / Night Song / The Way You Look Tonight / Argo / Chicago 11.62 
Horace Silver / Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers / Stop Time / Blue Note / 11.13.54 
J.J. Johnson / The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 / Coffee Pot / Blue Note / 9.24.54 
Teddy Wilson Quartet / Ain’t Misbehavin’ / Brunswick / LA 9.5.37 
Jack Buchanan & Elsie Randolph / Now That I’ve Found You / HMV / London 1935
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / Imagine My Surprise / Victor / 12.7.38 
Helen Humes / Helen’s Advice / Discovery / Hollywood 11.20.50 / with Dexter Gordon’s Orchestra
Margaret Whiting / Goin’ Places / Sentimental Journey / Dot / 1957

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

set 2
Teddy Edwards / It’s About Time / Willow Weep for Me / Pacific Jazz / LA 8.59 / with Les McCann Ltd
Al Viola / Guitars / Moonlight in Vermont / Liberty / Hollywood 2.59
Alphonso Trent & his Orchestra / Clementine / Gennett / Richmond, Indiana 3.24.33 
Aileen Stanley & Johnny Marvin / Side By Side / Victor / 5.25.27 / Marvin on ukulele; with Nat Shilkret & his Orchestra
Irving Aaronson’s Commanders / Pardon My Southern Accent / Columbia / 8.22.34 / vocal = Ernie Mathias 
Dallas Bartley & his Band / I Know What It’s All About / National / 11.25.47 
Bobby Darin / Jealous / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 1.3.63 / with Peggy Lee 

set 3
Big John Patton / Let ’Em Roll / The Shadow of Your Smile / Blue Note / 12.11.65 
Don Wilkerson / Elder Don / Scrappy / Blue Note / 5.3.62 
J.J. Johnson / Jay Jay Johnson’s Quintet / Jay Jay / Savoy / 6.26.46 
The Tune Twisters / I’m Against Rhythm / Liberty Music Shop / 1938 
Johnny Long & his Orchestra / My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time / Decca / 2.20.45 / vocal = Dick Robertson & Frances Lane 
Delta Rhythm Boys / I’m Beginning to See the Light / AFRS Jubilee #143 / Hollywood 7.45 / Carl Jones, Traverse Crawford, tenor; Kelsey Pharr, baritone; Lee Gaines, bass, acc. by Count Basie & his orchestra
Johnny Holiday / Holiday for Lovers / There’s No You / Mode / Hollywood 9.57 / with Marty Paich Octet: Paich cel, [Herb Geller as & cl, Ronnie Lang bs & cl], Bob Enevoldsen tb, Vince De Rosa fh, Jack Sheldon t, Max Bennett b, Mel Lewis d

set 4
Shorty Rogers / Where the Four Winds Blow / Hurricane Carol / RCA Victor / LA 7.2.56 
Charlie Shavers / Off the Cuff / Sweet and Simple / Sesac / 1961 / Shavers t, Homer Fields aka Ray Bryant p, Tommy Bryant b, Oliver Jackson Jr. d
King Cole Trio / Jivin’ with the Notes / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 5.40 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
King Cole Trio / Jam Man / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 2.41
Bobby Troup Trio / Daddy / Snader Telescription / Hollywood 1951 / with Virginia Maxey; Troup p & voc, Al Viola g, Lloyd Pratt b 
Frank Gorshin / Jimmy [Original Broadway Cast Recording] / Life Is a One-Way Street / RCA Victor / 1969 
Southern Wonder Quartet / Raphael / Elite / 1940

last soulful song
Marva Whitney / Don’t Let Our Love Fade Away / Excello / Kansas City 1973

Let’s Have Another Cup of Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 174

A man, a plan, and a lovely white guitar.

Coffeetime, February 16, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Milt Jackson / Bags’ Opus / Blues for Diahann / United Artists / 12.58 
Cannonball Adderley / Julian “Cannonball” Adderley / Rose Room / EmArcy / 8.5.55 
Lou Raderman & His Pelham Heath Inn Orchestra / Oh Gee! Oh Joy! / Harmony / 3.3.28 / vocal = Irving Kaufman; Bix: no, Bix: yes 
Victor Arden & Phil Ohman / Fine and Dandy / Victor / 10.8.30 / vocal = Frank Luther / I forgot to mention that Frank Luther sang with Arden & Ohman on “I’ve Got Five Dollars” on the Feb 2 Coffeetime 
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders / If You Don’t Know / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 12.30.47
Lurlean Hunter / Blue & Sentimental / Fool That I Am / Atlantic / 8.23.60 / with Jimmy Giuffre & his Orchestra 

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

set 2
Paul Desmond / Easy Living / Easy Living / RCA Victor / 9.9.64 
Sam Most / East Coast Jazz/9: I’m Nuts About The Most....Sam / How Deep Is the Ocean / Bethlehem / 1955 / Sam Most fl, Marty Flax bars, Bill Triglia p, Barry Galbraith g, Burgher Jones b, Bobby Donaldson d
Al Viola / Solo Guitar / Nocturne / Mode / Hollywood 1957 / with Eva Diana portrait painting cover
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra / Looking at You / HMV / London 3.26.29 / vocal = Sam Browne; Cole Porter song
Joe Sullivan & his Café Society Orchestra / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Okeh / 4.29.40 / vocal = Helen Ward
The Swallows / Bicycle Tillie / King / 5.53 / lead = Bunky Mack ​​
Eddie Bo / I Got to Know / Ric / New Orleans 1961

set 3
Lem Winchester / Another Opus / Blues Prayer / New Jazz / 6.4.60 
Benny Golson / Free / Sock Cha Cha / Argo / 12.26.62 / cover painting by Alex Bozickovic aka Alex Boz 
Howard McGhee / Dilated Pupils / Dial / Hollywood 10.18.46 
Tex Beneke / Cynthia’s in Love / RCA Victor / 3.28.46 / with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra; vocal = Artie Malvin, Lillian Lane, & the Crew Chiefs 
Page Cavanaugh Trio / The Three Bears / film short / Hollywood 1946 / composed by Bobby Troup 
Bobby Short / Bobby Short 0n the East Side / Looking at You / Atlantic / 1960 

set 4
Dave Pell / A Pell of a Time / Grey Flannel / RCA Victor / LA 1.17.57 / Pell ts, Pepper Adams bs, Jack Sheldon tp, Bobby Burgess & Ray Sims tb, Paul Moer p, Tommy Tedesco g, Tom Kelly b, Mel Lewis d 
Dave Pell / The Dave Pell Octet Plays a Gallery of Seldom Heard Tunes by Irving Berlin / Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee / Trend / Hollywood spring 1953 / Pell ts, Ronny Lang bs, Don Fagerquist tp, Jeff Clarkson p, Tony Rizzi g, Rolly Bundock b, Jack Sperling d, Shorty Rogers arr
Billy May & his Orchestra / As You Remember Them / The Odd Couple (Neal Hefti’s Version) / Time-Life / Hollywood 1972
King Cole Trio / Twisted Stockings / Capitol / Hollywood 2.9.50 / with The Starlighters; NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b, Jack Costanzo bg, Lee Young d Tony Renis / Quando, Quando, Quando / HMV / Italy 1962
Alphabetical Four / We Will Understand It Better Bye and Bye / Decca / 4.7.41 / with some sweet human orchestra

last soulful song
Ortheia Barnes / Never Ever Leave Me / Mickay’s Records [unissued] / Detroit 1962

Don’t Shake That Playlist at Me

Fred, I’ll go cheek to cheek with you at any age.

Coffeetime, February 9, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley / Touch and Go / Blue Note / 11.25.56
Curtis Fuller / Sliding Easy / Down Home [alt take] / United Artists / 3.12.59 
B.A. Rolfe & his Lucky Strike Orchestra / It Must Be Love / Edison / 9.13.28 / vocal = Theo Alban
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / You’re on the Right Track / Decca / LA 12.8.47 / duet with Martha Davis; Jordan as, Aaron Izenhall tp, Eddie Johnson ts, Wild Bill Davis p, Carl Hogan g, Dallas Bartley b, Joe Morris d
Beverly Kenney / Beverly Kenney Sings for Johnny Smith / Ball and Chain (Sweet Lorraine) / Roost / 1955

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

set 2
Coleman Hawkins / The Hawk Swings / After Midnight / Crown / 1960 
Ike Quebec / For All We Know / Blue Note / 9.25.60 / Quebec ts, Sir Charles Thompson org, Milt Hinton b, J.C. Heard d
Ella Logan / Pardon My Southern Accent / radio transcription, Fleischmann's Yeast Hour / 4.4.35
Slim Gaillard & his Trio / Atomic Cocktail / Atomic / Hollywood 12.15.45
Bobby Smith, His Saxophone & Orchestra / Don’t Shake Those Hips at Me / Ruby / c. 1951
Lord Flea (Norman Thomas) & His Calypsonians / Dance Craze [originally appeared on Swingin’ Calypsos] / Shake Shake Sonora [aka Shake, Señora aka Jump in the line] / Capitol / 1957 

set 3
Gigi Gryce / Saying Somethin’ / Blues in the Jungle / New Jazz / 3.11.60
Wynton Kelly / Wynton Kelly / Strong Man / Riverside / 1.31.58
Charlie Parker / Quasimodo / Dial / 11.17.47

Trummy Young’s Big Seven / Blues Triste / HRS / 9.3.46
Chuck Foster & his Orchestra / (This Is) A Dream Affair / transcription / Chicago 1940 / vocal = Jimmy Castle
The Crickets / Man from the Moon / Jay-Dee / 1954 
Fred Astaire / Cheek to Cheek / Clef / LA 12.52

set 4
Hampton Hawes / Four! / There Will Never Be Another You / Contemporary / LA 1.27.58
Joseph Mullendore Orchestra / Honey West (soundtrack) / Prelumium to Mayhem / ABC-Paramount / Hollywood 1967 
Delta Rhythm Boys / Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me / transcription / 1941
King Cole Trio / I’ve Only Myself to Blame / Capitol / Hollywood 11.5.47 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b
Jerry Colonna / Jerry Colonna Entertains at Your Party / Coffee Break / Bravo! / 1959
Selah Jubilee Singers / I Cried Holy! / Gotham / 7.49

last soulful song
The Impressions / Ridin’ High / Gotta Get Away / ABC-Paramount / Chicago 1966
Billy Butler & The Enchanters / Gotta Get Away / Okeh / Chicago 2.17.64

The Impressions / Ridin’ High / I Need to Belong to Someone / ABC-Paramount / Chicago 1966

Playlist Buffoon: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 173

Lovely June makes you feel like it’s June and warm weather is here again.

Coffeetime, February 2, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Walter Benton / Out of This World / Out of This World / Jazzland / 9.60 
Jack Montrose / Jack Montrose Sextet / Fools Rush In / Pacific Jazz / LA summer 1955 
Dixie Stompers [Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra] / Spanish Shawl / Harmony / 11.23.25
Victor Arden & Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra / I’ve Got Five Dollars / Victor / 2.10.31 / vocal = Frank Luther 
Leslie Hutchinson [“at the Piano”] / Looking at You / Parlophone / London 3.1.29
Amos Milburn & his Aladdin Chickenshackers / Let’s Rock A While / Aladdin / LA 1951
Dinah Washington / Mad About the Boy / Mercury / Chicago 3.24.52 / with Walter Rodell Orchestra, including Wynton Kelly p, Keter Betts b, Jimmy Cobb d

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

set 2
Lee Konitz / Very Cool / Stairway to the Stars / Verve / 9.12.57 
Miles Davis / Volume 2 / It Never Entered My Mind / Blue Note / 3.6.54 / Davis tp, Horace Silver p, Percy Heath b, Art Blakey d
Jimmy Hamilton / Accent on Clarinet / Solitude / Jazztone / 1956 
Gil Mellé / New Faces – New Sounds / October / Blue Note / 1.31.53 / Mellé ts, Eddie Bert tb, Tal Farlow g, Clyde Lombardi b, Joe Morello d
Casper Reardon & his Group / Washboard Blues / Liberty Music Shop / 1936 
Martha Copeland / Wylie Avenue / Columbia / 12.6.27 
Jesse Cryor & his Orchestra / Y-O-U Controls Me / G&G / Hollywood 9.1.46 

set 3
Curtis Amy / Tippin’ on Through / Tippin’ on Through / Pacific Jazz / live, The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, Calif 7.29.62 
Junior Mance / The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance / Sweet and Lovely / Jazzland / 10.25.60 
Paul Quinichette / Galoshes and Rubbers / EmArcy / 1.53 / Quinichette ts, Jerome Darr (solo guitar) & Freddie Green (rhythm guitar) g, Marlowe Morris org, Gene Ramey b, Les Erskine d 
Three Sharps & a Flat / Skinny Do / Decca / 1.18.39 
The Starlighters / Weddin’ Day / Capitol / Hollywood 4.49
Noël Coward / At Las Vegas / Matelot / Columbia / live, Wilber Clark’s Desert Inn, Las Vegas 6.7.55 / with Peter Matz p & Carlton Hayes & his Orchestra

set 4
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Plays George Gerswhin / Love Walked In / Clef / 12.52 
Dave Pell / The Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers & Hart / I’ve Got Five Dollars / Kapp / Hollywood 6.54 / Pell ts, Don Fagerquist tp, Ronny Lang bs, Ray Sims tb, Don Trenner p, Tony Rizzi g, Rolly Bundock b, Bill Richmond d
Will Osborne & his Orchestra / Home on the Range / Oriole / 8.29.33 
June Christy & the Kentones / I Got a Guy / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood / 12.13.45 / with John Anderson tp, Bob Cooper ts, Kai Winding tb, Arnold Ross p, Dave Barbour g, Eddie Safranski b, Shelly Manne d
T-Bone Walker & his Guitar / That’s Better for Me / Black & White / LA 11.6.47 
Alfred Drake / Private Buffoon / NBC TV broadcast of The Yeomen of the Guard / 1957 
Jubalaires / Ezekiel / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
The Attractions / New Girl in the Neighborhood / Bell / 1967