Slå Dej Lös och Ta en Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 19

Aw, Van, don’t look so grumpy. Gene’s about to sing and dance!

Coffeetime, August 14, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Mal Waldron / Mal/2 / From This Moment On / Prestige / 5.17.57
Clifford Brown / Clifford Brown and Max Roach / Parisian Thoroughfare / EmArcy / Hollywood 8.54
Bernard Peiffer & his St. Germain des Prés Orchestra / Le Most / Paris, Je T’Aime / Blue Star / Paris 1.14.54
Benny Goodman Sextet / I’ve Found a New Baby / Victor / 1.15.41
Noël Coward / Mary Make Believe / HMV / London 5.28 / with the New Mayfair Orchestra & Carroll Gibbons
Myra Taylor / Tell Your Best Friend Nothin’ / Mercury / 10.31.46 / with Jimmy Keith’s Orchestra
Trudy Richards / Crazy in Love! / What Is There to Say? / Capitol / Hollywood 1957 / with Billy May & his Orchestra

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

set 2
Tadd Dameron / Mating Call / Soultrane / Prestige / 11.30.56
McCoy Tyner / Today and Tomorrow / When Sunny Gets Blue / Impulse! / 6.4.63
Django Reinhardt et Ses Rythmes / Manoir de Mes Rêves / Blue Star / Paris 3.10.53
Danny Polo / Mr. Polo Takes a Solo / Decca / 10.1.37 / with Eddie MacCauley, piano
Adrian’s Ramblers [Adrian Rollini] / I Wish I Were Twins / Brunswick / 5.3.34 / vocal = Ella Logan
Ella Logan / Exactly Like You / Columbia [unissued] / LA 9.4.41 / with the Spirits of Rhythm
Connee Boswell & Bing Crosby / Tea for Two / An Apple for the Teacher / Decca / Hollywood 1952
Tammi Terrell / Almost Like Being in Love / live, The Roostertail, Detroit 8.27.67

set 3
Gene Ammons / Velvet Soul / A Stranger in Town / Prestige / 9.5.62
Ray Bryant / Lonesome Traveler / Wild Is the Wind [piano solo] / Cadet / 9.66
Lester Young / Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio / Almost Like Being in Love / Norgran / 11.28.52
The Three Keys / Oh By Jingo! (Oh By Gee, You’re the Only Girl for Me) / Brunswick / 4.6.33 / more about Oh By Jingo! 
Sten Axelssons Orkester / Slå Dej Lös o ch Ta’Semester / Odeon / Stockholm 1939 / vocal = Bo Hallman
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Sings / The Things We Did Last Summer / Clef / 1954

set 4
Chico Hamilton / Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi  / Sleepy Slept Here (Santa Monica) / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 2.10 & 13.56
Buddy Collette / Man of Many Parts / Frenesi / Contemporary / LA 2.24.56
Jack Teagarden / Shades of Night / If Love Is Good to Me / Capitol / 1958
King Cole Trio / Blue and Sentimental / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 11.24.47
Mildred Bailey / The Mildred Bailey Show, CBS radio / There'll Be Some Changes Made / radio transcription / early 40s / with the Delta Rhythm Boys
Gene Kelly / Almost Like Being in Love / soundtrack to Brigadoon / Hollywood 1955
Dixie Hummingbirds / Didn’t It Rain / broadcast, Jubilee Showcase / live, Chicago 1964

last soulful song
Ann Sexton & The Masters Of Soul / You’ve Been Gone Too Long / Impel [Seventy Seven] / Shelby, North Carolina 1971

A Tiny Little Voice (In a Tiny Little Playlist): Coffeetime Homebrew ep 18

Happy reflections on Judy Canova.

Coffeetime, August 7, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / [Just Coolin’] / M&M / Blue Note / 3.8.59
Lee Morgan / Indeed! / Roccus / Blue Note / 11.4.56
Benny Goodman & his Sextet / Breakfast Feud / Columbia / 12.19.40
Isham Jones Orchestra / I Wish I Were Twins / World Program Service Transcription / 4.1.34 / vocal = Eddie Stone
Linda Hopkins / Me and Dirty Blues / Savoy / San Francisco 5.10.51
Audrey Morris / Bistro Ballads / Where Are You? / X / Chicago spring 1955

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

set 2
Sonny Criss / Mr. Blues Pour Flirter / Day Dream / Brunswick / Paris 4.22.63
Kenny Drew / Undercurrent / Ballade / Blue Note / 12.11.60
Wardell Gray / Hey There / Vee-Jay / Chicago 1.19.55
Cleo Brown / Pelican Stomp / Decca / 5.20.35
Herman Kenin’s Ambassador Hotel Orchestra / He’s a Good Man to Have Around / Victor / Culver City, CA 4.26.29
Tab Smith, His Fabulous Alto & Orchestra / My Baby / United / Chicago 4.15.53 l
Judy Canova / A Tiny Little Voice (In a Tiny Little Prayer) / Decca / Hollywood 10.9.44 / with Charles Dant Orchestra
Jackie & Roy / Double Take / Let’s Get Away from It All / Columbia / 1961

set 3
Vince Guaraldi / In Person / On Green Dolphin Street / Fantasy / The Trident Jazz Club, Sausalito, CA 12.4.62
Gene Ammons / All Star Sessions / New Blues Up and Down / Prestige / 3.5.50
Fats Navarro / Move / Dial / 11.29.48 http://csis.pace.edu/~varden/navarro/discog.html
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Let’s Get Away from It All / Victor / 2.17.41 / vocal = Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, & the Pied Pipers
The Ravens / Sylvia / National / 1.27.49
Frankie Laine / Mr. Rhythm / A Hundred Years from Today / Columbia / 1951 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra

set 4
Howard Roberts / H.R. Is a Dirty Guitar Player! / One Note Samba / Capitol / Hollywood 1963
Georgie Auld & his Orchestra / In the Land of Hi Fi / Love is Just Around the Corner / EmArcy / 11.11.55
Les Brown & his Band of Renown / Jazz Song Book / Let’s Get Away from It All / Coral / 1960
Hattie McDaniel / I Thought I’d Do It / Okeh / Chicago 12.14.27 / with Tiny Parham, piano
King Cole Trio / You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 1.45
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Herb Alpert Presents / One Note Samba / A&M / LA 1966
Alphabetical Four / I Just Can’t Help From Crying Sometimes / Decca / 4.7.41

last soulful song
Shalamar / Make That Move / Solar / 1980

On the Bumpy Road to Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 17

It’s easy to look up to Ben Webster.

Coffeetime, July 31, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley, et al / The Prestige All Stars – Tenor Conclave / Tenor Conclave / Prestige / 9.7.56
Ben Webster / The Soul of Ben Webster / Ev’s Mad / Verve / 7.58
Tiny Parham & his Musicians / Squeeze Me / Victor / Chicago 11.4.30
Dick Robertson & his Orchestra / Getting Some Fun Out of Life / Decca / 10.7.37
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / It’s a Great, Great Pleasure / Decca / 8.18.50
Annie Ross / Sings a Song with Mulligan! / Let There Be Love / World Pacific / 9.25.58 / the video I mentioned

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

set 2
Horace Parlan / Headin’ South / Prelude to a Kiss / Blue Note / 12.6.60
Flip Phillips / Collates / By the Lazy River / Mercury / 2.49
Charlie Ventura & his Sextet / I’m in the Mood for Love / Imperial / LA 5.46
Adrian Rollini Quartet / On the Bumpy Road to Love / Vocalion / 6.23.38 / vocal = The Tune Twisters
Ernie Fields & his Orchestra / T-Town Blues / Vocalion / 1939 / vocal = Melvin Moore
The Griffin Brothers / I’m Gonna Jump in the River / Dot / 1952 / vocal = Margie Day
Astrud Gilberto / Windy / Crickets Sing for Anamaria (Os Grillos) / Verve / 1969  / cover portrait by Howard Terpning

set 3
Bobby Hutcherson / Dialogue / Idle While / Blue Note / 4.3.65
Grant Green / Grant’s First Stand / Baby’s Minor Lope / Blue Note / 1.28.61
The Stars of Modern Jazz / Move / Christmas Voice of America broadcast / live, Carnegie Hall 12.25.49
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Getting Some Fun Out of Life / Victor / 10.12.37 / vocal = Edythe Wright
The Robins / I’m Through / Savoy / LA 2.13.50
Mel Tormé / ¡Olé Tormé! – Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May / Frenesi / Verve / LA 3.21.59

set 4
Wes Montgomery / The Wes Montgomery Trio / Ecaroh / Riverside / 10.5, 6.59
Chuck Wayne / S.S. Cool / Progressive / 4.13.53
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Frenesi / Victor / Hollywood 3.3.40
Mamie Smith / Keep a Song in Your Soul / Okeh / 2.19.31
King Cole Trio / Baby / MacGregor radio transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Ben E. King / Spanish Harlem / Frenesi / Atco / 1960
The Kelly Brothers / I’ve Been Striving So Long / Federal / 1960

last soulful song
Dottie & Millie / Talkin’ About My Baby / Topper / Detroit 1966

I’ve Got That Lovin’ Bug Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 16

Lynn’s got some side eye for ya, Ray…

Coffeetime, July 24, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Tina Brooks / One for Myrtle / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.2.61
Paul Quinichette / For Basie / Texas Shuffle / Prestige / 10.18.57
Horace Henderson & his Orchestra / Shufflin’ Joe / Vocalion / 2.27.40
Jackie Taylor & his Orchestra / That’s What I Like About You / Victor / 7.20.30 / vocal = The Boswell Sisters
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / What’s the Use / Specialty / Hollywood summer 1947
Dinah Washington / Darn That Dream / EmArcy / LA 8.14.54 [Harold Land opening on tenor]

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

set 2
Sonny Stitt &  Paul Gonsalves / Salt and Pepper / Stardust / Impulse! / 9.5.63
Willie “The Lion” Smith / Accent on Piano / Through for the Day / Urania / 1957
Glen Oswald’s Serenaders / Oh, Peter / Victor / LA 6.16.24
Red Nichols & his Orchestra / Keep a Song in Your Soul / Brunswick / 2.19.31 / vocal = Jack Teagarden
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson / Keep a Song in Your Soul / Brunswick / 5.27.31
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Forty-Second Street / Brunswick / 12.7.32 / vocal = Skinnay Ennis
T-Bone Walker / It’s a Low Down Dirty Deal / Black & White / Hollywood 12.46 / with the Al Killian Quintet
The Mellows / You’re Gone / Candlelight / 10.56

set 3
John Coltrane / Settin’ the Pace / I See Your Face Before Me / Prestige / 3.26.58
Brother Jack McDuff / Screamin’ / I Cover the Waterfront / Prestige / 10.23.62
Will Bradley & his Orchestra / I’m Tired of Waiting for You / Columbia / 7.23.41 / vocal = Lynn Gardner & Ray McKinley
The 4 Vagabonds / Murder, He Says / Standard transcription / LA 1943
Bob Dorough / Devil May Care / Midnight Sun / Bethlehem / 10.56

set 4
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 6 / Mad at the World / Contemporary / Hollywood 2.22.55
Bud Shank / Shank’s Pranks / Jasmine / Nocturne / Hollywood 3.25.54
Jack Montrose / By Jack Montrose with Bob Gordon / Have You Met Miss Jones / Atlantic / Hollywood 5.11, 12.55
King Cole Trio / It Only Happens Once / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Eartha Kitt / Down to Earth / I’ve Got That Lovin’ Bug Itch / RCA Victor / LA 1955 / with the Henri René Orchestra [René, ts, p, Doc Severinsen t, Urbie Green tb, Walt Levinsky cl, Al Caiola g, unknown rest]
Bobby Darin / Once Upon a Time / BBC broadcast / Palladium Theatre, London, live 11.66 [hat tip to Paul Sherman ]
Golden Gate Quartet / Bye and Bye Little Children / Bluebird / 11.15.38 [last week by the Trumpeteers]

last soulful song
Ollie & the Nightingales / You’re Leaving Me / Stax / Memphis 1969

I See Your Playlist Before Me: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 15

I enjoy… the superior talent of Pat Suzuki!

Coffeetime, July 17, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Oliver Nelson / Main Stem / Latino / Prestige / 8.25.61
Zoot Sims / Down Home / There’ll Be Some Changes Made / Bethlehem / 6.7.60
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Rock-A-Bye Basie / Lang-Worth Transcription / 1.10.44 / featuring Buddy Tate on tenor
Ambrose & his Orchestra / I’m on a Diet of Love / Decca / London 2.18.30 / vocal = Sam Browne
Buddy Johnson & his Orchestra / You Had Better Change Your Ways / Decca / 12.9.47 / vocal = Arthur Prysock
Carmen McRae / This Will Make You Laugh / Decca / 6.14.55

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

set 2
Horace Parlan / Up & Down / Lonely One / Blue Note / 6.18.61
Barry Harris / Listen to Barry Harris… Solo Piano / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Riverside / 12.7.60
Hank Mobley / Dippin’ / I See Your Face Before Me / Blue Note / 6.18.65
Cliff Edwards / Love Is Just Around the Corner / Melotone / 10.19.34 / with the Eton Boys
Mildred Bailey & her Orchestra / I See Your Face Before Me / Vocalion / 1.10.38
Lowell Fulsom / I Took  a Long Time / Checker / Chicago 1959
Etta James / Call My Name / It’s All Right / Cadet / Chicago 12.66

set 3
Duke Pearson / Honey Buns / New Girl / Atlantic / 5.24–25.65
Buck Clayton / Buck and Buddy Blow the Blues / Rompin’ at Red Bank / Prestige Swingville / 9.15.61
Fats Navarro / Barry’s Bop / Savoy / 12.5.47
Savannah Churchill & the Sentimentalists / I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) / Manor / 12.46 / The Sentimentalists were comprised of the Brown Dots and later became the Four Tunes
The Striders / Make My Coffee Black / Video Varieties short / 5.18.49
Johnny Hartman / Songs from the Heart / I See Your Face Before Me / Bethlehem / 10.55

set 4
Barney Kessel / Breakfast at Tiffany’s / The Big Heist / Reprise / LA 1961
Hampton Hawes / Four! / Love Is Just Around the Corner / Contemporary / LA 1.27.58
André Previn Trio / California Clipper / Sunset / Hollywood 10.13.45 [Previn p, Dave Barbour g, John Simmons b]
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44
Gay Crosse & his Good Humor Six / Light Up and Relax / Capitol / Hollywood 1.18.49
Pat Suzuki / I Enjoy Being a Girl / Ed Sullivan Show / 1.18.59
The Trumpeteers / By and By / Score / Baltimore 9.12.47

last soulful song
Dee Dee Sharp / He’s No Ordinary Guy / Cameo / 1964

Mama, I Wanna Make Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 14

Mas que nada, baby…

Coffeetime, July 10, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Goin’ Up Up Up / A Peck a Sec / Blue Note / 11.6.60
Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce / Jazz Lab / Over the Rainbow / Columbia / 2.5.57
Boyd Raeburn & his Orchestra / Magic Is the Moonlight / transcription / 1944 /  arranged by Johnny Mandel
Clicquot Club Eskimo Orchestra / At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home) / Columbia / 2.25.27 / vocal = Tom Stacks / Clicquot Club history by descendent of inventor; more about Clicquot Club from a bottle collector
The Robins / Around about Midnight / Score / LA 5.27.49
Dakota Staton / More Than the Most! / The Crazy Things We Do / Capitol / 1959 / arranged & conducted by Sid Feller

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

set 2
Red Garland / When There Are Grey Skies / Sonny Boy / Prestige / 10.9.62
Junior Mance / Happy Time / Azure-té / Jazzland / 6.20.62
Urbie Green / Urbie: East Coast Jazz, Volume 6 / On Green Dolphin Street / Bethlehem / 1.19.55 
Teddy Wilson / Moonlight on the Ganges / Musicraft / 11.19.46
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra / Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm / Variety / 8.31.37
Pee Wee Crayton / When It Rains, It Pours / Aladdin / LA 11.5.51 [Austin McCoy p, Red Callendar b, Lee Young d]
Nancy Walker / Wonderful Town / Ya Got Me / Decca / 1953
Faye Adams / Crazy Mixed Up World / Herald / 1954

set 3
Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / Azure-té / Prestige Moodsville 13 / 8.23.60
Bill Jennings / Enough Said! / Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) / Prestige / 8.21.59
Dizzy Gillespie / Tin Tin Deo / Savoy / 3.1.51
Harlan Leonard & his Rockets / Dig It / Bluebird / Chicago 11.13.40 / vocal = Myra Taylor
Delta Rhythm Boys / I’d Rather Be Wrong Than Blue / Decca / 2.1.50
Ray Bolger & Eileen Herlie / All American / Once Upon a Time / Columbia / 1962

set 4
Art Pepper / Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section / Tin Tin Deo / Contemporary / LA 1.19.57
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / Fire One / Mode / Hollywood 6.5.57
King Cole Trio / If Yesterday Could Only Be Tomorrow / MacGregor transcription / 5.24.44
Jorge Ben / Samba Esquevo Novo / Mas Que Nada / Phillips / Rio de Janeiro 1963
Swanee Quintet / Oh Yes He Will / Nashboro / Nashville 1961

last soulful song
Lee Williams & the Cymbals / It’s Everything About You (That I Love) / Carnaval / 1968

A Playlist, A Piccolo, and You: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 13

Buck & Bubbles bring life to sheet music!

Coffeetime, July 3, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Kenny Dorham / Afro-Cuban / Afrodisia / Blue Note / 3.29.55
Pepper Adams / The Cool Sounds of Pepper Adams / Like What Is This? / Regent / 11.19.57
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Shoemaker’s Holiday / Vocalion / 2.7.39
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra / A Bungalow, A Piccolo, and You / Columbia / London 1932 / vocal = Val Rosing
Buck & Bubbles / Have You Got Any Castles Baby / from the Warner Brothers movie Varsity Show / Hollywood 1937  -- > I forgot to back announce them last week!
Floyd Dixon / Long Distance Blues / Aladdin [unissued] / LA 1950 / vocal = Mari Jones
Helen Humes / Songs I Like to Sing! / Imagination / Contemporary / 8.8.60

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

set 2
Doug Watkins / Soulnik / Imagination / New Jazz / 5.17.60
Sonny Criss / This is Criss! / Skylark / Prestige / 10.21.66
Don Elliott / Mellophone / Summer Setting / Bethlehem / 1.19.55
Eddie Lang & Frank Signorelli / Melody Man’s Dream / Okeh / 10.21.27
The Pied Pipers / In the Middle of May / Capitol / Hollywood 1945
Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Come Unto Me / Decca / Nashville 1.10.52
Frankie Laine / One for My Baby / Love Is Such a Cheat / Columbia / LA 1951 / with the Ryerson Guitars

set 3
Jerome Richardson / Sastanak U Studiju [Meeting in Studio] / Nežna Flauta [Minor Flute] / RTB / Belgrade, Yugoslavia 6.16.60
Kenny Burrell / Soul Call / Mark One / Prestige / 4.7.64
Lester Young / Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid / Aladdin / Chicago 2.18.47
Norfolk Jazz Quartet / Ha Ha Shout / Decca / 7.14.37
Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra / When I See an Elephant Fly / Okeh / Chicago 1941 / vocal = The Stardusters
Bobby Troup / The Songs of Bobby Troup / Skylark / Bethlehem / LA 1.28.55

set 4
Jack Sheldon & His Exciting All-Stars / Play, Buddy, Play! / I’m Also a Person / GNP Crescendo / LA 7.20.57   
Herb Geller / That Geller Feller / S’Pacific View / Bel Canto / LA 3.14.57
King Cole Trio / You’ve Changed / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 11.5.47
Marlena Shaw / The Spice of Life / Looking Through the Eyes of the World / Cadet / Chicago 1968
The Soul Stirrers / Jesus Done Just What He Said / Specialty / Hollywood 3.1.51

last soulful song
The Hesitations / I’m Ready / GWP / 1969

Violets for Your Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 12

Esther says, “Don’t you know – I never age, Don Cornelius!”

Coffeetime, June 26, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Soul Station / This I Dig of You / Blue Note / 2.7.60
Sonny Stitt / The Hard Swing / The Way You Look Tonight / Verve / 2.9.59
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Plain Dirt / Victor / 11.5.29
Little Jack Little / I’d Like to Dunk You in My Coffee / Columbia / Hollywood 12.7.34
Buck & Bubbles / Oh! Lady Be Good / Columbia / 1.4.34
Little Esther & Mel Walker / Deceivin’ Blues / Savoy / Cleveland 6.20.50 / with Johnny Otis Orchestra
Esther Phillips / Esther / Crazy He Calls Me / Atlantic / 1967

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

set 2
Bud Shank / New Groove / The Awakening / Pacific Jazz / LA 5.61
Jutta Hipp / Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims / Violets for Your Furs / Blue Note / 7.28.56
Mel Powell / Hommage á Debussy / Disques ABC Paris / Paris 1.45 [members of Glenn Miller's Army Air Force big band]
The Goofus Five / Lazy Weather / Okeh / 6.15.27
University Six / Lazy Weather / Columbia / 5.26.27 / vocal = Arthur Fields
Vera Lynn / Wish Me Luck As You Wave Goodbye / Decca / London 1939
B.B. King / Why Do Everything Happen to Me / Kent / LA 1958

set 3
J.J. Johnson / Blue Trombone / Blue Trombone (Parts 1 & 2) / Columbia / 4.26.57
J.J. Johnson / The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 / Coffee Pot / Blue Note / 9.24.54
Spirits of Rhythm / Shoutin’ in the Amen Corner / Brunswick / 9.14.34
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / That’s the Way It Goes / Columbia / 9.25.41 / vocal = Peggy Lee
Billy Eckstine / Billy Eckstine’s Imagination / I Cover the Waterfront / EmArcy / 12.27.57

set 4
Eddie Costa / Guys and Dolls Like Vibes / I’ll Know / Coral / 1.15, 17.58
Shorty Rogers / Martians, Come Back! / Astral Alley / Atlantic / LA 12.6.55
King Cole Trio / This Will Make You Laugh / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.23.44
Sammy Davis Jr & Buddy Rich / The Sounds of ’66 / Come Back to Me / Reprise / 12.66
Jubalaires / My God Called This Morning / Queen / Cincinnati 2.47

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

What More Can a Playlist Do: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 11

Debonair Tony, making clever sartorial use of a couple of tablecloths.

Coffeetime, June 19, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / The Freedom Rider / Blue Lace / Blue Note / 5.27.61
Oscar Pettiford / Oscar Pettiford Sextet / Burt’s Pad / Swing / 3.21.54
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Sensation / Brunswick / 3.19.27
Thelma Terry & her Playboys / Dusky Stevedore / Columbia / 9.27.28 / vocal = Joe Davis
Joe Liggins & the Honeydrippers / Boogie-Woogie Lou / Specialty / Hollywood 10.11.51
Nancy Wilson / Broadway – My Way / I’ll Know / Capitol / Hollywood 1964

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

set 2
Thad Jones / Mad Thad / Medley: Flamingo; If You Were Mine; I’m Through with Love; Love Walked In / Period / 1.6.57
Charlie Rouse / We Paid Our Dues / When Sunny Gets Blue / Epic / 7.13.61
Eddie South / Yesterdays / Gold Seal / late 10.46 / with Shandor’s Gypsy Orchestra
Ted Weems & his Orchestra / It Was Only a Sun Shower / Victor / 9.8.27 / vocal = Dusty Rhodes
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra / Antidisestablishmentarianismist / V-Disc 843B / Hollywood 9.30.47 / vocal = Ray Nance
Ella Mae Morse / Bombo B. Bailey / Capitol / Hollywood 1948
Frank Sinatra & Vivian Blaine / Sue Me / soundtrack of MGM movie Guys and Dolls / Hollywood 3.9.55

set 3
Harold Vick / Steppin’ Out / Trimmed in Blue / Blue Note / 5.27.63
Sahib Shihab / Summer Dawn / Lillemor / Argo / Cologne, Germany 5.8, 9.64
Bud Powell / The Amazing Bud Powell / Ornithology / Blue Note [5003] / 8.9.49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Bud_Powell
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Just Let Me Look at You / Victor / 1.6.38 / vocal = Jack Leonard
The Hipp Cats / It Must Be Jelly (’Cause Jam Don’t Shake Like That) / Decca / 8.13.38
Joe Mooney / On the Rocks / Warm Kiss and Cold Heart / Decca / 1.1.47

set 4
Joe Mooney / On the Rocks / What More Can a Woman Do / Decca / 12.12.47
Wardell Gray / Taking a Chance on Love / live, The Haig, Hollywood / 9.8.52
King Cole Trio / Baby, Baby All the Time [alt take] / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 4.17.46
Anthony Newley / There’s No Such Thing As Love / Chrysler Presents the Bob Hope Special, NBC / Hollywood 12.18.69
Golden Gate Quartet / Do Unto Others / Columbia / 10.47

last soulful song
The Futures / Our Thing / Amjo / Philadelphia 1970

The Playlist Is a Dope: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 10

George knows that Pearlie Mae is a knockout.

Coffeetime, June 12, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Duke Pearson / Profile / Two Mile Run / Blue Note / 10.25.59
Lou Donaldson / Swing and Soul / Groove Junction / Blue Note / 6.9.57
Six Men and a Girl / Zonky / Varsity / 1.26.40
Marigold Entertainers / Jealous / Vocalion / Minneapolis 1.29 / vocal = Art White
Gene Ammons & his Sextet / Hold That Money / Mercury / Chicago 10.23.47 / vocal = Earl Coleman
Lee Wiley / Sugar / Commodore / 7.10.40

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

set 2
Sam Rivers / A New Conception / Detour Ahead / Blue Note / 10.11.66
Cy Coleman / A Jazzman’s Broadway / Love, Look Away / transcription / early 1950s
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Blue and Sentimental / Decca / 6.6.38
Lonnie Johnson / I Done Told You / Okeh [unissued] / St. Louis 4.25.27
Al Katz & his Kittens / Ace in the Hole / Victor / 5.3.26
Chu Berry & his Stompy Stevedores / Too Marvelous for Words / Variety / 3.23.37 / vocal = Hot Lips Page
Myra Taylor / I’m in the Sins this Morning / Mercury / Chicago 1947 / with the Reiser-Meyers Trio

set 3
Big John Patton / Oh Baby! / Night Flight / Blue Note / 3.8.65
Yusef Lateef / The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef / Quarantine / Riverside / 5.9.60
King Cole Trio / Windy City Boogie Woogie / Standard transcription / LA 2.41
Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra / Never in a Million Years / Bluebird / 3.12.37
The Moonglows / Blue Velvet / Chess / 1956
Jackie Paris / Songs by Jackie Paris / I Can’t Get Started / Wing / 11.29.55

set 4
Marty Paich / I Get a Boot Out of You / What Am I Here For; Cottontail / Warner Brothers / Hollywood 7.7.59
Max Albright / Mood for Max / Heat Wave / Motif / Hollywood 11.8, 16.56
Sidney Bechet & his Feetwarmers / Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams / Blue Star / Paris 11.5.49
Jo Stafford / The Gentleman Is a Dope / Capitol / Hollywood 1947 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Pearl Bailey / Come On Let’s Play with Pearlie Mae / The Goodbye Song / Roulette / 1962
Coleman Brothers / Low Down the Chariot / Decca / 11.44

last soulful song
Willie Tee / Reach Out for Me / Capitol / Hollywood 1970

Everybody’s Somebody’s Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 9

Well, I’ll tell you, Dick… I’d love my daughter to be the Veep.

Coffeetime, June 5, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Doug Watkins / Watkins at Large / Phinupi / Transition / Boston 12.8.56
Max Roach / Quiet As It’s Kept / Lotus Blossom / Mercury / 1.21.59
Irving Aaronson & his Commanders / Spring Is Here / Victor / 4.27.26 / vocal = Cliff “Red” Stanley & Phil Saxe
Cats & the Fiddle / Left with the Thought of You / Bluebird / 12.7.39
Billie Holiday / Songs for Distingué Lovers / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Verve / LA 1.4.57

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

set 2
Dexter Gordon / Gettin’ Around / Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool / Blue Note / 5.28, 29.65
George Wallington / The New York Scene / Graduation Day / New Jazz / 3.1.57
Lester Young / The Immortal Lester Young / These Foolish Things / Savoy / 4.18.44
Carroll Gibbons & The Hotel Savoy Orpheans / Cynthia’s in Love / Vocalion / London 5.8.46 / vocal = Denny Vaughan
Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra / Moon Country (Is Home to Me) / Victor / 3.9.34
Percy Mayfield / Memory Pain / Specialty / Hollywood 1.29.53
The Royals aka The 5 Royales / Too Much of a Little Bit / Apollo / 1951

set 3
Freddie Redd / Shades of Redd / Blues, Blues, Blues / Blue Note / 8.13.60
Oscar Peterson / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / radio broadcast, CBC / Toronto 1960
Kenny Clarke & his 52nd Street Boys / Maggie’s Draw / Swing / Paris 5.14.48
Benny Carter & his All Star Orchestra / I’m the Caring Kind / Deluxe / LA 1946 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan
The Ravens / There’s Nothing Like a Woman in Love / National / 6.49
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56

set 4
Red Mitchell & Harold Land / Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! / Rosie’s Spirit / Atlantic / San Francisco 12.13.61
Benny Carter / Plays Pretty / Moon Song / Norgran / LA 1954
Larry Adler / Tea for Two / live, the Ballroom, NYC 1986 / duet with Vincent Youmans on piano roll
Ethel Waters / Do I Know What I’m Doing? / Columbia / 6.7.29
Solomon Burke / I’m Hanging Up My Heart for You / Atlantic / 1962
Bobby Darin / Love Look Away / Capitol [unreleased] / Hollywood 1962
Alphabetical Four / I Can’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore / Decca / 4.7.41

last soulful song
Major Lance / I’m the One Who Loves You / Okeh / Chicago 10.18.63

Waitin’ for the Playlist to Come In: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 8

The Delta Rhythm Game Winners.

Coffeetime, May 29, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vol 1 / Justice / Blue Note / live, Birdland 4.15.59
Dizzy Gillespie / Diz and Getz / It Don’t Mean a Thing / Verve / LA 12.9.53
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Tidal Wave / Bluebird / 3.6.34
Ben Bernie & his Orchestra / Bottoms Up / Brunswick / 9.29 / vocal = Dick Robertson
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / Do You Love Me Pretty Baby / Specialty / Hollywood 1954
Lucy Ann Polk / Lucky Lucy Ann / Memphis in June / Mode / Hollywood 7.12.57

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

set 2
Jimmy Smith / Plays Pretty Just for You / The Very Thought of You / Blue Note / 5.8.57
Benny Carter / Plays Pretty / Laura / Norgran / LA 1954
Bill Coleman / Bill Coleman Blues / Disques Swing / Paris 11.19.37 / avec Django Reinhardt, guitare
Cleo Brown / Did You Mean It? / radio transcription / c. 1935
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / The Very Thought of You / V-Disc 332A / LA 12.44 / vocal = Lillian Lane
Cootie Williams & his Orchestra / I Should O’ Been Thinkin’ Instead of Drinkin’ / Majestic / 7.47 / vocal = Bob Merrell

set 3
Thad Jones / Motor City Scene / Minor on Top / United Artists / 10.24, 31.59
Charlie Parker / Bird and Diz / Mohawk / Clef / 6.6.50
Delta Rhythm Boys / Jack, You’re Playing the Game / soundie, directed by William Forest Crouch / Hollywood 1941
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra / Waitin’ for the Train to Come In / radio broadcast / 1945 / vocal = Jane Reid
Norman Mapp / Jazz Ain’t Nothin But Soul / I Worry About You / Epic / 3.10.61

set 4
Stan Getz / Stan Meets Chet / Jordu / Verve / Chicago 2.16.58
Art Tatum Trio / Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) / V-Disc 456A / 1.5.44
Harry Reser & the Six Jumping Jacks / Twenty Swedes Ran Through the Weeds (Chasing One Norwegian) / Brunswick / 12.4.30 / vocal = Tom Stacks
Mabel Lee / The Cat Can’t Dance / soundie, directed by William Forest Crouch / Hollywood c. 1945 / with Deryck Sampson & his Band, Jimmy Shirley on guitar
Little Willie John / The Very Thought of You / King / 1961
Dusty Springfield / The Look of Love / Come Back to Me / Philips / 1968
The Silvertone Singers / Since Jesus Came Into My Heart / Nashboro / Nashville 1952

last soulful song
Jessie James / Are You Gonna Leave Me / Shirley / 1966

It Shouldn't Happen to a Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 7

Just a coupla good lookin’ guys hangin’ out in a rekkid store.

Coffeetime, May 22, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Another Workout / Gettin’ and Jettin’ / Blue Note / 12.5.61
Clark Terry / The Countess / EmArcy / 1.4.55
Abe Lyman’s Sharps & Flats / Farewell Blues / Brunswick / 1932
The Travelers aka Dorsey Brothers Orchestra / I’ll Never Ask for More / Okeh / 3.15.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew
Calvin Boze & his All Stars / Slippin’ and Slidin’ / Aladdin / LA 1951
Sarah Vaughan / In the Land of Hi Fi / It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream / EmArcy / 10.25–27.55 x

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

set 2
Don Wilkerson / Shoutin’ / Easy Living / Blue Note / 7.29.63
Chico Hamilton / Gongs East! / Nature By Emerson / Warner Brothers / 12.29, 30.58
Stan Levey / Stan Levey Quintet / Old Folks / Mode / LA 1957
Clarence Williams & his Novelty Four / In the Bottle Blues / Okeh / 11.25.28
Four Vagabonds with Janette [Davis] / On Time / radio transcription / Hollywood 1943
Erskine Butterfield & his Blue Boys / A Zoot Suit / Decca / 7.24.41
Jimmy Durante / Hello Young Lovers / In the Other Fellow’s Yard / Epic / Las Vegas 1964 / with the John Rarig Singers

set 3
Duke Pearson / Prairie Dog / The Fakir / Atlantic / 1966
Ike Quebec / It Might As Well Be Spring / Ol’ Man River / Blue Note / 12.9.61
Julian Dash Septet / Dashin’ In / Sittin’ In With / 1951
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Gee! But You’re Swell / Victor / 12.9.39 / vocal = Helen Ward
The Five Scamps / Fine Like Wine / Columbia / 1949
Kenny Dorham / This Is The Moment! / Angel Eyes / Riverside / 7.7.58

set 4
Shelly Manne & his Men / Son of a Gun!! / A Quiet Gass / Contemporary / LA 1.19, 20.59
Conte Candoli / Sincerely, Conte / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Bethlehem / 11.20.54
Teddy Wilson / Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) / Brunswick / 10.7.35
Georgia White / Holding My Own / Decca / 4.1.38
Jack Cassidy / Wish You Were Here (Original Broadway Cast Recording) / Wish You Were Here / RCA Victor / 1952
Silvertone Singers of Cincinnati / I Got a Home in That Rock / Excello / Nashville 1953

last soulful song
Betty Wright / The Best Girls Don’t Always Win / Alston / 1968

Alone with My Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 6

She may say yes, but Skeets says no.

Coffeetime, May 15, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Red Garland / It’s a Blue World / Crazy Rhythm / Prestige / 2.7.58
Stan Levey / Stan Levey Quintet / Ole Man Rebop / Mode / LA 1957
J.J. Johnson / The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 / Coffee Pot / Blue Note / 9.24.54
Luis Russell & his Orchestra / Freakish Blues / Victor / 8.28.31
Jack Buchanan / Alone with My Dreams / HMV / London 10.29.31 / from the movie “Man of Mayfair”
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / Brand New Deal in Mobile / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 9.29.50
Morgana King / Sings the Blues / I See Two Lovers / Mercury / 1957

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

set 2
Gerry Mulligan / Jazz After Work / Everything Happens to Me / EmArcy / 10.31.55
Hank Jones / Quartet – Quintet / Don’t Blame Me / Savoy / 11.1.55
Coleman Hawkins & his All American Five / Under a Blanket of Blue / Keynote / 10.17.44
Coleman Hawkins & his All Star Jam Band / Crazy Rhythm / Swing / Paris 4.28.37
Una Mae Carlisle / Sweet Talk / Bluebird / 2.13.42
Doris Day / Cuttin’ Capers / Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block / Columbia / LA 1959
Louis Armstrong / C’est Si Bon / Decca / 6.26.50 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra

set 3
Pete Candoli / Blues, When Your Lover Has Gone / Feelin’ Mean and Lowdown / Somerset / LA 1961
Harry Edison / Sweets / Willow Weep for Me / Clef / LA 9.4.56
Alec Wilder’s Octet / Walking Home in Spring / Brunswick / 3.30.39
Howard McGhee & his Boppers / Mad Hype / Modern / LA 1945
Skeets Tolbert & his Gentlemen of Swing / Jumpin’ in the Numbers / Decca / 5.22.41
Andy Kirk & his Clouds of Joy / How Can We Be Wrong? / 9.8.38 / vocal = Pha Terrell
Kenny Dorham / This Is The Moment! / I Understand / Riverside / 7.7.58

set 4
Bob Cooper / Do-Re-Mi / All of My Life / Capitol / Hollywood 2.6.61
Eddie Bert / Musician of the Year / Fragile / 3.31.55
King Cole Trio / There’s a Train Out for Dreamland / Capitol / Hollywood 8.22.47
Mable John / True Love (Can Be Found) / Tamla [unissued] / c. 1960
Lenny Welch / Since I Fell for You / Columbia / 1964
Mid-South Singers / God Can Use You / Gotham [unissued] / Detroit c. early 1951

last soulful song
Natural Resources / If There’s a Tomorrow / Dee Dee / 1969

Let the Playlist Go On: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 5

Louis is ready to work that song.

Coffeetime, May 8, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Dizzy Gillespie / Sonny Side Up / I Know That You Know / Verve / 12.19.57
Clifford Jordan / A Story Tale / If I Didn’t Care / Jazzland / 2.14.61
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Fred’s Delight / unreleased / 1949 / arranged by Tadd Dameron
Ray Noble & his Orchestra / Makin’ Wickey Wackey Down in Waikiki / HMV / London 2.19.31 / vocal = Al Bowlly
Jack McVea & his All Stars / Hey Hey Baby / Black & White / LA 1946 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Ruth Price / Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole / Listen Little Girl / Contemporary / LA 3.3-5.61

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

set 2
Bill Evans / Moon Beams / It Might As Well Be Spring / Riverside / 6.2.62
Herb Ellis / Ellis in Wonderland / Detour Ahead / Norgran / Hollywood 1.56
Duke Ellington / Piano Reflections / Retrospection / Capitol / Hollywood 4.13.53
Coleman Hawkins & his All Star Jam Band / Out of Nowhere / Swing / Paris 4.28.37
Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra / Someday I’ll Meet You Again / V-Disc 261A / 1944 / vocal = Billy Williams
Mills Brothers / The Jones Boy / Decca / 1953 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra
Red Saunders & his Orchestra / Week Day Blues / Okeh / 1951 / vocal = “Jumpin” Joe Williams

set 3
Grant Green / Nancy (With the Laughing Face) / Blue Note [unissued] / 1.13.62
Vince Guaraldi / The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi / What Kind of Fool Am I? / Fantasy / San Francisco mid-1963
Joe Morris & his Orchestra / Wilma’s Idea / Manor / late 1947
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Restless / Victor / 4.19.35 / vocal = Helen Ward
The Cabineers / Let the Party Go On / Decca / 12.11.40
Cannonball Adderley / Live Session! / I’m Always Drunk in San Francisco / Capitol / live, Hermosa Beach 10.4.64 / vocal = Ernie Andrews

set 4
Buddy Collette / Buddy Collette in Italy / A Taste of Fresh Air / Music / Milan 3.10.61
Gerry Mulligan / Frenesi / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.15, 16.52 / cover photo by William Claxton
T-Bone Walker / T-Bone Jumps Again / Black & White / LA 9.13.47
Una Mae Carlisle / Coffee and Cakes / Bluebird / 10.3.41
Pied Pipers / We’ll Be Together Again / Capitol / Hollywood 1945
Walter Matthau / Hello, Dolly (soundtrack) / It Takes a Woman / 20th Century Fox / Hollywood 1968
The Trumpeteers / Packing Up / Score / WCAO Studios, Baltimore 9.12.47

last soulful song
Superbs / One Bad Habit / Doré / LA 1968

Four String Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 4

“Caterina, dimmi!”

Coffeetime, May 1, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Curtis Fuller / Volume 3 / Little Messenger / Blue Note / 12.1.57
Stanley Turrentine / Look Out! / Minor Chant / Blue Note / 6.18.60
Capt. Glenn Miller & the AAFTC Orchestra / Blue Champagne / V-Disc 144B / 12.11. 43
Dixie Stompers / Feelin’ Good / Harmony / 4.6.28
Ben Pollack & his Californians / He’s the Last Word / Victor / Chicago 12.17.26 / vocal = Williams Sisters
Little Miss Cornshucks [Mildred Cummings] / Papa Tree Blues / Coral / LA 2.10.50
Julie London / Julie… At Home / Everything Happens to Me / Liberty / Hollywood 3.4.60

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

set 2
Duke Pearson / Tender Feelin’s / When Sunny Gets Blue / Blue Note / 12.16, 19.59
Bennie Green / Soul Stirrin’ / That’s All / Blue Note / 4.28.58
Joe Venuti’s Blue Five / Four String Joe / Okeh / 11.15.27
Georgia White / The Stuff Is Here / Decca / 10.5.37
Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra / One Night in Havana / Victor / 9.15.30
Beny Moré y su Orquesta / Vano Capricho / RCA Victor / Havana 1.8.57

set 3
Jackie McLean / [Jacknife] / Climax / Blue Note / 9.24.65
Jimmy Heath / Triple Threat / Bruh Slim / Riverside / 1.4, 7.62
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / Medley: Who; My Heart Stood Still; Three Little Words; Dig Down Deep / radio war bonds broadcast / Hollywood 1942 / vocal = Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
Bobby Troup / The Songs of Bobby Troup / One for My Baby / Bethlehem / LA 1.28.55

set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Star Big Band / Jazz Rolls Royce / “Coop” Salutes the Co-op / Phillips  / UCLA 1957
Bud Shank / Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers / Just a Few / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 3.25.54
Sophie Tucker / Life Begins at Forty / Columbia / London 11.18.36 / with Ted Shapiro on piano, a “musical monologue”
Caterina Valente / I’ll Remember April / Decca / LA 1956 / with Chet Baker
The Drifters / The Good Life With The Drifters / Quando, Quando, Quando / Atlantic / 1965
Swan Silvertones / Heavenly Light Shine On Me / Specialty [unissued] / LA mid-1950s

last soulful song
The Drew-Vels / It’s My Time / Capitol / 1964

Plain as the Playlist on Your Face: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 3

Jane cleverly uses a potted plant for that hard-to-reach back itch.

Coffeetime, April 24, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Dexter Gordon / The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon / Dolo / Jazzland / LA 10.13.60
Kenny Drew / Pal Joey / The Lady Is a Tramp / Riverside / 10.15.57
Cecil Scott & his Bright Boys / Springfield Stomp / Victor / 11.19.29
Turner Layton & Clarence Johnstone / Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries / Vocalion / London 11.26.31
Slim Gaillard & his Musical Aggregations / Wherever He May Be / You Goofed / Norgran / c. 12.52
Blossom Dearie / Once Upon a Summertime / It Amazes Me / Verve / 9.12, 13.58

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

set 2
Milt Jackson / Jackson’s Ville / Medley: In a Sentimental Mood; Mood Indigo; Azure / Savoy / 1.23.56
Sam Most / I’m Nuts About The Most....Sam / Don’t Worry ’Bout Me / Bethlehem / 1955
Mary Lou [Williams] & her Chosen Five / Lullaby of the Leaves / Asch / 1944 s
Fred Elizalde & Music / Crazy Rhythm / Brunswick / London 11.16.28
Chuck Foster & his Orchestra / Leave Us Face It / V-Disc 239A / 1944 / vocal = Gloria
Jane Russell / Lookin’ for Trouble / censored from RKO movie The French Line / Hollywood 1953
The Moonglows / Love Is a River / Chess / 12.13.56

set 3
Benny Bailey / Big Brass / Tipsy / Candid / 11.25.60
Lawrence Marable / Tenorman / Minor Meeting / Jazz:West / Hollywood 8.4.56
Wardell Gray / Dell’s Bells / Vogue / Hollywood 6.50
Norfolk Jazz Quartet / What’s the Matter Now? / Decca / 7.14.37
Elisabeth Welch & her Swing Quartet / Drop in Next Time You’re Passing / Vocalion / London 1936
Kenny Burrell / Weaver of Dreams / Until the Real Thing Comes Along / Columbia / 10.18.60

set 4
Lee Konitz & Jimmy Giuffre / Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre / When Your Lover Has Gone / Verve / 5.12,13.59
Lee Konitz / Lee Konitz at Storyville / Ablution / Black Lion / live, Storyville 1.5.54
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Miss Annabelle Lee (Who’s Wonderful, Who’s Marvelous) / Victor / Chicago 11.17.27 / vocal = Harry Barris, Bing Crosby, & Alton Rinker
Beny Moré y su Orquesta / Vano Capricho / RCA Victor / Havana 1.8.57
Ann Cole / Plain as the Nose on Your Face / MGM / 1960
Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer / Two of a Kind / Bob White / Atco / LA 1960 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Billy May
The Soul Stirrers / Joy, Joy to My Soul / Specialty / Hollywood 3.1.51

last soulful song
Irma Thomas / It’s Starting to Get to Me Now / Imperial / 1965

’Cause My Playlist Says It’s So: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 2

Foolproof performance from The Clovers.

Coffeetime, April 17, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Blue Mitchell / Bring It Home to Me / Blue’s Theme / Blue Note / 1.6.66
Red Mitchell & Harold Land / Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! / Somara / Atlantic / San Francisco 10.14.61
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Hot Mustard / Vocalion / 12.8.26
Ted Weems & his Orchestra / Miss Annabelle Lee (Who’s Wonderful, Who’s Marvelous) / 7.18.27 / vocal = Dusty Rhodes & Parker Gibbs
Camille Howard / My Heart Goes Out to You / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood late 1940s
Annie Ross / A Gasser! / I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore / World Pacific / LA 1959

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

set 2
Stanley Turrentine / A Chip Off the Old Block / Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most / Blue Note / 10.21.63
Kenny Burrell / A Night at the Vanguard / I’m a Fool to Want You / Argo / live, Village Vanguard 9.16.59
Don Redman & his Orchestra / Redman Blues / V-Disc 104B / 1943
The Four Vagabonds / A G.I. Wish / RCA Victor / 5.26.43
Eddie Cantor / How Ya Gonna Keep ’Em Down on the Farm / V-Disc 358B / summer 1944 / with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
Bing Crosby / Yes Sir! That’s My Baby / CBS radio transcription / 1956
Rosco Gordon / That’s What You Do to Me / Vee-Jay / 1960

set 3
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Johnny Griffin / Battle Stations / Abundance / Prestige / 9.2.60
Lou Donaldson / LD+3 / Jump Up / Blue Note / 2.18.59
Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / 3.12.37
The Clovers / Yes Sir That’s My Baby / Rainbow Records / 1950
Don Nelson / The Wind / Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most / Mode / Hollywood 7.57

set 4
Zoot Sims / Stretching Out / Bee Kay / United Artists / 12.27.58
Shorty Rogers / Martians, Come Back! / Chant of the Cosmos / Atlantic / LA 12.9.55
Alice Faye / ’Cause My Baby Says It’s So / Chesterfield radio show broadcast / Hollywood 1937
King Cole Trio / Yes Sir, That’s My Baby / Capitol / 3.29.49 / with Pete Rugolo & his Orchestra
Jack Jones / She Loves Me / When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love / Kapp / 1964
Southern Sons / Two Wings / V-Disc 147A / early 12.43

last soulful song
The Impressions / The Young Mods’ Forgotten Story / Wherever You Leadeth Me / Curtom / Chicago 5.69

That Wonderful, Worrisome Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 1

Pay attention, Frankie.

Coffeetime, April 10, 2020, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Curtis Amy & Frank Butler / Groovin’ Blue / Annsome / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 12.60 & 1.61
Freddie Roach / Good Move / On Our Way Up / Blue Note / 12.9.63
Helen Kane / I’d Go Barefoot All Winter Long (If You’d Fall for Me in the Spring)/ Victor / 3.18.30
Floyd Dixon / Time and Place / Aladdin / Hollywood 12.15.50 / with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
Carmen McRae / When You’re Away / The More I See You / Kapp / 1959

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

set 2
Louis Smith / Smithville / Embraceable You / Blue Note / 3.30.58
André Previn / King Size! / It Could Happen to You / Contemporary / LA 11.26.58
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / She’s My Secret Passion / Victor / 2.12.31 / vocal = Donald King
E.Y. Harburg / Finian’s Rainbow / When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love / Columbia [bonus interview] / 1947 [1973]
Nellie Lutcher / My New Papa’s Got to Have Everything / Capitol / Hollywood 12.47
El Dorados / Oh, What a Girl / Vee Jay / Chicago 6.30.54

set 3
Fred Jackson / Hootin’ ’n‘ Tootin’ / Hootin’ ’n‘ Tootin’ / Blue Note / 2.5.62
Freddie Redd / Redd’s Blues / Blues for Betsey / Blue Note / 1.17.61
Charlie Parker / Kim / Clef / 12.30.52
Five Jinks / Cushion Foot / Bluebird / Charlotte Hotel, Charlotte, NC 2.20.37
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra / That Wonderful, Worrisome Feeling / V-Disc 157A / 3.44 / vocal = Kitty Kallen
Tommy Wolf / Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most / Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most / Fraternity / 1958

set 4
Bucky Pizzarelli / Green Guitar Blues / Medley: Cry Me a River; Girl Talk / Monmouth Evergreen / 1972
Benny Carter / New Jazz Sounds / Angel Eyes / Norgran / LA 1954
Zoot Sims / Stretching Out / Pennies from Heaven / United Artists / 12.27.58
Gerry Mulligan / Swinghouse / Pacific Jazz / LA 4.53
Marilyn Monroe & Frankie Vaughan / Specialization / soundtrack, 20th Century Fox film, Let’s Make Love / Hollywood 1960
Vashti Bunyan / Just Another Diamond Day / Diamond Day / Philips / London 1970
The Alphabetical Four / I Want Two Wings to Veil My Face / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
El Dorados / Looking In from the Outside / Paula / 1971