Friday, September 27, 2024

Zing-A-Zing-A-Zing-Playlist

Screenshot from movie This Is the Army from 1943 showing Joe Louis in his army uniform about to come on stage for a musical number (he does not sing). He's wearing boxing gloves and smiling.
Joe can help you win at Jeopardy.

Coffeetime, September 27, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Benny Golson / Gettin’ With It / Blue Streak / New Jazz / 12.23.59 
Clifford Brown & Max Roach / Study in Brown / If I Love Again / EmArcy / 2.23-25.55 
Ramsey Lewis Trio / Perform a Tribute to Clifford Brown / Jordu / Argo / Chicago 10.8.58 
Sonny Dunham & his Orchestra / Pavanne / NBC radio show One Night Stand / Café Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC 1944
Dick Robertson / She’s Funny That Way / Edison / 12.6.28
Lowell Fulson / Blue Shadows / Swing Time / 1950 
Ella Fitzgerald / I Don’t Want to Take a Chance / Decca / 1952 / with orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver

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

set 2
Ron Jefferson / Love Lifted Me / Flamingo / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.27.61 
Don Wilkerson / Elder Don / Poor Butterfly / Blue Note / 5.3.62 
Benny Goodman Sextet / The New Benny Goodman Sextet #2 / I’ll Never Be the Same / Columbia / 7.29.52 / Goodman cl, Terry Gibbs vb, Teddy Wilson p, Mundell Lowe g, Sid Weiss b, Terry Snyder d
The Delta Rhythm Boys / Keep Smilin’, Keep Laughin’, Be Happy / Decca / 5.19.42 
The Dixiaires / Joe Louis Is a Fightin’ Man / Sittin’ in With / 1949 
The Jubilaires / As Summer Turns to Fall / Capitol / Hollywood 1951
Dean Martin / Zing-A-Zing-A-Zing-Boom / Capitol / Hollywood 1950

set 3
King Curtis / The New Scene of King Curtis / Da Duh Dah / New Jazz / 4.21.60 
Roy Brooks / Beat / Soulin’ / Workshop Jazz / 1964
Sonny Stitt / Saxophone Supremacy / It’s You or No One / Verve / Hollywood 12.59 
Dodo Marmarosa Trio / Raindrops / Atomic / Hollywood 1946
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) / Decca / 1942 / vocal = Trevor Bacon
The Orioles / I Don’t Want to Take a Chance / Jubilee / 1952
Mel Tormé / I Dig the Duke, I Dig the Count / Oh, What a Night for Love / Verve / LA 1961

set 4
Bucky & Mary Pizzarelli / Playing the Piano Music of Bix Beiderbecke in Arrangements by Bill Challis / Stage Fright / Monmouth Evergreen / early spring 1974
Don Fagerquist / Eight by Eight (Music to Fill a Void) / Aren’t You Glad You’re You / Mode / Hollywood 9.14.57
Doris Day / Again / Columbia / 1949 / with The Mellomen
King Cole Trio / ’Tis Autumn / Capitol / Hollywood 3.29.49 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b
James Brown / Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things / Talk to Me, Talk to Me / King / 12.68
The Dixiaires / Joshua / Lenox / 1949 

last soulful song
Gene Chandler / Think Nothing About It / Constellation / Chicago 1964

Lost & Found: Think a Little Playlist

Screenshot of Tavares performing on a TV show on October 5, 1976. They're dancing in sync and wearing outfits with lots of gold braiding. Lots of smiles.
Did ya miss me?

Lost & Found, September 27, 2024, Angelynn Grant

intro: Little Sister / Somebody’s Watching You / Stone Flower / 1970

set 1
Dean & Jean / In My Way / Rust / 1964
Junior Lewis / Which Way / Sylvia [unissued] / 1962
The Stylettes / My Boy / Cameo / 1965
Jan Bradley / We Girls / Formal / 1962
Barbara Lewis / Think a Little Sugar / Chess / 1962 / background vocals = The Dells / because she sings, “don't want to hear no radio, don't want to hear no jazz…”

bed
Leith Stevens & Stu Phillips / Soundtrack to the Columbia Pictures movie The Interns / Pitcher of Martinis / Colpix / 1962

set 2
Barbara Mason / Girls Have Feelings, Too / Arctic / 1964
Aretha Franklin / Runnin’ Out of Fools / I Can't Wait to See My Baby’s Face / Columbia / 1964
The Georgettes / Would You Rather / Yodi / 1970
The Pretenders / Broken Heart / Carnival [unissued] / 1971

bed
David McCallum / Music: A Bit More of Me / Call Me / Capitol / 1967

set 3
Cookie Scott & Chevelles / Mislead / Orr / 1968
The Diplomats / I’ve Got the Kind of Love / Dynamo / 1970
Jessie James / Are You Gonna Leave Me / Shirley / 1966
Mel Britt / Love Invented Misery / Fip / 1969
J.T. Rhythm / My Sweet Baby / Palmer / 1967
The Whispers / You Can’t Fight What’s Right / Doré / 1967

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

set 4
Jerry Butler / Make It Easy on Yourself / Vee Jay / 1962
J.J. Barnes / Got to Get Rid of You / Volt / 1969
Howard Tate / These Are the Things That Make Me Know You’re Gone / Lloyd Price’s Turntable / 1969
The Dynamics / What a Shame / What a Shame / Black Gold Records / 1973
Al Wilson / La La Peace Song / Medley: I Won’t Last a Day Without You; Let Me Be The One / Rocky Road Records / 1974

bed
Little Milton / Friend of Mine [instrumental] / Glades / 1973

set 5
Delegates of Soul / I’ll Come Running Back / Uplook / 1970
The Ambassadors / Ain’t Got the Love (Of One Girl on My Mind) / Arctic / 1969
The Salvadors / Stick By Me Baby / Wise World / 1967
Jo Armstead / There’s Not Too Many More Left Like Him / Giant / 1969
Belita Woods / That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You / Karen / 1969
Veda Brown / I Had a Fight with Love / RAV / 1977

bed
The Mustang / Dance to Swing Organ / Undergrad / Somerset / 1965

set 6
Johnnie Taylor / You’re the Best Girl in the World / Columbia / 1976
Sonny Turner / Now That You’re Gone / Musicor / 1972
Bobby Bland / It Ain’t the Real Thing / ABC / 1976
Ann Peebles / I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Hi / 1972

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

set 7
Lew Kirton / Something Special / AOTN / 1980
Sweet Charles / Yes It’s You / Urban / 1974
L.T.D. / Togetherness / You Fooled Me / A&M / 1978
The Voices of East Harlem / Cashing In / Chicago Sound / 1973 

last found soulful song
Tavares / Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel / Capitol / 1976

Friday, September 20, 2024

Playlist with a Reputation

Close up of Margie Joseph performing. She's wearing a multicolored blue dress and head scarf and has a beautiful smile as she looks into the camera.
Nobody…more beautiful singing Let’s Stay Together than Margie.

Coffeetime, September 20, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Blue Mitchell / The Cup Bearers / Cup Bearers / Riverside / 8.28, 30.62
Julian Priester / Keep Swingin’ / Under the Surface / Riverside / 1.11.60
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Futurity / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Lou & his Gingersnaps / Broadway Rhythm / Banner / 9.13.29 / with Henry “Red” Allen 
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Lovable / Brunswick / 4.20.28 / vocal = Skinnay Ennis
Jesse Price / I’m the Drummer Man / Capitol / Hollywood 1946
Dinah Washington / For Those in Love / Easy Living / EmArcy / 3.16.55

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

set 2
George Benson / The New Boss Guitar of George Benson with the Brother Jack McDuff Quartet / Easy Living / Prestige / 5.1.64
Horace Parlan / Speakin’ My Piece / Oh So Blue / Blue Note / 7.14.60
Sophie Tucker / He’s a Good Man to Have Around / Victor / 3.22.29 / with Ted Shapiro & his Orchestra
The Aristo-Kats / Jack, You’re Dead! / RCA Victor / 1946  
Pearl Bailey / The Songs of Academy Award Winner James Van Heusen / You Can’t Love Them All / Roulette / 1964
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Lover with a Reputation / Duke / Memphis 1970

set 3
Teddy Edwards / Heart & Soul / Little Steddy / Contemporary / LA 4.24.62
Howard McGhee / Maggie’s Back in Town / Sunset Eyes / Contemporary / LA 6.26.61
Howard McGhee & his Band / Mop Mop / Dial / LA Tuesday 9.4.45
Boswell Sisters / Nights When I Am Lonely / Victor / New Orleans 3.25.25 / with Vitaly Jaques “Vic” Lubowski on piano
Mills Brothers / Nobody’s Sweetheart / Brunswick / 10.9.31
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Ain’t That Just Like a Man / AFRS Jubilee #26 / Hollywood spring 1943 / vocal = Teresa Harris
Johnny Hartman / The Voice That Is! / My Ship / Impulse! / 9.22.64

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / Vince Guaraldi Trio / Django / Fantasy / San Francisco 4.56
Shorty Rogers & his Giants / The Big Shorty Rogers Express / Boar-Jibu / RCA Victor / LA 3.26.53
Les Paul Trio / Fine & Dandy / V-Disc 649A / Hollywood 8.12.45 
King Cole Trio / I’d Love to Make Love to You / Capitol / Hollywood 4.13.45 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / Oh! You Crazy Moon / Capitol Transcription / LA 4.4.49 / with The Dave Barbour Four & celeste! 
Rick Nelson & Joanie Sommers / soundtrack to ABC TV production, On the Flip Side / Try to See It My Way / Decca / LA 12.66
The Bronzemen / Don’t Touch My Garment / Standard Transcription / circa 4.39

last soulful song
Margie Joseph / Nobody / Volt / Memphis 1969



Friday, September 13, 2024

My Playlist's Mistreating Me

Screenshot from video of The 5 Stairsteps standing and singing into microphones, wearing colorful 1970s outfits.
Please tell us things are gonna get easier….

Coffeetime, September 13, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Duke Jordan / Flight to Jordan / Split Quick / Blue Note / 8.4.60
Hank Mobley / Mobley’s Message / Minor Disturbance / Prestige / 7.20.56
Neal Hefti / The Young at Bop / Sloppy Joe’s / EmArcy / 12.18.46
Jackie Sounder & his Orchestra / When Erastus Plays his Old Kazoo / Columbia / LA 6.29.28 / vocal = Walton McKinney
Roy Fox & his Band / Can’t We Talk It Over / Decca / London 4.13.32 / vocal = Al Bowlly 
Gene Phillips & his Rhythm Aces / My Baby's Mistreating Me / Modern [unissued] / LA late 1940s
Bette McLaurin / How Can I / Jubilee / 1954 / with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra

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

set 2
Hal McKusick / East Coast Jazz No. 8 / What’s New / Bethlehem / 2.17.55
Eddie Duran / Jazz Guitarist / A Room with a View / Fantasy / 1957 
Frank Wess Sextet / Pretty Eyes / Commodore / 8.54
Mills Blue Rhythm Boys / Ev’ry Time I Look at You / Brunswick / 7.30.31
Leo Reisman & his Orchestra / Stormy Weather / Victor / 2.28.33 / vocal = Harold Arlen & some mystery celeste at the end
Lavern Baker / See See Rider / Atlantic / 9.26.62
Cal Bostic / Introducing… Cal Bostic/ That’s All / RCA Canada / Toronto 8.67

set 3
Red Garland / Red in Blues-Ville / See See Rider / Prestige / 4.17.59
David “Fathead” Newman / Fathead Comes On / Esther’s Melody / Atlantic / 12.9.61 
Bill Harris / The Harris Touch / Sometimes I’m Happy / EmArcy / 5.2.57 / Hank Jones on celeste!, the rest of personnel unknown
The Dreams / I’m Losing My Mind / Savoy / 10.54
The Toppers / I’m Living for You / Savoy / 12.8.44
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Ordinary People / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Oscar Moore / We’ll Remember You Nat / That’s All / Surrey / Burbank 4.65
Australian Jazz Quartet / Loose Walk / Bethlehem / 2.55
Lennie Niehaus / The Octet #2 / Cooling It / Contemporary / Hollywood 1.11.55
Stephane Grappelli / I Want to Be Happy / Barclay / Paris 4.10.56
King Cole Trio / Don’t Blame Me / Capitol / Hollywood 5.19.45 / Nat King Cole p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Dolly Cooper / I’d Climb the Highest Mountain / Savoy / 3.3.53 / with The Four Buddies 
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Look Around / Roda / A&M / Hollywood 1967
The Trumpeteers / Milky White Way / Score / Baltimore 9.12.47

last soulful song
The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie / Our Family Portrait / You Make Me So Mad / Buddah / Chicago 1968 / featuring James III on lead

Friday, September 06, 2024

A Playlist on the Edge of Town

Screenshot from video of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers performing in Belgium in 1958 showing Lee Morgan playing his trumpet, Jymie Merritt playing his bass, and Benny Golson playing his tenor saxophone.
Looking good, Jymie!

Coffeetime, September 6, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Sweet Sakeena / Bethlehem / 10.11.57
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / Lex / Blue Note / 1.25.60 
The Ramblers O.L.V. [onder leiding van] Theo Uden Masman / A Strange Fact / Decca / Casino Hamdorff, Laren, Netherlands 4.26.37 / with Coleman Hawkins ts
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime / Columbia / 10.27.32
Amos Milburn / She’s Gone Again / Aladdin / LA 1.4.50
Bev Kelly / Bev Kelly in Person / It Never Entered My Mind / 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
Kenny Burrell / Bluesy Burrell / I Thought About You / Prestige Moodsville / 9.14.62
Jon Eardley / Hey There, Jon Eardley! / If You Could See Me Now / Prestige / 3.14.55
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / In the Evening / Victor / Detroit 3.27.24 
Ernie Morris / In the Mood / radio transcription, AFRS Jubilee #9 / LA 1.43 / with Master of Ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Ray Charles / Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand / Swing / LA 11.24.50 / Charles celeste (!), Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Eartha Kitt / RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt / I Wanna Be Evil / RCA Victor / 1954 /with Henri René & his Orchestra
Sammy Davis Jr. / Sammy Davis Jr. Sings What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers / A Lot of Livin’ to Do / Reprise / LA 7.18.61 / with The Marty Paich Dek-Tette

set 3
Lee Morgan / [Standards] / A Lot of Livin’ to Do / Blue Note / 1.13.67
Tina Brooks / True Blue / Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You / Blue Note / 6.25.60
Billy Taylor Quartet / Twinkle Toes / HRS / 6.47
George Hall & his Taft Hotel Orchestra / Weather Man / Bluebird / 07.12.35 / vocal = Dolly Dawn
Jubalaires / When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam / Standard Transcription / late 1940s
Sam Fletcher / Sings I Believe in You / I Could Have Told You So / Vee Jay / 1964 / with Harry “Sweets” Edison, arranged by Bill Finnegan

set 4
Barney Kessel / Carmen / A Pad on the Edge of Town / Contemporary / LA 12.19.58
Billy Taylor’s Big Four / Flight of the Bebop / HRS / 9.19.47
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & celeste!, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Billie Holiday / The Blues Are Brewin’ / Decca / 12.27.46 / with John Simmons & his Orchestra 
Jackie DeShannon / A Tribute to Burt Bacharach / To Wait for Love / Scepter / LA 1972
Jubalaires / Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again / Standard Transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
The Manhattans / Baby, I Need You / Carnival / 1966
Delegates of Soul / I’ll Come Running Back / Up Look / Philadelphia 1970

Friday, August 30, 2024

Look at that Playlist

Screenshot from soundie of the very pretty Maxine Sullivan in a close up singing while, off to the side, piano player Billy Kyle looks on admiringly.
Like Billy Kyle, we find it hard to take our eyes off Maxine.

Coffeetime, August 30, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Ronnie Mathews / Doin’ the Thang! / The Orient / Prestige / 12.17.63
Art Farmer & Donald Byrd / 2 Trumpets / Contour / Prestige / 8.3.56
Larry Adler / Caprice Viennois / Columbia / London 3.35 / with Carroll Gibbons & Harry Jacobson on two pianos
Melle Weersma & his Red, White & Blue Aces / With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming / Decca / Laren, The Netherlands 11.34 / vocal = Ab Witteboon
Mr. Google Eyes [Joseph August] & his 4 Bars / Poppa Stoppa’s Bebop Blues / Coleman / New Orleans c. 1946
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / Something I Dreamed Last Night / Kapp / 1958

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

set 2
Bill Perkins / Quietly There / A Time for Love / Riverside / Hollywood 11.23, 28, 30.66
Curtis Counce / You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce / How Deep is the Ocean? / Contemporary / LA 5.13.57
Blossom Dearie / Jazz Sweet / The Boy Next Door / Barclay / Paris 1955
Noël Coward / Let’s Say Goodbye / HMV / London 9.20.32 / with Ray Noble & the New Mayfair Orchestra
Maxine Sullivan / Kinda Lonesome / Victor / 12.10.38 
Ray Charles / All to Myself Alone / Swing / LA 11.24.50 / Charles celeste (!), Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Anthony Newley / Who Can I Turn To? / Look at that Face / RCA / 1965

set 3
Curtis Fuller / Volume 3 / Two Quarters of a Mile / Blue Note / 12.1.57
Joe Newman / Good ’n‘ Groovy / Just Squeeze Me / Prestige Swingville / 3.19.61
Georgie Auld / Taps Miller / Royal Roost / 1951
Una Mae Carlisle / Walkin’ by the River / Victor / 11.13.39 / arranged by Benny Carter
The Charioteers / Stardust / radio transcription / 1942
The Four Vagabonds / Kentucky Babe / Apollo / 11.13.46 / their first session for Apollo
Jerry Orbach / Off Broadway / There’s a Small Hotel / MGM / 1962

set 4
Sal Salvador / Tribute to the Greats / Solo for Guitar / Bethlehem / 6.3-5.57
Buddy Collette / Nice Day with Buddy Collette / A Nice Day / Contemporary / LA 12.22.58
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four [Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson] / Guitar Blues / Okeh / 5.7.29
King Cole Trio / Beautiful Moons Ago / Capitol / Hollywood 4.25.46 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Ann Cole / Nobody But Me / Sir / 1959 
Bobby Darin / Beyond the Sea / live broadcast / c. 1960 
The Elite Jewels / Ride On, King Jesus / Cleveland late 1940s

last soulful song
The Masqueraders / One More Chance / La Beat / Detroit 1967



Friday, August 23, 2024

Jingle, Jangle, Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 183

Screenshot showing Bluto lying in a rowboat with his hands behind his head and a smile on his face and a sliy look in his eyes.
Bluto finds Coffeetime very relaxing.

Coffeetime, August 23, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
James Moody / Cookin’ the Blues / Little Buck / Argo / live, Jazz Workshop, San Francisco 6.61 
Cecil Payne / The Connection: New Original Score / Mighty Fine Wine / Charlie Parker Records / 3.14-16.62 / Clark Terry t, Bennie Green tb, Cecil Payne bs, Duke Jordan p, Ron Carter b, Charlie Persip d
Jack Sheldon / Jazz West Coast - Vol.2 / Contour / World Pacific / Forum Theatre, LA 11.18.55 
Cliff Jackson & his Krazy Kats / Torrid Rhythm / Grey Gull / 1.30.30
Jack Gardner’s Orchestra / I Know She Does (Because She Told Me So) / Okeh / Dallas 10.24 / vocal = Stanton Crocker 
Cecil Gant / I’m Singing the Blues Today / Bullet / Nashville 1947
Beverly Kenney / Beverly Kenney Sings for Playboys / A Woman’s Intuition / Decca / 1958 / Ellis Larkins p & celeste, Joe Benjamin b

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

set 2
Bill Evans / Explorations / Haunted Heart / Riverside / 2.2.61 
Ben Webster / Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson / In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning / Verve / Hollywood 11.6.59 
Thelonious Monk / Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 / Willow Weep for Me / Blue Note / 7.23.51 
Herbie Mann / Flamingo / There’s No You / Bethlehem / 6.55 / Mann fl, Joe Puma g, Charles Andrus b, Harold Granowsky d; a fun cover design by Burt Goldblatt
Henry King & his Orchestra / A Garden in Granada / Decca / 4.13.38 / vocal = Sonny Schuyler
The Caldwells / My Man Friday (On a Saturday Night) / RCA Victor / 12.20.47  
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Jingle, Jangle, Jingle / Columbia / Hollywood 6.42 / vocal = Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway & The Group
Bertice Reading / I’m Alone / RCA Victor / 11.30.53 
Bobby Troup / Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer / I’m With You / Bethlehem / LA 1.28.55 

set 3
Jimmy Cleveland / A Map of Jimmy Cleveland / Jimmy’s Old Funky Blues / Mercury / 12.58 / Jerome Richardson fl 
Charlie Byrd / Byrd’s Word / Stompin’ at the Savoy / Riverside / 1958
Lucky Thompson & his Lucky Seven / Boppin’ the Blues / RCA Victor / 4.22.47 
Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra / Dreamsville, Ohio / Okeh / 11.24.41 / vocal = June Hutton
Dolores Brown & The Auditones / A Good Deal / Sterling / 1947 / with Bill Doggett’s Music [trio]; The Auditones did record on their own 
Arthur Prysock / Arthur Prysock and Count Basie / Where Are You? / Verve / 1965 

set 4
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Basie Picks the Winners / Volare / Verve / 1965 
Dave Pell / A Pell of a Time / Sandy Shoes / 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
King Cole Trio / Please Consider Me / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Bobby “Blue” Bland / I’ve Been Wrong So Long / Duke / Chicago 8.3.60 
Kenneth Nelson & Rita Gardner / Original Off Broadway Cast of The Fantasticks / Soon It’s Gonna Rain / MGM / 6.13.60
Dixiaires / My Dungeon Shook / Lenox / 1949 

last soulful song
Malo / Suavecito / Warner Brothers / LA 1971

Friday, August 16, 2024

Just a Little Fond Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 182

Screenshot from 1969 TV showing Gracinha Leporace sitting on a piano smiling and singing into a microphone in her hand while others dance around her.
Gracinha, super voz!

Coffeetime, August 16, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jackie McLean / [Street Singer] / Melonae’s Dance / Blue Note / 9.1.60 
Nat Adderley / Introducing Nat Adderley / Crazy Baby / Wing / 9.6.55 
Count Basie & his Orchestra / Lullaby of Birdland / live, Crescendo Club, Hollywood summer 1958 8
The Casa Loma Orchestra / I Never Slept a Wink Last Night / Brunswick / 6.13.34 / vocal = Pee Wee Hunt
Maggie Hathaway & her Bluesmen / You Have Fallen in Love / Black & White / LA 1948  
Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae / Boy Meets Girl / Things We Did Last Summer / Decca / 2.18 & 19.57

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

set 2
Lawrence Marable / Tenorman / Lover Man / Jazz:West / Hollywood 8.4.56 
Paul Gonsalves / Cookin’ / Impeccable / Argo / Chicago 8.6.57 
Buddy DeFranco / Pretty Moods by Buddy DeFranco / Tenderly / Norgran / 4.7.54 
Bechet & Spanier Big Four / Sweet Sue, Just You / HRS / 4.6.40 / Muggsy Spanier cor, Sidney Bechet ss/cl, Carmen Mastren g, Wellman Braud b
Ipana Troubadours / There’s Too Many Eyes (That “Wanna” Makes Eyes at Two Pretty Eyes I Love) / Columbia / 9.13.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew 
Lena Horne / Come to Baby, Do! / V-Disc 614B / Hollywood 1.46 / with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
Jimmy Edwards & Tommy Steele / Cinderella [Original 1958 London Cast] / You and Me / Decca / London 1958 / Steele plays Buttons, a character added to the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical for London; Edwards plays Baron, another added character  

set 3
Lee Morgan / The Best Of Birdland: Volume 1 / Suspended Sentence / Roulette / 6.60 / Morgan t, Wayne Shorter ts, Bobby Timmons p, Jimmy Rowser b, Art Taylor d; Symphony Sid’s series for Roulette
Junior Mance / The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance / Swingmatism / Jazzland / 10.25.60 
Herbie Steward Quintet / Passport to Pimlico / Royal Roost / 1950 
Tyree Glenn & his Orchestra / Mad Monk / Blue Star / Paris 1.13.47 
Kate Smith / Just a Little Fond Affection / Columbia / 1945 / with Four Chicks and Chuck
The Orioles / Tell Me So / Jubilee / 4.49
David Allen / Let’s Face the Music and Dance! / You Send Me / World Pacific / Hollywood 1958 / with Bill Holman Orchestra / composed by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Harold Adamson for the 20th Century Fox movie Four Jills and a Jeep 

set 4
Sal Salvador / Shades of Sal Salvador / I Hadn’t Anyone Till You / Bethlehem / 1957 / Salvador g, Phil Woods as, Ralph Martin p, Dante Martucci b, Joe Morellol d
Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet / Blues in Time / Standstill / Verve / Hollywood 8.57 
King Cole Trio / I’m Lost / Excelsior / LA 3.1.43 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Thurston Harris / Tell Me So / Aladdin [unissued] / late 1950s
Gracinha Leporace / Gracinha Leporace / A Saudade Fez Um Samba / Philips / Brazil 1968
Soul Stirrers / One More River / Specialty / Chicago 2.16.55

last soulful song
The Harvey Averne Dozen / Accept Me / Fania / 1968
Brenton Wood / Baby You Got It / Double Shot / Hollywood 1967

Friday, August 09, 2024

Put On a Happy Playlist!: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 181

The four members of the Delta Rhythm Boys sitting at a table smiling and singing and wearing white tuxes and bow ties.
Handsome guys and bow ties.

Coffeetime, August 9, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Gigi Gryce / Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet / Wake Up! / Riverside / 3.7.57
Carmell Jones / Business Meetin’ / Suearl / Pacific Jazz / LA 4.25.62 
Joe Venuti’s Blue Six / Sweet Lorraine / Columbia / 10.3.33 
Eddy Duchin & his Orchestra / How Was I to Know / Victor / 1.5.34 / vocal = Lew Sherwood 
Little Esther & Mel Walker / Deceivin’ Blues / Savoy / 6.20.50 / with Johnny Otis Orchestra
Thelma Gracen / Night and Day / I’ll Never Be the Same / EmArcy / 1956 

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

set 2
Johnny Hodges / Creamy / Ballad Medley: Whispering; Tenderly; Don’t Take Your Love From Me; Prelude to a Kiss/But Not for Me; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Passion Flower / Norgran / 9.8.55 
Layton & Johnstone [Turner Layton, Clarence Johnstone] / Willow Weep for Me / Columbia / London 2.2.33 
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra / Shake Down the Stars / Victor / 2.19.40 / vocal = Ray Eberle 
Dan Grissom / So You’re Falling in Love / Jewel / Hollywood 1948
Dinah Washington / The Queen! / Bad Luck / EmArcy / 1959 / with Eddie Chamblee & his Orchestra

set 3
Johnny Lytle / Nice And Easy / 322-Wow! / Jazzland / 1.29.62 
Jack Montrose / The Horn’s Full / Dark Angel / RCA Victor / Hollywood 9.57 
Phineas Newborn Jr. / Here Is Phineas / Afternoon in Paris / Atlantic / 5.56 
Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra / Shake Down the Stars / Decca / 5.9.40 
Delta Rhythm Boys / I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem / Minoco Productions Soundie / 1946
Louis Armstrong / Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson / What’s New / Verve / Hollywood 1957 

set 4
Lars Gullin / For F.J. Fans Only / Metronome / Stockholm 1955 / Gullin bs, Rolf Billberg as, Richard Johansson tb, Rolf Berg g, Georg Riedel b, William Schiöpffe d 
Bud Shank / Bud Shank and Three Trombones / Wailing Vessel / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 1.22.54 / Shank as, Bob Enevoldsen, Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson tb, Claude Williamson p, Joe Mondragon b, Shelly Manne d
Phil Harris & his Orchestra / Come On, Get Up / radio broadcast / 1933 / duet with Leah Ray
King Cole Trio / You’re So Different / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 7.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Paul Petersen, James Darren, & Shelley Fabares / More Teenage Triangle / Put on a Happy Face / Colpix / Hollywood 1964
Golden Gate Quartet / Travelin’ Shoes / Bluebird / Charlotte, North Carolina 1.24.38

last soulful song
Thee Midniters / Dreaming Casually / Whittier / LA 1967

Friday, August 02, 2024

Don’t Be Afraid of a Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 180

Screenshot from the movie Road to Morocco showing Bing and Bob singing while riding on the back of a camel in a close up.
Bing & Bob & their camel pal… why not?

Coffeetime, August 2, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Red Garland / Red’s Good Groove / Take Me in Your Arms / Jazzland / 3.22.62 
Lou Levy / A Most Musical Fella / Apartment 17 / RCA Victor / LA 1.57 
Clifford Jordan / Bearcat / The Middle of the Block / Jazzland / early 1962 
Jimmy Dorsey / Tiger Rag (take 1) / Decca / 1930 / with Spike Hughes & His Three Blind Mice
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Them There Eyes / Brunswick / 11.18.30 / vocal = Skinnay Ennis
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Friendship / Decca / LA 1.11.47
Carmen McRae / Birds of a Feather / Baltimore Oriole / Decca / 8.58 / with Ben Webster (listed on album as “tenorman” 

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

set 2
Gene Ammons / Angel Eyes / You Go to My Head / Prestige / 9.5.62 
Bill Hardman / Saying Something / Angel Eyes / Savoy / 10.18.61 
Paul Moer / The Contemporary Jazz Classics Of The Paul Moer Trio / We’ll Be Together Again / Del-Fi / Hollywood 11.60 
Banjo Buddy / Let’s Misbehave / Brunswick / 3.7.28 
Herb Fisher / Cryin’ in My Sleep / Imperial / LA 1953
Noël Coward & Norman Wisdom / Androcles and the Lion: Original NBC TV Soundtrack / Don’t Be Afraid of an Animal / RCA Victor / 1967 

set 3
Eddie Chamblee / Chamblee Music / Sometimes I’m Happy / Mercury / Chicago 1957 
John Jenkins / John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell / From this Moment On / Blue Note / 8.11.57 
Charlie Parker / Parker’s Mood / Savoy / 9.18.48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker%27s_Mood 
The Toppers / I’m All Alone [Palace of Stone] / Savoy / 1945 / celeste! 
The Pied Pipers / ’S Wonderful / RCA Victor / LA 1949
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Baltimore Oriole / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56 

set 4
Art Pepper / The Return of Art Pepper / Minority / Jazz: West / Hollywood 8.6.56 / Pepper as, Jack Sheldon t, Russ Freeman p, Leroy Vinnegar b, Shelly Manne d r
Oscar Moore / The Oscar Moore Quartet with Carl Perkins / Roulette / Tampa / LA 1954 
King Cole Trio / I Thought You Ought to Know / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Bing Crosby & Bob Hope / If I’d Known You Were Comin’ (I’d Have Baked You a Cake) / broadcast, Bing Crosby Show for Chesterfield Cigarettes / Hollywood aired
5.24.50, rec 4.12.50 / with The Rhythmaires, John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra 
Frank Sinatra / Nice ‘n’ Easy / Nice ‘n’ Easy / Capitol / Hollywood spring 1960
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet / Great Change / Decca / Charlotte 6.5.38 

last soulful song
Tommie Young / That’s All a Part of Loving Him / Soul Power / Shreveport 1973

Lost & Found: I Guess That Don’t Make Me a Playlist

Close up of Madeline Bell singing.
Madeline is all!

Lost & Found, August 2, 2024, Angelynn Grant

intro: Little Sister / Somebody’s Watching You / Stone Flower / 1970

set 1
Lesley Duncan / When My Baby Cries / Mercury / 1964
Claudine Clark / The Telephone Game / Chancellor / 1962
Honey and the Bees / Two Can Play the Same Game / Academy / 1965
Beverly Shaffer / Where Will You Be Boy? / One-derful / 1965
Irma Thomas / Two Winters Long / Minit / 1962

bed
Leith Stevens & Stu Phillips / Soundtrack to the Columbia Pictures movie The Interns / Pitcher of Martinis / Colpix / 1962

set 2
The Pretenders / I’m the One Love Forgot / Carnival / 1971 / lead singer extraordinaire Valerie Scott
Gene Chandler / I Fooled You This Time / Checker / 1966
Don Hart & The Fyve / I Can Make It / Cool School / 1966
Jerry Butler / Giving Up on Love / Vee-Jay / 1964

bed
David McCallum / Music: A Bit More of Me / Call Me / Capitol / 1967

set 3
Debbie Taylor & The Hesitations / Never Gonna Let Him Know / GWP / 1969
The Whispers / As I Sit Here / Doré / 1965
The Informers / If You Love Me / J-Rude / 1965
Brothers of Soul / I Guess That Don’t Make Me a Loser / Boo / 1967
Skip Mahoney & The Casuals / Your Funny Moods / DC International / 1974

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

set 4
Satisfaction Unlimited / Bright City Lights / Hot Wax / 1972
The Escorts / Look Over Your Shoulder / Alithia / 1973 
The Diplomats / Accept Me / Dynamo / 1969
Prince Conley / I’m Going Home / Satellite / 1961 
Tyrone Davis / Let Me Back In / Dakar / 1970

bed
Little Milton / Friend of Mine [instrumental] / Glades / 1973

set 5
The Chi-Lites / Too Late to Turn Back Now / Brunswick / 1973 / hit for Cornelius Bros & Sister Rose
The Temprees / Come and Get Your Love / We Produce Records / 1975 / hit for Redbone
Wilmer & The Dukes / But It’s Alright / Aphrodisiac [unissued] / 1969 / hit for JJ Jackson
Eddie Floyd / It’s Not Unusual / Stax / 1969 / hit for Tom Jones

bed
The Mustang / Dance to Swing Organ / Undergrad / Somerset / 1965

set 6
Madeline Bell / Love Is All / Pye / 1976 
Bobby Hebb / Good Morning World / Epic / 1970
The Esquires / Listen to Me / Bunky Records / 1967
Johnny Bristol / Do It to My Mind / Atlantic / 1976
The Natural Four / What Do You Do / Curtom / 1975

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

set 7
L.T.D. / Holding On (When Love Is Gone) / A&M / 1978
Lakeside / The Urban Man / Solar / 1981
The Emotions / Flowers / No Plans for Tomorrow / Columbia / Chicago 1976

last found soulful song
Theresa Lindsay / Wonderful One / Correc-Tone / 1966
Sharon Forrester / Silly Wasn’t I? / Ashanti / Kingston, Jamaica 1973 / with the Now Generation Band

Friday, July 26, 2024

An Eye-full of Playlist: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 179

Still image of Julie London on the light purple, gold, and dark purple "mod" set of the David Frost TV show in 1969. She's wearing a "mod" purple high-necked dress, standing at a microphone while singing.
Julie’s so groovy!

Coffeetime, July 26, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Walter Benton / Out of This World / Night Movements / Jazzland / 9.60 
Stan Levey / This Time the Drum’s on Me / Diggin’ for Diz / Bethlehem / LA 9.27 & 28.55 / Conte Candoli t, Frank Rosolino tb, Dexter Gordon ts, Lou Levy p, Leroy Vinnegar b, Levey d 
Carl Kress & Dick McDonough / Heat Wave / Brunswick / 1937
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Humpty Dumpty / Okeh / 9.28.27 
Junie C. Cobb & his Grains of Corn / Once or Twice / Vocalion / Chicago 10.24.29 / vocal = Junie C. Cobb 
T-Bone Walker / I’m in an Awful Mood / Black & White / LA 12.46 / with Al Killian Quintet
Doris Day & André Previn / Duet / Fools Rush In / Columbia / 1961 

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

set 2
Bill Evans & Jim Hall / Undercurrent / Stairway to the Stars / United Artists [unissued] / 4.24.62 
Coleman Hawkins / Wrapped Tight / Intermezzo / Impulse! / 2.22.65 
Dave Burns / Warming Up! / My Romance / Vanguard / 1964 
Hank D’Amico / Holiday with Hank / The Nearness of You / Bethlehem / 1955 / D’Amico cl, Billy Triglia p, Milt Hinton b, Charlie Smith d; cover photography & design by Burt Goldblatt 
Golden Gate Orchestra aka the California Ramblers / An Eye-full of You / Columbia / 3.29.29 / vocal = Marvin Young [Irving Kaufman] 
The Three Keys / Them There Eyes / Vitaphone, Rambling ’Round Radio Row / 7.42 
Mabel Scott / Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town / Soundie / Hollywood 9.44 / with the Lorenzo Flennoy Trio 
Julie London / Our Fair Lady / Theme from “A Summer Place” / Liberty / LA 1965

set 3
Yusef Lateef / The Centaur and the Phoenix / Revelation / Riverside / 10.4, 6.60 
Lucky Thompson / Let’s Try Again / Le Club Français du Disque / Paris 4.16.56 / Thompson ts, Michel de Villers bs, Charles Verstraete tb (bass trombone), Martial Solal p, Jean-Pierre Sasson g, Benoît Quersin b, Gerard “Dave” Pochonet d
Frank Socolow & his Duke Quintette / Reverse the Charges / Duke / 5.2.45 / Socolow ts, Freddie Webster t (composer), Bud Powell p, Leonard Gaskin b, Irv Kluger d
The Tune Twisters / Love Makes the World Go ’Round / from the Universal Pictures movie Sweet Surrender / Hollywood 1935 
Griff Williams & his Orchestra / Laura / radio broadcast / 1951 / vocal = Bob Kirk
Bill Henderson / Bill Henderson & the Oscar Peterson Trio / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Verve / LA 2.63 

set 4
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper / Angus / Bethlehem / 1955 / Harper tb, Charlie Mariano as, Jimmy Giuffre bs, Paul Saramento tuba, Jimmy Rowles p, Corky Hale harp, Harry Babasin b, Irv Cottler d
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All Stars / Jazz Rolls Royce / Coop Salutes the “Co-Op” / Lighthouse Records / Homecoming Show, Josiah Royce Hall, UCLA 10.28.57 
King Cole Trio / Don’t Blame Me / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Frankie Laine / Baby That Ain’t Right / Mercury / 1948 / with Carl Fischer’s Orchestra
Sheila Bond / Wish You Were Here: Original Broadway Cast Recording / Shopping Around / RCA Victor / 1953 
Alphabetical Four / When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time / Decca / 8.16.38 / with human orchestra

last soulful song
The Ulti-Mations / Without You / Mar-V-Lus Records / Chicago 1967





Friday, July 12, 2024

Just Give Me the Playlist

Screenshot from the Snader Telescriptions video showing Dave Barbour, dressed in a ship captain's hat in front of a fishing net backdrop, playing his guitar.
Nice guitar ya got there, Cap’n.

Coffeetime, July 12, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / At the Café Bohemia, vol. 2 /  Just One of Those Things / Blue Note / live, Café Bohemia 11.23.55
Jackie McLean / The Jackie McLean Quintet / The Way You Look Tonight / Jubilee / 10.21.55
Joe Haymes & his Orchestra / Just Give Me the Girl / Bluebird / 7.11.33 / vocal = Ward Silloway
Goree Carter, His Guitar & His Hepcats / How Can You Love Me / Freedom / Houston c. 5.49
Cathy Hayes / It’s All Right with Me / Blue Moods / HiFi Records / LA 1959

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

set 2
Grant Green / Born to Be Blue / Born to Be Blue / Blue Note [unissued] / 3.1.62
Milt Jackson / Big Bags / If You Could See Me Now / Riverside / 6.62
Flip Phillips / Flip Phillips Quartet / Don’t Take Your Love from Me / Mercury/Clef / 12.9.49 
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra / Slumming on Park Avenue / Vocalion / 3.2.37 / vocal = Jerry Blake
Golden Gate Quartet / Julius Caesar / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, South Carolina 10.6.39
Martha Raye / Blue Skies / radio broadcast, AFRS Showtime / 1944 / with Private Murray McEachern, Gene Krupa, & the Mel-Tones
Ken Nordine / Word Jazz / My Baby / Dot / Chicago 7.57 

set 3
Baby-Face Willette / Behind the 8 Ball / Sinnin’ Sam / Argo / Chicago 11.30.64
John Coltrane / Coltrane [7105] / Time Was / Prestige / 5.31.57
Howard McGhee / Merry Lee / Vitacoustic / Chicago late 12.47 
The Mills Brothers / Goodbye Blues / Brunswick / 3.8.32
Connee Boswell / You Grow Sweeter as the Years Go By / Decca / 4.25.39 / with Ray Sinatra & his Orchestra 
King Cole Trio / You’re Looking at Me / Capitol / Hollywood 9.14.56 / NKC p & voc, John Collins g, Charlie Harris b, Lee Young d, with Willie Smith as

set 4
Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne / Sounds! / The Girls of São Paulo / Capitol / Hollywood 1966
Barney Kessel / Kessel Plays Standards / Barney’s Blues / Contemporary / LA 7.1.54
Teddy Edwards / [It’s About Time] / The New Symphony Sid / Pacific Jazz [unissued] / 8.16.60
King Cole Trio / Laura / Capitol / Hollywood 7.18.52 / NKC p, John Collins g, Charlie Harris b, Bunny Shawker d
King Cole Trio / Laura / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / I’ve Had My Moments / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra 
Esther Phillips / And I Love Him! / Girl from Ipanema / Atlantic / 1966
Golden Gate Quartet / What a Time / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, South Carolina 10.6.39

last soulful song
Sam Fletcher / I’d Think It Over / Tollie Records / 1964



Friday, July 05, 2024

Playlists Like to Sport Too: Coffeetime Homebrew ep 178

Screenshot from a 1974 performance on Soul Train showing Teddy Pendergrass in a suit and big bow tie, ruffled white shirt (very ’70s), holding the mic and singing with a smile.
Mr. Pendergrass good-luck-charming.

Coffeetime, July 5, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Harold Vick / Steppin’ Out! / Steppin’ Out! / Blue Note / 5.27.63 
Red Mitchell & Harold Land / Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! / Somara / Atlantic / San Francisco 10.14.61 
Harry James & his Orchestra / Sharp as a Tack / Columbia / 1941
Jack Gardner’s Orchestra / Ponjola / Okeh / Dallas 10.24
George Belshaw & his KFAB Orchestra / You’ll Recognize My Baby / Brunswick / Chicago 4.26.29 / vocal = Frank Sylvano
Jimmy “T99” Nelson / Married Men Like to Sport Too / RPM / LA 1953
Dorothy Dandridge / The Touch of Your Lips / Verve [unissued] / Hollywood 1.20.58 / Oscar Peterson celeste!!!, Herb Ellis g, Ray Brown b, Alvin Stoller d

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

set 2
Don Ewell / Take It in Stride / A Hundred Years from Today / Chiaroscuro / 1971
Sam Most / Musically Yours / Body and Soul / Bethlehem / 1956
Cappy Lewis / Get Happy with Cappy / Imagination / Hi Fi Jazz / Hollywood 2.60 
Augusto Coén & his Golden Casino Orchestra / The Music Goes ’Round and ’Round / Brunswick / 1.17.36
Tommy Dorsey & his Clambake Seven / The Music Goes ’Round and ’Round / Victor / 12.9.35 / vocal = Edythe Wright (& TD)
Black Cats & the Kitten / Step It Up and Go / Okeh / 1940 / lead vocal = Valda Buggs
Three B’s & a Honey / Hit That Jive, Jack / DC / fall 1947 

set 3
Big John Patton / Oh Baby! / Each Time / Blue Note / 3.8.65 
Jimmy Smith / Home Cookin’ / Come On Baby / Blue Note / 6.16.59 
Dodo Marmarosa / Dodo’s Dance / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 12.3.47 / Marmarosa p, Harry Babasin b, Jackie Mills d
Jane Harvey / I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night / Victor / Hollywood 1.7.47 / with Page Cavanaugh Trio (PC p, Al Viola g, Lloyd Pratt b plus strings 
Four Rockets / Little Red Wagon / Aladdin / Hollywood 1948
Jackie Paris / Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin / Fun to Be Fooled / Time / 2.23.60 

set 4
Frank Rosolino / Frank Rosolino Quintet / Cherry / Mode / Hollywood 6.57 / Rosolino tb, Richie Kamuca ts, Vince Guaraldi p, Monty Budwig b, Stan Levey d
Wessel Ilcken / The Goofer / Philips / Hilversum, The Netherlands 10.29.56 
King Cole Trio / Baby, Baby All the Time [alt take] / Capitol [unissued] / Hollywood 4.17.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Liza Morrow / I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful) / V-Disc #884A / Hollywood 1949 / with Joe Bushkin & Group
James Brown / Soul on Top / It’s Magic / King / Hollywood 11.69 
The Chosen Gospel Singers / When I Get Home / Specialty / Hollywood 4.28.54

last soulful song
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes / Bad Luck / Soul Train / live, Philadelphia 1974

Friday, June 28, 2024

Just a Playlist and a Girl in Love

Screenshot of TV show host David Steinberg smiling and looking right at the camera
Just an excuse to put David Steinberg on my Coffeetime blog! (see below)

Coffeetime, June 28, 2024, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sonny Clark / My Conception / Junka / Blue Note / 3.29.59
Jackie McLean / New Soil / Sweet Cakes / Blue Note / 5.2.59
Andy Kirk & his Twelve Clouds of Joy / There, I Love You Coast to Coast / radio transcription / live, Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland winter 1937
The Happiness Boys / That’s My Hap-Hap-Happiness / Victor / 2.23.27 / vocal = Billy Jones & Ernest Hare, with Dave Kaplan p
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / I’ll Get Along Somehow / Modern Music / LA 1946 
Helen Carr / … Why Do I Love You / Do I Worry / Bethlehem / 1955

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

set 2
Howard Roberts / Good Pickin’s / Lover Man / Verve / LA 1959 
Milt Hinton / The Rhythm Section / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Epic / 1956
Danny Polo & his Swing Stars / Mr Polo Takes a Solo / Decca / London 10.1.37
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Really Blue / Victor / 10.7.30  
Lil Armstrong & her Swing Orchestra / Safely Locked Up in My Heart / Decca / 9.9.38
The Delta Rhythm Boys / Black Magic / AFRS Jubilee #61 / LA 1.17.44 / with Master of Ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
The 5 Royales / I Want to Thank You / Apollo / 3.53 / with Charlie (Little Jazz) Ferguson, His Tenor & Orchestra
Mose Allison / I’ve Been Doin’ Some Thinkin’ / Your Molecular Structure / Atlantic / Hollywood summer 1968 

set 3
Lee Morgan / The Rajah / Is That So / Blue Note / 11.29.66
Kenny Burrell / Blue Lights / Yes, Baby / Blue Note / 5.14.58
Mildred Bailey / Summertime / Crown / 12.30.45 / with Red Norvo & his Music
Walter Fuller / Closer to My Heart / Kicks / LA 1954 / with the Club Royale Band 
Cal Bostic / Introducing… Cal Bostic / Just a Boy and a Girl in Love / RCA Canada / Toronto 8.67

set 4
George Barnes & Carl Kress / Guitars Anyone? Why Not Start at the Top? / Blue Room / Carney / 1963
Victor Feldman / Merry Olde Soul / Mosey on Down / Riverside / 1.6, 11.61
Buddy Collette / Buddy Collette’s Swinging Shepherds / Pony Tale / EmArcy / LA 3.5.58
King Cole Trio / Baby / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Kay Starr / It’s Whatcha Do with Whatcha Got / Standard Transcription / LA 1946 / with Buzz Adlam & orchestra
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Ye-Me-Le / What the World Needs Now / A&M / Hollywood 1969
Gospel Vocalaires of Norfolk, Virginia / Jezebel / Gotham [unissued] / summer 1953

last soulful song
Soul Generation / Ray of Hope / Ebony Sounds Records / 1972

Friday, June 21, 2024

I’m in Heaven When I See Your Playlist

Black and white screenshot of the British Pathé footage from Danny Kaye's rehearsal for his Royal Command Perfomance in 1948. In this close up, he's looking stage right and smiling.
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 

Friday, June 07, 2024

When a Woman Loves a Playlist

Screenshot of a 1973 TV performance showing a close-up of Freda Payne, in a pink gown, and Bobby Darin, in a dark suit jacket with a pink tie, singing while looking directly at each other. Bobby is leaning in.
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