Coffeetime

(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the Playlist Was Young

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:01:15 +0000

Peggy says, “You did RIGHT!”

Coffeetime, November 13, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / No Room for Squares / No Room for Squares [alternate take] / Blue Note / 10.2.63
Thad Jones / Detroit-New York Junction / Zec / Blue Note / 3.13.56
Joe Venuti & his Orchestra / I Like a Little Girl Like That / Victor / 9.30.30 / vocal = Frank Luther
Bob Mitchell / My Girl Wants a Millionaire / Derby / LA 1950
Peggy Lee / Black Coffee / (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young / Decca / 5.4.53

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

set 2
Lester Young & Harry “Sweets” Edison / Pres & Sweets / That’s All / Norgran / LA 11.1.55
Tommy Flanagan / Moodsville 9 / You Go to My Head / Prestige / 5.18.60
Les Paul Trio / Poor Butterfly / V-Disc 690U [unissued] / Hollywood 1946
Layton & Johnstone [Turner Layton & Clarence Johnstone] / Always / HMV / London 5.26
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Blues for Cuba / Aladdin / LA 12.15.50 / vocal = Floyd Dixon
Pearl Bailey / Naughty but Nice / Since I Became a Hussy for My Husband / Roulette / 1960
Dick Van Dyke / Songs I Like / Ain’t We Got Fun / Command / Hollywood 1963 / with the Ray Charles Singers

set 3
Wes Montgomery / So Much Guitar! / One for My Baby / Riverside / 8.4.61
Bobby Timmons / Soul Time / Soul Time / Riverside / 8.60
Spirits of Rhythm / Junk Man / Decca / 9.14.34
Chuck Foster & his Orchestra / Listen to My Heart / radio broadcast / Hollywood 1940 / vocal = Dorothy Brandon
Mel Tormé / At The Red Hill / (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young / Atlantic / live, Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ 3.62

set 4
Paul Smith / Fine, Sweet and Tasty / Fine, Sweet and Tasty / Tampa / Hollywood 11.13.53
King Cole Trio / It’s Only a Paper Moon / Capitol / Hollywood 12.15.43 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Mildred Bailey / Me and the Blues / At Sundown / Savoy / 1947
Earl Coleman / Love Songs / People / Atlantic / 1968
Golden Gate Quartet / Gospel Train / V-Disc 021A / 8.43

last soulful song
Barbara Lewis / I’m Thankful for What I Got / Atlantic / 1968
Otis Leavill / I Love You / Dakar / Chicago 1970
The Impressions / That You Love Me / Vee Jay / 1962

Put Some Money in the Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:58:58 +0000

If Milton says we’re gonna make it, then I guess we are!

Coffeetime, November 6, 2026, Angelynn Grant – Fundraising Show

set 1
John Coltrane, Julian Cannonball Adderley / Cannonball & Coltrane / Grand Central / EmArcy / Chicago 2.3.59
Art Blakey’s Messengers / Blakey / Mayreh / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Whispering Jack Smith / It All Depends on You / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 6.17.27
Etta Jones / The Richest Guy in the Graveyard / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J. C. Heard & his Orchestra
Dinah Washington / Rich Man’s Blues / Apollo / LA 12.45

set 2
Lee Morgan / Expoobident / Lost & Found / Vee Jay / Chicago 10.14.60
James Moody’s Modernists / Moody’s All Frantic / Blue Note / 10.25.48
Bing Crosby / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? / Brunswick / 10.25.32 / with Lennie Hayten & his Orchestra
Boswell Sisters / If I Had a Million Dollars [alternate take B] / Brunswick / LA 10.4.34 / with Jimmy Grier & his Orchestra
Ken Nordine / Colors / Green / Philips / Chicago 1966 / with musical director Dick Campbell

set 3
Mills Brothers / Swing for Sale / Decca / 2.3.37
The Charioteers / Swing for Sale / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43
Basin Street Boys / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Exclusive / LA c. 6.46 / with Eddie Beal Fourtet
Etta Jones / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J.C. Heard & his Orchestra
Dinah Washington / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Mercury / 6.8.48

set 4
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / Tenderly / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56
Gene Ammons / Once in a While / Chess/Aristocrat / Chicago 2.28.49
Johnny Mercer and the King Cole Trio / You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’ / Capitol / Hollywood 8.20.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b, & Johnny Mercer voc
Louis Jordan / Put Some Money in the Pot, ’Cause the Juice is Running Low / Aladdin / 4.54

set 5
The Toppers / If Money Grew on Trees / Savoy / 1944 / with celeste!
King Cole Trio / Money Is Honey / Capitol / Hollywood 11.3.47 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Money’s Getting Cheaper / Exclusive / Hollywood 11.47 / with Oscar Moore g
Ernestine “Annisteen” Allen & her Home Town Boys / Give It Up (’Cause You Can’t Take It With You) / Queen / 12.20.45
Dean Martin / Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket / Capitol / Hollywood 12.23.53

set 6
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Shaw Nuff / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59
Bobby Blue Bland / Turn On Your Love Light / Duke / Chicago 1961
Bobby Darin / That’s All / That’s All / Atco / LA 12.19.58
Swan Silvertones / End of My Journey / My Rock / Vee Jay / 1957

last (thankful) soul song
Little Milton / We’re Gonna Make It / Checker / Checker 2.16.65

Major Lance / Hey Little Girl / Okeh / 8.14.63
Barbara Lewis / I’m Thankful for What I Got / Atlantic / 1968

Jivin’ with the Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:01:31 +0000

The Deltas get schooled in Halloween and dry bones!

Coffeetime, October 30, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
John Coltrane / Dakar / Witches Pit / Prestige / 4.20.57
The Jazz Messengers / Ecaroh / Columbia / 5.4.56
Frank Froeba & his Swing Band / There’ll Be a Great Day in the Morning / Decca / 12.24.35
Annette Hanshaw & Her Sizzlin’ Syncopators / Little White Lies / Clarion / 7.21.30
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Lost in the Night / Exclusive / Hollywood c. 3.45
Toni Harper / Toni / Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered / Verve / LA 1.3.56 / with celeste!

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

set 2
Horace Silver / Songs for my Father / Lonely Woman / Blue Note / 10.26.64
Curtis Amy & Paul Bryant / Meetin’ Here / Angel Eyes / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 1961
Paul Desmond / Desmond Blue / Autumn Leaves [alt take] / RCA Victor / 3.15.62
Fats Waller / Oh Susannah (Dust Off That Old Pianna) / Victor / 3.6.35 / celeste!
Frank Sinatra / That Old Black Magic / radio rehearsal - Songs by Sinatra / 1946
Scat Man Crothers & his Band / I’d Rather Be a Hummingbird / Capitol / Hollywood 1949
Lula Reed / Blue and Moody / Bump on a Log / King / Cincinnati 2.6.54

set 3
Donald Byrd / The Cat Walk / The Cat Walk / Blue Note / 5.2.61
Mal Waldron / Left Alone / Cat Walk / Bethlehem / 11.57
Geraldo & his Orchestra / Indian Summer / Columbia / London early 40s / vocal = Cyril Grantham
The Delta Rhythm Boys / Black Magic / AFRS Jubilee #61 / LA 1.17.44 / with Master of Ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Something Sad About a Clown / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Art Pepper / Modern Art / Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered / Aladdin / LA 12.28.56
Mel Lewis / Got’Cha / Leave Your Worries Behind / Jazz Records / San Francisco 11.56
King Cole Trio / Jivin’ with the Notes / Standard Transcription / Hollywood 5.40 / NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Pauline & her Perils [aka The Six Hits and a Miss] / Don’t Let that Moon Get Away / Keystone transcription / Hollywood 4.39 / lead vocal = Pauline Byrns; with the King Cole Trio: NKC celeste (yay!), Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Toni Harper / Candy Store Blues / Columbia / LA 12.26.47 / feature in the 1949 Columbia movie Make Believe Ballroom
Tom Jones / Close Up / Witch Queen of New Orleans / Parrot / London 1972

Jubalaires / John Saw the Number / Standard transcription / 1948

last soulful song
Carolyn Franklin / Baby Dynamite! / I Don’t Want to Lose You / RCA / 1969

Six Bits Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:58:50 +0000

Esther, can I borrow your groovy autumnal turtleneck and sweater combo?’

Coffeetime, October 23, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Gene Ammons / Live! in Chicago / Scrapple from the Apple / Prestige / DJ Lounge, Chicago 8.29.61
Joe Newman / At Count Basie’s / The Midgets / Mercury / live, Count Basie’s Lounge 1961
The Jazz Messengers / Deciphering the Message / Columbia [unissued] / 4.4.56
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / What Wouldn’t I Do for That Man / Okeh / 10.19.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew
Rabon Tarrant with Jack McVea & his Door Openers / Listen Baby Blues / Apollo / LA 8.45
Anita O’Day / Sings the Winners / What’s Your Story, Morning Glory / Verve / LA 4.2.58

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

set 2
Gerry Mulligan / Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster / Chelsea Bridge / Verve / LA 11.3.59
Curtis Counce / Vol. 1, Landslide / Time After Time / Contemporary / LA 10.8.56
Buddy DeFranco / Closed Session / Ballad Medley: Poor Butterfly; Where Or When; These Foolish Things / Verve / LA 10.30.57
Midge Williams / Lazy Bones / Columbia / Tokyo 12.33
Ray Charles & his Orchestra / I’ll Do Anything but Work / Swingtime / LA 5.26.50
Albert King / The Big Blues / I Walked All Night Long / Bobbin / 1960

set 3
Dexter Gordon / Landslide / Six Bits Jones / Blue Note [unissued] / 6.25.62
Baby Face Willette / Face to Face / Face to Face / Blue Note / 1.30.61
Charlie Parker / Celebrity / Clef / 10.50
Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra / Remember Me? / Brunswick / LA 7.30.37 / vocal = Boots Castle
Cats & the Fiddle / If I Dream of You / Bluebird / 1.20.41 / first session with Tiny Grimes
Herb Jeffries / Say It Isn’t So / It’s the Talk of the Town / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1956

set 4
Blossom Dearie / Jazz Sweet / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Barclay / Paris 1955
Marty Paich / Jazz for Relaxation / Jump for Me / Tampa / LA 1958
Stéphane Grappelli / The Lady Is a Tramp / Barclay / Paris 2.14.56
King Cole Trio / How Does It Feel / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 4.11.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Thelma (Dolly) Cooper / Let’s Try Again / Gotham / 1949
Esther Phillips / And I Love Him / ’Tis Autumn / Atlantic / 1966
Sensational Golden Light Quartet of Philadelphia / When I’ve Gone the Last Mile / Apex / Philadelphia 1949

last soulful song
Jean Plum / Here I Go Again / Hi / 1976

Got Your Love in My Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:00:44 +0000

Eartha knows the ecstasy of love within reach.

Coffeetime, October 16, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Kenny Drew / This Is New / This Is New / Riverside / 3.8.57
Johnny Griffin / The Congregation / It’s You or No One / Blue Note / 10.13.57
James Moody’s Modernists / Oh Henry / Blue Note / 10.19.48
Erskine Hawkins (The Twentieth Century Gabriel) & his Orchestra / Saboo / Bluebird / 12.20.39
Esther Walker / Ya Gotta Know How to Love / Brunswick / 6.26 / with the Brunswick Studio Orchestra
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Hard Lovin’ Blues / Decca / 1.25.40 / vocal = Yack Taylor
Billie Holiday / Music for Torching / Isn’t This a Lovely Day? / Clef / Hollywood 8.25.55

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

set 2
Kenny Dorham / ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, Volume 1 / Autumn in New York / Blue Note / live, Café Bohemia 5.31.56
Wes Montgomery / Fusion! / Somewhere / Riverside / 4.63
Lester Young / I Cover the Waterfront (take 1) / Clef / Hollywood spring 1946
Charlie Parker Quintet / My Old Flame / Dial / 11.4.47
Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers / Got Your Love in My Heart / Exclusive / LA 4.20.45 / vocal = Herb Jeffries
Eartha Kitt / What is This Thing Called Love? / Disques Swing/Pathé Marconi / Paris 1.21.50 / with Doc Cheatham & his Trio
Mighty Sparrow / Tatoo Woman / Tatoo Women / National / 1965

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Blue Lights / Autumn in New York / Blue Note / 5.14.58
Willis Jackson / Cool “Gator” / The Man I Love / Prestige / 5.25.59
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / Skylark / Okeh / 11.25.41 / vocal = Anita O’Day

The Striders / Five O’Clock Blues / Apollo / 3.20.50

The Marquees / I Don’t Want Your Love / Gotham / 2.2.53
Dean Martin / Pretty Baby / I Don’t Know Why / Capitol / Hollywood 1957

set 4
Sandy Mosse / Relaxin' with Sandy Mosse / Fools Rush In / Argo / Chicago 1959
Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca / Tenors Head-On / Pick a Dilly / Pacific Jazz / LA 7.56
Lennie Niehaus / Zounds! / Have You Met Miss Jones? / Contemporary / Hollywood 8.23.54
King Cole Trio / ’Tis Autumn / Capitol / Hollywood 3.29.49 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Joe Comfort b
Etta James / Etta James Rocks the House / Woke Up this Morning / Argo / live at The New Era Club, Nashville 9.63
Alphabetical Four / He Sees All We Do and Hears All We Say / Decca / 4.19.40

last soulful song

Leroy Hutson / Don’t It Make You Feel Good / Curtom / Chicago 1976

The Laziest Playlist in Town

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:00:32 +0000

Marlene! Teach me how to wear a top hat and tails!

Coffeetime, October 9, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sonny Clark / Cool Struttin’ / Blue Minor / Blue Note / 1.5.58
Art Taylor / Taylor’s Wailers / C.T.A. / Prestige / 3.22.57
The Happiness Boys / She Knows Her Onions / Victor / 8.26.26 / with Dave Kaplan on piano
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Competition Blues / RCA Victor [unissued] / LA 1949 / Billy Valentine p & voc, Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b, Jonathan “Papa Jo” Jones d
Beverly Kenney / Come Swing with Me / Violets for Your Furs / Royal Roost / 1956 / with Ralph Burn’s Orchestra

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

set 2
Phineas Newborn Jr. / The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. / New Blues / Contemporary / LA 11.21.61
Red Garland / Soul Junction / I’ve Got It Bad / Prestige / 11.15.57
Joe Newman / Jive at Five / More Than You Know / Prestige / 5.4.60
Viola McCoy / Git Goin’ / Cameo / 12.26
Gene Autry / Any Old Time / Gennett / Richmond, Indiana 2.9.31
Bill Hayes & his Band aka Henry Hayes / I’m Just Another Fool / Jade / Houston 1950 / Henry Hayes as, Goree Carter g & voc, Ed Wiley ts, Willie Johnson p, Donald Cooks b, Ben Turner d
Marlene Dietrich / Dietrich in London / The Laziest Gal in Town / Columbia / Queen’s Theatre, London 12.12.64

set 3
David Fathead Newman / House of David / Little Sister / Atlantic / 1967
Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete / From All Sides / Mambeando / Fantasy / San Fransisco 5.65
Pete Johnson’s All Stars / 1280 Stomp / National / 1.2.46
The Four Vagabonds / Ask Anyone Who Knows / Apollo / 3.24.47
Peggy Lee / Ask Anyone Who Knows / radio broadcast / Hollywood 7.27.47 / with Dave Barbour Orchestra, with celeste!; intro with Woody Herman
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Ballad in Blue / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.13.56

set 4
Lennie Niehaus / The Octet #2 / Blue Room / Contemporary / Hollywood 1.11.55
Joe Newman / The Happy Cats / Later for the Happenings / Coral / LA 1957
Dave Pell / Jazz Goes Dancing (Prom to Prom) / You / RCA Victor / Hollywood 5.56 / Dave Pell ts, Don Fagerquist t, Ray Sims tb, Marty Berman bs, Tony Rizzi g, Arnold Ross p, Bob Bates b, Irv Kluger d
King Cole Trio / Ask Anyone Who Knows / NBC radio broadcast, Wildroot Cream Oil Presents King Cole Trio Time, Here’s to Veterans edition / Hollywood 7.5.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b, & show guest Woody Herman
Rosemary Clooney / Swing Around Rosie / Blue Moon / Coral / 1958 / with Buddy Cole Trio
Freddy King / You’ve Got to Love Her with a Feeling / Federal / 8.26.60
The Pilgrim Travelers / When I Join the Jubilee / Specialty / Hollywood 1.19.50

last soulful song
Betty Wright / Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do / Alston / 1968

Barbara Lewis / I’m Thankful for What I Got / Atlantic / 1968

Coppin’ a Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:00:32 +0000

Aretha can make any hairstyle sparkle!

Coffeetime, September 25, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Taylor / Taylor’s Tenors / Dacor / New Jazz / 6.3.59
Sonny Clark / My Conception / Little Sonny / Blue Note / 12.8.57
Bob Zurke & his Delta Rhythm Band / Tom Cat of the Keys / Tea for Two / Victor / Chicago 1.18.40 / cover design by Leon and Marjorie Auerbach
Anson Weeks & his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra / Medley: You Do Something to Me; I Can’t Give You Anything but Love; With a Song in My Heart / radio broadcast / San Francisco 1932 / vocal = Fred Scott
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Groovy Blues / Specialty / Hollywood 12.22.45 / vocal = Camille Howard
Mary Stallings / Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings / I Didn’t Know About You / Fantasy / LA 5.19.61

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

set 2
Kenny Dorham / The Arrival of Kenny Dorham / When Sunny Gets Blue / Jaro International / 1.10.60
Ben Webster / Ben Webster and Associates / Time After Time / Verve / 4.9.59
Herb Geller / That Geller Feller / Here’s What I’m Here For / Bel Canto / LA 3.14.57
Charlie Ventura & his Orchestra / Dark Eyes / RCA Victor / 4.6.50
John [Jack] Jackson & his Orchestra / Let Bygones Be Bygones / HMV / London 2.24.33 / vocal = Al Bowlly / from Al Bowlly website: “Includes patter with Jack Jackson where AB is addressed as George.”
T-Bone Walker / She’s Going to Ruin Me / Old Swing-Master / Chicago 12.19.45
Earl Gaines / 24 Hours a Day / DeLuxe / Nashville 1969 / Johnny Jones g

set 3
John Coltrane / Giant Steps / Giant Steps / Atlantic / 5.5.59
Roy Haynes / Cracklin’ / Honeydew / New Jazz / 4.10.63
Sonny Stitt / With the New Yorkers / Engos, The Bloos / Roost / 8.30.57
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / Coppin’ a Plea / Okeh / Hollywood 10.14.41 / vocal = Anita O’Day
The Four Buddies / My Summer’s Gone / Savoy / 1.13.51
Cal Bostic / Introducing… Cal Bostic / Just a Boy and a Girl in Love / RCA Canada / Toronto 8.67

set 4
Jimmy Raney / In Three Attitudes / Strike Up the Band / ABC-Paramount / 1956
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford / Little Tenderfoot / ABC-Paramount / 12.11.56
King Cole Trio / My Lips Remember Your Kisses / Premier / Hollywood 11.2.43 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Wini Brown / (Ya Got My) Brand of Honey / National [unissued take 1] / 2.21.49
Kenneth Nelson & Rita Gardner / Original Off Broadway Cast of The Fantasticks / Soon It’s Gonna Rain / MGM / 6.13.60 / with narrator played by Jerry Orbach
Golden Gate Quartet / Let the Liar Alone / Bluebird / 8.10.38

last soulful song
Aretha Franklin / What a Fool Believes / TV Broadcast, The Tonight Show / LA 1981

The Playlist Who Lives on the Hill

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:00:51 +0000

Nat knows that the best way to cap off the summer is in your pastel finery at a French café.

Coffeetime, September 18, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Ray Charles / Ray Charles in Person / The Spirit-Feel / Atlantic / live, Herndon Stadium, Atlanta 5.28.59
Benny Golson / Groovin’ with Golson / The Stroller / New Jazz / 8.28.59
International Sweethearts of Rhythm / Galvanizing / radio broadcast, AFRS Jubilee / Hollywood early 1945 / with intro by master of ceremonies Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Gene Kardos & his Orchestra / My Extraordinary Gal / Victor / 4.7.32 / vocal = Dick Robertson
Lionel Robinson / I Can’t Go On Without You / Gotham / 6.49
Julie London / Bethlehem’s Girl Friends / You’re Blasé / Bethlehem / 1955 / celeste!

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

set 2
Blue Mitchell / Heads Up! / The Folks Who Live on the Hill / Blue Note / 11.17.67
Sonny Criss / This is Criss! / Skylark / Prestige / 10.21.66
John Coltrane / Ballads / I Wish I Knew / Impulse! / 11.13.62
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / I’m Shooting High / Pathé Marconi / Paris 5.5.36 / vocal = Adelaide Hall
Johnnie “Geechie” Temple / Fix It Up and Go / Decca / 9.23.40
Les Brown & his Band of Renown / I Wish I Knew / radio transcription / live Palladium, Hollywood 8.16.45 / vocal = Doris Day
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown / Mary Is Fine / Peacock / Houston 1.49

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / ZT’s Blues / I Wish I Knew / Blue Note / 9.13.61
Al Casey / Buck Jumpin’ / Casey’s Blues / Prestige Swingville / 3.7.60
Sonny Stitt / Kaleidoscope / Sonny Sounds / Prestige / 2.25.52
Jo Stafford & her V-Disc Play Boys / Blue Moon / V-Disc 569B / 4.19.45
The Five Keys / Too Late / Aladdin / 3.22.51
Noël Coward / Noel Coward in New York / Sail Away / Columbia / 1956

set 4
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / Out of Nowhere / Savoy / 4.18.50
Chico Hamilton / The Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi / Sleepy Slept Here / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 2.56
Larry Adler / Ritual Fire Dance / Columbia / London 2.35 / with orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons
King Cole Trio / Embraceable You / V-Disc 365B / Hollywood 12.15.43 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Nat King Cole / That Sunday, That Summer / BBC TV broadcast, An Evening With Nat King Cole / London 7.63 / with the Cliff Adams Singers and the Ted Heath Orchestra
Highway QC’s / Child of God / Vee-Jay / Chicago 1956

last soulful song
The Pretenders / I Call It Love / Carnival / 1970

I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants in My Playlist)

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:05:02 +0000

Must have been heavenly to dance with Fred, cheeks or not.

Coffeetime, September 11, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley / Double Whammy / Blue Note / 11.25.56
Stanley Turrentine / ZT’s Blues / The Way You Look Tonight / Blue Note / 9.13.61
International Sweethearts of Rhythm / Diggin’ Dirt / radio broadcast, AFRS Jubilee / Hollywood early 1945 / with emcee Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman
Noël Coward / A Room with a View / HMV / Hayes, Middlesex, England 4.25.28
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown / Guitar in My Hand / Aladdin / LA 8.21.47 / with Maxwell Davis Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald / soundtrack to Let No Man Write My Epitaph / September Song / Verve / LA 4.19.60

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

set 2
Bobby Timmons / This Here is Bobby Timmons / Lush Life / Riverside / 1.60
Gene Ammons / Groove Blues / It Might As Well Be Spring / Prestige / 1.3.58
George Van Eps / Mellow Guitar / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Columbia / LA 8.1.56
Willie Lewis & his Entertainers / I Can’t Dance (I Got Ants in My Pants) / Pathé / Paris 4.23.35 / vocal = Joe Hayman (ts, bari)
Fred Astaire / Cheek to Cheek / Brunswick / 6.26.35 / with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra
Louis Prima & Orchestra / Dance with a Dolly (With Hole in her Stocking) / radio broadcast, The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands / Long Island 1.15.45
Billy Williams / Billy Williams Quartet / The Gaucho Serenade / MGM / 1956

set 3
Sonny Criss / This is Criss! / When Sunny Gets Blue / Prestige / 10.21.66
Oscar Pettiford & his Scandinavian Trio / I Succumb to Temptation / Debut / Copenhagen 8.22.59
Howard McGhee Sextet / Howard McGhee & Milt Jackson / Bass C Jam / Savoy [originally Vitacoustic Records] / Chicago 12.47
Helen Humes / This Love of Mine / Discovery / Hollywood 5.9.50 / with Marshall Royal Combo
Dixieaires / Things Got Tough / Gotham / 1948
Bobby Troup & his Trio / That’s All / Liberty / Celebrity Room, Hollywood 1955 

set 4
Herb Geller / That Geller Feller / Marable Eyes / Bel Canto / LA 3.14.57
Curtis Counce / You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce / Too Close for Comfort / Contemporary / LA 5.13.57
Walter Huston / September Song / Decca / 1944 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
King Cole Trio / I’m Lost / Excelsior / LA 3.1.43 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Danny Kaye / At the Palace / Anatole of Paris / Decca / Hollywood 12.20.47
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Jonah / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soulful song
Linda Jones / What Have I Done (to Make You Mad) / Loma / 1967

Just Like a Playlist Out of the Sky

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:58:06 +0000

Dakota and her happy beehive.

Coffeetime, September 4, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Hub Cap / Plexus / Blue Note / 4.9.61
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Drive / Sweet Sakeena / Bethlehem / 10.11.57
Joe Venuti’s Rhythm Boys / To To Blues / Parlophone / 9.10.31 / Jimmy Dorsey cl & bari, Joe Venuti vln, Lennie Hayton p & celeste!, Eddie Lang g, Paul Graselli d
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra / I Kiss Your Hand, Madame / HMV / London 1.14.31 / vocal = Sam Browne
Camille Howard / I’m Blue / Specialty / Hollywood 3.1.50
Dakota Staton / Dynamic! / When Sunny Gets Blue / Capitol / 1958

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

set 2
Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / Summertime / Prestige / 11.27.58
Lee Morgan / Candy / All the Way / Blue Note / 11.18.57
Oscar Peterson / Plays the Cole Porter Song Book / Easy to Love / Verve / Chicago summer 1959
Cliff [Ukelele Ike] Edwards / Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky / Columbia / 6.5.28
Mildred Bailey & her Orchestra / The Moon Got in My Eyes / Vocalion / 6.29.37
5 Red Caps / I Learned a Lesson I’ll Never Forget / Beacon / 1944
Gene Phillips & his Rhythm Aces / Superstitious Woman / Modern / LA 1948

set 3
Leo Parker / Let Me Tell You ’Bout It / Blue Leo / Blue Note / 9.9.61
Donald Byrd / Royal Flush / Requiem / Blue Note / 9.21.61
Benjamin “Bull Moose” Jackson & his Buffalo Bearcats / Hold Him Joe / King / 8.45
Savannah Churchill / Is It Too Late / Manor / 7.47 / with the Four Tunes [aka The Sentimentalists]
The Four Buddies / Sweet Slumber / Savoy / 1.13.51
Joe Mooney / The Happiness of Joe Mooney / When Sunny Gets Blue / Columbia / LA 1965

set 4
Chet Baker / Chet Baker Ensemble / Pro Defunctus / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 12.22.53
Lee Konitz / Indian Summer / Prestige / 3.13.51
Julius Watkins / Julius Watkins Sextet, Volume 2 / Garden Delights / Blue Note / 3.20.55
King Cole Trio / It Only Happens Once / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Jesse Belvin / Confusin’ Blues / Specialty / Hollywood 5.7.52
Tom Jones / Live in Las Vegas / Help Yourself / Parrot / Las Vegas 1969
Savannah Churchill / The Devil Sat Down and Cried /Arco (Manor) / 6.50 / with possibly the Striders

last soulful song
Patterson Twins / I Need Your Love / Malaco / Muscle Shoals 1976

Violets for Your Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:58:56 +0000

Please tell us a story, Matt.

Coffeetime, August 28, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Tina Brooks / True Blue / Miss Hazel / Blue Note / 6.25.60
Horace Silver / Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet / The Outlaw / Blue Note / 1.13.58
Golden Gate Orchestra aka California Ramblers / Glad Rag Doll / Edison / 12.26.28
Anson Weeks & his Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra / Fine and Dandy / radio broadcast / San Francisco 1932 / vocal = Rhythmsters Trio
Bing Crosby / Love Is Just Around the Corner / Decca / LA 11.9.34 / with George Stoll & his Orchestra
Martha Davis / The Be-Bop Bounce / Urban / early 1946
Carmen McRae / Book of Ballads / He Was Too Good to Me / Kapp / 1958

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

set 2
John Coltrane / Coltrane / Violets for Your Furs / Prestige / 5.31.57
Bill Evans / Everybody Digs Bill Evans / Young and Foolish / Riverside / 12.15.58
Cozy Cole All-Stars / Just One More Chance / Keynote / 2.22.44
The Four Blackbirds / Louisville Lady / Vocalion [unissued] / 1934
Tiny Bradshaw & his Orchestra / Straighten Up and Fly Right / Regis / 1944
Rosemary Clooney & Bob Hope / Protection / RCA Victor / Hollywood 3.25.59 / with the Gus Levene Orchestra

set 3
Ronnie Mathews / Doin’ the Thang! / The Thang / Prestige / 12.17.63
Bobby Timmons / The Compositions Of Horace Silver / Home Cookin’ / Riverside / 6.18.62
Tadd Dameron Sextet / Lady Bird / Blue Note / 9.13.48
Billie Holiday / The Same Old Story / Okeh / 9.12.39
Jubalaires / Rockin’ Chair / Standard Transcription / 1948
Matt Dennis / Violets for Your Furs / TV broadcast, The Rosemary Clooney Show / Hollywood 6.1.57

set 4
Shelly Manne & His Men / Swinging Sounds / Bea’s Flat / Contemporary / LA 1.56
Art Pepper / Surf Ride / Cinnamon / Savoy / LA 8.25.54
Shorty Rogers & his Orchestra / The Wild One / Chino / RCA Victor / Hollywood 7.14.53 / Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, Ray Leen t, John Graas frh, Paul Sarmento tuba, Jimmy Knepper & Harry Betts tb, Bob Enevoldsen v-tb, Bud Shank, Herb Geller as, Bill Holman & Bill Perkins ts, Jimmy Giuffre & Bob Cooper bs, Russ Freeman p, Joe Mondragon b, Shelly Manne d
King Cole Trio / Please Consider Me / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / Nat King Cole p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Little Milton / Little Milton Sings the Big Blues / Feel So Bad / Checker / Chicago 6.3.66 / Little Milton g & voc, Sonny Thompson p, Phil Upchurch g, Roosevelt Williams b, Maurice White d
Jubalaires / He Understands, He’ll Say “Well Done” / Standard Transcription / 1948

last soulful song
Aretha Franklin / Young, Gifted and Black / April Fools & Rock Steady / Atlantic / 1972

Who Threw the Playlist in the Well?

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:16:58 +0000

Etta!!!! I love your sweater!!!!

Coffeetime, August 21, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Live at The Jazz Corner of the World, vol 2 / Art’s Revelation / Blue Note / 4.15.59
Cannonball Adderley / The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco / Bohemia After Dark / Riverside / The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco 10.59
Bernie Stevens & his Orchestra / Wipin’ the Pan / Edison / 3.19.29 / vocal = Tommy Weir [Billy Murray?]
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / Friendship / Decca / LA 1.11.47 / Jordan as & voc, Aaron Izenhall t, James Wright ts, Wild Bill Davis p, Carl Hogan g, Jesse “Po” Simpkins b, Joe Morris (Chris Columbus) d
Sarah Vaughan / No Count Sarah / Darn That Dream / EmArcy / 8.57

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

set 2
Blue Mitchell / Blue’s Moods / When I Fall in Love / Riverside / 8.24.60
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Music for Lighthousekeeping / Octavia / Contemporary / LA 10.56
Barney Kessel / Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By / My Reverie / Contemporary / 10.15.56
The Three Suns / Crazy Rhythm / V-Disc #616 / Hollywood 1945

Peggy Lee / I’m Beginning to See the Light / MacGregor transcription/ Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra
Delta Rhythm Boys / Bugle Woogie / radio broadcast, CBS Rockin’ Chair Rhythm With Mildred Bailey And The Delta Rhythm Boys / 1941
Eddie Bo / Ain’t It the Truth / Ric / New Orleans 8.22.60 / with Martha Nelson also on vocals
Robert Mitchum / Calypso – Is Like So! / Mama, Looka Boo Boo / Capitol / Hollywood 1957

set 3
Gigi Gryce / The Hap’nin’s / Summertime / New Jazz / 5.3.60
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / My Girl Shirl / Blue Note / 1.25.60
The Five Jones Boys / Love is the Reason / Standard Transcription / circa 1937
Doc Wheeler & his Sunset Orchestra / Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well? / Bluebird / 3.30.42 / vocal = DW & The Hardaway Four
Les McCann / Les McCann Sings / Since I Fell for You / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 8.61 / with orch arranged & directed by Gerald Wilson

set 4
Victor Feldman / Suite Sixteen / Sonar / Contemporary / London 8.19.55
Stan Getz / Chamber Music / Fools Rush In / Roost / 5.5.52
King Cole Trio / I Thought You Ought to Know / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Hadda Brooks / Honey, Honey, Honey / Modern / Hollywood 1947 / Brooks p & voc, Teddy Bunn g, Red Callender b, Al Wichard d
Etta James / Miss Pitiful / Cadet / 6.10.69
Alphabetical Four / What a Friend We Have in Jesus / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
Billy Butler / Thank You Baby / Brunswick / 1967
Ike & Tina Turner / Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You / Loma / 1965

I Only Want a Playlist – Not A Sweetheart

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:58:13 +0000

Nan + Three Syphonettes = Four pretty songbirds. It’s basic arithmetic.

Coffeetime, August 14, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Al Cohn / Al and Zoot / Just You, Just Me / Coral / 3.27.57
Carmell Jones / Business Meetin’ / Cherokee / Pacific Jazz / LA 5.23.62
Chet Baker / Boppin’ with the Chet Baker Quintet / Go-Go / Prestige / 8.65
Bob Chester & his Orchestra / Flinging a Wing Ding / Victor / 9.24.40
Nick Lucas / Let Me Live and Love You Just for Tonight / Brunswick / 6.16.26 / Lucas g, Sammy Stept p
Floyd Dixon / I’m So Worried / Aladdin / Houston 1950
Joe Venuto & his Quartet / Sounds Different! / That’s All / Everest / 1960 / vocal = Sandi Blaine

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

set 2
Herb Ellis / The Midnight Roll / Old Folks / Epic / 1962 / Ellis g, Ray Bryant p, Israel Crosby b, Gus Johnson d
Barry Galbraith / Guitar and the Wind / Portrait of Jennie / Decca / 1.21.58 / Galbraith g, Phil Bodner fl, bcl, Bobby Jaspar fl, Romeo Penque oboe, Spencer Sinatra fl, cl, Eddie Costa celeste!, Milt Hinton b, Osie Johnson d
Vinnie Burke / East Coast Jazz/2 / Yesterdays / Bethlehem / 1955 / Burke b, Ronnie Odrich cl, Don Burns accordion
Don Elliott / Mellophone / My Reverie / Bethlehem / early 1955
Coleman Hawkins & his All Stars / Stardust / HMV / Paris 2.3.35 / Hawkins ts, Stephane Grappelly p, Django Reinhardt g, Eugene d’Hellemmes b, Maurice Chaillou d
Eddie South / My! Oh My! / Victor / Chicago 6.12.33 / vocal = Eddie South, Antonio Spaulding on celeste??
Bill Campbell & his Orchestra / I Want to See My Daddy / Apollo / 11.46 / vocal = Baby Dee
Kay Starr / Jazz Singer / I Only Want a Buddy – Not A Sweetheart / Capitol / Hollywood 1960

set 3
Mundell Lowe / Satan in High Heels soundtrack; Blues for a Stripper / From Mundy On / MGM; Charlie Parker Records / LA 12.22.61 / Lowe g, Clark Terry, Bernie Glow, & Doc Severinsen, Ernie Royal tp, Jimmy Cleveland, George Buster Cooper tb, Walter Levinsky as,fl, Oliver Nelson, & Al Cohn ts, Gene Allen bs, Barry Galbraith g, Eddie Costa p,vb, George Duvivier b, Ed Shaughnessy d
Cal Tjader / Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof / How High the Moon / Verve / 6.22.65
Fred Jackson / Hootin’ ’n‘ Tootin’ / Dippin’ in the Bag / Blue Note / 2.5.62
Fats Navarro / Goin’ to Minton’s / Savoy / 1.29.47
Freddie Rich & his Orchestra / The Bonnie Banks O’ Loch Lomond / Vitaphone film short / 1938 / vocal = Nan Wynn & the Three Symphonettes The Five Royals / Give Me One More Chance / Apollo / 1951
Mel Tormé / It's a Blue World / You Leave Me Breathless / Bethlehem / LA 8.55

set 4
Herbie Mann & Bobby Jaspar / Flute Flight / Bo-Do / Prestige / 3.57 / Mann & Jaspar fl, Tommy Flanagan p, Joe Puma g, Wendell Marshall b, Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Jaspar / There Will Never Be Another You / Barclay / 12.19.56 / Jaspar fl, Michel Hausser p & xylophone, Sadi Lallemand vibes, Jymie Merritt b, Kenny Clarke d
King Cole Trio / Laura / Capitol / Hollywood 7.18.52 / NKC p, John Collins g, Charlie Harris b, Bunny Shawker d
King Cole Trio / Laura / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Page Cavanaugh / Carries the Torch / But Not for Me / Era / Hollywood 1956 / Cavanaugh p & voc, Rod Leftwich g, Jack Smalley b, Bob Stava d
Sam Cooke / My Kind of Blues / But Not for Me / RCA Victor / 5.61
The Soul Stirrers / How Far Am I from Canaan? / Specialty / Hollywood 2.22.52

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

My Kinda Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:57:56 +0000

Wes can carry good sounds directly to your soul.

Coffeetime, August 7, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
The Montgomery Brothers / The Montgomery Brothers & 5 Others / Sound Carrier / World Pacific / Indianapolis 12.30.57 / Freddie Hubbard’s recording debut
Freddie Redd / Redd’s Blues / Now / Blue Note / 1.17.61
Leonard Hayton’s Blue Four / Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere / Brunswick / 3.20.28 / Hayton p, Joe Venuti vn, Fud Livingston cl, & Carl Kress g
Linn Milford & his Hawaiian Singers / In the Moonlight (Think of You, Think of Me) / Regal / London 1.24.30 / duet = Al Bowlly & Len Allen
Cecil Gant Orchestra / Every Minute of Every Hour / Bullet / Nashville 1947
Ruth Price / Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole / Crazy He Calls Me / Contemporary / live, The Manne-Hole, Hollywood 3.61

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

set 2
Barney Kessel / Solo / Alfie / Concord / San Francisco 1981
Coleman Hawkins / Wrapped Tight / And I Still Love You / Impulse! / 2.22.65
Bill Evans & Jim Hall / Undercurrent / Darn That Dream / United Artists / 5.14.62
Frankie Newton & his Café Society / Vamp / Vocalion / 8.15.39
Dorsey Brothers & their Orchestra / My Kinda Love / Okeh / 1.26.29 / vocal = Bing Crosby
Jack Owens / You’re the Only One I Care For / Decca / 7.26.49 / with celeste!
Della Reese / Blue and Orange Birds (And Silver Bells) / Great Lakes / Detroit / 1954 / with Jimmie Hamilton & his Orchestra

set 3
Herbie Mann / Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann / Consolation (Consolaçao) / Atlantic / Rio De Janeiro 10.15.62 / Mann fl, Baden Powell g, Gabriel b
Wayne Shorter / Adam’s Apple / Footprints / Blue Note / 2.66 / Shorter ts, Herbie Hancock p, Reggie Workman b, Joe Chambers d
Teddy Edwards / Wonderful Work / Rex / Hollywood 1948 / Edwards ts, Herbie Harper tb, Hampton Hawes p, Robert “Iggie” Shevak b, Roy Porter d
Skinnay Ennis & his Orchestra / Rain / radio transcription / 1948
The Four Knights / The Glory of Love / Capitol / Hollywood 1951
Frank Sinatra / Young at Heart / Someone to Watch Over Me / Columbia / Hollywood 9.23.54 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra; Bill Miller on celeste!

set 4
Jimmy Giuffre / The Jimmy Giuffre 3 / The Song Is You / Atlantic / LA 1957 / Giuffre ts, Jim Hall g, Ralph Peña b
Bob Brookmeyer / Bob Brookmeyer Quartet / Liberty Belle / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 7.54 / Brookmeyer v tb, John Williams p, Bill Anthony b, Frank Isola d
Aaron Sachs / Aaron Sachs Quintette / One Track / Bethlehem / 11.54 / Sachs ts, Danny Bank bs, Urbie Green tb, Barry Galbraith g, Clyde Lombardi b, Osie Johnson d
King Cole Trio / You Must Be Blind / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.24.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / Baby (Is What He Calls Me) / Capitol / Hollywood 12.27.44 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra: Barbour g, Henry J. "Heinie" Beau, Harold Lawson, Maury Stein cl, Billy May t, Artie Shapiro b, Milt Raskin p, Nick Fatool d
Sam Fletcher / The Look of Love, The Sound of Soul / Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream / Vault / LA 6.67 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Harry Betts
The Bells of Joy / Do Lord Remember Me / Peacock [unissued] / mid-1950s

last soulful song
Aretha Franklin / I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You / Don't Let Me Lose This Dream / Atlantic / Muscle Shoals 1969

Die Dorfmusik (The Village Playlist)

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:06:57 +0000

Stan likes Astrud’s bow.

Coffeetime, July 31, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Sam Jones / The Chant / Four / Riverside / 1.13.61
Art Farmer / Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce / Shabozz / Prestige / 10.21.55
Kenny Burrell / Jazzmen: Detroit / Cotton Tail / Savoy / 5.9.56
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Cover Me up with Sunshine (And Feather My Nest with Love) / Victor / 10.15.26 / vocal = Frank Bessinger
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / Shorty’s Got to Go / Decca / 2.26.46 / vocal = Millinder
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
Dexter Gordon / Landslide / Love Locked Out / Blue Note [unissued] / 5.5.62
Donald Byrd / Byrd in Flight / Little Boy Blue / Blue Note / 1.25.60
Milt Jackson / What’s New / Blue Note / 4.7.52
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / When / Victor / 3.12.28 / vocal = Al Rinker, Austin “Skin” Young, Charles Gaylord, Jack Fulton, & Harry Barris
Comedian Harmonists / Die Dorfmusik (The Village Band) / Electrola / Berlin 2.7.33
Roy Brown / Beautician Blues / DeLuxe / Cincinnati 6.23.50
Nat King Cole / L-O-V-E / L-O-V-E / Capitol / Hollywood 6.3.64 / trumpet solo: Bobby Bryant

set 3
Jimmy Smith / I’m Movin’ On / I'm Movin’ On / Blue Note / 1.31.63
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones [1527] / Billie-Doo / Blue Note / 7.14.56
The Mills Brothers / Sixty Seconds Got Together / Decca / 7.19.38
Peggy Lee / It’s All Over Now / Capitol / Hollywood 7.23.46 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra
Dick Haymes / Moondreams / Moonlight Becomes You / Capitol / 1957

set 4
Jack Millman Sextet / Shades of “Things to Come” / Mother’s Whistler / Liberty / LA 9.55
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / Music for Lighthousekeeping / Latin for Lovers / Contemporary / LA 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
Stan Getz & João Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) / Verve / 3.63 / vocal = Astrud & João Gilberto
Highway QC’s / Jesus is Waiting / I'll See Jesus Too / Vee Jay / 1960

last soulful song
Eddie Holman / I Love You / Am I A Loser / ABC / Philadelphia 1969

(Trouble Ends) Out Where the Playlist Begins

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:59:01 +0000

Lucky, you’ve got an angel of a Klook on your shoulder.

Coffeetime, July 24, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Booker Little / Booker Little and Friend / Looking Ahead / Bethlethm / fall 1961
Kenny Dorham / Afro-Cuban / Minor’s Holiday / Blue Note / 1.30.55
Red Mckenzie & his Mound City Blowers / One Hour (If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight) / Victor / 11.14.29
Russ Columbo / You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love / Victor / 9.3.31 / with Nat Shilkret & his Orchestra
Tubby “Tab” Smith [Talmadge Smith] & his Orchestra / Morning Blues / Southern Records / c. 11.45 / vocal = Frank Galbreath
Honi Gordon / Honi Gordon Sings / Why / Prestige / 3.23.62

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

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Strikes / I Forgot to Remember / Prestige / 9.15.64
Barney Kessel / Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By / Love Is for the Very Young / Contemporary / 12.4.56
Mat Mathews / The Modern Art of Mat Mathews / As Time Goes By / Dawn / 1956
Les Paul Trio / All of Me / V-Disc 616A / 1946
Ted Weems & his Orchestra / (Trouble Ends) Out Where the Blue Begins / Decca / 9.27.36 / vocal = Perry Como
Willie Chinn Orchestra / (Follow the Sun On) Highway 101 / Oliver / Oakland 1945 / vocal = Jerome Richardson
Bette McLaurin / How Can I / Jubilee / 1954 / with Eddie Wilcox Orchestra
Antonio Carlos Jobim / The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim / Favela / Warner Brothers / LA 1965 / with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra

set 3
Freddie Hubbard / Here to Stay / Father and Son / Blue Note / 12.27.62
Bill Hardman / Bill Hardman Quintet / Assunta / Savoy / 10.18.61
Illinois Jacquet & his All Stars / It’s Wild / Aladdin / 9.10.47 / Jacquet ts, Sir Charles Thompson p, John Collins g, Al Lucas b, Shadow Wilson d
Melody Masters / Subway Cutie / Apollo / 1947
Jo Stafford / I’m So Right Tonight / Capitol / Hollywood / 5.9.47 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Johnny Hartman / The Debonair Mr. Hartman: All of Me / Tenderly / Bethlehem / 1956 / with Frank Hunter & the Bethlehem Orchestra

set 4
Vince Guaraldi / A Boy Named Charlie Brown / Baseball Theme / Fantasy / San Francisco 1964
Lennie Niehaus / Volume 1, “The Quintets” / Poinciana / Contemporary / LA 1.20.56
Lil Armstrong & her Swing Orchestra / Just a Thrill / Decca / 10.27.36

King Cole Trio / You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love / MacGregor Transcription / Hollywood 1.45 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b

Alton Ellis / Sings Rock and Soul / Get Ready / Coxsone / Kingston, Jamaica 1967

Tom Jones / Once Upon a Time / Parrot / 1965
The Trumpeteers / So Many Years / Grand / Philadelphia late 1954

last soulful song
Barbara Lewis / Hello Stranger / Atlantic / 1.63

I’d Like to Dunk You in My Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:09:31 +0000

Got to see Lulu swing as hard as this just a few years ago, thanks to dear Alex.

Coffeetime, July 17, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Peckin’ Time / Stretchin’ Out / Blue Note / 2.9.58
Sonny Clark / Sonny’s Crib / Speak Low / Blue Note / 9.1.57
Little Jack Little / I’d Like to Dunk You in My Coffee / Columbia / Hollywood 12.7.34 / from Paramount short Calling All Stars
The Cats & the Fiddle / Nothing / Bluebird / 7.31.40
Jimmy Liggins & his Drops of Joy / Teardrop Blues / Specialty / Hollywood 12.23.47
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Sings Gerswhin / Maybe / Decca / 9.12.50 / with Ellis Larkins on piano

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

set 2
Lee Morgan / Volume 3 [1557] / I Remember Clifford / Blue Note / 3.24.57
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra / Under Analysis / In a Mist / RCA Victor / 1957 / feature for Joe Venuto on vibes (or xylophone?)
Pete Brown Sextet / Jazz Kaleidoscope / Moonlight in Vermont / Bethlehem / 11.16.54
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Talk to Me / Victor / 11.3.30 / vocal = Don Redman
Martha Raye / The Voice / Ooh, Dr. Kinsey / Discovery / 1950
Little Willie John / Talk to Me, Talk to Me / King / 1.4.58

set 3
Lou Donaldson / Mr. Shing-A-Ling / The Shadow of Your Smile / Blue Note / 10.27.67

Wayne Shorter / Introducing Wayne Shorter / Mack the Knife / Vee Jay / 9.9.59
Alvino Rey & his Orchestra / I’m So Right Tonight / radio broadcast / 1946 / vocal = Betty Bennett
The Four Vagabonds / My Heart Cries for You / Miracle / 10.49
Sammy Davis Jr. / Sammy Davis Jr. Sings, Laurindo Almeida Plays / Where Is Love? / Reprise / Las Vegas 6.11.66

set 4
The Four Brothers / …Together Again! / Four in Hand / RCA Victor / 2.11.57
Jack Sheldon / The Quartet & The Quintet [Jack Sheldon Quintet with Zoot Sims] / Beach-Wise / Jazz:West / Hollywood 4.4.55 / Sheldon t, Zoot Sims ts, Walter Norris p, Bob Whitlock b, Lawrence Marable d
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Men Play “Peter Gunn” / A Profound Gass / Contemporary / LA 1.59
King Cole Trio / Baby / MacGregor radio Transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b; composed by Kay Butler
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Rock With It / RCA Victor / 7.20.49
Golden Gate Quartet / Born Ten Thousand Years Ago / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soulful song
Jackie DeShannon / This Is Jackie DeShannon / What the World Needs Now Is Love / Imperial / LA 3.17.65
Jerry Goldsmith / Theme song to Room 222 / TV Theme / Hollywood 1969

Burt Bacharach / Nikki / A&M / Hollywood 1971

Back Yard Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:55:21 +0000

Fly on, baby, fly on….

Coffeetime, July 10, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Jerome Richardson / Roamin’ with Richardson / Up at Teddy’s Hill / New Jazz / 10.21.59
Louis Hayes / Louis Hayes / Rip De Boom [alt] / Vee Jay / 4.30.60 / Hayes d, Nat Adderley cornet, Yusef Lateef ts, Barry Harris p, Sam Jones b
Marion McKay & his Orchestra / Doo Wacka Do / Gennett / 12.17.24
Ben Pollack & his Park Central Orchestra / My Kinda Love (One Way to Paradise) / Victor / 3.5.29 / vocal = Ben Pollack
Jack McVea & his Band / Dirty Money Blues / Rhythm Records / San Francisco 1944 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant & Betty Roché; McVea ts, Cappy Oliver t, Bob Mosely p, Frank Clarke b, Tarrant d
Nancy Wilson / Just for Now / Alfie / Capitol / Hollywood 3.66

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

set 2
Sonny Rollins / Soundtrack to Alfie / He’s Younger Than You Are / Impulse! / 1.26.66
Duke Pearson / Profile / I’m Glad There Is You / Blue Note / 10.25.59
Buddy Collette / Everybody’s Buddy / I Still Love You / Challenge / Hollywood 5.13.57 / Collette fl, Gerald Wiggins p, Howard Roberts g, Eugene Wright b, Bill Richmond d
Stuff Smith / I Wrote My Song / Verve / Hollywood 2.5.57 / Smith v, Carl Perkins p, Red Callendar b, Oscar Bradley d
Don Redman & his Orchestra / I Wanna Be Loved / Brunswick / 1.5.34 / vocal = Harlan Lattimore
Betty Hall Jones / Make Me Know It / Atomic / LA late 1946 / Jones p & voc, Maxwell Davis ts, Buddy Harper g, Ralph Hamilton b, Bob Harvey d
Johnny “Guitar” Watson & his Orchestra / I Love to Love You / RPM / LA 1955
Pat Miller / Dance of the Goony Bird / Harmad / Hollywood 1956 / with Hall Daniels & The Naturals

set 3
Ben Webster & [Harry] “Sweets” Edison / Wanted to Do One Together / Kitty / Columbia / 6.62
Joe Newman / I Feel Like a Newman / Sweetie Cake / Storyville / 4.56
Sonny Thompson & his Orchestra / Back Yard Affair / Miracle / Chicago 6.49 / Thompson p, Floyd Jones tp, unknown ts, Dick Davis ts, unknown g, Curtis Ferguson b, Sonny Cole d
The Ink Spots / It’s Funny to Everyone but Me / Decca / 5.17.39
Martha Tilton & Harry Babbitt / Let’s Get Away From It All / Coral / 1950
Kenny Burrell / Weaver of Dreams / Until the Real Thing Comes Along / Columbia / 10.18.60

set 4
Marty Paich / Gene Norman Presents The Marty Paich Octet / Tenors West / GNP / Hollywood 11.9.55 / Conte Candoli t, Bob Cooper ts, Harry Klee as, Bob Enevoldsen tb, Jack Dulong bs, Paich p, Joe Mondragon b, Art Mardigan d
Lester Young / Lester Young With the Oscar Peterson Trio [The President Plays] / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love / Norgran / 11.28.52 / Young ts, Peterson p, Barney Kessel g, Ray Brown b, J. C. Heard d
Benny Carter / Alto Saxes / You Took Advantage of Me / Norgran / Hollywood 1954 / Carter as, Oscar Peterson p, Herb Ellis g, Ray Brown b, Bobby White d
King Cole Trio / You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) / Capitol / Hollywood 5.1.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b; reached number 10 for a week on the pop charts
June Christy & the Kentones / Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 12.13.45
Esther Phillips / And I Love Him! / Girl from Ipanema / Atlantic / 1966
The Chosen Gospel Singers / When I Get Home / Specialty / Hollywood 4.28.54

last soulful song
Delegates of Soul / What a Lucky Guy I Am / Uplook / Philadelphia 1970
Major Lance / Gonna Get Married / Okeh / Chicago 1964

Ten Thousand Playlists

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:57:19 +0000

You sparkle, Alice.

Coffeetime, July 3, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Ron Jefferson / Love Lifted Me / Little One / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.27.61
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / [Just Coolin’] / M&M / Blue Note / 3.8.59 / Hank Mobley ts, Lee Morgan t, Bobby Timmons p, Jymie Merritt b, Blakey d
Milt Jackson / Milt Jackson [10”] / On the Scene / Blue Note / 4.7.52
The Devonshire Restaurant Dance Band [Bert Firman] / Sax Appeal / Zonophone / Hayes, Middlesex 5.26.27
Victor Young & his Orchestra / ’Way Back Home / Decca / 1935 / vocal = Milton Watson
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / It’s a Hit / Specialty / LA 12.20.47 / vocal = Camille Howard
Pat Moran / The Pat Moran Quartet / A Sunday Kind of Love / Bethlehem / Hollywood 5.56 / vocal = Bev Kelly; Moran p, John Doling b, Johnny Whited d; cover design = Leichman & Seide

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

set 2
Stéphane Grappelli & Bucky Pizzarelli / Duet / Willow Weep for Me / Disque Black and Blue / Nice, France 7.15.79
Clark Terry / Top and Bottom Brass / A Sunday Kind of Love / Riverside / 2.59
Bill Evans / Waltz for Debby / Some Other Time / Riverside / live, Village Vanguard 6.25.61
Chet Baker / The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker / Moon Love / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 10.3.53
Teddy Bunn & Spencer Williams / Tampa Twirl / Victor / 4.7.30
Floyd Dixon & His Brown Buddies / You Need Me Now / Supreme / LA 1949 / Dixon p & voc, Mitchell “Tiny” Webb g, Eddie Williams b, Ellis “Slow” Walsh d
Bixie Crawford / I’m Still in Love with You / United / Chicago 2.12.53 / Joe Newman t, Ernie Wilkins as, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis ts, Charlie Fowlkes bs, Gene Ramey b, Gus Johnson d, unknown p
Dean Martin / Ten Thousand Bedrooms / Capitol / Hollywood 1957 / from the MGM movie by the same name, Dean’s first movie without Jerry

set 3
Brother Jack McDuff / Do It Now! / Summer Samba (Samba de Verao) / Atlantic / 12.15.66
Harold Vick / Steppin’ Out! / Our Miss Brooks / Blue Note / 5.27.63 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppin%27_Out!
Willie Smith Six / Windjammer / Sunset / LA 11.5.45 / Smith as, Buddy Childers t, Vido Musso ts, Andre Previn p, Eddie Safranski b, Lee Young d
Alice Faye / There’s a Lull in My Life / Brunswick / Hollywood 1937 / orchestra directed by Cy Feuer; recorded for the 20th Century Fox movie “Wake Up and Live”
The Four Knights / Cry / Capitol / Hollywood 1951
Don Nelson / The Wind / Gone with the Wind / Mode / Hollywood 7.57 / Nelson voc & recorder, Jimmy Rowles celeste, Leroy Vinnegar b, Stan Levey d

set 4
Googie [Leon] René / Romesville! / Cool It at the Coliseum / Class / LA 1959
Russ Garcia / Wigville / Livin’ It Up / Bethlehem / 1955 https://www.discogs.com/release/3749234-srsltid=AfmBOopbtQGRHXKAnF0Q2o3AFAkJxSmE0RaDxhW0MpLPMmkX3HT5y-4T
Herb Ellis / Three Guitars in Bossa Nova Time / Sweet Dreams / Epic / LA 1963
King Cole Trio / Baby, Baby All the Time [alt] / Capitol / Hollywood 4.17.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Peggy Lee / Fools Rush In / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 5.14.46 / with Buddy Cole’s Four of a Kind
Anita O’Day & Billy May / Swing Rodgers and Hart / I Could Write a Book / Verve / Hollywood 6.8.60 / Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey tp, Ed Kusby, Murray McEachern, Tommy Pederson, Bill Schaefer tb, Wilbur Schwartz, Ted Nash as, Justin Gordon, Fred Fallensby ts, Chuck Gentry bs, Joe Castro p, Al Hendrickson g, Ralph Pena b, Irv Cottler d
The Royal Sons Quintet / Journey’s End / Apollo / Fries Auditorium, Winston-Salem Teachers College, NC 8.51 / aka The 5 Royales

last soulful song
Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin / Show Me the Way to Go / Brunswick / 1968

I’ve Got a Playlist Filled with Love (For You Dear)

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:02:01 +0000

He’s so dreamy. That’s all.

Coffeetime, June 26, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Barry Harris / Luminescence! / Luminescence / Prestige / 4.20.67
Harold Land / Eastward Ho! / On a Little Street in Singapore / Jazzland / 7.5.60
Ambrose & his Orchestra / Sugar Is Back in Town / Decca [unissued] / Chenil Galleries, Chelsea, London 6.2.29
Bert Firman’s Dance Orchestra / Together, We Two / Zonophone / Hayes, Middlesex, England 3.8.28 / vocal = Rudy Starita (vib, d)
Don Byas & Las Estrellas de “Ritmo & Melodia” / Janine / Gramophone / Barcelona 10.11.47 / vocal = Louie Williams
Bev Kelly / Love Locked Out / Love, Look Away / Riverside / 10.59 / with celeste!

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

set 2
Bill Evans / Everybody Digs Bill Evans / Lucky to Be Me / Riverside / 12.15.58 / piano solo
Bill Hardman / Jackie’s Pal / It Could Happen to You / Prestige / 8.31.56
Milt Bernhardt / Modern Brass / London in July / RCA Victor / 3.4.55
Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra / Flapperette / Victor / 1.7.27
Lofner-Harris St. Francis Hotel Orchestra / I Got the Ritz (From the One I Love) / Victor / San Francisco 10.13.31 / vocal = Phil Harris
Al (Stomp) Russell Trio / Down the Road a Piece / DeLuxe / early 1946
Etta Jones / Ain’t No Hurry, Baby (With a Gal Like Me) / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J.C. Heard & his Orchestra
Bobby “Blue” Bland / You Got Me (Where You Want Me) / Duke / 1958

set 3
Donald Byrd / Chant / You’re Next / Blue Note [unissued] / 4.17.61
Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quartette / Mean to Me / King / 6.14.58
Ben Webster Sextet / Randle’s Island / EmArcy / LA 12.27.51
Major Glen Miller & The Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / I’ve Got a Heart Filled with Love (For You Dear) / V-Disc #381A / 5.13.44 / with vocal = Sgt. Johnny Desmond & The Crew Chiefs
The Ravens / I’ll Be Back / EmArcy / 12.52
Charlie Ventura / East of Suez / Baby, Baby All the Time / Regent / 1947 / vocal = Buddy Stewart

set 4
Conte & Pete Candoli / The Brothers Candoli / Fascinating Rhythm / Dot / LA 5.57
Bob Cooper / Shifting Winds / All or Nothing at All / Capitol / Hollywood 6.14.55
Dave Brubeck / Trolley Song / Fantasy / San Francisco 1954
King Cole Trio / Baby, Baby All the Time / Capitol / Hollywood 4.11.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Rosemary Clooney / You Started Something / Columbia / 12.23.47 / with Tony Pastor & his Orchestra / with celeste!
Ricky Nelson / Songs By Ricky / That’s All / Imperial / LA 6.9.59
The Jubalaires / When the Moon Goes Down / Standard transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
Willie Tee / Walking Up a One Way Street / Atlantic [Nola] / New Orleans 1965

Makin’ Faces at the Playlist in the Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:57:41 +0000

!!! Live, not lip-synch’d !!!

Coffeetime, June 19, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Hard Bop / Cranky Spanky / Columbia / 12.56
Gigi Gryce / Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet / Wake Up! / Riverside / 3.7.57
Clifford Brown / Clifford Brown & Max Roach / Daahoud (alt take) / EmArcy / 8.54
Savoy Bearcats / Hot Notes / Victor / 10.11.26
Rube Bloom & His Bayou Boys / Mysterious Mose / Columbia / 4.9.30 / vocal = Roy Evans
Four Tones & Eddie Beal Trio / Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat / Bluebird / 10.10.41
Ethel Ennis / Once Again… / One Man Woman / RCA Victor / 1964

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

set 2
Les Spann / Gemini / There Is No Greater Love / Jazzland / 12.8.60
Clark Terry / Duke with a Difference / Mood Indigo / Jazzland / 9.6.57
Mary Osborne / A Girl & Her Guitar / Body & Soul / Warwick / 1959 / Osborne g, Tommy Flanagan p, Tommy Potter b, Jo Jones d
Larry Adler / They Can’t Take That Away from Me / Columbia / London 6.3.37 / with Carroll Gibbons & his Orchestra
The Boswell Sisters / Makin’ Faces at the Man in the Moon / Brunswick / 8.17.31 / with The New Yorkers (with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey)
Billie Holiday / As Time Goes By (take 2) / Commodore / 4.1.44 / with Eddie Heywood & his Orchestra
Osie Johnson & his Orchestra / A Bit of the Blues / All I Want Is My Clothes / RCA Victor / 1956 / vocal = Osie Johnson

set 3
Billy Mitchell / This Is Billy Mitchell / Tamra / Smash / Chicago 10.30.62
John Wright / South Side Soul / Sin Corner / Prestige / 8.30.60
Dave Burns / Dave Burns / Secret Love / Vanguard / 6.62 / Burns t, Herbie Morgan ts, Kenny Barron p, Steve Davis b, Edgar Bateman d
The Mills Brothers / Just a Kid Named Joe / Decca / 8.18.38
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / My Fantasy / Victor / 1940 / vocal = Pauline Byrne
Arthur Prysock / Arthur Prysock and Count Basie / I’m Lost / Verve / 1965

set 4
Lou Levy / Jazz in Four Colors / Imagination / RCA Victor / LA 4.2.56 / Levy p, Larry Bunker vb, Leroy Vinnergar b, Stan Levey d
Hal McKusick / Cross Section – Saxes / The Last Day of Fall / Decca / 4.7.58 / McKusick as, Dick Hafer & Frank Socolow ts, Jay Cameron bari, Bill Evans p, Paul Chambers b, Connie Kay d
Oscar Moore / Presenting Oscar Moore / To a Wild Rose / Omegatape / LA 12.12, 14.56 / Oscar Moore rhythm guitar with overdubbed solo guitar, Leroy Vinnegar b
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / Capitol / Hollywood 3.6.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Robert Clary / Hooray for Love / Love Is a Simple Thing / Epic / 1956
The Wright Brothers Gospel Singers / Gospel Train / Okeh / Texas 1940

last soulful song
Maurice & the Radiants / You’ve Been Cheating / live, The !!!! Beat / Dallas 1966

When My Little Playlist Met Your Little Pekinese

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:56:11 +0000

I love Bobby Van even if Tommy Rall doesn’t!

Coffeetime, June 12, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / Goin’ Up Up Up / Karioka / Blue Note / 11.6.60
Thad Jones / The Magnificent Thad Jones / Thadrack / Blue Note / 2.2.57
Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels / West End Blues / Champion / Richmond, IN 2.11.29
Al Bowlly / When My Little Pomeranian Met Your Little Pekinese / HMV / London 5.10.33 / duet with Frances Day, with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / When I Meander in the Meadow / RCA Victor [unissued] / 1949 / vocal = Lee Barnes / Johnny & Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Dinah Washington / Crazy He Calls Me / EmArcy / LA 8.14.54 / with Clifford Brown All Stars

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

set 2
Lee Morgan / Charisma / Rainy Night / Blue Note / 9.29.66
Paul Desmond / Imagination / RCA Victor [unissued] / 3.15.62
Flip Phillips / Flip Phillips – Buddy Rich Trio / I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / Clef / 12.14.52
Hoagy Carmichael / Stardust / V-Disc 536A / Hollywood 8.13.45
Don Redman & his Orchestra / The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring / Victor / 3.23.39 / Eddie Williams voc & ts
The Charioteers / The Cowboy Serenade (When I’m Rollin’ My Last Cigarette) / Okeh / 7.7.41
T-Bone Walker & his Band / The Hustle Is On / Imperial / LA 4.5.50
Ann Miller, Bob Fosse, Bobby Van, & Tommy Rall / From this Moment On / MGM / Hollywood 6.18.53 / from film “Kiss Me Kate”

set 3
Freddie Hubbard / Backlash / On the Que-Tee / Atlantic / 10.19.66
Hank Jones / Bluebird / Alpha / Savoy / 11.1.55
Julian Dash / Goin’ Along / Mello-Roll / 12.50
Blue Barron & his Orchestra / Somebody Nobody Knows / transcription / 1938 / vocal = Russ Carlyle
Savannah Churchill / That's My Affair / Victor / 12.51 / with The Striders
Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael / Memphis in June / Pacific Jazz / LA 9.10.56 / Jimmy Rowles celeste!

set 4
Lennie Niehaus / Lennie Niehaus, Vol 5 / Thou Swell / Contemporary / LA 1.56
Paul Smith / By the Fireside / S’Wonderful / Savoy / LA 4.18.50
King Cole Trio / I Realize Now / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / NKC p & celeste!, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
The Larks / I Live True to You / Apollo / 2.18.52
Vikki Carr / It Must Be Him / Alfie / Liberty / LA 1967
The Soul Stirrers / He’ll Make a Way / Specialty / Hollywood 3.2.54

last soulful song
Gladys Knight & the Pips / Neither One of Us / Soul / 12.72

My Fine, Feathered Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:02:51 +0000

Doris, s’wonderful when you sing… or act!

Coffeetime, June 5, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley, et al / The Prestige All Stars – Tenor Conclave / Tenor Conclave / Prestige / 9.7.56
Freddie Redd / San Francisco Suite / Minor Interlude / Riverside / 10.2.57
Sydney Kyte & his Piccadilly Hotel Band / Me / Regal / 1931 / vocal = The Three Ginx
Mel Walker / Sunset to Dawn / Savoy / LA 8.12.50 / with Johnny Otis Orchestra
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
Sonny Rollins / The Sound of Sonny / What Is There to Say / Riverside / 6.57
The 3 Sounds / Feelin’ Good / It Could Happen to You / Blue Note / 6.28.60
Django Reinhardt et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France / Django’s Dream (Rêverie) / Vogue / Paris 1950
Erskine Butterfield / Part Time Boogie / radio transcription / 8.17.44
The Ramblers / My Fine, Feathered Friend / Decca / Casino Hamdorff, Laren, Netherlands 3.24.38 / vocal = Greta Keller
Lucky Millinder & his Orchestra / I Want a Tall Skinny Papa / Decca / 2.18.42 / vocal = Sister Rosetta Tharpe & ensemble
Inez Jones / Have You Met Inez Jones? / Happy / Riverside / Berkeley 5.27.57 / with Oscar Moore g
Yves Montand / Yves Montand Sings / Tournesol / Decca / 1951

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / Stanley Turrentine with The 3 Sounds / Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You / Blue Note / 12.16.60
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins / Oz – The Wizard / Savoy / 3.30.55
Allen Eager / All Night All Frantic / Savoy / 7.15.47
Golden Gate Quartet / Shoo Shoo Baby / AFRS Jubilee radio broadcast / c. 1943
Doris Day & Buddy Clark / My Darling, My Darling / Columbia / 9.22.48

Stan Getz & João Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / O Grande Amor / Verve / 3.18, 19.63 / vocal = João Gilberto

set 4
Barney Kessel / The Poll Winners Ride Again! / Be Deedle Dee Do / Contemporary / LA 8.58
Joe Roland / Joe Roland / Sweet Lorraine / Bethlehem / 3.55
King Cole Trio / Monday Again / Capitol [unissued] / 12.29.47 / NKC p, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b

Bill Johnson & his Musical Notes / Pretty Eyed Baby / RCA Victor / 1947

Little Milton / Blues ’n’ Soul / Hard Luck Blues / Stax / Memphis 1974
Golden Gate Quartet / NBC Thesaurus radio broadcast / Show Me the Way / radio transcription / fall 1941

last soulful song
George Jackson / Till I Find Some Way / Malaco / Muscle Shoals 1978

In the Playlist of Forget-Me-Nots

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:00:55 +0000

Such a gentleman, Fred… averting your eyes from Cyd’s undies.

Coffeetime, May 22, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Charlie Persip / Right Down Front / Sevens / Bethlehem / 4.2.60
Benny Golson / Benny Golson and the Philadelphians / Stablemates / United Artists / 11.17.58
Juan Tizol & his Orchestra / Keb-Lah / Keynote / LA 4.2.46
Jack Jackson & his Orchestra / Most of Ev’ry Day / HMV / London 10.25.34 / vocal = Fred Latham
Charles Brown & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / I Want to Fool Around with You / Aladdin / LA 12.18.53
Sarah Vaughan / After Hours at the London House / I’ll String Along with You / Mercury / live, London House, Chicago 3.7.58

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

set 2
Mal Waldron / Impressions / All the Way / New Jazz / 3.20.59
Coleman Hawkins / And Confrères / Cocktails for Two [unissued track] / Verve / LA 10.16.57
Stan Getz / Groovin’ High / Body and Soul / Crown [Modern] / Civic Auditorium, Pasadena 6.23.47
Joe Venuti / Laura / radio transcription, Bing Crosby GE show / LA 1952-53 season (when Venuti was a regular) / with guest Jack Benny
Bandanna Girls [Mozelle France & Mae Hopkins] / Baby Would You Dare / Decca / 1.24.39
Claude Thornhill & his Orchestra / Dinner for Two / In the Garden of Forget-Me-Nots /RCA Camden / 1956 / vocal = Russ McIntyre
Todd Rhodes & his Toddlers / Good Man / King / Cincinnati 5.24.51 / vocal = Kitty Stevenson

set 3
Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith / Blue Bash! / Blue Bash / Verve / 7.16, 25, 29.63
Cal Tjader / A Night at the Blackhawk / I Hadn’t Anyone Till You / Fantasy /San Francisco winter 1959 cover design by Ed Renfro
Lucky Thompson’s All Stars / Why Not / Exclusive / LA 9.45
Ella Mae Morse / The Thrill Is Gone / Capitol / Hollywood 7.20.42
The Robins / I Found Out My Troubles / Savoy [unissued] / LA 1.11.50 / with Johnny Otis & his Orchestra
Fred Astaire / The Astaire Story / Dancing in the Dark / Clef / Hollywood 12.52

set 4
Bobby Scott / Bobby Scott and Two Horns / Myrt / ABC-Paramount / 10.56
Jimmy Rowles / Let’s Get Acquainted with Jazz / Tea for Two / Tampa /LA 1957
Buddy Collette / Calm, Cool, & Colette / Perfidia / ABC-Paramount / LA 1.24.57
Johnny Mercer / One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Capitol / Hollywood 7.25.46 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Jimmy Ricks / Jimmy Ricks / Old Man River / Signature / 1961
The Jubalaires / Sampson and Delilah / Standard Transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
Lee Jones & the Sounds of Soul [The Masqueraders] / Poor Boy’s Dream / La Beat [unissued] / Detroit 1967

A Favor for a Girl (With a Love Sick Playlist)

noreply@blogger.com (Angelynn Grant) — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:59:06 +0000

I like your suit and ruffled blouse, Mabel!

Coffeetime, May 15, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / A Caddy for Daddy / 3rd Time Around / Blue Note / 12.18.65
Horace Silver / The Stylings of Silver / The Back Beat / Blue Note / 5.8.57
Larry Clinton & his Orchestra / Glen Island Hop / radio broadcast / Glen Island Casino, New Rochelle, NY 1937
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra / Blue Eyes / HMV / London 5.11.28 / vocal = Paul England
The Four Aces / Cherie / Trilon / 7.47
Martha Davis / Martha Davis and Spouse / Blue Turning Gray Over You / ABC-Paramount / 1958

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
Rene Thomas / Guitar Groove / How Long Has This Been Going On? / Jazzland / 9.7-8.60
Sonny Stitt / Burnin’ / Lover Man / Argo / Chicago 1960
Georgia White / Trouble in Mind / Decca / Chicago 5.12.36 / with Les Paul
Mabel Scott / Good Lookin’ Fella / Exclusive / LA 1947
Ella Fitzgerald with the Mills Brothers / I Gotta Have My Baby Back / Decca / 1949
Dean Martin / You Can’t Love ’Em All / You Can’t Love ’Em All / Capitol / Hollywood 1959

set 3
Louis Smith / Here Comes Louis Smith / Brill’s Blues / Blue Note / 2.9.57
Johnny Costa / Introducing… Johnny Costa / Manhattan / Savoy / 2.26.55
Geraldo & his Orchestra / Just Let Me Look at You / HMV / London 8.9.38 / vocal = Cyril Grantham
Mills Brothers / Rhythm Saved the World / Decca / 6.23.36
Bobby Troup / Stars of Jazz / I’m Thru with Love / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1958

set 4
Howard Roberts / Color Him Funky / Days of Wine and Roses / Capitol / Hollywood 2.12, 13.63
Lyle Murphy / Gone with the Woodwinds! / Seismograph / Contemporary / LA 8.16.55
Shorty Rogers / Shorty Rogers Courts the Count / Jump for Me / RCA Victor / LA 2.2.54
Steve Gibson & the Original Red Caps / Shame / RCA Victor / Hollywood 2.1.51
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra / The Sound of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra / Love Is a Simple Thing / RCA Victor / 1954 / vocal = Joe Mooney & the Doodlers [Sally Sweetland & Lillian Clark]
The Royal Sons Quintet (The 5 Royales) / Come Over Here / Apollo / 1952

last soulful song
Brenda Holloway / A Favor for a Girl (With a Love Sick Heart) / Tamla / Detroit 1964

Major Lance / Hey Little Girl / Okeh / 8.14.63