Coffeetime

My Fine, Feathered Playlist

2026-06-05T16:02:51.300-04:00

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

2026-05-22T16:00:55.839-04:00

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)

2026-05-15T15:59:06.523-04:00

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

Give Me a Playlist for Tomorrow

2026-05-08T16:03:00.000-04:00

Don Barreto knew that lacy ruffles on the end of sleeves would be top fashion in 2026.

Coffeetime, May 8, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Harold Land / The Fox / The Fox / Contemporary / LA 8.59
Joe Gordon / Introducing Joe Gordon / Grasshopper / EmArcy / 9.8.54
Clifford Jordan / Spellbound / Toy / Riverside / 8.10.60
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / Lonely Troubadour / Victor / 8.21.29
Dinah Washington / Chewin’ Mama Blues / Apollo / LA 12.10, 12, 13.45 / with Lucky Thompson’s All Stars
June Christy / Ballads for Night People / I Had a Little Sorrow / Capitol / LA 1959 / from the poem The Penitent by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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

set 2
Wes Montgomery / Guitar on the Go / Dreamsville / Riverside / 10.10.59
Bobby Timmons / From the Bottom / Someone to Watch Over Me / Riverside / early 1964
Max Roach / The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley / I’m a Fool to Want You / Debut / 4.21.53
Adolph Hofner & his Texans / I’ll Keep My Old Guitar / Bluebird / Blue Bonnet Hotel, San Antonio 10.25.38
The Cats & the Fiddle / I’m Afraid of You / Manor / 1948
Anita O’Day / Key Largo / Signature / LA winter 1947-48 / with Benny Carter & his Orchestra
Dick Van Dyke / Songs I Like / They All Laughed / Command / Hollywood 1963

set 3
Jack McDuff / The Honeydripper / Blues and Tonic / Prestige / 2.3.61
Sonny Criss / Jazz USA / West Coast Blues / Imperial / LA early 1956
Paul Quinichette / The Vice ‘Pres’ / Crew Cut / EmArcy / 1.30.52
Frank Sinatra / The Song Is You / V-Disc 689A / 2.13.46 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra; introduction by Bob Hope
The Four Rockets / Loch Lomond / Aladdin / 1948
Mel Tormé / At The Red Hill / In Other Words / Atlantic / live, Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ 3.62

set 4
Shelly Manne / Shelly Manne & his Men at the Manne-Hole, volume 1 / Love for Sale / Contemporary / live, Shelly’s Manne-Hole, Hollywood 3.3-5.61

Dick McDonough / Honeysuckle Rose /private recording / late 1934

Don Barreto et son Orchestre Cubain / Ojos Verdes / Decca / London 7.15.32
Frankie Laine / Rockin’ / Give Me a Kiss for Tomorrow / Columbia / 1957 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Sam Cooke / Encore / Oh, Look at Me Now / Keen / LA 1958 / with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra
Soul Stirrers / Touch the Hem of His Garment / Specialty / Hollywood 2.2.56

last soulful song
Honey & the Bees / Help Me (Get Over My Used to Be Lover) / Josie / Philadelphia 1970

She’s Just Another Playlist

2026-05-01T15:59:00.001-04:00

Buddy’s excited by his groovy sweater combo.

Coffeetime, May 1, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Lee Morgan / The Cooker / Just One of Those Things / Blue Note / 9.29.57
Benny Golson / The Modern Touch / Hymn to the Orient / Riverside / 12.19.57
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra / Wang-Wang Blues / Victor / 8.9.20
Ambrose & his Orchestra / Dear Little Café / Decca / London 7.30.29 / vocal = Eddie Grossbart
Ivory Joe Hunter & his Orchestra / Boogin’ in the Basement / Pacific / San Francisco/Oakland 1946
Teri Thornton / Devil May Care / What’s New? / Riverside / 1.10.61

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

set 2
Richie Kamuca / Richie Kamuca Quartet / What’s New / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Red Garland / Volume 1 / Prestige Moodsville / Stella by Starlight / 12.11.59 / with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, who sits out on this tune
Serge Chaloff / Blue Serge / Stairway to the Stars / Capitol / LA 3.4.56
Taft Jordan & The Mob / If the Moon Turns Green / Vocalion / 2.21.35
Buck & Bubbles / Breakfast in Harlem / Columbia / London 10.5.36 / Buck p & celeste!, Bubbles voc & d, David Raskin cl
The Three Peppers / Oo-Mommy-O / Gotham / Philadelphia 12.1.49
The Flamingos / You Ain’t Ready / Chance / Chicago 1953 / with Red Holloway’s Orchestra
Anthony Newley / The Genius of Anthony Newley / She’s Just Another Girl / London / 1966

set 3
John Wright / Mr. Soul / Strut / Prestige / 4.10.62
Herbie Hancock / Takin’ Off / Driftin’ / Blue Note / 3.28.62
Ivory Joe Hunter / Siesta with Sonny / King / Cincinnati 12.5.47
Blue Barron & his Orchestra / I Guess I’ll Have to Dream the Rest / radio broadcast / 1941 / vocal = Jimmy Brown
The Five Breezes / My Buddy Blues / Bluebird / Chicago 11.15.40
Buddy Greco / Hang Your Hat at Mister Kelly’s / One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Coral / live at Mister Kelly’s, Chicago 7.24.55

set 4
Jack Sheldon / Jack’s Groove / I’m Also a Person / GNP / LA 7.57
Herbie Harper / Herbie Harper Quintet / Pick Yourself Up / Tampa / LA 6.15.55 / Harper tb, Bob Enevoldsen ts & v.tb, Don Overburg g, Red Mitchell b, Frank Capp d
Les Paul Trio / I’ve Found a New Baby / V-Disc 751B / Hollywood 1947
The Modernaires / Dig-Dig-Dig for Your Dinner / Columbia / 6.14.50 / with Les Brown & his Band of Renown
Doris Day / Tea for Two [10 inch EP “Songs from the Warner Bros. Technicolor production”] / I Know That You Know / Columbia / Hollywood 1950 / with Gene Nelson (“dance effects & songs”) & the Page Cavanaugh Trio (Cavanaugh p, Al Viola g, Lloyd Pratt b) & the Ken Lane Singers
Otis Rush / All Your Love (I Miss Loving) / Cobra / Chicago 1958 / with Willie Dixon
Flying Clouds of Detroit / Journey to the Sky / JVB / Detroit early 1950s

last soulful song
Jackie Wilson / You Got Me Walking / Brunswick / 1972

Give Me a Playlist

2026-04-25T11:00:00.001-04:00

Louie making happy sounds because Pearl’s on the show, too!

Coffeetime, April 24, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Conte Candoli & Lou Levy / West Coast Wailers / Lover Come Back to Me / Atlantic / 8.17.55
Kenny Dorham / Blue Spring / Spring Cannon / Riverside / 1.20.59
Clifford Brown / Jazz Immortal / Joy Spring / Pacific Jazz / LA 7.54
Zelma O’Neal / Do Something / Brunswick / 3.29 / with Al Goodman & his Orchestra
Julia Lee / Doubtful Blues / Capitol / LA 6.16.47
Toni Harper / Toni / Can’t We Be Friends / Verve / LA 1.3.56 / celeste!

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

set 2
Bennie Green / Back on the Scene / You’re Mine You / Blue Note / 3.23.58
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars, Vol. 6 / Mad at the World / Contemporary / Hollywood 2.22.55
Lester Young / She’s Funny That Way / Aladdin / Chicago 10.46
The Rhythmic Eight / Heartbreaking Baby / Hayes, Middlesex, England 1928
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson / Doin’ the New Low Down / Brunswick / 12.29.32 / with Don Redman & his Orchestra
Leo “Snub” Mosley & his Band / Ol’ Man River / Decca / 3.11.40
Mabel Scott / Give Me a Man / Exclusive / LA 12.48
Pearl Bailey / Pearl Bailey + Louis Bellson = Happy Sounds / That Certain Feeling / Roulette / 1962 / with Louis Bellson & his Orchestra

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / Look Out! / Minor Chant / Blue Note / 6.18.60
James Moody / Flute ’n‘ The Blues / Flute ’n‘ The Blues / Argo / Chicago 1956

Howard McGhee / Bass C Jam / Savoy / Chicago 2.48

Savannah Churchill and the Four Tunes / Time Out for Tears / Manor / 6.47

The Basin Street Boys / This Is the End of a Dream / Exclusive / LA c. 6.46 / with Eddie Beal Fourtet

Joe Mooney / Lush Life / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Atlantic / 1958

set 4
Oscar Peterson / Plays the Cole Porter Song Book / Just One of Those Things / Verve / Chicago summer 1959
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars / In the Solo Spotlight / Coop / Contemporary / LA 3.17.54
Stéphane Grappelli / If I Had You / Barclay / Paris 2.14.56
The Ravens / Ol’ Man River / National / 4.24.47
Sammy Davis Jr. / Sammy Davis Jr. Sings What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers / What Kind of Fool Am I / Reprise / LA 7.18.61 / with The Marty Paich Dek-Tette
The Alphabetical Four / Rock My Soul / Decca / 1.25.40

last soulful song
Brenton Wood / I Think You’ve Got Your Fools Mixed Up / Double Shot / 1967

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

Playlist Makes You Human

2026-04-17T15:57:00.001-04:00

Dancing makes you human… and the tops!

Coffeetime, April 17, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Wilbur Ware / The Chicago Sound / Desert Sands / Riverside / 10.16.57
Curtis Fuller / Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns / Roc and Troll / New Jazz / 5.18.57
The Washingtonians [Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club Orchestra] / Jubilee Stomp / Brunswick / 3.21.28
Vaughn De Leath / Baby Your Mother (Like She Babied You) / Victor / 8.12.27 / with Leonard Joy & his Orchestra
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Bye Bye Baby Blues / Specialty / Hollywood early 1950
Etta Jones / Something Nice / Easy Living / Prestige / 9.16.61

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

set 2
Elmo Hope / Elmo Hope Trio / Barfly / HiFi Jazz / LA 2.60
Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson / The Great Kai & J.J. / Georgia on My Mind / Impulse! / 11.8.60
Kenny Burrell / Midnight Blue / Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You / Blue Note / 1.8.63
Eddie Lang & Frank Signorelli / Perfect / Okeh / 10.21.27
Brunswick Concert Orchestra [Victor Young & his Orchestra] / Star Dust / Brunswick [unissued] / 5.25.31 / vocal = The Boswell Sisters
Maxine Sullivan / I Carry the Torch for You / Joe Davis / 11.24.44 / with Cedric Wallace & his Orchestra
Tiny Bradshaw & his Orchestra / Well Oh Well / King / Cincinnati 2.8.50

set 3
Teddy Edwards / Heart & Soul / Wiggin’ / Contemporary / LA 4.24.62
Kenny Dorham / Jazz Contemporary / This Love of Mine / Time / 2.12.60
Illinois Jacquet & his Orchestra / Hot Rod / RCA Victor / 5.22.50
The 4 Vagabonds / Slow and Easy / Bluebird / Chicago 12.17.41
Toni Harper & Herb Jeffries / You’re Too Tall and I’m Too Small / Columbia / LA 5.49 / with Jerry Gray & his Orchestra; celeste
Herb Jeffries / Say It Isn't So / Angel Eyes / Bethlehem / Hollywood 1956

set 4
Herbie Mann’s Californians / Great Ideas of Western Mann / A Stella Performance / Riverside / LA 7.3.57

Vince Guaraldi / A Boy Named Charlie Brown / Baseball Theme / Fantasy / San Francisco 5.26.64

Peggy Lee / It’s All Over Now / Capitol / Hollywood 7.23.46 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra
B.B. King / Bye Bye Baby / RPM / mid-1950s
The Southern Sons / One Day When the Lord Will Call Me / Victor / 8.28.42

last soulful song
The Four Tops / Keeper of the Castle / Love Makes You Human / ABC Dunhill / LA 1972

I Need a Playlist

2026-04-10T15:57:00.001-04:00

Big pearls, big microphone for Nellie.

Coffeetime, April 10, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Ritual / Wake Up! / Pacific Jazz / 2.11.57
Philly Joe Jones / Showcase / Julia [CD only] / Riverside / 11.17.59
Sonny Clark / Sonny Clark Trio / Minor Meeting / Time / 3.23.60
Erskine Hawkins (The Twentieth Century Gabriel) & his Orchestra / Baltimore Bounce / Bluebird / 12.20.39
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Sunny Side Up / Okeh / 10.10.29 / vocal = Smith Ballew; celeste!
Jack McVea & his All Stars / It Never Should Have Been This Way / Apollo / LA 9.10.45 / vocal = Rabon Tarrant
Helen Merrill / Helen Merrill / Born to Be Blue / EmArcy / 12.22.54

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

set 2
George Wallington / Jazz for the Carriage Trade / What’s New / Prestige / 1.20.56
Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab, Hal Stein / Four Altos / Don’t Blame Me / Prestige / 2.9.57
Teddy Bunn / Guitar in High / Blue Note / 3.28.40
Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra / I’ll Never Be the Same / Brunswick / 6.1.37 / vocal = Billie Holiday
Nellie Lutcher & Nat King Cole / Can I Come in for a Second / Capitol / Hollywood 1950
Esther Phillips / Burnin’ / Makin’ Whoopee / Atlantic / live, Freddie Jett’s Pied Piper, LA 1970

set 3
Cedar Walton / Cedar! / My Ship / Prestige / 7.10.67

Tadd Dameron / Mating Call / On a Misty Night / Prestige / 11.30.56

The Tadd Dameron Sextet / Our Delight [alt take] / Blue Note / 9.26.47
Erskine Hawkins (The Twentieth Century Gabriel) & his Orchestra / What Do You Know About Love? / Bluebird / 10.20.38 / vocal = Ida James
Golden Gate Quartet / Dipsy Doodle / Bluebird / Charlotte NC 1.24.38
Bobby Short / Sing Me a Swing Song / Wake Up, Chillun, Wake Up / Atlantic / 1957

set 4
Richie Kamuca / Jazz Erotica aka West Coast Jazz in Hi Fi / Star Eyes / HiFi / LA 1959

Herbie Mann & Buddy Collette / Flute Fraternity / Baubles, Bangles, and Beads / Mode / Hollywood 6.57

King Cole Trio / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Capitol / Hollywood 8.22.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b

Una Mae Carlisle / I Like It, ’Cause I Love It / Beacon / 5.23.44
The Wailers / The Wailing Wailers / What’s New Pussycat / Studio One / Kingston, Jamaica 1965
Golden Gate Quartet / Time’s Winding Up / Columbia / 4.18.41

last soulful song
The Lovettes / I Need a Guy / Carnival / 1967

Top Hat, White Tie, and Playlist

2026-04-03T15:59:00.000-04:00

Jeanne, letting us all know that anything goes for her, especially feathers. Poor birds.

Coffeetime, April 3, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Gigi Gryce / Saying Somethin’ / Leila’s Blues / New Jazz / 3.11.60
Art Taylor / AT’s Delight / Move / Blue Note / 8.6.60
Russell Procope’s Big Six / Four Wheel Drive / HRS / late 1946
Annette Hanshaw / Sweetheart Darlin’ / Banner / 6.3.33
Louis Jordan & his Tympathy Five / We Can’t Agree / Decca / LA 11.24.47 / Jordan as & voc, Aaron Izenhall t, Eddie Johnson ts, Carl Hogan g, Dallas Bartley b, Joe Morris d
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book / The Man I Love / Verve / Hollywood 1.5.59 / with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra

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

set 2
Ike Quebec / It Might As Well Be Spring / Lover Man / Blue Note / 12.29.61
Tommy Flanagan / Moodsville 9 / In a Sentimental Mood / Prestige / 5.18.60
Lester Young / I Can’t Get Started / Aladdin / LA 7.15.42
Lil Green / How Come You Do Me Like You Do? / Victor / Chicago 7.31.46
T-Bone Walker / Don’t Give Me the Runaround / Black & White / LA 12.46 / with Al Killian Quintet
The Vocaleers / Be True / Red Robin / 1953
Mickey Rooney / Mickey Rooney Sings George M. Cohan / Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails / RCA Victor / Hollywood 1957

set 3
Lee Morgan / [Sonic Boom] / Free Flow / Blue Note / 10.10.69
Hank Mobley / Workout / Greasin’ Easy / Blue Note / 3.26.61
Don Byas / Free and Easy / Savoy / 7.28.44 / celeste!
Benny Carter & his Orchestra / I’m Lost / Capitol / Hollywood 5.21.44 / vocal = Dick Gray
The Delta Rhythm Boys / Sweetheart of Mine / Atlantic / c. 3.1.49
Johnny Hartman / Songs from the Heart / I’ll Remember April / Bethlehem / 10.55

set 4
Frank Rosolino / Frank Rosolino Quintet / Fallout / Mode / Hollywood 7.57
Art Pepper / Modern Art / When You’re Smiling / Intro / Hollywood 12.28.56
Teddy Wilson Quintet / Just You, Just Me / Musicraft / 1.15.45
Jeanne Aubert & the Four Admirals / score to Anything Goes / Anything Goes / Columbia / London 7.35 / with the Palace Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Francis Collinson
Peggy Lee / ’Tain’t So, Honey, ’Tain’t So / Capitol Transcription / Hollywood 4.8.49 / with The Dave Barbour Four: Barbour, George Van Eps g, Phil Stephens b, Hal Schaefer p, Nick Fatool d
Lula Reed / Boy-Girl-Boy / I Know / King [Federal] / 1961
The Jubalaires / You Better Run / Standard Transcription / late 1940s

last soulful song
Earl Gaines / Three Wishes for a Fool / DeLuxe / 5.5.67

It’s So Peaceful in the Playlist

2026-03-20T16:00:00.000-04:00

Digging the gold miniskirts and the red pocket square!

Coffeetime, March 20, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Like Someone in Love / Giantis / Blue Note / 8.14.60
Paul Chambers / Whims of Chambers / Omicron / Blue Note / 9.21.56
Henry “Red” Allen & his Orchestra / Bill’s Downbeat / Apollo / early 8.47
Isham Jones & his Famous Orchestra / Good Evenin’ / Brunswick / Chicago 9.12.30 / vocal = Eddie Stone
Mr. Google Eyes [Joseph August] & his 4 Bars / Young Boy / Coleman / New Orleans c. 1946
Nancy Wilson / Hollywood – My Way / Did I Remember / Capitol / LA 11.30.62

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

set 2
Frank Wess / The Frank Wess Quartet / It’s So Peaceful in the Country / Prestige Moodsville / 5.9.60
Joe Wilder / Wilder ’n‘ Wilder / Prelude to a Kiss / Savoy / 1.19.56
Yusef Lateef / Cry! – Tender / Sea Breeze / New Jazz / 10.16.59
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France / Blues / Swing / Paris 10.1.40
Russ Morgan & his Orchestra / Boo Hoo / radio broadcast / 1938 / vocal = The Mullen Sisters
Dinah Washington / No Voot No Boot / Apollo / LA 12.45
Do-Ray-Mi Trio / That Wonderfully Musical Do-Ray-Mi Trio / Oo-Wee / Stere-O-Craft / 1959

set 3
Mal Waldron / Impressions / All About Us / New Jazz / 3.20.59
Chet Baker / Smokin’ with the Chet Baker Quintet / Have You Met Miss Jones? / Prestige / 8.65
Charlie Ventura & his Orchestra / Tea for Two / RCA Victor / 7.20.50
John Kirby & his Orchestra / There I Go / Lang-Worth Transcription / 1940 / vocal = Maxine Sullivan
The Dixieaires / Until You Say You’re Mine / Continental / 1948
Matt Dennis / She Dances Overhead / Have You Met Miss Jones? & I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / RCA Victor / 1955

set 4
Sandy Mosse / Relaxin’ with Sandy Mosse / I’m Old Fashioned / Argo / Chicago 1959
Lennie Niehaus / Zounds! / Four / Contemporary / LA 12.10.58
Stan Getz / Strike Up the Band / Roost / 3.1.51
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Tonight I’m Alone / Exclusive / LA 1945 / vocal = Charles Brown
The Aristo-Kats / Watch Yourself, Baby! / Victor / Chicago 6.19.46
Little Milton [Campbell] / If Walls Could Talk / I Don't Know / Checker / Chicago 10.16.69
The Dixieaires / You Better Run / Sunrise / 12.47

last soulful song
Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations / I’m Gonna Make You Love Me / Motown / Detroit 1968

Waiting at the End of the Playlist

2026-03-13T15:59:00.000-04:00

Dorothy, you lucky gal.

Coffeetime, March 13, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Junior Cook / Junior’s Cookin’ / Sweet Cakes / Jazzland / 4.10.61
Donald Byrd / Byrd’s Eye View / Hank’s Tune / Transition / Cambridge, MA 12.2.55
Benny Goodman Quartet / Dinah / Victor / Hollywood 8.26.36
Rube Bloom & his Bayou Boys / There’s a Wah Wah Gal in Agua Caliente / Columbia / 5.24.30 / vocal = Eddie Walters
Jimmy Liggins & his Drops of Joy / Baby! I Can’t Forget You / Specialty / Hollywood 11.17.48
Clora Bryant / ...Gal with a Horn / Man with a Horn / Mode / Hollywood 5.57

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

set 2
The Prestige All Stars / All Night Long / Body & Soul / Prestige [unissued] / 12.28.56
Ralph Burns & his Ensemble / Spring Sequence [Bijou] / Spring Is Here / Period [Bethlehem] / 1955
Fats Waller / Waiting at the End of the Road / Bluebird / 8.29.29
Gladys Bentley / Worried Blues / Okeh / 8.8.28
Ray Noble & his Orchestra / One Morning in May / HMV / London 4.5.34 / vocal = Al Bowlly
The Big Three / Appetite Blues / Delta / Chicago 5.4.39

set 3
John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette / Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette / Vodka / Prestige / 5.17.57
Allen Eager Quartette / Vot’s Dot / Savoy / 3.22.46
The Mills Brothers / Stardust / Decca / West Hempstead, England 2.18.39
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra / For You / Victor / 1.20.41 / vocal = Jo Stafford
Bobby Troup / The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup / Little Girl Blue / Bethlehem / 1955

set 4
Teddy Charles, Shorty Rogers / Collaboration West / Bobalob / Prestige / LA 8.31.53
Steve Allen / Allen’s All Stars / Yours Alone / Mercury / live at Joe Pasternak’s house, Hollywood 3.24.58
Delta Rhythm Boys / A One Sided Affair / Decca / Hollywood Wednesday 5.22.46 / with Les Paul Trio
Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer / On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen / Decca / Hollywood 4.15.40 / with Victor Young & his Orchestra
Bobby “Blue” Bland / Lover with a Reputation / Duke / Memphis 1970
Sewanee Quintet aka Swanee Quintet / In My Savior’s Care / Nashboro / Nashville 1952

last soulful song
Syreeta / Syreeta / Keep Him Like He Is / MoWest / LA 1972
Ann Sexton & The Masters Of Soul / You’ve Been Gone Too Long / Impel [Seventy Seven] / Shelby, North Carolina 1971

I’ve Got a Playlistful of Dreams

2026-03-06T16:00:00.001-05:00

Music is always better with a library and a spiral staircase… and Yves.

Coffeetime, March 6, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Blue Mitchell / Out of the Blue / Sweet-Cakes / Riverside / 12.58
Pepper Adams / The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams / Seein’ Red / Savoy / 11.19.57
Trummy Young’s Big Seven / Johnson Rock / HRS / 9.3.46
Billy Cotton & his Band / Crazy Weather / Regal Zonophone / London 12.20.34 / vocal = Alan Breeze
Hot Lips Page & his Orchestra / Double-Trouble Blues / Savoy / 9.12.44
Helen Carr / … Why Do I Love You / Lonely Street / Bethlehem / 1955

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

set 2
Red Garland / The Nearness of You / The Nearness of You / Jazzland / 11.30.61
John Coltrane / Ballads / Too Young to Go Steady / Impulse! / 12.21.61
Stephane Grappelli / Slow en ré majeur (I’ll Be Around) / Barclay [unissued] / Paris 2.14 56
Larry Adler / Medley: Red Sails in the Sunset; I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again / Rex / London 10.35 / with Fred Hartley’s Orchestra
Hal Kemp & his Orchestra / Nuts About Mutts / radio transcription / 1934 / vocal = Horace “Saxie” Dowell
Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette / Ridin’ Down the Canyon / Perfect / 10.18.35
Georges Guétary / Caballero / Pathé / Paris 1943 / with orchestra arranged & conducted by Marius Coste
Johnny “Guitar” Watson / Ruben / RPM / LA 1956

set 3
Baby Face Willette / Stop and Listen / Stop and Listen / Blue Note / 5.22.61
Teddy Charles / Tentet / Green Blues / Atlantic / 1.11.56
Eddie Davis & his Beboppers / Stealin’ Trash / Savoy / 12.18.46
Dick Jurgens & his Orchestra / I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams / radio transcription / c. 1939 / vocal = Eddy Howard; with celeste!
The Charioteers / The Gaucho Serenade / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43
Earl Coleman / Earl Coleman Returns / No Love, No Nothin’ / Prestige / 3.2.56

set 4
Barney Kessel / Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By / Carioca / Contemporary / LA 10.15.56
King Cole Trio / Easy Listening Blues; I Realize Now / Capitol / Hollywood 3.6.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Yves Montand / Faubourg Saint-Martin / Odeon / France 1955 / with orchestra conducted by Bob Castella
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Equinox / Constant Rain (Chove Chuva) / A&M / LA 1967
The Trumpeteers / Somehow / King / 1.24.50

last soulful song
Stevie Wonder / Where I’m Coming From / If You Really Love Me / Tamla / 1971
Syreeta / Syreeta / Keep Him Like He Is / MoWest / LA 1972 (partial)

Playlists Are Like Street Cars

2026-02-27T15:57:00.000-05:00

Jorge has an open invitation on Coffeetime.

Coffeetime, February 27, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Nat Adderley / That’s Right! / Chordnation / Riverside / fall 1960
Horace Silver / Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers / Hankerin’ / Blue Note / 2.6.55
Clark Terry / Clark Terry / Co-Op / Emarcy / 1.3.55
Cline’s Collegians / Chicadore Stomp / Brunswick / 11.29
Sophie Tucker / Oh! You Have No Idea / Okeh / 4.16.28 / Ted Shapiro p
Calvin Boze & his All Stars / If You Ever Had the Blues / Aladdin / LA 8.15.49
Carmen McRae / Torchy! / My Future Just Passed / Decca / 12.55

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

set 2
Lucky Thompson / Accent on Tenor Sax / Where or When / Urania / 1954 / arranged by Jimmy Hamilton; Lucky Thompson ts, Jimmy Hamilton cl, Billy Taylor p, Sidney Gross g, Oscar Pettiford b, Osie Johnson d
Ramsey Lewis Trio / Perform a Tribute to Clifford Brown / Once in A While / Argo / Chicago 10.8.58
Helen Louise & Frank Ferera / On the Beach in Waikiki / Victor / 10.11.15 / guitar duet https://www.historylink.org/File/9201
Eddie South & his International Orchestra / No More Blues / Victor / Chicago 5.3.33
Trixie Smith / My Daddy Rocks Me / Decca / 5.26.38
Jimmie Lunceford & his Orchestra / Rock It for Me / Columbia / 1940 / vocal = Joe Thomas
Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae / Boy Meets Girl / Who Cares / Decca / 2.57

set 3
Paul Quinichette / Basie Reunion / The Blues I Like to Hear / Prestige / 9.5.58
Billy Mitchell / This Is Billy Mitchell / You Turned the Tables on Me / Smash / Chicago 10.30.62
Jack McVea / Oh How I Miss You Tonight / Combo / LA 1957
Jimmy Joy & his Orchestra / Thank Your Stars / 1.40 / Varsity / vocal = Art London aka Art Lund
The Beavers / I’d Rather Be Wrong Than Blue / Coral / 1950
Jackie Paris / Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin / Fun to Be Fooled / Time / 2.23.60

set 4
Chico Hamilton / Chico Hamilton in Hi Fi / Topsy / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 2.56
Bud Shank / Bud Shank Quartet featuring Claude Williamson / All of You / Pacific Jazz / Hollywood 11.56
Rosetta Howard / Men Are Like Street Cars / Decca /6.14.39 / with the Harlem Blues Serenaders
Mildred Bailey / The Love I Long For / V-Disc / 1944 / with Paul Baron & his Orchestra
Jorge Ben / Samba Esquema Novo [“New Samba Scheme”] / Chove Chuva / Philips / Brazil 1963
Harmonizing Four / I Love to Call His Name / Vee Jay / 1959

last soulful song
The Emotions / Somebody New / Twin Stacks Records / Chicago 1968

I Ain’t Your Playlist, Mr. Fly Rooster

2026-02-20T16:01:00.000-05:00

He makes a pretty cowboy.

Coffeetime, February 20, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Booker Ervin / The Blues Book / True Blue / Prestige / 6.30.64
Kenny Dorham / K.D.’s Cab Ride (Echo of Spring) / Blue Note / 1.30.55
Lou Donaldson & Clifford Brown / New Faces, New Sounds / Brownie Speaks / Blue Note / 6.9.53
California Ramblers / Broken Idol / Edison / 8.1.29
Rudy Vallée & his Connecticut Yankees / As Time Goes By / Victor / 7.25.31
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Any Old Place with Me / Exclusive / Hollywood 12.47
George Shearing & Dakota Staton / In the Night / The Thrill is Gone / Capitol / LA 1957

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

set 2
Stanley Turrentine / Jubilee Shout!!! / My Ship / Blue Note / 10.18.62 -- remember
Cannonball Adderley / Takes Charge / I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry / Riverside / 4.12.59
Ike Quebec / It Might as Well Be Spring / Willow Weep for Me / Blue Note / 12.29.61
Martha Copeland / I Ain’t Your Hen, Mr. Fly Rooster / Columbia / 8.28.28
Les Brown & his Orchestra / Saturday Night / broadcast / Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC 1.15.45 / vocal = Doris Day
Kitty White / A New Voice in Jazz / So Many Beautiful Men (So Little Time) / EmArcy / 4.21.55

set 3
Blue Mitchell / Blue’s Moods / Sweet Pumpkin / Riverside / 8.60
Wynton Kelly / Kelly Blue / Willow Weep for Me / Riverside / 3.10.59
James Moody / Bootsie / Royal Roost / Paris 7.27.51
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra / I Don’t Care Who Knows It / radio transcription / mid-1940s / vocal = Skip Nelson
The Ravens / I’ve Got the World on a String / National [unissued] / c. 1950
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto / Getz/Gilberto / Vivo Sohando / Verve / 3.63 / vocal = Joao Gilberto

set 4
Al Caiola / Deep in a Dream / Thunderbird / Savoy / 10.11.55
Les Cinq Modernes / Continental Jazz / La Violetera / Somerset / 1960
Art Pepper / Surf Ride / Holiday Flight / Savoy / LA 3.4.52
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra / The Fuehrer’s Got the Jitters / AFRS Jubilee #6 / c. 12.42
T-Bone Walker / You Don’t Know What You’re Doing / Atlantic / LA 12.27.57 / vocal = R.S. Rankin (T-Bone’s nephew)
Rick Nelson / Everlovin’ / Imperial / LA 7.20.61
The Southern Sons / Lift Every Voice and Sing / Bluebird / 10.22.42

last soulful song
Barbara Lewis / Make Me Belong to You / Atlantic / 1965

Playlistesque

2026-02-13T15:58:00.000-05:00

Al helping Monia with his hat!

Coffeetime, February 13, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Freddie Hubbard / The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard / Happy Times / Impulse! / 7.2.62
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Selections from Lerner and Loewe’s...My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, and Paint Your Wagon / On the Street Where You Live / Vik / 3.13.57
Spike Hughes & his Orchestra / Pastoral / Decca / 4.18.33
Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra / Take a Good Look at Mine / Victor / Chicago 1.14.29 / vocal = Harold Stokes
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / G.I. Jive / Decca / 3.15.44 / Jordan as & voc, Eddie Roane t, Arnold Thomas p, Al Morgan b, Wilmore “Slick” Jones d
Don Elliott with Irma Curry / Love Is a Necessary Evil / No Spring This Year / Columbia / 1.62

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

set 2
Barney Wilen / Jazz sur Seine [soundtrack] / Nuages / Fontana / Paris 2.13, 14.58
Mile Davis / Blue Moods / Easy Living / Debut / 7.9.55
Jimmy Raney / Visits Paris / Someone to Watch Over Me / Dawn / Paris 2.10.54
John Kirby & his Orchestra / Humoresque / Lang-Worth transcription / 1940-41
Al Bowlly / Judy / Decca / London 8.21.34 / Monia Litter p, Al Bowlly g & voc
Bernard Hilda y su Orquesta / Quisiera Saber… (I Love You for Sentimental Reasons) / Columbia / Barcelona 8.12.47
The Five Royales / They Don’t Know / Vee Jay [Home of the Blues] / 1961

set 3
Les McCann / Les McCann LTD in New York / A Little 3/4 for God & Co. / Pacific Jazz / live at The Village Gate 12.28.61
Bennie Green / Glidin’ Along / Sweet Sucker / Jazzland / 3.9.61
Geraldo & his Orchestra / All Through the Day / Parlophone / London 7.24.46 / vocal = Sally Douglas
James Quintet / Bewildered / Coral / 1949

set 4
Charlie Byrd / Byrd in the Wind / Swing ’59 / Riverside / 1959
Stan Levey / Stan Levey Quintet / Stan Still / Mode / Hollywood 6.57
Oscar Moore / We’ll Remember You Nat / This Will Make You Laugh / Surrey / Burbank 4.65
King Cole Swingsters / Sentimental Blue / Keystone / Hollywood 7.22.40 / vocal = Maxine Johnson; NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
Harlem Stars (Big Mama Thornton) / Bad Luck Got My Man / E&W Records / Houston 1950
Sam Fletcher / Sings I Believe in You / I Believe in You / Vee Jay / 1964 / with Harry “Sweets” Edison, arranged by Bill Finnegan
Fairfield Four / Heaven in My View / Dot / 10.54

last soulful song
Al Green / Call Me / Have You Been Making Out OK? / Hi / Memphis 1972

Kangaroo Playlist

2026-02-07T10:33:00.001-05:00

Your geometry is perfect, Bobby.

Coffeetime, February 6, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Curtis Amy / Katanga! / A Shade of Brown / Pacific Jazz / LA 1963
Hank Mobley / Jazz Message #2 / Doug’s Minor B’OK / Savoy / 11.7.56
Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy / Sepia Jazz / radio transcription / Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland 1937
Bert Lown & his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra / Heartaches / Victor / 1.19.31 / vocal = The Biltmore Trio: Elmer Feldkamp, Paul Mason, & Max Ceppo
Laurel Watson / Kangaroo Blues / Apollo / 10.15.45 / with the Tab Smith Septette
Billie Holiday / All or Nothing at All / Ill Wind / Verve / LA 8.14.56

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

set 2 Wes Montgomery / Full House / I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face / Riverside / live, Tsubo, Berkeley 6.25.62
Blue Mitchell / Blue Soul / Polka Dots and Moonbeams / Riverside / 9.59
Teddy Wilson & his Trio / Mr. Wilson and Mr. Gershwin / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Columbia / 1959
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four / Pretty Trix / Okeh / 6.14.28
Lil Armstrong & her Swingband / It’s Murder / Decca / Chicago 10.27.35
Luther Henderson & his Orchestra / Overwork Blues / Victor / 10.8.47 / vocal = Etta Jones
Little Sylvia / Ain’t Gonna Do It / Jubilee [unissued] / 1952 / with Buddy Lucas & his Band of Tomorrow
Bobby Darin / medley: This Could Be the Start of Something Big; Just in Time / live, Ed Sullivan Show 1962

set 3
Jimmy Smith / I’m Movin’ On / T’Ain’t No Use / Blue Note / 1.31.63
Lem Winchester / Winchester Special / Down Fuzz / New Jazz / 9.25.59
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra / Many Dreams Ago / Bluebird / 9.28.39 / vocal = Helen Forrest
Basin Street Boys / Vootnay on the Votnay / Exclusive / LA circa 06.46 / with Eddie Beal Fourtet
Charles Aznavour / Sings his Love Songs in English / Don’t Say a Word [Aprés L’amour] / Reprise / 1965 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Sy Oliver

set 4
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 6 / Dickie’s Dream / Contemporary / Hollywood 2.22.55
Chet Baker / Big Band / V-Line / Pacific Jazz / LA 10.26.56
Peggy Lee / That Old Gang of Mine / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood c. 1.45 / with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra
The Cats & the Fiddle / I’ll Never, Never Let You Go / Gotham / Philadelphia 9.49
Buddy Greco / Let’s Love! / A Lot of Livin’ to Do / Epic / 9.61
Dixie Hummingbirds / I’ll Be Satisfied / Gotham / 7.49

last soulful song
The Valentines / Breakaway / Sound Stage 7 / 1970

You Keep Coming Back Like a Playlist

2026-01-30T15:57:00.000-05:00

Handsome Georgie Auld photographed by the amazing William Gottlieb.

Coffeetime, January 30, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones / Together! / Le Roi / Atlantic / 2.2.61
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers / Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World / The Opener / Blue Note / live, Birdland 7.61
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra / Mahogany Hall Stomp / Okeh / 3.5.39
Philip Lewis & the Rhythm Maniacs (Arthur Lally) / My Kinda Love / Decca / London 6.20.29 / vocal = Maurice Elwin
Marvin Johnson & his Orchestra / Mercy Mercy / G&G / Hollywood 1946 / vocal = Joe Lewis g
Dinah Washington / The Swingin’ Miss “D” / I’ll Close My Eyes / EmArcy / 12.6.56 / with Quincy Jones & his Orchestra; with celeste!

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

set 2
Coleman Hawkins / Today and Now / Don’t Love Me / Impulse! / 9.9.62
Red Garland / [Red Garland Revisited!] / You Keep Coming Back Like a Song / Prestige / 5.24.57
Sonny Stitt / New York Jazz / Body and Soul / Verve / 9.14.56
Layton & Johnstone [Turner Layton, Clarence Johnstone] / I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan / Columbia / London 1933
Walter Fuller / Closer to My Heart / Kicks / LA 1954 / with the Club Royale Band, Fuller t
Doris Day & Frank Sinatra / Let’s Take an Old Fashioned Walk / Columbia / LA 5.6.49 / with The Ken Lane Singers & orchestra arranged & conducted by Axel Stordahl
Sammy Davis Jr. / The Wham of Sam / Let There Be Love / Reprise / LA 2.61 / orchestra arranged & conducted by Marty Paich

set 3
Lou Donaldson / Here ’Tis / A Foggy Day / Blue Note / 1.23.61
Horace Parlan / Up & Down / Fugee / Blue Note / 6.18.61
Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers / The Flat Foot Floogie / Decca / 6.10.38
Mal Hallett & his Orchestra / The Life of the Party / Decca / 2.26.37 / vocal = Teddy Grace
Mel Tormé / It's a Blue World / It's a Blue World / Bethlehem / LA 8.55

set 4
Joanne Grauer / Joanne Grauer Trio / Dancing Nitely / Mode / Hollywood 7.57
Georgie Auld / Good Enough to Keep / A Smooth One / Top Rank / Hollywood 9.5.59
Jo Stafford / A Sunday Kind of Love / Capitol / Hollywood 2.28.47 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Little Esther & Mel Walker / Ring-a-Ding Doo / Federal / 11.8.51
Tom Jones / Along Came Jones / I’ve Got a Heart / Decca / London 1964
The Soul Stirrers / It Won’t Be Very Long [alt take 3] / Specialty [unissued] / Hollywood 2.22.52

last soulful song
Margie Joseph / One More Chance / Volt / Memphis 1969
Jorge Ben / Samba Esquema Novo [“New Samba Scheme”] / Balança Pema / Philips / Brazil 1963

You’re the Playlist in My Coffee

2026-01-24T10:05:00.000-05:00

Barbara: a beautiful, talented woman with a guitar.

Coffeetime, January 23, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
John Coltrane / Blue Train / Locomotion / Blue Note / 9.15.57
Lee Morgan / Leeway / Nakatini Suite / Blue Note / 4.28.60
Jan Garber & his Orchestra / Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down / Columbia / 2.17.28 / Harry Goldfield (aka Goldie) t & voc
Oran “Hot Lips” Page & his Orchestra / They Raided the Joint / Continental / 9.45
Sarah Vaughan / With Clifford Brown / Embraceable You / EmArcy / 12.54

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

set 2
Sonny Criss / Go Man! / Until the Real Thing Comes Along / Imperial / LA 7.31.56
Charlie Shavers / Excitement Unlimited / Porgy / Capitol / 2.63
McCoy Tyner / Inception / Sunset / Impulse! / 1.10.62
Sol Hoopii & his Novelty Quartette / An Orange Grove in California / Brunswick / 1934
Cleo Brown / The Stuff is Here and It's Mellow / Decca / 3.12.35
The Ink Spots / That Cat Is High / Decca / 3.25.38
Buddy Clark / A Dreamer’s Holiday / Columbia / 9.6.49 / with The Girl Friends; orchestra conducted by Ted Dale
Pee Wee Crayton / Do Unto Others / Imperial / New Orleans 4.29.54

set 3
Harold Mabern / Rakin’ and Scrapin’ / Rakin’ and Scrapin / Prestige / 12.23.68
Yusef Lateef / The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef / Ma – He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me / Riverside / 5.9.60
Morris Lane / Down the Lane / Savoy / 1.24.47
Ted Weems & his Orchestra / That Old Gang of Mine / Decca / 10.4.39 / vocal = Perry Como
4 Deep Tones / Just in Case You Change Your Mind / Coral / 1951
Johnny Hartman / All of Me / I Could Make You Care / Bethlehem / 11.56

set 4
Stu Williamson / A Jazz Band Ball / Yardbird Suite / Mode / Hollywood 7.57
Lee Konitz / Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh / Donna Lee / Atlantic / 6.14.55
Noel Coward / I’m Old Fashioned / HMV / London 7.6.43
King Cole Trio / You’re the Cream in My Coffee / radio transcription, Wildroot Cream Oil Presents: King Cole Trio Time, NBC Network, AFRS edition / Cincinnati 12.6.47 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b
Ann Cole / Brand New House / Sir / 1960
Golden Gate Quartet / Hide Me in Thy Bosom / Bluebird / Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, South Carolina 10.6.39

last soulful song
Barbara Lynn / (Daddy Hot Stuff) You’re Too Hot to Hold / Atlantic / 1972
Ruby Johnson / I'm Hooked / Neb’s / Washington DC 1964

A Winter’s Playlist

2026-01-16T16:00:00.000-05:00

More like kitties and a tiple, amirite?

Coffeetime, January 16, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Thad Jones & Kenny Burrell / Detroit-New York Junction / Tarriff / Blue Note / 3.13.56
Art Farmer / When Farmer Met Gryce / Blue Lights / Prestige / 5.19.54
Jack Winn & his Dallas Dandies aka Irving Mills & his Hotsy-Totsy Gang / Loved One [2nd take] (aka I Like That) / Melotone / 6.6.30
Irene Beasley / Baby’s Back Today / Victor / 4.10.29
Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra / Blue Moon / Victor / 11.20.34 / vocal = Dick Robertson
The Cats & the Fiddle / Part of Me / RCA Victor / 10.17.41
Beverly Kenney / Come Swing with Me / Why Try to Change Me Now / Royal Roost / 1956 / with Ralph Burn’s Orchestra

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

set 2
Jimmy Smith / The Sermon! / Flamingo / Blue Note / 2.25.58
Barney Kessel / Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By / Laura / Contemporary / 12.4.56 / duet with Kessel g & Red Mitchell b
Wardell Gray / Easy Living [unissued take] / Prestige / 11.11.49
The Three Keys / I’ve Found a New Baby / Vocalion / 9.8.33
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra / Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed / Capitol / Hollywood 1.30.47 / vocal = Johnny Mercer
T-Bone Walker / Life is Too Short / Imperial / LA 8.15.51
Louis Jordan / If I Had Any Sense I’d Go Back Home / Aladdin / Hollywood 1954 / with Mickey Baker g

set 3
Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate / Buck & Buddy / Birdland Betty / Prestige Swingville / 12.20.60
Wynton Kelly / Kelly Blue / Green Dolphin Street / Riverside / 3.10.59
Charlie Parker / Max Making Wax / Dial / Hollywood 7.29.46
Geraldo & his Orchestra / I’m Old Fashioned / Parlophone / London 3.20.43 / vocal = Beryl Davis
Mills Brothers / After You / Decca / 5.29.47
Frank Sinatra / The Moon Was Yellow / Capitol / Hollywood 12.29.58

set 4
Mel Lewis / Got’Cha / A Winter’s Tale / Jazz Records / San Francisco 11.56
Barney Kessel / Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By / Cheerful Little Earful / Contemporary / 10.15.56
Jack McVea & his Door Openers / Swing Man / Black & White / LA 11.47 / vocal = Sammy Yates
Little Milton / We’re Gonna Make It / Life Is Like That / Checker / Chicago 9.63
The Trumpeteers / Handwriting on the Wall / Score / Baltimore 9.12.47

last soulful song

Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes / Wake Up Everybody / live, Soul Train / 1975

Eddie Holman / A Free Country / Parkway / Philadelphia 1965

Playlist in B Flat

2026-01-09T16:01:00.002-05:00

I like this guitar, too, Frank.

Coffeetime, January 9, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley and his All Stars / Don’t Walk / Blue Note / 1.13.57
Freddie Hubbard / Ready for Freddie / Arietis [alt take] / Blue Note [unissued] / 8.21.61
Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Savage Rhythm / Brunswick / 7.30.31
Joe Haymes & his Orchestra / Here’s a Little Package / Bluebird [unissued] / 6.23.32 / vocal = Chris Fletcher
Cootie Williams & his Orchestra / Ain’t Got No Blues Today / Capitol / 9.11.46 / vocal = Bob Merrill
Abbey Lincoln / That’s Him! / Strong Man / Riverside / 10.28.57

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

set 2
Hampton Hawes / Four Real! / Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams / Contemporary / 3.17.58
Paul Smith / Paul Smith Quartet / All for You / Skylark / Hollywood 11.13.53 / celeste!
Kenny Dorham / Quiet Kenny / I Had the Craziest Dream / New Jazz / 11.13.59
The Boswell Sisters / Put That Sun Back in the Sky [alt take] / Brunswick [unissued] / 2.19.32 / with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Pearl Bailey / Pearl Bailey Entertains / I Need Ya Like a Hole in the Head / Columbia [10”] / 1947
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / Blue Skies / Specialty / Hollywood 12.31.47

set 3
Kenny Burrell / Bluesy Burrell / It’s Getting Dark / Prestige Moodsville / 9.14.62
Sonny Clark / Sonny’s Crib / News for Lulu / Blue Note / 10.9.57
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra / Fool Am I / Okeh / 3.12.41 / vocal = Anita O’Day
The Four Buddies / Just to See You Smile Again / Savoy / 10.12.50
Frank D’Rone / In Person / Nancy (With the Laughing Face) / Mercury / live, hungry i, San Francisco 1962

set 4
The Montgomery Brothers / Brothers in Canada / Beaux Arts / Fantasy / The Cellar, Vancouver, Canada 9.16.61
George Redman / Moods in Jazz / Sonny Boy / Tampa / Hollywood 1954
Oscar Moore / The Oscar Moore Quartet / Blues in B Flat / Tampa / Hollywood 1954
Kay Starr / So Tired / Capitol / Hollywood 11.2.48
King Cole Trio / Just Another Blues / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 5.22.44 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Equinox / Só Danço Samba / A&M / Hollywood 1967
The Detroiters / Ride On King Jesus / Specialty [unissued alt take] / Detroit 8.14.51 / celeste!

last soulful song
Irma Thomas / Ruler of My Heart / Minit / 1963
The Sapphires / Your True Love / Swan / 1963

Walkin’ Away with My Playlist

2026-01-02T15:57:00.000-05:00

Mr. King’s gotta pretty red guitar!

Coffeetime, January 2, 2026, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd / Out of this World / Curro’s [aka French Spice] / Warwick / 3.2.61
Benny Golson / Gone with Golson / Staccato Swing / New Jazz / 6.20.59
Joe Haymes & his Orchestra / Life Is a Song (Let’s Sing It Together) / Bluebird / 1935 / vocal = Skeeter Palmer
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders / New Year’s Resolution / Specialty / Hollywood 12.31.47
Max Bennett / Hence! / Do You Know Why? / Bethlehem / 1956 / vocal= Helen Carr

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

set 2
Sonny Criss / Mr. Blues Pour Flirter / Once in A While / Brunswick / Paris 4.22.63
Stan Getz / At Large / Amour / Verve / live, Kildevæld Church, Copenhagen, Denmark 1.60
Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Plays Harry Warren / Would You Like to Take a Walk / Clef / LA 11.15.54 / Peterson p, Herb Ellis g, Ray Brown b
Spike Hughes & his Orchestra / Donegal Cradle Song / Decca / 5.19.33 / Hughes, Benny Carter, Henry Red Allen, Wayman Carver, Chu Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Dicky Wells, Nick Rodriguez, Lawrence Lucie, Sid Catlett
Leon Belasco & his Orchestra / There’s a Lull in My Life / Brunswick / 1947 / vocal = Patty Andrews (of the Andrews Sisters); celeste!
The Four Southerners / Dan, the Back Door Man / Decca / 3.18.37
Suzi Miller & The Johnston Brothers / That’s All I Want from You / Decca / 1955 / with Johnny Douglas & his Orchestra and The Tony Kinsey Trio
Freddie King / Takin’ Care of Business / Federal / 1962

set 3
Gene Ammons / Angel Eyes / Gettin’ Around / Prestige / 6.17.60
Don Redman & his Orchestra / Park Avenue Patter / Black Velvet / Golden Crest / 4.11.57
Harry “Sweets” Edison / Sweets / Love Is Here to Stay / Clef / LA 9.4.56 / Herman Leonard, cover
Kenny Clarke & his 52nd Street Boys / Bebop / Royal Roost / Victor / 9.5.46
The Pied Pipers / Walkin’ Away with My Heart / Capitol / Hollywood 1946 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
The Four Blues / Bell Bottom Trousers / DeLuxe / 1945
Bob Dorough / Devil May Care / I Had the Craziest Dream / Bethlehem / 10.56 / Dorough p & voc, Warren Fitzgerald t, Bill Takus b, Jerry Segal d

set 4
Dave Brubeck / Time Out / Kathy’s Waltz / Columbia [unissued] / 1959 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_(album)
Sal Salvador / I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ / Bethlehem / 1957 / Salvador g, Phil Woods as, Eddie Bert tb, Eddie Costa vib, Johnny Williams p, Sonny Dallas b, Jimmy Campbelll d
Pauline & her Perils [Six Hits and a Miss minus two Hits] / My Blue Heaven / Keystone transcription / 4.30.39 / with the King Cole Trio (a little celeste by Nat King Cole, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b) and vocal = Pauline Byrns with Vince Degen, Howard Hudson, Mack McLean, & Bill Seckler
The Four Vagabonds / Move It Over / Standard Transcription / 1942
Chuck Willis / My Baby’s on My Mind / Columbia / 6.27.51
Willie Jones / Where’s My Money / Mr. Peacock Records / 1961
Golden Gate Quartet / Bones, Bones, Bones (Ezekiel in the Valley) / Columbia / 1946

last soulful song
The Esquires / Get On Up and Get Away / My Sweet Baby / Bunky / Chicago 1967

Hello, Mister Playlist

2025-12-19T16:01:00.000-05:00

In my imagination, that’s me in the lower left.

Coffeetime, December 19, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Red Garland / All Kinds of Weather / Winter Wonderland / Prestige / 11.27.58
Dick Robertson & his Orchestra / Don’t Wait ’Til the Night Before Christmas / Decca / 9.19.39
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra / Hello, Mister Kringle / Columbia / LA 9.7.39 / vocal = Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Sully Mason, & Ish Kabibble
Frank Sinatra / Christmas Dreaming / Columbia / Hollywood 6.26, 27.47 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra / “no sign of snow around”
The Nic Nacs [The Robins] / Gonna Have a Merry Christmas / RPM / LA 11.2.50 / with Little Esther
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, & Vera Ellen [dubbed by Trudy Stevens] / Snow / soundtrack, Paramount movie White Christmas / Hollywood 1953
Ella Fitzgerald / Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas / Sleigh Ride / Verve / LA 7.15 & 16.60 / studio orchestra arranged & conducted by Frank DeVol
Nancy Wilson / That’s What I Want for Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 11.18.63 / with celeste!

bed
Dexter Gordon / The Panther! / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 7.7.70

set 2
Charles Schultz /A Charlie Brown Christmas original soundtrack / dialogue snippet / Buena Vista / LA 1977 / with Peter Robbins [Charlie Brown] & Christopher Shea [Linus]; “besides, I think it needs me”
Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas / O Tannenbaum; Skating; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing; The Christmas Song; Christmas Time is Here (vocal) / Fantasy / LA 1965 / with the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Rafael
Dean Martin / It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / NBC TV broadcast, The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show / Hollywood 12.5.52
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee / Here Comes Santa Claus / radio broadcast, The Bing Crosby Show For Chesterfield / Hollywood 12.3.49 / with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires {Conlon, Mack McLean, Charles Parlato, Loulie “Lily” Jean Norman, Gloria Wood} and John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra
Anne Lloyd & the Sandpipers / Christmas Songs and Carols / When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter / Golden Records / 1958 / with = Mitch Miller; cover by Lowell Hess

Doris Day / The Doris Day Christmas Album / The Christmas Waltz / Columbia / LA 1964

bed
Don Patterson / Holiday Soul / Merry Christmas, Baby / Prestige / 11.25.64

set 3
Cranston East A Cappella Choir / Speak to One Another / Fum, Fum, Fum / Vogt / Cranston, RI fall 1972
Kenny Burrell / Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas / Merry Christmas Baby / Cadet / Chicago 10.66 / Burrell g, Charles Stepney p; Cleveland Eaton b, Morris Jennings d
Steve Allen Trio / A Chiaroscuro Christmas / Jingle Bells / Chiaroscuro / Pittson PA, WVIA 1973 / Allen p, Paul Rostock b, Ira Saylor d
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra / Winter Wonderland / Victor / 10.23.34 / vocal = Joey Nash
Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra / The Fairy on the Christmas Tree / HMV / London 11.29.36 / vocal = The Three Sisters
Mel Blanc and the Sportsmen / Jingle Bells / radio transcription AFRS Mail Call Christmas Special / Hollywood 40s
Kay Starr / December / radio transcription / Hollywood fall 1949 / with Billy Butterfield Quintet and background vocals by The Three Beaus & a Peep: Darlene Zito, Phil Scott, Lester Brush, & Jimmy Leyden
Jo Stafford / Happy Holiday / Happy Holiday; Winter Weather / Columbia / 1955 / a sort of concept album, with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
Julie London / I’d Like You for Christmas / Liberty / LA 1957
Sammy Davis Jr. / It’s Christmas Time All Over The World / Reprise / LA mid-1965

bed
Gene Ammons / Night Lights / The Christmas Song / Prestige / 2.2.70

set 4
Tommy Flanagan / An Uptown Christmas / The Christmas Waltz / Uptown / 8.12.87
Judy Garland / from the soundtrack to the film “Meet Me in St. Louis” / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / MGM / Hollywood 12.4.43
King Cole Trio / The Christmas Song / Capitol / Hollywood 6.14.46 / written by Robert Wells & Mel Tormé
Johnny Mercer / Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town; Jingle Bells (Capitol Promos) / Capitol / Hollywood 9.17.47; 1946 / with the Pied Pipers
James Brown & his Famous Flames / James Brown Christmas Album / Merry Christmas, I Love You / King / 1966
Dinah Washington / Make Me a Present of You / EmArcy / LA 11.11.55 / with Ernie Wilkins Orchestra
Golden Gate Quartet / Go Where I Send Thee / Bluebird / Charlotte, NC 8.4.37

last soulful (Christmas) song
Otis Redding / Soul Christmas / Merry Christmas, Baby / Atco / Memphis 2.67

The Best Playlists Happen While You’re Dancing

2025-12-12T15:56:00.005-05:00

Merry Xmas, Kiddie Records Weekly!

Note: the first break at 2:30 is misaligned for my back announcing only. All the rest of the show it aligned properly. That was for those listening over the radio and from the archive for the first 48 hours. Now (5 pm Sunday), a corrected version is on the archive.

Coffeetime, December 12, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1

Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley Quartet (5066) / Avila and Tequila / Blue Note / 3.27.55

Rouse-Watkins Jazz Modes / Jazzville / Legend / Dawn / 6.56 / Rouse ts, Watkins fh, Gildo Mahones p, Paul West b, Art Taylor d

Bernie Cummins & his Orchestra / I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You [written by Truman Virgil “Pinky” Tomlin] / Vocalion / 12.12.37 / vocal = Walter Cummins
Frankie Laine / Christmas Favorites / You’re All I Want For Christmas / Mercury / 1950
Felix Gross & his Orchestra / Love for Christmas / Savoy / LA 10.25.49 / Joe Howard ts, Mitchell “Tiny” Webb g, Minor Robinson d
Sparky / I Don’t Want a Lot for Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 1952 / with music by Billy May
Connee Boswell / Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / Decca / Hollywood 1946 / with Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
Jo Stafford / Ski Trails / By the Fireside / Columbia / 1955 / with Paul Weston & his Orchestra and The Starlighters

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

set 2
Bill Evans & Jim Hall / Intermodulation / Turn Out the Stars / Verve / 4.7.66
Jimmy Hamilton / Can’t Help Swinging / Dancing on the Ceiling / Prestige Swingville / 4.4.61
Eddy Duchin & his Orchestra / When Winter Comes / Brunswick / 5.16.39 / vocal = Johnny MacAfee
Bing Crosby / I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time [Decca] / Hollywood 11.25.50 / duet with Lindsay Crosby; with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires [Jeff Alexander Chorus
Bob Keeshan & Lumpy Brannum / Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas from Captain Kangaroo / Crackerjack Christmas / Golden Records / 1958 / with Jimmy Carroll & Orchestra and Mr. Green Jeans aka Lumpy Brannum
Danny Kaye / The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing / soundtrack to White Christmas / Hollywood 1953 / with the Starlighters & Rosemary Clooney, dialogue with Vera-Ellen & Rosemary Clooney (“I don’t weigh very much.”)
Billie Mae Richards & Paul Soles / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / We’re a Couple of Misfits / Decca / 1964

set 3
Oliver Nelson / Nocturne / Azure-té / Prestige Moodsville 13 / 8.23.60
Jimmy Forrest / Out of the Forrest / That’s All / Prestige / 4.18.61
Sammy Kaye / Santa Claus Is on His Way / Victor / 1941 / vocal = The Three Kaydets
Mills Brothers / On This Christmas Eve / Decca / 9.8.49
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee / Little Jack Frost Get Lost / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time / Hollywood 1.11.50 / with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires
The Dinning Sisters & Bob Atcher / Christmas Island / Capitol / Hollywood 1950
Dean Martin / Christmas Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 10.5.53
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Christmas Road / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s

set 4
Bill Harris / The Harris Touch / Yesterdays / EmArcy / 5.2.57 / Harris g, unknown bongos
Herb Geller / Sleigh Ride / EmArcy / 1954
Oscar Moore / The Christmas Song / Horizon / Burbank 4.65 / Moore g, Gerald Wiggins p, Joe Comfort b

King Cole Trio / Jingle Bells / Standard transcription / Hollywood 10.38 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Wesley Prince b
The Starlighters / I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / Capitol / Hollywood 1948
June Hutton / Song of the Sleigh Bells / Capitol / Hollywood 11.26.52 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra and The Boys Next Door
Dean Martin / Silver Bells / NBC TV broadcast, The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show / Hollywood 12.9.52
Alphabetical Four / Go Where I Send Thee / Decca / 8.16.38

last soulful song
Donny Hathaway / This Christmas / Atco / Chicago 1970

The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just to Keep the Playlist That I’ve Got)

2025-12-05T15:56:00.000-05:00

Me and my WMBR pals at the station. :P

Coffeetime, December 5, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1

Hank Mobley / Hank Mobley (5066) / Love for Sale / Blue Note / 3.27.55

Jay Jay [J.J.] Johnson / Get Happy / Blue Note / 6.22.53 / Jimmy Heath ts

Miff Mole’s Molers / Davenport Blues / Okeh / 3.7.27

Dick Robertson & his Orchestra / Meet Me Under the Mistletoe / Decca / 10.18.41
Fats Waller & his Rhythm / Winter Weather / Bluebird / 12.26.41
Floyd Dixon / Empty Stocking Blues / Aladdin / LA 9.19.50 / with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
Jo Stafford / Ski Trails / Moonlight in Vermont / Columbia / 4.10.56 / with Paul Weston & his Music

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

set 2
Gerry Mulligan / Night Lights / In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning / Philips / fall 1962
Ike Quebec / Blue & Sentimental / Blue & Sentimental/ Blue Note / 12.23.61
Hank D’Amico / Holiday with Hank / Tomorrow / Bethlehem / 1955 / D’Amico cl, Billy Triglia p, Milt Hinton b, Charlie Smith d; cover photography & design by Burt Goldblatt

Mills Brothers / The Yam / Decca / 8.23.38

Sammy Kaye (Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye) / (Don’t Wait ’Til) The Night Before Christmas / Victor / 11.11.38 / vocal = The Three Barons
Yogi Yorgesson / I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 10.18.49 / with the Johnny Duffy Trio
Paul Frees, Royal Dano, Joan Gardner, and Laura Olsher / Plunderer’s March (We’re Despicable) / soundtrack to Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol / 1961 / music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill

set 3
Bill Smith / Folk Jazz / Greensleeves / Contemporary / LA 1959

Mal Waldron / Mal-1 / Stablemates / Prestige / 11.9.56

Georgie Auld / Autumn in New York / Roost / 1.24.51

Howard McGhee’s All Stars / Fluid Drive / Blue Note / 1950

Raymond Scott & his Orchestra / Send Me Your Love for Christmas / AFRS Raymond Scott Show / 10.44 / vocal = Dorothy Collins

Delta Rhythm Boys / Jingle Bells / radio broadcast, Christmas Jubilee, AFRS Christmas Jubilee Show / Hollywood 1945

The Orioles / (It’s Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas / Jubilee / 1948

Matt Dennis / Welcome Matt / By the Fireside / Jubilee / 1958 / with band arranged & conducted by Sy Oliver

set 4
Ellis Larkins / Blue and Sentimental / Blue and Sentimental / Decca / 1956 / Larkins p, Skeeter Best g, Joe Benjamin b, Jim Crawford d

Lou Levy / Jazz in Four Colors / Button Up Your Overcoat / RCA Victor / LA 4.2.56 / Levy p, Larry Bunker vb, Leroy Vinnergar b, Stan Levey d

Blossom Dearie / Old Devil Moon / Barclay / Paris 1.16.56 / Dearie p, Bobby Jaspar fl, Benoit Quersin b, Christian Garros d

Eddie Cantor / The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just to Keep the Things That I’ve Got) / Columbia / 11.26.39 / with Jerry Joyce and his Orchestra and The Robert Mitchell “Boychoir”
King Cole Trio / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Capitol / 8.22.46 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Nancy Wilson / Easy / Make Me a Present of You / Capitol / Hollywood 1968
Golden Gate Quartet / Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John / NBC Thesaurus radio program / 1941

last soulful song
Lou Rawls / Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho! / Christmas Is / Capitol / Hollywood 7.17.67

Booker T. & The MG’s / In the Christmas Spirit / Santa Claus Is Coming to Town / Stax / 1966

Tell Me Your Playlist and I Will Tell You Mine

2025-11-28T15:59:00.000-05:00

Pretty guy, pretty guitar… and he plays it pretty, too.

Coffeetime, November 28, 2025, Angelynn Grant

set 1
Cannonball Adderley / Plus / Lisa [alt take] / Riverside [unissued] / 5.11.61
Horace Silver / Doin’ the Thing / Cool Eyes / Blue Note [unissued] / live at the Village Gate / 5.61
Lou Donaldson & Clifford Brown / New Faces – New Sounds / Carvin’ the Rock / Blue Note / 6.9.53
George Olsen & his Music / Who / Victor / 11.6.25 / vocal = Olsen, Bob Rice, Fran Frey, & Jack Fulton
Helen Humes / It’s Better to Give Than to Receive / Philo / LA 12.22.45
Blossom Dearie / Once Upon a Summertime / Manhattan / Verve / 9.58

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

set 2
Leo Wright / Blues Shout / The Wind / Atlantic / summer 1960 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Shout
Marty Paich / Marty Paich Octet / Paich-Ence / GNP / Hollywood 2.55
Jutta Hipp & Zoot Sims / Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims / These Foolish Things / Blue Note [unissued] / 7.28.56
Bing Crosby / I’m Thru with Love / Brunswick / 6.12.31
Savannah Churchill & her All Star Seven / Tell Me Your Blues and I Will Tell You Mine / Gennett / 1942 / Jimmy Lytell & his All Star Seven: Lytell cl, Russ Case t, Will Bradley tb, Frank Signorelli p, Carmen Mastren g, Haig Stevens b, Chauncey Morehouse d
Tab Smith, His Fabulous Alto & Orchestra / Love Is a Wonderful Thing / United / Chicago 9.51
Rosemary Clooney / Tenderly / The Lady Is a Tramp / Columbia / 1955

set 3
Kenny Burrell / The Tender Gender / The Tender Gender / Cadet / 4.66
Stanley Turrentine / A Chip Off the Old Block / Cherry Point / Blue Note / 10.21.63
Sacha Distel / Nuages / French TV / 1959
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra / No Love No Nothin’ / Lang-Worth Transcription / 1943 / vocal = Phyllis Lane
The Du Droppers / Chain Me, Baby (Blues of Desire) / Robin / 8.52
Kenny Burrell / Weaver of Dreams / That Old Feeling / Columbia / 10.18.60 / Burrell g & voc, [Tommy Flanagan p,] Wendell Marshall b, Bobby Donaldson d

set 4
Conrad Gozzo / Goz the Great! / Do That Again Daddy / RCA Victor / LA 3.7.55 / Gozzo t, Murray McEachern tb, Paul Smith p, Tony Rizzi g, Sam Cheifetz b, Alvin Stoller d
Shorty Rogers / Wherever the Four Winds Blow / Marooned in a Monsoon / RCA Victor / LA 7.2.56 / Rogers t, Jimmy Giuffre cl, Lou Levy p, Ralph Pena b, Larry Bunder d
Herbie Mann & Sam Most / Herbie Mann – Sam Most Quintet / Let’s Get Away from It All / Bethlehem 10.55 / Herbie Mann, Sam Most fl, Joe Puma g, Jimmy Gannon b, Lee Kleinman d
King Cole Trio / On the Sunny Side of the Street / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood 11.21.44 / vocal = The Barrie Sisters; NKC p, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b
Margie Day / One Steady Date / Dot / 3.51 / with the Griffin Brothers Orchestra
Esther Phillips / And I Love Him / ’Tis Autumn / Atlantic / 1966
Highway QC’s / There’s Something on My Mind / Vee-Jay / Chicago 1957

last soulful song
Aretha Franklin / Aretha Now / You Send Me / Atlantic / 1968

Undisputed Truth / Girl You’re Alright / Gordy / Detroit 1972