21st June 2010 Playlist 

Mabo   3:17 Company B Original Cast Soundtrack Recording Keating! (Casey Bennetto) Mike McLeish voc. 2007

I'm Fer It Too   4:05  Dicky Wells And His Orchestra Jazz Masters Of Acoustic Guitar And Some Bluesmen Too (Dicky Wells) Saga #006 466 2 Bill Coleman tpt; Dicky Wells tbn; Lester Young t sax; Ellis Larkins p; Freddie Green g; Al Hall b; Jo Jones d. NYC 21/12/1943 b. Dicky Wells jazz tbn 10th June 1907 - d. November 12, 1985.moved to NYC in 1926, and became a member of the Lloyd Scott band.He played with Count Basie between 1938-1945 A Wells's trademark was his "pepper pot" mute which he made himself. 

Champagne and Caviar 3:40 Astrud Gilberto Jazz After Dark - Relaxin' in the Small Hours (Astrud Gilberto) Metro Doubles #545  2006 

High Society Calypso   2:12 Louis Armstrong & His Band High Society (Cole Albert Porter) Back Biter #61032 Cole Porter Orchestra; Celeste Holm, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra voc; Grace Kelly performer; Louis Armstrong trumpet, vocals Edmond Hall cl; James Young tbn; Billy Cyle p; Arville Shaw b; Barrett Deems d. Orchestrations by Nelson Riddle. 1956 released 2007  

Oops! My Lady   3:18 Beryl Booker A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (Osborne) Acrobat #763508 recorded in 1952 with her own quintet. Beryl Booker p; Don Elliott on vibes, mellophone; Chuck Wayne g; Clyde Lombardi b; Connie Kay d. Budd Johnson cl, t sax seems to have been added to Beryl Booker’s combo for this session only, released 2006 -  Beryl Booker  b. June 7, 1922 – d. September 30, 1978, was a swing pianist of the 1950s. She played with Slam Stewart's trio in 1946, until 1951. In early 1952, Beryl Booker led a quintet which played at the landmark Jazz club Birdland at 315 W 44th St, NYC. Birdland was established in Manhattan in 1949, and is named after Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.

Never Let Me Go 4:39 Stacey Kent Breakfast On the Morning Tram (R Evans/J Livingston) Blue Note Records #1611 Jim Tomlinson fl, a sax, s sax, t sax; Graham Harvey p, fen rhodes; John Parricelli g; Dave Chamberlain db; Matt Skelton d, perc. 2007 

I Want to Be Loved (But By Only You) 3:48 Marion James Essence (S Churchill)Soul Food Records #44055 Reese Wynans kbds; (Double Trouble) Jack Pearson g; (The Allman Brothers), Bob Babbitt b (Motown session musician); Chucki Burke d (Willie Dixon, Issac Hayes). 2003 

Its Alright With Me   5:33 Bill O'Connell Latin Jazz Project Black Sand (Cole Albert Porter) Random Chance Record #4 Bill O'Connell p; Charles Fambrough b; Joe Ford a sax, s sax; Milton Cardona conga, voc, shekere; Randy Brecker tpt; Steve Berrios d, shakere. 2001 

This Could Be The Start Of Something Big   3:32 Trudy Kerr and Ingrid James Reunion (Steve Allen) uk Trudy Kerr, oz Ingrid James voc; Geofff Gasgcoyne db; Tom Crawley p; Seb de Krom d. release 9th july 2010 

Miss Hazel 5:33 Tina Brooks True Blue (Harold Tina Brooks) Blue Note #64473 Tina Brooks t sax; Freddie Hubbard tpt; Duke Jordan p; Sam Jones b; Art Taylor d.  2005 30:53 Echo/ID Tina Brooks b. 7th June 1932 d. Aug 13th 1974 Hard bop tenor sax and composer. Started career with R&B pianist Sonny Thompson in 1951 jioned Loinel Hampton's band in 1955 and a Blue Note contract in 1958 

I Wish I Knew   4:35 Dottie Dodgion Dottie Dodgion Sings (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren) Arbours # Jackie Coon flhn;  Johnny Varro p; Fast Eddie Erickson g; Dave Stone b; Gene Estes d. 2006 

Walkin   5:25 Tal Farlow Verve Impressions: More Saxes (Richard Carpenter) 2005  Tal Farlow b. June 7, 1921 - Greensboro, North Carolina d. July 25, 1998 New York City started playing guitar at 21 within a year was playing with Marjorie Hyams band. With Red Norvo from 1949 - 1953 nicknamed "Octopus" due to his huge hands and ability to play rapid yet light lines. After six months with Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five in 1953, Farlow put together his own group.  

I Just Wanna Give It   3:52 Electric Empire Electric Empire (Dennis Dowlut/Aaron Mendosa) art prod  oz Ross Irwin flghn; Paul Williamson t, bar sax; Aaron Mendosa werlitzer, synth bells, bvoc; Marcel Yammouni b; Jason Heeram d, congas, voc, bvoc. released June 2010 

If I Never Get to Heaven 3:46 Dinah Washington Heaven (Back to the Blues)(Napp/Washington) Blue Note #54334 Dinah Washington voc; Joe Newman tpt; Eddie Chamblee, Illinois Jacquet t sax; Patti Brown p; Billy Butler g; Milt Hinton b;  Jimmy Thomas d. and unknown strings. 2007 

You're My Thrill   3:04 Shelly Manne and His Men The Best of West Coast Jazz (Sidney Clare/Jay Gorney) Joe Gordon trumpeter; Richie Kamuca tenor saxophonist; Victor Feldman pianist; Monty Budwig bassist and Shelly Manne d.  2004 Shelly Manne d;  b. 11th June 1920 NYC d. September 26, 1984 His first professional job with a known big band was with the Bobby Byrne Orchestra in 1940.Manne rose to stardom when he became part of the working bands of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton in the late 1940s and early 1950s Moving to LA where he played an important role in the West Coast school of jazz, performing on the Los Angeles jazz scene with Shorty Rodgers 

Ain't That A Groove   3:32 James Brown Star Time [Disc 2] (James Brown/Nat Jones) Polydor #849 110 2 prod James Brown Disc 2 The Hardest Working Man In Show Business l James Brown voc, piano, organ; Bobby Byrd voc, org; Phelps "Catfish" Collins g; Lewis Hamlin tot; Maceo Parker t, bar sax; St. Clair Pickney, Pee Wee Ellis, Clifford "Ace King" MacMillian t sax; Al "Brisco" Clark bar sax; William "Bootsy" Collins, Bernard Odum b; John "Jabo" Starks, Nat Kendrick, Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie d. The Jewels Martha Harvin, Sandra Bears, Margie Clark voc; Studio Band, The Famous Flames. Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie d. 1966  Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie b. 11th June 1939 in Elkton, Maryland as the eleventh of fifteen children. He is known for his strict musical time keeping and "The Purdie Shuffle".The world's most recorded drummer having played with Aretha Franklin, James Brown, BB King, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, etc.

Got A Match   5:43 Chick Corea Elektric Band Grp Records #9535 Chick Corea synthesizer, keybds; Bo Tomlyn voice box; Carlos Rios or Scott Henderson g; John Patitucci basses; Dave Weckl d, perc.1989 Chick Corea b. 12th Jume 1941 p, comp; participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement as a member of the Miles Davis band in the 1960s, and in the 1970s formed Return To Forever One of the earliest recordings of his playing is with Blue Mitchell's quintet on The Thing To Do.  

If You Don't Know   3:54 Maggie Bell Suicide Sal Angel Air #792225 Maggie Bell, Mark London voc; Cuddley Judd bagpipes; Jimmy Jewell sax; Brian Breeze g, voc; Clark Terry, Pete Wingfield, Roy Davies keybds; Hugh Burns, Mickey Keene, Ray Glynn, Jimmy Page g; DeLisle Harper, Billy Lawrie b; Paul Francis d.  1975.  

Midnight   3:21 Benny Carter All Of Me (Johnny Gomez/Charlie Parker) MC #058 Benny Carter cl, a sax; Doc Cheatham, Lincoln Mills, Sidney De paris tpt; Vic Dickerson, Jimmy Archey, Joe Britton tbn; Ernie Purce, George James a sax; Fred Williams, Ernie Powell t sax; Sonny White p; Herb Thomas g; Charles Drayton b; Art Taylor d. Ethel Waters voc; Doc Cheatham b. 13th June 1905 Nashville, Tennesse d. 2 June, 1997 was a jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader. Started  toured in band accompanying blues singers moved to Chicago in 1924 Followed King Oliver around Oliver gave young Cheatham a mute mute which Cheatham treasured and performed with for the rest of his career. Louis Armstrong would be a lifelong influence on Cheatham. Toured Europe in the 20's NYC in the 30's Cheatham was Calloway's lead trumpeter from 1932 through 1939. Many bands in the 40's and 50's Latin influence He led his own band on Broadway for five years starting in 1960, after which he toured with Benny Goodman. Toured again in the 70's in addition to his regular Sunday gig leading the band at Sweet Basil in Grenwich Village. Doc Cheatham continued playing until two days before his death, in 1997 eleven days shy of his 92nd birthday. 

Lovely To Look At   2:33 Erroll Garner Erroll Garner: Complete Genius (Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields/J Kern) Erroll Garner b. June 15, 1921 - d. January 2, 1977. Was a self-taught pianist who never learned to read music, but was nevertheless one of the most ingenious jazz musicians in history. Although his admission to the Pittsburgh music union was initially refused because of his inability to read music, they eventually relented in 1956 and made him an honorary member. At 5ft 2 he sat on phone books, yet Garner managed to bridge the gap between stride and straight ahead styles. 

Misty 3:02 Sarah Vaughan The Diva Series (Erroll Garner/Johnny Burke)Universal Music & Vi #652072 with Clifford Brown 2003 Clint Eastwood's movie "Play Misty For Me" revived this jazz classic in 1971  

Rocky Racoon   3:36 Lena Horne Empathy (Paul McCartney/John Lennon) Passport Audio #1058 *g Richard Tee org; Gabor Szabo, Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree g; Chuck Rainey b; Grady Tate d; Lena Horne vcl; Gary McFarland arr,con; plus unknown strings and horns. 2006 Great session bass player Chuck Rainey b. 17th June 1940 as a member of The King Curtis Allstars toured US with the Beatles in the 70's Moved to LA in 72 worked with Quincy Jones, Steely Dan etc.

Paul McCartney - b. 18th June 1942; guitarist composer: Music & Lyrics: The Long and Winding Road, Yesterday, Fool On The Hill, Got to Get You into My Life, Michelle, Hey Jude, Eleanor Rigby.

You're Mine, You   3:19 Chet Baker Baby Breeze (J Green/E Heyman) Polygram #538328 Chet Baker trumpet, flugelhorn, voc; Frank Strozier fl, a sax; Phil Urso t sax; Hal Galper, Bobby Scott, Hilary James p;  Kenny Burrell g; Michael Fleming b; Charlie Rice d. 1999