Saturday, March 31, 2007



Redskin Rhumba

Album: Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra-1941; MP3 Download









Reach For Tomorrow

music by Jimmy McHugh (above)
lyric by Ned Washington (top)


Album: The Intimate Ella; MP3 Download


Rachel's Dream

music by Benny Goodman
Album: Small Groups 1941-1945; MP3 Download; Slipped Disc 1945-1946




Pound Cake

music by Count Basie (above) and Harry "Sweets" Edison (top)
Artist: Count Basie
Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1


Please Don't Say No

music by Sammy Fain (above)

lyric by Ralph Freed (top)
Artist: Count Basie
Album: Count Basie And His Orchestra 1944 And 1945


Pick-A-Rib

music by Benny Goodman
Album: The Small Groups; MP3 Download

Friday, March 30, 2007






Peter Piper
music by Richard Whiting (right)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (left)
Album: The Birth Of Swing



Perfidia

music and lyric by Alberto Dominguez (above)

English lyric by Milton Leeds

Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Ole Torme
Artist: Ahmad Jamal
Album: The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings
Album: Concert In Argentina


Pennsylvania 6-5000

music by Jerry Gray (top)
lyric by Carl Sigman (above)
Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942; MP3 Download; The Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Digital Mood




Peckin'

music by Ben Pollack (above) & Harry James (top)
Album: On The Air 1937-1938; MP3 Download


Peach Tree Street

music and lyric by Jimmy Saunders & Frank Sinatra (top)
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 11


Panassie Stomp

music by Count Basie (l-r: Freddie Green, Count Basie)
Artist: Count Basie
Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Wednesday, March 28, 2007







Out The Window

music by Count Basie (top)
& Eddie Durham (above)

Artist: Count Basie
Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download




Out Of Nowhere

music by Johnny Green
(above)

lyric by Edward Heyman (top)

Artist: Stan Getz
Album: The Roost Years; MP3 Download
Artist: Dave Brubeck
Album: Jazz Goes To College; The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live 1956-57
Album: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Us!
Artist: Johnny Smith
Album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 7; The Sound Of The Johnny Smith Guitar
Artist: Artie Shaw
Artist: Tal Farlow
Album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 2
Album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 3 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
Artist: Red Norvo
Album: Red Norvo Trio with Jimmy Raney/Red Mitchell
Artist: Chet Baker
Album: Complete Pacific Jazz Live Recordings Of The Chet Baker Quartet With Russ Freeman, disc 2



Our Love Was Meant To Be

music and lyric by Thomas "Fats" Waller (above), Alex Hill (top) & Joseph Davis
Artist: Count Basie
Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download








Organ Grinder's Swing

music by Will Hudson (above)
lyric by Mitchell Parish (middle) & Irving Mills (top)
Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936

Tuesday, March 27, 2007



Only Another Boy And Girl

music and lyric by Cole Porter
Album: Small Groups 1941-1945


One O'Clock Jump
(click on link for YouTube video with Ella & Count)
music by Count Basie
Artist: Count Basie
Album: The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings (click on link for YouTube video); The Complete 1941-1951 Columbia Recordings; MP3 Download; The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download
Album: The Harry James Years, Vol. 1; Live At Carnegie Hall 1938; MP3 Download
Album: The Private Collection: Dance Concerts, Vol. 2; MP3 Download


Once In Love With Amy


music and lyric by Frank Loesser
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 9
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley; MP3 Download



On The Alamo

music by Isham Jones (top)

lyric by
Gus Kahn (above l-r: Leo Robin, Gus Kahn, Jerome Kern, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Sigmund Romberg)

Album: The Small Groups; The Benny Goodman Sextet 1939-1941
Artist: Tal Farlow
Album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 2
Artist: Bing Crosby
Album: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56, disc 5
Artist: Stan Getz
Album: The Roost Quartets


One Finger Melody

music by Fred Spielman
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 11

Once

music by Claus Ogerman (top)
lyric by Guy Wood
Artist: Stan Getz
Album: Voices/Cool Velvet; MP3 Download


Oh! You Crazy Moon

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)

lyric by
Johnny Burke (right)

Artist:
Glenn Miller
Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
Artist: Peggy Lee
Album: Trav'lin' Light
Artist: Joe Derise
Album: Joe Derise Plays And Sings The Jimmy Van Heusen Anthology, Vol. 4
Album: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Artist: Johnny Smith
Album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 2
Album: Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 4

Monday, March 26, 2007



My Sweet Hunk O' Trash

music by James P. Johnson (top)
lyric by F.E. Miller
Album: Lady's Decca Days, Vol. 1; MP3 Download




My Foolish Heart

music by Victor Young
(top)

lyric by
Ned Washington (above l-r: Dimitri Tiomkin, Tex Ritter, Ned Washington)

Artist:
Carmen McRae
Album: Torchy/Blue Moon
Artist: Sylvia Syms
Album: Then Along Came Bill
Artist: Bill Evans
Album: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961, disc 1 (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
Album: Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 4




More

music by Riz Ortolani (above) & Nino Oliviero

original lyric by
Marcello Ciarciolini

English lyric by
Norman Newell (top)

Album: The Cool World/Dizzy Goes Hollywood
Artist: Joe Pass
Album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 3


Monkery's The Blues

music by Thelonius Monk (top)
lyric by Abbey Lincoln (above)
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: Carmen Sings Monk

Miss Thing

music by Count Basie (top l-r: Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald) & Skip Martin
Artist: Count Basie
Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1



(click on link for YouTube video with Bobby Short)

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook; MP3 Download