Thursday, May 31, 2007



I Could Have Told You

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)

lyric by
Carl Sigman (top)
Album: No One Cares
Artist: Johnny Smith
Album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 2






I Concentrate On You

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Album: Sinatra's Swingin' Session; The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 6
Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: This Is Chris
Artist: Herb Ellis
Album: Soft And Mellow
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: The Magic Of Cole Porter



I Can Read Between The Lines

lyric by Sid Frank

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Where Are You?



I'm A Fool To Want You

music by Joel Herron

lyric by Jack Wolf &
Frank Sinatra (top)
Album: Where Are You?; The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 12
Album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
Album: Blue Gardenia
Artist: Joe Lovano
Album: Celebrating Sinatra





I'll Never Smile Again

music and lyric by Ruth Lowe (l-r: Frank Sinatra, Ruth Lowe, Tommy Dorsey)
Album: No One Cares; Sinatra In Hollywood 1940-1964, Disc 1
Artist: Dave Brubeck
Album: Jazz At The College Of The Pacific
Artist: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra 1940
Artist: Joe Lovano
Album: Celebrating Sinatra
Album: That Shearing Sound


If Love Is Trouble

music by George Handy
lyric by Jack Segal (top)
Album: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings



I Think Of You

music by Jack Elliott (top)
lyric by Don Marcotte
Album: Where Are You?


I Love You

music by Harry Archer (above)
lyric by Harlan Thompson (top l-r: Bing Crosby, Herbert Polesie, Harlan Thompson)
Album: Come Swing With Me

Thursday, May 24, 2007



Born To Lose

music by Frankie Brown
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Born To Play



Blue Turning Gray Over You

lyric by Andy Razaf
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Braff!

Blue Silhouette

music by Jimmy Dale & Jack Val
lyric by Murray Samos
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland; All About Ronnie


Blow Gabriel Blow

music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft



Blame It On My Last Affair

music by Henry Nemo
lyric by Irving Mills
Artist: Count Basie
Album: The Complete Decca Recordings


Blah, Blah, Blah

music by George Gershwin (left)


Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song







Black And Blue

lyric by Andy Razaf (top)
Artist: Carmen McRae
Album: Live At Birdland West


Bittersweet

music and lyric by Sam Jones
Album: A Vintage Year


Be My All
music and lyric by Bart Howard
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft


Be A Clown

music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft

Ballad Of The Sad Cafe

music and lyric by Charles DeForest
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Cafe

Saturday, May 19, 2007



Too Much Too Soon

music by Ernest Gold (top)
lyric by Al Stillman
Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 3; MP3 Download

Friday, May 18, 2007









Too Marvelous For Words

music by Richard A. Whiting (right)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (left)
Album: Songs For Swingin' Lovers; Frank Sinatra Sings The Select Johnny Mercer
Album: Live
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Braff!
Artist: Jo Stafford
Album: The Jo Stafford Story
Album: Too Marvelous For Words (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
Album: The Complete Coleman Hawkins On Keynote
Album: Casa Forte
Artist: Diana Krall
Artist: Bing Crosby
Album: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56, disc 7
Artist: Red Norvo
Album: The Legendary Red Norvo Trio, vol. 2
Artist: J.J. Johnson
Album: The Eminent J.J. Johnson, vol. 2 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)







Through A Long And Sleepless Night

music by Alfred Newman (above)

lyric by
Mack Gordon (top l-r: Al Dubin, Mack Gordon, Leo Robin, Harry Revel, Harry Warren; below Lorenz Hart, Hoagy Carmichael)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 3







This Love Of Mine

music by Sol Parker & Hank Sanicola (l-r: Sanicola, Sinatra, Barton)

lyric by Frank Sinatra (top)

Album: In The Wee Small Hours
Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars
Album: Blue Gardenia
Artist: Joe Lovano
Album: Celebrating Sinatra


This Is All I Ask

music and lyric by Gordon Jenkins
Album: September Of My Years



The Sweetest Sounds

music by Richard Rodgers (right)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II
(left)
Album: Sassy Swings Again
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Sweet And Swinging
Artist: Joe Pass
Album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 4



The September Of My Years

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (right)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (left)
Album: September Of My Years


The Next Time Around

music by Jerry Livingston (top)
lyric by Dan Shapiro
Album: The Divine Sarah Vaughan; MP3 Download




The Midnight Sun Will Never Set

Album: Vaughan & Violins; MP3 Download; MP3 Download
Artist: Quincy Jones
Album: The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions, Disc 2







music by Hugh Martin (above)

lyric by
Ralph Blane (top)

Album: Songs For Young Lovers/Swing Easy
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Mel Torme At The Crescendo
Artist: Jo Stafford
Album: The Jo Stafford Story
Album: You'd Better Love Me
Artist: Johnny Smith
Album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 4
Artist: Ahmad Jamal
Album: Complete Live At The Spotlite Club 1958, recorded live in Washington on 9-5 & 6, 1958, disc 1