Swinging At The Daisy Chain

music by Count Basie

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Smarty (You Know It All)

music by Burton Lane (above)

lyric by Ralph Freed (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Slipped Disc

music by Benny Goodman

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Slipped Disc 1945-1946; MP3 Download; B.G. In Hi-Fi; The Legendary V-Disc Masters

Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today

music by Eddie Durham (above)

lyric by Jimmy Rushing (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: The Duke Ellington And Count Basie Songbooks; MP3 Download

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: B.G. In Hi-Fi; MP3 Download

Artist: Tommy Dorsey

Album: The Jazz Collector Edition, vol. 1-Tommy Dorsey

Second Chance

music by Andre Previn (above)

lyric by Dory Langdon Previn (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Bittersweet

Revelation

music by Gerry Mulligan

Artist: Bob Brookmeyer

Album: The Dual Role Of Bob Brookmeyer

Royal Garden Blues

(click on link for YouTube video with Branford Marsalis)

music by Clarence Williams (above)

lyric by Spencer Williams (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: For The First Time

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Bravura Eloquence

Artist: Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges

Album: Ellington & Hodges Play The Blues Back To Back

Round About

music by Vernon Duke (above)

lyric by Ogden Nash (top)

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not

Artist: Lena Horne

Album: The Men In My Life

Artist: Andre Previn

Album: Andre Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke

(La) Rosita [Rosita My Love]

music by Gus Haenschen (above pix- at piano)

lyric by Lester O'Keefe

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: Ole Torme; MP3 Download

Roseland Shuffle

music by Count Basie

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Rockin' In Rhythm

(click on link for YouTube video)

music by Duke Ellington & Harry Carney (above l-r: Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges)

lyric by Irving Mills (top)

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Live At The New School; MP3 Download

Artist: Lionel Hampton

Album: Midnight Sun; MP3 Download

Artist: Ben Webster

Album: Ben Webster Plays Duke Ellington

Ridin' On The Gravy Train

music by Ben Homer & Sunny Skylar

lyric by Steve Graham aka Michael H. Goldsen (top l-r: Bud Dant, Michael H. Goldsen, Don Ho)

Artist: Jo Stafford

Album: Jo Stafford Story

Reminiscin' In Tempo

music by Duke Ellington (above)

lyric by Mel Torme (top)

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks

Rap Tap Tap On Wood

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Artist: Bobby Short

Album: Bobby, Noel & Cole

Ooh, That Kiss

music by Harry Warren (top)

lyric by Mort Dixon & Joe Young

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Cornet Chop Suey

Ooh (What Cha Doin' To Me)

music and lyric by Timmie Rogers (top) & Al Fields

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: By Special Request

Only The Very Young

music and lyric by Mel Torme

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: That's All

One More Chance

music and lyric by Carolyn A. Gillman

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Live At Birdland West; MP3 Download

One Love Affair

music and lyric by Bart Howard

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft

Once In A Lifetime

music by Anthony Newley (above)

lyric by Leslie Bricusse (top left)

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: That's All

On The Swing Shift

music by Harold Arlen (left)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (right)

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: Velvet & Brass

Artist: Mel Torme & George Shearing

Album: Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 6

On The First Warm Day

music and lyric by Bart Howard

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor/Chris Craft

Of Thee I Sing

music by George Gershwin (left)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song

My Heart Is So Full Of You

music and lyric by Frank Loesser

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: I Miss You So/Witchcraft

My Favorite Things

music by Richard Rodgers (left)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (right)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions; MP3 Download

Artist: John Coltrane

Album: Legacy (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Download

My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More

music by Eubie Blake (top)

lyric by Andy Razaf (above)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Live At Birdland West; MP3 Download

My April Heart

music by George Wallington (above)

lyric by Maurice "Buddy" Goodman

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor

Moon Over Miami

music by Joe A. Burke

lyric by Edgar Leslie (top l-r back row: Oley Speaks, Fred E. Ahlert, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern. Front row l-r: Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, George Meyer, Gene Buck, Edgar Leslie & Deems Taylor)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions

Mixed Emotions

music and lyric by Stuart F. Louchheim

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: I Miss You So/Witchcraft

Artist: Dave Mckenna

Album: Left Handed Complement

Misery

music and lyric by Tony Scott

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen McRae With Mat Mathews & Tony Scott Quartets

Miser's Serenade (Gimme, Gimme,Gimme, Gimme)

music and lyric by Fred Patrick, Claude Reese Isaacs, Jack Val & Marvin Fisher

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris; All About Tonnie

May I?

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

lyric by Mack Gordon

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: A Tribute To Bing Crosby

Masquerade

music by J.J. Loeb

lyric by Paul Francis Webster (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Jazz Collector Edition; MP3 Download

Man, That Was A Dream

music by Thelonius Monk (above)

lyric by Jon Hendricks (top l-r: Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen Sings Monk

Lulu's Back In Town

music by Harry Warren (right)

lyric by Al Dubin (left)

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: Lulu's Back In Town (Click Here for YouTube video clip); The 1956 Torme-Paich Legendary Sessions, recorded in Hollywood, January 16, 17, 1956

Artist: Bobby Troup

Album: In A Class Beyond Compare

Artist: Johnny Mercer

Album: Mosaic Select 28, Disc2

Artist: John Pizzarelli, George Shearing

Album: The Rare Delight Of You

Artist: George Shearing

Album: Burnished Brass

Love In Bloom

music by Ralph Rainger

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

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: A Tribute To Bing Crosby