Artist: Bob Cooper
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Confirmation
music by Charlie Parker
Artist: Bob Cooper
Album: Coop! The Music Of Bob Cooper
Artist: George Shearing
Album: The George Shearing Quintet On The Sunny Side Of The Strip
Artist: Jimmy Smith
Album: The Sermon (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Jimmy Smith)
Cherokee
music and lyric by Ray Noble
Artist: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1939-1940
Artist: Clifford Brown
Artist: Quincy Jones
Album: Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions, disc 3
Artist: Johnny Smith
Album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 1; Moonlight In Vermont
Artist: Tal Farlow
Album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 1
Artist: George Shearing
Album: September In The Rain
Saturday, September 22, 2007
(I Would Do) Anything For You
music and lyric by Alex Hill (above) & Claude Hopkins (top)
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: B.G. In Hi-Fi
Friday, September 21, 2007
Air Mail Special
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: B.G. In Hi-Fi; Solo Flight
Artist: Lionel Hampton
Album: Midnight Sun (Click Here for YouTube video clip); The Complete Lionel Hampton Quartets And Quintets On Verve, disc 1
Artist: Quincy Jones
Album: Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Bi Band Jazz Sessions,Disc 3,4,5
A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
music by Little Jack Little (above) & John Siras
lyric by Joe Young
Artist: Coleman Hawkins
Album: The Complete Coleman Hawkins On Keynote
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
A Night In Tunisia
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Album: Dizzy's Diamonds; The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Artist: Jimmy Smith
A Lot Of Livin' To Do
music by Charles Strouse (left)
lyric by Lee Adams (right; center: Chita Rivera)
Artist: Pat Metheny
Album: Trio 99->00
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Oh, Lonely Winter
music and lyric by Ken Albers & Bill Comstock
Artist: The Four Freshmen
Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars; The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions
Friday, September 14, 2007
Experience
music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)
lyric by Johnny Burke (right)
Artist: Joe Derise
Album: Joe Derise Sings & Plays The Jimmy Van Heusen Anthology, Vol. 4
Evelina
music by Harold Arlen (left)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (right)
Artist: Johnny Mercer
Album: Mosaic Select No. 28
Everyday's A Holiday
music by Mort Garson (above)
lyric by Bob Hilliard
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: That's All
Artist: Dick Haymes
Album: Keep It Simple
Album: Body & Soul
Artist: Bill Perkins
Album: Quietly There
Artist: Marian McPartland
Artist: Marian McPartland
Album: From This Moment On
Easy Street
music by Harold Arlen (left)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (right)
Artist: The Four Freshmen
Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Trombones/The Four Freshmen And Five Trumpets
Artist: Marlene Verplanck
Album: You'd Better Love Me
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Easy Come Easy Go
music by Johnny Green (above)
lyric by Edward Heyman (top)
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: 50 By Bobby Short
Artist: Anita O'Day
Album: Verve Jazz Masters 49
Easter Parade
Artist: Herb Ellis
Album: Soft Shoe
Artist: Oscar Peterson
Album: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterson Trio (!951-53), disc 5
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: The Magic Of Irving Berlin
Duration Blues
music and lyric by Johnny Mercer
Artist: Johnny Mercer
Album: Mosaic Select No. 28 MP3 Download
Down In The Depths
music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Johnny Hartman
Album: Unforgettable
Artist: Mabel Mercer
Album: Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter
Artist: Morgana King
Album: Simply Eloquent
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: The Magic Of Cole Porter
Down Among The Sheltering Palms
music by James Brockman
lyric by Abe Olman
Artist: Johnny Mercer
Album: Mosaic Select No. 28, Disc 3
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
music and lyric by Joe Greene
Artist: Shirley Horn
Album: You Won't Forget Me; MP3 Download
Don't Ever Leave Me
music by Jerome Kern (right)
lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (left)
Artist: Peggy Lee, George Shearing
Album: Beauty And The Beat!; MP3 Download
Dixieland Band
music by Bernard Hanighen
lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)
Artist: Johnny Mercer
Album: Mosaic Select No. 28; MP3 Download
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Dearest (You're The Nearest To My Heart)
music by Harry Akst (above l-r: unknown, Al Jolson, Harry Akst)
lyric by Benny Davis
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: Together Again!
Dance Only With Me
music by Jule Styne (above)
lyric by Betty Comden & Adolph Green (top l-r: Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
Artist: Peggy Lee
Album: Latin Ala Lee!/Ole Ala Lee
Cow Cow Boogie
music and lyric by Benny Carter (above), Don Raye & Gene DePaul (top: l-r: Johnny Mercer, Gene DePaul)
Artist: Glenn Miller
Album: The Lost Recordings
Come Back To Me
Artist: Shirley Horn
Album: You Won't Forget Me
Artist: Peggy Lee
Album: Two Shows Nightly-Live At The Copa