Thursday, September 27, 2007




Confirmation


Artist:
Bob Cooper
Album: Coop! The Music Of Bob Cooper
Album: The George Shearing Quintet On The Sunny Side Of The Strip
Artist: Jimmy Smith



Cherokee

music and lyric by Ray Noble

Artist: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1939-1940
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
Album: September In The Rain


Chasin' The Bird

Album: Bass On Top


Changes

music and lyric by Walter Donaldson
Album: The Harry James Years, Vol. 1


Camptown Races

music and lyric by Stephen Foster
Artist: Dave Brubeck
Album: Gone With The Wind

Saturday, September 22, 2007





At Sundown

music and lyric by Walter Donaldson
Album: The Complete Capitol Trios





(I Would Do) Anything For You

music and lyric by Alex Hill (above) & Claude Hopkins (top)
Album: B.G. In Hi-Fi


Friday, September 21, 2007







Air Mail Special

music by Benny Goodman (above), Jimmy Mundy (middle) & Charlie Christian (top)
Album: B.G. In Hi-Fi; Solo Flight
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



Adelaide

music and lyric by Frank Loesser
Artist: Eddie Costa
Album: Guys And Dolls Like Vibes

A Shanty In Old Shanty Town

music by Little Jack Little (above) & John Siras
lyric by Joe Young
Album: The Complete Coleman Hawkins On Keynote

Wednesday, September 19, 2007



A Night In Tunisia
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
Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars; The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions

Friday, September 14, 2007



Experiment

music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Mabel Mercer
Album: Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter


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)


Everyday's A Holiday

music by Mort Garson (above)
lyric by Bob Hilliard
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: That's All






Emily

music by
Johnny Mandel (above)

lyric by
Johnny Mercer (top)

Artist:
Dick Haymes
Album: Keep It Simple
Album: Body & Soul
Artist: Bill Perkins
Album: Quietly There
Artist: Marian McPartland
Album: From This Moment On




Easy Street

music by Harold Arlen (left)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (right)
Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Trombones/The Four Freshmen And Five Trumpets
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

music and lyric by Irving Berlin

Artist: Herb Ellis
Album: Soft Shoe
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

Album: Mosaic Select No. 28 MP3 Download



Down In The Depths

music and lyric by
Cole Porter

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

lyric by Abe Olman
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)
Album: Beauty And The Beat!; MP3 Download





Dixieland Band

lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)
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
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

music by Burton Lane (above)

lyric by
Alan J. Lerner (top)

Artist:
Shirley Horn
Album: You Won't Forget Me
Artist: Peggy Lee
Album: Two Shows Nightly-Live At The Copa