Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Luck Be A Lady
music and lyric by Frank Loesser
Artist: Eddie Costa
Album: Guys And Dolls Like Vibes; MP3 Download
(click on link for YouTube video with Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Roberta Flack, Peggy Lee and Aretha Franklin)
music and lyric by Duke Ellington
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Private Collection-Studio Sessions, Chicagp 1956, Vol. 1; MP3 Download
Love Among The Young
music by Alec Wilder (above)
lyric by Norman Gimbel (top)
Artist: Margaret Whiting
Album: Too Marvelous For Words
Louise
music by Richard A. Whiting (above l-r: Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting)
lyric by Leo Robin (top)
Artist: Coleman Hawkins
Album: The Complete Coleman Hawkins On Keynote
Artist: Russ Morgan
Album: Music In The Morgan Manner 1941-1954
Artist: Lester Young, Teddy Wilson
Album: Pres And Teddy; MP3 Download
Linger Awhile
music by Vincent Rose
Artist: Richie Kamuca, Bill Holman
Album: West Coast Jazz In Hifi
Artist: Dave McKenna
Album: The Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims
Line For Lyons (Click Here for YouTube video clip: Gerry Mulligan)
music by Gerry Mulligan
Artist: Paul Desmond
Album: The Paul Desmond Quintet/Quartet
Artist: Chet Baker
Album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Live Recordings Of The Chet Baker Quartet With Russ Freeman, disc 1, 2, 3 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Chet Baker)
artist: Gerry Mulligan
album: Gerry Mulligan Paul Desmond Quartet (Click Here for YouTube video clip: Paul Desmond)
artist: Gerry Mulligan
album: Gerry Mulligan Paul Desmond Quartet (Click Here for YouTube video clip: Paul Desmond)
Let Me Love You Tonight
music by Rene Touzet (above)
lyric by Mitchell Parish (top)
Artist: Tommy Dorsey
Album: Well, Git It!; The Jazz Collector Edition, Vol. 2
Friday, October 26, 2007
If I Steal A Kiss
music by Nacio Herb Brown (left)
lyric by Edward Heyman (top)
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 8
If I Forget You
music and lyric by Irving Caesar
artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 9
artist: Helen Merrill
album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury
If I Ever Love Again
music and lyric by Russ Carlyle (above) & Dick Reynolds
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 10
I Went Down To Virginia
music by David Mann
lyric by Redd Evans
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 8
(Just One Way To Say) I Love You
music and lyric by Irving Berlin
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 10
Artist: Buddy Clark
Album: Once And For Always
(click on link for YouTube video with Glenn Miller's Orch.)
music and lyric by Bud Green, Mickey Stoner & Martin Block (top)
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952, Complete Recordings, Vol. 11
I Am Loved
music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 11
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
music by Harold Arlen (above)
Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Album: It's A Man's World; The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Volume 4
Artist: J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding
Album: Trombone For Two
Artist: Woody Herman
Album: Northwest Passage, Vol. 2
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Twelve Nights In Hollywood, recorded live at the Crescendo, May 11 through May 21, 1961, disc 2
Artist: George Shearing
Album: Piano
Monday, October 22, 2007
From Now On
music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: 50 By Bobby Short
Artist: Peggy Lee
Album: Ole A La Lee/Latin A La Lee
music by Peter Tinturin (above)
lyric by Jack Lawrence (top)
Artist: Shirley Horn
Album: You Won't Forget Me; MP3 Download
Artist: Teddy Wlson
Album: With Billie In Mind; MP3 Download (click on link for YouTube video with Billie Holiday)
Five O'Clock Whistle
music by Josef Myrow
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Blanton-Webster Band
Artist: Mel Torme & George Shearing
Album: Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 6
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Feeling Sentimental
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY For Gershwin
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Far Away Places
music by Alex Kramer
lyric by Joan Whitney Kramer
Artist: Margaret Whiting
Album: Capitol Collectors Series
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Bye Bye Baby
music by Lou Handman (above)
lyric by Walter Hirsch
Artist: Tommy Dorsey
Album: The Jazz Collector Edition, Vol. 2
Blue Room (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: Live At Carnegie Hall 1938
Artist: Ruby Braff, George Barnes
Album: The Ruby Braff George Barnes Quartet Salutes Rodgers & Hart
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: The Magic Of Richard Rodgers
Artist: Jimmy Smith
Album: The Sermon
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Blueberry Hill
music by Vincent Rose
lyric by Al Lewis (top) & Larry Stock
Artist: Clifford Brown
Album: Jazz Immortal
Blue (And Broken Hearted) (click on link for YouTube video with Wild Bill Davidson, Edmund Hall, Cutty Cutshall)
music by Lou Handman (above)
lyric by Edgar Leslie & Grant Clarke
AQrtist: Benny Goodman
Album: The Complete Capitol Trios
Beyond The Blue Horizon
lyric by W. Franke Harling
Artist: Coleman Hawkins
Album: The Complete Coleman Hawkins On Keynote
Artist: Artie Shaw
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right) and Dubose Heyward (center)
Artist: Miles Davis
Album: Porgy And Bess
Artist: Clifford Brown
Album: Brownie, Disc 6
Artist: Quincy Jones
Album: Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions, Disc 4
Artist: Teddy Wilson
Album: Concert In Argentina
Arist: Richard Twardzik
Album: Mosaic Select #19: The Pacific Jazz Piano Trios, disc 1
Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (click on link for YouTube video)
music by George Gershwin (above)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (top)
Artist: Miles Davis
Album: Porgy And Bess
Beale Street Blues
music and lyric by W. C. Handy
Artist: Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
Album: Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues Back To Back
Monday, October 15, 2007
Artistry In Rhythm
music by Stan Kenton
Artist: Stan Kenton
Album: Retrospective; Complete Capitol Studio Recordings Of Stan Kenton, 1943-1947
Apple Honey
music by Woody Herman
Artist: Woody Herman
Album: The Thundering Herds 1945-1947 (click on link for YouTube video); Woody Herman Memorial 40th Anniversary Concert At Carnegie Hall; Woody Herman Presents-Vol. 1: A Concord Jam; Mosaic Select No. 31, Disc 2; Northwest Passage