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
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)
Album: Too Marvelous For Words



Louise

music by Richard A. Whiting (above l-r: Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting)
lyric by Leo Robin (top)
Album: The Complete Coleman Hawkins On Keynote
Album: Music In The Morgan Manner 1941-1954
Album: Pres And Teddy; MP3 Download



Linger Awhile

music by Vincent Rose

lyric by
Harry Owens (above)
Album: West Coast Jazz In Hifi
Artist: Dave McKenna
Album: The Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims







Artist:
Paul Desmond
Album: The Paul Desmond Quintet/Quartet
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)



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)
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 8



If I Forget You

music and lyric by Irving Caesar
album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 9
album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury





If I Ever Love Again

music and lyric by Russ Carlyle (above) & Dick Reynolds
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 10


I Went Down To Virginia

music by David Mann
lyric by Redd Evans
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 8


(Just One Way To Say) I Love You

music and lyric by
Irving Berlin
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)
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952, Complete Recordings, Vol. 11


I Am Loved

music and lyric by Cole Porter
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)

lyric by
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (top)
Album: It's A Man's World; The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Volume 4
Album: Trombone For Two
Artist: Woody Herman
Album: Northwest Passage, Vol. 2
Album: Twelve Nights In Hollywood, recorded live at the Crescendo, May 11 through May 21, 1961, disc 2
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

lyric by
Kim Gannon (top) & Gene Irwin aka Isadore Morton Rudy
Album: The Blanton-Webster Band
Album: Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 6


Fine And Dandy

music by Kay Swift (above)

lyric by
Paul James (aka James Warburg)

Artist:
Peggy Lee
Album: Trav'lin' Light
Artist: Bing Crosby

Sunday, October 21, 2007


Feeling Sentimental

music by George Gershwin (left)
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY For Gershwin

Saturday, October 20, 2007



Far Away Places

music by Alex Kramer
Album: Capitol Collectors Series

Thursday, October 18, 2007


Dinner With Friends

music by Neal Hefti
Artist: Count Basie
Album: April In Paris; MP3 Download

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



music by Richard Rodgers (left)

lyric by Lorenz Hart
(right)
Album: Live At Carnegie Hall 1938
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



Blue Rondo A La Turk

music by Dave Brubeck
Artist: Dave Brubeck
Album: Time Out



Blueberry Hill

music by Vincent Rose
lyric by Al Lewis (top) & Larry Stock
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)
AQrtist: Benny Goodman
Album: The Complete Capitol Trios



Beyond The Blue Horizon

music by Richard A. Whiting (top)


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
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
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)
Artist: Miles Davis
Album: Porgy And Bess

Beale Street Blues

music and lyric by W. C. Handy
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