Friday, November 16, 2007
music by Alex Alstone
original lyric by Andre Gaston Tabet & Roger Bernstein
English lyric by Jack Lawrence (top l-r: Michael Feinstein, Jack Lawrence)
Artist: Jo Stafford
Album: The Jo Stafford Story
Sweet Happy Life
music by Luiz Bonfa (top left)
lyric by Antonio Maria Araujo de Moraes (center) & Andre Michel Salvet (above)
English lyric by Norman Gimbel (top right)
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Classic; MP3 Download
Suddenly It's Spring
music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)
lyric by Johnny Burke (right)
Artist: Chris Connor
Album: Chris Connor/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
Artist: Joe Derise
Album: Joe Derise Sings & Plays The Van Heusen Anthology, Vol. 4
Squeeze Me
music by Duke Ellington (above)
lyric by Lee Gaines (top l-r: Oscar Pettiford, Grethe Kemp, Lee Gaines)
Artist: Diana Krall
Album: Only Trust Your Heart; MP3 Download
Something's Coming
music by Leonard Bernstein (above)
lyric by Stephen Sondheim (top)
Artist: Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson
Album: Two's Company; MP3 Download
Someday I'll Find You
music and lyric by Noel Coward
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: Bobby, Noel & Cole
Artist: Mel Torme, George Shearing
Album: A Vintage Year; Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 5
Artist: Marian McPartland
Album: Willow Creek And Other Ballads
So Near And Yet So Far
(click on link for YouTube video of Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth)
music and lyric by Cole Porter
Artist: Bobby Short
Album: 50 By Bobby Short; Bobby, Noel & Cole
Artist: Oscar Peterson
Album: Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterson Trio 1951-53, disc 4
Sing For Your Supper
music by Richard Rodgers (left)
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: Lulu's Back In Town; The 1956 Torme-Paich Legendary Sessions, recorded in Hollywood, January 18, 1956
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Since I Fell For You
music and lyric by Woodrow Wilson "Buddy" Johnson
Album: A Vintage Year; Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 5
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Sentimental Baby
music by Lew Spence (above)
lyric by Alan & Marilyn Bergman (top)
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Sinatra's Swingin' Session!; MP3 Download
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Our Love
music by Peter I. Tchaikowsky (top)
arranged by Larry Clinton (above)
Artist: Larry Clinton
Album: Larry Clinton And His Orchestra, 1941 and 1949
Opus One
music by Sy Oliver
Artist: Tommy Dorsey
Album: The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Vol. 1 (click on link for YouTube video); Well Git It!; The Jazz Collector Edition, Vol. 2; MP3 Download
Artist: Charlie Byrd
Album: Great Guitars At Charlies Georgetown
Only A Rose
music by Rudolph Friml
lyric by Brian Hooker
Artiat: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra 1940
Friday, November 09, 2007
One Sweet Letter From You
Artist: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1939-1940
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: Bluebirds In The Moonlight; MP3 Download
Artist: Lionel Hampton
On The Trail
music by Ferde Grofe (above)
Artist: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1939-1940
Artist: Mundell Lowe
Album: Souvenirs
(click on link for YouTube video with Shirley Temple)
music by Richard A. Whiting (top l-r: Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting)
lyric by Sidney Clare
music by Richard A. Whiting (top l-r: Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting)
lyric by Sidney Clare
Artist: Margaret Whiting
Album: Too Marvelous For Words
On A Little Street In Singapore
music by Peter De Rose (top)
lyric by Billy J. Hill (above)
Artist: Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond
Album: Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond; MP3 Download
Artist: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra, 1939-1940
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
music and lyric by Joe Burke, Mark Fisher & Benny Davis
Artist: Russ Morgan
Album: Russ Morgan & His Orchestra 1941-1954
Odds Against Tomorrow
music by John Lewis (The Modern Jazz Quartet l-r: Percy Heath, Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Connie Kay)
Artist: Modern Jazz Quartet
Album: Dedicated To Connie; Odds Against Tomorrow; MP3 Download
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Now That I Have Everything
music and lyric by Ervin Drake
Artist: Margaret Whiting
Album: Margaret Whiting Then And Now
Northwest Passage
Artist: Woody Herman
Album: Northwest Passage, Vol. 2; The Thundering Herds 1945-1947 (click on link for YouTube video: Caldonia & Northwest Passage); MP3 Download
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
(Click on link for YouTube video with Alice Faye)
music by Harry Warren (above)
lyric by Leo Robin (top)
Artist: Russ Morgan
Album: Russ Morgan & His Orchestra, 1941-1954
Nights At The Turntable
music by Gerry Mulligan
Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Album: California Concerts, Vol. 2; MP3 Download
Never No Lament (aka Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
music by Duke Ellington (top)
lyric by Bob Russell
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Blanton-Webster Band; MP3 Download
(click on link for YouTube video with Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth)
artist: Dinah Washington
album: Blue Gardenia; MP3 Download
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
Artist: John Coltrane
Album: Ballads
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 1; 3
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Cornet Chop Suey
Artist: The Four Freshmen
Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars
Artist: Joe Derise
Album: Joe Derise Sings And Plays The Jimmie Van Heusen Anthology, Vol. 4
Artist: Ben Webster
Album: The Warm Moods
Artist: Woody Herman
Album: Woody Herman Presents, Vol. 1: A Concord Jam
Artist: Johnny Smith
Album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 1
Namely You
music by Gene DePaul (right)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (left)
Artist: Marlene Verplanck
Album: Marlene Verplanck Meets Saxomania
Artist: Margaret Whiting
Album: Too Marvelous For Words
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Make The Man Love Me
music by Arthur Schwartz (above)
lyric by Howard Dietz (top)
Artist: Margaret Whiting
Album: Too Marvelous For Words
Make Believe
music by Jerome Kern (l-r: Oscar Hammerstein, Flo Zeigfeld, Jerome Kern)
Artist: Coleman Hawkins
Album: The Complete Coleman Hawkins On Keynote
Artist: Peggy Lee
Album: Two Shows Nightly-Live At The Copa
Artist: Ralph Sharon
Album: The Magic Of Jerome Kern
Mad About The Boy
music and lyric by Noel Coward
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Downloads