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)
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


Stop This World

music and lyric by Mose Allison
Artist: Diana Krall
Album: The Girl In The Other Room


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)
Album: Two's Company; MP3 Download


Someday I'll Find You

music and lyric by Noel Coward

Artist:
Bobby Short
Album: Bobby, Noel & Cole
Album: A Vintage Year; Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recordings, disc 5
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)

lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)

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

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)
Album: Sinatra's Swingin' Session!; MP3 Download


Saturday, November 10, 2007




Our Love

music by Peter I. Tchaikowsky (top)
arranged by Larry Clinton (above)
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

music by Harry Warren (left)

lyric by Lew Brown (top l-r: Harold Arlen, Lew Brown, Eddie Cantor) & Sidney Clare


Artist: Jimmy Dorsey
Album: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1939-1940
Album: Bluebirds In The Moonlight; MP3 Download




On The Trail

music by
Ferde Grofe (above)

lyric by Harold Adamson (top)

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
Album: Too Marvelous For Words




On A Little Street In Singapore

music by Peter De Rose (top)
lyric by Billy J. Hill (above)
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)
Album: Dedicated To Connie; Odds Against Tomorrow; MP3 Download

Wednesday, November 07, 2007


Now That I Have Everything

music and lyric by Ervin Drake
Album: Margaret Whiting Then And Now



Northwest Passage

music by Ralph Burns (above), Chubby Jackson (middle) & Woody Herman (top)
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

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
Album: The Blanton-Webster Band; MP3 Download



(click on link for YouTube video with Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth)

music by Jay Livingston (left)
lyric by Ray Evans (right)
album: Blue Gardenia; MP3 Download


Nancy (With The Laughing Face)

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (above)

lyric by Phil Silvers (top)

Album: Ballads
Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 1; 3
Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Cornet Chop Suey
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)
Album: Marlene Verplanck Meets Saxomania
Album: Too Marvelous For Words

Saturday, November 03, 2007




Make The Man Love Me

music by Arthur Schwartz (above)
lyric by Howard Dietz (top)
Album: Too Marvelous For Words



Make Believe

music by Jerome Kern (l-r: Oscar Hammerstein, Flo Zeigfeld, Jerome Kern)


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
Album: First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Downloads