Redskin Rhumba

music by Charlie Barnet as Dale Bennett

Artist: Charlie Barnet

Album: Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra-1941; MP3 Download

Reach For Tomorrow

music by Jimmy McHugh (above)

lyric by Ned Washington (top)

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald

Album: The Intimate Ella; MP3 Download

Rachel's Dream

music by Benny Goodman

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Small Groups 1941-1945; MP3 Download; Slipped Disc 1945-1946

Pound Cake

music by Count Basie (above) and Harry "Sweets" Edison (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1

Please Don't Say No

music by Sammy Fain (above)

lyric by Ralph Freed (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: Count Basie And His Orchestra 1944 And 1945

Pick-A-Rib

music by Benny Goodman

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Small Groups; MP3 Download

Peter Piper

music by Richard Whiting (right)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (left)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing

Perfidia

music and lyric by Alberto Dominguez

English lyric by Milton Leeds

Artist: Glenn Miller

Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: Ole Torme

Artist: Ahmad Jamal

Album: The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings

Pennsylvania 6-5000

music by Jerry Gray (top)

lyric by Carl Sigman (above)

Artist: Glenn Miller

Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942; MP3 Download; The Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Digital Mood

Peckin'

music by Ben Pollack (above) & Harry James (top)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: On The Air 1937-1938; MP3 Download

Peach Tree Street

music and lyric by Jimmy Saunders & Frank Sinatra (top)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 11

Panassie Stomp

music by Count Basie (l-r: Freddie Green, Count Basie)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Out The Window

music by Count Basie (top)

& Eddie Durham (above)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Out Of Nowhere

music by Johnny Green (above)

lyric by Edward Heyman (top)

Artist: Stan Getz

Album: The Roost Years; MP3 Download

Artist: Dave Brubeck

Album: Jazz Goes To College; The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live 1956-57

Artist: Buddy DeFranco; Dave McKenna

Album: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Us!

Our Love Was Meant To Be

music and lyric by Thomas "Fats" Waller (above), Alex Hill (top) & Joseph Davis

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Organ Grinder's Swing

music by Will Hudson (above)
lyric by Mitchell Parish (middle) & Irving Mills (top)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936

Only Another Boy And Girl

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Small Groups 1941-1945

One O'Clock Jump

(click on link for YouTube video with Ella & Count)

music by Count Basie

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings (click on link for YouTube video); The Complete 1941-1951 Columbia Recordings; MP3 Download; The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Harry James Years, Vol. 1; Live At Carnegie Hall 1938; MP3 Download

Artist: Duke Ellington

Album: The Private Collection: Dance Concerts, Vol. 2; MP3 Download

One Morning In May

music by Hoagy Carmichael (above)

lyric by Mitchell Parish (top)

Artist: Howard Alden

Album: Snowy Morning Blues

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart; MP3 Download

Artist: Bill Charlap

Album: Stardust; MP3 Download

Once In Love With Amy

music and lyric by Frank Loesser

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 9

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley; MP3 Download

On The Alamo

music by Isham Jones (above)
lyric by Gus Kahn (top l-r: Leo Robin, Gus Kahn, Jerome Kern, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Sigmund Romberg)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Small Groups; The Benny Goodman Sextet 1939-1941; MP3 Download

One Finger Melody

music by Fred Spielman

lyric by Kermit Goell & Al Hoffman

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 11

Once

music by Claus Ogerman (top)

lyric by Guy Wood

Artist: Stan Getz

Album: Voices/Cool Velvet; MP3 Download

Oh, You Crazy Moon

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)

lyric by Johnny Burke (right)

Artist: Glenn Miller

Album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942; MP3 Download
Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not

Artist: Peggy Lee

Album: Trav'lin' Light; MP3 Download

Artist: Joe Derise

Album: Joe Derise Plays And Sings The Jimmy Van Heusen Anthology, Vol. 4

Artist: Buddy DeFranco, Dave McKenna

Album: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Us!

My Sweet Hunk O' Trash

music by James P. Johnson (top)
lyric by F.E. Miller

Artist: Billie Holiday

Album: Lady's Decca Days, Vol. 1; MP3 Download

My Foolish Heart

music by Victor Young (top)
lyric by Ned Washington (above l-r: Dimitri Tiomkin, Tex Ritter, Ned Washington)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Torchy/Blue Moon; MP3 Download

Artist: Sylvia Syms

Album: Then Along Came Bill

More

music by Riz Ortolani (top) & Nino Oliviero
original lyric by Marcello Ciarciolini
English lyric by Norman Newell (above)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie

Album: The Cool World/Dizzy Goes Hollywood

Monkery's The Blues

music by Thelonius Monk (top)

lyric by Abbey Lincoln (above)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen Sings Monk

Miss Thing

music by Count Basie (top l-r: Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald) & Skip Martin

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1

Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)

(click on link for YouTube video with Bobby Short)

music and lyric by Cole Porter

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald

Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook; MP3 Download

Miss Brown To You

music by Ralph Rainger & Richard Whiting (top l-r: Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting)

lyric by Leo Robin (top: l-r: Leo Robin, Gus Kahn, Jerome Kern, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Sigmund Romberg)

Artist: Billie Holiday

Album: The Complete 1951 Storyville Sessions; MP3 Download

Artist: Teddy Wilson

Album: With Billie In Mind

Midgits

music by Count Basie

Artists: Count Basie

Album: April In Paris; MP3 Download

Melinda

music by Burton Lane (top)

lyric by Alan J. Lerner (above)

Artist: Stan Getz, Bill Evans

Album: Stan Getz And Bill Evans; MP3 Download

Melancholia

music by Duke Ellington

Artist: Howard Alden

Album: Snowy Morning Blues

Mambo Inn

(click on link for YouTube video with Kenny Burrell)

music by Bobby Woodlen, Grace Sampson & Mario Bauza (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: April In Paris; MP3 Download

Lumby

music by Billy May

Artist: Charlie Barnet

Album: Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra 1941; MP3 Download

Lonesome Miss Pretty

music by Count Basie

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1

Lonesome Lover Blues

music and lyric by Billy Eckstine

Artist: Count Basie, Billy Eckstine

Album: Basie/Eckstine Incorporated

Liza

music by George Gershwin (left)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Slipped Disc 1945-1946; The Small Groups; MP3 Download

Artist: Ruby Braff, George Barnes

Album: Live At The New School; MP3 Download; The Ruby Braff George Barnes Quartet Plays Gershwin

Artist: Chris Connor

Album: Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: Velvet & Brass; MP3 Download

Artist: The Four Freshmen

Album: The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars; MP3 Download

Live And Love Tonight

music by Arthur Johnston

lyric by Sam Coslow

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1

Little Mama

music by Billy Eckstine (above)

lyric by Sid Kuller

Artist: Count Basie, Billy Eckstine

Album: Basie/Eckstine Incorporated

Little Butterfly

music by Thelonius Monk (above)
lyric by John Hendricks (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen Sings Monk

Lilacs In The Rain

music by Peter DeRose (above l-r: Peter DeRose, Jean Schwartz, J. Fred Coots, Charles Tobias, Jack Lawrence)

lyric by Mitchell Parish (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Torchy/Blue Moon; MP3 Download

Le Sucrier Velour

music by Duke Ellington

Artist: Howard Alden

Album: Snowy Morning Blues

Laughing Boy

music and lyric by Jack Segal

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Torchy/Blue Moon; MP3 Download

It Had Better Be Tonight

music by Henry Mancini (above)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook; The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4

I'm Just Wild About Harry

music & lyric by Eubie Blake (right) & Noble Sissle (left)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4

I'll Never Be Lonely Again

music and lyric by Leslie Bricusse

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4

I'll Be Around

music and lyric by Alec Wilder

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: In The Wee Small Hours

Artist: Mel Torme

Album: Velvet & Brass

Artist: Helen Merrill

Album: The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury

I Know A Place

music and lyric by Tony Hatch

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4

I Feel Pretty

music by Leonard Bernstein (right)

lyric by Stephen Sondheim (left)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4

Artist: Annie Ross, Gerry Mulligan

Album: Annie Ross Sings A Song Of Mulligan

Artist: Stan Kenton

Album: Retrospective

If You Are But A Dream

music by Jack Fulton

lyric by Moe Jaffe (top) & Nathan Bonx

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 1

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions

If I Ruled The World

music by Cyril Ornadel

lyric by Leslie Bricusse (top)

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4

Artist: Tony Bennett

Album: If I Ruled The World-Songs For The Jet Set (click on link for YouTube video)

How Long Blues

music and lyric by Leroy A. Carr (above) & J. Mayo Williams (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1; The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

How I Wish

music by Thelonius Monk (above)

lyric by Jon Hendricks (top: l-r: Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen Sings Monk

How Did He Look

music by Abner Silver

lyric by Gladys Shelley (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Bittersweet

How Am I To Know

music by Jack King

lyric by Dorothy Parker (top)

Artist: Billie Holiday

Album: The Complete Commodore Recordings; MP3 Download

Artist: Shirley Horn

Album: Here's To Life; MP3 Download

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Benny Goodman Sextet; New Sextet Sessions

Hooray For Love

music by Jimmy McHugh (left)

lyric by Dorothy Fields (right)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936

Hey Lawdy Mama

music by "Long" Cleve Reed

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings; MP3 Download

Here's Love In Your Eyes

music by Ralph Rainger

lyric by Leo Robin (l-r: Leo Robin, Gus Kahn, Jerome Kern, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Sigmund Romberg)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936

Here There And Everywhere

music and lyric by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (l-r: John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Live At The New School; MP3 Download

Harvard Blues

music by Count Basie (above), Eddie Frazier & Tab Smith (top)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: Count Basie And His Orchestra 1944 And 1945; MP3 Download

Hardav

music by Count Basie (left) & Zoot Sims (right)

Artist: Count Basie, Zoot Sims

Album: Basie & Zoot

Handful Of Keys

music by Thomas "Fats" Waller

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Complete Small Combinations, Vol. 1-2 1935-1937

Goose Pimples

music by Fletcher Henderson (above)

lyric by Jo Trent

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Live At The New School; MP3 Download

Goodnight, My Love

music by Harry Revel

lyric by Mack Gordon (top)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936; MP3 Download with Ella Fitzgerald

Artist: Sarah Vaughan

Album: The Divine Sarah Vaughan-The Columbia Years 1949-1953

Goodnight Irene

music by Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (above)

lyric by John A. Lomax, Sr.

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 11

Good Enough To Keep

music by Benny Goodman (above), Jimmy Mundy (middle) & Charlie Christian (top)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Small Groups; MP3 Download

Gone With What Wind

music by Count Basie & Benny Goodman (l-r: Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Count Basie)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Small Groups (click on link for YouTube video); MP3 Download; Solo Flight; MP3 Download

God Bless The Child

music and lyric by Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog, Jr.

Artist: Billie Holiday

Album: Lady's Decca Days, Vol. 1; The Billie Holiday Songbook (click on link for YouTube video with Count Basie); MP3 Download

Artist: Ruby Braff

Album: Bravura Eloquence

Artist: Sylvia Syms

Album: Sylvia Is!

Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)

music and lyric by Wesley Wilson (l-r: Coot Grant, Wesley Wilson)

Artist: Billie Holiday

Album: Lady's Decca Days, Vol. 1; MP3 Download

Artist: Bobby Short

Album: 50 By Bobby Short

Ghost Of Yesterday

music by Arthur Herzog, Jr.

lyric by Irene Kitchings (top)

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Bittersweet; Two For The Road

God's Country

music by Beasley Smith (top)

lyric by Haven Gillespie (middle)

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Album: The Columbia Years 1943-1952 Complete Recordings, Vol. 10

Get It Straight (Straight No Chaser)

music by Thelonius Monk (above)

lyric by Sally Swisher

Artist: Carmen McRae

Album: Carmen Sings Monk

Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You

music by Don Redman (above)

lyric by Andy Razaf (top)

Artist: Billie Holiday

Album: Verve Silver Collection; MP3 Download

Artist: Diana Krall

Album: All For You; MP3 Download

Artist: Johnny Mercer

Album: Mosaic Select 28, Disc 2

Artist: Gerry Mulligan

Album: Reunion; MP3 Download

Artist: Ben Webster

Album: The Soul Of Ben Webster, Disc 2; MP3 Download

Get Rhythm In Your Feet (And Music In Your Soul)

music by Bill Livingston

lyric by J. Russel Robinson

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936; MP3 Download

Bye-ya

music by Thelonius Monk

Artist: Howard Alden

Album: Snowy Morning Blues

Bye Bye Blues

music by David Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm & Bert Lown (top: center)

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: Benny Goodman Sextet; New Sextet Sessions

Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes

music by Sam H. Stept

lyric by Ned Washington (top) & Dave Franklin

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936

Boogie Woogie

music by Clarence (Pinetop) Smith

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings (click on link for YouTube video)

Artist: Tommy Dorsey

Album: Well, Git It!

Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)

music by Count Basie (left)

lyric by Jimmy Rushing (right)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings

Boo Hoo

music by Carmen Lombardo

lyric by Edward Heyman & John Jacob Loeb

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Complete Decca Recordings

Blues For Nat Cole

music by Count Basie (above) & Zoot Sims (top)

Artist: Count Basie, Zoot Sims

Album: Basie & Zoot

Black Beauty

music by Duke Ellington

Artist: Howard Alden, Jack Lesberg

Album: No Amps Allowed

Artist: Ahmad Jamal

Album: The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings

Basin Street Blues

music and lyric by Spencer Williams

Artist: Benny Goodman

Album: The Birth Of Swing 1935-1936; 1934 Bill Dodge All-Star Recordings Complete

Artist: Barbara Lea

Album: Remembering Remembering Lee Wiley

Artist: Dave Brubeck

Album: Gone With The Wind

Artist: Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges

Album: Play The Blues Back To Back

Baby Get Lost

music by Billy Moore, Jr.

Artist: Billie Holiday

Album: Lady's Decca Days, Vol. 1

Baby, Don't Tell On Me

music by Count Basie (above) & Lester Young (top)

lyric by Jimmy Rushing (middle)

Artist: Count Basie

Album: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1