Monday, August 31, 2009
Till There Was You
music & lyric by Meredith Willson
artist: Peggy Lee
album: Latin ala Lee/Ole ala Lee Click Here for YouTube adio/video clip
Together Wherever We Go
music by Jule Styne (above)
lyric by Stephen Sondheim (top)
artist: Peggy Lee
album: Latin ala Lee/Ole ala Lee
artist: Barbara Carroll
album: Old Friends
There'll Be Another Spring
music by Hubie Wheeler
lyric by Peggy Lee (top)
artist: Peggy Lee, George Shearing
album: Beauty And The Beat; The Peggy Lee Songbook-There'll Be Another Spring (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
artist: George Shearing
album: White Satin
The Freedom Train
music & lyric by Irving Berlin
artist: Johnny Mercer
album: Mosaic Select No. 28, disc 3
The Tailgate Ramble
music by Joe "Wingy" Manone (above)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)
artist: Johnny Mercer
album: Mosaic Select No. 28
The Old Music Master
(l-r: Ginger Mercer, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Ruth Carmichael)
music by Hoagy Carmichael
lyric by Johnny Mercer
artist: Johnny Mercer
album: Mosaic Select No. 28
The Way We Were
music by Marvin Hamlisch (above)
lyric by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman (top)
artist: Dick Haymes
album: Keep It Simple
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Object Of My Affection
music & lyric by Jimmy Grier, Pinky Tomlin (top) & Coy Poe
artist: Dick Haymes
album: Imagination
artist: Johnny Mercer
album: Mosaic Select No. 28
artist: Lionel Hampton
album: The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941, disc 1
Artist: Bing Crosby
The Sounds Around The House
music by Alec Wilder (above)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)
artist: Dick Haymes
album: For You, For Me, Forevermore
Today I Love Everybody
music by Harold Arlen (above)
lyric by Dorothy Fields (top)
artist: Johnny Hartman
album: Unforgettable
To Each His Own
music by Jay Livingston (left)
lyric by Ray Evans (right)
artist: Johnny Hartman
album: And I Thought About You
This October
music & lyric by Bobby Troup
(l-r: Julie London, Bobby Troup)
artist: The Four Freshmen
album: The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars
There's No One But You
lyric by Redd Evans
artist: The Four Freshmen
album: Angel Eyes; The Four Freshmen And Five Saxes/The Four Freshmen And Five Guitars
The Last Time I Saw Paris
music by Jerome Kern (above)
lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (top)
artist: The Four Freshmen
album: The Four Freshmen And Five Trombones
artist: Ralph Sharon
album: The Magic Of Jerome Kern
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Lorelei
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)
artist: Bobby Short
album: Bobby Short Is KRAZY For Gershwin
artist: Ella Fitzgerald
album: Twelve Nights In Hollywood, recorded live at the Crescendo, 5-11 through 5-21-1961, disc 2
The Look Of Love
music by Burt Bacharach (left)
lyric by Hal David (right)
artist: Diana Krall
album: Live In Paris; The Look Of Love
artist: Grover Washington, Jr.
album: Strawberry Moon
They Didn't Believe Me
music by Jerome Kern (above)
artist: Bobby Troup
album: In A Class Beyond Compare
artist: Johnny Mercer
album: Mosaic Select No. 28
artist: The Hi-Lo's
album: The Hi-Lo's Under Glass/I Presume
artist: Bud Shank, Bob Cooper
album: Mosaic Select No. 10, disc 3
artist: Artie Shaw
artist: Bing Crosby
album: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56, disc 7
artist: Ralph Sharon
album: The Magic Of Jerome Kern
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
music & lyric by Bobby Troup
(l-r: Julie London, Bobby Troup)
artist: Bobby Troup
album: In A Class Beyond Compare
The Day You Came Along
music by Arthur Johnston (above)
lyric by Sam Coslow (top)
artist: Mel Torme
album: A Tribute To Bing Crosby
artist: Jimmy Rowles
album: Mosaic Select No. 19: Pacific Jazz Piano Trios, disc 2
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thanks
music by Arthur Johnston (above)
lyric by Sam Coslow (top)
artist: Mel Torme
album: A Tribute To Bing Crosby
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
music by Richard Rodgers (left)
lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (right)
artist: Mel Torme
album: Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley
artist: Peggy Lee
album: Latin Ala Lee/Ole ala Lee (Click Here for YouTube audio/video)
artist: The Hi_lo's
album: Under Glass/I Presume
artist: Ahmad Jamal
album: Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing-But Not For Me; The Legendary Okeh And Epic Recordings; The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62, disc 2 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Ahmad Jamal)
artist: Gerry Mulligan
album: Reunion
artist: Mary Lou Williams
album: Mary Lou Williams Live At The Cookery
artist: Oscar Peterson
album: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterson Trio 1951-53, disc 7
artist: Miles Davis
album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, disc 2 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
Carioca
music by Vincent Youmans (above)
lyric by Edward Eliscu (middle) & Gus Kahn (top)
artist: Mel Torme
album: Lulu's Back In Town; The 1956 Torme-Paich Legendary Sessions, recorded in Hollywood, January 16, 17, 1956
artist: Artie Shaw
artist: Barney Kessel
album: Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By
artist: J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding
album: Jay And Kai
Things Are Swinging
music by Jack Marshall (above)
lyric by Peggy Lee (top)
artist: Chris Connor
album: Sweet & Swinging
The Wind
music by Russ Freeman
lyric by Jerry Gladstone
artist: Chris Connor
album: Two's Company
artist: Chet Baker
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Live Recordings Of The Chet Baker Quartet With Russ Freeman. disc 2
artist: June Christy
album: The Misty Miss Christy
artist: June Christy
album: The Misty Miss Christy
Thursday's Child
music by Murray Grand
lyric by Elisse Boyd
artist: Chris Connor
album: He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
That Certain Feeling
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)
artist: Chris Connor
album: Chris Connor Sings The George Gerhswin Almanac Of Song
artist: Bobby Short
album: Bobby Short Is KRAZY For Gershwin
Thursday, August 27, 2009
(The) Lady Sings The Blues
music by Alec Wilder (above)
lyric by William Engvick
artist: Chris Connor
album: I Miss You So/Witchcraft
Trust In Me
music by Milton Ager (above) & Jean Schwartz (middle)
lyric by Ned Wever (top)
artist: Chris Connor
album: I Miss You So/Witchcraft
This Masquerade
music & lyric by Leon Russell
artist: Carmen Mcrae
album: Ms. Jazz
artist: Dick Haymes
album: Keep It Simple