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
album: Old Friends



There'll Be Another Spring

music by Hubie Wheeler

lyric by Peggy Lee (top)

album: Beauty And The Beat; The Peggy Lee Songbook-There'll Be Another Spring (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
album: White Satin

The Freedom Train

music & lyric by Irving Berlin


Tallahassee

music & lyric by Frank Loesser



The Tailgate Ramble

music by Joe "Wingy" Manone (above)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)


The Old Music Master


(l-r: Ginger Mercer, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Ruth Carmichael)


lyric by Johnny Mercer




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
album: Mosaic Select No. 28
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)

album: Unforgettable


To Each His Own

music by Jay Livingston (left)

lyric by Ray Evans (right)

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

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)

album: The Four Freshmen And Five Trombones
artist: Ralph Sharon
album: The Magic Of Jerome Kern

Saturday, August 29, 2009




The Younger Generation

music & lyric by Noel Coward

artist: Bobby Short
album: Bobby, Noel & Cole


Lorelei

music by George Gershwin (left)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

artist: Bobby Short
album: Bobby Short Is KRAZY For Gershwin
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
album: Strawberry Moon


The Three Bears

music & lyric by Bobby Troup


artist: Bobby Troup
album: In A Class Beyond Compare


Tell Me You're Home

music & lyric by Bobby Troup

artist: Bobby Troup
album: In A Class beyond Compare



They Didn't Believe Me

music by Jerome Kern (above)


artist: Bobby Troup
album: In A Class Beyond Compare
album: Mosaic Select No. 28
artist: The Hi-Lo's
album: The Hi-Lo's Under Glass/I Presume
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


That's Where I Came In

music & lyric by Mel Torme

artist: Mel Torme
album: A Foggy Day



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


The Goodbye Look

music & lyric by Donald Fagen

artist: Mel Torme
album: Reunion



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)
album: Reunion
album: Mary Lou Williams Live At The Cookery
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
album: Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By
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


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


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)



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