Great American Songbook-Who, What and Where: 09/01/2009

So Nice

music by Marcos Kostenbader Valle (above)

lyric by Paulo Sergio Valle (top)

English lyric by Norman Gimbel

artist: Diana Krall

album: Quiet Nights Click Here for YouTube video clip

Streets Boogie

music by Oscar Peterson

artist: Oscar Peterson

album: The Complete Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterson Trio 1951-1953, disc 5

So Many Stars

music by Sergio Mendes (above)

lyric by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman (top l-r: Marilyn & Alan)

artist: Helen Merrill

album: Casa Forte

Scrapple From The Apple

music by Charlie Parker

artist: Quincy Jones

album: ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions, disc 4

artist: Dave McKenna

album: Solo Piano
artist: Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan
album: Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-Fi (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan)

Syncopated Clock

music by Leroy Anderson (above)

lyric by Mitchell Parish (top)

artist: Quincy Jones

album: ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions, disc 4

Sidewalks Of Cuba

music by Ben Oakland

lyric by Irving Mills (above) & Mitchell Parish (top)

artist: Woody Herman

album: Mosaic Select No. 31, disc 2 Click Here for YouTube audio clip

To You, Sweetheart, Aloha

music & lyric by Harry Owens

artist: Louis Armstrong
album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 2

The Skeleton In The Closet

music by Arthur Johnston (above)

lyric by Johnny Burke (top l-r: Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 2

Thankful

music by Saul Chaplin (above)

lyric by Sammy Cahn (top)

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 2

The Music Goes Round And Round

music by Edward Farley & Mike Riley

lyric by Red Hodgson

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 1

Thanks A Million

music by Arthur Johnston (above)

lyric by Gus Kahn (top)

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 1

Turtle Neck

music by Oscar Peterson

artist: Oscar Peterson

album: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953), disc 1

That Makes A Difference To Me

music by Oscar Peterson

artist: Oscar Peterson

album: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953), disc 3

Till Tom Special

music by Benny Goodman (above) & Lionel Hampton (top)

artist: Lionel Hampton

album: The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941, disc 4

The Preacher

music by Horace Silver

artist: Quincy Jones

album: ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions, disc 2

Thinking Of You

music by Harry Ruby (above)

lyric by Bert Kalmar (top l-r: Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar)

artist: Dick Haymes

album: Imagination Click Here for YouTube audio link

artist: Sarah Vaughan

album: The Columbia Years 1949-1953

artist: Milt Jackson

album: Bags' Opus

artist: George Shearing

album: Piano

Romance In The Dark

music & lyric by Lillian "Lil" Green

artist: Woody Herman

album: Woody Herman And His 2nd Herd 1948-1949; The Complete Woody Herman Columbia (1945-7)

Ring Dem Bells

music by Duke Ellington (above)

lyric by Irving Mills (top)

artist: Lionel Hampton

album: The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941, disc 2

Rica Pulpa

music & lyric by Eliseo Grenet

artist: Ahmad Jamal

album: The Legendary Okeh and Epic Recordings

Raincheck

music by Billy Strayhorn

artist: Duke Ellington

album: The Blanton-Webster Band

artist: Marian McPartland

album: Marian McPartland Plays The Music Of Billy Strayhorn

artist: Ahmad Jamal

album: The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo sessions 1956-62, disc 4

Rocks In My Bed

music & lyric by Duke Ellington

artist: Duke Ellington

album: The Blanton-Webster Band

Romance

music & lyric by Walter Donaldson

artist: Jimmy Dorsey

album: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1939-1940

Return To Paradise

music by Dimitri Tiomkin (above)

lyric by Ned Washington (top)

artist: Shirley Horn

album: Here's To Life Click Here for YouTube video/audio clip

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

music by Jean Schwartz (above)

lyric by Sam. M. Lewis & Joseph Young

artist: Judy Garland

album: Judy Garland At Carnegie Hall Click Here for YouTube video clip

Leap Frog

music by Joe Garland

lyric by Leo Corday

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 7 Click Here for YouTube audio clip

Lazy 'Sippi Steamer

music by Louis Armstrong (above) & Luis Carl Russell (top)

lyric by Victor Selsman

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), dic 6

Lazybones

music by Hoagy Carmichael (top)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (above)

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 5

artist: Dave McKenna

album: Celebration of Hoagy Carmichael

Let That Be A Lesson To You

music by Richard Whiting (above)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 4

Lyin' To Myself

music by Hoagy Carmichael (above)

lyric by Stanley Adams

artist: Louis Armstrong

album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 2

Lovely To Look At

music by Jerome Kern (above) & Jimmy McHugh (middle)

lyric by Dorothy Fields (top)

artist: Oscar Peterson

album: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953), disc 7