Saturday, October 31, 2009



Bags' Groove

music by Milt Jackson

artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 3; The New Johnny Smith Quartet
artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 3, 5
artist: Milt Jackson
album: Milt Jackson And The Thelonius Monk Quartet
artist: Bud Powell
album: The Bud Powell Trio Plays
artist: Modern Jazz Quartet
album: Dedicated To Connie, disc 1    (Click Here for YouTube video clip: Modern Jazz Quartet); The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, disc 2, 3


Blue Lights


artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 3 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip); The New Johnny Smith Quartet


Blues For Birdland

music by Johnny Smith

artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 2





Bill

music by Jerome Kern (above)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (middle) & P.G. Wodehouse (top)

album: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recording Sessions Of The Oscar Peterson Trio, disc 7
artist: Ralph Sharon
album: The Magic Of Jerome Kern


Billie's Bounce


artist: Quincy Jones
album: ABC/Mercury Big City Band Jazz Sessions, disc 4
artist: Shelly Manne
album: The Two
album: Mosaic Select No. 19: The Pacific Jazz Piano Trios, disc 3 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Clare Fischer)
artist: Chet Baker
album: Complete Pacific Jazz Live Recordings Of The Chet Baker Quartet With Russ Freeman, disc 3


Blue Monk


artist: Woody Herman
album: Mosaic Select No. 31, disc 3


Black Orchid

music by Neal Hefti

artist: Woody Herman
album: Northwest Passage


Blue Serge


artist: Woody Herman
album: The Woody Herman Memorial 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert

Friday, October 30, 2009




Bijou

music by Ralph Burns

lyric by Jon Hendricks

artist: Woody Herman
album: The Thundering Herds 1945-1947; Woody Herman Memorial 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert; Northwest Passage; Mosaic Select No. 31

Thursday, October 29, 2009




music by Jimmy Giuffre

artist: Woody Herman
album: Legendary 2nd Herd Live 1948-1949; Memorial 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert


Freddy Freeloader

music by Miles Davis

artist: Bill Evans
album: You Must Believe In Spring

Wednesday, October 28, 2009



Grant Avenue

music by Richard Rodgers (left)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (right)

artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 5

Got A Bran' New Suit

music by Arthur Schwartz (left)

lyric by Howard Dietz (right)



Goosey Gander

music by Woody Herman

album: Northwest Passage


Good Good Good

music by Doris Fisher (above)

lyric by Allan Roberts

artist: Woody Herman
album: Northwest Passage




Got No Time

music by Rube Bloom (above)

lyric by Ted Koehler (above l-r: Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)

album: Middle Years-A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 2



Give A Little Whistle

music by Leigh Harline (above)

lyric by Ned Washington (top)

artist: Dave Brubeck
album: Brubeck Desmond; Dave Digs Disney (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)




Great Day

music by Vincent Youmans (above)

lyric by Edward Eliscu (middle) & Billy Rose (top)

artist: Glenn Miller
album: The Lost Recordings
album: The Jazz Collector Edition


Guys And Dolls

music & lyric by Frank Loesser

album: From Broadway To Bebop
artist: Eddie Costa
album: Guys And Dolls Like Vibes

Tuesday, October 27, 2009




Hawaiian Hospitality

music by Harry Owens (above)

lyric by Ray Kinney (top)



Here Comes De Honey Man

music by George Gershwin (left)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (right) & DuBose Heyward (center)

artist: Miles Davis
album: Porgy And Bess



Heigh Ho

music by Frank E. Churchill (top)

lyric by Larry Morey

artist: Dave Brubeck
album: Dave Digs Disney



Here I'll Stay

music by Kurt Weill (above)

lyric by Alan Jay Lerner (top)

artist: John Bunch
album: John Bunch Plays Kurt Weill

Monday, October 26, 2009



Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

music & lyric by James F. Hanley

artist: Dick Haymes
album: Imagination
artist: Judy Garland
album:: Judy At Carnegie Hall (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 4
artist: Red Norvo
album: Move!
artist: Chet Baker
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Live Recordings Of The Chet Baker Quartet With Russ Freeman, disc 2

Saturday, October 24, 2009





lyric by Jack Segal (above)

artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 5


Sunday

music by Richard Rodgers (left)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (right)

artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 5

Friday, October 23, 2009



Swinging Shepherd Blues

music by Moe Koffman (above)


artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 5


Samba

music by Johnny Smith

artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 3; The New Johnny Smith Quartet



So Help Me

music by Jimmy Van Heusen (above)

lyric by Eddie DeLange (top)

artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 2