Monday, November 30, 2009



Some Time Ago

music & lyric by Sergio Mihanovich

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 5


Summer Night

music by Harry Warren (at piano)

lyric by Al Dubin (standing)

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 4


Sunday In New York

music by Peter Nero (above)

lyric by Carroll Coates

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 3


Sister Sadie

music by Horace Silver

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 3


Sonnymoon For Two

music by Sonny Rollins

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 3


Stragler

music by Les McCann

artist: Joe Pass
albu: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 2


So What

music by Miles Davis

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 2



Saratoga


music by Harold Arlen
(above)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)

artist: Tal Farlow
album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 7

Sunday, November 29, 2009



Nuages


artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 4
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 4 (Click Here for YouTube video clip)


No Cover, No Minimum

music by Bill Evans

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 1


Never Will I Marry

music & lyric by Frank Loesser

album: The Helen Merrill-Dick Katz Sessions


No One Is Alone

music & lyric by Stephen Sondheim

artist: Cleo Laine


Not A Day Goes By

music & lyric by Stephen Sondheim

Saturday, November 28, 2009



Bernie's Tune

music & lyric by Bernie Miller, Mike Stoller (left) & Jerry Leiber (right)

artist: Tal Farlow
album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 3
artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 2
artist: Red Norvo
album: Red Norvo Trio with Jimmy Raney/Red Mitchell
album: The George Shearing Quintet On The Sunny Side Of The Strip
album: Jay And Kai


Insensiblement

music by Paul Misraki

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 4 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)


If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You

music by Arthur Schwartz (left)

lyric by Howard Dietz (right)

artist: Tal Farlow
album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 1

I Ask The Stars (And They Agree)

music & lyric by Artie Shaw (above) & Sydney Robin

artist: Artie Shaw


If What You Say Is True

music by Henry Nemo

lyric by Mack Gordon (above)

artist: Artie Shaw

I Can't Afford To Dream

music by Sam H. Stept

lyric by Lew Brown & Charles Tobias (above)

artist: Artie Shaw



Manha De Carnaval

music by Luiz Bonfa (above)

lyric by Antonio Maria (top)

Note: English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman and released as A Day In The Life Of A Fool

artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 3
artist: Modern Jazz Quartet
album: The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, disc 6


Meteor

music by Tal Farlow

artist: Tal Farlow
album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 4 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)


Montage

music by Johnny Smith

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

Friday, November 27, 2009



More Bass

music by George Roumanis (bass, Clare Van Norman-french horn, Bruce Snyder-alto, Bill Duffy-tenor)

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

Monday, November 23, 2009



Blues In The Closet aka Collard Greens And Black Eyed Peas


artist: Tal Farlow
album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 1


Bedford Drive

music by Buster Harding (l-r: Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding)

artist: Artie Shaw


Back Bay Shuffle

music by Teddy McRae & Artie Shaw (above)

artist: Artie Shaw
album: Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird And Victor Sessions, disc 1 (Click Here for YouRube audio clip)


Blues Backstage

music by Frank Foster

artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 6

Sunday, November 22, 2009


Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home


artist: Artie Shaw


Shadows

music by Frankie Carle (top)

lyric by Jules Loman & Chet Thomson

artist: Artie Shaw

Saturday, November 21, 2009


Snug As A Bug In A Rug

music by Matt Malneck

lyric by Frank Loesser (above)

artist: Artie Shaw

Friday, November 20, 2009





music & lyric by Clara Edwards (above) & Jack Lawrence (top)

artist: Tal Farlow
album: The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, disc 1