Monday, January 11, 2010
Ivy
music & lyric by Hoagy Carmichael
artist: Ahmad Jamal
album: Complete Live At The Spotlite Club 1958, recorded live in Washington on September 5, 6, 1958, disc 2; The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62, disc3, 5
Improvisation
music by Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 2 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
I'se A-Muggin'
music & lyric by Stuff Smith
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 1
I'd Climb The Highest Mountain
music by Sidney Clare
lyric by Lew Brown (above l-r: Harold Arlen, Lew Brown, Eddie Cantor)
artist: Bing Crosby
I'll Never Stop Loving You
music by Nikolas Brodszky
lyric by Sammy Cahn (above)
artist: Bing Crosby
artist: Ahmad Jamal
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
music by Sammy Fain (above)
lyric by Paul Francis Webster (top)
artist: Bing Crosby
Friday, January 08, 2010
Hallelujah I Love Him/Her So
music & lyric by Ray Charles
artist: Ella Fitzgerald
album: Twelve Nights In Hollywood, recorded live at the Crescendo, May 29-30-1962, disc 4
How Important Can It Be
music by Bennie Benjamin (above)
lyric by George David Weiss (top)
artist: Bing Crosby
Hey Good Lookin'
music & lyric by Hank Williams (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 4
Thursday, January 07, 2010
How The West Was Won
music by Alfred Newman
lyric by Ken Darby
artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 3
Hello Dolly
music & lyric by Jerry Herman
artist: Joe Pass
album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions, disc 4
Sunday, January 03, 2010
arranged by Van Alexander aka Alexander Feldman (top) & Ella Fitzgerald (above)
artist: Ella Fitzgerald
album: Twelve Nights In Hollywood, recorded live at the Crescendo, May 11 through May 21, 1961, disc 1 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
Alice In Wonderland
music by Sammy Fain (above)
lyric by Bob Hilliard (top: Bob & Jackie Hilliard)
artist: Bill Evans
album: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, disc 1, 2 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
artist: Dave Brubeck
album: Dave Digs Disney
artist: Dave Brubeck
album: Dave Digs Disney
Are You In The Mood?
music by Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 1 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
Alabamy Bound
music by Ray Henderson (above)
lyric by Bud Green & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva
artist: Bing Crosby
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 2
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Mystery Pacific
music by Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 2
Miss Annabelle Lee aka Who's Wonderful, Who's Marvelous
music by Lew Pollack,
lyric by Sidney Clare
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Rainhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France 1936-1948, dusc 2
Friday, January 01, 2010
Mike
music by Django Reinhardt
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 6