Friday, February 19, 2010
Hi Fly
music by Randy Weston
artist: Mel Torme & George Shearing
album: Top Drawer; Mel Torme & George Shearing-The Complete Concord Recodings, disc 2
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Rock It For Me
music & lyric By Sue Werner & Kay Werner
artist: Ella Fitzgerald
album: Twelve Nights In Hollywood, recorded live at the Crescendo, May 11 through May 21, 1961, disc 3 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
R-Vingt-Six
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 6
Rhythm Futur
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, disc4
Ramona
music by Mabel Wayne (at piano)
lyric by L. Wolfe Gilbert (left)
artist: Johnny Smith
album: The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions, disc 1
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Salt Peanuts
music by Dizzy Gillespie (above) & Kenny Clarke (top)
artist: Miles Davis
album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, disc 2
Stablemates
music by Benny Golson
artist: Miles Davis
album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, disc 1
Solar
music by Miles Davis
artist: Bill Evans
album: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, disc 1 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
Swing De Paris
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 4
Swing 41
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 4
Stockholm
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 3
Swingin' With Django
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 3
Speevey
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
Friday, February 12, 2010
Tune Up
music by Miles Davis
artist: Miles Davis
album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, disc 3, 4
Trane's Blues
music by John Coltrane
artist: Miles Davis
album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, disc 1 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
The Theme
music by Miles Davis
artist: Miles Davis
album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, disc 1, 2 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
Tater Pie
music by Irving Ashby
artist: Ahmad Jamal
album: The Complete Live At The Spotlite Club, 1958, recorded September 5, 6, 1958, disc 2
What Is A Woman
music by Harvey Schmidt (right)
lyric by Tom Jones (left)
artist: Peggy Lee
album: Two Shows Nightly-Live At The Copa (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Well, You Needn't
music by Thelonius Monk
artist: Miles Davis
album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, disc 2 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
When April Comes Again
music by Paul Weston (l-r: Jo Stafford, Paul Weston)
lyric by Doris M. Schaefer
artist: Mel Torme
album: The 1956 Torme-Paich Legendary Sessions, recorded in Hollywood, January 17, 17, 1956
When Day Is Done
music by Robert Katscher
lyric by B.G. Buddy DeSylva
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1848, disc 2 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
artist: Dave McKenna
album: Left Handed Complement
When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
music & lyric by Harry M. Woods
artist: Bing Crosby
album: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56, disc 6
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Chance It (aka Max Is Makin' Wax)
music by Oscar Pettiford
artist: Miles Davis
album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions, disc 4
My Kind Of Boy
music & lyric by Leslie Bricusse
artist: Ella Fitzgerald
album: Twelve Nights In Hollywood, recorded live at the Crescendo, June 27 to June 30, 1962, disc 4
Mister Paganini aka If You Can't Sing It You'll Have To Swing It
music & lyrric by Sam Coslow
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 video clip...the way it's s'posed to be!!!!)
Milestones
music by Miles Davis
artist: Bill Evans
album: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, disc 2
My Serenade
music by Django Reinhardt
artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swing/HMV Sessions 136-1948, disc 3
Mabel
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 1936-1946, disc 3, 4
Minor Swing
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 3 (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)