Friday, April 29, 2011



Love Of My Life

music by Artie Shaw (top)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (above)

artist: Fred Astaire
album: Starring Fred Astaire    (Click Here for YouTube video clip: Fred Astaire)

Thursday, April 28, 2011



Soulero

music by Richard Lee Cowan Evans

artist: Kenny Burrell and Grover Washington, Jr.
album: Togethering

Wednesday, April 20, 2011



Stephen's Blues

music by Django Reinhardt (top) and Stephane Grappelli (above)

artist: Django Reinhardt
album: The Complete Django Reinhardt And Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France Swqing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948, disc 4    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Django Reinhardt)

Tuesday, April 19, 2011



Simon Potter

music by Les McCann

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

Monday, April 18, 2011



Somebody Stole My Break

music and lyric by Dave Franklin

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


Sweet Bye And Bye

music by Jerome Kern (above)

lyric by Ogden Nash (top)

artist: Bobby Short
album: 50 By Bobby Short


Sleepy

music and lyric by Boudleaux Bryant

artist: Sarah Vaughan
album: The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions


Still We Dream

music by Thelonious Monk (above)

lyric by Mike Ferro (top)

artist: Carmen McRae
album: Carmen Sings Monk    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Carmen McRae)

Sunday, April 17, 2011



Summer Is Gone

music by Don Costa

lyric by Jerry Raker

artist: Carmen McRae
album: Blue Moon    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Carmen McRae)


Sweety Cakes

music by Count Basie

artist: Count Basie
album: April In Paris

Saturday, April 16, 2011



Stormy Monday Blues

music by Earl Fatha Hines and Bob "Sax" Crowder

lyric by Billy Eckstine

artist: Billy Eckstine
album: Basie/Eckstine Incorporated    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Billy Eckstine and Earl Fatha Hines)


Somebody's On My Mind

music and lyric by Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday (above)

artist: Billie Holiday
album: Lady's Decca Days, volume 2    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Billie Holiday)


Sheila

music by Robert Staver

lyric by Chris Hayward and Frank Sinatra (above)

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The Complete Columbia Years 1943-1952, volume 10

Friday, April 15, 2011



Stromboli (aka On The Island Of Stromboli)

music by Ken Lane (above l-r: Dean Martin, Ken Lane)

lyric by Irving Taylor

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The Complete Columbia Years 1943-1952, volume 10


Slumber Song

music by J.C. "Chummy" MacGregor (above)

lyric by Saul Jack Tepper

artist: Glenn Miller
album: The Popular Recordings 1938-1942


So They Tell Me

music by Arthur Kent (above)

lyric by Harold Mott and Jack Gale (top)

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The Complete Columbia Years 1943-1952, volume 5


Something Old, Something New (aka Here Comes The Bride)

music and lyric by Ramez Idriss (above) and George F. Tibbles


artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The Complete Columbia Years 1943-1952, volume 4

Thursday, April 14, 2011



Spin Little Bottle

music and lyric by Roy C. Bennett (left) and Sid Tepper (right)

artist: Sarah Vaughan
album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 3, disc 3


Something Makes Me Want To Dance

music by Colin Romoff

lyric by Daniel Meehan

artist: Nat King Cole
album: The Billy May Sessions    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Nat Kinc Cole)


The Major

music by Wally Cirillo (rear l-r: Johnny Varro, Eddie Condon, Chubby Jackson, Bob Wilber, Yank Lawson, Don MacLean, Vernon Brown;front l-r: Unidentified, Wally Cirillo, Unidentified, Billy Butterfield, Ray Tucker, Deane Kincaide)

artist: J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding
album: Jay And Kai

Wednesday, April 13, 2011



That's A-Plenty

music by Bert Williams (above)

lyric by Henry Creamer

artist: Bing Crosby
album: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56, disc 6    (Click Here for YouTube video clip promo)


That Sunday, That Summer

music by George David Weiss (above)

lyric by Joe Sherman

artist: Natalie Cole
album: Unforgettable With Love    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Natalie Cole)


That's The Way He Does It

music and lyric by Inez James and Buddy Pepper (above)

artist: Johnny Mercer
album: Mosaic Select No. 28, disc 3

Tuesday, April 12, 2011



Too Much In Love To Care

music by James J. Kriegsmann

lyric by Carroll Coates (above)

artist: Carmen McRae
album: Carmen Mcrae With Mat Mathews And Tony Scott Quartets


Tip Toe Gently

music by Mat Mathews

lyric by Paulette Girard

artist: Carmen McRae
album: Carmen McRae With Mat Mathews And Tony Scott Quartets


This I Love Above All

music and lyric by Milton Ager

artist: Count Basie
Album: Count Basie And His Orchestra 1944 and 1945


Time Alone Will Tell

music by James V. Monaco (top)

lyric by Mack Gordon (above)

artist: Count Basie
album: Count Basie And His Orchestra 1944 and 1945


Temptation Revamp aka Temptation Rag

music by Harry Breuer

artist: Benny Goodman
album: Benny Goodman Sextet

Monday, April 11, 2011



Take My Love

music by Joel Herron

lyric by Jack Wolf & Frank Sinatra

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The Complete Columbia Years 1943-1952, volume 11


That's My Affair

music by Irving Weiser

lyric by Hy Zaret (above)

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: Young Frank Sinatra In The Blue Of Evening


The World Is In My Arms

music by Burton Lane (top)

lyric by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (above)

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: Frank Sinatra Tommy Dorsey All Time Greatest Hits, volume 4


The Sunshine Of Your Smile

music by Lilian Ray aka John Neat

lyric by Leslie Leonard Cooke

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: Tommy Dorsey Frank Sinatra All Time Greatest Hits, volume 4

Sunday, April 10, 2011



This Is The Night

music by Lewis Bellin

lyric by Redd Evans

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The Complete Columbia Years 1943-1952, volume 4
artist: The Hi-Lo's
album: Under Glass/I Presume


The Old School Teacher

music & lyric by Willard Robison

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The  Columbia Years Complete Recordings 1943-1952, volume 3

Saturday, April 09, 2011



True Believer

music & lyric by Rose Marie McCoy (above) & Stanley Lebowski

artist: Sarah Vaughan
album: The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions


The Spider And The Fly

music & lyric by Myra Taylor

artist: June Christy
album: June Christy And The Stan Kenton Orchestra

Friday, April 08, 2011



The Way That I Feel

music & lyric by Fred Brooks aka Fred Hellerman

artist: Tony Bennett
album: I Wanna Be Around

Thursday, April 07, 2011



Adios, Mariquita Linda

music by Marcos A. Jimenez (above)

lyric by Ray Gilbert (top)

artist: Artie Shaw
album: Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird And Victor Sessions, disc 3


Afraid To Say Hello (Since You Said Goodbye)

music by Jerry Arlen (l-r: Harold Arlen, Jerry Arlen)

lyric by Larry Taylor

artist: Charlie Barnet
album: Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra 1941

Wednesday, April 06, 2011



Festival 48

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    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Django Reinhardt)

Tuesday, April 05, 2011



For Heaven's Sake

music & lyric by Donald Meyer, Elise Bretton & Sherman Edwards (above)

artist: Ben Webster
album: Ben Webster Plays Ballads