Thursday, June 30, 2011



Unchained Melody

music by Alex North (above)

lyric by Hy Zaret (top)

artist: Bing Crosby
album: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-16, disc 3    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Bing Crosby)


Unsuspecting Heart

music by Joe Carlton Beal, Bob Singer and Joe Shank

lyric by Teddy Powell aka Freddy James (top)

artist: Bing Crosby
album: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56, disc 2

Wednesday, June 29, 2011



Umbrella Man

music and lyric by Larry Stock (top), James Cavanaugh and Vincent Rose (above)

artist: Dizzy Gillespie
album: Dizzy's Diamonds    (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Dizzy Gillespie)


Three Windows

music by John Lewis

artist: Modern Jazz Quartet
album: The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun In Venice; The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, disc 2


The Little Comedy

music by John Lewis

artist: Modern Jazz Quartet
album: Dedicated To Connie, disc 1


The Flying Scotsman

music by Gerry Mulligan

artist: Gerry Mulligan
album: Lonesome Boulevard    (Click Here for YouTube video clip: Gerry Mulligan)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011




The Rose Truc

music by John Lewis

artist: Modern Jazz Quartet
album: The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun In Venice; The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings 1956-64, disc 2

Wednesday, June 22, 2011



I'm Talkin' With My Pal (Pal Joey Suite)

music by Richard Rodgers

lyric by Lorenz Hart

artist: Andre Previn
alvum: Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From Pal Joey

Tuesday, June 21, 2011



I'll Never Forgive Myself (For Not Forgiving You)

music and lyric by John Redmond, Dick Sanford and Lee David

arttist: Thomas "Fats" Waller
album: A Good Man Is Hard To Find, disc 1


I Wouldn't Change You For The World

music by Isham Jones (above)

lyric by Charles Newman

artist: Warren Vache
album: Celebrate The Music Of Isham Jones

Thursday, June 16, 2011



Ittapnna

music by Walter Bolden

artist: Howard McGhee
album: Howard McGhee vol. 2

Wednesday, June 15, 2011



In The Gloaming

music by Annie Fortescue Harrison

lyric by Meta Orred (top)

artist: Louis Armstrong
album: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), disc 6

Sunday, June 12, 2011



I'm Crazy To Love You

music and lyric by Sue Werner, Kay Werner and Larry Marino

artist: Sarah Vaughan
album: Divine Sarah Vaughan-The Columbia Years 1949-1953, disc 1

Saturday, June 11, 2011



If You Go (Si Tu Partais)

music by Michel Emer (above)

lyric by Geoffrey Claremont Parsons


artist: Shirley Horn
album: You Won't Forget Me

Thursday, June 09, 2011



I Remember Suzanne

music by Tommy Wolf, Jr. (above)

lyric by Dick Stewart (top)

artist: Mel Torme
album: That's All


I'm Painting The Town Red (To Hide A Heart That's Blue)

music by Sam H. Stept
lyric by Charles Newman and Charles Tobias (above)

artist: Carmen McRae
album: For Lady Day

Wednesday, June 08, 2011



If Only She'd Looked My Way

music by Ivor Novello (top)

lyric by Alan Melville aka William Melville Caverhill (above)

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


I'll Make Up For Everything

music and lyric by Ross Parker aka Clarke Ross Parker

artist: Frank Sinatra
album: The Complete Columbia Years 1943-1952, vol. 7

Sunday, June 05, 2011



Intermezzo

music by Heinz Provost

lyric by Robert Henning

artist: Sarah Vaughan
album: Sarah Slightly Classical

Thursday, June 02, 2011



Lentement Mademoiselle

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 5   (Click Here for YouTube audio clip: Django Reinhardt)


Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

music by Fritz Kreisler

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