Friday 6 September 2013

Playlist: 6 Sep 2013



1. Almost Like Being In Love - Lester Young: Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio
2. Send In the Clowns - Mel Tormé: A New Album
3. Help Me Make It Through the Night - Peggy Lee: Where Did They Go?
4. Patcha, Patcha - Big Joe Turner & Jimmy Witherspoon: Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long
5. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Diana Krall: The Look of Love
6. Honeysuckle Rose - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie: A Classy Pair
7. My Old Flame - Sarah Vaughan: How Long Has This Been Going On?
8. Bye, Bye Blues - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong: Bing & Satchmo
9. Love Won't Let You Get Away - Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Fancy Meeting You Here
10. True Love - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly: High Society (Soundtrack)
11. Waitin' for the Robert E Lee - Bing Crosby & Al Jolson: The Complete Radio Duets
12. Open Your Window - Louis Bellson: The Louis Bellson Explosion
13. It's De Lovely - Anita O'Day: Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May

Friday 30 August 2013

Playlist: 30 Aug 2013


1. So Hard to Laugh, So Easy to Cry - Lou Rawls: Soulin'
2. It's a Blue World - Frank Sinatra: Point of No Return
3. My Way - Nina Simone: Here Comes the Sun
4. Feet Draggin' Blues - The Big 18: More Echoes of the Swinging Bands
5. Dancing on the Ceiling - Bill Charlap & Sandy Stewart: Love Is Here to Stay
6. These Foolish Things - Oscar Peterson & Count Basie: Satch & Josh
7. Three Little Words - Carmen McRae: The Great American Songboon (Disc 2)
8. Change Partners - Harry Connick Jr: Come By Me
9. Intimacy of the Blues - Louis Bellson: The Louis Bellson Explosion
10. The Shadow of Your Smile - Blossom Dearie: Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's
11. Days of Wine and Roses - The Four Freshmen: More Four Freshmen & Five Trombones
12. Always - Leonard Cohen: The Future

Friday 23 August 2013

Playlist: 23 Aug 2013



1. Brotherhood of Man - Clark Terry & Oscar Peterson Trio: Oscar Peterson Trio +1
2. Try Matty's - Aretha Franklin: Spirit in the Dark
3. Dancing on a Dime - Maxine Sullivan: Sings The Music of Burton Lane
4. Worried Life Blues - Ray Charles: single
5. Nobody Knows That - Kat Edmonson: Way Down Low
6. Stardust - Nat King Cole: Love Is the Thing
7. Some Sweet Day - Alberta Hunter: Remember My Name
8. Some of These Days - Alberta Hunter: The Glory of Alberta Hunter
9. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues
10. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Alberta Hunter: Look for the Silver Lining
11. Two-Fisted (Double-Jointed, Rough and Ready Man) - Alberta Hunter: Live at The Cookery
12. I Fall in Love Too Easily - Tony Bennett: Perfectly Frank
13. You're Getting to be a Habit with Me - Dolores Gray: Warm Brandy
14. The Windmills of Your Mind - Frank Sinatra Jr: Spice
15. These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Ella Fitzgerald & The Duke Ellington Orchestra: single
16. Sophisticated Lady - Ben Webster: Ben Webster with Strings
17. Runnin' Wild - Marilyn Monroe: Some Like It Hot (Soundtrack)

Friday 16 August 2013

Playlist: 16 Aug 2013


1. Baubles, Bangles and Beads - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra: The Stage Door Swings
2. Angry - Rosemary Clooney & Nelson Riddle: Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle!
3. Lullaby of the Leaves - Billy Eckstine: Billy Eckstine's Imagination
4. I'll Be Seeing You - Dinah Shore & André Previn: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays
5. When Your Lover Has Gone - Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood
6. When the Wind was Green - Eydie Gormé: Love Is a Season
7. (Love's Got Me in a) Lazy Mood - Bobby Troup: Sings Johnny Mercer
8. The Man I Love - Carmen McRae: Can't Hide Love
9. South of the Border - Keely Smith: Keely Sings Sinatra
10. You're Getting to be a Habit with Me - Dolores Gray: Warm Brandy
11. Love Has a Mind of Its Own - Ray Charles: My World
12. I Wanna Be Loved - Peggy Lee: Pretty Eyes
13. Black Coffee - Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Double Exposure
14. On Green Dolphin Street - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli
15. I Hadn't Anyone Till You - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli
16. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli
17. Early Mornin' Blues - Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Something Old, Something New

Friday 9 August 2013

Playlist: 9 Aug 2013


Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. Baubles, Bangles and Beads - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra: The Stage Door Swings
2. Angry - Rosemary Clooney & Nelson Riddle: Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle!
3. Lullaby of the Leaves - Billy Eckstine: Billy Eckstine's Imagination
4. I'll Be Seeing You - Dinah Shore & André Previn: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays
5. When Your Lover Has Gone - Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood
6. When the Wind was Green - Eydie Gormé: Love Is a Season
7. (Love's Got Me in a) Lazy Mood - Bobby Troup: Sings Johnny Mercer
8. The Man I Love - Carmen McRae: Can't Hide Love
9. South of the Border - Keely Smith: Keely Sings Sinatra
10. You're Getting to be a Habit with Me - Dolores Gray: Warm Brandy
11. Love Has a Mind of Its Own - Ray Charles: My World
12. I Wanna Be Loved - Peggy Lee: Pretty Eyes
13. Black Coffee - Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Double Exposure
14. On Green Dolphin Street - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli
15. I Hadn't Anyone Till You - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli
16. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli
17. Early Mornin' Blues - Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Something Old, Something New

Outro: Come in from the Rain - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

Thursday 1 August 2013

Playlist: 2 Aug 2013


Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. Something's Comin' - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra: West Side Story
2. Guilty - Madeleine Payroux: The Blue Room
3. This Can't Be Love - Judy Carmichael: I Love Being Here with You
4. These Foolish Things - Carmen McRae: Live at Birdland West
5. All Of Me - Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1943-1952) - Vol 7
6. It’s All Right with Me - Sinne Eeg: Remembering You
7. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You - Etta James: Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
8. Trust in Me - Harry Nilsson: The Complete Schmilsson in the Night
9. There Will Never Be Another You - Nancy Wilson: Gentle Is My Love
10. The Great City - Les McCann: Talkin’ Verve
11. I’m in Love Again - Marlene Ver Planck: Once There was a Moon
12. I Got It Bad - Cher: Bittersweet White Light
13. The Shadow of Your Smile - Lou Rawls: Live!
14. In a Persian Market - Sammy Davis Jr: Here’s Lookin’ at You
15. Meditation - Lena Horne: Lena Goes Latin
16. But Not for Me - Mark Murphy: Playing the Field 

Outro: Come In from the Rain - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

Thursday 25 July 2013

Playlist: 26 Jul 2013


ONE OF THE GREATS: MISS PEGGY LEE

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. I Don’t Know Enough About You - Peggy Lee: Single
2. You’ve Got Possibilities - Peggy Lee: Big Spender
3. You Fascinate Me So - Peggy Lee: Pretty Eyes
4. The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Peggy Lee: The Man I Love
5. Kansas City - Peggy Lee: Blues Cross Country
6. Life Is for Livin’ - Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin’
7. Lover - Peggy Lee: Lover
8. I’m a Woman - Peggy Lee: Peggy Lee Sings Leiber and Stoller
9. Superstar - Peggy Lee: Norma Dolores Egstrom
10. The Hungry Years - Peggy Lee: Peggy
11. Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?
12. Always True to You in My Fashion - Peggy Lee: Beauty and the Beat!
13. My Old Flame - Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?
14. Release Me - Peggy Lee: Something Groovy!
15. Let’s Love (Reprise) - Peggy Lee: Let’s Love
16. We Don't Cry Out Loud - Peggy Lee: The New Collection
17. Call Me - Peggy Lee: Guitars a la Lee

Outro: Come In from the Rain - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel