Playlist: 28 Dec 2012

1. When Your Lover Has Gone - Billy May & His Orchestra: The Best of the Capitol Years

2. All the Things You Are - Sarah Vaughan & The Count Basie Orchestra: Send in the Clowns

3. Falling in Love with Love - Mark Murphy: This Could Be the Start of Something

4. Moondance - Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson: Meant to Be

5. Cherokee - Vic Damone: The Lively Ones

6. Close Your Eyes - Dolores Gray: Warm Brandy

7. Goodbye/We'll Be Together Again - Ray Charles & Betty Carter: Ray Charles & Betty Carter

8. Come and Get It, Honey - Nellie Lutcher: Real Gone

9. I Remember Clifford - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match

10. The Gal That Got Away - Jackie Paris: Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

11. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Jimmy Scott: All the Way

12. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday: The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (Disc 3)

13. Close Enough for Love - Dianne Reeves: That Day...

14. The Girl from Ipanema - Oscar Peterson Trio: We Get Requests

Playlist: 21 Dec 2012

1. Snowfall Cha Cha - Billy May & His Orchestra: Tropical Christmas

2. Jingle Bells - Johnny Mercer: single

3. This Time of Year - June Christy: This Time of Year

4. The Things We Did Last Summer - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match

5. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Diana Krall: Christmas Songs

6. Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday - Mighty Blue Kings: The Christmas Album

7. The Difficult Season - John Sheridan's Dream Band & Rebecca Kilgore: Hooray for Christmas!

8. A Marshmallow World - Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald: Swingin' with Bing

9. The Christmas Waltz (Awayteam Remix) - Nancy Wilson: Merry Mixmas

10. The Christmas Blues - Dean Martin: A Winter Romance

11. Whatever Happened to Christmas? - Frank Sinatra: The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas

12. Merry Christmas, Baby - Elvis Presley & Gretchen Wilson: Christmas Duets

13. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dinah Washington: September in the Rain

14. The Christmas Blues - Eric Reed: Yule Be Miserable

15. Ain't We Got Fun - Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope: Just for You (EP)

Playlist: 14 Dec 2012

1. t's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams: The Andy Williams Christmas Album

2. Winter Wonderland - Lena Horne: Merry from Lena

3. We Three Kings (of Orient Are) - Stan Kenton: From the Creative World of Stan Kenton Comes A Merry Christmas

4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Todd Gordon: Single

5. Christmas Is - Lou Rawls: Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho!

6. Please Come Home for Christmas - Aaron Neville: A Soulful Christmas

7. The Christmas Song - Jimmy Smith: Christmas '64

8. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Wishes You A Swingin' Christmas

9. Little Drummer Boy - Peggy Lee: Christmas Carousel

10. Jingle Bell Rock - Dale Corn: Christmas at Our House

11. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Janet Seidel: Hooray for the Holidays

12. Blue Christmas - Harry Connick Jr: Harry for the Holidays

13. White Christmas - Tony Bennett & Dexter Gordon: Bennett/Berlin

14. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Les Brown & His Orchestra: The Les Brown Story

15. In the Winter - Janis Ian: Between the Lines

16. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Michael Bublé: Christmas

17. That's What I Want for Christmas - Nancy Wilson: Single

18. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis Presley & Wynnona Judd: Christmas Duets

19. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Frank Sinatra: The Christmas Collection

Playlist: 7 Dec 2012

1. Talk to Me, Baby - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?

2. Temptation - Diana Krall: The Girl in the Other Room

3. Gotta Be Gettin' - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra with Anita O'Day: Single

4. When Day Is Done - Helen Humes: Swingin' with Humes

5. I'm Confessin' - Helen Humes: Sneakin' Around

6. Million Dollar Secret - Helen Humes: 'Deed I Do

7. They Raided the Joint - Helen Humes: Let the Good Times Roll

8. Scarborough Fair - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: Fool on the Hill

9. Give a Little Whistle - Julie London: Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

10. The Surrey with the Fringe On Top - Nat King Cole: At The Sands

11. Cold, Cold Heart - Aretha Franklin: Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington

12. Isn't It Romantic - Johnny Hartman: Unforgettable

13. My Love and I - Charlie Haden Quartet West with Cassandra Wilson: Sophisticated Ladies

14. Laura - Vic Damone: The Lively Ones

15. It Was a Very Good Year - Keely Smith: Keely Sings Sinatra

Playlist: 30 Nov 2012

EARTH'S CONSTANT COMPANION: THE MOON

1. Old Devil Moon - Anita O'Day: Anita Sings the Most

2. Moon Love - Nat King Cole: The Billy May Sessions

3. Fly Me to the Moon - Astrud Gilberto: This Is Astrud Gilberto

4. Moonlight Mood - Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra

5. Moonlight in Vermont - Joe Williams: Have a Good Time

6. Magic Is the Moonlight - Perez Prado & Rosemary Clooney: A Touch of Tobasco

7. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller: Moonlight Serenade

8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli

9. Blue Moon - Clifford Brown: With Strings

10. Winter Moon - Hoagy Carmichael: Hoagy Sings Carmichael

11. Once There Was a Moon - Marlene Ver Planck: Once There Was a Moon

12. I Wished On the Moon - June Christy: The Song Is June

13. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) - Diana Krall: When I Look In Your Eyes

14. Moonlight Becomes You - Chet Baker: Ensemble

15. It's Only a Paper Moon - Morgana King: Morgana King Sings

16. How High the Moon - Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood

17. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday: The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve

Playlist: 23 Nov 2012

1. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue - Billy May & His Orchestra: Sorta May, Sorta Dixie

2. I Can't Stop Loving You - Keely Smith: Keely Swings Basie-Style (with Strings)

3. I Fall In Love Too Easily - Shilrey Horn: I Remember Miles

4. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Helen Humes: Songs I Like to Sing

5. We'll Meet Again - Carol Sloane: We'll Meet Again

6. Blues in the Night - Ella Fitzgerald: Harold Arlen Song Book

7. Everything Happens to Me - Billie Holiday: The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve

8. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - Ernestine Anderson: Very Best of Ernestine Anderson

9. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall

10. I've Never Been In Love Before - Lorez Alexandria: Lorez Alexandria the Great

11. The Man I Love - Diane Schuur: In Tribute

12. Back In Your Own Back Yard - Peggy Lee: Jump for Joy

Playlist: 16 Nov 2012

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

Playlist: 9 Nov 2012

1. The Charleston - Louis Prima: single

2. Come Dance with Me - Shirley Horne: Shirley Horn with Horns

3. Waltz for Debby - Johnny Hartman: The Voice That Is!

4. Something Makes Me Want to Dance with You - Nat King Cole: Let's Face the Music!

5. Have Feet Will Dance - Maxine Sullivan: The Lady's In Love with You

6. Let's Face the Music and Dance - Sammy Davis Jr: Mr Entertainment

7. I Won't Dance - Van Alexander: Swing! Staged for Sound

8. The Carioca - Mel Tormé: Lulu's Back in Town

9. Shall We Dance? - Norma Winstone: Manhattan in the Rain

10. For Dancers Only - Sy Oliver: Sycholoswing

11. Last Dance/Dancing in the Dark - Tierney Sutton: Dancing in the Dark

12. Everybody's Twistin' - Frank Sinatra: Reprise single

13. I Could Have Danced All Night - Peggy Lee: Latin ala Lee

14. The Music that Makes Me Dance - Carmen McRae: Second to None

15. Tap Dancer's Blues - Duke Ellington: The Pianist

16. So Danco Samba (Jazz Samba) - Ella Fitzgerald: Cote d'Azur Concerts (Disc 5)

Playlist: 2 Nov 2012

1. Sweet Georgia Brown - Count Basie & His Orchestra: Prime Time

2. (The End of) A Beautiful Friendship - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Quintet Plays

3. Unforgettable - Aretha Franklin: Unforgettable (A Tribute to Dinah Washington)

4. My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Bing Crosby: Swingin' with Bing 

5. Call Me Irresponsible - Nancy Wilson: Today, Tomorrow, Forever

6. Everday I Have the Blues - The Mills Brothers & Count Basie: Annual Report

7. There's Something About an Old Love - Sylvia Syms: Syliva Syms Sings

8. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out

9. I Used to Love You but It's All Over Now - Diana Krall: Glad Rag Doll

10. Nothing Lasts Forever - Ian Shaw: A Ghost in Every Bar

11. Summer Wind - Royal Air Force Squadronaires & Todd Gordon: Helping the Heroes

12. If Love Were All - Clare Teal: Hey Ho 

13. Heartache - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

14. Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim: Getz/Gilberto

15. A Hard Day's Night - Ramsey Lewis: Hang On Ramsey

16. I've Got You Under My Skin - Perry Como: Como Swings

Todd's new album with the Royal Air Force Squadronaires

NEW CD RELEASE

The Royal Air Force Squadronaires and Todd Gordon release Helping the Heroes in the UK on November 5th. Worldwide digital release to follow shortly.

This is the acclaimed big band's first vocal album and Todd duets on several tracks with wonderful guest vocalists (see artwork). Featuring new arrangements, it's a great "feel-good" album, recorded under the watchful eyes and ears of veteran producer Ken Barnes who's worked with many of "the greats" such as Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Fred Astaire, Johnny Mercer and Jack Jones.

All profits from the sale of the album will go to the British charity, Help for Heroes.

You can order it now from Amazon and other online retailers as well as record stores - and click here for the first review...

"Helping The Heroes brings some of Britain's finest singers together with one of the country's best big bands. The result is a definitive big band album: dynamic, technically impressive and hugely enjoyable." - All About Jazz (Canada)