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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Playlist: 19 Jul 2013

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

1. Sweet and Lovely - Erroll Garner: Contrasts

2. It was a Very Good Year - Keely Smith: Keely sings Sinatra

3. Maybe This Time - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra 80th Live in Concert

4. Just in Time - Chris Connor: Witchcraft

5. My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

6. The Thrill Is Gone - Roberta Flack: Roberta

7. Over the Rainbow - Lorez Alexandria: Lorez Alexandria the Great

8. A Good and Simple Man - Ian Shaw: Lifejacket

9. So You Say - Juliet Roberts: Beneath the Surface

10. Take Me Through/I Could Come to Love You - Liza Minnelli: Tropical Nights

11. Some Cats Know - Peggy Lee: Mirrors

12. Pass Me By - Peggy Lee: Pass Me By

13. Yesterday when I was Young - Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo: Watch What Happens!

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

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

Playlist: 12 Jul 2013

FRONT-ROW SEATS FOR TWO GREAT CONCERTS

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

1. Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

2. Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

3. I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

4. The Shadow of Your Smile - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

5. Get Me to the Church on Time - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

6. You Make Me Feel So Young - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

7. It was a Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

8. My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

9. Sunday - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco   

10. What Kind of Fool Am I? - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

11. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

12. Let There Be Love - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

13. Thou Swell - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

14. It Never Entered My Mind - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

15. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

Playlist: 5 Jul 2013

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

1. Stompin' at the Savoy - Benny Goodman: Live in Japan 

2. Charleston - Louis Prima: Louis Prima

3. Where or When/Easy to Love/Get Out of Town/They Can’t Take That Away from Me (medley) - Dinah Shore: Dinah, Yes Indeed!

4. (They Long to be) Close to You - Carmen McRae: Great American Songbook

5. Alone Together - Woody Herman: Songs for Hip Lovers!

6. Bo Mambo - Yma Sumac: Mambo!

7. Down in the Alley - Memphis Minnie: Hoodoo Lady (1933-37)

8. The Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz, João Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto

9. Just Friends - Helen Merrill & Stan Getz: Just Friends

10. Lover - The Supremes: Supremes sing Rodgers & Hart

11. You Never Give Me Your Money - Sarah Vaughan: Songs of The Beatles

12. The Man with the Child in His Eyes - Kate Bush: The Kick Inside

13. Where or When - Dick Haymes: Come Rain or Come Shine

14. Only the Lonely - Liane Carroll: Ballads

15. Changing All Those Changes - Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room

Playlist: 28 Jun 2013

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

1. One O'Clock Jump - Duke Ellington: Will the Big Bands Ever Come Back?

2. Teach Me Tonight - Clare Teal: Live at Ebenezer Chapel

3. I Ain’t Got Nobody - Sy Oliver: Sycholoswing

4. By Myself - Judy Garland: I Could Go On Singing

5. The Party’s Over - Blossom Dearie: Sings Comden & Green

6. This Time the Dream's On Me - Nancy Wilson: Something Wonderful

7. Pineapple Pete - Johnny Mercer: Singer-Songwriter

8. ‘Deed I Do - Judy Carmichael: Come and Get It

9. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? - Ready Willing & Mabel: Cocktail for the Ears

10. I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues (Duke Ellington Medley) - Pointer Sisters: Retrospect

11. You Took Advantage of Me - Ella Fitzgerald: Rodgers & Hart Songbook

12. I've Heard That Song Before - Frank Sinatra: Come Swing with Me!

13. These Are the Days - Jamie Cullum: Twentysomething

14. I’m Having a Good Time - Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues

15. As Long As I'm Singin' - Bobby Darin: Bobby Darin Hits

Outro: Come In from the Rain - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Playlist: 21 Jun 2013

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

1. Ruletero - Perez Prado: Our Man in Havana

2. It’s Easy to Remember - Perry Como: We Get Letters

3. In the Heat of the Night - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love

4. Nobody in Mind - Big Joe Turner: Nobody in Mind

5. Memories of You - Ian Shaw: Somewhere Towards Love

6. I’ll Never Smile Again - Joe Williams: A Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry

7. Sweet Georgia Brown - Diane Schuur: In Tribute

8. It Had to be You - Diane Schuur & Ray Charles: Friends for Schuur

9. Trouble in Mind - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

10. I’ll Be Home - Barbra Streisand: Stoney End

11. One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota Sò)

12. Always - Bill Charlap & Sandy Stewart: Love Is Here to Stay

13. Goodbye, Goodbye - Johnny Hartman: I Love Everybody

14. Anita’s Blues ’76 - Anita O’Day: Live at Mingo’s

15. I’ll See You in My Dreams - Jimmy Durante: Jimmy Durante’s Way of Life

16. The Continental - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole at The Sands

Outro: Come In from the Rain, Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

Playlist: 14 Jun 2013

EMBRACEABLE GERSHWIN

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

1. Peter Sellers sings Gershwin - Peter Sellers: Songs for Swingin’ Sellers!

2. Who Cares? - Ella Fitzgerald: The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook

3. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Margaret Whiting: Past Midnight

4. Do It Again - Vic Damone: In Concert

5. Embraceable You - Chet Baker: Songs for Lovers

6. I Was Doing All Right - Diana Krall: From This Moment On

7. Soon - Sammy Davis Jr: The Wham of Sam!

8. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday: The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve (Disc 10)

9. A Foggy Day - Rosemary Clooney: Dedicated to Nelson

10. Bidin’ My Time - Nat King Cole: Let’s Face the Music!

11. Strike Up the Band - Tony Bennett & Count Basie: Strike Up the Band

12. That Certain Feeling - Jo Ann Greer: Fascinatin’ Rhythm/Capitol Sings Gershwin

13. I Got Rhythm - Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin

14. But Not for Me - Carmen McRae: The Great American Songbook

15. The Man I Love - Dinah Shore & André Previn: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays 

16. Love Walked In - Frank Sinatra: Swing Along with Me

17. Love Is Here to Stay - Dick Haymes: Rain or Shine

18. Embraceable You - Roy Eldridge: Jazz at the Philharmonic 1957 in Sweden

Outro: Come In from the Rain, Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

Playlist: 7 Jun 2013

NAME THAT SONG!

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

1. Rose Marie - Billy May & His Orchestra: Naughty Operetta

2. Sweet Lorraine - Nat King Cole: 78rpm single

3. Margie - Johnny Mercer: Sweet Georgia Brown

4. I’ll Take Tallulah - Jo Stafford: Getting Sentimental Over Tommy Dorsey

5. Whatever Lola Wants - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella sings Broadway

6. Linda - Perry Como: Como Swings

7. Johnny - Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?

8. Frankie and Johnny - Mae West: The Fabulous Mae West

9. Emily - Tony Bennett: The Movie Song Album

10. Julia - Todd Gordon: Julia (Dowload Single)

11. Ode to Billie Joe - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love

12. Alfie - Carol Kidd & Nigel Clark: Tell Me Once Again

13. Liza - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen & Five Saxes

14. Bill - Helen Humes: T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do

15. Harry - Catherine Howe: Harry

16. Hello, Dolly! - Bobby Darin: Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie

17. Message to Michael - Lena Horne: Watch What Happens

18. Johnny One Note - Anita O'Day: Anita O'Day & Billy May Swing Rodgers & Hart

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

Playlist: 31 May 2013

FIFTY YEARS ON... (1963)

1. Them There Eyes - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie: Ella and Basie!

2. From Me to You - The Beatles: 1

3. This Is All I Ask - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

4. Night Creature (First Movement): Blind Bug: Duke Ellington: The Symphonic Ellington

5. I Have Dreamed - Frank Sinatra: The Concert Sinatra

6. Days of Wine and Roses - Peggy Lee: Mink Jazz

7. The Good Life - Tony Bennett: The Singles Collection

8. The Lady's In Love with You - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli

9. I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli

10. Time After Time - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli

11. Baubles, Bangles and Beads - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli

12. Say It Isn't So - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli

13. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli

14. You Are Too Beautiful - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

15. The Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz & João Gilberto w/Astrud Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto

Playlist: 24 May 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

Playlist: 17 May 2013

CELEBRATING COLE PORTER

1. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker: Big Band

2. From This Moment On - Diana Krall: From This Moment On

3. So Near and Yet So Far - Fred Astaire: The Astaire Story (Vol 2)

4. Get Out of Town - Ian Shaw: The Abbey Road Sessions

5. Night and Day - Sergio Mendez & Brasil ’66: Equinox

6. (You’d Be So) Easy to Love - Harry Connick Jr: Come By Me

7. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Frank Sinatra: In the Wee Small Hours

8. You’re the Top - Jean Turner: From The Creative World of Stan Kenton Comes Jean Turner 

9. All of You - Billie Holiday: Complete Billie Holiday on Verve (Disc 10)

10. Just One of Those Things - Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson

11. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald: The Cole Porter Songbook (Vol 1)

12. Ridin’ High - Jeri Southern: Southern Breeze

13. Begin the Beguine - Sammy Davis Jr: The Wham of Sam!

14. Why Shouldn’t I? - Carmen McRae: Live at Century Plaza

15. I Get a Kick Out of You - Chris Connor & Stan Kenton: Capitol single

16. I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Dinah Shore: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays

17. I Love Paris - Stan Kenton: The Stage Door Swings

Playlist: 10 May 2013

1. This Could Be the Start of Something Big - Count Basie & His Orchestra: Before Frank

2. When Did You Leave Heaven? - Nancy Wilson: Hollywood My Way

3. Witchcraft - Chris Connor: Witchcraft

4. Moonlight Serenade - Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra

5. I Wished On the Moon - Billie Holiday: Songs for Distingue Lovers

6. My Father - Nina Simone: Baltimore

7. Canadian Sunset - Andy Williams: The Wonderful World of Andy Williams

8. When I Fall in Love/My One and Only Love - Mark Murphy: Once to Every Heart

9. I Don’t Want to Do Wrong - Esther Phillips: Alone Again, Naturally

10. With Every Breath I Take - Claire Martin & Richard Rodney Bennett: Witchcraft

11. This Can’t Be Love - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen and Five Saxes

12. Rain - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen and Five Guitars

13. Doggone Good - Lorna Reid: Girl in the Coat

14. Everything Is Beautiful - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ‘n Basie

15. Call Me - Peggy Lee: Guitars a la Lee

16. Guilty - Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room

Playlist: 3 May 2013

1. Have You Got Any Castles, Baby? - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: Hey... Let Yourself Go

2. April in Paris - Kurt Elling: The Messenger

3. I Get a Kick Out of You - Chris Connor & Stan Kenton Orchestra (Capitol single)

4. You’re Easy to Dance With - Fred Astaire: Steppin’ Out

5. My Gentleman Friend - Nancy Wilson & George Shearing: The Swingin’s Mutual!

6. Do I Love You? - Peggy Lee: Beauty and the Beat!

7. (The End of) A Beautiful Friendship - Nat King Cole & George Shearing: Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Plays

8. Moon River - The Four Freshmen: In Person, Vol 2

9. Secret Love - Carmen McRae: Live at Bubba’s!

10. Good Rockin’ Tonight - Jimmy Witherspoon: At The Monterey Jazz Festival

11. The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield

12. The Look of Love - Frank Sinatra: Softly, As I Leave You

13. I Still Suits Me - Lee Wiley (with Bing Crosby): Manhattan Nights

14. One Note Samba/Spanish Flea - Sergio Mendez & Brasil ’66: Herb Alpert Presents

15. It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie - Fats Waller: Plays and Sings

16. I Will Wait for You - Lena Horne & Michel Legrand: Lena & Michel

17. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session

New programme...

As regular listeners may have noticed, we repeated an earlier edition of Jazz International last week. This was due to a tour of Germany and Belgium, ending up in Bremen at the jazzahead! trade fair - always a pleasure to meet friends and colleagues, old and new.

However, I am back at base now and a fresh edition of the show is already in the making!

Playlist: 19 Apr 2013

1. Undecided - Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb Orchestra: The Best of Ella (Coral)

2. Get Happy - Ella Fitzgerald: Harold Arlen Songbook

3. Solitude - Ella Fitzgerald: Duke Ellington Songbook

4. Now It Can Be Told - Ella Fitzgerald: Irving Berlin Songbook

5. You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Ella Fitzgerald: Montreux ’77

6. Single-O - Ella Fitzgerald: Johnny Mercer Songbook

7. Jersey Bounce - Ella Fitzgerald: Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!

8. Got to Get You into My Life - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella (Reprise)

9. Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home - Ella Fitzgerald: Jukebox Ella

10. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Loves Cole

11. Airmail Special - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella in Hollywood

12. This Girl's in Love with You - Ella Fitzgerald: Sunshine of Your Love

13. Street of Dreams - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently with Nelson

14. Make Me Rainbows - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie: A Pefect Match

Playlist: 12 Apr 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)

Playlist: 5 Apr 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

Playlist: 29 Mar 2013

1. Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa 

2. (I Would Do) Anything for You - Nat King Cole: Tell Me All About Yourself

3. Make Believe - Peggy Lee: Two Shows Nightly

4. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye - Eydie Gormé: Eydie Gormé Vamps the Roaring '20s

5. Empty Tables - Frank Sinatra: Single

6. I Hadn't Anyone Till You - Lena Horne: Lena on the Blue Side

7. Without You - Janis Ian: Stars

8. Fool That I Am - Etta James: The Second Time Around

9. Skylark - Dick Haymes: Moonbeams

10. I Can Dream, Can't I? - Cass Elliot: Bubble Gum, Lemonade... and Something for Mama

11. What Now My Love? - Sammy Davis Jr & Buddy Rich: The Sounds of '66

12. A Foggy Day (in London Town) - Ella Fitzgerald: The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook

13. He Loves and She Loves - Ella Fitzgerald: The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook

14. 'S Wonderful - Ella Fitzgerald: The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook

15. The Man I Love - Ella Fitzgerald: The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook

16. The Things That I Used to Do: Big Joe Turner: Things That I Used to Do

17. Swingtime in the Rockies - The Big 18: More Live Echoes of the Swinging Bands

18. The Way You Look Tonight - Stephanie Rebecca: Deep Inside of Me

Playlist: 22 Mar 2013

1. I Can't Stop Loving You - Count Basie & His Orchestra: Before Frank (Live at The Sands)

2. For Once in My Life - Harry Connick Jr: Only You

3. Every Day I Have the Blues - Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder: Playing with My Friends

4. You're Blasé - Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass: Take Love Easy

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

6. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You - Billie Holiday: Body and Soul

7. Almost Like Being in Love - Perry Como: Saturday Night with Mr C

8. Love for Sale - Elaine Delmar: Ev'rything I Love (Elaine Delmar Sings Cole Porter)

9. Love Is the Greatest Thing - Mae West: The Fabulous Mae West

10. Only Trust Your Heart - Roberta Gambarini: Easy to Love

11. Some of These Days - Dale Corn: I've Been Around

12. Loads of Love - Erin Dickins: Nice Girls

13. Lotus Blossom - Paul Gonsalves & Ray Nance: 

14. By Myself - Judy Garland: I Could Go On Singing (Soundtrack)

Playlist: 15 Mar 2013

1. The 'In' Crowd - Ramsey Lewis: The 'In' Crowd

2. I'm Walkin' Through Heaven with You - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

3. I Concentrate On You - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Loves Cole

4. Somewhere in My Heart - Todd Gordon: charity single (available on iTunes)

5. As Time Goes By - Rosemary Clooney: Dedicated to Nelson

6. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else - Frank Sinatra: Vegas (Disc 1)

7. In the Still of the Night - Frank Sinatra: Vegas (Disc 1)

8. Here's That Rainy Day - Frank Sinatra: Vegas (Disc 1)

9. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - Frank Sinatra: Vegas (Disc 1)

10. When Did You Leave Heaven? - Diane Schuur: Blues for Schuur

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

12. Gonna Build a Mountain - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing 'n' Basie

13. I'm Glad There Is You - Matt Monro: This Is the Life

14. That Day (theme from Cinema Paradiso) - Karrin Allyson: From Paris to Rio

15. Addi - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: The English Concert 1971