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)