PLAYLIST FOR “AN EVENING WITH ELLINGTON & STRAYHORN” (3.11.17)

It’s the 50-year anniversary of Billy Strayhorn’s death. Instead of sending a card, I played some favorites from the music he wrote and wrote in collaboration with Ellington.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

• TAKE THE A TRAIN  /  Duke Ellington Orchestra  /  “The Most Essential Jazz Standards Ever”
• I GOT IT BAD  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “A Swingin’ Affair”
• I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  Nancy Harms  /  “Ellington At Night”
• IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Remembering You”
• LOVE SCENE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Jazz”
• I’M JUST A LUCKY SO-AND-SO  /  Nicole Herzog & Don Menza  /  “That’s Life”
• IN A MELLOW TONE  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
• IT DON’T MEAN A THING  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “Rosemary Clooney: Jazz Singer”
• A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington  /  “Ella At Dukes’ Place”
• UPPER MANHATTAN MEDICAL GROUP  /  Dizzy Gillespie  /  “A Portrait Of Duke Ellington”
• MOOD INDIGO  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Teresa Brewer & Duke Ellington  /  “It Don’t Mean A Thing”
• YOU BETTER KNOW IT  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone Sings Duke Ellington”
• DAY DREAM  /  Mark Jennett  /  “The Way I Am”
• MAYBE  /  Lena Horne  /  “An Evening With Lena Horne”
• PRELUDE TO A KISS  /  Keith Jarrett  /  “Whisper Not”
• DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE  /  Janet Planet  /  “The Consequence of Two”
• I’M CHECKING OUT, GOOM BYE  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Strictly Romancing”
• SOPHISTICATED LADY  /  Al Jarreau  /  “Unforgettable”
• I LIKE THE SUNRISE  /  Jody Sandhaus  /  “A Fine Spring Morning”
• BLOOD COUNT  /  Stan Getz  /  “Anniversary”
• LUSH LIFE  /  Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane  /  “John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman:
• COME SUNDAY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live in Stockholm”
• THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING  /  Nancy Valentine  /  “Lovesome”
• PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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