In the beginning was the Word. Okay, fine. But not this week. Not on this show. Almost everything I played started out as an instrumental and the lyrics came later. To bring things back to reality, I ended with a melody played so beautifully that I don’t think it really needed the lyrics added later and, finally, with a lyric that Johnny Mercer wrote but didn’t live long enough to set to music.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- MOOD INDIGO / Nina Simone / “Little Girl Blue”
- LAURA / Kevin Mahogany / “Portrait Of Kevin Mahogany”
- THE BAD IN EVERY MAN / The Attic Band / “Blue Moon”
- BLUE MOON / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session”
- LI’L DARLIN’ / Count Basie / “Standing Ovation”
- LI’L DARLIN’ / The Real Group / “Live In Stockholm”
- DON’T DREAM OF ANYBODY BUT ME / Bobby Darin / “This Is Darin”
- THE BLUEST KIND OF BLUE / Hetty Kate / “11:60 PM”
- PARKER’S MOOD / Marion Cowings / “Sing A Song Of Bird”
- CUTE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Ann-Margaret / “Songs From The Swinger”
- SOPHISTICATED LADY / Ben Webster / “Compact Jazz: The Verve Years”
- SOPHISTICATED LADY / Tony Bennett / “Bennett Sings Ellington/Hot & Cool”
- DAT DERE / Bobby Timmons / “In Person”
- DAT DERE / Sheila Jordan / “Portrait Of Sheila Jordan”
- STOLEN MOMENTS & MURDER BY NUMBERS / Frank Zappa & Sting / “Broadway The Hard Way”
- STOLEN MOMENTS / Mark Murphy / “Love Is What Stays”
- OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY / Gretje Angell / “In Any Key”
- I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLANS / Mel Torme & Jonathan Schwatrz / “Mel Torme & Friends”
- MIDNIGHT SUN / Nancy Wilson / “Lush Life”
- WALTZ FOR DEBBY / Paul Jost / “Breaking Through”
- ROUND MIDNIGHT / Ella Fitzgerald / “Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie”
- I REMEMBER CLIFFORD / Keith Jarrett Trio / “Still Live”
- WHEN OCTOBER GOES / Barry Manilow / “2:00 AM Paradise Café”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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