It started when we were kids, I mean little kids. Our teachers would tell us. Our parents would tell us. Our aunts and uncles, cousins, and sometime even the mail carrier would tell us: Play Nice! (Of course my parents also told me not to lock my little sister in the trunk of our Chevy Impala – but that’s for another show). Playing Nice – it’s a phrase, an admonition, and a concept that’s kind of gone out of fashion these days. But not while I have this microphone, because for two hours, I just played nice – nice songs by singers and musicians who know how to play nice.
SONG TITLE / Artist / Album Title
- NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT / Yannick Bovy / “Love Swings”
- NICE ’N’ EASY / Shirley Horn / “I Thought About You”
- EGGS IN THE MORNING WTH TOAST / Aron! / “Cozy You (And Other Nice Songs)”
- PLEASE DON’T TALK TO ME WHEN I’M GONE / Ella Fitzgerald / “Love Letters From Ella”
- IT’S NICE TO GO TRAV’LING / Frank Sinatra / “Come Fly With Me”
- WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE / Norah Jones & Willie Nelson / “My Way”
- IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU / Norah Jones & Seth MacFarlane / “In Full Swing”
- SOME TIME AGO / Michel & Tony Petrucciani / “Conversation”
- BUT NOT FOR ME / Joe Pesci & Joey DeFrancesco / “Falling In Love With Love”
- SO NICE / Bebel Gilberto / “Tanto Tempo”
- SOMEONE NICE LIKE YOU / Sammy Davis Jr. / “What Kind Of Fool Am I”
- IT’S TOO LATE / Kevin Mahogany / “The Vienna Affair”
- MANHATTAN / Laura Anglade / “Get Out Of Town”
- YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO / Harry Connick Jr. / “True Love”
- YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO / Nina Simone / “Nina At Newport”
- IT’S NICE WEATHER FOR DUCKS / Ronny Whyte / “Whyte Wolf”
- LAZY AFTERNOON / Freda Payne w/Jeff Goldblum& Mildred Snitzer Orch. / “Plays Well With Others”
- WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR / Benny Benack III / “A Lot Of Livin’ To Do”
- NICE GIRLS DON’T STAY FOR BREAKFAST / Emma Smith / “Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast”
- I’LL BE AROUND / Jimmy Scott / “Dine With Fine Jazz”
- IT’S NICE TO BE WITH YOU / Jim Hall / “It’s Nice To Be With You”
- THE COFFEE SONG / Nicole Zuraitis / “Cafes & Conversation”
- I LIKE YOU, YOU’RE NICE/I LIKE YOU / Madeline Eastman w/ Kenny Barron / “Art Attack”
- PEOPLE TIME / Stan Getz w/ Kenny Barron / “Yours And Mine”
- COME SUNDAY / The Real Group / “Live In Stockholm”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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