I threw a party this week and for the very first time, it wasn’t my favorite kind of party – a pity party. No, I was full of surprises this week: surprise beginnings, surprise endings, surprise artists, happy surprises, and a few songs that were not so happy. But that’s no surprise coming from me.
SONG TITLE / Artist / Album Title
- SWEET SURPRISE / Blossom Dearie / “Discover Who I Am”
- HAVEN’T WE MET? / Kenny Rankin / “Haven’t We Met?”
- I SHOULD CARE / Diahann Carroll & Andre Previn / “The Magic Of Diahann Carroll”
- MACK THE KNIFE / Rufus Wainwright & The Pacific jazz Orchestra / “I’m A Stranger Here Myself”
- THE TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC / Bing Crosby / “Big Rock Candy Mountain”
- DEED I DO / Ellen Andersson / “You Should Have Told Me”
- A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP / Nat Cole & George Shearing / “Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays”
- APRIL IN PARIS / Count Basie / “April In Pars”
- IT AMAZES ME / Kelly Green / “It Amazes Me”
- I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME / Gretje Angell
- TWISTED / Lambert, Hendricks & Ross / “Twisted”
- CLOUDBURST/NOT GETTING MARRIED / Jessica Malarkey & John Pizzarelli / “Make Believe”
- CHEGA DE SAUDADE / Veronica Swift / “Veronica Swift”
- CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS / Thomas Quasthoff / “The Jazz Album”
- YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME / Delicatessen / “Goodnight Kiss”
- YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC / Bill Evans Trio & Stan Getz / “But Beautiful”
- THE BEST IS YET TO COME / Bob Dylan / “Triplicate”
- JUST IN TIME / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
- THE BEST MAN / Freddy Cole / “I’m Not My Brother; I’m Me”
- I’M GOING TO RUIN YOUR DAY / Chaise Lounge / “Insomnia”
- I’M ALWAYS DRUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO / Ernie Andrews / “Live Session!”
- BLUES FOR DJANGO & STEPHANE / Stephane Grappelli, Philip Catherine, Larry Coryel / “Young Django”
- ANOTHER SPRING/APRIL FOOLED ME / Hetty Kate / “Love In Four Seasons”
- NIGHT LIGHTS / Gerry Mulligan / “Night Lights”
- I USED TO BE COLORBLIND / Tony Bennett / “Life Is Beautiful”
- IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND / Carol Sloane / “Live At 30th Street”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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