TURNTABLE FOR ONE

Everyone who’s been saying for years that my show is for the birds was half-right this week.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

• LET’S DO IT  /  Ella Fitzgerald w/ London Symphony Orchestra  /  “Someone To Watch Over Me”
• BLACKBIRD  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
• BYE BYE BLACKBIRD  /  Paula West  /  “Come What May”
• SLEEPIN’ BEE  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
• THE EAGLE AND ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live At Vine Street”
• STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT  /  Lyle Lovett  /  “Smile”
• THE BUZZARD SONG  /  Miles Davis  /  “Porgy And Bess”
• LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My Gentleman Friend”
• FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS  /  The Real Group  /   “Unreal”
• THE QUEEN BEE  /  Count Basie  /  “Basie Straight Ahead”
• LULLABY OF BIRDLAND  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Mariah Carey  /  “The Rarities”
• SKYLARK  /  Linda Ronstadt  /  “Lush Life”
• ORNITHOLOGY  /  Pasquale Grasso  /  “Be-Bop!”
• THE DUCK  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow /  “The Very Though of You”
• POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer”
• MY BLUE HEAVEN  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Blue Heaven”
• A BIRD ON THE WIRE  /  Leonard Cohen  /  “Live Songs”
• PENGUINS AND FOOLS  /  Hilary Gardner  /  “Drummer Composer”
•  BE CAREFUL IT’S MY HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ring-A-Ding-Ding”
• YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
• A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQ.  /  Nat Cole & Gloria Estefan  /  “A Sentimental Christmas With Nat King Cole”
• STRANGE MEADOWLARK  /  Dave Brubeck Quartet  /  “Time Outtakes”
• BLACK SWAN  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina At Carnegie Hall”
• IMAGINATION  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
• OVER THE RAINBOW  /  Lorez Alexandria  /  “Alexandria The Great”
• DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND  /  Mark Murphy w/Metropole Orchestra  /  “The Dream”
• PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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