My next-to-last show of the season and it made me think about all the music I haven’t played for my audience this year, which made me think of all the things I haven’t done in my life. (Sadly, that’s how my mind usually works.) So far there’s only one thing on my bucket list: buy a bucket. With the help of an internet list of bucket list suggestions, I gave myself – and my audience – lots of potential and some obvious choices for things to do before kicking the bucket (which I haven’t bought yet.)
(Bucket List Suggestion) / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- (Take A Hike) / LET’S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK / Mel Torme / “Mel Torme & Friends”
- IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO / Esther Phillips / “Burnin”
- (Kiss A Stranger) / KISS AND RUN / Johnny Hartman / “I Just Dropped By To say Hello”
- APRIL IN PARIS / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / “The Complete Ella & Louis”
- (Be Hypnotized) / OLD DEVIL MOON / Tony Bennett / “Tony Makes It Happen”
- ANYONE CAN WHISTLE / Kelley Johnson / “Something Good”
- (Combat Climate Change) / HEAT WAVE / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
- (Learn A New Language) / MUMBLES / Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry / “Oscar Peterson’s Finest Hour”
- IF I HAD YOU / (Mystery Vocalist) / Gayle Storm / “That’s My Desire”
- (Go Canoeing) / CANOE / Kat Edmonton / “Old Fashioned Gal”
- (Go To A Jazz Festival) / MEET MR. B. B. / Quincy Jones Big Band / “Newport ‘61”
- GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE / Mary Stallings / “Songs Were Made To Sing”
- (Take A Spontaneous Road Trip) / ROUTE 66 / Nat Cole / “After Midnight”
- DESTINATION MOON / Madeleine Peyroux / “Careless Love”
- (Cook A Special Meal) / A MAN WHO CAN COOK / Chaise Lounge / “Insomnia”
- IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN / Paul Jost / “While We Were Away”
- (Be In A Broadway Show) / BROADWAY BABY / Elaine Stritch / “Elaine Stritch At Liberty”
- (Walk The Great Wall Of China) / ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA / Renee Olstead W/ Carol Welsman / “Renee Olstead”
- THE LAST REQUEST / Frankie Valli & Joey DeFrancesco / “A Touch Of Jazz”
- TEA FOR TWO / Blossom Dearie / “Once Upon A Summertime”
- (Run Away To The Circus) / TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT / Kari Kirkland / “Wild Is The Wind”
- (Swim With Dolphins) / DOLPHIN DANCE / Cody Owen Stine / “Brunch At The Renaissance”
- WHEN I’M GONE / Phil Ochs / “There But For Fortune”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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