Many people are choosing not to gather for Thanksgiving this year and choosing instead to be safe and smart. (It’s only for one year.) So I thought I’d celebrate with some delicious songs about food and drink along with some food for thought from Nina Simone and some food for the soul from Imelda May with Jeff Goldblum. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Be sure to tune in next week for a very special show, the 11th Annual Turntable For One Music To Be Thankful For show.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- LET’S EAT HOME / Rosemary Clooney / “Still On The Road”
- IN THE COOL, COOL OF THE EVENING / Frank Sinatra / “Days Of Wine & Roses”
- EVERYBODY EATS WHEN THEY COME TO MY HOUSE / Ernestine Anderson / “Love Makes The Changes”
- SALT PEANUTS / Terry Gibbs, Nicolas Payton, et. al. / “52nd & Broadway: Songs of The Bebop Era”
- CHAMPAGNE / Kat Edmonson / “Way Down Low”
- HUNGRY MAN / John Pizzarelli / “For Centennial Reasons”
- THE HUMAN TOUCH / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone & Piano”
- SWEET KENTUCKY HAM / Dave Frishberg / “Dave Frishberg Classics”
- A LITTLE TASTE / Veronica Swift / “Confessions”
- BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK / Jimmy Smith / “Fourmost Return”
- COFFEE TIME / Natalie Cole / “Still Unforgettable”
- THE COFFEE SONG / Hot Club Sandwich / “Café Matrix”
- GRAVY WALTZ / Jennie Smith / “Nightly Yours”
- HOME COOKIN / Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross / “Summertime”
- COOKING BREAKFAST FOR THE ONE I LOVE / Maria Muldaur / “Sweet & Slow”
- DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES / Jaimee Paul & Mason Embry Trio / “Too Marvelous”
- FRIM FRAM SAUCE / Vocapella / “Black Coffee”
- PEEL ME A GRAPE / Nancy Wilson & Ramsey Lewis / “Meant To Be”
- STEAMIN’ GREENS / Kevin Mahogany / “The Vienna Affair”
- MAKE IT ANOTHER OLD FASHIONED, PLEASE / Julie London / “Sophisticated Lady”
- LEMON TWIST / Mark Winkler / “West Coast Cool”
- SUPPERTIME / Renee Rosnes / “Manhattan Rain”
- TEA FOR TWO / Pink Martini w/ Jimmy Scott / “Hey, Eugene”
- COCKTAILS FOR TWO / Ray Charles & Betty Carter / “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
- A TABLE SET FOR SOLITUDE / Dena DeRose / “Live At The Jazz Standard Vol. 1”
- THIS BITTER EARTH / Imelda May, Jeff Goldblum, Mildred Snitzer Orch. / “The Capitol Sessions”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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