TURNTABLE FOR ONE

I thought when you experience a Teachable Moment, you’re supposed to reflect and even have a change of heart. The only reflection I’m seeing these days is in my mirror – and I’m not too happy with those results either. So I played a couple hours of songs about people confronting difficult situations in hopes that the music and messages might be helpful and instructive. Probably it instructed people to turn off their radios. Not exactly what I had planned.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Or CD Title

• TEACH ME TONIGHT  /  Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Count Basie  /  “Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan”
• TEACH ME A SONG  /  Jackie Allen  /  “Never Let Me Go”
• LEARNING THE BLUES  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?
• THE GREAT CITY  /  Lauren Henderson  /  “Armame”
• PICK YOURSELF UP  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole & Me”    
• YOU CAN’T PULL THE WOOL OVER MY EYES  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Alone Together”
• STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT  /  Imelda May, Jeff Goldblum & Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Sessions”
• PREACH AND TEACH  /  The Buddy Rich Big Band  /  “Mercy, Mercy”
• THE DAY I LEARNED FRENCH  /  Rebecca Kilgore  /  “Moonshadow Dance”
• MAY I COME IN?  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
• THE SECOND TIME AROUND  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Shirley Horn  /  “At The Gaslight Square/Loads Of Love”
• THE SPIDER AND THE FLY  /  Maud Hixson  /  “Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away”
• ANYTHING GOES  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love: A Celebration Of Cole Porter”
• MEANING OF THE BLUES  /  Nnenna Freelon  / “Live”
• EVERYBODY SAY DON’T  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
• LISTEN HERE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Little Did I Dream”
• MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY  /  Tony Bennett & Bill Evans  /  “Together Again”
• YOU’VE GOT TO DO IT  /  Holly Yarbrough  /  “Mr. Rogers Swings”
• BEIN’ GREEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra & Company”
• CHILDREN WILL LISTEN/YOU’VE GOT TO BE CAREFULLY TAUGHT  /  Renee Fleming & Leslie Odom Jr.  /  “Broadway”
• IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Miles Davis Quintet  /  “’Round Midnight”
• REMEMBERING TO BREATHE  /  Lorraine Feather  /  Dooji Wooji”
• YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Till I Get It Right”
• HEART’S DESIRE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Little did I Dream”
• THE HUMAN TOUCH  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone & Piano”
• PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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